Individual tubular packaging made of impermeable paper for packaging drinking/mineral water or other liquid substances for ice formation

Abstract

A packaging for drinking water/minerals or other liquid substances for individualized ice formation is disclosed, which provides for areas of expansion of the liquid for its transformation into ice and its tubular shape without damaging the packaging, i.e. the weak sealing (3) which provides for the expansion/expansion, which will be broken at the proposed end(s) and the expansion generated in the change of state from liquid to solid will be assimilated normally by the package conformation, but limited by the strong sealing (2) and stronger (4), avoiding early package rupture, ensuring its integrity, either for storage or after frozen for consumption.

Claims

1. An individualized tubular package configured for making potable/mineral water ice cubes comprising: a first strong weld at a longitudinal ends of the package; a chamber wherein the chamber holds potable/mineral water for ice formation; at least one weak weld wherein the at least one weak weld is located on an opposite longitudinal side of the chamber from the first strong weld; at least one liquid expansion area wherein the liquid expansion area is located on an opposite side of the weak weld from the chamber; a second strong weld wherein the second-strong weld is located on an opposite side of the liquid expansion area from the weak weld; a front side (A) and back side (B); an impermeable biodegradable film located on a front side and back side of the tubular package; and a stronger longitudinal weld wherein the stronger longitudinal weld is located on the back side (B).

2. The individualized tubular package for making potable/mineral water ice cubes according to claim 1 wherein there is one liquid expansion area at each longitudinal end of the package for a total of two liquid expansion areas, wherein the two liquid expansion areas allow for discharge at either end of the package.

3. The individualized tubular package for making potable/mineral water ice cubes according to claim 1 further comprising two areas of strong solder applied on both ends of the package.

4. The individualized tubular package for making potable/mineral water ice cubes according to claim 1 further comprising two areas of weak solder expansion applied on both ends of the package, on the back side of an area of a stronger longitudinal solder.

Description

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE FIGURES

(1) FIGS. 1 and 2 illustrate the preferred realization of the tubular package for packaging drinking/mineral water or other substance in liquid state for individualized ice formation and FIG. 3 an illustrative image of the package in the hands of a person to allow a better contextualization of the product, detailed illustrations are presented in the figures below where FIGS. 1 and 2 have visualizations A, B, C and D, being the images on the left side, visualizations in longitudinal cut and the ones on the right, views of the package ready for consumption:

(2) FIG. 1A is a front view of the package (1) with the contents in the liquid state, strong safety welds (2) and expansion area with the weak weld (3) at one end;

(3) FIG. 1B is a front view of the package (1) with the contents in the solid state, strong safety welds (2), with the weak weld (3) broken with the expansion done at one end;

(4) FIG. 1C is a view of the back of the package (1) with the contents in the liquid state, strong safety welds (2), expansion area with the weak weld (3) at one end before expansion and the stronger longitudinal weld (4);

(5) FIG. 1D is a view of the back of the package (1) with the contents in the solid state, strong safety welds (2), expansion area with the weak weld (3) at one end broken with the expansion made at one end and the stronger longitudinal weld (4);

(6) FIG. 2A is a front view of the package (1) with the contents in the liquid state, strong safety welds (2) and expansion areas with the weak welds (3) at both ends;

(7) FIG. 2B is a front view of the package (1) with the contents in the solid state, strong safety welds (2) with the weak welds (3) broken with expansion at both ends;

(8) FIG. 2C is a view of the back of the package (1) with the contents in the liquid state, strong safety welds (2), weak weld (3) before expansion at both ends, and the strongest longitudinal weld (4);

(9) FIG. 2D is a view of the back of the package (1) with the contents in the solid state, strong safety welds (2), weak welds (3) broken with expansion at both ends, and the strongest longitudinal weld (4).

DETAILED DESCRIPTION

(10) The confection of the tubular packaging, object of the present patent, is performed with the use of impermeable paper and/or preferably biodegradable film (1), where the said packaging has a front area (A) and a back area (B), and the illustrations of FIG. 1 exemplify the realization where the ends have two areas of strong safety weld (2), to prevent early breakage when the liquid solidifies, an area of weak expansion weld (3) intended to compose the expansion area while allowing the ice to come out in a tubular format without deformation, and an area on the back of stronger longitudinal weld (4).

(11) The images in FIG. 2, illustrate a constructive variant of the package of FIG. 1, where it uses the same raw material, waterproof paper and/or preferably biodegradable film (1), and which also has two areas of strong solder (2) and, in this version includes a second area of weak solder expansion (3), i.e. the weak solder (3) is applied on both ends, and on the back side the area of stronger longitudinal solder (4).

(12) The major conceptual difference between the present patent and the prior art, is the use of the prediction and inclusion of areas of expansion of the liquid for its transformation into ice and its tubular shape without damaging the package, i.e., the weak seal (3) will be broken at the proposed end(s) and the expansion generated in the change of state from liquid to solid will be assimilated normally by the package conformation, but limited by the strong seal (2) and stronger longitudinal (4), avoiding the early rupture of the package, ensuring its integrity.