WO2001071263A1 - Dispositif et procede de conservation d'aliments sous vide - Google Patents

Dispositif et procede de conservation d'aliments sous vide Download PDF

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WO2001071263A1
WO2001071263A1 PCT/IT2000/000090 IT0000090W WO0171263A1 WO 2001071263 A1 WO2001071263 A1 WO 2001071263A1 IT 0000090 W IT0000090 W IT 0000090W WO 0171263 A1 WO0171263 A1 WO 0171263A1
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Carlo Bertani
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Mo-El S.R.L.
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    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F25—REFRIGERATION OR COOLING; COMBINED HEATING AND REFRIGERATION SYSTEMS; HEAT PUMP SYSTEMS; MANUFACTURE OR STORAGE OF ICE; LIQUEFACTION SOLIDIFICATION OF GASES
    • F25D—REFRIGERATORS; COLD ROOMS; ICE-BOXES; COOLING OR FREEZING APPARATUS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • F25D17/00—Arrangements for circulating cooling fluids; Arrangements for circulating gas, e.g. air, within refrigerated spaces
    • F25D17/04—Arrangements for circulating cooling fluids; Arrangements for circulating gas, e.g. air, within refrigerated spaces for circulating air, e.g. by convection
    • F25D17/042—Air treating means within refrigerated spaces
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A23—FOODS OR FOODSTUFFS; TREATMENT THEREOF, NOT COVERED BY OTHER CLASSES
    • A23L—FOODS, FOODSTUFFS, OR NON-ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES, NOT COVERED BY SUBCLASSES A21D OR A23B-A23J; THEIR PREPARATION OR TREATMENT, e.g. COOKING, MODIFICATION OF NUTRITIVE QUALITIES, PHYSICAL TREATMENT; PRESERVATION OF FOODS OR FOODSTUFFS, IN GENERAL
    • A23L3/00—Preservation of foods or foodstuffs, in general, e.g. pasteurising, sterilising, specially adapted for foods or foodstuffs
    • A23L3/34—Preservation of foods or foodstuffs, in general, e.g. pasteurising, sterilising, specially adapted for foods or foodstuffs by treatment with chemicals
    • A23L3/3409—Preservation of foods or foodstuffs, in general, e.g. pasteurising, sterilising, specially adapted for foods or foodstuffs by treatment with chemicals in the form of gases, e.g. fumigation; Compositions or apparatus therefor
    • A23L3/3418—Preservation of foods or foodstuffs, in general, e.g. pasteurising, sterilising, specially adapted for foods or foodstuffs by treatment with chemicals in the form of gases, e.g. fumigation; Compositions or apparatus therefor in a controlled atmosphere, e.g. partial vacuum, comprising only CO2, N2, O2 or H2O
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F25—REFRIGERATION OR COOLING; COMBINED HEATING AND REFRIGERATION SYSTEMS; HEAT PUMP SYSTEMS; MANUFACTURE OR STORAGE OF ICE; LIQUEFACTION SOLIDIFICATION OF GASES
    • F25D—REFRIGERATORS; COLD ROOMS; ICE-BOXES; COOLING OR FREEZING APPARATUS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • F25D2317/00—Details or arrangements for circulating cooling fluids; Details or arrangements for circulating gas, e.g. air, within refrigerated spaces, not provided for in other groups of this subclass
    • F25D2317/04—Treating air flowing to refrigeration compartments
    • F25D2317/043—Treating air flowing to refrigeration compartments by creating a vacuum in a storage compartment
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F25—REFRIGERATION OR COOLING; COMBINED HEATING AND REFRIGERATION SYSTEMS; HEAT PUMP SYSTEMS; MANUFACTURE OR STORAGE OF ICE; LIQUEFACTION SOLIDIFICATION OF GASES
    • F25D—REFRIGERATORS; COLD ROOMS; ICE-BOXES; COOLING OR FREEZING APPARATUS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • F25D25/00—Charging, supporting, and discharging the articles to be cooled
    • F25D25/02—Charging, supporting, and discharging the articles to be cooled by shelves
    • F25D25/024—Slidable shelves
    • F25D25/025—Drawers
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F25—REFRIGERATION OR COOLING; COMBINED HEATING AND REFRIGERATION SYSTEMS; HEAT PUMP SYSTEMS; MANUFACTURE OR STORAGE OF ICE; LIQUEFACTION SOLIDIFICATION OF GASES
    • F25D—REFRIGERATORS; COLD ROOMS; ICE-BOXES; COOLING OR FREEZING APPARATUS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • F25D25/00—Charging, supporting, and discharging the articles to be cooled
    • F25D25/04—Charging, supporting, and discharging the articles to be cooled by conveyors

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  • the present invention relates to a device; for the preservation of foods comprising the characteristics expressed in the preamble to Claim 1.
  • the present invention further relates to a method for closing an extractable container engaged in a body for containing a device for the preservation of foods comprising the characteristics expressed in the preamble to Claim 26.
  • the vacuum packaging technique also improves the preservation of the natural organoleptic characteristics of fresh and cooked food products preventing, for instance in foods containing fats, the phenomenon of rancidity and preventing water loss by evaporation, which would cause their drying.
  • the combination of low temperature preservation and the vacuum packaging technique allows considerably to prolong the. preservation times of all foods and in particular it prevents the formation thereon of ice crystals which, by increasing their volume relative to water, would deform their superficial cells, compromising their physical integrity.
  • the prior art for placing foods under vacuum exposing them to low temperature provides for known refrigeration devices, such as ordinary refrigerators, to be provided with at least an extractable container which is subjected to the action of appropriate apparatuses for aspirating air.
  • such apparatuses are able to aspirate the air present inside the extractable container when the latter is inserted into the refrigerator.
  • the pressure differential that is generated between the interior of the extractable container and the interior of the refrigerator causes a door for closing the extractable container to be locked in the closed position, thereby isolating the foods contained therein from the surrounding environment and from air.
  • the aim of the present invention is to propose a device for the preservation of foods which has a simplified structure and is practical to use.
  • This aim and others besides, which shall become more readily apparent in the course of the description that follows, are substantially reached by a device for the preservation of foods, comprising the characteristics expressed in the characterising part of Claim 1 and by a method for closing an extractable container engaged in a body for containing a device for the preservation of foods, comprising the characteristics expressed in the characterising part of Claim 26.
  • Figure 1 is a section view of a device for the preservation of foods in accordance with the present invention
  • Figure 2 shows a longitudinal section of an extractable container of the subject device in the extracted and in the open position
  • Figure 3 shows a longitudinal section of the extractable container of Figure 2 in the inserted and in the closed condition
  • Figure 4 is a cross section representation of an actuator of the device of the invention
  • Figure 5 is a cross section of the extractable container in the closed condition
  • Figure 6 is a schematic top view of an element for closing the device of the invention.
  • Figure 7 schematically shows a partial section view of an embodiment variation of the system for actuating the device;
  • Figure 8 schematically shows a partial section view of another embodiment variation of the system for actuating the device
  • Figure 9 schematically shows a partial section view of a further embodiment variation of the system for actuating the subject device
  • Figure 10 shows, in longitudinal section, the extractable container according to a preferential embodiment
  • FIG 11 is an enlargement of a detail of Figure 10.
  • a device for the preservation of foods in accordance to the present invention has been generally identified by reference numeral 1.
  • the device for the preservation of foods 1 comprises at least a containment body 2 with substantially box-like shape having a bottom 3 wherefrom extend lateral walls 4 and a rear wall 5 integral with the lateral walls 4. In correspondence with the summit of the lateral walls 4 and of the rear wall 5 is engaged a substantially horizontal upper wall 5a.
  • the access opening 6 can be opened and/or closed from an access door 7 hinged in one of the lateral walls 4. When the access door 7 closes the access opening 6, it defines together with the bottom 3, with the lateral walls 4 and with the upper wall 5 a containment volume 8.
  • the containment volume 8 provides for the presence of a series of shelves 9 whereon the products to be preserved can be placed.
  • a first area 10a of the containment volume 8 is destined to house at least an extractable container 11 inside which the products are advantageously preserved in a vacuum.
  • a second area 10b of the containment volume 8 located in proximity to the bottom 3 and to the rear wall 5 of the containment body 2, is able to contain vacuum-producing means 12 operatively associated to the extractable container 11 and possible refrigeration means 13 active on the entire containment volume 8.
  • the extractable container 11 is substantially shaped as a box and has an upper opening 14 through which it is possible to insert and extract the various products to be preserved. Moreover, the extractable container 11 is free to slide horizontally, by means of appropriate sliding guides 15 interposed between the extractable contamer itself and the containment body 2, between an inserted position ( Figures 1, 3 and 6 - 10) wherein the extractable container 11 is situated completely within the containment body 2 and an extracted position ( Figure 2) wherein the extractable container 11 projects in overhang from the first area 10a and more specifically through the access opening 6. Obviously, when the extractable container 11 is in the extracted position, the access door 7 of the containment body 2 must be open.
  • an activation element 2a which can be constituted, for instance, by an electrical switch or similar electrical control device which activates the vacuum-producing means 12 to aspirate the air present inside the extractable container 11.
  • the device 1 further comprises a closure element 16 operatively engageable to the extractable container 11 to close the latter hermetically by means of at least a closure surface 16a facing the extractable container 11.
  • the closure element 16 is borne by the shelf 9 of the containment body 2. More specifically, the closure element 16 is obtained from a single piece with the shelf 9 constituting a part thereof. Consequently, the closure surface 16a is constituted by the lower surface of the shelf 9 bearing the closure element 16.
  • the closure element 16 may project inferiorly from the shelf 9 and be shaped as a dome so that the closure surface 16a is substantially concave and terminates with at least a peripheral edge 16b counter-shaped relative to a sealing edge 1 la of the extractable container 11 ( Figure 10). In this condition, the closure surface 16a of the closure element 16 defines a housing space.
  • Actuating means 17 can also be provided, able to intervene when the extractable container 11 is taken to the inserted position, mutually to approach the extractable container 11 and the closure element 16 between an opened condition ( Figures 2 and 4) wherein the extractable container 11 is substantially distanced from the closure element 16 and a closed condition ( Figures 1, 3 and 5 - 10) wherein the closure element 16 is pressed against the extractable container 11 closing its upper opening 14 with its own closure surface 16a.
  • an appropriate gasket 18, interposed between the extractable container 11 and the closure element 20 is pressed between the sealing edge 11a and the peripheral edge 16a. In this situation, the gasket 18 renders the closure of the extractable container 11 more hermetic.
  • the actuating means 17 comprise at least a fluid-dynamic actuator 19, preferably pneumatic, active on the extractable container 11 and able to be activated by the vacuum-producing means 12.
  • the actuating means 17 comprise two actuators 19 operating on the peripheral edge 16b of the closure element 16, in correspondence with opposite longitudinal segments 16d thereof, extending parallel to the direction of sliding of the extractable container 11 between the inserted position and the extracted position.
  • the actuators 19 are operatively interposed between the closure element 16 and the extractable container 11 and each comprises a fixed structure 20 and a movable structure 21.
  • the fixed structure 20 presents at least a base wall 20a wherefrom extends at least a peripheral projection 20b.
  • the movable structure 21 in turn comprises a deformable membrane 22 hermetically engaged on the peripheral projection 20b of the fixed structure 16 to delimit a compartment 23 therein.
  • the movable structure further presents at least a hitching element 24 rigidly engaged with a first extremity 24a, to the deformable membrane 22 and operatively engageable, with a second extremity 24b, in at least a respective hitching seat 25 borne by the sealing edge 11 of the extractable container 11.
  • to each deformable membrane 23 are rigidly engaged three mutually distanced hitching elements 24.
  • a plate-shaped element 26 is fastened to the second extremity 24b of each hitching element 24.
  • the plate-shaped element 26 interacts with the respective hitching seat 25 obtained in the extractable container 11 to connect the latter mechanically with the deformable membrane 22 of the respective actuator 1 .
  • both the base wall 20a and the peripheral projection 20b of the fixed structure 20 of each actuator 19 have a preferential dimension equal to the length of the longitudinal segment 16d of the peripheral edge 16b of the closure element 16 whereon they are fastened.
  • each actuator 19 is in fluid communication with the vacuum-producing means 12 by means of at least an aspiration conduit 27 which is connected to a first port 28 obtained through the fixed structure 20.
  • each compartment 23 presents a second port 29 ( Figure 4) wherefrom extends a connecting conduits 30 engaging the closure element 16 in such a way that when the extractable container 11 is in closed condition it is possible to determine, through the connection conduit itself, the compartment 23 and the aspiration conduit 27, a vacuum inside the extractable container 11.
  • each connecting conduit 30 is also operatively associated an on-off valve 31 able to be switched in opening and/or closure to place in fluid communication the connecting conduit itself, and hence the extractable container 11, with the vacuum- producing vacuum 12.
  • This on-off vacuum 31 can be activated, for instance mechanically, by the actuators 19.
  • the activation of the on-off valve 31 is effected by the raising of the defonnable membranes 22 and by the latching elements 24, whereof one interacts therewith by means of its own extremity 24a.
  • the device 1 further comprises, for each actuator 19, at least a capillary connection conduit 32 presenting at least a segment having considerably lesser diametrical dimensions than the diameter of the connecting conduit 30 and extending from the actuator 19 to an auxiliary aspiration opening 33 joined to the extractable container 11 through the closure element 16.
  • a capillary connection conduit 32 presents at least a segment having considerably lesser diametrical dimensions than the diameter of the connecting conduit 30 and extending from the actuator 19 to an auxiliary aspiration opening 33 joined to the extractable container 11 through the closure element 16.
  • capillary connection conduit 32 can be replaced with a flow rate regulating valve operatively engaged to the respective connection conduit 30.
  • the flow rate regulating valve which can be integrated in the on-off valve 31, serves the same functions as the capillary connection conduit 32 allowing a controlled passage of air between the extractable 11 and the compartment 23 of each actuator 19.
  • this flow rate regulating valve can be developed according to any configuration whatsoever, but it is preferable for it to be defined by at least a segment with reduced section of the capillary connection conduit 32.
  • the on-off valve 31 may advantageously constructed in such a way as to allow, in the closed condition, a controlled passage of air.
  • This solution can be used instead of the capillary connection conduit 32 or of the flow rate regulating valve in order further to simplify the structure of the device 1.
  • the latter is fitted with a grip handle 34 which is operatively connected to a sealing valve 35 active on an air inlet opening 36 obtained through the extractable container itself.
  • the grip handle 34 presents a movable portion 34a hinged, with one extremity, to the grip handle itself and bearing, with the other extremity, a plug 35a of the sealing valve 35.
  • An elastic return element 37 is operatively interposed between the grip handle 34 and the movable portion 34a to hold the plug 35a constantly pressed against the air inlet opening 36 thereby determining its occlusion.
  • the extractable container 11 When the extractable container 11 is moved from the extracted position to the inserted position, it acts directly on the activating element 2a which activates the vacuum-producing means 12.
  • the vacuum-producing means 12 aspirate the air present inside the compartment 23 of each actuator 19 through the respective aspiration conduits 27.
  • the on-off valve 31 occludes the connecting conduit 30 preventing the direct aspiration of the air present in the containment body 2.
  • a pressure differential is created between the compartment 23 of each actuator 19 and the containment body 2 a pressure differential is created, causing the displacement of each defonnable membrane 22 towards the respective compartment 23. Consequently, the latching elements 24 are lifted by pulling upwards, through the respective plate-shaped elements 26, the extractable container 11. In this situation, the extractable container 11 is moved from the opened condition to the closed condition.
  • the air present inside the extractable container 11 is aspirated thereby through the connecting conduits 30, the compartments 23, the aspiration conduits 27 and the capillary connection conduits 32, generating a vacuum.
  • each actuator 19 cushions the lowering of the extractable container 11 which, advantageously, translates slowly from the closed condition to the open condition without being subjected to sudden drops which could damage the components.
  • the actuating means 17 comprise guide elements 38 respectively borne by the extractable container 11 and by the containment body 2.
  • the guide elements 38 comprise at least a fixed guide element 39 defined by a supporting divider 40 rigidly engaged internally to the containment body 2 and at least a movable guide element 41 defined by the lower surface of the extractable container 11.
  • Both the fixed guide element 39 and the movable guide element 41 comprise first substantially rectilinear sliding segments 39a, 41a interacting with each other to guide the actuation of the extractable container 11 between the extracted position and the inserted position, as well as second guide segments 39b, 41b oriented obliquely relative to the first segments 39a, 41a and mutually interacting to determine the passage between the open condition and the closed condition of the extractable container 11.
  • the first segments 41a of the movable guide element 41 slide on the first segments 39a of the fixed guide element 39. This horizontal advance is maintained substantially unaltered until the extractable container 11 arrives in proximity to the inserted position.
  • auxiliary actuator 42 being constituted for instance by a bellows element having an extremity 42a substantially shaped as a suction cup whereon the extractable container 11, as the inserted position is approached, bears.
  • FIG. 8 schematically shows an additional embodiment of the system for actuating the extractable container 11.
  • the actuating means 21 comprise a first and a second actuation organ 43, 44, operatively interposed between the extractable container 11 and the containment body 2.
  • the first actuation organ 43 is operatively engaged to the containment body 2 through a horizontal portion 43a and is operatively connected to an auxiliary actuator
  • the first actuation organ 43 further comprises wedge elements 43c rigidly engaged to the horizontal portion 43 a each presenting at least an inclined surface 43d.
  • the first actuation organ 43 is movable according to a direction that is substantially parallel to the direction of actuation of the extractable container 11 between the extracted and the inserted position.
  • the second actuation organ 44 is operatively interposed between the first actuation organ 43 and the extractable contamer 11.
  • This second actuation organ 44 can, for instance, be constituted by trapezoidal elements 44a each presenting at least an inclined surface 44b. More specifically, the second actuation organ 44 is rigidly engaged to the sliding guides 15 which in turn are engaged in appropriate slots 15a obtained in the containment body 2 so that both the sliding guides 15 and the second actuation organ 44 are movable in a direction that is substantially perpendicular to the direction of actuation of the extractable container 11.
  • the inclined surfaces 43 d, 44b of the first and of the second actuation organ 43, 44 interact with each other to cause the passage between the open condition and the closed condition of the extractable container itself.
  • Figure 9 shows a third embodiment of the system for actuating the extractable container 11 which provides for the use of at least a lifting organ 45 pivotingly engaged to the containment body 2 and active with its own lifting portion 45 a inferiorly on the extractable container 11.
  • the lifting body 45 is constituted by a plurality of bars 45b movable between a resting position, wherein they are substantially positioned horizontally with their lifting portion 45a inactive and an operative position, wherein the bars 45b of the lifting organ 45 are substantially erect with their lifting portion 45a engaged on the lower surface of the extractable container 11.
  • the bars 45 are mechanically connected to each other and to the auxiliary actuator 42 by means of a transmission organ 46. More specifically, the transmission organ 46 has an attachment surface 46a operatively engaged by the suction cup portion 42a of the auxiliary actuator 42 in such a way that when the auxiliary actuator 42 is contracted the bars 45b are erect and consequently, the extractable container 11 is in the closed condition.
  • the extractable container 11 has sealing edges 11a having longitudinal segments lie inclined relative to the direction of sliding of the extractable container itself and the closure element 16 presents a peripheral edge 16b having longitudinal segments 16d substantially parallel to the longitudinal segments l ie of the sealing edge 11a of the extractable container 11.
  • the open condition and the closed condition of the extractable container 11 correspond to its extracted position and to its inserted position.
  • the longitudinal segments 16d of the closure element 16 act in contrast relationship against the longitudinal segments lie of the extractable container 11 determining its closed condition.
  • the sealing edge 11a of the extractable container 11 can present a substantially trapezoidal profile destined to match, in the closed condition, with a groove lid with substantially trapezoidal profile, obtained in correspondence with the peripheral edge 16b.
  • the gasket 18 In correspondence with the groove 1 id is engaged the gasket 18, destined to be pressed when the extractable container 11 is put in a vacuum.
  • the gasket 18 can be operatively interposed between surfaces with planar or curved, rather than trapezoidal, profile.
  • the sealing edge 11a lightly presses the gasket 18.
  • the activation element which has been activated by the extractable container 11 activates the vacuum producing means 12 which aspirate the air present inside the extractable container 11.
  • the extractable container itself tends to move slightly towards the closure element 16. In this situation, the extractable container 11 lifts up until it closes definitively.
  • one or more reinforcing elements lib are positioned inside the space housing the extractable container 11 and project towards the closure element 16. These reinforcing elements lib are able to act in contrast relationship against he closure element 16 when the extractable container 11, is in the closed condition.
  • the reinforcing elements 1 lb it is preferable for the reinforcing elements 1 lb to be constituted by dividers that are integral with the structure of the extractable container 11. In this case, these dividers not only stiffen the structure of the extractable container 11, but also subdivided its inner space into different housing chambers.
  • the closure element 16 presents respective contrast elements 16d projecting towards the extractable container 11 and each able to act in contrast relationship with the respective reinforcing element lib.
  • each contrast element 16d is integral with the closure element 16, strengthening and stiffening it.
  • the terminal edges of the reinforcing elements lib of the extractable container 11 are pressed against the terminal edges of the contrast elements 16d of the closure element 16.
  • the elements lib, 16d constitute a single internal structure strengthening the extractable container 11 which provides it with a high resistance against the forces, determined by the pressure differential between the interior and the exterior of the extractable container 11, directed perpendicularly relative to its outer surfaces. This configuration advantageously allows to design and construct the extractable container 11 according to a thin and light structure.
  • reinforcing elements lib and the contrast elements 16d shown only in the embodiment of Figure 10 for the sake of descriptive simplicity, can be present in all embodiments that comprise an extractable container 11 and a substantially dome-shaped or lid-shaped closure element 16.
  • the present invention achieves the proposed aims and attains important advantages.
  • the device for the preservation of foods according to the invention presents a considerably simplified structure relative to known devices.
  • the system for actuating the extractable container 11 allows to eliminate the closure door associated thereto, replacing it with one of the shelves 10 of the device 1.
  • the closure of said extractable container 11 is effected by bringing the latter against the respective shelf 10.

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Abstract

L'invention concerne un procédé de conservation d'aliments (1) qui comprend un corps contenant (2) dans lequel se trouve un contenant extractible (11). Des dispositifs (12) de mise sous vide sont associés au corps contenant (2) pour permettre l'aspiration de l'air contenu dans le contenant extractible (11). Un élément de fermeture (16) porté par une étagère (9) du corps contenant (2) détermine, sous l'effet de l'aspiration produite par les dispositifs (12) de mise sous vide, probablement par le biais d'un ou plusieurs positionneurs à dynamique des fluides (19, 42), la fermeture hermétique du contenant extractible (11) ainsi que son déplacement d'une position extraite ou insérée dans le corps contenant (2).
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