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EP0833786A1 - Container, especially for food stuffs - Google Patents

Container, especially for food stuffs

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EP0833786A1
EP0833786A1 EP96922955A EP96922955A EP0833786A1 EP 0833786 A1 EP0833786 A1 EP 0833786A1 EP 96922955 A EP96922955 A EP 96922955A EP 96922955 A EP96922955 A EP 96922955A EP 0833786 A1 EP0833786 A1 EP 0833786A1
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Prior art keywords
cover
pot
compartment
pot according
transverse partition
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German (de)
French (fr)
Inventor
Claude Benoit-Gonin
Philippe Bardet
Jean-Marie Linard
Magdeleine Corre
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Astra Plastique SA
Yoplait SAS
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Astra Plastique SA
Yoplait SAS
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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
    • B65D81/00—Containers, packaging elements, or packages, for contents presenting particular transport or storage problems, or adapted to be used for non-packaging purposes after removal of contents
    • B65D81/32—Containers, packaging elements, or packages, for contents presenting particular transport or storage problems, or adapted to be used for non-packaging purposes after removal of contents for packaging two or more different materials which must be maintained separate prior to use in admixture
    • B65D81/3216—Rigid containers disposed one within the other
    • 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
    • B65D69/00—Articles joined together for convenience of storage or transport without the use of packaging elements
    • 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
    • B65D21/00—Nestable, stackable or joinable containers; Containers of variable capacity
    • B65D21/02—Containers specially shaped, or provided with fittings or attachments, to facilitate nesting, stacking, or joining together
    • B65D21/0237—Rigid or semi-rigid containers provided with a recess on their external surface for accommodating a smaller container

Definitions

  • the present invention relates to a pot, in particular for the packaging of food products.
  • This pot can, for example, be made of synthetic material, and intended to contain food products, such as yogurt, dessert cream, ....
  • food products such as yogurt, dessert cream, ....
  • an advertising accessory also called surprise.
  • This surprise can be housed in a bag that is attached to the outside of the jar.
  • the surprise may be stolen during the presentation for sale of the products.
  • Another solution is to place the surprise inside the compartment containing the food product. If this is possible in the case of powdered products, such as chocolate powders, although this does not fully meet the hygiene criteria since the child puts his hand inside the jar to recover the surprise which is more or less embedded in the product, such a solution is not possible when the product is in a liquid or pasty form.
  • the object of the invention is to provide a pot, in which the surprise can be packaged separately from the product which it is intended to contain, and cannot be accessible from outside the pot.
  • the pot which it relates to of the type comprising a tubular wall provided with a transverse partition delimiting a main compartment for packaging the product and forming the bottom thereof, this compartment being able to be closed, after filling and in a manner known per se, by a lid and / or a cover, is characterized in that it comprises a second compartment situated on the side of the bottom of the pot, intended to be closed by a lid fixed to the tubular wall of the pot, the transverse partition being deformable in the direction of the axis of the pot, and a member for transmitting the deformation pressure being provided between the intermediate wall and the cover of the second compartment.
  • the main compartment of the pot is opened, before being emptied of the product it contains.
  • the transverse partition is accessible, it is possible to exercise on this partition a pressure in the direction of the second compartment. This pressure is transmitted to the cover of the second compartment, which is released from the tubular wall of the pot. The cover of the second compartment being thus removed, it is possible to have access to the second compartment which contains an object, such as a surprise.
  • the cover is fixed to the tubular wall of the pot by a reversible clipping.
  • the cover comprises a bottom from which extends an annular skirt of diameter equal to the inside diameter of the pot and intended to be engaged in the latter, the skirt and the wall of the pot having , on their opposite faces bosses and / or complementary annular ribs, for clipping the cover on the pot.
  • the annular skirt is discontinuous, and is in the form of a plurality of tongues obtained by cutouts or axial slots opening into the free edge of the skirt. This structure promotes the deformation capacity of the skirt for the establishment of the cover or the removal thereof.
  • the cover of the second compartment is fixed irreversibly on the tubular wall of the pot, and the cover has a central part connected to the peripheral part made integral with the tubular wall, by breakable bridges.
  • the transverse partition comprises a central part, connected to an annular part secured to the tubular wall by a deformable zone, the central part being located, when no stress is exerted on it, on the side of the main compartment, relative to the annular part.
  • the deformable zone is formed in 'the case of a pot made of synthetic material by a thinned area of material.
  • the central part of the intermediate wall can be parallel to the cover of the second compartment or form an angle with the plane containing this cover, when no stress is exerted on it.
  • the pressure transmission member between the transverse partition and the cover of the second compartment is constituted by a rigid capsule, two opposite faces of which bear respectively against the intermediate wall and against the cover of the second compartment.
  • the capsule made for example of rigid synthetic material, which contains the surprise.
  • the second compartment contains a rigid capsule whose bottom constitutes the cover of the second compartment and the capsule housed in the second compartment is fixed to the tubular wall of the latter by reversible clipping.
  • the pressure transmission member between the transverse partition and the cover of the second compartment is constituted by a finger or the like, axially oriented, integral with the intermediate wall or the cover and the l the other end bears against the cover or the intermediate wall respectively.
  • the surprise can be packaged simply in a plastic bag, since the packaging of the surprise plays no role in the transmission of the force from the intermediate wall to the cover.
  • Figure 1 is an exploded perspective view of the various components of a first pot
  • Figure 2 is a longitudinal sectional view of this first pot in the assembled position of its various components
  • Figure 3 is a view similar to Figure 2 after release of the bottom and the capsule associated therewith;
  • Figures 4 and 5 are two views similar to Figure 2 showing the lower part of two other pots.
  • Figures 1 to 3 show a pot 2 made of synthetic material comprising a tubular wall 3 provided with a transverse partition 4 delimiting, on the one hand, a main compartment 5 intended for the packaging of a product and, on the other hand, a second compartment 6 intended to receive, for example, a surprise.
  • the intermediate partition 4 comprises an annular part 7 secured to the tubular wall, and not deformable, or slightly deformable. This annular part is connected to a central part 8 which is also not very deformable or not deformable, by a deformable zone 9, this deformation being obtained for example using several thinning of materials.
  • the central part 8 is located on the side of the main compartment 5 relative to the annular part 7, when no stress is exerted on it. It should also be noted that this central part 8 is located perpendicular to the axis of the pot.
  • the main compartment 5 can be closed, for example, using a seal 10 heat sealed on an annular rim 12 of the pot.
  • the second compartment 6 is intended to be closed by a cover 13.
  • This cover 13 comprises a bottom 14 with an outside diameter corresponding to the inside diameter of the tubular wall 3 at the end thereof forming the access opening to the compartment 6.
  • This cover is extended by an annular skirt 15 in the form of tongues 16 separated from each other by longitudinal slots 17.
  • On the outer face of the tongues 16 are provided ribs 18 oriented parallel to the bottom 14 of the cover.
  • the tubular wall 3 has bosses or a peripheral rod 19, continuous or discontinuous, protruding on its inner face, and intended to cooperate with the ribs 18 of the cover 13 to effect the clipping thereof, as shown in FIG. 2. It also appears from FIG.
  • FIG. 3 shows an alternative embodiment of the pot of Figures 1 to 3, in which the same elements are designated by the same references as above.
  • the intermediate partition 4a has a central part 8a which is no longer parallel to the cover 13, but which forms an angle with respect to this cover.
  • the upper wall of the capsule 20 is inclined correspondingly.
  • This embodiment has the advantage, compared to the previous one, that the pressure exerted on the capsule 20 and consequently on the cover 13 is eccentric, which promotes the unclipping movement, avoiding a uniform distribution of the pressure. on the various retaining means by ribs 18 and rod 19.
  • FIG. 5 represents an alternative embodiment of FIG. 4, in which the same elements are designated by the same references as above.
  • the cover 13 comprises a finger 23 coming from molding with it, the free upper end of which is located near the intermediate partition 4a.
  • the pressure exerted on the intermediate partition 4a is transmitted to the cover 13 via the finger 23. It is then possible to condition inside the second compartment 6 an object, without being obliged to place this object in a rigid capsule, since the transmission of the force is not done by the packaging of the object, but by the finger 23.
  • the object contained in the compartment 6 can, whatever its shape, be square directly in it, or simply inside a plastic bag.
  • the invention brings a great improvement to the existing technique by providing a jar of simple structure, and intended in particular for the packaging of food products, and allowing the storage of an object, such as a surprise , which is not accessible from outside the pot.
  • the invention is not limited to the sole embodiments of this pot described above by way of examples, on the contrary it embraces all variants.
  • the pot could not be made of synthetic material, such as polypropylene, but for example of cardboard, or even that the structure of the intermediate partition 4 could be different, the main thing being that this is deformable.

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Abstract

A pot comprising a tubular wall (3) with a transverse partition (4) defining a main compartment (5) for packaging the food product, and forming the bottom wall thereof. Said compartment is filled then sealed in a per se known manner by means of a lid and/or a seal. Said pot further comprises a second compartment (6) at the bottom of the pot that may be sealed by a lid (13) attached to the tubular pot wall (3). The transverse partition (4) is axially flexible relative to the pot, and a pressure transmitting member is provided between the intermediate wall and the lid of the second compartment.

Description

Pot, notamment pour le conditionnement de produits alimentaires Jar, especially for packaging food products
La présente invention a pour objet un pot, notamment pour le conditionnement de produits alimentaires. Ce pot peut, par exemple, être réalisé en matière synthétique, et destiné à contenir des produits alimentaires, tels que yaourt, crème dessert,... . Pour favoriser ia vente de produits, et notamment de produits destinés à être consommés par de jeunes enfants, il est connu d'associer aux produits un accessoire publicitaire, encore appelé surprise. Cette surprise peut être logée dans un sachet qui est fixé à l'extérieur du pot.The present invention relates to a pot, in particular for the packaging of food products. This pot can, for example, be made of synthetic material, and intended to contain food products, such as yogurt, dessert cream, .... To promote the sale of products, and in particular products intended for consumption by young children, it is known to associate with the products an advertising accessory, also called surprise. This surprise can be housed in a bag that is attached to the outside of the jar.
Toutefois, dans un tel cas, la surprise risque d'être volée lors de la présentation à la vente des produits.However, in such a case, the surprise may be stolen during the presentation for sale of the products.
Une autre solution consiste à placer la surprise à l'intérieur même du compartiment contenant le produit alimentaire. Si cela est possible lorsqu'il s'agit de produits pulvérulents, tels que des poudres chocolatées, bien que cela ne satisfasse pas pleinement les critères d'hygiène puisque l'enfant met la main à l'intérieur du pot pour récupérer la surprise qui se trouve plus ou moins noyée dans le produit, une telle solution n'est pas envisageable lorsque le produit se présente sous une forme liquide ou pâteuse.Another solution is to place the surprise inside the compartment containing the food product. If this is possible in the case of powdered products, such as chocolate powders, although this does not fully meet the hygiene criteria since the child puts his hand inside the jar to recover the surprise which is more or less embedded in the product, such a solution is not possible when the product is in a liquid or pasty form.
Le but de l'invention est de fournir un pot, dans lequel la surprise puisse être conditionnée de façon distincte du produit qu'il est destiné à contenir, et ne puisse pas être accessible depuis l'extérieur du pot.The object of the invention is to provide a pot, in which the surprise can be packaged separately from the product which it is intended to contain, and cannot be accessible from outside the pot.
A cet effet, le pot qu'elle concerne, du type comportant une paroi tubulaire munie d'une cloison transversale délimitant un compartiment principal pour le conditionnement du produit et formant le fond de celui-ci, ce compartiment pouvant être fermé, après remplissage et de façon connue en soi, par un couvercle et/ou un opercule, est caractérisé en ce qu'il comprend un second compartiment situé du côté du fond du pot, destiné à être fermé par un couvercle fixé sur la paroi tubulaire du pot, la cloison transversale étant deformable dans la direction de l'axe du pot, et un organe de transmission de la pression de déformation étant prévu entre la paroi intermédiaire et le couvercle du second compartiment.To this end, the pot which it relates to, of the type comprising a tubular wall provided with a transverse partition delimiting a main compartment for packaging the product and forming the bottom thereof, this compartment being able to be closed, after filling and in a manner known per se, by a lid and / or a cover, is characterized in that it comprises a second compartment situated on the side of the bottom of the pot, intended to be closed by a lid fixed to the tubular wall of the pot, the transverse partition being deformable in the direction of the axis of the pot, and a member for transmitting the deformation pressure being provided between the intermediate wall and the cover of the second compartment.
En pratique, le compartiment principal du pot est ouvert, avant d'être vidé du produit qu'il contient. Lorsque le compartiment principal est vide, et que la cloison transversale est accessible, il est possible d'exercer sur cette cloison une pression en direction du second compartiment. Cette pression est transmise au couvercle du second compartiment, qui est libéré de la paroi tubulaire du pot. Le couvercle du second compartiment étant ainsi retiré, il est possible d'avoir accès au second compartiment qui contient un objet, tel qu'une surprise.In practice, the main compartment of the pot is opened, before being emptied of the product it contains. When the main compartment is empty, and the transverse partition is accessible, it is possible to exercise on this partition a pressure in the direction of the second compartment. This pressure is transmitted to the cover of the second compartment, which is released from the tubular wall of the pot. The cover of the second compartment being thus removed, it is possible to have access to the second compartment which contains an object, such as a surprise.
Avantageusement, le couvercle est fixé à la paroi tubulaire du pot par un clipsage réversible.Advantageously, the cover is fixed to the tubular wall of the pot by a reversible clipping.
Suivant une forme d'exécution de ce pot, le couvercle comprend un fond à partir duquel s'étend une jupe annulaire de diamètre égal au diamètre intérieur du pot et destinée à être engagée dans celui-ci, la jupe et la paroi du pot présentant, sur leurs faces en regard des bossages et/ou des nervures annulaires complémentaires, pour réaliser le clipsage du couvercle sur le pot.According to one embodiment of this pot, the cover comprises a bottom from which extends an annular skirt of diameter equal to the inside diameter of the pot and intended to be engaged in the latter, the skirt and the wall of the pot having , on their opposite faces bosses and / or complementary annular ribs, for clipping the cover on the pot.
Le couvercle du second compartiment étant encastré à l'intérieur de la paroi tubulaire du pot, ce couvercle ne peut être retiré par une action exercée depuis l'extérieur du pot. Avantageusement, la jupe annulaire est discontinue, et se présente sous la forme d'une pluralité de languettes obtenues par des découpes ou fentes axiales débouchant dans le bord libre de la jupe. Cette structure favorise la capacité de déformation de la jupe pour la mise en place du couvercle ou le retrait de celui-ci.The cover of the second compartment being embedded inside the tubular wall of the pot, this cover cannot be removed by an action exerted from outside the pot. Advantageously, the annular skirt is discontinuous, and is in the form of a plurality of tongues obtained by cutouts or axial slots opening into the free edge of the skirt. This structure promotes the deformation capacity of the skirt for the establishment of the cover or the removal thereof.
Conformément à une possibilité, le couvercle du second compartiment est fixé de façon irréversible sur la paroi tubulaire du pot, et le couvercle présente une partie centrale reliée à la partie périphérique rendue solidaire de la paroi tubulaire, par des pontets ruptibles.According to one possibility, the cover of the second compartment is fixed irreversibly on the tubular wall of the pot, and the cover has a central part connected to the peripheral part made integral with the tubular wall, by breakable bridges.
Suivant une forme d'exécution de ce pot, la cloison transversale comprend une partie centrale, reliée à une partie annulaire solidaire de la paroi tubulaire par une zone deformable, la partie centrale étant située, lorsqu'aucune contrainte n'est exercée sur elle, du côté du compartiment principal, par rapport à la partie annulaire.According to one embodiment of this pot, the transverse partition comprises a central part, connected to an annular part secured to the tubular wall by a deformable zone, the central part being located, when no stress is exerted on it, on the side of the main compartment, relative to the annular part.
Pour dégager le couvercle, il convient d'exercer une pression sur la partie centrale de la cloison transversale, pour amener celle-ci sensiblement dans le plan de la partie annulaire solidaire de la paroi périphérique, voire du côté du second compartiment. Suivant une forme d'exécution de ce pot, la zone deformable est constituée, dans' le cas d'un pot en matière synthétique par une zone amincie de matière.To release the cover, it is necessary to exert pressure on the central part of the transverse partition, to bring the latter substantially in the plane of the annular part integral with the peripheral wall, or even on the side of the second compartment. In one embodiment of this converter, the deformable zone is formed in 'the case of a pot made of synthetic material by a thinned area of material.
La partie centrale de la paroi intermédiaire peut être parallèle au couvercle du second compartiment ou former un angle avec le plan contenant ce couvercle, lorsqu'aucune contrainte n'est exercée sur elle.The central part of the intermediate wall can be parallel to the cover of the second compartment or form an angle with the plane containing this cover, when no stress is exerted on it.
Suivant une forme d'exécution, l'organe de transmission de pression entre la cloison transversale et le couvercle du second compartiment est constitué par une capsule rigide dont deux faces opposées sont en appui respectivement contre la paroi intermédiaire et contre le couvercle du second compartiment.According to one embodiment, the pressure transmission member between the transverse partition and the cover of the second compartment is constituted by a rigid capsule, two opposite faces of which bear respectively against the intermediate wall and against the cover of the second compartment.
Dans ce cas, c'est la capsule, réalisée par exemple en matière synthétique rigide, qui contient la surprise.In this case, it is the capsule, made for example of rigid synthetic material, which contains the surprise.
Avantageusement, le second compartiment contient une capsule rigide dont le fond constitue le couvercle du second compartiment et la capsule logée dans le second compartiment est fixée à la paroi tubulaire de celui-ci par clipsage réversible.Advantageously, the second compartment contains a rigid capsule whose bottom constitutes the cover of the second compartment and the capsule housed in the second compartment is fixed to the tubular wall of the latter by reversible clipping.
Selon une autre forme d'exécution de ce pot, l'organe de transmission de pression entre la cloison transversale et le couvercle du second compartiment est constitué par un doigt ou similaire, orienté axialement, solidaire de la paroi intermédiaire ou du couvercle et dont l'autre extrémité est en appui contre le couvercle ou la paroi intermédiaire respectivement.According to another embodiment of this pot, the pressure transmission member between the transverse partition and the cover of the second compartment is constituted by a finger or the like, axially oriented, integral with the intermediate wall or the cover and the l the other end bears against the cover or the intermediate wall respectively.
Dans ce cas, la surprise peut être conditionnée simplement dans un sachet en matière synthétique, puisque le conditionnement de la surprise ne joue aucun rôle dans la transmission de l'effort depuis la paroi intermédiaire vers le couvercle.In this case, the surprise can be packaged simply in a plastic bag, since the packaging of the surprise plays no role in the transmission of the force from the intermediate wall to the cover.
De toute façon, l'invention sera bien comprise à l'aide de la description qui suit, en référence au dessin schématique annexé représentant, à titre d'exemples non limitatifs, plusieurs formes d'exécution de ce pot :Anyway, the invention will be clearly understood with the aid of the description which follows, with reference to the appended schematic drawing representing, by way of nonlimiting examples, several embodiments of this pot:
Figure 1 est une vue en perspective éclatée des différents éléments constitutifs d'un premier pot ;Figure 1 is an exploded perspective view of the various components of a first pot;
Figure 2 est une vue en coupe longitudinale de ce premier pot en position assemblée de ses différents composants ; Figure 3 est une vue similaire à figure 2 après dégagement du fond et de la capsule qui lui est associée ;Figure 2 is a longitudinal sectional view of this first pot in the assembled position of its various components; Figure 3 is a view similar to Figure 2 after release of the bottom and the capsule associated therewith;
Figures 4 et 5 sont deux vues similaires à figure 2 représentant la partie inférieure de deux autres pots. Les figures 1 à 3 représentent un pot 2 en matière synthétique comportant une paroi tubulaire 3 munie d'une cloison transversale 4 délimitant, d'une part, un compartiment principal 5 destiné au conditionnement d'un produit et, d'autre part, un second compartiment 6 destiné à recevoir, par exemple, une surprise. La cloison intermédiaire 4 comprend une partie annulaire 7 solidaire de la paroi tubulaire, et non deformable, ou peu deformable. Cette partie annulaire est reliée à une partie centrale 8 également peu deformable ou non deformable, par une zone 9 deformable, cette déformation étant obtenue par exemple à l'aide de plusieurs amincissements de matière. Dans la forme d'exécution représentée à la figure 2, il est clair que la partie centrale 8 est située du côté du compartiment principal 5 par rapport à la partie annulaire 7, lorsqu'aucune contrainte n'est exercée sur elle. II est également à noter que cette partie centrale 8 est située perpendiculairement à l'axe du pot. Après remplissage à l'aide d'un produit non représenté au dessin, le compartiment principal 5 peut être fermé, par exemple, à l'aide d'un opercule 10 thermoscellé sur un rebord annulaire 12 du pot.Figures 4 and 5 are two views similar to Figure 2 showing the lower part of two other pots. Figures 1 to 3 show a pot 2 made of synthetic material comprising a tubular wall 3 provided with a transverse partition 4 delimiting, on the one hand, a main compartment 5 intended for the packaging of a product and, on the other hand, a second compartment 6 intended to receive, for example, a surprise. The intermediate partition 4 comprises an annular part 7 secured to the tubular wall, and not deformable, or slightly deformable. This annular part is connected to a central part 8 which is also not very deformable or not deformable, by a deformable zone 9, this deformation being obtained for example using several thinning of materials. In the embodiment shown in Figure 2, it is clear that the central part 8 is located on the side of the main compartment 5 relative to the annular part 7, when no stress is exerted on it. It should also be noted that this central part 8 is located perpendicular to the axis of the pot. After filling with a product not shown in the drawing, the main compartment 5 can be closed, for example, using a seal 10 heat sealed on an annular rim 12 of the pot.
Le second compartiment 6 est destiné à être fermé par un couvercle 13. Ce couvercle 13 comprend un fond 14 de diamètre extérieur correspondant au diamètre intérieur de la paroi tubulaire 3 à l'extrémité de celle-ci formant l'ouverture d'accès au compartiment 6. Ce couvercle est prolongé par une jupe annulaire 15 se présentant sous la forme de languettes 16 séparées les unes des autres par des fentes longitudinales 17. Sur la face extérieure des languettes 16 sont ménagées des nervures 18 orientées parallèlement au fond 14 du couvercle. Pour sa part, la paroi tubulaire 3 présente des bossages ou un jonc périphérique 19, continu ou discontinu, faisant saillie sur sa face intérieure, et destiné à coopérer avec les nervures 18 du couvercle 13 pour réaliser le clipsage de celui-ci, comme montré à la figure 2. II ressort également de la figure 2 que le couvercle 13 étant encastré à l'intérieur de la paroi tubulaire 3, et ne comportant de partie en saillie permettant sa préhension, il n'est pas possible de le retirer depuis l'extérieur du pot. Le compartiment 6 délimité, d'une part, par la cloison intermédiaire 4 et, d'autre part, par le couvercle 13 sert de logement" à une capsule 20, réalisée en matière rigide, par exemple en matière synthétique, dont les parois supérieure et inférieure sont destinées à prendre appui respectivement contre la cloison intermédiaire 4 et contre le couvercle 13.The second compartment 6 is intended to be closed by a cover 13. This cover 13 comprises a bottom 14 with an outside diameter corresponding to the inside diameter of the tubular wall 3 at the end thereof forming the access opening to the compartment 6. This cover is extended by an annular skirt 15 in the form of tongues 16 separated from each other by longitudinal slots 17. On the outer face of the tongues 16 are provided ribs 18 oriented parallel to the bottom 14 of the cover. For its part, the tubular wall 3 has bosses or a peripheral rod 19, continuous or discontinuous, protruding on its inner face, and intended to cooperate with the ribs 18 of the cover 13 to effect the clipping thereof, as shown in FIG. 2. It also appears from FIG. 2 that the cover 13 being embedded inside the tubular wall 3, and having no projecting part allowing it to be grasped, it is not possible to remove it from the outside the pot. Compartment 6 delimited, on the one hand, by the intermediate partition 4 and, on the other hand, by the cover 13 serves as a housing " for a capsule 20, made of rigid material, for example of synthetic material, the upper and lower walls of which are intended to bear respectively against the intermediate partition 4 and against the cover 13.
En pratique, après que l'opercule 10 de fermeture du compartiment principal 5 ait été retiré, et que ce compartiment ait été vidé de son contenu, il est possible d'exercer une pression vers le bas sur la partie centrale 8 de la cloison intermédiaire. Grâce à la zone deformable 9, cette pression est transmise par l'intermédiaire de la capsule 20 sur le couvercle 13, qui est dégagé des moyens de retenue complémentaires résultant de la présence des nervures 18 et du jonc 19, comme montré à la figure 3, ce qui permet la libération de la capsule, et la récupération de l'objet contenu dans celle-ci. La figure 4 représente une variante d'exécution du pot de figures 1 à 3, dans laquelle les mêmes éléments sont désignés par les mêmes références que précédemment. Dans cette forme d'exécution, la cloison intermédiaire 4a comporte une partie centrale 8a qui n'est plus parallèle au couvercle 13, mais qui forme un angle par rapport à ce couvercle. La paroi supérieure de la capsule 20 est inclinée de façon correspondante. Cette forme d'exécution présente l'intérêt, par rapport à la précédente, que la pression exercée sur la capsule 20 et par suite sur le couvercle 13 est excentrée, ce qui favorise le mouvement de déclipsage, en évitant une répartition uniforme de la pression sur les différents moyens de retenue par nervures 18 et jonc 19.In practice, after the lid 10 for closing the main compartment 5 has been removed, and after this compartment has been emptied of its contents, it is possible to apply downward pressure on the central part 8 of the intermediate partition. . Thanks to the deformable zone 9, this pressure is transmitted via the capsule 20 on the cover 13, which is released from the complementary retaining means resulting from the presence of the ribs 18 and the rod 19, as shown in FIG. 3 , which allows the release of the capsule, and the recovery of the object contained therein. Figure 4 shows an alternative embodiment of the pot of Figures 1 to 3, in which the same elements are designated by the same references as above. In this embodiment, the intermediate partition 4a has a central part 8a which is no longer parallel to the cover 13, but which forms an angle with respect to this cover. The upper wall of the capsule 20 is inclined correspondingly. This embodiment has the advantage, compared to the previous one, that the pressure exerted on the capsule 20 and consequently on the cover 13 is eccentric, which promotes the unclipping movement, avoiding a uniform distribution of the pressure. on the various retaining means by ribs 18 and rod 19.
La figure 5 représente une variante d'exécution de la figure 4, dans laquelle les mêmes éléments sont désignés par les mêmes références que précédemment. Dans ce cas, le couvercle 13 comporte un doigt 23 venant de moulage avec lui, dont l'extrémité supérieure libre est située à proximité de la cloison intermédiaire 4a. Dans cette forme d'exécution, la pression exercée sur la cloison intermédiaire 4a est transmise au couvercle 13 par l'intermédiaire du doigt 23. II est alors possible de conditionner à l'intérieur du second compartiment 6 un objet, sans être obligé de placer cet objet dans une capsule rigide, puisque la transmission de l'effort ne se fait pas par l'emballage de l'objet, mais par le doigt 23. L'objet contenu dans le compartiment 6 peut, quelle que soit sa forme, être placé directement dans celui-ci, ou simplement à l'intérieur d'une pochette en matière synthétique.FIG. 5 represents an alternative embodiment of FIG. 4, in which the same elements are designated by the same references as above. In this case, the cover 13 comprises a finger 23 coming from molding with it, the free upper end of which is located near the intermediate partition 4a. In this embodiment, the pressure exerted on the intermediate partition 4a is transmitted to the cover 13 via the finger 23. It is then possible to condition inside the second compartment 6 an object, without being obliged to place this object in a rigid capsule, since the transmission of the force is not done by the packaging of the object, but by the finger 23. The object contained in the compartment 6 can, whatever its shape, be square directly in it, or simply inside a plastic bag.
Comme il ressort de ce qui précède, l'invention apporte une grande amélioration à la technique existante en fournissant un pot de structure simple, et destiné notamment au conditionnement de produits alimentaires, et permettant le stockage d'un objet, telle qu'une surprise, qui n'est pas accessible depuis l'extérieur du pot.As is apparent from the above, the invention brings a great improvement to the existing technique by providing a jar of simple structure, and intended in particular for the packaging of food products, and allowing the storage of an object, such as a surprise , which is not accessible from outside the pot.
Comme il va de soi, l'invention ne se limite pas aux seules formes d'exécution de ce pot décrites ci-dessus à titre d'exemples, elle en embrasse au contraire toutes les variantes. C'est ainsi notamment que le pot pourrait ne pas être réalisé en matière synthétique, tel qu'en polypropylène, mais par exemple en carton, ou encore que la structure de la cloison intermédiaire 4 pourrait être différente, l'essentiel étant que celle-ci soit deformable. As it goes without saying, the invention is not limited to the sole embodiments of this pot described above by way of examples, on the contrary it embraces all variants. Thus, in particular, the pot could not be made of synthetic material, such as polypropylene, but for example of cardboard, or even that the structure of the intermediate partition 4 could be different, the main thing being that this is deformable.

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1 . Pot, notamment pour le conditionnement de produits alimentaires, du type comportant une paroi tubulaire (3) munie d'une cloison transversale (4) délimitant un compartiment principal (5) pour le conditionnement du produit et formant le fond de celui-ci, ce compartiment pouvant être fermé, après remplissage et de façon connue en soi, par un couvercle et/ou un opercule, caractérisé en ce qu'il comprend un second compartiment (6) situé du côté du fond du pot, destiné à être fermé par un couvercle (13) fixé sur la paroi tubulaire (3) du pot, la cloison transversale (4) étant deformable dans la direction de l'axe du pot, et un organe de transmission de la pression de déformation étant prévu entre la paroi intermédiaire et le couvercle du second compartiment.1. Pot, in particular for packaging food products, of the type comprising a tubular wall (3) provided with a transverse partition (4) delimiting a main compartment (5) for packaging the product and forming the bottom thereof, this compartment which can be closed, after filling and in a manner known per se, by a cover and / or a cover, characterized in that it comprises a second compartment (6) located on the side of the bottom of the pot, intended to be closed by a cover (13) fixed to the tubular wall (3) of the pot, the transverse partition (4) being deformable in the direction of the axis of the pot, and a member for transmitting the deformation pressure being provided between the intermediate wall and the cover of the second compartment.
2. Pot selon la revendication 1 , caractérisé en ce que le couvercle (13) est fixé à la paroi tubulaire (3) du pot par un clipsage réversible.2. Pot according to claim 1, characterized in that the cover (13) is fixed to the tubular wall (3) of the pot by a reversible clipping.
3. Pot selon la revendication 2, caractérisé en ce que le couvercle (13) comprend un fond (14) à partir duquel s'étend une jupe annulaire (15) de diamètre égal au diamètre intérieur du pot et destinée à être engagée dans celui-ci, la jupe (15) et la paroi du pot présentant, sur leurs faces en regard, des bossages et/ou des nervures annulaires complémentaires (18, 19), pour réaliser le clipsage du couvercle sur le pot.3. Pot according to claim 2, characterized in that the cover (13) comprises a bottom (14) from which extends an annular skirt (15) of diameter equal to the inside diameter of the pot and intended to be engaged in that -this, the skirt (15) and the wall of the pot having, on their opposite faces, bosses and / or complementary annular ribs (18, 19), for clipping the cover onto the pot.
4. Pot selon la revendication 3, caractérisé en ce que la jupe annulaire (15) est discontinue, et se présente sous la forme d'une pluralité de languettes (16) obtenues par des découpes ou fentes (17) axiales débouchant dans le bord libre de la jupe.4. Pot according to claim 3, characterized in that the annular skirt (15) is discontinuous, and is in the form of a plurality of tongues (16) obtained by cuts or slots (17) axial opening into the edge free of the skirt.
5. Pot selon la revendication 1 , caractérisé en ce que le couvercle du second compartiment est fixé de façon irréversible sur la paroi tubulaire du pot, et en ce que le couvercle présente une partie centrale reliée à la partie périphérique rendue solidaire de la paroi tubulaire, par des pontets ruptibles.5. Pot according to claim 1, characterized in that the cover of the second compartment is fixed irreversibly on the tubular wall of the pot, and in that the cover has a central part connected to the peripheral part made integral with the tubular wall , by breakable bridges.
6. Pot selon l'une quelconque des revendications 1 à 5, caractérisé en ce que la cloison transversale (4) comprend une partie centrale (8), reliée à une partie annulaire (7) solidaire de la paroi tubulaire (3) par une zone deformable (9), la partie centrale (8) étant située, lorsqu'aucune contrainte n'est exercée sur elle, du côté du compartiment principal (5), par rapport à la partie annulaire (7). δ6. Pot according to any one of claims 1 to 5, characterized in that the transverse partition (4) comprises a central part (8), connected to an annular part (7) integral with the tubular wall (3) by a deformable zone (9), the central part (8) being located, when no stress is exerted on it, on the side of the main compartment (5), relative to the annular part (7). δ
7. Pot selon la revendication 6, caractérisé en ce que la zone deformable (9) est constituée, dans le cas d'un pot en matière synthétique par une zone amincie de matière.7. Pot according to claim 6, characterized in that the deformable zone (9) is constituted, in the case of a plastic pot by a thinned area of material.
8. Pot selon la revendication 6, caractérisé en ce que la partie centrale (8) de la cloison transversale (4) est parallèle au couvercle (13) du second compartiment, lorsqu'aucune contrainte n'est exercée sur elle.8. Pot according to claim 6, characterized in that the central part (8) of the transverse partition (4) is parallel to the cover (13) of the second compartment, when no stress is exerted on it.
9. Pot selon la revendication 6, caractérisé en ce que la partie centrale (8a) de la cloison transversale (4a) forme un angle avec le plan contenant le couvercle (13) du second compartiment (6). 9. Pot according to claim 6, characterized in that the central part (8a) of the transverse partition (4a) forms an angle with the plane containing the cover (13) of the second compartment (6).
10. Pot selon l'une quelconque des revendications 1 à 9, caractérisé en ce que l'organe de transmission de pression entre la cloison transversale (4) et le couvercle (13) du second compartiment est constitué par une capsule rigide (20) dont deux faces opposées sont en appui respectivement contre la paroi intermédiaire et contre le couvercle du second compartiment.10. Pot according to any one of claims 1 to 9, characterized in that the pressure transmission member between the transverse partition (4) and the cover (13) of the second compartment is constituted by a rigid capsule (20) two opposite faces of which bear respectively against the intermediate wall and against the cover of the second compartment.
11. Pot selon l'une quelconque des revendications 1 à 9, caractérisé en ce que le second compartiment (6) contient une capsule rigide dont le fond constitue le couvercle du second compartiment.11. Pot according to any one of claims 1 to 9, characterized in that the second compartment (6) contains a rigid capsule whose bottom constitutes the cover of the second compartment.
12. Pot selon la revendication 1 1 , caractérisé en ce que la capsule logée dans le second compartiment est fixée à la paroi tubulaire de celui-ci par clipsage réversible.12. Pot according to claim 1 1, characterized in that the capsule housed in the second compartment is fixed to the tubular wall thereof by reversible clipping.
13. Pot selon l'une quelconque des revendications 1 à 9, caractérisé en ce que l'organe de transmission de pression entre la cloison transversale (4a) et le couvercle (13) du second compartiment (6) est constitué par un doigt (23) ou similaire, orienté axialement, solidaire de la paroi intermédiaire (4a) ou du couvercle (13 et dont l'autre extrémité est en appui contre le couvercle (13) ou la paroi intermédiaire (4a) respectivement. 13. Pot according to any one of claims 1 to 9, characterized in that the pressure transmission member between the transverse partition (4a) and the cover (13) of the second compartment (6) is constituted by a finger ( 23) or the like, axially oriented, integral with the intermediate wall (4a) or the cover (13 and the other end of which bears against the cover (13) or the intermediate wall (4a) respectively.
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