WO2008050190A1 - Container for soluble drinks - Google Patents

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WO2008050190A1
WO2008050190A1 PCT/IB2007/002943 IB2007002943W WO2008050190A1 WO 2008050190 A1 WO2008050190 A1 WO 2008050190A1 IB 2007002943 W IB2007002943 W IB 2007002943W WO 2008050190 A1 WO2008050190 A1 WO 2008050190A1
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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
    • B65D1/00—Containers having bodies formed in one piece, e.g. by casting metallic material, by moulding plastics, by blowing vitreous material, by throwing ceramic material, by moulding pulped fibrous material, by deep-drawing operations performed on sheet material
    • B65D1/22—Boxes or like containers with side walls of substantial depth for enclosing contents
    • B65D1/26—Thin-walled containers, e.g. formed by deep-drawing operations
    • B65D1/30—Groups of containers joined together end-to-end or side-by-side
    • 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
    • B65D85/00—Containers, packaging elements or packages, specially adapted for particular articles or materials
    • B65D85/70—Containers, packaging elements or packages, specially adapted for particular articles or materials for materials not otherwise provided for
    • B65D85/804—Disposable containers or packages with contents which are mixed, infused or dissolved in situ, i.e. without having been previously removed from the package
    • B65D85/8043—Packages adapted to allow liquid to pass through the contents
    • B65D85/8067—Packages for several ingredients

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  • the invention relates to a container for soluble drinks .
  • Machines have been used for some time now to automatically dispense hot drinks, such as co ffee, chocolate and tea.
  • These dispensing machines are composed o f a tank inside which water is accumulated and inside which electrical heating elements are placed to heat the water when there is a request to dispense a drink.
  • the heated water i s conveyed to a housing in which pods are inserted that contain a soluble powder drink.
  • the hot water pushed by a pump, goes through the pod which has a number of openings that allow permeability and mixing with the contents, and combines with this to make a hot liquid drink that is then di spensed, being poured into a gl ass, or other container, which is placeable, each time, under the pod housing so as to collect the liquid drink thus formed .
  • a first characteristic is the possibility of being permeable so as to let water pass through easily and the resulting complete mixing with the soluble powder drink they contain;
  • a second characteristic i s that the pod contents, being hygroscopic, must be protected against the humidity in the environment so that not even a small part can be absorbed by the powder drink before the pod i s used, altering the flavour and quality o f the drink dispensed.
  • pods are produced that compri se a container body made in plastic which is substantially cylindrical in shape and of a standard size so it can be used in many automatic dispensing machines and which has a series of openings on its upper and lower sides .
  • the upper and lower sides o f these pods are made of thin plastic or aluminium-based film s which have to be perforated at the moment of use by special perforators which are placed in the dispensing machines at the housing, and they perform their perforating task once the pod has been placed in it to dispense a drink.
  • these perforators can be mounted on an arm that opens and closes access to the housing : when the arm closes on the housing the perforators penetrate the film and the pump starts simultaneously to dispense the water: the perforators have inner channels for the passage of water and, when they have penetrated the films, they convey the water inside the pod contents .
  • This state of the art has a number of drawbacks.
  • One first drawback is that the dispensing machines must all necessarily have a tray for collecting the used pods which must be of a suitable size to hold a quantity of used pods that will allow the dispensing machine to be used for a sufficiently long period of time like, for instance, one day, without having to empty the tray frequently. This necessity forces the manufacturers of dispensing machines to make them of a substantially big siz e so there is enough room inside to contain the collection tray.
  • Another drawb ack is that the pods that are not wanted frequently, despite the fact that the packaging is sealed, there can b e some problem s in preserving the soluble drinks contained inside this packaging due to spontaneous alterations over time, e . g . oxidation processes, ageing of the compound or a bacterial load in the drink itself, changing its flavour.
  • An obj ect of the invention is to improve the state of the art.
  • Another obj ect of the invention i s to make a container for soluble drinks that allows automatic soluble drinks di spensing machines to be made without the drawer for collecting and accumulating the used pods and, therefore, that are substantially compact.
  • Another obj ect of the invention is to make a container for soluble drinks that allows a person to choose and obtain these drinks quickly and easily.
  • a container for soluble drinks that allows a person to have, in just one pack, a plurality of doses o f drinks which are the same or different from one another.
  • a container for soluble drinks i s provided which can be fitted in a di spensing housing of an instant drinks dispensing machine compri sing : cavity means suitable for containing doses of said solubl e drinks with one filling opening; seal ed clo sing means of said opening, characterised by the fact that said cavity means comprise a set number o f combined cavities in said container and each one containing a dose of a soluble drink.
  • the container for soluble drinks therefore allows to have, in one pack, a plurality o f doses available of just one drink or a plurality of doses available of drinks di fferent from one another. Further characteristics and advantages will appear more evident from the description of an embodiment of a container for soluble drinks , illustrated indicatively by way of non limiting example, in the attached drawings wherein : Figure 1 is a perspective vi ew from above of an embodiment o f a container for soluble drinks which can be fitted in a housing of an instant drinks dispensing m achine;
  • Figure 2 is a perspective view from below o f the container for soluble drinks of Figure 1 ;
  • Figure 3 is a view of a second possible embodiment of a container for soluble drinks;
  • Figure 4 is a view of a di splay support o f containers for solubl e drinks, illustrated in Figure 3 ;
  • Figure 5 is a view from below of the container of Figure 3 ;
  • Figure 6 i s a perspective view from below and on an enlarged scale of a cavity o f the container for soluble drinks o f Figure 2 ;
  • Figure 7 is a perspective view of a further possible embodiment of a container for soluble drinks in the shape of a cross;
  • Figure 8 is a perspective view of another possible embodiment of a container for soluble drinks in the shape of a polygon;
  • Figure 9 is a perspective view from below of a further possible embodiment of a container for soluble drinks in the shape of radial petals ;
  • Figure 1 0 is a view from below of the container for soluble drinks o f
  • a container for soluble drinks according to a first embodiment that compri ses a plurality of cavities 2 arranged in alignment with one another in a rectilinear fashion.
  • the container 1 compri ses a body that shapes the plurality of cavities 2 in j ust one piece .
  • the container 1 is closed at the top by a closing element 3 suitable for sealing the filling openings 4 of each cavity 2.
  • This closing element 3 comprises a film 5 made of an adhesive material which can be perforated.
  • the film 5 is the completely or partly removable type and is made, e. g. , with a thin film of aluminium with one adhesive side so it adheres to the container 1 in the areas defined between two cavities 2.
  • the l atter are shaped so as to define a first portion 6 that has a truncated conical pro file with a first taper j oined to a second extension portion 7 which also has a truncated conical profile but with a second taper bigger than the first taper.
  • This second portion defines a smaller base 8 which faces downwards when the cavities 2 are inserted in a dispensing housing of a dispensing machine of instant and, normally, hot drinks.
  • the container for soluble drinks indicated with 100 in this case, once again comprises a body that forms four substantially symmetrical lobes 101.
  • each lobe 101 a respective cavity 102 is obtained inside which a soluble drink can be inserted; the lobes 101 are inserted in rotation in the dispensing housing of an instant drinks dispensing machine.
  • the filling openings of the cavities 102 are hermetically closed by a closing element 103, e.g. an adhesive film in the areas defined between the filling openings.
  • the closing element 103 can have projecting tabs 104 to facilitate the opening of the closing element 103 and collection of the pod from the relative cavity 102 which, in this case, acts purely as a hermetic pack.
  • the container for soluble drinks indicated with 200 and 300 respectively, takes on the shape of a cross or a polygon with the respective cavities 202 and 302 located at the vertices so as to be easily insertable and extracted in rotation in the dispensing housing of an automatic instant drinks dispensing machine.
  • the containers of soluble drinks can be positioned on a support 9 that also acts as a display.
  • This support 9 has an arm 10 that projects from a supporting upright 11 that has a base 12 and on which a set number of containers 101 can be inserted which have, in their centre, a through hole 13 for this purpose.
  • the containers 101 can be turned on the arm 10 so as to see which drinks are contained in the cavities 102.
  • the closing element e. g. the film 5
  • inscriptions are either applied or printed indicating the type o f soluble drink contained in the respective cavity so that a consumer can insert the cavity that contains the drink wanted in the di spensing housing of an automatic instant drinks dispensing machine without any possibility of error.
  • the insertion of the cavities in the dispensing housing can be done either manually or automatically when, in this latter case, to the dispensing housing an apparatus is associated that will insert the cavities 2 , 1 02, 202, 302 autom atically in the housing as if each container were a loader.
  • the container for soluble drinks comprises a body in the shape of radial petals 40 1 separated by hollows 402 inside which the respective cavities 403 are formed to contain soluble drinks .
  • each cavity comprises a first portion 406 which has a truncated conical profile with a first taper j oined to a second extension portion 407 which also has a truncated conical profile but with a second taper bigger than the first taper.
  • Thi s second portion defines a smaller base 408 which turns downwards when the cavities 403 are inserted in a di spensing housing of a dispensing machine of instant and, norm ally, hot drinks .
  • the cavities of the containers for solubl e drinks can be separable from each other, providing preferred breaking lines which, for instance, can be seen in Figure 2 or 6, and indicated with 1 0.

Abstract

The container ( 1 ) for soluble drinks which can be fitted in a dispensing housing of a soluble drinks dispensing machine compri ses : cavity means (2 ) suitab le for containing doses of said soluble drinks with one filling opening; sealed closing means (3 ) of said filling opening, characteri sed by the fact that said cavity means (2) comprise a set number o f combined cavities (2) in said container ( 1 ) and each one containing a dose of a soluble drink.

Description

CONTAINER FOR SOLUBLE DRINKS
The invention relates to a container for soluble drinks . Machines have been used for some time now to automatically dispense hot drinks, such as co ffee, chocolate and tea. These dispensing machines are composed o f a tank inside which water is accumulated and inside which electrical heating elements are placed to heat the water when there is a request to dispense a drink. The heated water i s conveyed to a housing in which pods are inserted that contain a soluble powder drink.
The hot water, pushed by a pump, goes through the pod which has a number of openings that allow permeability and mixing with the contents, and combines with this to make a hot liquid drink that is then di spensed, being poured into a gl ass, or other container, which is placeable, each time, under the pod housing so as to collect the liquid drink thus formed .
When a request i s made to dispense another drink, a new pod is placed in the housing and the procedure is repeated . When a new pod i s placed in the housing, an automatic ej ector device, designed for this purpose and positioned in the housing, ej ects the used pod letting it fall - through a conveying duct - into a collection tray that is connected to the housing and inside which all the used pods are accumulated. When the tray i s full the conveying duct i s clogged and the dispensing machine stops automatically: to make it start again the user has to empty the tray and, consequently, the duct. In some cases it is possible to m ake drinks by mixing another two types of drink. To obtain this mix at least two pods have to be used, inserting first one pod containing the first drink which is dissolved in the glass and then inserting the second pod that contains the second drink which also dissolves in the glass, mixing together with the first. These pods must have two essential characteristics : a first characteristic is the possibility of being permeable so as to let water pass through easily and the resulting complete mixing with the soluble powder drink they contain; a second characteristic i s that the pod contents, being hygroscopic, must be protected against the humidity in the environment so that not even a small part can be absorbed by the powder drink before the pod i s used, altering the flavour and quality o f the drink dispensed.
For this reason pods are produced that compri se a container body made in plastic which is substantially cylindrical in shape and of a standard size so it can be used in many automatic dispensing machines and which has a series of openings on its upper and lower sides .
To protect the contents of these pods they are packed individually in airtight wrappings and have to be opened only when they are going to be used . According to another embodiment, the upper and lower sides o f these pods are made of thin plastic or aluminium-based film s which have to be perforated at the moment of use by special perforators which are placed in the dispensing machines at the housing, and they perform their perforating task once the pod has been placed in it to dispense a drink.
For example, these perforators can be mounted on an arm that opens and closes access to the housing : when the arm closes on the housing the perforators penetrate the film and the pump starts simultaneously to dispense the water: the perforators have inner channels for the passage of water and, when they have penetrated the films, they convey the water inside the pod contents . This state of the art has a number of drawbacks.
One first drawback is that the dispensing machines must all necessarily have a tray for collecting the used pods which must be of a suitable size to hold a quantity of used pods that will allow the dispensing machine to be used for a sufficiently long period of time like, for instance, one day, without having to empty the tray frequently. This necessity forces the manufacturers of dispensing machines to make them of a substantially big siz e so there is enough room inside to contain the collection tray.
Another drawback i s that, as already said, this tray has to be repeatedly emptied of the used pods which is to keep the dispensing machine efficient all the time and ready to use as well as to prevent mould forming inside and the accumulation of liquid residues that usually drip from the used pods : in other words, frequent and constant maintenance is required. Another drawback is that the pods are packed and wrapped individually or, at most, in twos and for this reason, for you to have different drinks available, and eventually which can be mixed together as well, you have to keep many packs of pods . As a rule these packs o f pods are sold in boxes, containing a set number of pods in each of just one drink which is why it is necessary to buy several boxes of pods of di fferent drinks so as to have a satisfactory variety o f drinks to choose from .
Another drawb ack is that the pods that are not wanted frequently, despite the fact that the packaging is sealed, there can b e some problem s in preserving the soluble drinks contained inside this packaging due to spontaneous alterations over time, e . g . oxidation processes, ageing of the compound or a bacterial load in the drink itself, changing its flavour. A further drawback i s that to pack a mixed drink like, for instance, a cappuccino, a series of awkward operations have to be perform ed that entail searching for a first pod containing coffee out of all the different boxes accumulated, opening the outer wrapping that contains the pod, placing it in the housing of the machine and starting the m achine to have a first dispensing; it is then necessary to repeat the previous steps also for a second pod that contains soluble milk, i . e . , find it, open it and then place it - in turn - in the housing for the second dispensing.
B esides being extremely awkward, this way of proceeding also takes a long time and when people who want to take a drink collect together by the di spensing machine to use it during a coffee break, for example, the time needed to consume the drink i s considerably longer.
An obj ect of the invention is to improve the state of the art. Another obj ect of the invention i s to make a container for soluble drinks that allows automatic soluble drinks di spensing machines to be made without the drawer for collecting and accumulating the used pods and, therefore, that are substantially compact. Another obj ect of the invention is to make a container for soluble drinks that allows a person to choose and obtain these drinks quickly and easily.
Another obj ect of the invention is to make a container for soluble drinks that allows a person to have, in just one pack, a plurality of doses o f drinks which are the same or different from one another. According to one aspect of the invention, a container for soluble drinks i s provided which can be fitted in a di spensing housing of an instant drinks dispensing machine compri sing : cavity means suitable for containing doses of said solubl e drinks with one filling opening; seal ed clo sing means of said opening, characterised by the fact that said cavity means comprise a set number o f combined cavities in said container and each one containing a dose of a soluble drink. The container for soluble drinks therefore allows to have, in one pack, a plurality o f doses available of just one drink or a plurality of doses available of drinks di fferent from one another. Further characteristics and advantages will appear more evident from the description of an embodiment of a container for soluble drinks , illustrated indicatively by way of non limiting example, in the attached drawings wherein : Figure 1 is a perspective vi ew from above of an embodiment o f a container for soluble drinks which can be fitted in a housing of an instant drinks dispensing m achine;
Figure 2 is a perspective view from below o f the container for soluble drinks of Figure 1 ; Figure 3 is a view of a second possible embodiment of a container for soluble drinks;
Figure 4 is a view of a di splay support o f containers for solubl e drinks, illustrated in Figure 3 ; Figure 5 is a view from below of the container of Figure 3 ;
Figure 6 i s a perspective view from below and on an enlarged scale of a cavity o f the container for soluble drinks o f Figure 2 ;
Figure 7 is a perspective view of a further possible embodiment of a container for soluble drinks in the shape of a cross; Figure 8 is a perspective view of another possible embodiment of a container for soluble drinks in the shape of a polygon;
Figure 9 is a perspective view from below of a further possible embodiment of a container for soluble drinks in the shape of radial petals ; Figure 1 0 is a view from below of the container for soluble drinks o f
Figure 9.
With reference to Figure 1 , by 1 is designated a container for soluble drinks according to a first embodiment that compri ses a plurality of cavities 2 arranged in alignment with one another in a rectilinear fashion.
The container 1 compri ses a body that shapes the plurality of cavities 2 in j ust one piece .
The container 1 is closed at the top by a closing element 3 suitable for sealing the filling openings 4 of each cavity 2. This closing element 3 comprises a film 5 made of an adhesive material which can be perforated.
The film 5 is the completely or partly removable type and is made, e. g. , with a thin film of aluminium with one adhesive side so it adheres to the container 1 in the areas defined between two cavities 2.
The l atter are shaped so as to define a first portion 6 that has a truncated conical pro file with a first taper j oined to a second extension portion 7 which also has a truncated conical profile but with a second taper bigger than the first taper. This second portion defines a smaller base 8 which faces downwards when the cavities 2 are inserted in a dispensing housing of a dispensing machine of instant and, normally, hot drinks. With reference to Figure 3, it should be noted that the container for soluble drinks, indicated with 100 in this case, once again comprises a body that forms four substantially symmetrical lobes 101. In each lobe 101 a respective cavity 102 is obtained inside which a soluble drink can be inserted; the lobes 101 are inserted in rotation in the dispensing housing of an instant drinks dispensing machine. In this case too the filling openings of the cavities 102 are hermetically closed by a closing element 103, e.g. an adhesive film in the areas defined between the filling openings.
In the case in which pods are placed inside the cavities 102 that are already prepared and containing one dose of soluble drink and, hence, ready to be inserted in the housing of an automatic instant drinks dispensing machine, the closing element 103 can have projecting tabs 104 to facilitate the opening of the closing element 103 and collection of the pod from the relative cavity 102 which, in this case, acts purely as a hermetic pack. With reference to Figure 7 and Figure 8 note that the container for soluble drinks, indicated with 200 and 300 respectively, takes on the shape of a cross or a polygon with the respective cavities 202 and 302 located at the vertices so as to be easily insertable and extracted in rotation in the dispensing housing of an automatic instant drinks dispensing machine.
With reference to Figure 4, note that the containers of soluble drinks, e.g., of the type made according to Figure 3, can be positioned on a support 9 that also acts as a display. This support 9 has an arm 10 that projects from a supporting upright 11 that has a base 12 and on which a set number of containers 101 can be inserted which have, in their centre, a through hole 13 for this purpose.
Note that the containers 101 can be turned on the arm 10 so as to see which drinks are contained in the cavities 102. For thi s reason, in all the embodiments of the container 1 , 1 00 , 200, 300 for soluble drinks on the closing element, e. g. the film 5 , at the filling openings 4, inscriptions are either applied or printed indicating the type o f soluble drink contained in the respective cavity so that a consumer can insert the cavity that contains the drink wanted in the di spensing housing of an automatic instant drinks dispensing machine without any possibility of error. Note that the insertion of the cavities in the dispensing housing can be done either manually or automatically when, in this latter case, to the dispensing housing an apparatus is associated that will insert the cavities 2 , 1 02, 202, 302 autom atically in the housing as if each container were a loader.
With reference to Figures 9 and 1 0 it can be seen that the container for soluble drinks, indicated with 400, comprises a body in the shape of radial petals 40 1 separated by hollows 402 inside which the respective cavities 403 are formed to contain soluble drinks . Also in this case, as for the embodiments of the containers for soluble drinks illustrated in Figures 1 to 8 , each cavity comprises a first portion 406 which has a truncated conical profile with a first taper j oined to a second extension portion 407 which also has a truncated conical profile but with a second taper bigger than the first taper.
Thi s second portion defines a smaller base 408 which turns downwards when the cavities 403 are inserted in a di spensing housing of a dispensing machine of instant and, norm ally, hot drinks . Note that the cavities of the containers for solubl e drinks can be separable from each other, providing preferred breaking lines which, for instance, can be seen in Figure 2 or 6, and indicated with 1 0.

Claims

1) Container (1; 100; 200; 300) for soluble drinks which can be fitted in a dispensing housing of a soluble drinks dispensing machine comprising: cavity means (2; 102; 202; 302, 403) suitable for containing doses of said soluble drinks with one filling opening (4); sealed closing means (3, 5) of said filling opening (4), characterised by the fact that said cavity means comprise a set number of combined cavities (2; 102; 202; 302, 403) in said container (1; 100; 200; 300) and each one containing a dose of a soluble drink.
2) Container according to claim 1, wherein said cavities (2; 102; 202; 302, 403) are in the shape of a glass.
3) Container for soluble drinks according to claim 1, wherein said set number comprises two cavities (2; 102; 202; 302, 403) coupled together.
4) Container according to claim 1, wherein said set number comprises at least three cavities (2; 102; 202; 302, 403). 5) Container according to claim 4, wherein said at least three cavities (2; 102; 202;
302, 403) are arranged according to a pre-determined arrangement so they can be fitted alternately in said dispensing housing. 6) Container according to claim 5, wherein said pre-determined arrangement comprises a rectilinear layout. 7) Container according to claim 3 or 4, wherein said at least two cavities (2; 102; 202;
302, 403) have substantially constant distances between them so they can be fitted individually in said dispensing housing without any interference with adjacent cavities.
8) Container for soluble drinks according to claim 5, wherein said pre-determined arrangement comprises a star layout with at least three arms.
9) Container according to claim 5, wherein said arrangement comprises an arrangement according to a circumference.
10) Container according to claim 1 or 5, wherein said arrangement comprises a polygon arrangement with said cavities positioned at the vertices of a polygon. 11) Container according to claim 9 wherein said polygon is a regular polygon.
12) Container according to any of the claims from 1 to 5, wherein said cavities (2; 102; 202; 302, 403) are equal.
13) Container according to any of the claims from 1 to 5, wherein said cavities (2; 102; 202; 302, 403) have different capacities so as to contain different doses. 14) Container for soluble drinks according to any of the claims from 1 to 13, wherein said cavities (2; 102; 202; 302, 403) comprise a first portion considered as top (6; 406) that shapes said substantially truncated conical opening (4) having a first taper and joined at the bottom to a second portion (7; 407) also with a truncated conical shape having a second taper bigger than said first taper and defining a smaller base
(8; 408) which can be faced downwards when one of said cavities is inserted in said dispensing housing.
15) Container according to any of the claims from 1 to 14, wherein said cavities (2; 102; 202; 302, 403) can be inserted in said dispensing housing manually. 16) Container according to any of the claims from 1 to 14, wherein said cavities (2;
102; 202; 302, 403) can be inserted in said dispensing housing automatically with insertion means associated with said dispensing housing. 17) Container according to claim 1 wherein said one dose comprises a pod containing said one dose of said one soluble drink. 18) Container according to claim 1, wherein said closing means (3) comprise an adhesive laminar element (5) of the removable type.
19) Container according to claim 18 wherein said laminar element (5) is a peelable element.
20) Container according to claim 1 or 18, wherein said laminar element (5) can be perforated.
21) Container according to claim 1 or 18, wherein said laminar element (5) has a side which can be coupled to said container and an opposite side facing outwards, on said side facing outwards, inscriptions concerning said drink being applied, positioned by said filling openings (4) of each of these. 22) Container according to claim 18, wherein said laminar element has gripping means
(104) to make their removal easier.
23) Container according to claim 22, wherein said gripping means comprise respective tabs (104) applied/in a single body piece to said laminar element and leaned towards the outside of said cavities (2; 102; 202; 302, 403). 24) Container according to any of the claims from 1 to 23, wherein preferential breaking lines (10) are provided between said cavities (2; 102; 202; 302, 403), so as to separate from each other.
25) Container for soluble drinks according to any of the claims from 1 to 24 wherein said container has fastening means (13) to a support and/or display element (9). 6) Container according to any of the claims from 1 to 17 wherein said soluble drinks comprise drinks in a state selected among powdery, granular, gelatinous, pasty and in leaves.
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