WO2013102199A1 - Contenants chargés par ressort et leurs procédés - Google Patents

Contenants chargés par ressort et leurs procédés Download PDF

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WO2013102199A1
WO2013102199A1 PCT/US2012/072295 US2012072295W WO2013102199A1 WO 2013102199 A1 WO2013102199 A1 WO 2013102199A1 US 2012072295 W US2012072295 W US 2012072295W WO 2013102199 A1 WO2013102199 A1 WO 2013102199A1
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container
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support platform
bottom portion
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Jerome MENCHEL
Yaakov HOCH
Shimi NUSSBAUM
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Menchel Jerome
Hoch Yaakov
Nussbaum Shimi
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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
    • B65D83/00—Containers or packages with special means for dispensing contents
    • B65D83/0005—Containers or packages provided with a piston or with a movable bottom or partition having approximately the same section as the container
    • B65D83/0038—Containers or packages provided with a piston or with a movable bottom or partition having approximately the same section as the container moved by a spring-like mechanism
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65B—MACHINES, APPARATUS OR DEVICES FOR, OR METHODS OF, PACKAGING ARTICLES OR MATERIALS; UNPACKING
    • B65B1/00—Packaging fluent solid material, e.g. powders, granular or loose fibrous material, loose masses of small articles, in individual containers or receptacles, e.g. bags, sacks, boxes, cartons, cans, or jars
    • B65B1/04—Methods of, or means for, filling the material into the containers or receptacles
    • 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
    • B65D85/30—Containers, packaging elements or packages, specially adapted for particular articles or materials for articles particularly sensitive to damage by shock or pressure
    • B65D85/36—Containers, packaging elements or packages, specially adapted for particular articles or materials for articles particularly sensitive to damage by shock or pressure for bakery products, e.g. biscuits

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  • Embodiments of the present invention generally relate to spring-loaded containers and methods thereof. More specifically, embodiments of the present invention relate to improved containers for food and other edible products, having spring-loaded support means provided therein, allowing for ease of access to the food or product inside the container, as needed.
  • a spring-loaded container may comprise: a side wall; a top edge surrounding an opening; a bottom portion; a voluminous body defined by a volume within the side wall and the bottom portion; a support platform for supporting a product within the container; and a spring positioned between an inner surface of the bottom portion and a bottom surface of the support platform.
  • a container may also comprise a side wall; a top edge surrounding an opening; a bottom portion; a voluminous body defined by a volume within the side wall and the bottom portion; a support platform for supporting product contents within the container; and a track having a button attached to the Page 3 of 17 support platform, the button engageable by the user to raise and lower the support platform.
  • a method for packaging a product may comprise: providing a product; providing a container comprising: a side wall; a top edge surrounding an opening; a bottom portion; a voluminous body defined by a volume within the side wall and the bottom portion; a support platform for supporting a product within the container; and a spring positioned between an inner surface of the bottom portion and a bottom surface of the support platform, the spring comprising a spring constant; and placing the product in the container.
  • Figure 1 depicts a perspective view of a spring-loaded container in accordance with one embodiment of the present invention
  • Figure 2 depicts a cross-sectional view of a spring-loaded container in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention
  • Figure 3 depicts a cross-sectional view of a spring-loaded container in accordance with another embodiment of the present invention.
  • Figures 4A and 4B depict side views of alternative embodiments of a spring- loaded container in accordance with embodiments of the present invention.
  • Figure 5 depicts a flowchart of a method of packaging a product in accordance with embodiments of the present disclosure.
  • Embodiments of the present invention generally relate to spring-loaded containers and methods thereof. More specifically, embodiments of the present invention relate to improved containers for food and other edible products, having spring-loaded support means provided therein, allowing for ease of access to the food or product inside the container, as needed.
  • FIG. 1 depicts a perspective view of a spring-loaded container in accordance with one embodiment of the present invention.
  • a spring-loaded container 100 generally comprises a side wall 110, a bottom portion 120 and a voluminous body 130.
  • the voluminous body 130 is generally defined by the volume within the side wall 110, and the bottom portion 120.
  • the spring-loaded container 100 may comprise any materials suitable for embodiments of the present invention.
  • the spring-loaded Page 5 of 17 container 100 comprises at least one of a polymer, a metal, a metal alloy, glass, combinations thereof or the like.
  • the side wall 110 has the bottom portion 120 on a first end and a top edge on a second end, near an opening to the interior volume of the voluminous body 130.
  • a sealing means (not shown) may be fitted over the top edge to effectively seal the interior volume.
  • the sealing means may comprise any structure suitable to control access to an interior of the voluminous body 130.
  • the sealing means comprises a lid or cap for fitting thereover.
  • the sealing means 114 may comprise a peelable tab, wherein the peelable tab is removably affixed over the opening 112 by an adhesive or similar type of cohesion agent.
  • Such type of peelable tabs are commonly utilized as security or tampering devices on various food and beverage products. In further embodiments, combinations of such devices may be used.
  • the spring-loaded container 100 additionally comprises a support platform 140 and a spring 150, wherein the spring 150 is positioned between an inner surface of the bottom portion 120 and a bottom surface of the support platform 140.
  • the support platform 140 may comprise any substantially planar apparatus suitable to support food or product contents (not shown) within the spring-loaded container 100.
  • the support platform 140 comprises a substantially planar disc.
  • the diameter of the disc may be substantially similar to the diameter of an inner surface of the sidewall 110. Such similar dimensions would allow there to be minimal spacing between the disc and the inner surface of the sidewall 110.
  • the support platform 140 may comprise any material suitable for embodiments of the present invention.
  • the support platform comprises a material considered food-grade acceptable, such that it has been determined not to interfere with or alter food if placed thereagainst.
  • any of Page 6 of 17 such materials approved by the U.S. Food & Drug Administration are deemed acceptable for embodiments of the present invention.
  • the spring 150 may generally comprise any type of spring or similarly supportive mechanical device, suitable for embodiments of the present invention.
  • the spring 150 comprises a type of compression spring - i.e., the spring is designed to operate with a compression load, so the spring gets shorter as the load is applied to it.
  • compression springs may comprise a coil spring, a flat spring, a helical spring, or the like.
  • the spring 150 may generally be made from any material capable of providing the necessary spring-like function suitable for embodiments of the present invention.
  • a cap or bar to hold down food product or other contents may be provided.
  • the interior volume may provide grooves in the container (not shown) that would hold a bottom platform, and allow it to be supported at various positions within the container.
  • Figure 2 depicts a cross-sectional view of a spring-loaded container in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention.
  • the spring-loaded container 200 generally comprises a side wall 210, a bottom portion 220 and a voluminous body 230, a support platform 240 and a spring 250, wherein the spring 250 is positioned between an inner surface of the bottom portion 220 and a bottom surface of the support platform 240.
  • a food product such as potato chips (shown as 260a, 260b, 260c and up to 260n, where n is representative of any number of products suitable for embodiments of the present invention) (listed generally and/ or collectively as 260) is placed within the spring- loaded container 200 on a top surface of the support platform 240.
  • Page 7 of 17 is placed within the spring- loaded container 200 on a top surface of the support platform 240.
  • Hooke's Law generally governs the nature of the performance of the spring 150 described herein. The most basic form of Hooke's Law is written as:
  • the force, F is equal to the mass of the food product within the container multiplied by gravity; the intended distance travelled (or to be travelled), x, is about the height of a food product within the container (i.e., to keep the food product near the top edge, once one is removed, the support platform may ideally move substantially the height of one food product per food product removed); and the constant k, must be determined based on the nature of the food product within the container.
  • the particular spring constant chosen for a particular application of an embodiment of the present invention is a choice based upon the nature of the food product within the container 200.
  • Figure 3 depicts a cross-sectional view of a spring-loaded container in accordance with another embodiment of the present invention.
  • the spring-loaded container 300 may comprise substantially the same elements as the embodiments depicted above; however, such embodiment may be significantly more wide than tall, such as in a cookie tin, a serving dish, or the like.
  • the food product 360 may comprise any type of food product suitable for embodiments of the present invention. As shown, the food product 360 comprises peanuts, or a mixed nut collection. Unlike the embodiment described above, where one food product was stacked on top of another, and so on, calculating a correlation between the mass of one food product and its height is not as relevant. If such an equation were used for such type of food product as shown, after about three peanuts being removed, the support platform 340 may be pushed to the top edge of the container and all the remaining peanuts would spill out. Page 9 of 17
  • the force, F is not simply a single food product's mass multiplied by gravity; rather, it is a bit more difficult to calculate.
  • an approximation may be used for the requisite force to calculate the spring constant.
  • Such approximation may first comprise an estimation of volume of the portion of the voluminous body determined by the side wall and the effective distance (H), and an estimation of the volume of one food product, and by dividing the overall volume by the volume of one food product, an approximate number of food products within the container may be calculated when loaded. It should be noted, in certain embodiments, the approximate quantity of food product may already be known.
  • the effective distance (H) may be divided by the average height of one food product to obtain the approximate quantity of stacked food products may be positioned at any given point within the voluminous body. Subsequently, the total quantity of food product may be divided by the quantity of stacked food products at any given point within the voluminous body, such resulting number is the estimated quantity of food products at any given cross-sectional row within the voluminous body. Page 10 of 17
  • Figures 4A and 4B depict side views of alternative embodiments of a spring- loaded container in accordance with embodiments of the present invention.
  • embodiments of the present invention are generally called "spring-loaded" containers, alternative embodiments of the present invention provide non-spring versions of containers to provide similar function in a more manual fashion than those described hereinabove.
  • a container 400 may be provided with a support platform 440, similar to those described herein. However, rather than a spring, the container 400 may comprise a track 470, and in certain embodiments, a pair of opposing tracks, one positioned opposite the other.
  • the track may be similar to the type of track provided for the opening means of a box cutter device.
  • a button/ trigger 472 which is engagable by a user, the user may be able to controllably raise and lower the button/ trigger at will.
  • the user may be able to mechanically raise and lower the support platform as desired. Similar to the box cutter mechanism, once the user releases the button/ trigger 472, the device would lock in place.
  • FIG. 4B a similar track 470 is provided, albeit such locking mechanism is more elementary.
  • the support platform 440 may be raised and lowered via a twist-style locking mechanism. As shown, there are three positions in which a user may be able to set the height of the support platform 440. By twisting Page 11 of 17 the button/ trigger 472 in small increments, the user may be able to freely raise and lower the support platform, and at the set locations with a counter-twist, the can freely lock the same in place.
  • Figure 5 depicts a flowchart of a method 500 of packaging a product in accordance with embodiments of the present disclosure.
  • the method begins at step 510.
  • a container and a product such as the examples disclosed herein with respect to Figures 1 - 4B is provided.
  • the container may generally comprise a side wall, a top edge surrounding an opening, a bottom portion, a voluminous body defined by a volume within the side wall and the bottom portion, a support platform for supporting a product within the container, and a spring positioned between an inner surface of the bottom portion and a bottom surface of the support platform, wherein the spring comprises a spring constant.
  • the product may comprise any product consistent with the present disclosure.
  • the product may comprise potato chips, peanuts, and/ or the like.
  • the spring constant may be adapted to support the platform and product at a predetermined height, and the spring constant may be determined by multiplying the mass of one product by gravity and dividing by the height of one product.
  • Alternative methods for determining the spring constant consistent with the present disclosure may also be used.
  • the spring constant may be determined by multiplying the mass of one product by gravity, multiplying by an estimated quantity of product in one row, and dividing by the height of one product multiplied by a number of springs used in the container.
  • a quantity of product may be added to the container.
  • the quantity of product may be an amount, weight, and/ or number of the product wherein when the product is stacked on the support platform, a predetermined distance exists between the top of a product stored closest to the opening and the opening. For example, if potato chips are to be stacked in the Page 12 of 17 container, the quantity of potato chips to be stacked in the container may be the number of potato chips that may be supported by the support platform wherein a 0.5 inch, 1 inch, 2, inch, or the like, space exists between the opening and the top of a potato chip closest to the opening. In exemplary embodiments, the quantity of product may be determined by any method consistent with the present disclosure.
  • the container may be sealed, for example, with a top, cap, cover, and/ or the like and the method may end at step 540.

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L'invention porte sur un contenant. Dans des exemples de modes de réalisation, un contenant peut comporter une paroi latérale, un bord supérieur entourant une ouverture, une partie inférieure ; un corps volumineux défini par un volume à l'intérieur de la paroi latérale et de la partie inférieure ; une plateforme de support pour porter un produit à l'intérieur du contenant ; un ressort positionné entre une surface interne de la partie inférieure et une surface inférieure de la plateforme de support.
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