EP0561654B1 - Bag and method for emptying it - Google Patents

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EP0561654B1
EP0561654B1 EP93400132A EP93400132A EP0561654B1 EP 0561654 B1 EP0561654 B1 EP 0561654B1 EP 93400132 A EP93400132 A EP 93400132A EP 93400132 A EP93400132 A EP 93400132A EP 0561654 B1 EP0561654 B1 EP 0561654B1
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Chantal Lucie Paulette Minier
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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
    • 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
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    • B65D75/5805—Opening or contents-removing devices added or incorporated during package manufacture for tearing a side strip parallel and next to the edge, e.g. by means of a line of weakness

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  • the present invention relates to bags and methods for emptying them. It is particularly applicable to microperforated sachets for cooking food products such as pasta, rice, couscous, pulses and any other food product whether it is dry, fresh, canned, or in any other form. It preferably applies to products composed of flour, semolina or other cereal derivatives, such as durum wheat, common wheat, but, rye, barley, buckwheat, spelled and ingredients such as eggs, white egg, milk, gluten, these ingredients representing from 0 to 25% of the weight of the cereal product, the rest consisting essentially of cereals.
  • microperforated cooking bag comprising at the top a handle and a weakened tear zone for the opening (see for example DE-U-8 810 798).
  • a microperforated cooking bag comprising at the top a handle and a weakened tear zone for the opening (see for example DE-U-8 810 798).
  • To cook the pasta contained in the sachet immerse the closed sachet in boiling water for the time necessary for cooking, remove it by gripping it by the handle with a kitchen utensil with the danger of burn if the handle is inaccessible, it is suspended by it to let the water drip through the perforations of the sachet, it is opened by tearing the weakened area with the danger of being burned by the rising steam and overturn as possible to empty the contents of the sachet on a dish, possibly pulling down the remains of food products which adhere to the sachet using a kitchen tool.
  • the invention aims to simplify these operations and make them more efficient and less dangerous.
  • the bag according to the invention is defined in the main claim.
  • the weakened areas of tearing are substantially perpendicular to a side provided with a gripping element.
  • the hand When opening, the hand is laterally offset from the bag. You can no longer burn your hand with the rising steam.
  • the bag preferably has perforations whose dimensions are between 10 microns and 5.103 microns. It can be made of any material allowing water to pass through and resistant to boiling, in particular in polyethylene, but also in paper or fabrics, the interstices of these constituting the perforations.
  • the single figure of the accompanying drawing is a partial elevation view of a bag according to the invention.
  • the bag according to the invention is made of microperforated polyethylene or any other material allowing the passage of water. It contains food products. It has two opposite sides, namely in the figure an upper side and a lower side, symmetrical to each other. On the upper side, a handle 1 is delimited by the upper edge of the bag and by a slot 2 formed therein. A loop 4 with slot 5 is also provided in the same way on the lower side. Two tear primers 3 extend on the two other opposite sides perpendicular to the upper and lower sides and are opposite to each other.
  • a tab 6 is delimited between the primer 3 and a demarcation line 7 to facilitate gripping and tearing.

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It has an element (1) for gripping a first side and another element (4) for gripping the opposite side. Application, in particular, to bags for pasta. <IMAGE>

Description

La présente invention est relative aux sachets et aux procédés pour les vider. Elle s'applique tout particulièrement aux sachets microperforés de cuisson de produits alimentaires tels que les pâtes, le riz, le couscous, les légumes secs et tout autre produit alimentaire qu'il soit sec, frais, en conserve, ou sous toute autre forme. Elle s'applique, de préférence, aux produits composés de farines, semoules ou autres dérivés de céréale, tels que de blé dur, blé tendre, mais, seigle, orge, sarrazin, épeautre et d'ingrédients tels que des oeufs, des blancs d'oeuf, du lait, du gluten, ces ingrédients représentant de 0 à 25% du poids du produit à base de céréale, le reste étant constitué essentiellement de céréales.The present invention relates to bags and methods for emptying them. It is particularly applicable to microperforated sachets for cooking food products such as pasta, rice, couscous, pulses and any other food product whether it is dry, fresh, canned, or in any other form. It preferably applies to products composed of flour, semolina or other cereal derivatives, such as durum wheat, common wheat, but, rye, barley, buckwheat, spelled and ingredients such as eggs, white egg, milk, gluten, these ingredients representing from 0 to 25% of the weight of the cereal product, the rest consisting essentially of cereals.

On connaît déjà un sachet de cuisson microperforé comportant en partie supérieure une anse et une zone affaiblie de déchirure pour l'ouverture (voir par exemple DE-U-8 810 798). Pour faire cuire les pâtes alimentaires contenues dans le sachet, on plonge le sachet fermé dans de l'eau bouillante pendant la durée nécessaire à la cuisson, on le retire en le saisissant par la anse grâce à un ustensile de cuisine avec le danger de se brûler si la anse est inaccessible, on le suspend par celle-ci pour laisser égoutter l'eau à travers les perforations du sachet, on l'ouvre en déchirant la zone affaiblie avec le danger d'être brûlé par la vapeur ascendante et on le renverse comme on peut pour vider le contenu du sachet sur un plat en tirant éventuellement vers le bas les restes de produits alimentaires qui adhèrent au sachet à l'aide d'un ustensile de cuisine.There is already known a microperforated cooking bag comprising at the top a handle and a weakened tear zone for the opening (see for example DE-U-8 810 798). To cook the pasta contained in the sachet, immerse the closed sachet in boiling water for the time necessary for cooking, remove it by gripping it by the handle with a kitchen utensil with the danger of burn if the handle is inaccessible, it is suspended by it to let the water drip through the perforations of the sachet, it is opened by tearing the weakened area with the danger of being burned by the rising steam and overturn as possible to empty the contents of the sachet on a dish, possibly pulling down the remains of food products which adhere to the sachet using a kitchen tool.

L'invention vise à simplifier ces opérations et à les rendre plus efficaces et moins dangereuses.The invention aims to simplify these operations and make them more efficient and less dangerous.

Le sachet suivant l'invention est défini à la revendication principale.The bag according to the invention is defined in the main claim.

Après avoir ouvert le sachet suivant une zone de déchirure et après avoir tourné cette ouverture vers le bas, on peut ouvrir le sachet suivant la zone de déchirure opposée, qui se trouve en haut et pousser le reste du produit alimentaire de haut en bas hors du sachet.After opening the sachet according to a tear zone and after turning this opening down, you can open the sachet according to the opposite tear zone, which is at the top and push the rest of the food product up and down out of the bag.

Suivant un perfectionnement, les zones affaiblies de déchirure sont sensiblement perpendiculaires à un côté muni d'un élément de préhension. Lors de l'ouverture, la main est décalée latéralement par rapport au sachet. On ne peut plus se brûler la main par la vapeur ascendante.According to an improvement, the weakened areas of tearing are substantially perpendicular to a side provided with a gripping element. When opening, the hand is laterally offset from the bag. You can no longer burn your hand with the rising steam.

Le sachet a de préférence des perforations dont les dimensions sont comprises entre 10 microns et 5.10³ microns. Il peut être en toute matière laissant passer l'eau et résistant à l'ébullition, notamment en polyéthylène, mais aussi en papiers ou tissus, les interstices de ceux-ci constituant les perforations.The bag preferably has perforations whose dimensions are between 10 microns and 5.10³ microns. It can be made of any material allowing water to pass through and resistant to boiling, in particular in polyethylene, but also in paper or fabrics, the interstices of these constituting the perforations.

La figure unique du dessin annexé est une vue partielle en élévation d'un sachet suivant l'invention.The single figure of the accompanying drawing is a partial elevation view of a bag according to the invention.

Le sachet suivant l'invention est en polyéthylène microperforé ou en tout autre matériau permettant le passage de l'eau. Il contient des produits alimentaires. Il comporte deux côtés opposés, à savoir à la figure un côté supérieur et un côté inférieur, symétriques l'un de l'autre. Du côté supérieur, une anse 1 est délimitée par le bord supérieur du sachet et par une fente 2 ménagée dans celui-ci. Une anse 4 à fente 5 est également prévue de la même façon du côté inférieur. Deux amorces 3 de déchirure s'étendent sur les deux autres côtés opposés perpendiculairement aux côtés supérieur et inférieur et sont opposées l'une à l'autre.The bag according to the invention is made of microperforated polyethylene or any other material allowing the passage of water. It contains food products. It has two opposite sides, namely in the figure an upper side and a lower side, symmetrical to each other. On the upper side, a handle 1 is delimited by the upper edge of the bag and by a slot 2 formed therein. A loop 4 with slot 5 is also provided in the same way on the lower side. Two tear primers 3 extend on the two other opposite sides perpendicular to the upper and lower sides and are opposite to each other.

Une patte 6 est délimitée entre l'amorce 3 et une ligne de démarcation 7 pour faciliter la préhension et la déchirure.A tab 6 is delimited between the primer 3 and a demarcation line 7 to facilitate gripping and tearing.

Pour retirer sans se brûler le sachet empli de produit alimentaire du bain marie dans lequel il a été plongé, il suffit d'introduire un ustensile de cuisine dans celle des fentes 2,5 qui est la plus accessible, l'une au moins d'entre elles l'étant forcément puisqu'elles sont disposées sur des côtés opposés. On laisse le sachet suspendu jusqu'à ce que l'eau s'en soit égouttée. On ouvre le sachet en le déchirant perpendiculairement aux côtés comportant les anses 1,4 en tirant la patte 6 le long de l'une des amorces 3, et on tourne l'ouverture créée vers le bas. Une partie du produit alimentaire contenu dans le sachet en tombe. Eventuellement, on ouvre le sachet par l'amorce 3 de déchirure opposée, qui se trouve maintenant en haut. A l'aide d'un ustensile de cuisine introduit par cette seconde ouverture, on pousse vers le bas le reste du produit alimentaire qui adhère encore au sachet.To remove without burning the sachet filled with food product from the water bath in which it has been immersed, it suffices to introduce a kitchen utensil into that of slots 2.5 which is the most accessible, at least one of between them being necessarily since they are arranged on opposite sides. The bag is left hanging until the water has dripped. The sachet is opened by tearing it perpendicularly to the sides comprising the handles 1.4 by pulling the tab 6 along one of the primers 3, and the opening created is turned downwards. Part of the food product contained in the sachet falls out. Optionally, the bag is opened by the opposite tear primer 3, which is now at the top. Using a kitchen utensil inserted through this second opening, the rest of the food product which still adheres to the sachet is pushed down.

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  1. Bag filled with food product and having on a first side a weakened tear zone (3) to form a first opening, characterised in that, on the opposite side, it has another weakened tear zone (3) to form a second opening.
  2. Bag according to claim 1, characterised in that it is microperforated.
  3. Bag according to claim 1 or 2, characterised in that the weakened tear zone (3) is substantially perpendicular to a side fitted with a gripping element (1).
  4. Bag according to claim 3, characterised by two gripping elements (1, 4) on opposite sides.
  5. Method for emptying a bag according to claim 1, 2 or 3, characterised in that it consists of opening the bag along one of the weakened tear zones, turning the opening thus created downwards, opening the opposing weakened tear zone and pushing the product downwards out of the bag.
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