WO2013175378A4 - Vacuum packaging - Google Patents

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WO2013175378A4
WO2013175378A4 PCT/IB2013/054101 IB2013054101W WO2013175378A4 WO 2013175378 A4 WO2013175378 A4 WO 2013175378A4 IB 2013054101 W IB2013054101 W IB 2013054101W WO 2013175378 A4 WO2013175378 A4 WO 2013175378A4
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container
container according
vacuum
tray
bearing units
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Michel HABIB
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Timeless Food Technologies Ltd
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Priority to EP13793578.9A priority Critical patent/EP2855300A4/en
Priority to JP2015513325A priority patent/JP2015523286A/en
Publication of WO2013175378A1 publication Critical patent/WO2013175378A1/en
Publication of WO2013175378A4 publication Critical patent/WO2013175378A4/en

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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
    • B65D81/00—Containers, packaging elements, or packages, for contents presenting particular transport or storage problems, or adapted to be used for non-packaging purposes after removal of contents
    • B65D81/18—Containers, packaging elements, or packages, for contents presenting particular transport or storage problems, or adapted to be used for non-packaging purposes after removal of contents providing specific environment for contents, e.g. temperature above or below ambient
    • B65D81/20—Containers, packaging elements, or packages, for contents presenting particular transport or storage problems, or adapted to be used for non-packaging purposes after removal of contents providing specific environment for contents, e.g. temperature above or below ambient under vacuum or superatmospheric pressure, or in a special atmosphere, e.g. of inert gas
    • B65D81/2007—Containers, packaging elements, or packages, for contents presenting particular transport or storage problems, or adapted to be used for non-packaging purposes after removal of contents providing specific environment for contents, e.g. temperature above or below ambient under vacuum or superatmospheric pressure, or in a special atmosphere, e.g. of inert gas under vacuum
    • 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
    • B65D77/00—Packages formed by enclosing articles or materials in preformed containers, e.g. boxes, cartons, sacks or bags
    • B65D77/02—Wrapped articles enclosed in rigid or semi-rigid containers
    • 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
    • B65D81/00—Containers, packaging elements, or packages, for contents presenting particular transport or storage problems, or adapted to be used for non-packaging purposes after removal of contents
    • B65D81/18—Containers, packaging elements, or packages, for contents presenting particular transport or storage problems, or adapted to be used for non-packaging purposes after removal of contents providing specific environment for contents, e.g. temperature above or below ambient
    • B65D81/20—Containers, packaging elements, or packages, for contents presenting particular transport or storage problems, or adapted to be used for non-packaging purposes after removal of contents providing specific environment for contents, e.g. temperature above or below ambient under vacuum or superatmospheric pressure, or in a special atmosphere, e.g. of inert gas
    • B65D81/2007—Containers, packaging elements, or packages, for contents presenting particular transport or storage problems, or adapted to be used for non-packaging purposes after removal of contents providing specific environment for contents, e.g. temperature above or below ambient under vacuum or superatmospheric pressure, or in a special atmosphere, e.g. of inert gas under vacuum
    • B65D81/2023—Containers, packaging elements, or packages, for contents presenting particular transport or storage problems, or adapted to be used for non-packaging purposes after removal of contents providing specific environment for contents, e.g. temperature above or below ambient under vacuum or superatmospheric pressure, or in a special atmosphere, e.g. of inert gas under vacuum in a flexible container
    • B65D81/203—Containers, packaging elements, or packages, for contents presenting particular transport or storage problems, or adapted to be used for non-packaging purposes after removal of contents providing specific environment for contents, e.g. temperature above or below ambient under vacuum or superatmospheric pressure, or in a special atmosphere, e.g. of inert gas under vacuum in a flexible container with one or several rigid inserts
    • 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
    • B65B31/00—Packaging articles or materials under special atmospheric or gaseous conditions; Adding propellants to aerosol containers
    • B65B31/04—Evacuating, pressurising or gasifying filled containers or wrappers by means of nozzles through which air or other gas, e.g. an inert gas, is withdrawn or supplied

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Abstract

A vacuum sealable container for baked or cooked food, the container comprising a tray and a cover correspondingly fitting onto the tray, the tray and the cover including one or more curved-shaped load bearing units. The load bearing units resist deformation when an interior of the container is at a pressure associated with a package sealing vacuum and when an exterior of the container is at ambient atmospheric pressure.

Claims

AMENDED CLAIMS received by the International Bureau on 15 December 2015 (15.12.2013) What is claimed is:
1. A vacuum sealable container for vacuum-compressible food, the container comprising: a tray and a cover correspondingly fitting onto said tray, wherein at least one of said tray and said cover comprises one two or more curved-shaped load bearing units, each supported by one or more pins, rods or blades which extend into an interior of said container and wherein said load bearing units resist deformation when said interior is at a pressure associated with a vacuum packaging and when an exterior of the container is at ambient atmospheric pressure, thereby to generally prevent compression of said vacuum-compressible food.
2. A container according to claim 1 further comprising reinforcement ribs for supporting said one or more load bearing units.
3. A container according to claim 2 wherein said reinforcement ribs comprise a cross- section shaped in the form of at least one of a U-shape, a T-shape, an L-shape, a circle, or a polygon.
4. A container according to claim 2 further comprising circular reinforcement units for supporting said reinforcement ribs.
5. A container according to claim 4 wherein said circular reinforcement units are placed at the intersection of at least two reinforcement ribs.
6. A container according to claim 1 wherein at least one of said tray and said cover comprises scalloped-shaped edges along its perimeter.
7. A container according to claim 1 wherein said load bearing units resist deformation when a pressure differential between said interior package sealing vacuum and said external ambient pressure is approximately 1 kg/cm2.
8. A container according to claim 1 where said tray and said cover are formed from a plastic material.
9. A container according to claim 8 wherein said plastic material is transparent.
10. A container according to claim 8 wherein said plastic material is colored.
11. A container according to claim 1 wherein said tray and said cover comprise rims.
12. A container according to claim 11 wherein said tray and said cover include means for aligning one with the other.
13. A container according to claim 1 wherein the container comprises a rectangular shape.
14. A container according to claim 1 wherein the container comprises a round shape.
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15. A container according to claim 1 wherein a perimeter of said curved- shaped load bearing units is square-shaped.
16. A container according to claim 1 wherein a perimeter of said curved- shaped load bearing units is pie-shaped.
17. A container according to claim 1 wherein said tray and/or said cover are formed from a metallic material.
18. A container according to claim 1 wherein the container comprises a triangular shape.
19. A container according to claim 1 further comprising air conduits to enable air removal from an interior of the container.
20. A container according to claim 1 further comprising air notches to enable air removal
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STATEMENT UNDER ARTICLE 19(1)

Old claim 13 has been cancelled and the claim set has been renumbered. The claim numbering referred to herein is the new claim numbering.

In the Written Opinion, the Examiner rejected claims 1 - 3 and 11 - 12 as lacking novelty under PCT Article 33(1) over Mathews Bernard Ltd. (EP 1866214) (Dl).

In the Written Opinion, the Examiner rejected claims 4 - 10 and 13 - 19 as lacking inventive step as being design features.

In the Written Opinion, the Examiner rejected claims 20 - 21 as lacking inventive step over a combination of Dl and D2 (Grace AG, EP748746).

Applicants respectfully disagree.

Document Dl shows a container for meat products, such as turkey crowns, which has a cover and a tray. Document Dl states:

[0008] When packing meat products using a modified atmosphere system, the active gas (typically carbon dioxide) is absorbed by the meat. A vacuum results in the container so that it can be hermetically sealed. Normal atmospheric pressure outside the container can cause such a container to implode or collapse as the gas is absorbed by the meat and, as it collapses around the flexible joint of the present invention, the joint's natural action provides a controlled shrinking, resulting in minimal distortion of the container as a whole, whilst providing an extended shelf life for the contained meat.

Document Dl discusses the same problem as the present invention (that of implosion of the container onto the food). Document Dl solves this with a joint which controls shrinkage of the container.

The present invention, on the other hand, solves the problem for vacuum-compressible foods (which suffer from the implosion even more than turkeys). Moreover, the present invention solves the problem with multiple load-bearing units "each supported by one or more pins, rods or blades which extend into an interior of said container and wherein said load bearing units resist deformation when said interior is at a pressure associated with a vacuum packaging and when an exterior of the container is at ambient atmospheric pressure, thereby to generally prevent compression of said vacuum-compressible food".

Document Dl has no such pins, rods or blades, nor does it prevent compression of the vacuum- compressible food. The combination with D2 does not solve this as D2 is concerned with making its container an easy-to-open container which has nothing to do with vacuum-compressibility.

Thus, the combination of Dl and D2 does not provide the present invention as recited in amended independent claim 1.

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EP13793578.9A EP2855300A4 (en) 2012-05-24 2013-05-19 Vacuum packaging
JP2015513325A JP2015523286A (en) 2012-05-24 2013-05-19 Vacuum packaging

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US201261651017P 2012-05-24 2012-05-24
US61/651,017 2012-05-24

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GB593653A (en) * 1945-06-18 1947-10-22 James David Norman Warren Improvements in or relating to hermetically sealed tins and like containers for cigarettes
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