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- This invention relates generally to the packaging of products for dispensing machines and, more particularly, to the packaging of hygroscopic or deliquescent materials in granular or powder form intended for use in machines for dispensing liquids in cups.
- Such materials are dissolved or suspended in water to form the liquid being dispensed and, in storage prior to the addition of liquid, tend to attract and absorb moisture so as to become liquid or form a sticky cake.
- the primary object ofthe present invention is to pack age material of the above character in a novelmanner utilizing a stack of standard nested dispensing cups While simplifying the dispensing operation and protecting the material from exposure to moisture prior to the time it is dispensed.
- Another object is to protect the material from exposure to moisture by storing a sufiicient quantity of material for each cup in a sealed enclosure formed by part of that cup and the adjacent cup in the stack.
- a further object is to utilize the recessed bottoms of the cups as storage places for the quantities of material and to bring the bottom outside edge of each cup around the recess against the bottom inside wallof the next adjacent cup to seal the enclosure for the material to the recess.
- Still another object is to maintain the seal between adjacent cups in a novel manner prior to dispensing by exerting a continuous endwise pressure on the cups.
- a more detailed object is to enclose the stack of cups in a moisture proof material which shrinks so that it also exerts the endwise pressure to maintain the seals.
- FIGURE 1 is a fragmentary perspective view of a finished package embodying the features of the present invention.
- FIG. 2 is a perspective view showing the position of a I cup in the first step of the method of forming the package.
- the beverage In beverage dispensing machines, the beverage usually is formed by adding hot or cold water to a measured quantity of the material already deposited in a container.
- Standard containers for the beverage machines are cups 10 which are shaped as frustums of cones and normally are nested one within the other to form a stack 11.
- the cups may be formed of paper, a plastic material, or a plastic coated paper and each has a bottom wall spaced from the bottom edge 16 to form a downwardly opening recess 12.
- This recess is formed by the bottom of the cup which is a disk 13 having a downturned flange 14 received between the lower end portion of the conical side wall of the cup and an inturned flange 15 connected to the bottom of the conical wall along the downwardly facing bottom edge 16 of the cup.
- FIG. 3 is a fragmentary perspective view showing the step of telescoping adjacent cups in the package.
- FIG. 4 is an enlarged side elevational view of a partially completed package,.some parts being broken away and shown in section.
- FIG. '5 is a fragmentary reduced side elevational view showing a further step in the method.
- FIG. 6 is a further reduced side elevational view of a subsequent method step.
- FIG. 7 is an enlarged fragmentary sectional taken along the line 77. V 1
- FIG. 8 is a fragmentary reduced side elevational view showing the final step in the formation of the package.
- FIG. 9 is an enlarged fragmentary side elevational view of the finished package.
- the present invention is especially adapted for packaging hygroscopic or deliquescent materials which are to be used in beverage dispensing machines.
- These materials for example, dehydrated soups, and beverages such as coffee, tea and chocolate, are powdery or granular and are characterized by an attraction for moisture whereduring storage and before water is added to form the beverage.
- a measured quantity of the material suitable for one serving of beverage is placed on the bottom wall 13 of each cup and this wall and the bottom edge 16 of the cup nesting within the first cup are maintained in sealing engagement with each other around the material so that the material is retained within the recess 12 of the nesting cup and is free of exposure to moisture until the cups are separated.
- the stack is supported vertically with the cups opening upwardly and the cups are released one at a time to gravitate from the bottom of the stack, thereby separating the bottom cup from the nesting cup above it, the lips 17 co-operating with parts of the machine (not shown) to effect the individual release of the cups.
- the bottom cup is released, the quantity of beverage material already in the cup gravitates with it and only the liquid need be added to complete the beverage.
- this bag also is utilized to maintain the seal between the the periphery of the bottom edge portion of the next higher cup.
- the bag is made of a plastic material which is shrunk around the stack after being closed.
- the material preferably is of the type which shrinks When subjected to heat and retains its shrunken condition when the heat is removed.
- a material found suitable for this purpose is a transparent plastic film sold under the trade name of Cryovac by the Cryovac Division of W. R. Grace & Co. of Cedar Rapids, Iowa.
- the bag is a hollow tube of the material closed at one end and having its other end open to receive the stack but sealed by twisting the material and holding it with a clamping device such as a small rubber band 20, or small metal clip (not shown), after the stack is inserted.
- a clamping device such as a small rubber band 20, or small metal clip (not shown), after the stack is inserted.
- Such a device is applied before the material is shrunk so that it becomes and remains interlocked with the material during and after the shrinking.
- a dummy cup 21 is provided.
- This cup is similar to the standard vending cups, but it has no lip 17 to coact with the mechanism in the machine for holding the stack and releasing the bottom cup one at a time.
- the upper edge of conical side wall of the cup does, however, project above the lip of the top standard cup as shown in FIG. 9 so as to be engaged and urged axially and inwardly by the shrunken bag material 19 to maintain the seal between its bottom edge 16 and the inside of the bottom Wall 13 of the top vending cup. Having no lip, the dummy cup gravitates with the top standard cup when the latter is released in the machine.
- the bag material 19 being relatively tough, it is pre ferred to facilitate opening by the provisions of a tear string 22.
- This string which may be formed of any suitable material, extends axially along the outer sides of the cups 10 for the full length of the stack 11 and outwardly through the sealed open end of the bag.
- the rubber band is removed so as to release the string which then may be pulled easily to tear the bag throughout its length so that it simply falls away from the stack.
- the pressure of the bag material shrinking against the conical side walls and lips of the cups holds the string against endwi-se slippage and avoids the necessity of adhesive, or other means, for fastening the string to the stack or the bag.
- a positive interlock between the string and stack may be provided by attaching to either or both ends of the string an enlarged object such as a circular false cup bottom fitting into the bottom recess 12 of the lowermost cup of the stack (FIG. 1) and retained there by the bag.
- One of the more important features of the present invention is the novel manner of placing each measured quantity 18 of beverage material within its sealed enclosure 12 While insuring contact of the bottom edge 16 of the nesting cup 10 with the adjacent bot-tom wall 13 of the next cup at all points around their peripheries. This is accomplished in spite of the powdery nature of the material and its tendency to scatter with moving air currents such as occur when one cup is telescoped with the next to form the stack. Also, the bottom edge of each cup being in contact with the bottom wall of the next adjacent cup as made possible by the novel method of placing the material, the stack of cups plus the material is of the same length as a stack of the same number of standard cups without the material.
- the first step is to support the dummy cup 21 in inverted position with its bottom recess 12 opening upwardly as shown in FIG. 2. While the cup is maintained in this position, the measured quantity 18 is deposited in the recess.
- a second or standard cup 10 in a similarly inverted position as shown in FIG. 3, is telescoped over the dummy cup until the sealing surface provided by its bottom wall, then facing downwardly, is brought into contact with the bottom edge 16 of the dummy cup which then faces upwardly. During this movement, the air of the outer or upper cup is displaced, but since the material is in the recess 12 and the air there is not displaced, the material is not disturbed.
- the volume of the material in the recess is no greater than the volume of the recess as shown in FIG. 4. Due to this and the lack of disturbance of the powder by air movements, the bottom wall of the second cup engages the bottom edge of the first cup completely around their peripheries so as to form an effective seal against the passage of the material, air or moisture.
- the measured quantity of material 18 is deposited in the upwardly opening recess 12 of the second cup and a third cup 10 is telescoped over the second cup in the manner described above, the material being undisturbed and the bottom wall 13 of the third cup coming into engagement with the bottom edge 16 of the second cup completely around their peripheries.
- the steps of filling the recess of the uppermost cup and telescoping an additional cup onto the stack is repeated until the desired number of cups is reached. It has been found convenient to form a stack of cups, this being the number sold and packaged in a single container by one manufacturer of standard cups currently available.
- a plastic lined paper cup packaged in this manner and found suitable for practicing the invention is sold under the trade name China-Cote by Lily-Tulip Cup Corporation of New York, New York. Of course, no material is deposited in the recess of the top cup in the stack of inverted cups which will become the bottom cup in the dispensing machine.
- the tear string 22 is extended first across the top of the stack as shown in FIG. 5 and thendownwardly along the side of the stack so as to extend beyond the bottom. Then, the bag or tube 19 of enclosing material, larger than the stack and inverted so that its bottom is open, is telescoped downwardly over the stack as indicated by the arrow in FIG. 5.
- FIG. 6 Prior to sealing the open end of the bag 19, the interior of the bag with the stack 11 in its upright or dispensing position is subjected to a vacuum for the withdrawal of as much air as conveniently possible from the bag.
- a suitable pipe 23 connected to a source of vacuum (not shown) is inserted in the open upper end of the bag.
- the open end portion of the tube is twisted as indicated at 24 to form a seal preventing air from passing into or out of the bag.
- the tear strip also is twisted with the openend of the tube and continues to project outwardly beyond such end (FIG. 9). The twisted portions are held in sealing engagement with each other by the rubber band 20, this clamping member being applied immediately after the twisting.
- the sealed bag 19 is subjected to heat by which it is shrunk, not only radially and inwardly into engagement with the lips 17 of the cups 10, but also axially and inwardly against the ends of the stack 11 so as to maintain a continuous endwise pressure between adjacent cups and thereby preserve the sealing engagement between the bottom wall 13 of each cup and the bottom edge 16 of the next adjacent cup.
- This heat is applied conveniently by immersing the sealed bag in a heated liquid, such as water, as'depicted in FIG. 8. It will be seen that each measured quantity 18 of the beverage material is protected, not only by the sealing engagement of the bottom wall and bottom edge of the cups defining its enclosure, but also by the engagement of the surrounding bag with the lips of the successive cups as shown in FIG. 9 to provide a plurality of seals spaced along the length of the finished bag and preventing movement of air and moisture within the bag.
- the stack may be moved to many different positions and each quantity 18 of beverage material will remain dry in its scaled compartment.
- a package the combination of a plurality of up wardly opening cups each having a flat bottom wall spaced from a downwardly facing bottom edge to define a bottom downwardly opening recess, said cups telescoping together and forming a stack with the bottom downwardly facing edge of each cup engaging the upwardly facing side of the bottom wall of the next lower cup in sealing relation and forming therewith a sealed enclosure, a measured quantity of material contained in each of said sealed enclosures in engagement with the bottom wall of the lower cup for gravitation with such lower cup away from the stack, said material being adapted for mixture with a liquid, and a bag of moisture impervious material enclosing said stack and shrunken into engagement axially with the ends of said stack, said bag applying an endwise pressure to the stack to maintain the sealing engagement between said bottom edges and said bottom walls.
- a package the combination of a plurality of said cups telescoping together and forming a stack with a bottom edge portion of each cup engaging an interior sealing surface of the next lower cup around the periphery of the bottom edge portion in sealing relation and forming therewith a sealed enclosure, a measured quantity of material contained in each of said sealed enclosures in engagement with the bottom wall of the adjacent lower cup for gravitation with such lower cup away from the stack, said material being adapted for mixture with a liquid, and a bag of moisture impervious material enclosing said stack and shrunken into engagement radially with said cups and axially against the ends of said stack, said bag applying an endwise pressure to the stack to maintain the sealing engagement between said bottom edge portions and said interior sealing surfaces, the interior of said bag being evacuated and having a pressure less than atmospheric pressure.
- a package the combination of a plurality of upwardly opening cups with conical walls nesting together and having upper pouring lips projecting radially and outwardly from the walls, said cups telescoping together and forming a stack with a part of each cu-p engaging a portion of the next lower cup in sealing relation to form a sealed enclosure, a measured quantity of material adapted for mixture with a liquid and contained in each of said sealed enclosures in engagement with the bottom wall of the adjacent lower cup for gravitation with such lower cup away from the stack, and a bag of moisture impervious material enclosing said stack and shrunken into engagement radially with said lips of said cups, said bag applying an endwise pressure maintaining the stacked relation of the cups and said sealing relation of adjacent cups and said bag engaging the lips in sealing relation to form a plurality of seals spaced along the length of the stack and preventing movement of air and moisture within the bag.
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| GB25525/64A GB1062436A (en) | 1963-07-08 | 1964-06-19 | Improvements in or relating to the packaging of products for dispensing machines |
| DE19641461820 DE1461820A1 (de) | 1963-07-08 | 1964-07-07 | Verfahren zum Verpacken einzelner,fuer die Bereitung von Getraenken,Suppen od.dgl. dienender Trockensubstanzmengen in zugeordneten Gefaessen |
| US411031A US3227273A (en) | 1963-07-08 | 1964-11-13 | Package |
| BE141520A BE811724Q (fr) | 1963-07-08 | 1974-02-28 | Appareil et procede d'emballage |
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| US411031A US3227273A (en) | 1963-07-08 | 1964-11-13 | Package |
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| US3305083A (en) * | 1965-05-12 | 1967-02-21 | Robert M Wells | Dinnerware place setting package |
| US3407922A (en) * | 1967-05-22 | 1968-10-29 | Charles E. Palmer | Dispensing cup assembly with a material-receiving cavity |
| US3411665A (en) * | 1966-05-06 | 1968-11-19 | Ultra Custom Pak Inc | Disposable container, container package and dispensing structure |
| US3505006A (en) * | 1966-12-29 | 1970-04-07 | Bell Telephone Labor Inc | Storage assemblies |
| US3526316A (en) * | 1968-08-08 | 1970-09-01 | Theodore P Kalogris | Hydratable substance-containing single service drinking receptacle |
| US3710931A (en) * | 1971-07-07 | 1973-01-16 | Maryland Cup Corp | Package for fragile nested articles and method for making same |
| US3976795A (en) * | 1971-12-25 | 1976-08-24 | Nissin Shokuhin Kaisha, Ltd. | Food self-contained in a cooking container and process for making the same |
| DE2620534A1 (de) * | 1975-05-12 | 1976-11-25 | Compact Ind | Verpackungseinheit aus bechern fuer ein loesliches oder hygroskopes gut |
| US4018904A (en) * | 1975-01-21 | 1977-04-19 | Acecook Co., Ltd. | Container for an instant food |
| US4193494A (en) * | 1978-08-28 | 1980-03-18 | Compact Industries, Inc. | Cup and package of cups |
| US4417504A (en) * | 1981-04-02 | 1983-11-29 | Mitsumoto Coffee Co., Ltd. | Regular coffee set |
| US4832202A (en) * | 1986-05-22 | 1989-05-23 | General Foods Limited | Containers |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| US3305083A (en) * | 1965-05-12 | 1967-02-21 | Robert M Wells | Dinnerware place setting package |
| US3411665A (en) * | 1966-05-06 | 1968-11-19 | Ultra Custom Pak Inc | Disposable container, container package and dispensing structure |
| US3505006A (en) * | 1966-12-29 | 1970-04-07 | Bell Telephone Labor Inc | Storage assemblies |
| US3407922A (en) * | 1967-05-22 | 1968-10-29 | Charles E. Palmer | Dispensing cup assembly with a material-receiving cavity |
| US3526316A (en) * | 1968-08-08 | 1970-09-01 | Theodore P Kalogris | Hydratable substance-containing single service drinking receptacle |
| US3710931A (en) * | 1971-07-07 | 1973-01-16 | Maryland Cup Corp | Package for fragile nested articles and method for making same |
| US3976795A (en) * | 1971-12-25 | 1976-08-24 | Nissin Shokuhin Kaisha, Ltd. | Food self-contained in a cooking container and process for making the same |
| US4018904A (en) * | 1975-01-21 | 1977-04-19 | Acecook Co., Ltd. | Container for an instant food |
| DE2620534A1 (de) * | 1975-05-12 | 1976-11-25 | Compact Ind | Verpackungseinheit aus bechern fuer ein loesliches oder hygroskopes gut |
| US4024951A (en) * | 1975-05-12 | 1977-05-24 | Compact Industries, Inc. | Cup and package of cups |
| US4193494A (en) * | 1978-08-28 | 1980-03-18 | Compact Industries, Inc. | Cup and package of cups |
| FR2434764A1 (fr) * | 1978-08-28 | 1980-03-28 | Compact Ind | Gobelet et emballage de gobelets emboitables a usage de recipients de conservation d'aliments |
| US4417504A (en) * | 1981-04-02 | 1983-11-29 | Mitsumoto Coffee Co., Ltd. | Regular coffee set |
| US4832202A (en) * | 1986-05-22 | 1989-05-23 | General Foods Limited | Containers |
| US5941055A (en) * | 1996-12-23 | 1999-08-24 | Coates; Frank | Apparatus for making an instant beverage container with product therein |
| US20050205437A1 (en) * | 2003-12-23 | 2005-09-22 | Anthony Huffman | Method and apparatus for merchandising dispensable products |
| US20050220939A1 (en) * | 2004-03-30 | 2005-10-06 | Sonoco Development, Inc. | Food product package having nested cup and cup holder |
| WO2009034323A3 (fr) * | 2007-09-11 | 2009-06-04 | Mars Inc | Gobelets pour la distribution de boissons |
| GB2452719B (en) * | 2007-09-11 | 2012-01-11 | Mars Inc | Cups for beverage dispensing |
| US20240374988A1 (en) * | 2023-05-08 | 2024-11-14 | Developer J LLC | Dice game generation using a digital component |
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| DE1461820A1 (de) | 1969-03-13 |
| GB1062436A (en) | 1967-03-22 |
| BE811724Q (fr) | 1974-06-17 |
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