Classifications

• • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
  • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
  • B65D—CONTAINERS FOR STORAGE OR TRANSPORT OF ARTICLES OR MATERIALS, e.g. BAGS, BARRELS, BOTTLES, BOXES, CANS, CARTONS, CRATES, DRUMS, JARS, TANKS, HOPPERS, FORWARDING CONTAINERS; ACCESSORIES, CLOSURES, OR FITTINGS THEREFOR; PACKAGING ELEMENTS; PACKAGES
  • B65D77/00—Packages formed by enclosing articles or materials in preformed containers, e.g. boxes, cartons, sacks or bags
  • B65D77/22—Details
  • B65D77/24—Inserts or accessories added or incorporated during filling of containers
  • B65D77/245—Utensils for removing the contents from the package, e.g. spoons, forks, spatulas
• • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
  • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
  • B65D—CONTAINERS FOR STORAGE OR TRANSPORT OF ARTICLES OR MATERIALS, e.g. BAGS, BARRELS, BOTTLES, BOXES, CANS, CARTONS, CRATES, DRUMS, JARS, TANKS, HOPPERS, FORWARDING CONTAINERS; ACCESSORIES, CLOSURES, OR FITTINGS THEREFOR; PACKAGING ELEMENTS; PACKAGES
  • B65D51/00—Closures not otherwise provided for
  • B65D51/24—Closures not otherwise provided for combined or co-operating with auxiliary devices for non-closing purposes
  • B65D51/246—Closures not otherwise provided for combined or co-operating with auxiliary devices for non-closing purposes provided with eating utensils or spatulas
  • B65D51/247—Closures not otherwise provided for combined or co-operating with auxiliary devices for non-closing purposes provided with eating utensils or spatulas located between an inner and an outer closure

Definitions

• the present invention relates to a container for powder or granular products, such as milk, coffee and the like, provided with a measure to pick up the product.
• the measure is disposed in the powder product and packaged therewith. Therefore, at the time of use, it must be recovered from inside the container, something which is normally done by the user with his/her hands, thus creating problems of product hygiene, on the one hand, and problems of soiling with the powder product that is removed together with the measure on the other.
• the object of the invention is to eliminate the above drawbacks, providing a container for powder products, with a measure for picking up the product, which is not in contact with the product itself and does not affect the overall outer measurement of the container.
• the container according to the invention is a container made of flexible material, for example of the type described in EP-522.326, or of the type described in Italian utility model application No. MI93U 000510, which represents an improvement on the previous one, and is, for example, provided with a lid as described in EP-A- 663.343, all in the name of the same applicant GOGLIO LUIGI.
• a container made of flexible material becomes stiff, thanks to the successive folding of the material and transverse and longitudinal welding of superimposed parts of the inner weldable layer, and thanks especially to the provision of two stiffening plates of injection molded plastic, or cardboard, for the bottom and top, respectively, fixed inside the sheet material.
• the measure for picking up the powder product is housed, at least partially, in a seat made in a waterproof deformable sheet that seals the upper opening of the container, and is disposed between this opening and a reclosable hinged lid.
• the measure or at least the most bulky part thereof, is disposed in the inner volume of the container, but without coming into contact with the product, being separated therefrom by the deformable sheet material that seals the container, and is covered by the outer lid, remaining within the overall bulk of the container.
• Figure 1 is an axonometric view of a container according to the invention, in the closed state, with the measure shown with a dashed line;
• Figure 2 is an axonometric view of the container in Figure 1 with the lid raised and the measure removed;
• Figure 3 is a section taken along the line III-III in Figure 1.
• the container 1 is made of flexible material, in particular of a multi-layer material, such as to make the container waterproof, and preferably with at least the inner weldable layer capable of being peeled-off.
• the container 1 is a parallelapiped in shape and is obtained by means of successive folding and longitudinal and transverse welding, with the method described in the above mentioned European patent No. 522326.
• a stiff plate 3 for example of cardboard or plastic, is applied, advantageously by welding, said plate having a rectangular shape and substantially involving the whole of the base of the container 1.
• a rectangular frame 4 is provided, it also being advantageously made of cardboard or plastic and welded on the inside to the sheet material 2.
• the frame 4 creates a large opening or window 5, which is covered by a sheet 6, applied to the container 1 so that it can be peeled off.
• the peel-off sheet 6 is a flexible, waterproof, heat-deformable sheet that is fixed with a seal of the easy-open type on the sheet material 2 of the container 1 , in the area affected by the upper reinforcing frame 4, so as to seal the window 5.
• the sheet 6 has a frontally gripping flap 7 (see Figure 2), to facilitate removal thereof, or at least partial raising to gain access to the contents of the container 1.
• a reclosable hinged cover 10 is provided, as shown in Figure 2, advantageously made of cardboard or multi-layer material, preferably comprising at least one layer of paper of the type described, for example, in the above mentioned EP-A- 663 343.
• the container 1 according to the invention is advantageously used to contain granular products, and more particularly powder products 20, such as milk, coffee or the like and for the purpose is provided with a measure 30 for correct measuring of the product.
• the measure 30 shown in the appended figures has a cylindrical cup-shaped receptacle 31 and a handle 32 but it is obvious that the shape of the measure can differ from that illustrated.
• a seat 11 is made in the peel-off sheet, advantageously by thermoforming, said seat projects towards the inside of the container 1 and is apt for housing the measure 30 completely or partially.
• the seat 1 1 is a cylindrical seat and is able to accommodate the cup-shaped receptacle 31 of the measure 30, whilst the flattened handle 32 is disposed above the peel-off sheet 6, as can be seen in the section in Figure 3, or in the dashed line in Figure 1.
• the seat 1 1 can also comprise a hollow in the peel-off sheet 6 to house the handle 32 of the measure 30.
• the invention achieves the pre-set aims.
• the measure 30 is kept separate from the powder product 20 by the peel-off sealing sheet 6 of the container 1 , and does not increase the outer bulk of the container itself.

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• Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
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• Details Of Rigid Or Semi-Rigid Containers (AREA)
• Control And Other Processes For Unpacking Of Materials (AREA)
• Sampling And Sample Adjustment (AREA)
• Packages (AREA)
• Cartons (AREA)

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• 1997
  • 1997-04-11 IT IT97MI000261 patent/IT237423Y1/it active IP Right Grant
• 1998
  • 1998-01-29 WO PCT/EP1998/000466 patent/WO1998046494A1/en active Application Filing
  • 1998-01-29 AU AU66167/98A patent/AU6616798A/en not_active Abandoned

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