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EP1354809A1 - Récipient pour produits alimentaires facile à vider - Google Patents

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EP1354809A1
EP1354809A1 EP03101068A EP03101068A EP1354809A1 EP 1354809 A1 EP1354809 A1 EP 1354809A1 EP 03101068 A EP03101068 A EP 03101068A EP 03101068 A EP03101068 A EP 03101068A EP 1354809 A1 EP1354809 A1 EP 1354809A1
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Lai Ping Liew
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Genius Returns Sdn Bhd
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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
    • B65D25/00—Details of other kinds or types of rigid or semi-rigid containers
    • B65D25/38—Devices for discharging contents
    • 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
    • B65D2205/00—Venting means
    • B65D2205/02—Venting holes
    • 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
    • B65D2231/00—Means for facilitating the complete expelling of the contents
    • B65D2231/02—Precut holes or weakened zones
    • B65D2231/027—Precut holes or weakened zones for discharging a solidified or gelatinous products, e.g. pudding, ice-cream, from the package
    • 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
    • B65D85/72—Containers, packaging elements or packages, specially adapted for particular articles or materials for materials not otherwise provided for for edible or potable liquids, semiliquids, or plastic or pasty materials

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  • This invention relates generally to containers for storing food products.
  • the present invention relates more particularly to food containers having features by which semi solid or solid food can be easy taken but without spoiling the shape.
  • a variety of containers are known for storing various types of food products. Typically, these containers do not readily allow one to easily remove the content of the container especially for pasty food with stickiness or jelly form food. Traditionally, the containers tend to be complicated and difficult to use. In addition some of these containers are inefficient in operation and do not provide for recycling purposes.
  • this invention is designed to overcome the drawback of removing the food content of the container by using a spoon or other implement.
  • Still another object of the invention is to provide a food container of this character from which the container having reclosable means so as to form a reusable food container.
  • Yet another object of the invention is to provide a food container designed for easily sliding out its content to retain the shape of the formed food in one piece.
  • the food container for solid and semi solid foods having a body which includes a bottom wall and at least one sidewall, whereby the bottom wall together with the at least one sidewall define an interior of the container.
  • the sidewall includes an opening which serves as a pour opening opposite to the bottom wall of the container.
  • a vent opening covered by a vent seal tab is bonded to the bottom surface of the container and separable from the said end to expose the opening for simultaneously discharge of container contents and admission of air into the container.
  • said food container having closure for covering said pour opening, whereby said closure can be a hand operable easy opening closure such as flexible tape to removably seal the food container, snap-on, snap-off reclosable closure or twist-on, twist-off closure.
  • said closure can be a hand operable easy opening closure such as flexible tape to removably seal the food container, snap-on, snap-off reclosable closure or twist-on, twist-off closure.
  • said the interior of the container is formed with a slight acute angle such that the top pour opening is larger than the bottom wall to allow the food contents to easily slide out from the walls of the container once the vent seal tab is removed and the container is in the inverted position.
  • the vent seal tab is made of flexible material which is depressible.
  • cap means which is detachably engaged with stopper means mounted over the vent opening.
  • bottom wall which can be hand operable easy opening bottom wall, snap-on and snap-off bottom wall or twist on and twist-off bottom wall.
  • the invention is shown herein as embodied in a food container (1) of the type used for solid and semi solid food.
  • the food container (1) as shown in figure 1 is comprises of a receptacle (10) having a single side wall (11) which can be in the shape of a cylinder, rectangular or any other suitable shapes to embodied various shapes of the food products, and a bottom wall (12) in the form of a disk.
  • the side wall (11) extends perpendicularly from the bottom wall (12). Together the interior surface (21) of the side wall (11) and the interior surface (22) of the bottom wall (12) define an interior receptacle (10) of the container (1) for holding food stuffs.
  • the side wall (11) includes an edge (13) opposite to the bottom wall (12). The said edge (13) defines an opening (30) which serves as pour opening to the food container (1).
  • the perimeter of the bottom wall (12) is designed slightly smaller in measurement than the perimeter of the edge (13) to form the container (1) having slight acute angled inclined interior receptacle (10) which is enough to allow the food contents to free itself from the said interior receptacle (10) when the container (1) is in the inverted position.
  • a container lip (14) extending horizontally outwardly from the edge (13) of the receptacle (10) for engaging a closure (15) to cover the content of the container (1), whereby said closure (15) can be hand operable easy opening closure which is made of a sheet of material having additionally adhesive coated at the entire area where the said sheet material is contacting the container lip (14).
  • the coupling of the closure to the container (1) could also be a snap-on, snap-off reclosable closure, or twist-on, twist-off reclosable closure.
  • said closure may be need a projecting protrusion on the inner skirt portion of the closure (not shown) to form a recess area for receiving the end of the container lip when the closure is in snapped-on position.
  • the container (1) further comprises of a vent opening (16) at the bottom wall (12) as shown in figure 2, which is closed by a depressible tab type integral with the said bottom wall (12).
  • the said vent seal tab (40) is formed by cutting the line (41) in the bottom wall (12) and a depressible strip (42) extending downwardly from the exterior surface of the bottom wall (12) which can be used to expose the vent opening (16) in the bottom wall (12) for purposes of expediting contents removal through venting.
  • the shape of the vent opening (16) is not critical.
  • the preferred vent opening (16) is circular, although other shapes may also be satisfactory.
  • the area of the vent opening (16) could also be any size which permits ventability operation.
  • the bottom wall (12) is connected to the side wall (11).
  • a support means (17) extending downwardly from the entire perimeter edge of the bottom wall (12) to form a recess area within where the vent seal tab (40) is located.
  • the height of the said support means (17) is formed equal or higher than the height of the depressible strip (42) of the vent seal tab (40) to protect said depressible strip (42) being accidentally dislodged or damaged.
  • Figure 2 shown the preferred embodiment and the method by which the contents of the container (1) can be easily released out from the said container (1).
  • the container (1) After the top closure (15) has been opened, removed or peeled, the container (1) is placed on a flat tray in inverted position so that the bottom wall (12) is facing upward. Said flat tray is to receive the food contents once it is out from the container (1).
  • the depressible strip (42) of the vent seal tab (40) is then depressed manually to expose the overlying vent opening (16) to allow air to enter the said container (1) for equalizing the pressure within the container (1) with the external thereto.
  • This air pressure and the force due to gravity by overcoming the friction force between the contents and the side wall of the container then force the contents of the container (1) to start move downward towards the pour opening (30) of the container (1).
  • vent seal tab (40) is a reclosable tab which consists of a stopper means (50) and a cap means (51).
  • the stopper means is fixedly mounted over the vent opening (16) having a central aperture (52) in a counter-sunk channel like which is aligned with the said vent opening (16).
  • the cap means (51) is dimensioned to be closely received within the central aperture (52), whereby said cap means (51) can be detached from the said stopper means (50) to allow air enter the container (1) and can be re-affixed to seal back the vent opening (16).
  • the food container of the third embodiment of this invention includes a detachable bottom wall closure (60) having additional flange (61) extending vertically from the entire perimeter edge of the bottom wall (12).
  • the food receptacle (10) with the container lip (14) and the support means (17) are similar to those of the first embodiment in construction.
  • the bottom wall closure (60) is closely fixed onto the support means (17) of the container (1) and the closure (60) is unlocked from the said container (1) when said closure is rotated or twisted anti-clockwise as shown in figure 4.
  • This embodiment provides a larger air-ventilating opening to allow air to enter the container more easily and for user to alternatively push the food product towards the pour opening (30) more particularly for high stickiness food products.
  • the coupling of the bottom wall closure can be varied in snap-on, snap-off closure, twist-on, twist-off closure or any other suitable closure in providing a proper sealing to the bottom of the container (1).

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WO2008151276A1 (fr) * 2007-06-05 2008-12-11 Graham Packaging Company, L.P. Récipient à languette de ventilation renfoncée amovible
WO2016083860A1 (fr) 2014-11-27 2016-06-02 Compagnie Gervais Danone Récipient pour produit alimentaire à élément d'actionnement actionnable manuellement
ITUA20163696A1 (it) * 2016-05-23 2017-11-23 Carlo Edoardo Luigi Candido Piroli Contenitore di sostanze pastose
US20220073250A1 (en) * 2018-09-17 2022-03-10 Landgenossenschaft Ennstal Landena Kg Container for receiving animal feed

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FR1471642A (fr) * 1966-03-17 1967-03-03 Rexall Drug Chemical Moule pour donner des formes décoratives à des plats cuisinés
DE2514303A1 (de) * 1974-04-05 1975-10-16 Albi Plast Puddingbecher
EP0002037A1 (fr) * 1977-11-10 1979-05-30 William Eugene Stussi Méthode de remplissage de récipients avec du yaourt aux fruits
DE3602870A1 (de) * 1986-01-31 1987-08-06 Holger Mathes Verfahren und joghurtbecher zur herstellung von joghurt im becher mit oberer fruchtzubereitung
DE29706132U1 (de) * 1997-04-07 1998-08-13 Kalow, Kirsten, 60322 Frankfurt Behälter in der Form eines Glasrohrs oder Marmeladenglas mit Schraubendeckel auf beiden Enden
DE19711887A1 (de) * 1997-03-21 1998-10-15 Optipack Gmbh & Co Kg Verpackungsbecher für Desserts

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FR1471642A (fr) * 1966-03-17 1967-03-03 Rexall Drug Chemical Moule pour donner des formes décoratives à des plats cuisinés
DE2514303A1 (de) * 1974-04-05 1975-10-16 Albi Plast Puddingbecher
EP0002037A1 (fr) * 1977-11-10 1979-05-30 William Eugene Stussi Méthode de remplissage de récipients avec du yaourt aux fruits
DE3602870A1 (de) * 1986-01-31 1987-08-06 Holger Mathes Verfahren und joghurtbecher zur herstellung von joghurt im becher mit oberer fruchtzubereitung
DE19711887A1 (de) * 1997-03-21 1998-10-15 Optipack Gmbh & Co Kg Verpackungsbecher für Desserts
DE29706132U1 (de) * 1997-04-07 1998-08-13 Kalow, Kirsten, 60322 Frankfurt Behälter in der Form eines Glasrohrs oder Marmeladenglas mit Schraubendeckel auf beiden Enden

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Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
WO2008151276A1 (fr) * 2007-06-05 2008-12-11 Graham Packaging Company, L.P. Récipient à languette de ventilation renfoncée amovible
US7900796B2 (en) 2007-06-05 2011-03-08 Graham Packaging Company, L.P. Container with recessed removable venting tab
WO2016083860A1 (fr) 2014-11-27 2016-06-02 Compagnie Gervais Danone Récipient pour produit alimentaire à élément d'actionnement actionnable manuellement
US11202523B2 (en) 2014-11-27 2021-12-21 Compagnie Gervais Danone Container for food product having a manually operable actuating member
ITUA20163696A1 (it) * 2016-05-23 2017-11-23 Carlo Edoardo Luigi Candido Piroli Contenitore di sostanze pastose
US20220073250A1 (en) * 2018-09-17 2022-03-10 Landgenossenschaft Ennstal Landena Kg Container for receiving animal feed

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