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EP3870521B1
EP3870521B1 EP19783303.1A EP19783303A EP3870521B1 EP 3870521 B1 EP3870521 B1 EP 3870521B1 EP 19783303 A EP19783303 A EP 19783303A EP 3870521 B1 EP3870521 B1 EP 3870521B1
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Christian Talon
Christophe Sébastien Paul HEYDEL
Enzo Bonacci
Elodie DEBEFVE
Amandine RIBEYROL
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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
    • B65D75/52—Details
    • B65D75/58—Opening or contents-removing devices added or incorporated during package manufacture
    • B65D75/5861—Spouts
    • B65D75/5872—Non-integral spouts
    • B65D75/5883—Non-integral spouts connected to the package at the sealed junction of two package 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
    • B65D85/8043—Packages adapted to allow liquid to pass through the 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
    • 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
    • B65D85/8043—Packages adapted to allow liquid to pass through the contents
    • B65D85/8049—Details of the inlet
    • 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
    • B65D2575/00—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
    • B65D2575/28—Articles or materials wholly enclosed in composite wrappers, i.e. wrappers formed by association or interconnecting two or more sheets or blanks
    • B65D2575/30—Articles or materials enclosed between two opposed sheets or blanks having their margins united, e.g. by pressure-sensitive adhesive, crimping, heat-sealing, or welding
    • B65D2575/32—Articles or materials enclosed between two opposed sheets or blanks having their margins united, e.g. by pressure-sensitive adhesive, crimping, heat-sealing, or welding one or both sheets or blanks being recessed to accommodate contents
    • B65D2575/3209—Details
    • B65D2575/3218—Details with special means for gaining access to the contents

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  • the present invention relates to a pack for preparing food or beverage products, the pack comprising an insert and a container: a fluid is introduced in the container through the insert in order to prepare the corresponding food or beverage that will be also delivered through this insert.
  • Preparing beverages by introducing a capsule containing a food or beverage ingredient, such as ground coffee or instant coffee, in a beverage dispensing machine and injecting water into the capsule is known in the state of the art: the beverage or food ingredient is typically extracted or dissolved into water to form the beverage or the desired final product, which flows out of the capsule through a suitable outlet.
  • capsules As such, different capsules have been developed in the past, these capsules being at least differentiated by the nature of the capsule body used for storing the food or the beverage ingredient. Whereas most of the capsules are made of a rigid body or semi-rigid body, typically made though injection moulding or thermoforming, flexible types of packs can be made out of foil materials. Flexible packs have generally the advantage to semi-rigid and rigid capsules that less amount of material is used to pack the product leading to overall less production cost, to lower life cycle impact shown in several life-cycle assessments and to advantages on the part of the user, who will need less available space for storing these packs, as they are more compact.
  • WO 99/05044 describes a flexible beverage-producing sachet comprising a beverage ingredient in a volume formed by bonding two laminates at their edges, having a base seam into which a conduit of rigid plastics is bonded.
  • An inlet nozzle is provided at the top of the resulting sachet for introducing water that is mixed with the beverage or food ingredient inside the inner volume of the sachet, the beverage produced being then evacuated through a beverage outlet arranged at the bottom of the pack, where closing means are provided, such that the closing means are adapted to open under pressure when pressurized water is introduced into the sachet, allowing the beverage to evacuate through the beverage outlet.
  • the opening of the closing means is obtained by increase of pressure inside the sachet. Yet this pressure increase is not recommended for the preparation of some beverages because it creates bubbles at the surface of the beverage, for example this would not be desired for the preparation of tea. Besides, there exists the risk for the user that the packages may not rupture at the desired pressure, and that they would finally open up in an uncontrollable explosion. For this reason the apparatus where the sachet is processed needs to comprise means for totally enclosing the sachet in the machine during beverage preparation in order to avoid risk of damages for the consumer.
  • Some other flexible sachets are also known in the state of the art, for example as per WO 2011/024103 , disclosing a flexible pouch or sachet for preparing a beverage such as coffee, comprising a space where a concentrated dose of the product is stored.
  • the pouch comprises also a rigid part on one of the sides of the pouch, provided with an inlet through which water is inserted into the pouch, a tube element conveying the water towards the opposite part of the pouch, so that the mixing of the water and the ingredient is made, and an outlet through which the product is dispensed.
  • the beverage outlet is positioned at the top of the pouch.
  • Such a pouch is conceived for preparing a beverage by extraction of roast and ground coffee but not by dissolution of instant coffee or other soluble materials. For this reason the pouch comprises a filter at the outlet to prevent insoluble particles from being dispensed with the beverage.
  • An inconvenient of such a pouch is that at the end of the preparation of the beverage and the introduction of water, beverage remains in the pouch which is an issue for the user who cannot properly remove the pouch from the beverage production machine. Moreover, there is no control on any preparation nor on any dispensing sequence, which makes the process not completely satisfactory.
  • WO 2016/023727 A1 and WO 2017/125267 disclose other examples of packs for preparing food or beverages.
  • the patent application WO 2018/033431 A1 belonging to the applicant discloses a pack comprising a pouch formed by at least one flexible sheet folded in such a way to configure the container comprising inside one or more ingredients for the preparation of a beverage: the pack further comprises a spout or insert comprising two parts relatively moveable with respect to each other in such a way that their relative movement opens and/or closes the communication of the inner volume of the pack with the outside of the pack. A fluid is introduced in the inner volume of the pack via the insert and the beverage is delivered through the insert, once prepared.
  • this solution is used for the reconstitution of soluble products, of the powder type: however, when beverages such as tea are prepared in this configuration, the tea leaves accumulate at the outlet of the spout or insert, therefore blocking it and avoiding a proper operation of these packs. In order to avoid such blockage, it would be necessary to use filters in the pack, and this would make the solution not competitive from a cost point of view. In some cases, when using a soluble product, a proper dissolution may not be achieved and there is the risk that insoluble particles can be dispensed with the beverage, when no filter is used. However, using a filter makes the solution more costly and more complex.
  • the invention relates to a pack for the preparation of a food or beverage product as defined in claim 1.
  • the height (H pipe ) of the inlet channel with respect to the height of the total volume of the container (H volume ) is preferably of at least 20%, preferably of at least 30%, more preferably of at least 40%.
  • the insert comprises at least two parts moveable with respect to each other, providing open or close communication with the inner volume of the container.
  • the at least one flexible sheet is arranged overwrapping and matching the shape of the insert in its entirety except for the part of the insert in direct communication with the inner volume of the container.
  • the insert further comprises an air inlet providing air from outside of the pack and into the volume of the container.
  • the insert and/or the container comprise identification means with the information on the process parameters for the preparation of the food or beverage product.
  • the process parameters preferably comprise one or a plurality of the following: total volume of water to introduce, the temperature of the water, the time of preparation, the pressure at which the water is introduced.
  • the invention relates to the use of a pack for preparing a food or beverage product as it has been previously described.
  • the invention further relates to a method for preparing a food or beverage product using a pack as the one described, the method comprising the steps of:
  • the insert is configured by at least two relatively moveable parts, such that the movement of these two parts blocks or frees the communication of the inner volume of the pack with the outside of it.
  • the insert is configured by at least two relatively moveable parts that move with respect to each other to their original position at the end of the preparation of the food or beverage product, blocking any communication of the inner volume of the pack with the outside of the pack, to avoid dripping.
  • a pack 100 for preparing a food or beverage product, the pack comprising a container 20 and an insert 10.
  • the container 20 comprises at least one ingredient for the preparation of the food or beverage product.
  • the preparation of the product is made by introducing a fluid through the insert 10, typically water (optionally also air can be introduced), so the fluid extracts, dilutes, infuses and/or reconstitutes the product and the beverage prepared is further delivered also through the said insert 10.
  • the content of the container 20 is preferably tea leaves, that will be infused with water injected through the insert 10.
  • other products can also be prepared with the pack of the invention, such as roast and ground coffee, instant coffee of the brew type (like filter coffee), products in pieces that will be prepared by infusion with water (milk, cinnamon or the like), etc.
  • air will be also introduced in the pack or not; typically, when a tea beverage will be prepared, no air will be conveyed inside the container and only water will be provided, as no foaming or bubbles are desired.
  • Figures 3a and 3b show in detail the configuration of the insert 10 in the pack 100 of the invention:
  • Figure 3a shows the configuration where the outlet is closed and
  • Figure 3b shows the configuration with the outlet is open for delivering a beverage or food product.
  • the insert 10 of the invention typically comprises two parts, 101 and 102, moveable with respect to each other, preferably by linear displacement.
  • the part 101 is a fixed insert part, which is fixed to or by means of the beverage preparation device, and the part 102 is a moveable insert part, moveable with respect to the part 101.
  • the fixed insert part 101 is positioned in the beverage preparation device by means of positioning holes 13 and 14.
  • the beverage preparation device connects with the moveable insert part 102 through displacing holes 15, 16, displacing the insert part 102 linearly downwards by the linear paths 104, 105.
  • the moveable insert part 102 has not been displaced with respect to the fixed insert part 101, and the inner outlet 17 is closed by the positioning of the moveable insert part 102, blocking said outlet 17, so no beverage can be dispensed through the beverage outlet 18.
  • a fluid typically water
  • the device displaces the moveable insert part 102 with respect to the fixed insert part 101, to a position as the one shown in Figure 3b : the beverage prepared inside the container 20 can exit the inner volume through the inner outlet 17 (now not blocked, as the moveable insert part 102 has displaced) and from there goes into the beverage outlet 18 and is then dispensed.
  • an air conduct 19 can be provided in the moveable insert part 102: no air can go through this conduct 19 in the closed position shown in Figure 3a ; however, when the part 102 has moved with respect to 101, as represented in Figure 3b , air from the outside of the pack 100 can go into the air conduct 19 so the beverage can be delivered with a certain degree of foaming; air is then driven to the inlet chamber 191, when it is so desired.
  • tea leaves are comprised inside the container 20 for infusing a tea beverage that will be delivered through an insert 10
  • the insert 10 is configured with the two moveable parts (with respect to each other) 101 and 102 but without the inlet tube 30, the tea leaves tend to accumulate at the inner outlet 17, blocking it, so no tea extraction is possible and causing, in many cases, inflation of the pouch that may lead to its explosion. Therefore, in order to prevent this outlet blockage, it would be necessary to add a filter or a filtering element at the inner outlet 17 in order to prevent this blockage.
  • this solution would be costly and also more complex from a manufacturing point of view.
  • the inlet tube 30 can be made of a certain material and can then be connected at the inlet chamber 191 of the insert 10, as described before.
  • the inlet tube 30 is made of the same material as that of the insert 10, and is either conformed in the same manufacturing process or is added afterwards.
  • the inlet tube 30 allows driving the inlet water directly at the upper space of the volume of the container 20: then, this water flows through the tea leaves, wetting them from the upper part of it and through its inside, so the tea leaves act as a filtering "material" themselves.
  • another food or beverage product is inside the container, such as roast and ground coffee or another soluble product, the process is still the same, water passing through the material and a beverage or food product being infused, diluted, extracted and/or reconstituted, the particles in the configuration of said product acting as a natural filter.
  • the length of the inlet tube 30 needs to have a certain dimension allowing the water or infusion fluid to be driven to a place inside the container volume that is arranged above the tea leaves or the food or beverage product; thus, the tube 30 needs to reach a certain height in the container volume allowing the introduction of water through the upper part of the product, allowing the wetting, infusion, reconstitution, dissolution and/or extraction of it mainly from its upper part. Also, mixing or movement or turbulence of the product is avoided so that the product does not block the inlet or inner outlet in the insert 10.
  • H pipe typically, the height of this tube, H pipe , with respect to the total volume of the container, H volume , is preferably of about 40%.
  • H pipe will be at least of 20% of H volume , preferably of at least 30%, more preferably of at least 40%.
  • this pack 100 comprises a container 20 and an insert 10 that is overwrapped by the flexible sheet configuring the container 20.
  • this pack 100 typically, one flexible sheet of material is folded overwrapping the insert 10 and conforming to the shape of it, over the whole of its surface, except for the upper part of it which is in contact with the inner volume of the container 20.
  • the film is then sealed in several parts to configure the container 20: as shown in Figure 1a , lateral or side sealing 110 and 120 are provided, as well as an upper sealing 150 and lower sealing 130, 140.
  • the film or flexible sheet is also sealed over the frontal and the rear sides of the insert 10. Therefore, the injection means (fluid needle) pierce the film when connecting with the inlet hole 12.
  • the insert 10 comprises an inlet hole 12 that is a through hole (as represented in Figure 1b ) or that can be accessed frontally and on its rear side with blind holes (another option not represented in the Figures, though), still able to be accessed from both sides of the pack, frontal and rear side.
  • the insert 10 is identical on both its front and rear sides.
  • fluid covers either any aqueous diluent that can be mixed with a soluble beverage ingredient to prepare a beverage, like water, carbonated water, milk, etc. (preferably, water is the preferred aqueous diluent) or any gaseous fluid such as for example air.
  • aqueous fluid water is the preferred fluid; when referring to gaseous fluid, air is the preferred fluid.
  • the pack 100 of the invention can be configured having any possible shape, such as a pouch (flexible, for example), a sachet, a capsule, or any other possible container shape.
  • the insert 10 is preferably rigid and is made of a rigid plastic material, preferably by injection moulding. Typically, this plastic material can be selected from the following: polypropylene, polyethylene, polyethylene terephthalate and polylactic acid. Also according to a less preferred embodiment the insert 10 can be made of a metal like aluminium or tin-plate.
  • either the insert 10 and/or the container 20 preferably comprise identification means with the information for fluid or fluids supplied in the inner volume of the container 20 from the inlet hole, such as for example the total volume of fluid to introduce, the temperature of said fluid, the time of infusion, or the pressure at which the fluid is introduced, among others.
  • identification means can comprise any kind of recognition means such as, for example, mechanical codes, optical codes, RFID tags, bar codes, magnetic codes, detection holes or the like.
  • the device will then comprise a control unit that will retrieve the information on the process parameters by reading the identification means on the pack, and will apply these parameters when preparing the corresponding food or beverage product.
  • the pack 100 of the invention presents a plane shape oriented along a plane essentially vertically oriented during beverage production and the water is driven out of the tube 30 in a direction comprised in said plane.
  • the invention further refers to a method for preparing a food or beverage product using a pack 100 as previously described.
  • the method comprises the following steps:

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  1. Emballage (100) destiné à la préparation d'un produit alimentaire ou de boisson comprenant un insert (10) et un récipient (20),
    le récipient (20) étant conçu par au moins une feuille flexible pliée de manière à concevoir un récipient dans lequel les ingrédients du produit alimentaire ou de boisson sont stockés, l'insert (10) étant enveloppé par l'au moins une feuille flexible concevant le récipient (20), et l'insert (10) comprenant au moins deux parties (101, 102) mobiles l'une par rapport à l'autre, assurant une communication ouverte ou fermée avec le volume intérieur du récipient (20), de l'eau, pour extraire et/ou infuser et/ou dissoudre et/ou reconstituer des ingrédients dans le récipient (20) et pour préparer le produit alimentaire ou de boisson, peut être introduite à travers l'insert (10) par un trou d'injection (11) et dans une chambre d'entrée (191), le produit alimentaire ou de boisson, une fois préparé, étant également distribué à travers cet insert (10),
    l'emballage (100) présentant une forme généralement plane et étant essentiellement orienté verticalement pendant la production d'aliments ou de boissons, l'insert (10) étant disposé sur le côté inférieur de l'emballage (100) de manière à ce que l'eau soit introduite dans le volume du récipient dans une direction ascendante ;
    caractérisé en ce que :
    l'emballage (100) comprenant en outre un canal d'entrée (30) disposé au niveau de la chambre d'entrée (191) et s'étendant verticalement à l'intérieur du volume du récipient (20) de telle sorte que l'eau introduite par l'insert (10) est conduite par le canal (30) et pénètre dans le volume intérieur du récipient (20) par ce canal (30), et le canal d'entrée (30) comprend un tube essentiellement vertical d'une certaine longueur (Hpipe), la hauteur (Hpipe) du canal (30) dans le volume du récipient étant telle qu'il est disposé au-dessus des ingrédients dans le récipient et permet à l'eau sortant du canal (30) de mouiller les ingrédients à partir de la partie supérieure de ceux-ci, en évitant les turbulences,
    et
    - le tube configurant le canal d'entrée (30) est fabriqué dans le même matériau que l'insert (10).
  2. Emballage (100) destiné à la préparation d'un produit alimentaire ou de boisson selon la revendication 1, dans lequel la hauteur (Hpipe) du canal d'entrée (30) par rapport à la hauteur du volume total du récipient (Hvolume) est d'au moins 20 %, de préférence d'au moins 30 %, plus préférablement d'au moins 40 %.
  3. Emballage (100) destiné à la préparation d'un produit alimentaire ou de boisson selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes, dans lequel l'au moins une feuille flexible est disposée de manière à suremballer et correspondant à la forme de l'insert (10) dans sa totalité à l'exception de la partie de l'insert (10) en communication directe avec le volume interne du récipient (20).
  4. Emballage (100) destiné à la préparation d'un produit alimentaire ou de boisson selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes, dans lequel l'insert (10) comprend en outre une entrée d'air fournissant de l'air depuis l'extérieur de l'emballage (100) et dans le volume du récipient (20).
  5. Emballage (100) destiné à la préparation d'un produit alimentaire ou de boisson selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes, dans lequel l'insert (10) et/ou le récipient (20) comprennent un moyen d'identification contenant des informations sur les paramètres du processus de préparation du produit alimentaire ou de boisson.
  6. Emballage (100) destiné à la préparation d'un produit alimentaire ou de boisson selon la revendication 5, dans lequel les paramètres du processus comprennent un ou plusieurs des éléments suivants : un volume total d'eau à introduire, la température de l'eau, le temps de préparation, la pression à laquelle l'eau est introduite.
  7. Utilisation d'un emballage (100) selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes pour préparer un produit alimentaire ou de boisson.
  8. Procédé destiné à préparer un produit alimentaire ou de boisson à l'aide d'un emballage (100) selon l'une quelconque des revendications 1 à 6, le procédé comprenant les étapes consistant à :
    - placer l'emballage (100) dans une machine de préparation de boisson en plaçant l'insert (10) dans un logement correspondant de la machine, l'emballage (100) étant disposé sensiblement verticalement dans la machine, l'insert (10) étant placé sur la face inférieure de l'emballage (100) ;
    - injecter de l'eau à travers l'insert (10), dans le canal d'entrée (30), qui s'écoulera dans le volume intérieur de l'emballage (100), en mouillant les ingrédients qu'il contient pendant un certain temps pour extraire et/ou infuser et/ou dissoudre et/ou reconstituer les ingrédients dans un produit alimentaire ou de boisson ;
    - délivrer le produit alimentaire ou de boisson préparé après que le temps requis s'est écoulé à travers l'insert (10).
  9. Procédé selon l'une quelconque des revendications 8 à 9, dans lequel l'insert (10) est conçu par au moins deux parties relativement déplaçables (101, 102) qui se déplacent l'une par rapport à l'autre vers leur position d'origine à la fin de la préparation du produit alimentaire ou de boisson, bloquant toute communication du volume interne de l'emballage avec l'extérieur de l'emballage, pour éviter de goutter.
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