Classifications

• • 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
  • B65D21/00—Nestable, stackable or joinable containers; Containers of variable capacity
  • B65D21/02—Containers specially shaped, or provided with fittings or attachments, to facilitate nesting, stacking, or joining together
  • B65D21/0233—Nestable 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
  • B65D3/00—Rigid or semi-rigid containers having bodies or peripheral walls of curved or partially-curved cross-section made by winding or bending paper without folding along defined lines
  • B65D3/28—Other details of walls
• • 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
  • B65D85/816—Disposable containers or packages with contents which are mixed, infused or dissolved in situ, i.e. without having been previously removed from the package into which liquid is added and the resulting preparation is retained, e.g. cups preloaded with powder or dehydrated food

Definitions

• Cardboard cup and stack comprising such a cup
• the invention relates to a cardboard cup.
• the invention relates to a cardboard cup for forming a stack with at least one other identical cup.
• the invention applies in particular to a disposable cardboard cup for use in a hot or cold automatic vending machine.
• the cups are stacked such that a second cup can be received in a first cup by inserting a bottom of the second cup through an upper opening of the first cup.
• the cups are possibly pre-dosed. They then each comprise, near their bottom, a compartment adapted to contain a dose of powdery product for forming the drink by adding a hot or cold liquid.
• the compartment can be closed by a lid or not.
• the invention aims to overcome the problems mentioned above.
• the invention provides a cardboard cup having a central axis, an inner surface defining a volume for receiving a beverage and an outer surface opposite to the inner surface, the cup comprising:
• the side wall comprises a lower boss on the bottom side and an upper boss on the upper opening side, the lower boss extending radially projecting on an outer surface of the side wall, the upper boss extending radially.
• the lower and upper bosses being arranged such that in the stack of first and second identical cups, the lower boss of the second cup is disposed between the upper boss and the bottom of the first cup.
• the lower and upper bosses lock the first and second stacked cups to maintain the stack.
• the lower and upper bosses may also make it possible to ensure a seal, particularly advantageous in an application to a pre-dosed cup without a lid closing the compartment containing the dose of powdery product.
• Each of the lower and upper bosses may extend continuously around the central axis.
• Each of the lower and upper bosses may be formed by deformation of a portion of the sidewall.
• the inner and outer surfaces of the cup may respectively comprise inner and outer bearing surfaces arranged such that in the stack of first and second identical cups, the outer bearing surface of the second cup rests on the bearing surface interior of the first cup, a height between the lower boss and the outer support surface being less than a height between the upper boss and the inner support surface.
• the bottom may further comprise a side skirt extending around the central axis from the transverse wall towards the upper opening to a flange, facing the inner surface of the side wall, the side skirt defining a compartment adapted to contain a dose of powdery product for forming the beverage by adding a liquid, the inner bearing surface being provided on the rim of the side skirt.
• the outer bearing surface may be provided on the bottom.
• the side wall may comprise two lower adjacent portions aligned with each other on either side of the lower boss, the lower boss having an apex offset in a direction opposite to the central axis relative to the adjacent portions.
• lower and the side wall may comprise two upper adjacent portions aligned with each other on either side of the upper boss, the upper boss having an apex offset to the central axis relative to the upper adjacent portions.
• the side wall may be generally frustoconical along the central axis.
• the bottom and the side wall may be constituted by a complex comprising at least one layer of cardboard and a coating of biodegradable plastic material, the biodegradable plastic material coating forming the inner surface of the cup.
• the invention proposes a stack comprising at least first and second cups as defined above, wherein the second cup is received in the first cup by being inserted through the bottom of said second cup through the opening upper of said first cup, the lower boss of the second cup being disposed between the upper boss and the bottom of the first cup.
• each of the first and second cups may further comprise a side skirt extending around the central axis from the transverse wall towards the upper opening to a flange, facing the inner surface of the side wall. , the side skirt defining a compartment containing a dose of powdery product for forming the drink by adding a liquid, the bottom of the second cup resting on the edge of the side skirt of the first cup.
• FIG. 1 is a perspective view in three-quarters view of a cup according to one embodiment of the invention, the cup comprising a side wall having two bosses, the lower one extending on the side of the cup; bottom, radially projecting on the outer surface, and the other upper extending on the side of the upper opening, radially projecting on the inner surface, the cup also comprising a bottom having a compartment adapted to contain a dose of product powder for forming a drink by adding a liquid, the compartment being adapted to be closed by another identical cup stacked on the cup,
• FIG. 2 is a perspective view in three-quarter view of the cup of FIG. 1;
• FIG. 3 is a representation in longitudinal section of the cup of FIG. 1 according to the orientation of FIG. 1,
• FIG. 4 is a representation in longitudinal section of the cup of FIG. 1 according to the referenced orientation of FIG. 2,
• FIG. 5 is a representation similar to that of FIG. 3 of a variant of the cup of FIG. 1, the compartment being adapted to be closed by a lid,
• FIG. 6 is a representation in longitudinal section of a stack of first and second cups identical to the cup of FIG. 1, the second cup being received in the first cup by inserting a bottom of the second cup through the upper opening; of the first cup, the lower boss of the second cup being disposed between the upper boss and the bottom of the first cup, the bottom of the second cup resting on a free edge of a side skirt of the bottom of the first cup to close the compartment of the first goblet .
• FIGS 1 to 4 show an embodiment of a cup 1 for containing a hot or cold beverage.
• the cup 1 is adapted to form a stack 2 with one or more other cups 1 identical in particular to be used in a vending machine drink.
• the cup 1 is then disposable and made of recyclable material.
• the cup 1 is made of cardboard. It may consist of a complex comprising at least one layer of cardboard and a coating of biodegradable plastic material, such as polylactic acid (PLA), which coating constitutes an inner surface 3 of the cup 1 delimiting a volume 5 to receive the drink.
• PVA polylactic acid
• the cup 1 has a central axis A and dimensions adapted to be used in a vending machine.
• the cup 1 comprises a bottom 10 and a side wall 20.
• the bottom 10 has a transverse wall 11 which extends perpendicularly to the central axis A and which has an inner surface 13 facing the volume 5 receiving the beverage and forming part of the inner surface 3 of the cup 1, and a surface 14.
• the bottom 10 also includes a base 15 extending around the central axis A from the transverse wall 11, surrounding the surface. 14 opposite of the base 15, the bottom 10 further comprises a side skirt 16 which extends around the central axis A from the transverse wall 11, in surrounding the inner surface 13 of the transverse wall 11.
• the side skirt 16 has a free end 17 forming a flange located at a distance along the central axis A of the inner surface 13 of the transverse wall 11.
• the side wall 20 is secured to the base 15 of the bottom 10 so as to extend around the central axis A.
• the side wall 20 then has an inner surface 23 facing the volume 5 receiving the beverage and forming part of the inner surface 3 of the cup 1, and an outer surface 24 opposite the inner surface 23 and forming a portion of the outer surface 4 of the cup 1.
• the side wall 10 is shaped to allow a stack of the cup 1 with another identical cup.
• the side wall 20 then flares from the transverse wall 11 of the bottom 10 to a free edge 25 bent outwards to form a peripheral lip which delimits an upper opening 26.
• the side wall 20 is generally frustoconical of circular section along the central axis A.
• the side wall 20 may be shaped in any other suitable manner and in particular have a polygonal section, elliptical or otherwise.
• the free edge 25 has, for example, an outer diameter of 73 mm corresponding to the diameter of the cups used in vending machines.
• the lateral skirt 16 of the bottom 10 then extends facing the inner surface 23 of the side wall 20 towards the upper opening 26, with the free end 17 forming the rim spaced towards the central axis A with respect to the internal surface 23 of the side wall 20.
• a peripheral space 27 is thus formed between the inner surface 23 of the side wall 20 and the side skirt 16.
• the side skirt 16 also defines a compartment 28 adapted to contain a dose of powder product intended to to form the drink by adding a hot or cold liquid.
• the compartment 28 can then be closed by the bottom 10 of another cup 1 whose transverse wall 11 rests on the free end 17 forming the rim and the base 15 is disposed in the space 27.
• the cup comprises a bottom 10 'whose side skirt 16' has a peripheral shoulder 18 'at a distance from its free end 17'.
• An end portion of the side skirt 16 'in the vicinity of the free end 17' may be secured to the inner surface 23 of the side wall 20 so that the shoulder 18 'forms the edge on which can come to rest the base 15 of another identical cup 1 stacked.
• the compartment 28 can be closed by a seal sealed on the shoulder 18 'forming the flange.
• the side wall 20 is generally frustoconical in that it is frustoconical with the exception of two bosses, one lower 34 on the side of the bottom 10 and the other upper 33 on the side of the upper opening 26.
• the lower boss 34 extends radially protruding on the outer surface 24 of the side wall 20 and the upper boss 33 extends radially projecting on the inner surface 23 of the side wall 20 so that the inner surface 23 of the side wall 20 on the upper boss 33 has a radial dimension Ds smaller than a radial dimension Di of the outer surface 24 on the lower boss 34.
• each of the lower bosses 34 and upper 33 extends continuously around the central axis A and is formed by a deformation of a portion of the side wall 20.
• the side wall 20 then has at the lower boss 34 a convexity on the outer surface 24 and a concavity on the inner surface 23, and at the upper boss 33, a convexity on the inner surface 23 and a concavity on the outer surface 24.
• the side wall 20 On both sides Other of the lower boss 34, has two lower adjacent portions 36 aligned with each other, the lower boss 34 having an outwardly offset vertex Sinf, i.e., in one direction opposite to the central axis A, relative to the lower adjacent portions 36.
• the side wall 20 has two adjacent upper portions 25 a Igneous with each other, the upper boss 33 having an Ssup vertex shifted inwardly, i.e. towards the central axis A with respect to the upper adjacent portions 35.
• the lower adjacent portions 36 and 35 are aligned with the remainder of the side wall 20.
• One of the lower adjacent portions 36 of the lower boss 34 and one of the upper adjacent portions 35 of the upper boss 33 are formed on a portion
• the peaks Sinf, Ssup of the lower bosses 34 and upper 33 are offset relative to a dummy surface which would be aligned respectively with the lower adjacent portions 36 and with the upper adjacent portions 35.
• the lower bosses 34 and upper 33 could be made in any other suitable manner, especially discontinuously and / or by an extra thickness of material.
• a height Hi, measured along the central axis A, between the lower boss 34 and the transverse wall 11 of the bottom 10 is less than a height Hs, measured along the central axis A, between the upper boss 33 and the free end.
• the free end 17 forming the flange of the side skirt 16 and the wall transverse 11 of the bottom 10 and form respectively internal and external bearing surfaces formed on the inner surfaces 3 and outer 4 of the cup 1 and arranged such that in a stack of first and second lb identical cups, the surface of outer support 11b of the second cup lb rests on the inner bearing surface 17a of the first cup la.
• any other suitable arrangement of inner and outer bearing surfaces on the inner 3 and outer 4 surfaces of the cup could be provided such that the height H 1 between the lower boss 34 and the outer bearing surface is less than the height Hs between the upper boss 33 and the inner bearing surface.
• the outer bearing surface is formed on one end of the base 15. The height Hi 'between the end of the base 15 and the lower boss 34 is then less than the height Hs' between the shoulder 18 'of the side skirt 16' forming the inner bearing surface and the upper boss 33.
• Figure 6 shows a stack 2 of the first and second 2b cups identical to the cup 1 described above.
• the second cup 1b is received in the first cup 1a by inserting the bottom 10b of the second cup 1b through the upper opening 26a of the first cup 1 until the transverse wall 11b of the bottom 10b of the second cup 1b rests on the free end 17a forming the flange of the side skirt 16 of the first cup 1a, the base 15b of the second cup 1b being then received in the space 27a between the side wall 20a and the side skirt 16a of the first cup 1a.
• the compartment 28a of the first cup is thus closed by the bottom 10b of the second cup lb.
• the lower boss 34b of the second cup 1b can deform at the passage of the upper boss 33a of the first cup 1a and then be placed under the upper boss 33a of the first cup 1a, that is to say between the upper boss 33a and the bottom 10a of the first cup 1a and, in particular, between the lower bosses 34a and upper 33a of the first cup 1a.
• the lower boss 34b of the second cup lb and the upper boss 33a of the first cup larealize a locking of the first and second lb stacked cups to ensure their maintenance in the stack 2.

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