WO2003104729A1 - Emballage destiné à des cubes de glace - Google Patents

Emballage destiné à des cubes de glace Download PDF

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WO2003104729A1
WO2003104729A1 PCT/EP2003/006044 EP0306044W WO03104729A1 WO 2003104729 A1 WO2003104729 A1 WO 2003104729A1 EP 0306044 W EP0306044 W EP 0306044W WO 03104729 A1 WO03104729 A1 WO 03104729A1
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Mariagrazia Frattini
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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
    • F25C—PRODUCING, WORKING OR HANDLING ICE
    • F25C1/00—Producing ice
    • F25C1/22—Construction of moulds; Filling devices for moulds
    • F25C1/24—Construction of moulds; Filling devices for moulds for refrigerators, e.g. freezing trays
    • F25C1/243—Moulds made of plastics e.g. silicone
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A23—FOODS OR FOODSTUFFS; TREATMENT THEREOF, NOT COVERED BY OTHER CLASSES
    • A23G—COCOA; COCOA PRODUCTS, e.g. CHOCOLATE; SUBSTITUTES FOR COCOA OR COCOA PRODUCTS; CONFECTIONERY; CHEWING GUM; ICE-CREAM; PREPARATION THEREOF
    • A23G7/00—Other apparatus or process specially adapted for the chocolate or confectionery industry
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A23—FOODS OR FOODSTUFFS; TREATMENT THEREOF, NOT COVERED BY OTHER CLASSES
    • A23G—COCOA; COCOA PRODUCTS, e.g. CHOCOLATE; SUBSTITUTES FOR COCOA OR COCOA PRODUCTS; CONFECTIONERY; CHEWING GUM; ICE-CREAM; PREPARATION THEREOF
    • A23G9/00—Frozen sweets, e.g. ice confectionery, ice-cream; Mixtures therefor
    • 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
    • B65D75/00—Packages comprising articles or materials partially or wholly enclosed in strips, sheets, blanks, tubes, or webs of flexible sheet material, e.g. in folded wrappers
    • B65D75/40—Packages formed by enclosing successive articles, or increments of material, in webs, e.g. folded or tubular webs, or by subdividing tubes filled with liquid, semi-liquid, or plastic materials
    • B65D75/44—Individual packages cut from webs or tubes

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  • the present invention relates to a packaging for ice in cubes.
  • Ice in cubes is currently marketed in plastic bags of various sizes, which contain a certain number, usually a large number, of cubes.
  • the bags are contained in refrigerators, from which they are taken by the consumer.
  • Another ice cube distribution system is constituted by automatic dispensers, which include an apparatus that produces the cubes continuously and a container from which the consumer removes a chosen quantity of cubes, for example by means of a bucket.
  • automatic dispensers which include an apparatus that produces the cubes continuously and a container from which the consumer removes a chosen quantity of cubes, for example by means of a bucket.
  • a typical example is the tourist who, by not being immunized against local microorganisms, cannot consume safely the water of the water system even if he or she wants to.
  • the aim of the present invention is to provide an ice packaging that overcomes the drawbacks of the cited prior art.
  • An object of the invention is to provide an ice packaging that allows to provide selected quantities of ice cubes in conditions of great hygiene. Another object of the invention is to provide an ice packaging that is particularly advantageous from the commercial standpoint.
  • Another object is to provide an ice packaging that can be used without particular equipment. This aim and these and other objects that will become better apparent hereinafter are achieved by a packaging for ice in cubes, as claimed in the appended claims.
  • Figure 1 is a perspective view of the packaging according to the invention, shown before it is filled with water;
  • Figure 2 is a perspective view of the packaging containing ice
  • Figure 3 is a partially sectioned perspective view of a portion of the packaging containing ice
  • Figure 4 is a partial side view of a container for the packaging shown during the extraction of the packaging from the container;
  • Figure 5 is a view, similar to Figure 4, showing the separation of a dose and the system for blocking the packaging at the opening of the container;
  • Figure 6 is a cutout perspective view showing the arrangement of the packaging at the opening of the container
  • Figure 7 is a schematic front view of a container, illustrating an arrangement of the packaging inside the container
  • FIG 8 is a schematic front view of a container, illustrating another arrangement of the packaging inside the container.
  • the packaging according to the invention generally designated by the reference numeral 1 , comprises a tube made of plastics, adapted for packaging food, such as for example PVC, designated by the reference numeral 2, of a commonly commercially available type, in which transverse heat-sealed portions 3 may be formed which affect only partially the transverse extension of the tube 2 so as to leave a passage 4.
  • the passage 4 connects the chambers 5, formed by the heat-sealed portions 3, so that the tube 2 can be filled with water, which once frozen forms an ice "cube" 6 inside each chamber 5.
  • the packaging structure 1 is therefore constituted by a plurality of individual portions 8, which are separated by hems 9 constituted by the heat- sealed portions 3.
  • the heat-sealed portions 3 have die-cuts or slits 10 that make it easier to break the tube 2 in order to easily separate the portions 8 from each other.
  • the container 11 has a dispensing opening 12 that allows to extract one or more portions 8 of the structure from the container 11.
  • the opening 12 has two flaps 13, made of rubber or other elastically deformable material, which are adapted to close the opening.
  • the flaps 13 form a slit 16 through which the hem 9 that separates the portions 8 of the tube 2 can pass.
  • the flaps 13 undergo an elastic deformation so that the slit 16 widens enough to allow a portion 8 to pass, as shown schematically in Figure 4.
  • a means for supporting the tube 2 is associated inside the container 11 at the opening 12, so as to support the tube 2 so that the first portion 8 of the tube is supported at the opening 12, as shown in Figures 5 and 6.
  • the supporting means is constituted, in the specific case, by an L-shaped member
  • the tube 2 is contained in the refrigerating container 11 and can be extracted through the opening 12, for removing a selected number of portions 8.
  • the tube 2 can be arranged inside the refrigerating container in various manners; for example, as shown schematically in Figure 7, it can be contained in a parallelepipedal cardboard box, like a machine-gun belt magazine, so that the free end of the tube protrudes, in an upper region, at the opening 12 from which the portions 8 are removed.
  • the refrigerating container can contain a series of parallel boxes.
  • Figure 8 schematically illustrates another method of storing the tube 2 in the container 11 , comprising a reel on which the tube 2 is wound.
  • the operation of the packaging structure according to the invention is apparent from the description given above.
  • the tube 2 is simply filled with water and then sealed at its ends.
  • the packaging 1 thus formed can be frozen in order to form the ice portions and can be inserted in a container or dispenser, which is conveniently provided with an opening that allows to extract only the chosen portions 8, leaving the other portions inside the container 11 , for example in the manner described above.
  • the presence of the die-cut 10 or other similar provision allows to easily break the hem 9 in order to separate the portions 8 to be extracted.
  • the part of the hem 9 that remains associated with the portion 8 that remains inside the container protrudes from the slit 16 of the opening 12 so as to allow the user to grip it and extract new portions from the container.
  • the easy breaking of the hem 9 is designed to make the ice cube exit easily from the plastic container, making it fall into the glass or other vessel for consumption.
  • the tube 2 may be first filled with water, then sealed and then manually, or by means of a machine, welded to form the hems 9.
  • This embodiment is particularly useful where the water manufacturing plants are not equipped with advanced machinery and the tube 2 has to be manufactured elsewhere and then shipped to the water manufacturing plant.
  • the tube 2 may be provided as a plastic tube or as a plastic sheet subsequently welded longitudinally to form the tube 2.
  • the packaging according to the invention is advantageous in several types of situation, for example in countries where the water of the public water system is not considered hygienically safe.
  • the present packaging makes immediately available hygienically safe ice to be added to beverages, in sealed containers, differently from the current situation in which ice is often shunned by the consumers afraid of running health risks.
  • the packaging according to the invention can be a valid commercial tool, since it can be used to market and distribute "branded" ice, i.e., ice constituted by water normally sold in bottles.
  • the tube can bear the trademarks of the producer.
  • the packaging can of course be used with liquids other than plain water, for example water with the addition of flavors, fruit juice concentrates, et cetera, for example in order to distribute ice lollies or "Popsicles".
  • Another advantage of the packaging according to the invention is that it can be used in automatic vending machines operated by means of coins, tokens, cards et cetera.
  • the materials used, as well as the dimensions, may of course be any according to requirements and to the state of the art.

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Abstract

L'invention concerne un emballage (1) destiné à des cubes de glace comprenant un élément tubulaire (2) souple dans lequel des séparations partielles (3) sont formées, celles-ci étant mutuellement espacées afin de former une pluralité de chambres (5) reliées par un passage (4). Le tube (2) peut être rempli avec de l'eau ou d'autres liquides, puis fermé et congelé afin de former des portions de glace (6) individuelles séparables par des bords (9) facilement cassables.
PCT/EP2003/006044 2002-06-11 2003-06-10 Emballage destiné à des cubes de glace WO2003104729A1 (fr)

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ITMI20021272 ITMI20021272A1 (it) 2002-06-11 2002-06-11 Struttura di confezionamento di ghiaccio in cubetti

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US7900471B2 (en) 2008-05-27 2011-03-08 S. I. Incorporated Pre-packaged, flexible container of ice and air
WO2012116421A1 (fr) * 2011-03-03 2012-09-07 Gesualdo Jose Roberto Agencement destiné à un emballage pour glaçons
EP2348877B1 (fr) * 2008-10-21 2013-12-04 Nestec S.A. Procédé de fabrication d une boisson glacée à partir d une confiserie glacée présentant une zone de surface et des vides augmentés
ES2690123A1 (es) * 2017-05-19 2018-11-19 Manuel LIRIA MOYA Cubito de hielo envasado por unidades (individualmente/mono-dosis)

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US2343064A (en) * 1942-07-18 1944-02-29 Bertha M Kjorsvik Collapsible tube dispenser
US2955044A (en) * 1956-12-18 1960-10-04 Tupper Corp Membranous shape-sustaining receptacles
US4223043A (en) * 1978-10-16 1980-09-16 Oliver Johnson Detachable cell frozen confection forming and holding apparatus
CH621406A5 (fr) * 1977-01-25 1981-01-30 Vangedal Nielsen Erling
US4752002A (en) * 1985-12-18 1988-06-21 Mitsubishi Gas Chemical Company, Inc. Continuous package train of deoxidizing agent
WO1994011170A1 (fr) * 1992-11-16 1994-05-26 Arctic Icewater, Inc. Bac a glace non reutilisable, a pellicule de couverture decollable

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US2343064A (en) * 1942-07-18 1944-02-29 Bertha M Kjorsvik Collapsible tube dispenser
US2955044A (en) * 1956-12-18 1960-10-04 Tupper Corp Membranous shape-sustaining receptacles
CH621406A5 (fr) * 1977-01-25 1981-01-30 Vangedal Nielsen Erling
US4223043A (en) * 1978-10-16 1980-09-16 Oliver Johnson Detachable cell frozen confection forming and holding apparatus
US4752002A (en) * 1985-12-18 1988-06-21 Mitsubishi Gas Chemical Company, Inc. Continuous package train of deoxidizing agent
WO1994011170A1 (fr) * 1992-11-16 1994-05-26 Arctic Icewater, Inc. Bac a glace non reutilisable, a pellicule de couverture decollable

Cited By (4)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US7900471B2 (en) 2008-05-27 2011-03-08 S. I. Incorporated Pre-packaged, flexible container of ice and air
EP2348877B1 (fr) * 2008-10-21 2013-12-04 Nestec S.A. Procédé de fabrication d une boisson glacée à partir d une confiserie glacée présentant une zone de surface et des vides augmentés
WO2012116421A1 (fr) * 2011-03-03 2012-09-07 Gesualdo Jose Roberto Agencement destiné à un emballage pour glaçons
ES2690123A1 (es) * 2017-05-19 2018-11-19 Manuel LIRIA MOYA Cubito de hielo envasado por unidades (individualmente/mono-dosis)

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