WO2014064619A1 - Emballage pour produit alimentaire - Google Patents

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WO2014064619A1
WO2014064619A1 PCT/IB2013/059570 IB2013059570W WO2014064619A1 WO 2014064619 A1 WO2014064619 A1 WO 2014064619A1 IB 2013059570 W IB2013059570 W IB 2013059570W WO 2014064619 A1 WO2014064619 A1 WO 2014064619A1
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Alessandro Candini
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Corazza S.P.A.
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Priority to EP13818406.4A priority Critical patent/EP2917131B1/fr
Priority to ES13818406.4T priority patent/ES2687835T3/es
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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
    • B65D65/00—Wrappers or flexible covers; Packaging materials of special type or form
    • B65D65/02—Wrappers or flexible covers
    • B65D65/14—Wrappers or flexible covers with areas coated with adhesive
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65D—CONTAINERS FOR STORAGE OR TRANSPORT OF ARTICLES OR MATERIALS, e.g. BAGS, BARRELS, BOTTLES, BOXES, CANS, CARTONS, CRATES, DRUMS, JARS, TANKS, HOPPERS, FORWARDING CONTAINERS; ACCESSORIES, CLOSURES, OR FITTINGS THEREFOR; PACKAGING ELEMENTS; PACKAGES
    • B65D75/00—Packages comprising articles or materials partially or wholly enclosed in strips, sheets, blanks, tubes, or webs of flexible sheet material, e.g. in folded wrappers
    • B65D75/04—Articles or materials wholly enclosed in single sheets or wrapper blanks
    • B65D75/14—Articles or materials wholly enclosed in single sheets or wrapper blanks in sheets or blanks folded-up around all sides of the contents from a portion on which the contents are placed
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65D—CONTAINERS FOR STORAGE OR TRANSPORT OF ARTICLES OR MATERIALS, e.g. BAGS, BARRELS, BOTTLES, BOXES, CANS, CARTONS, CRATES, DRUMS, JARS, TANKS, HOPPERS, FORWARDING CONTAINERS; ACCESSORIES, CLOSURES, OR FITTINGS THEREFOR; PACKAGING ELEMENTS; PACKAGES
    • B65D75/00—Packages comprising articles or materials partially or wholly enclosed in strips, sheets, blanks, tubes, or webs of flexible sheet material, e.g. in folded wrappers
    • B65D75/52—Details
    • B65D75/58—Opening or contents-removing devices added or incorporated during package manufacture
    • B65D75/5827—Tear-lines provided in a wall portion
    • B65D75/5833—Tear-lines provided in a wall portion for tearing out a portion of the wall

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  • This invention relates to a packaging for a product, in particular for a food product.
  • the food product is, especially, in the form of a stock cube or the like, and is in particular in the form of a pressed stock cube.
  • packs for stock cubes which comprise a wrapper wrapped around the product and which are made from a respective sheet of suitable material, in particular a film of plastic material, such as polypropylene or the like.
  • the wrapper is not able to adhere to the strip in a hermetically sealed fashion, so to the sides of the strip there are openings which, although small, are sufficient to place in communication the inside of the packaging with the outside environment.
  • This invention therefore proposes a new solution as an alternative to the solutions known up to now and, more specifically, proposes to overcome one or more of the above mentioned drawbacks and/or problems and/or to meet one or more of the needs felt in the trade or inferable from the above.
  • a packaging for a product in particular a food product, especially in the form of a stock cube or the like, in particular in the form of a pressed stock cube;
  • the packaging comprising a wrapper for wrapping the product made from a sheet of respective material, in particular a film of plastic material, such as polypropylene or the like; means are provided for opening the wrapper having respective means for gripping with the fingers of the user, characterised in that the means for gripping the opening means are formed, or constituted, by the sheet forming the wrapper.
  • FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a preferred embodiment of the packaging according to this invention.
  • FIG. 2A is a perspective view of a stock cube, or product, contained in this pack;
  • FIG. 2B is a top plan view of a portion of tape from which the sheet for making the packaging is made, showing in dashed lines the main fold lines of the wrapper around the product;
  • FIG. 3 is a side view of the packaging in a first operational step of opening the pack
  • Figure 1 shows a preferred embodiment of the packaging 10 for a respective product, in particular a food product, especially a semi-solid food product, and defined by a stock cube or the like, in particular a pressed stock cube.
  • the product 11 preferably has a prismatic shape with a rectangular base.
  • the product 11 has an outer surface divided into respective perpendicular wide upper and lower faces 11a, 11b, perpendicularly opposite and preferably parallel to each other, respective lateral longitudinal faces 11c, 11d, transversely opposite and preferably parallel to each other, and respective transversal faces 11e, 11f, in turn longitudinally opposite and preferably parallel to each other.
  • the product 11 has an outer surface divided into respective first and second perpendicular faces 11a, 11b, respectively upper and lower, between which respective first and second longitudinal lateral faces 11c, 11 d extend, and between which respective transversal faces 11e, 11f extend, respectively front and rear.
  • the packaging 10 comprises a wrapper 13 for containing the product 11 , in particular for wrapping the product 11.
  • the containment wrapper 13 wraps the product and has an outer face on view and an inner surface in contact with the product, in particular in direct contact with outer surface of the product or stock cube. More specifically, the outer surface of the wrapper, or part of it, is made from joining material, in particular heat-sealable material.
  • the wrapper 13 is made from a respective flat sheet 13', in turn made from the respective continuous strip or tape 3, by corresponding cuts, in particular in the form of respective curved cuts T, T.
  • the strip 113, or flat sheet 13' is made from corresponding material, in particular from a respective film of plastic material, such as polypropylene or the like.
  • the sheet, or wrapper, 13 is wrapped around the product 11 , covering the respective outer faces of the product, in particular forming a first and a second perpendicular panel, respectively upper 13a and lower 13b, superposed on the perpendicular faces 1 a, 11b of the product, first and second opposite longitudinal lateral panels 13c, 13d, superposed on the longitudinal lateral faces 11c, 11d, of the product, and opposite transversal panels, respectively front 13e and rear 13f, superposing corresponding transversal faces 11e, 11f of the product.
  • the opposite longitudinal lateral panels 13c, 13d are formed by respective tabs on the extension of the perpendicular and transversal panels, and protruding beyond the respective longitudinal lateral faces of the product 11c, 11d, the tabs 113a, 113b being folded on the respective longitudinal lateral face of the product and, at least partly, superposed, as well as mutually joined, in particular by heat sealing, to each other, in the area of mutual superposing.
  • the upper perpendicular panel 13a comprises a main flap 13'a, preferably (as shown) with a longitudinal length corresponding, or substantially corresponding, to the longitudinal length of the respective upper face 3a, that is, to the longitudinal length of the respective upper perpendicular face of the product 11a.
  • the main flap 13'a in particular on the extension of the rear transversal face 13f, superposes, at least at a relative longitudinal end, especially at the relative front end, an underlying edge 13"a, which, in particular, extends from the transversal front face 13e, and preferably has, as shown, a reduced length.
  • the packaging 10 comprises means 15 of opening, in particular of tearing, of the wrapper 1 1 having respective means for gripping with the fingers of the user.
  • the means of gripping the opening means of the wrapper are formed, or constituted, by the same sheet 13 which forms the wrapper. More specifically, the means of gripping the opening means are formed, or constituted, by a respective tab 15.
  • the gripping tab 15 extends in width for a part of the width of the pack, preferably for almost the entire width of the packaging 10, that is, for almost the entire width of the respective edge of the wrapper.
  • the gripping tab 15, as shown, has a curved profile.
  • the gripping tab 15 therefore forms means of traction and opening of the wrapper.
  • the gripping tab 15 has a curved end profile 115, extending almost for the entire width of the pack, that is, extending for the entire width of the tab 15. In practice, the gripping tab 15 extends substantially, or almost, for the entire width of the corresponding panel of the wrapper, in particular for the entire width of the upper panel 3a.
  • the gripping tab 15 extends curved and convex in front of the pack.
  • the gripping tab 15 is movable between a home position, more specifically a lowered position, and a gripping position, more specifically defined by a raised position of the tab 15, shown in dashed lines in Figure 3.
  • the gripping tab 15 is coplanar with the respective panel, or flap, of the wrapper, in particular with the superposing flap 13'a of the perpendicular panel of the wrapper, that is, with the perpendicular panel 13a of the wrapper.
  • the gripping tab 15 is made as one with, or is formed by, the corresponding end of a respective panel, in particular of the perpendicular panel 13a of the wrapper, that is, by the end of the superposing flap 13'a of the panel 13a.
  • the gripping tab 15 extends protruding, more specifically slightly protruding, from a respective panel of the wrapper, in particular from the transversal panel, preferably the front transversal panel 13e of the wrapper.
  • the gripping tab 15 extends protruding so as to be engaged and drawn, or moved, by the user's finger, with a sliding movement on the panel of the wrapper relative to which the gripping tab protrudes. More specifically, the user's finger engages and draws the tab, with a sliding movement on the transversal panel, especially on the front transversal panel 13e, of the wrapper.
  • the gripping tab 15 extends protruding so as to be engaged and drawn, or moved, by the user's finger, with a movement perpendicular to the pack.
  • the gripping tab 15 slightly protrudes relative to the corresponding panel 13e of the wrapper.
  • the gripping tab 15 shows solely its central part, which protrudes from the respective face, or panel, 13e of the pack.
  • the panel 13a of the wrapper, from which the gripping tab 15 extends is in the form of a panel with hermetic sealing.
  • the wrapper 13 has a panel 13a for closing the end of the sheet round the product, which preferably comprises the upper panel of the wrapper, and which is formed by a superposing edge 13'a, joined with a hermetic seal on an underlying edge 13"a.
  • the zone 17 of joining the superposing edge 13'a to the underlying edge 13"a is provided between the lower face of the superposing edge 13'a and the upper face of the underlying edge 13"a.
  • the zone 17 of joining the superposing edge 3'a to the underlying edge 13"a of the wrapper is in the form of a strip, in particular rectilinear, extending transversely.
  • the joining zone 17 extends for the entire width of the pack, in particular for the entire width of the respective panel, that is, for the entire width of the upper panel 13a of the wrapper.
  • the joining zone 17 delimits, in particular to the rear, in the respective edge 13'a of the wrapper, the gripping tab 15.
  • the joining zone 17 is therefore, as shown, spaced from the respective and adjacent end edge 115 of the respective edge 13'a, or of the panel 13a.
  • the longitudinal length of the griping tab 15 is defined between the joining zone 17 ad the free end edge 115.
  • the joining zone 17 is closer to the edge with respect to which the gripping tab 15 extends.
  • the opening of the wrapper comprises the tearing of the wrapper.
  • means for opening the pack which are in the form of means for tearing the wrapper, or sheet, the tearing means being defined by a corresponding portion 15 of the same wrapper or sheet.
  • the means for opening the packaging are in the form of means for tearing the wrapper, the tearing means being defined by a corresponding portion of the same wrapper, or sheet, which is subjected to traction during the opening steps.
  • the opening of the wrapper comprises lifting the gripping tab 15, as shown in Figure 3, and pulling the tab perpendicularly to the pack, in such a way as generate a separating strip 135, which, kept appropriately in traction, extends along the various and wide panels of the same wrapper.
  • the gripping means 15 are delimited, more specifically transversely delimited, by respective first and second lines for directing the tearing of the wrapper 19a, 19b.
  • the respective line 19a, 19b for directing the tearing is in the form of a respective cut 19a, 19b made in the sheet forming the wrapper.
  • the respective lines for directing the tearing of the wrapper extend between the joining and hermetically sealing zone 17, which is provided at the superposing edge 13'a and the underlying edge 13"a, and the corresponding free end 115 of the gripping tab 15.
  • the respective line for directing the tearing of the wrapper has a length which can vary between 2 and 7 mm.
  • the respective line 19a, 19b for directing the tearing of the wrapper is spaced from the respective adjacent lateral edge of the wrapper or panel 13a, for a stretch of between 0.1 and 5 mm long. More specifically, this packaging has a transversal width of approximately 30 mm, a perpendicular height of approximately 10 mm and a longitudinal length of just greater than 20 mm. Other dimensions are however, and obviously, all practicable.
  • means for directing the tearing of the wrapper can be used which differ from the cuts 19a, 19b, described here.
  • the gripping tab 15 is pulled perpendicularly to the pack, or to the corresponding panel 13a of the wrapper from which the tab 15 extends.
  • this packaging comprises main transversely extended panels, formed respectively by the upper and lower perpendicular panels 13a, 13b and the front and rear transversal panels 13e, 13f.
  • the main panels, or those with the larger dimensions, are laterally joined together by respective longitudinal lateral panels 13c, 13d.
  • the packaging is opened thanks to the separation of a central strip 135 of the respective perpendicular upper panel 13a, the rear transversal panel 13f, the lower perpendicular panel 13b, and, if necessary, the front transversal panel 13e.
  • the central separating strip 135 has a width which is preferably almost equal to the width of the packaging or the corresponding panel, and which is greater than half the width of the packaging or the corresponding panel.
  • the sheet of the wrapper is, therefore, in the form of a thin and flat element delimited longitudinally by respective curved transversal edges T, T and, moreover, by lateral edges which are rectilinear and parallel to each other.
  • the flat sheet 13' is wrapped around the product 11 , in such a way as to make a central edge 13b, which forms the lower perpendicular panel of the wrapper, opposite edges 13e, 13f, which are longitudinally adjacent on opposite sides of the central edge 13a, and which form the opposite front and rear transversal panels of the wrapper, and first and second longitudinal end edges 13'a and 13"a, adjacent longitudinally to the edges forming the transversal panels of the wrapper, the end edges 13'a and 13"a being designed to superpose each other to form the upper perpendicular panel 13a of the same wrapper.
  • the sheet 13' also has respective portions 1 3, 113 which are lateral to the longitudinal edges, designed to form edges of the opposite longitudinal lateral panels 13c, 13d of the wrapper, the edges being conveniently folded around the lateral faces of the product and mutually superposed according to the prior art known to experts in the field and which is not therefore described in detail.
  • a wrapper for a product in particular a food product, especially a semi-solid food product, and defined by a stock cube or the like, in particular a pressed stock cube, the wrapper being provided with, or forming, respective means of opening the wrapper.
  • the process comprises separating a sheet, forming, or incorporating, the opening means, from a respective strip of material, using corresponding transversal cuts T, T provided in the strip.
  • the transversal cuts T, T for separating the sheet have a respective curved profile.
  • the sheet 13' is preferably made of mono-oriented or bi-oriented polypropylene, in such a way as to be torn along the traction direction. In practice, in this way, once triggered, the tearing of the sheet extends along the same direction, in particular along the traction direction.
  • the sheet can also comprise a barrier layer, in particular a metallic layer and a joining layer, preferably forming a heat-sealable layer or lacquer.
  • a barrier layer in particular a metallic layer and a joining layer, preferably forming a heat-sealable layer or lacquer.
  • the joining layer might also be positioned only in predetermined positions of the sheet.
  • the joining layer is positioned at lateral edges of the sheet L1 and L2 for joining the lateral tabs of the wrapper.
  • the sheet 13' has a joining layer arranged according to a strip L0 transversal to the sheet, in particular for the entire length of the same sheet.
  • the joining layer is arranged according to a transversal strip L0 for making the join 17 from which the gripping tab 15 extends.
  • the sheets 13' defining respective means of opening the wrapper are separated from a respective strip of material, in particular using corresponding cuts extending transversely, the cuts T, T defining a respective end of the corresponding sheet, in particular a shaped end, more specifically shaped according to a curved profile, and which is designed to form a tab 15 for gripping and opening the pack.

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L'invention concerne un emballage (10) pour un produit (11), en particulier un produit alimentaire, de préférence sous la forme d'un cube de bouillon pressé ou analogue, comprenant une enveloppe (13), pour envelopper le produit (11), qui est faite d'une feuille de matériau respectif, en particulier un film de matériau en matière plastique, tel que du polypropylène ou analogue. L'emballage comprend des moyens (15) d'ouverture de l'enveloppe (11) ayant des moyens respectifs de prise avec les doigts de l'utilisateur, formés ou composés de la feuille (13) formant l'enveloppe.
PCT/IB2013/059570 2012-10-26 2013-10-23 Emballage pour produit alimentaire WO2014064619A1 (fr)

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EP13818406.4A EP2917131B1 (fr) 2012-10-26 2013-10-23 Emballage pour produit alimentaire
ES13818406.4T ES2687835T3 (es) 2012-10-26 2013-10-23 Una envoltura para un producto alimenticio

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HUE040411T2 (hu) 2019-03-28
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