Container for aseptic content

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9981795-B2
Application number	US-201414770513-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 4, 2014
Priority date	Mar 6, 2013
Publication date	May 29, 2018
Grant date	May 29, 2018

Abstract

The present invention relates to a container equipped with a closure system particularly adapted for aseptically filled fluid contents. The invention also relates to the use of said container in a method for detecting spoilage of its fluid content.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A method for detecting spoilage of an aseptically filled content of a container equipped with a closure system comprising a removable flexible foil sealed to a top of walls of the container that define a container opening, the closure system further comprising a removable cap adapted to the container over the removable flexible foil to create a headspace between at least part of a surface of the removable flexible foil and an inner surface of a top of the removable cap, so that the removable flexible foil is allowed to deflect above the top of the walls defining the container opening, toward an exterior of the container and extending into the headspace under the effect of a pressure increase in the container, the method comprising detecting the deflection of the removable flexible foil.

2. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the detecting of the deflection of the removable flexible foil is carried out by proximity detection.

3. The method according to claim 2 , wherein the proximity detection comprises pointing a proximity detector towards the headspace and detecting the presence of the foil in the headspace.

4. The method according to claim 3 , wherein the proximity detector comprises an inductive sensor.

5. The method according to claim 1 , wherein a first pressure inside the container is lower than a second pressure outside of the container.

Assignees

• Nestec Sa

Inventors

• Stoffers Niels
• Ellmann Lutz

Classifications

• B65B7/2835

  applying and rotating preformed threaded caps (for bottles or jars B67B3/20) · CPC title

• B65B3/04

  Methods of, or means for, filling the material into the containers or receptacles · CPC title

• A61J1/1418

  Threaded type · CPC title

• B65D79/005 Primary

  Packages having deformable parts for indicating or neutralizing internal pressure-variations by other means than venting · CPC title

• A61J1/18

  Arrangements for indicating condition of container contents, e.g. sterile condition · CPC title