Container with sterilized portion packages

• US 20030168359A1
• Filed: 04/10/2003
• Published: 09/11/2003
• Est. Priority Date: 06/23/2000
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Bernd Meyer, Rainer Meyer
• Original Assignee: Bernd Meyer, Rainer Meyer
• Inventors: Meyer, Bernd, Meyer, Rainer
• Application Number:
  US10/297,339
• Publication Number:
  US 20030168359A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 206/205
• CPC Class Codes: A23L 3/10 by heating materials in packages which are not progressively transported through the apparatus
• CPC Class Codes: B65D 81/22 in moist conditions or immersed in liquids

Abstract

The application describes a system comprising a container made of sterilisation-proof material and, contained therein, sterilised single-portion packs, suitable for storage individually, for foodstuffs or animal food, and a quantity of liquid needed for the sterilisation process, and also a method of sterilising single-portion packs for foodstuffs or animal food which is performed using said system.

Claims

1. A system comprising a container made of sterilisation-proof material and, contained therein, sterilised single-portion packs suitable for storage individually for foodstuffs or animal food, and a quantity of liquid needed for the sterilisation process.

2. A system as claimed in claim 1, characterised in that the single-portion packs are arranged in the container stacked one on top of the other.

3. A system as claimed in claim 2, characterised in that the single-portion packs are bowls made of plastic, aluminium or a composite material.

4. A system as claimed in claim 3, characterised in that the bowls have an outer circumference substantially complementary to the inner circumference of the container.

5. A system as claimed in claim 4, characterised in that the bowls have at least one recess in their outer circumference.

6. A system as claimed in claim 2, characterised in that the single-portion packs are bags made of plastic or a composite material.

7. A system as claimed in claim 1, characterised in that the single-portion packs are arranged in the container side by side.

8. A system as claimed in claim 7, characterised in that the single-portion packs are bags made of plastic or a composite material.

9. A system as claimed in any of the preceding claims, characterised in that the liquid is water or an aqueous mineral solution.

10. A method of sterilising single-portion packs for foodstuffs or animal food, characterised in that the filled and sealed single-portion packs are introduced into a container holding a plurality of said single-portion packs, either stacked one on top of the other or arranged side by side;

prior to this, simultaneously or subsequently, a quantity of liquid sufficient for sterilising said single-portion packs is introduced into said container;

the container is hermetically sealed; and

the sealed container is subjected to a sterilisation process.