WO2006137674A1 - Unité de pot comprimable à double couvercle ayant une structure de filet et procédé de fabrication pour ladite unité - Google Patents

Unité de pot comprimable à double couvercle ayant une structure de filet et procédé de fabrication pour ladite unité Download PDF

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WO2006137674A1
WO2006137674A1 PCT/KR2006/002367 KR2006002367W WO2006137674A1 WO 2006137674 A1 WO2006137674 A1 WO 2006137674A1 KR 2006002367 W KR2006002367 W KR 2006002367W WO 2006137674 A1 WO2006137674 A1 WO 2006137674A1
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    • 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
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    • 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
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    • 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
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    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
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    • 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
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    • 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
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    • 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
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    • 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
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  • the present invention relates to a double lid cap in which a lid having a net structure is provided underneath a membrane cap to be sealed to a flange of a squeeze vessel, and more particularly, to an assembly of a squeeze vessel and double lid cap having a net structure in which a double lid cap mechanism including a membrane cap and net-shaped lid having different structures and functions from each other can guarantee division of contents into multiple pieces based on a net shape as well as stable storage of the contents, thereby achieving real-time dividing extrusion of the contents and consequently, convenience and safety to all consumers, and method for manufacturing the squeeze vessel assembly.
  • mini-cup jelly products commercialized at a market are designed to stimulate curiosity of children by virtue of a tiny size, sweet taste and helpful color thereof and therefore, have a possibility to cause unexpected suffocation accidents.
  • the European Food Safety Authority In the case of the European Union (EU), the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) already indicated the hardness, shape, size and intake methods of jelly as dangerous factors of mini-cup jelly products, and submitted examination opinions in that mini-cup jelly products have the risk of suffocation regardless of kinds of food additives as well as the risk of suffocation is not limited to children. Based on the examination opinions, the European Union took an action to prevent the sale and importation of mini-cup jelly products and food additives used in the manufacture thereof throughout members of the EU. Also, in the case of United States of America, the Food Safety and Applied
  • CFSAN Food and Drug Administration
  • CPSC Consumer Product Safety Commission
  • FDA Food and Drug Administration
  • mini-cup jelly products are marketable to special consumer groups and the demand thereof is increasing year by year. Nevertheless, counterplans for eliminating the harmful factors of mini-cup jelly products presented by the respective countries including developed countries are not so serious, and only prevent the production, sale, and importation of the jelly products without presenting fundamental solutions. These counterplans forcibly suppress the spontaneously generated demand of markets.
  • mini-cup jelly products in Korea occupies a great portion of the market demand, and approximately two hundred million or more of jelly products including imported products are sold. Accordingly, preventing the manufacture and sale of mini-cup jelly products may increase the industrial damage to relevant manufactures, material suppliers, distributors, etc.
  • Suffocation accidents which are caused by mini-cup jelly products and, in particular, involve children, may be considered as inevitable accidents because children are underdeveloped both in mind and body and thus have a throat narrower than that of the adult, and first of all, children have awkward action and insufficient self-control and cannot recognize the danger of products even if they can comprehend warnings requiring attention.
  • mini jelly vessels should be shaped and structured to cause slimy and soft jelly lumps to instantaneously enter the consumer's mouth, and this causes the consumer to unintentionally swallow the jelly lump whole due to a sucking action, resulting in a probability of blocking of the throat. Accordingly, emphasizing that the jelly lump should be eaten while cutting off it little by little rather than swallowing it whole in order to prevent suffocation accidents is a vague and impracticable proposition inconsistent with reality, and is difficult to evoke sympathy of people. Moreover, when considering a recent sale promotion behavior to advertise freezing jelly for the sake of better taste, it is difficult to imagine who on earth would cut off and eat the frozen jelly lump little by little for their safety.
  • mini-cup jelly products having a square or other polygonal shape except for a circular, conical and elliptical shapes are safe even if they have a size of 4.5cm or less, this size of products also must be swallowed instantaneously and thus, have a limit in safety.
  • the safety risk of mini-cup jelly products may depend on the structure and shape of jelly vessels, physical properties of jelly, and recognition of consumers.
  • the following measures may be taken by relevant authorities. Firstly, the sale of products that use a vessel having a size of 4.5cm or more, or products that have a size of 4.5cm or less, but have a reduced hardness and toughness and increased brittleness may be allowed. Secondly, it may be possible to obligate the addition of phrases warning the risk of swallowing frozen jelly whole and suffocation therefrom and encouraging to chew jelly finely.
  • mini-cup jelly products having a size of 4.5cm or less
  • the sale thereof is allowed under conditions that the mini-cup jelly products contain no konjac or glucomannan and have a hardness of 7N or less, and are subjected to a physical property analyzer test, forward extrusion test, compression test, drilling test, cohesion test, etc., and warning phrases are marked thereon.
  • these kinds of products still have the following problems.
  • mini-cup jelly products are designed to be swallowed whole. Therefore, even if the jelly has a relatively low hardness as a result of a compression test, it still has the risk of accidents in accordance with intake conditions and environments.
  • a partition having a predetermined shape is used to divide an interior space of the vessel, so as to divide the jelly lump into small pieces.
  • a cup is defined as a vessel having a depth more than a half a diameter of the vessel.
  • a predetermined amount of cups are mass produced in real time by vacuum and pressure forming using a multilayered pneumatic extrusion sheet, foamed C-PET sheet, or the like.
  • the cups produced as stated above are mainly used for the packing of various foods, such as jelly, ice-cream and other edible ice, cream, jam, bean curd, and other seasoned food. Accordingly, all mini-cups used as jelly vessels in all the countries are also produced by vacuum or pressure forming and thus, have restrictions in shape and structure.
  • FIGS. 17a, 17b and 17c are schematic views of the prior art.
  • a jelly vessel comprising a partition 66a produced by thermoforming.
  • the partition 66a increases the surface area of a sheet inside the jelly vessel and thus, there is a necessity for increasing the thickness of the sheet, resulting in an unnecessary increase in price of the jelly vessel.
  • the partition is insufficient to finely divide jelly received in the vessel because it has a limit to divide the interior space of the vessel into several parts.
  • a non-continuous partition 66b as shown in FIG. 17b has a structure that cannot be obtained by thermoforming and be produced only by injection molding.
  • a partition 66c having a predetermined height is provided only along an inner circumference of an upper-end opening of a vessel.
  • the conventional vessel using the partition 66c cannot be manufactured by any one of both injection molding and thermoforming and is only an imaginary vessel that can exist only as a drawing.
  • the known technologies have a fundamental weak point in commercialization and fail to fulfill requirements of the relevant authorities, etc.
  • the present invention has been made in view of the above problems shifting all responsibility of accidents to consumers.
  • the present invention can provide a fundamental solution against suffocation accidents.
  • the present invention is also applicable to various food groups because the present invention is not limited by the size of a vessel. Accordingly, the present invention can guarantee safety of life to all consumers, in particular, children and old and feeble persons.
  • Products obtained by the present invention have no necessity of warning phrases and thus, can fulfill desires of relevant authorities and businesses as well as consumers. Also, according to the present invention, it is unnecessary to provide a squeeze vessel with partitions. This results in a reduction in manufacturing costs as well as creation of new and replacement demands in markets.
  • FIG. 1 is a perspective view of the general configuration of a squeeze vessel assembly according to the present invention, illustrating a membrane cap partially peeled from a squeeze vessel;
  • FIG. 2 is an exploded perspective view illustrating the important parts of the present invention
  • FIGS. 3a and 3b are enlarged perspective views of the circles of FIG.1;
  • FIG. 4 is a cross sectional view taken along the line X-X of FIG. 1;
  • FIG. 5 is a longitudinal sectional view taken along the line Y-Y of FIG. 1 ;
  • FIG. 6 is an enlarged sectional view of the circle of FIG. 5;
  • FIG. 7 is a perspective view illustrating an alternative configuration of a sealing flange provided at the squeeze vessel according to the present invention.
  • FIG. 8 is an explanatory view illustrating the use state of the present invention.
  • FIGS. 9a, 9b and 9c are explanatory views illustrating sequential division and extrusion of contents due to effect of compression according to the present invention.
  • FIGS. 10a, 10b and 10c are plan views, respectively, illustrating a square net lid, honeycomb net lid, and diamond-shaped net lid according to one preferred embodiment of the present invention
  • FIGS. 11a, l ib and l ie are plan views, respectively, illustrating a punched square net lid, punched honeycomb net lid, and punched diamond-shaped net lid according to another preferred embodiment of the present invention
  • FIG. 12 is an explanatory view illustrating individual transfer of a net lid and membrane cap film according to a first embodiment of the present invention
  • FIG. 13 is an explanatory view illustrating simultaneous transfer of a net lid and membrane cap film overlapped with each other according to a second embodiment of the present invention
  • FIGS. 14a, 14b, 14c and 14d are process views illustrating a thermoforming process of the squeeze vessel according to the present invention.
  • FIG. 15 is an explanatory view illustrating individual transfer, sealing, trimming and cutting of the net lid and membrane cap film according to the first embodiment of the present invention
  • FIG. 16 is an explanatory view illustrating simultaneous transfer, sealing, trimming and cutting of the net lid and membrane cap film according to the second embodiment of the present invention
  • FIGS. 17a, 17b and 17c are schematic views of the prior art. [Best Mode]
  • the present invention provides a squeeze vessel assembly including a double Hd cap of a net structure comprising: a squeeze vessel having at least one squeeze indentation continuously formed in a vertical direction of a body thereof and a sealing flange formed at an upper end thereof; and a double lid cap including a membrane cap formed with a peel flap and a net lid overlapped underneath the membrane cap, the double lid cap being trimmed and cut so as to be heat sealed to the flange of the squeeze vessel, thereby achieving efficient division and extrusion of contents as occasion demands.
  • a squeeze vessel assembly including a double lid cap that has a net structure and a method for manufacturing the same for a better understanding of the present invention and the present invention is not limited to the description thereof.
  • a squeeze vessel 10 is assembled with a double lid cap 40 and in turn, the double lid cap 40 includes a net lid 20 and membrane cap 30.
  • the squeeze vessel 10 has a predetermined diameter and depth, and has press indentations 17a and 17b formed at opposite positions of an outer circumference thereof and one or more squeezing indentations 15a and 15b defining valleys 14a and 14b and a ridge 13 continuously formed in a vertical direction throughout the center of the squeeze vessel 10.
  • the squeeze vessel 10 further has a sealing flange 12 formed at an upper end thereof.
  • the net lid 20 having a net structure is formed by coupling plastic wires 23, each having a predetermined thickness or diameter, with one another by predetermined intervals, to obtain a desired net width and shape.
  • the membrane cap 30 is formed of an aluminum foil or deposited laminate film having a predetermined thickness.
  • the membrane cap 30 has a sealing portion 35 formed along a circumference thereof and a peel flap 33 extending outward from a part of the sealing portion 35 to have a predetermined shape and size.
  • FIG. 7 illustrates an alternative configuration of the sealing flange 12 provided at the upper end of the squeeze vessel 10.
  • the sealing flange 12 is provided with a grip flap 19, to allow the sealing flange 12 to have the same outer contour as that of the double lid cap 40.
  • the net lid 20 is continuously formed by coupling the plastic wires 23 with one another to have a predetermined width and shape as well as a uniform density.
  • a net lid 20a having a square mesh pattern may be continuously formed with a predetermined density.
  • a net lid 20b having a honeycomb mesh pattern may be continuously formed with a predetermined density.
  • a net lid 20c having a diamond-shaped mesh pattern may be continuously formed with a predetermined density.
  • a net lid 25 may be continuously formed by punching holes in a sheet to have a predetermined width and shape.
  • punched portions 26a, 26b or 26c are successively arranged at predetermined positions of the net lid 25.
  • a punched net lid 25a may be continuously formed to have a predetermined width in such a manner that the plurality of punched portions 26a, each having a square mesh pattern, are successively arranged at predetermined positions.
  • a punched net lid 25b may be continuously formed to have a predetermined width in such a manner that the plurality of punched portions 26b, each having a honeycomb mesh pattern, are successively arranged at predetermined positions.
  • a punched net lid 25c may be continuously formed to have a predetermined width in such a manner that the plurality of punched portions 26c, each having a diamond-shaped mesh pattern, are successively arranged at predetermined positions.
  • the net lid 20 is completed by coupling the plastic wires 23 having a predetermined thickness with one another in known various netting methods.
  • the net lid 25 is completed by punching holes having a predetermined mesh pattern in a sheet having a predetermined thickness at predetermined intervals.
  • a membrane cap film 75 which has a predetermined width and is printed with a plurality of membrane caps 30, is unwound from a membrane cap film spool 70.
  • the net lid 20 which is produced by coupling the plastic wires 23 with one another at predetermined intervals to have a predetermined shape and the same width as that of the membrane cap film 75, is unwound from a net lid spool 50. Thereby, the membrane cap film 75 and net lid 20 can be transferred individually in a double roll manner.
  • the net lid 20 is overlapped underneath the membrane cap film 75 having the predetermined width to produce a double lid cap film 95 in an initial raw film processing step.
  • the double lid cap film 95 is unwound from a double lid cap film spool 90 in a single roll transfer manner.
  • side-edge sealing members 73 are continuously or discontinuously provided along opposite side edges of the membrane cap film 75.
  • the side-edge sealing members 73 serve to bond the membrane cap film 75 and net lid 20 to each other, thereby preventing unintentional separation therebetween during transfer thereof.
  • the net lid 20 and membrane cap 30 are overlapped and bonded together to the sealing flange 12 of the squeeze vessel 10, in which contents 45 are filled, by thermal compression.
  • the net lid 20 may be first bonded to the sealing flange 12 and then, the membrane cap 30 may be overlapped on the net lid 20 so as to be sequentially bonded thereto.
  • both the net lid 20 and membrane cap 30 may be bonded simultaneously to the sealing flange 12. In both the cases, the membrane cap 30 can be peeled independently because the membrane cap 30 is simply disposed on the upper end of the squeeze vessel 10.
  • the net lid 20 cannot be peeled from the sealing flange 12 bonded thereto by thermal compression because both the sealing flange 12 and net lid 20 have the same thick sheet thickness as each other (generally, a thick sheet has a thickness of 0.25mm or more) and are made of same or similar plastic materials.
  • the plastic wire 23 is deformed into a compressed wire 24 having a width larger than the diameter of the plastic wire 23, so as to keep the net lid 20 in a bonded state without the risk of movement.
  • the membrane cap 30, prior to being peeled, serves as a protective membrane for shielding the contents 45 from impurities outside.
  • the membrane cap 30 After the membrane cap 30 is peeled from the net lid 20 overlapped and bonded underneath thereof, the contents 45 can be cut and divided into several pieces having a predetermined shape by an external pressure and suction force due to effect of the net lid 20.
  • a constituent material of the plastic wire 23 may be determined based on the material of the squeeze vessel 10, and may be one material selected from among PP, PE, nylon, and combinations thereof in consideration of various requirements.
  • a high-strength and high- elasticity material having a superior tensile strength and elasticity may be used.
  • the plastic wire 23 may be made of a single material or chemically synthesized from several materials, or may be produced by coating a nylon core with PP, PE, or the like.
  • the plastic wires 23, each having a predetermined diameter and extending continuously in a longitudinal direction thereof, may be coupled with one another in known various technologies, to obtain a net structure.
  • the diameter of the plastic wires 23 is freely determined in a range of approximately 0.5 ⁇ lmm based on given empirical conditions obtained from various experiments, such as a viscous hardness of the contents 45, a size of the squeeze vessel 10, etc.
  • the plastic wires 23 constituting the net structure are coupled with one another at an interval of approximately 10mm regardless of the size of the squeeze vessel 10.
  • the plastic wire 23 has a cross section selected from among various shapes.
  • the plastic wire 23 may have a triangular, square, diamond- shaped, circular cross section, etc., and preferably, the plastic wire 23 may have a circular or elliptical shape based on given empirical conditions.
  • the punched net lids 25a, 25b and 25c are configured to obtain a net structure by using various known technologies.
  • the punched portions 26a, 26b and 26c may be formed in various shapes to be successively arranged by use of a punching roller, laser punching machine, ultrasonic punching machine, or the like, based on given conditions, such as the thickness and material of the sheet, etc.
  • the contents 45 can be divided into several pieces while being extruded from the squeeze vessel 10 due to effect of the net lid 20 and a pressure force applied thereto. That is, the extruding contents 45 can be cut by the net lid 20 based on the mesh pattern of the net lid 20.
  • the squeeze vessel 10 having one or more squeeze indentations 15a and 15b is adapted to receive the pressure force in a transversal direction based on a vector value headed by the press indentations 17a and 17b to thereby be constricted in the transversal direction.
  • the constriction angle of the valleys 14a and 14b and ridge 13 decreases gradually until it reaches a limit value.
  • the interior volume of the squeeze vessel 10 decreases in proportion to the decrease of the constriction angle, thereby causing the contents 45 received in the squeeze vessel 10 to be naturally extruded out of the squeeze vessel 10 as much as the decreased interior volume.
  • the contents 45 are cut and divided by the cobwebbed net lid 20 that is integrated to the opening of the squeeze vessel 10 by thermal compression.
  • the squeeze vessel 10 reaches a constriction limit incapable of further extruding the contents 45, the consumer can remove the contents 45 by putting his/her mouth to the opening of the squeezable vessel 10 without continuing to press the vessel 10.
  • the present invention has the effect of completely preventing the swallowed contents 45 from having the form of a lump and consequently, preventing blocking of the throat.
  • the present invention is able to achieve a very satisfactory result when being applied to products that are prohibited for sale because the products have a relatively high hardness due to konjac or glucomannan additives. That is, the present invention can put an end to the criticism related to the safety of mini-cup jelly products.
  • the present invention since it is unnecessary to delimit the viscous hardness of contents to 7N or less for the reason of intake safety, the present invention has the effect of preventing deterioration in taste caused when the hardness of contents is excessively low. Ultimately, the present invention can completely solve all problems of mini-cup jelly products that are being disputed due to differences between the positions of many domestic and foreign relevant authorities, businesses, and consumer associations.
  • the present invention enables the safe intake of a mini-cup jelly product having a diameter of 4.5cm or less and therefore, the criticism about the cup diameter becomes meaningless.
  • the safe intake of jelly products containing food additives that have a relatively high hardness, such as konjac, glucomannan, or the like is possible, the criticism about a somewhat vague standard in that a product having a hardness of 7N or less is safe also becomes meaningless.
  • the net lid 20 of the present invention can act to prevent extrusion of the frozen jelly so as not to swallow the frozen jelly whole. Therefore, there is no probability of potential accidents caused by intake of the frozen jelly.
  • the squeeze vessel 10 according to the present invention can be manufactured by thermoforming.
  • the thermoforming includes a variety of sheet processing technologies, such as a vacuum forming, pressure forming, matched mold forming, and combinations thereof.
  • thermoforming is performed at a relatively low pressure (conventionally, a pressure of 1—10 atmospheres) as compared to other processes, such as blow molding, injection molding, injection blow molding, etc.
  • a relatively low pressure conventionally, a pressure of 1—10 atmospheres
  • This enables the use of a mold made of low-strength and low-cost materials as well as mass production of the vessel. Accordingly, the thermoforming can achieve a considerable reduction in production price per unit product.
  • FIGS. 17a, 17b and 17c the problems of conventional jelly vessels 96 using one of partitions 66a, 66b and 66c as shown in FIGS. 17a, 17b and 17c are explained.
  • the use of the partition 66a causes an increase in the overall surface area of the vessel, resulting in insufficient division and extrusion of jelly and thereby, increasing the price of the vessel forming sheet 100 by up to approximately 30%.
  • the thickness of the vessel forming sheet 100 increases, thereby causing deterioration in production efficiency in proportion to the increased thickness.
  • thermoforming is an essential precondition of the present invention. Accordingly, numerous disposable vessels for packing groups of food, such as jelly, sweet paste, sauce, liquid-phase cream, ice cream and other edible ice, jam, seasoned food, bean curd, pea jelly, etc., are manufactured by the thermoforming method without exception.
  • a plastic sheet having a predetermined width and thickness is processed such that vessels are continuously formed in two or more lines.
  • the squeeze vessel 10 of the present invention has a physical/engineering force-balance mechanism and extremely ergonomic structure to divide the contents 45 using the net lid 20 having a predetermined thickness and shape, rather than using a partition.
  • the present invention can guarantee the consumer's convenience and safety, and provide a relevant production industry with a highly synergistic effect because the present invention is directly applicable to production facilities of relevant businesses.
  • the squeeze vessel 10 can be manufactured while keeping the thickness of the vessel forming sheet 100 per unit area, causing no increase in manufacturing costs.
  • the vessel of the present invention can be mass produced by using a known vessel manufacturing method and thus, is applicable to a variety of disposable vessel product groups.
  • a method for filling the contents 45 in the squeeze vessel 10, heat sealing the net lid 20 to the membrane cap 30, and trimming and cutting the bonded net lid 20 and membrane cap 30 or double lid cap 40 may be slightly modified as shown in the drawings.
  • the squeeze vessel 10 is primarily vacuum formed based on a process using a vacuum forming system, followed by trimming and cutting.
  • a plurality of squeeze vessels 10 formed as stated above are aligned in a vessel holder of an automatic cup sealing system having passed through an initial tuning course. Then, if the contents 45 are filled in the respective squeeze vessels 10 by operation of a filling system, the squeeze vessels 10 are sealed while sequentially passing through the sealing system.
  • the net lid 20 is unwound from the net lid spool 50 in accordance with rotation of the spool 50 and simultaneously, the membrane cap film 75 is unwound from the membrane cap film spool 70 in accordance with rotation of the spool 70, achieving individual transfer of both the net lid 20 and membrane cap film 75.
  • the heat sealing heads of the sealing system are concentrically positioned with the sealing flanges 12 of the squeeze vessels 10, the heat sealing heads are also aligned in a line with the membrane cap film 75 and sealing tuning portions 21a, 21b and 21c of the net lid 20 between the heat sealing heads and the sealing flanges 12 as shown in FIGS. 10a, 10b and 10c. Thereby, the squeeze vessels 10 are completely sealed through a pressure heat sealing as shown in FIG. 6.
  • the outer contour of each printed pattern on the membrane cap film 75 is trimmed by a trimming unit and concentrically positioned with the squeeze vessels 10 with a high accuracy. Simultaneously with the trimming and cutting of the membrane cap film 75, the net lid 20, which is overlapped underneath the membrane cap film 75, is cut, to output a finished product as shown in FIG. 1 or 7.
  • the squeeze vessel 10 is primarily vacuum formed based on a process using a vacuum forming system, followed by trimming and cutting.
  • a plurality of squeeze vessels 10 formed as stated above are aligned in a vessel holder of an automatic cup sealing system having passed through an initial tuning course. Then, if the contents 45 are filled in the respective squeeze vessels 10 by operation of a filling system, the squeeze vessels 10 are sealed while sequentially passing through a sealing system.
  • the double lid cap film 95 is unwound from the double lid cap film spool 90 to be transferred forward. Then, as the heat sealing heads of the sealing system are concentrically positioned with the sealing flanges 12 of the squeeze vessels 10, the heat sealing heads are aligned in a line with both the membrane cap film 75 and the net lid 20 overlapped with each other. Thereby, the squeeze vessels 10 are completely sealed through a pressure heat sealing as shown in FIG. 6.
  • the outer contour of each printed pattern on the membrane cap film 75 is trimmed by a trimming unit and concentrically positioned with the squeeze vessels 10 with a high accuracy. Simultaneously with the trimming and cutting of the membrane cap film 75, the net lid 20, which is overlapped underneath the membrane cap film 75, is cut, to output a finished product as shown in FIG. 1 or 7.
  • a high-frequency heat sealing or ultrasonic heat sealing may be employed in accordance with conditions of the net lid 20.

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L’invention vise un couvercle double, dans lequel un couvercle possédant une structure à filet, installé en dessous d’un opercule à sceller au rebord d’un pot comprimable afin d’empêcher les accidents par suffocation que présentent les produits de gelée en mini-coupe conventionnels. Pour empêcher totalement qu’un morceau de gelée ne soit avalé d’un seul coup dans la bouche, si on décolle l’opercule scellé au pot comprimable protégeant le contenu, le couvercle à filet recouvert par l’opercule permet au contenu d’être divisé finement lorsqu’il est extrudé du pot tout en empêchant l’extrusion du contenu de gelée. Cette configuration permet un usage et une consommation sans danger, en particulier par les enfants ou les personnes âgées ou faibles ; elle permet aussi de réduire les coûts de fabrication ainsi que les demandes de produits nouveaux et en remplacement.
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