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
  • B65D33/00—Details of, or accessories for, sacks or bags
  • B65D33/004—Information or decoration elements, e.g. level indicators, detachable tabs or coupons

Definitions

• the present invention relates to a packaging for food products, of the small sausage type, comprising a plastic bag in which a partial vacuum is created once
• the products have been introduced and the bag closed. More precisely, it relates to informative packaging, that is to say packaging on which advertising or other information may be worn in an aesthetic manner.
• the outside face of the sachet carries all the useful information for the consumer (manufacturer's mark, product information, bar code, etc.) in the form of direct printing on the sachet or else in the form of a self-adhesive label.
• the packaging includes a plastic bag closed at its upper part by a metal element folded back on itself after introduction of the products and partial vacuum.
• this packaging also comprises a flat strip, information carrier, which is secured to the sachet by gluing and which tightly encircles the latter in line with the metallic element, said strip being provided with a recess located by which penetrates the upper part of the bag.
• the information intended for the consumer is carried on the flat strip, which does not follow the external shape of the products and of the bag itself, it is therefore perfectly legible and the presentation of the product is much more aesthetic.
• the bottom of the sachet comprising a heat-sealing line, located opposite the upper part, the flat strip encircles the sachet transversely to said heat-sealing line, and preferably its width is less than the length of said heat sealing line, for example of the order of half this length.
• the recess is advantageously located substantially along the median axis of the strip. It can consist of one. circular hole in the flat strip. It can also result from two perpendicular cuts made in the strip; in this case the upper part of the bag pushes back the edges of the notches by penetrating into said recess.
• the strip is secured to the plastic bag by gluing, in particular thanks to the lines of adhesive deposited on the inside of the strip in contact with the plastic bag.
• the flat strip is made of a rigid or semi-rigid material, such as paper of the tear-proof type.
• Figure 1 is a view of a traditional bag before
• FIG. 2 is a view of the same bag after introduction of the products, partial vacuum and closing,
• FIG. 3 is a front view of the informative packaging according to the invention.
• FIG. 4 is a sectional view of the packaging along the axis AA ′ in FIG. 3.
• the packaging which will be described is intended for small sausages 2 for aperitif, but without this being a limitation of
• the bag 1 in which the sausages will be placed is produced by heat sealing two rectangular sheets of polyethylene on three adjacent sides, respectively the bottom 3 of the bag and the walls 4,5
• the outer face of one or two plastic sheets contains, printed, the information intended for the consumer, represented in FIG. 1, by a
• the upper part 8 of the bag which is located above the sausages.
• the drawing 6 and the bar code 7 are very strongly deformed because the outside face of the bag 1 matches the outside shape of the sausages 2 placed in bulk in the bag 1.
• FIG. 3 there is shown the informative packaging according to the invention.
• the plastic bag 10. is similar to that of traditional packaging, except that it does not contain printed information. Similarly, its upper part 8 is also closed by a metallic element 9.
• the bag 10 is partially covered by a flat strip 11 which is a strip of semi-rigid paper of the tear-off type, the two free ends of which 12,13 (FIG. 4) overlap and are joined together by gluing.
• the strip 11 has a width which is significantly less than that of the bag 10, so as to allow the consumer to see the sausages through the transparent plastic bag on either side of the strip 11, even when the packaging is placed facing to the consumer.
• its width is equal to half the length of the heat-sealing line 3.
• the strip 11 is applied against the outer surface of the bag 10; it comprises, on the inner face, lines of glue, not shown, which are in contact with the prominent parts 14 of the bag 10, defined by the shape of the sausages 2. These lines of glue are advantageously longitudinal with respect to the general direction of the banner 11.
• the upper part 8 of the bag 10 and the metallic closure element 9 pass through the opening 15 made in the middle part of the strip 11, opposite the two ends 12, 13 and opposite the line of heat sealing 3 constituting the bottom of the sachet.
• the presence of the flat strip 11, integral with the bag 10 and closely surrounding the latter in line with the metallic closure element 9, makes it possible to produce a presentation without deformation of the information and therefore more easily readable and more aesthetic.
• the invention is not limited to the preferred embodiment which has just been described by way of nonlimiting example, but covers all its variants.
• the recess through which the upper part of the bag penetrates may not be a hole drilled in the strip, but can be obtained by making two cross cuts, the edges of which are pushed back when the upper part of the bag is penetrated. .
• the embodiment of the bag 1 itself may differ from that described; for example, the bag can be produced by heat-sealing a tubular sheet along a single heat-seal line corresponding to the bottom 3 of the bag 1 or else by heat-sealing a rectangular sheet, after folding of the latter, along two heat-seal lines, corresponding to the side walls.

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• Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
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• Packages (AREA)
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• Auxiliary Devices For And Details Of Packaging Control (AREA)
• Food Preservation Except Freezing, Refrigeration, And Drying (AREA)
• Bag Frames (AREA)
• Laminated Bodies (AREA)

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