KR20100042578A - Pour and seal assembly and method of using the same - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: A withdrawal and sealing assembly and a method for using the same are provided to seal groceries and withdraw the groceries more user-friendly for enhancing the life time of maintenance of the assembly. CONSTITUTION: A withdrawal and sealing assembly is a closing body(100) including internal color which is composed to seal an opening part of a food vessel. The withdrawal and sealing assembly comprises: a cover(102) which strongly covers an opening part to the food vessel; a cover color(104) which is united with the cover and seals the opening part; an internal color which is partly arranged within the cover color and seals the opening part of the vessel additionally.

Description

Draw and seal assembly and method of use {POUR AND SEAL ASSEMBLY AND METHOD OF USING THE SAME}

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION Field of the Invention The present invention generally relates to assemblies for sealing food containers and methods of use thereof, and more particularly to sealing bag containers of food products.

In order to keep a variety of foods fresh, such as snacks, cereals, etc., manufacturers often place these foods in bag containers or other types of containers for transportation and storage. These containers keep foodstuffs fresh for a long time. However, after the consumer opens the bag, the food product is then exposed to the environment, which in turn reduces the shelf life of the food product. In other words, food products can stale or otherwise be damaged. In the past, consumers have used a number of different methods to keep such containers closed to increase the shelf life of food products. This includes the open end of the bag in a manner that closes the open end, clipping the bag with an elastic clip such as a "chip-clip" and the like. These methods do not always provide confidential closure, and these methods are not satisfactory because they can be cumbersome to use. In addition, the open end of the bag often does not provide a very user-friendly opening with respect to the contents withdrawal. In this regard, the open end of the bag is often folded, jagged, or inadvertently closed, thereby making it difficult to pull out the contents of the bag or spilling the contents.

Another approach that attempts to solve the problem of increasing the shelf life of groceries in bags, and also finding more user friendly withdrawal methods, involves moving groceries to a completely new container. The disadvantage of these new containers is that they cost more and are more difficult to clean. In this regard, the consumer must purchase a new container to receive each of the different types of food, and then after the food is used up, the container must then be cleaned. This is time consuming. In addition, new containers often have a large amount of open space or air space within the container itself. This air is exposed to foodstuffs, typically reducing the shelf life of foodstuffs, while encapsulation of foodstuffs allows for the evacuation of air to keep foodstuffs fresher longer.

Thus, a method and apparatus for providing a way of sealing foodstuffs in bags that allows for more user-friendly sealing to increase freshness and shelf life, and also allows the foodstuffs to be withdrawn more user-friendly. need.

The present invention provides an assembly that meets the above-mentioned needs and further includes other advantages apparent from the description herein while enabling cheaper and better sealing while enabling user-friendly withdrawal and storage of food products.

The invention can be implemented in a number of ways. According to one aspect of the invention, there is a closure configured to seal an opening of a food container, the closure configured to securely cover the opening to the container holding the food container, and at least partially to form an opening. A cover collar configured to be further configured to seal the opening against the container in combination with the cover, and at least partially arranged within the cover collar to retain a portion of the container against the cover collar and partially to seal the opening to the container. It includes a collar.

Another aspect of the invention includes a closure configured to attach to and seal the opening of a food container, the closure defining a cover configured to firmly cover the opening to the container holding the food product, and partially forming the opening. A cover collar configured to seal the opening to the container in combination with the cover, and at least partially arranged within the cover collar to support a portion of the container with respect to the cover collar, and further partially to the opening to the container. An inner collar configured to seal, wherein the container comprises a bag.

Another aspect of the invention includes a closure configured to attach to and seal the opening of a food container, the closure defining a cover configured to firmly cover the opening to the container holding the food product, and partially forming the opening. And a lid collar configured to seal the opening to the vessel in combination with the lid, and configured to bear a portion of the vessel relative to the lid collar, at least partially arranged in the lid collar, and further, opening to the vessel. An inner collar configured to partially seal the portion, and a lid connector configured to connect the lid to the lid collar, wherein the lid collar and the inner collar are configured to have a friction fit with respect to each other and with respect to the vessel, wherein the vessel is A bag, wherein at least one of the cover collar, cover, and inner collar is formed of a synthetic material The.

Additional features, advantages and embodiments of the invention have been described or may be apparent from consideration of the following detailed description, drawings and claims. It is also to be understood that both the foregoing summary of the invention and the following detailed description are exemplary and intended to provide further explanation without limiting the scope of the invention as claimed.

According to the present invention, there is provided a method of sealing a food product in a bag which enables a more user-friendly sealing to increase freshness and shelf life, and also enables the user to withdraw the food product in a more user-friendly manner; and An apparatus is provided.

The accompanying drawings, which are included to provide a further understanding of the present invention, are incorporated in and constitute a part of this specification, and serve to illustrate embodiments of the invention and to explain the principles of the invention, together with the description. Do it. There is no intention to illustrate the detailed structure of the invention in more detail than is necessary for a basic understanding of the invention and the various ways in which the invention may be practiced.

The embodiments of the present invention and various features and advantageous details of the embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the embodiments and examples which are described and / or illustrated in the accompanying drawings and which are not limited to the present invention described in detail in the following description. Explain more fully. The features illustrated in the drawings are not necessarily drawn to scale, and features of one embodiment may be employed in conjunction with other embodiments, as will be appreciated by those skilled in the art, even if not explicitly stated herein. Care must be taken that there is. Descriptions of well-known components and processing techniques may be omitted so as not to unnecessarily obscure embodiments of the present invention. The examples used herein are merely intended to facilitate an understanding of the manner in which the invention is practiced, and also to enable those skilled in the art to practice the embodiments of the invention. Accordingly, the examples and embodiments herein are not to be construed as limiting the scope of the invention, which is only defined by the appended claims and related laws. It should also be noted that like reference numerals designate like parts throughout the several views of the drawings.

1 shows a perspective view of a pulled out and sealed assembly of a separated structure with the lid open, FIG. 2 is a side view of a pulled out and sealed assembly of the assembled structure with the lid closed, and FIG. 3 is a lid open. 4 is a top view of the draw and seal assembly of the separated structure with the lid open, FIG. 5 is a front view of the draw and seal structure of the separated structure with the lid closed, and FIG. 6 is a cross-sectional view of the pull out and seal assembly in a separate structure with the lid open. As shown in FIG. 1, the withdrawal and sealing closure 100 can be attached to a container, such as a bag of food, to close and seal the opening of the container of food, thereby sealing the food in the container. In addition, the withdrawal and sealing closure 100 provides a more user friendly opening for withdrawing the contents of the container, in particular for withdrawing the food product out of the container. In one particular aspect, the draw and seal closure 100 may include a cover collar 104, a cover 102, and an inner collar 110. The lid 102 can be used to close the opening in interaction with at least the opening to the container formed by the lid collar 104. The inner collar 110 can be used in conjunction with the lid collar 104 to connect to the food container to form a rigid connection to the container, withdrawing and sealing the draw and seal closure 100 rigidly arranged with the container. Keep the closure 100 from being easily removed from the container.

The lid 102 may take a number of different arrangements, but in the arrangement shown in the figures, the lid 102 may be closed to the lid collar 104 to allow a user to grip the lid 102 more easily. Tabs 108 may be included to facilitate removal of cover 102 from position. For example, as shown in FIG. 2, the lid 102 is moved to engage the lid collar 104 and / or the inner collar 110 (closed) to provide a sealed arrangement relative to the lid collar 104. And the user grips the tab 108 and moves the tab upwards so that the cover 102 is out of engagement with the cover collar 104 and / or the inner collar 110 (open state). The cover 102 can be removed from the 104 and / or the inner collar 110. Of course, the present invention contemplates other arrangements of tab 108 and cover 102, including the case where no tab is included.

The lid 102 may engage the lid collar 104 and / or the inner collar 110 by any known type of arrangement. In particular, the present invention contemplates some form of friction fit between cover 102 and inner collar 110. In particular, for example, as shown in FIG. 6, cover collar 102 may include locking groove 118. This locking groove may be a groove or other type of structure in the cover 102 for engaging with a similar or opposing structure in the inner collar 110. As further shown in FIG. 6, the inner collar 110 may include a locking ridge 116. When the cover 102 is inserted into the inner collar 110, the locking groove 118 can engage with the locking ridge 116 to form a friction fit connection therebetween. Thus, the cover 102 can be held firmly and may not tend to open easily. Of course, these features can be reversed, rearranged, or replaced with equivalent features. By way of example, the aspect of FIG. 19 illustrates a groove 118 on cover collar 104 and a ridge 116 on cover 102.

Inner collar 110 may be used to engage a food container as described above. In this regard, food containers such as bags may be opened by the user in a general form. Thereafter, the open end of the bag 202 can be inserted through the inner collar 110 such that the remaining portion of the bag 204 extends downward. The lid collar 104 can then be pressed over the inner collar 110 to provide a secure connection and seal to the inner collar. This is best shown in FIG. 6 where the open end of the bag 202 is shown extending outward from the inner collar 110. The remaining portion of the encapsulation portion 204 that holds the food product is shown in dashed lines to indicate that this figure is only a partial view. From the arrangement of FIG. 6, the lid collar 104 can be pushed down towards the inner collar 110 as shown by arrow A to engage and lock to the inner collar. The lid 102 can then be moved in the direction of arrow B and rotated into the lid collar 104 to engage and provide a friction fit thereto. When the user wants to remove some of the contents in the container, the user grips the cover 102 by, for example, the tab 108 and rotates the cover 102 in the direction of arrow C to open the container. The inner collar 110 and lid collar 104 then provide a convenient and open drawout opening for the user to withdraw the contents of the container. Thereafter, to seal the container, the user can then rotate the lid 102 in the direction of arrow D to again seal the container 200.

The inner collar 110 can be combined with the cover collar 104 in a number of different ways. However, in the aspect shown in the figures, the cover collar 104 may engage the inner collar 110 through a friction fit arrangement. In this regard, the friction fit arrangement may include a locking groove 112 on the cover collar 104 that may engage the locking ridge 114 on the inner collar 110. Thus, these two components that engage each other engage a portion of the food container between the locking groove 112 and the locking ridge 114 to provide a frictional engagement between each other so that the draw and seal closure 100 can be It provides a snug fit that cannot be easily removed from. Of course, other arrangements for connecting these components are also conceivable.

The cover 102 can be connected to the cover collar 104 with a cover connector 106. In this regard, the lid connector 106 can be of any particular shape or structure, but the flat flexible material arrangement provides a useful way of connecting the lid top portion 102 to the lid collar 104.

FIG. 7 is a perspective view of another aspect of a pull out and seal assembly having a larger structure with the lid closed and fully assembled; FIG. 8 is a cross-sectional view of the draw and seal assembly aspect of FIG. 7, and FIG. 9 is a view of the aspect of FIG. 7. Top view, FIG. 10 is a side view of the take-out and sealing assembly from the left unassembled cover open arrangement to the closed cover arrangement on the right aligned with the collar prior to assembly, and FIG. A partial view of the withdrawal and sealing aspect of FIG. 7 in the open position is shown. In particular, FIGS. 7-11 illustrate various arrangements of the draw and seal closure 100 including various arrangements and sizing of the various components of the draw and seal closure 100.

FIG. 12 is another aspect of a pull out and seal assembly with a larger opening with the lid closed and assembled, FIG. 13 is a cross-sectional view of the aspect of FIG. 12, and FIG. 14 is an illustration of an unassembled arrangement with the lid open. 12 is a partial side view of the draw and seal assembly aspect of FIG. 12, FIG. 15 shows an assembled state of the draw and seal assembly aspect of FIG. 12 with the lid in a closed position, FIG. 16 is a cross-sectional view of the aspect of FIG. 12, FIG. 17 is a perspective view of the aspect of FIG. 12 with the lid open, FIG. 18 is a partial perspective view of the draw and seal assembly of the aspect of FIG. 12 including only a collar, and FIG. 19 is a cross-sectional view of another aspect of the draw and seal assembly; to be.

In particular, FIGS. 12-19 illustrate another aspect of the drawout and seal closure 100 having various arrangements, structures, and sizing. This aspect has a large, cornered rectangular opening and groove 118 with the ridges 116 rearranged.

The configuration of the above-mentioned pull-out and sealing closure 100 can be manufactured by molding of a synthetic material. In particular, the draw and seal closure can be formed of synthetic plastic or rubber material. By way of example, the lid and cover collar may be formed of thermoplastic elastomer (TPE) and the inner collar may be formed of polypropylene. However, any type of material that can provide the required strength and flexibility is within the scope of the present invention. In addition, the material may include any combination of new or recycled materials as needed.

In addition, the withdrawal and sealing closure can take any known structure. As noted above, the takeout and seal closure 100 may take a rectangular cross section that is round or cornered to provide a unique opening to the container of food product to which the drawout and seal closure 100 is connected, however, it is square. Any shape can be considered in the present invention, including rectangles, ovals, triangles, and the like. Additionally, although the connector 106 is shown of a flat material, any type of arrangement for connecting the lid 102 to the food collar 104 is contemplated herein, and the connector is not present at all. Considered in the invention. Further, although the type of container used in conjunction with the takeout and seal closure 100 is an encapsulation container, any type can be applied to the takeout and seal closure 100 by applying variations known to those skilled in the art. Containers of the type can be used in connection with the present invention. Finally, while this draw-out and sealing closure 100 has been described above as can be used with food products, it is contemplated that other types of storage material other than food products can be used in conjunction with this apparatus.

Although the present invention has been described with reference to exemplary embodiments, it will be apparent to those skilled in the art that the present invention may be practiced with modifications within the spirit and scope of the appended claims. These examples given above are merely illustrative and do not mean to list all possible designs, embodiments, applications or modifications of the present invention.

1 is a perspective view of a pull out and seal assembly of a separate structure with the lid open;

2 is a side view of the pull out and seal assembly of the assembled structure with the lid closed;

3 is a top view of the draw and seal assembly with the lid open;

4 is a side view of a pulled out and sealed assembly of the separated structure with the lid open;

5 is a front view of the draw and seal structure with the lid closed but in a separate structure;

6 is a cross-sectional view of the pull out and seal assembly of the separated structure with the lid open;

FIG. 7 is a perspective view of another aspect of a pull out and seal assembly with a larger assembled fully structured lid closed; FIG.

8 is a cross-sectional view of the pull out and seal assembly embodiment of FIG. 7;

9 is a top view of the sun of FIG.

FIG. 10 is a side view of the takeout and sealing assembly of a process from the left unassembled cover opened arrangement to the right cover closed arrangement aligned with the collar prior to assembly; FIG.

FIG. 11 is a partial view of the withdrawal and sealing aspect of FIG. 7 with the lid in an open position;

FIG. 12 illustrates another aspect of a pull out and seal assembly with a larger opening with the lid closed and assembled. FIG.

FIG. 13 is a sectional view of the sun of FIG. 12; FIG.

14 is a partial side view of the pull out and seal assembly aspect of FIG. 12 in an unassembled arrangement with the lid open;

15 illustrates an assembled state of the pull out and seal assembly aspect of FIG. 12 with the lid in a closed position;

16 is a cross-sectional view of the sun of FIG. 12.

FIG. 17 is a perspective view of the aspect of FIG. 12 with the lid open; FIG.

FIG. 18 is a partial perspective view of the pull out and seal assembly of the aspect of FIG. 12 including only a collar; FIG.

19 is a cross-sectional view of another aspect of a pull out and seal assembly;

<Explanation of symbols for the main parts of the drawings>

100: closed body

102: cover

104: cover collar

108: tab

110: inner collar

116: Locking Ridge

118: Locking Home

202: bag

Claims (19)

A closure configured to seal the opening of the food container, A lid configured to firmly cover the opening to the container holding the foodstuff, A cover collar configured to form the opening in part and further configured to seal the opening to the container in combination with the lid; A closure including an inner collar configured to be at least partially arranged within the lid collar, to bear a portion of the container relative to the lid collar, and further configured to partially seal the opening to the vessel. The closure of claim 1, wherein the cover collar and the inner collar are configured to have a friction fit with each other and with respect to the container. The closure of claim 1, wherein the cover further comprises a cover connector configured to connect the cover to the cover collar. The closure of claim 1, wherein at least one of the lid collar, lid and inner collar is formed of a synthetic material. The closure of claim 1, wherein the cover includes a frictional engagement with respect to the inner collar such that the opening remains closed. The method of claim 1, wherein at least one of the lid and the inner collar has a locking groove, At least one of the cover and the inner collar includes a locking ridge, The locking groove and the locking ridge are configured to interact to maintain the lid and the inner collar with the opening closed. The closure of claim 1, wherein the cover has one of a circular cross section, an elliptical cross section, or a rectangular cross section with a curved corner portion. The closure of claim 1, wherein the cover comprises a tab configured to be grabbed by a user so that the cover can be easily moved to an open position. The locking groove according to claim 1, wherein a locking groove is arranged on one of the cover collar and the inner collar, The locking ridge is arranged on the other of the cover collar and the inner collar, And the locking groove and the locking ridge interact to hold the cover collar and the inner collar together and to hold the cover collar and the inner collar connected to the container. A closure attached to the opening of the food container and configured to seal the opening, A lid configured to firmly cover the opening to the container holding the foodstuff, A cover collar configured to form the opening in part and further configured to seal the opening to the container in combination with the lid; An inner collar configured to be arranged at least partially within the lid collar, the inner collar configured to bear a portion of the container relative to the lid collar and further partially seal the opening to the container, The container is a closure comprising a bag. The closure of claim 10, wherein the cover collar and the inner collar are configured to have a friction fit with each other and with respect to the container. The closure of claim 11, wherein the cover further comprises a cover connector configured to connect the cover to the cover collar. 13. The closure of claim 12, wherein at least one of the lid collar, lid and inner collar is formed from a synthetic material. The closure of claim 13, wherein the cover includes a frictional engagement with respect to the inner collar such that the opening remains closed. The method of claim 10, wherein at least one of the lid and the inner collar comprises a locking groove, At least one of the cover and the inner collar includes a locking ridge, The locking groove and the locking ridge are configured to interact to maintain the lid and the inner collar with the opening closed. The closure of claim 10, wherein the cover has one of a circular cross section, an elliptical cross section, or a rectangular cross section with a curved corner portion. 11. The closure of claim 10, wherein the cover includes a tab configured to be held by a user to allow the cover to be easily moved to an open position. The locking groove according to claim 10, wherein the locking groove is arranged on one of the cover collar and the inner collar, The locking ridge is arranged on the other of the cover collar and the inner collar, The locking groove and the locking ridge interact to hold the cover collar and the inner collar together and are configured to maintain the cover collar and the inner collar connected to the container. A closure attached to the opening of the food container and configured to seal the opening, A lid configured to firmly cover the opening to the container holding the foodstuff, A cover collar configured to form the opening in part and further configured to seal the opening to the container in combination with the lid; An inner collar configured to be arranged at least partially within the cover collar and to bear a portion of the container relative to the cover collar and further to partially seal the opening to the container; A cover connector configured to connect the cover to the cover collar, The cover collar and the inner collar are configured to have a friction fit with each other and with respect to the container, The container comprises a bag, wherein at least one of the lid collar, lid and inner collar is formed from a synthetic material.

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