EP0179005A1 - Packaging for products presented in grouped lots - Google Patents

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EP0179005A1
EP0179005A1 EP85420181A EP85420181A EP0179005A1 EP 0179005 A1 EP0179005 A1 EP 0179005A1 EP 85420181 A EP85420181 A EP 85420181A EP 85420181 A EP85420181 A EP 85420181A EP 0179005 A1 EP0179005 A1 EP 0179005A1
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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
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    • B65D85/72—Containers, packaging elements or packages, specially adapted for particular articles or materials for materials not otherwise provided for for edible or potable liquids, semiliquids, or plastic or pasty materials
    • B65D85/76—Containers, packaging elements or packages, specially adapted for particular articles or materials for materials not otherwise provided for for edible or potable liquids, semiliquids, or plastic or pasty materials for cheese
    • 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
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    • B65D25/20—External fittings
    • 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
    • B65D71/00—Bundles of articles held together by packaging elements for convenience of storage or transport, e.g. portable segregating carrier for plural receptacles such as beer cans or pop bottles; Bales of material
    • B65D71/50—Bundles of articles held together by packaging elements for convenience of storage or transport, e.g. portable segregating carrier for plural receptacles such as beer cans or pop bottles; Bales of material comprising a plurality of articles held together only partially by packaging elements formed otherwise than by folding a blank

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  • the product is contained in a container, and in a determined number the containers are linked together by a means destructible or removable exterior.
  • the containers do not have an individual closure, and it is the external means of connection between the containers which simultaneously closes the containers. This is the case, for example, for white cheeses.
  • the white cheeses are placed in dishes which are introduced into pots, the closure of which is effected by a single lid fixed by interlocking or by heat sealing.
  • the invention overcomes these drawbacks. It relates to a packaging which, intended for products to be presented in grouped packaging, has multiple applications because of the variety of these products. It is therefore only by way of example and for the sole purpose of clarifying the text below that the invention will be described in the case of its application to white cheeses, but without this resulting in a limitation. any of its broad scope.
  • This packaging meets the first goal sought which is to allow the grouping of several individually closed pots; and it meets a second extremely important goal, residing in the guarantee that such and such a pot was not opened before its presentation for sale. This guarantee requires inviolability of the packaging.
  • the installation of the grid on the pots is done either manually or mechanically. It only requires that after having capped the pots with the grid by passing the two tongues of each cover through the two corresponding cutouts of the grid, an angular movement is given to each pot to achieve its attachment to the grid.
  • each of the orifices of the grid is arranged in the center of a circular zone set back relative to the plate constituting the grid, and each pot has a peripheral upper rim coming from resting on the annular zone thus arranged at the periphery of the orifice traversed by the body of the pot, while the rim of this annular zone comes into contact with the skirt of the lid of the pot.
  • This arrangement contributes to the achievement of an effective closure of the pot by the lid.
  • the pot is designated by (1) and the inner dish by (2).
  • the pot (1) is closed by a cover (3). This cover is relatively high for covering the dish (2) whose height is such that its upper edge projects beyond that of the pot (1).
  • each pot (1) according to the invention has, at its upper part, a peripheral rim (4) connected to the body of the pot by a zone horizontal annular constituting a shoulder (5); and at its upper part, the peripheral rim (4) has an outer bead (6).
  • the lid (3) of the pot ends, on its side, at its lower part, by a cylindrical skirt (7) connected to the body of the lid by an annular horizontal zone (8); and at its lower end, this skirt (7) has an inner bead (9).
  • the cover (3) also has two diametrically opposite tongues (10) which project laterally in a horizontal plane relative to the skirt (7); and each tab (10) extends into the rim (7) of the cover and over part of the height of the body of the cover by a line of least resistance (12)
  • pots (1) each provided with a lid (3)
  • a grid generally designated by (13).
  • This grid consists of a plate advantageously made, like the pots (1) and the lids (3), by molding in synthetic resin.
  • This grid or plate (13) has four orifices (14) which are arranged in the center of four zones which are set back relative to the plate itself. Each orifice (14) is thus placed in the center of an annular zone (15) connected to the main face of the plate (13) by a vertical cylindrical zone (16).
  • the plate (13) Concentrically to each orifice (14), the plate (13) has two cutouts (17) which are diametrically opposite and have a general shape in an arc. The dimensions of these cutouts (17) are somewhat greater than those of the two tabs (10) of each pot cover (3) (1).
  • Each cutout (17) is itself extended at one of its ends by an arcuate slot (18) which gives rise to the formation of a narrow tab (19) at the two ends of which are provided. respectively a stop (21) and a step (22), the spacing between this stop (21) and this step (22) being slightly greater than the length of the tongue of the pot cover; and a zone of least resistance (23) is provided at the end of the tab (19) in its zone of connection with the plate (13).
  • the grid (13) and pots (1) assembly therefore constitutes an inviolable system, since the gripping of a pot, with a view to consuming its contents, requires the breaking of part of the grid (13). This break being visible, the packaging which is the subject of the invention can therefore be considered as satisfying the 'inviolability condition, while however easily allowing the separation of the pots from the grid.
  • the invention is not limited to the only embodiment of this packaging for products presented in grouped packaging, which has been indicated above by way of example, it embraces it, on the contrary , all variants.

Abstract

1. A packaging for products presented in grouped lots, consisting of individual pots (1) each of which is closed by a cover (3), that are inserted into and joined together by a grid (13) presenting a number of holes (14) equal to that of the pots in each cluster, characterized in that the cover of each pot comprises in turb a contact area (8) at the top of the upper flange (4) of the pot, and a skirt (7) which possesses firstly, an annular internal shoulder (9) co-operating with an external shoulder (6) of that flange, and secondly two diametrically opposed tabs (10) each of which is an extension of a tearable zone (12) of that skirt, and in that the grid (13) comprises, concentrically with the hole (14) that serves to accommodate a pot (1), two circular arc cut-outs (17) so dimensioned to permit the passage of the two tabs of each pot cover and each of which is prolonged by a seating arranged below the grid and into which the tab (10) penetrates due to the elastic deformation of a retaining unit (19) that forms a portion of the grid, but from which it can only be extracted by breaking the retaining unit.

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Nombreux sont les produits présentés en emballages groupés. Il en est ainsi notamment pour les produits alimentaires, les produits d'entretien, les produits de beauté... Dans tous les cas, le produit est contenu dans un récipient, et en un nombre déterminé les récipients sont liés entre eux par un moyen extérieur destructible ou amovible.There are many products presented in grouped packaging. This is particularly the case for food products, cleaning products, beauty products ... In all cases, the product is contained in a container, and in a determined number the containers are linked together by a means destructible or removable exterior.

Dans certains cas, les récipients ne comportent pas de fermeture individuelle, et c'est le moyen extérieur de liaison entre les récipients qui réalise simultanément la fermeture des récipients. Il en est ainsi, par exemple, pour les fromages blancs.In some cases, the containers do not have an individual closure, and it is the external means of connection between the containers which simultaneously closes the containers. This is the case, for example, for white cheeses.

Considérant ce cas particulier, les fromages blancs sont déposés dans des faisselles qui sont introduites dans des pots dont la fermeture est faite par un unique couvercle fixé par emboîtement ou par thermo- scellage.Considering this particular case, the white cheeses are placed in dishes which are introduced into pots, the closure of which is effected by a single lid fixed by interlocking or by heat sealing.

: Cette présentation en emballages groupés possède de nombreux avantages sur le plan pratique et sur le plan commercial, et est particulièrement destinée à la consommation par les collectivités et les restaurants. Elle présente toutefois divers inconvénients, parmi lesquels il convient de citer :

  • - un manque de rigidité de l'ensemble formé par les pots et leur couvercle, ce qui entraîne des difficultés de manutention ;
  • - un manque d'étanchéité entre les pots, ce qui peut entraîner le passage du sérum d'un pot dans un autre pot avec les conséquences en résultant, à savoir que certains fromages sont trop secs, et d'autres trop humides ; la qualité du fromage n'est donc pas garantie ;
  • - la nécessité de consommer rapidement tous les fromages, à partir du moment où l'unique couvercle a été enlevé ;
  • - et la difficulté de stockage de ce type de conditionnements.
: This presentation in grouped packaging has many practical and commercial advantages, and is particularly intended for consumption by communities and restaurants. However, it has various drawbacks, among which we should mention:
  • - A lack of rigidity of the assembly formed by the pots and their lid, which leads to handling difficulties;
  • - a lack of tightness between the pots, which can lead to the passage of serum from one pot to another pot with the resulting consequences, namely that some cheeses are too dry, and others too wet; the quality of the cheese is therefore not guaranteed;
  • - the need to consume all the cheeses quickly, as soon as the single lid has been removed;
  • - and the difficulty of storing this type of packaging.

L'invention remédie à ces inconvénients. Elle a pour objet un conditionnement qui, destiné à des produits à présenter en emballages groupés, a des applications multiples en raison de la variété de ces produits. Ce n'est donc qu'à titre d'exemple et dans le seul but de clarifier le texte ci-après que l'invention sera décrite dans le cas de son application à des fromages blancs, mais sans qu'il en résulte une limitation quelconque de son large domaine d'application.The invention overcomes these drawbacks. It relates to a packaging which, intended for products to be presented in grouped packaging, has multiple applications because of the variety of these products. It is therefore only by way of example and for the sole purpose of clarifying the text below that the invention will be described in the case of its application to white cheeses, but without this resulting in a limitation. any of its broad scope.

Ce conditionnement est constitué en combinaison par :

  • - des pots individuels fermés chacun par un couvercle ;
  • - et par une grille qui présente un nombre d'orifices égal à celui des pots à réunir, coiffe ces pots grâce à ces orifices, et comporte des moyens d'accrochage aux couvercles de ces pots.
This packaging consists of a combination of:
  • - individual pots, each closed by a lid;
  • - And by a grid which has a number of orifices equal to that of the pots to be joined, covers these pots with these orifices, and comprises means for hooking to the lids of these pots.

Ce conditionnement répond au premier but recherché qui est de permettre le groupage de plusieurs pots individuellement fermés ; et il répond à un deuxième but extrêmement important, résidant dans la garantie que tel ou tel pot n'ait pas été ouvert avant sa présentation a la vente. Cette garantie nécessite une inviolabilité du conditionnement.This packaging meets the first goal sought which is to allow the grouping of several individually closed pots; and it meets a second extremely important goal, residing in the guarantee that such and such a pot was not opened before its presentation for sale. This guarantee requires inviolability of the packaging.

Cette condition d'inviolabilité est précisément satisfaite par le conditionnement faisant l'objet de l'invention. Deux systèmes d'inviolabilité sont en effet prévus : l'un au niveau de la fermeture de chaque pot, et l'autre au niveau de la grille qui relie les pots.This inviolability condition is precisely satisfied by the packaging which is the subject of the invention. Two inviolability systems are in fact provided: one at the level of the closure of each pot, and the other at the level of the grid which connects the pots.

Divers moyens sont utilisables pour la réalisation de ces deux systèmes d'inviolabilité. C'est ainsi que, suivant une forme d'exécution de l'invention :

  • - le couvercle de chaque pot comporte successivement une zone d'appui sur le sommet du rebord supérieur du pot et une jupe qui présente, d'une part, un épaulement annulaire intérieur coopérant avec un épaulement extérieur de ce rebord et, d'autre part, deux languettes diamétralement opposées prolongeant chacune une zone déchirable de cette jupe ;
  • - et la grille comporte concentriquement à l'orifice servant de logement à chaque pot deux découpes en arc de cercle qui sont dimensionnées pour permettre le passage des deux,.languettes de chaque couvercle de pot et se prolongent chacune par un logement aménagé sous la grille et dans lequel la languette pénètre grâce à une déformation élastique d'un élément de retenue faisant partie de la grille, mais hors . duquel elle ne peut être extraite que par rupture de cet élément de retenue.
Various means can be used for the realization of these two inviolability systems. Thus, according to one embodiment of the invention:
  • - The lid of each pot successively comprises a bearing zone on the top of the upper rim of the pot and a skirt which has, on the one hand, an inner annular shoulder cooperating with an outer shoulder of this rim and, on the other hand , two diametrically opposite tongues each extending a tearable zone of this skirt;
  • - And the grid has concentrically with the orifice serving as housing for each pot, two cutouts in an arc of a circle which are dimensioned to allow the passage of the two,. tongues of each pot lid and each extend by a housing arranged under the grid. and in which the tongue penetrates thanks to an elastic deformation of a retaining element forming part of the grid, but out. from which it can only be extracted by breaking this retaining element.

Considérant cette forme particulière d'exécution, la mise en place de la grille sur les pots est faite soit manuellement, soit mécaniquement. Elle nécessite seulement qu'après avoir coiffé les pots avec la grille en faisant passer les deux languettes de chaque couvercle au travers des deux découpes correspondantes de la grille, un mouvement de déplacement angulaire soit donné à chaque pot pour réaliser son accrochage avec la grille.Considering this particular form of execution, the installation of the grid on the pots is done either manually or mechanically. It only requires that after having capped the pots with the grid by passing the two tongues of each cover through the two corresponding cutouts of the grid, an angular movement is given to each pot to achieve its attachment to the grid.

Enfin, et c'est là une autre caractéristique de l'invention, chacun des orifices de la grille est aménagé au centre d'une zone circulaire en retrait par rapport à la plaque constituant la grille, et chaque pot comporte un rebord supérieur périphérique venant en appui sur la zone annulaire ainsi aménagée à la périphérie de l'orifice traversé par le corps du pot, cependant que le rebord de cette zone annulaire vient en contact avec la jupe du couvercle du pot. Cet agencement contribue à la réalisation d'une fermeture efficace du pot par le couvercle.Finally, and this is another characteristic of the invention, each of the orifices of the grid is arranged in the center of a circular zone set back relative to the plate constituting the grid, and each pot has a peripheral upper rim coming from resting on the annular zone thus arranged at the periphery of the orifice traversed by the body of the pot, while the rim of this annular zone comes into contact with the skirt of the lid of the pot. This arrangement contributes to the achievement of an effective closure of the pot by the lid.

Le dessin schématique annexé représente, d'ailleurs, à titre d'exemple non limitatif, une forme d'exécution de ce conditionnement dans le cas de son application à la présentation de fromages blancs en emballage groupé :

  • - Figure 1 est une vue en perspective d'un conditionnement de quatre pots,
  • - Figures 2 et 3 sont des vues en perspective respectivement de la grille et de l'un des pots avant réalisation du conditionnement,
  • - Figures 4 et 5 sont des vues en plan respectivement d'un pot et d'une portion correspondante de la grille,
  • - Figures 6 et 7 sont des vues de détail et à échelle agrandie, en coupe respectivement suivant 6-6 et 7-7 de figure 1.
The appended schematic drawing moreover represents, by way of nonlimiting example, an embodiment of this packaging in the case of its application to the presentation of white cheeses in grouped packaging:
  • - Figure 1 is a perspective view of a package of four pots,
  • FIGS. 2 and 3 are perspective views respectively of the grid and of one of the pots before packaging is produced,
  • - Figures 4 and 5 are plan views respectively of a pot and a corresponding portion of the grid,
  • - Figures 6 and 7 are detail views and on an enlarged scale, in section respectively on 6-6 and 7-7 of Figure 1.

Comme cela est connu en soi, les fromages blancs sont conditionnés dans des pots comportant une faisselle intérieure. Dans le dessin joint, le pot est désigné par (1) et la faisselle intérieure par (2). Comme cela est également connu en soi, le pot (1) est fermé par un couvercle (3). Ce couvercle est relativement haut pour coiffer la faisselle (2) dont la hauteur est telle que son bord supérieur déborde par rapport à celui du pot (1).As is known per se, white cheeses are packaged in jars with an inner dish. In the accompanying drawing, the pot is designated by (1) and the inner dish by (2). As is also known per se, the pot (1) is closed by a cover (3). This cover is relatively high for covering the dish (2) whose height is such that its upper edge projects beyond that of the pot (1).

En vue de leur présentation en emballage groupé, à savoir quatre dans le cas représenté au dessin, chaque pot (1) conforme à l'invention présente, à sa partie supérieure, un rebord périphérique (4) raccordé au corps du pot par une zone horizontale annulaire constituant un épaulement (5) ; et à sa partie supérieure, le rebord périphérique (4) présente un bourrelet extérieur (6).In view of their presentation in grouped packaging, namely four in the case shown in the drawing, each pot (1) according to the invention has, at its upper part, a peripheral rim (4) connected to the body of the pot by a zone horizontal annular constituting a shoulder (5); and at its upper part, the peripheral rim (4) has an outer bead (6).

Le couvercle (3) du pot se termine, de son côté, à sa partie inférieure, par une jupe cylindrique (7) raccordée au corps du couvercle par une zone horizontale annulaire (8) ; et à son extrémité inférieure, cette jupe (7) présente un bourrelet intérieur (9).The lid (3) of the pot ends, on its side, at its lower part, by a cylindrical skirt (7) connected to the body of the lid by an annular horizontal zone (8); and at its lower end, this skirt (7) has an inner bead (9).

Il est dès lors concevable que par coopération de la jupe (7) du couvercle (3) avec le rebord (4) du pot (1) et par coopération des bourrelets respectivement (9) du couvercle et (6) du pot, il est possible d'obtenir une fermeture facile et étanche du pot (1) par le couvercle (3).It is therefore conceivable that by cooperation of the skirt (7) of the lid (3) with the rim (4) of the pot (1) and by cooperation of the beads respectively (9) of the lid and (6) of the pot, it is possible to obtain an easy and tight closure of the pot (1) by the lid (3).

Le couvercle (3) présente, par ailleurs, deux languettes diamétralement opposées (10) qui débordent latéralement dans un plan horizontal par rapport à la jupe (7) ; et chaque languette (10) se prolonge dans le rebord (7) du couvercle et sur une partie de la hauteur du corps du couvercle par une ligne de moindre résistance (12)The cover (3) also has two diametrically opposite tongues (10) which project laterally in a horizontal plane relative to the skirt (7); and each tab (10) extends into the rim (7) of the cover and over part of the height of the body of the cover by a line of least resistance (12)

Pour être présentés en emballage groupé, quatre pots (1), munis chacun d'un couvercle (3), sont associés à une grille désignée de façon générale par (13). Cette grille est constituée par une plaque réalisée avantageusement, comme les pots (1) et les couvercles (3), par moulage en résine synthétique. Cette grille ou plaque (13) comporte quatre orifices (14) qui sont aménagés au centre de quatre zones se trouvant en retrait par rapport à la plaque proprement dite. Chaque orifice (14) se trouve ainsi placé au centre d'une zone annulaire (15) raccordée à la face principale de la plaque (13) par une zone cylindrique verticale (16).To be presented in grouped packaging, four pots (1), each provided with a lid (3), are associated with a grid generally designated by (13). This grid consists of a plate advantageously made, like the pots (1) and the lids (3), by molding in synthetic resin. This grid or plate (13) has four orifices (14) which are arranged in the center of four zones which are set back relative to the plate itself. Each orifice (14) is thus placed in the center of an annular zone (15) connected to the main face of the plate (13) by a vertical cylindrical zone (16).

Concentriquement à chaque orifice (14), la plaque (13) présente deux découpes (17) qui sont diamétralement opposées et ont une forme générale en arc de cercle. Les dimensions de ces découpes (17) sont quelque peu supérieures à celles des deux languettes (10) de chaque couvercle (3) de pot (1). Chaque découpe (17) se prolonge elle-même, à l'une de ses extrémités, par une fente en arc de cercle (18) qui donne lieu à la formation d'une étroite patte (19) aux deux extrémités de laquelle sont prévus respectivement une butée (21) et un redent (22), l'écartement entre cette butée (21) et ce redent (22) étant légèrement supérieur à la longueur de la languette du couvercle du pot ; et une zone de moindre résistance (23) est prévue à l'extrémité de la patte (19) dans sa zone de raccordement avec la plaque (13).Concentrically to each orifice (14), the plate (13) has two cutouts (17) which are diametrically opposite and have a general shape in an arc. The dimensions of these cutouts (17) are somewhat greater than those of the two tabs (10) of each pot cover (3) (1). Each cutout (17) is itself extended at one of its ends by an arcuate slot (18) which gives rise to the formation of a narrow tab (19) at the two ends of which are provided. respectively a stop (21) and a step (22), the spacing between this stop (21) and this step (22) being slightly greater than the length of the tongue of the pot cover; and a zone of least resistance (23) is provided at the end of the tab (19) in its zone of connection with the plate (13).

Pour la mise en service du conditionnement qui fait l'objet de l'invention, quatre .pots (1) fermés par leurs couvercles (3) sont associés à une grille (13). Pour cette association, chacun des quatre pots est mis en place dans l'un des orifices (14) de la grille (13). Cette mise en place s'effectue comme suit : le pot (1) est présenté au dessus de la grille (13) dans une position telle que les deux languettes (10) de son couvercle (3) se trouvent placées au dessus des deux lumières (17) de la grille (13). Le pot (1) peut ainsi librement descendre au travers de l'orifice (14), et ce jusqu'à ce que :

  • - la zone épaulée (5) du rebord (4) du pot vienne en appui sur la zone annulaire (15) de la grille,
  • - et les deux languettes (10) du couvercle viennent en appui sur le fond (24) formé par la grille (13) en dessous de chaque découpe (17).
For the commissioning of the packaging which is the subject of the invention, four .pots (1) closed by their covers (3) are associated with a grid (13). For this association, each of the four pots is placed in one of the orifices (14) of the grid (13). This positioning is carried out as follows: the pot (1) is presented above the grid (13) in a position such that the two tongues (10) of its cover (3) are placed above the two lights (17) of the grid (13). The pot (1) can thus freely descend through the orifice (14), and this until:
  • - the shouldered zone (5) of the rim (4) of the pot comes to bear on the annular zone (15) of the grid,
  • - And the two tabs (10) of the cover come to bear on the bottom (24) formed by the grid (13) below each cutout (17).

. Pour réaliser la liaison entre le pot (1) et la grille (13), il ne reste qu'à imposer un faible déplacement angulaire au pot par rapport à la grille. Au cours de ce déplacement, chacune des deux languettes (10) du couvercle du pot s'introduit en effet élastiquement sous la patte correspondante (19) et s'immobilise entre la butée (21) et le redent correspondant (22). Il y a alors liaison impérative entre la grille (13) et le pot (1) fermé par son couvercle (3). Cette liaison ne peut être supprimée que par rupture des deux pattes (19), grâce aux deux zones de moindre résistance (23) prévues sur la grille (13) de part et d'autre de chaque pot (1).. To make the connection between the pot (1) and the grid (13), it only remains to impose a small angular displacement on the pot relative to the grid. During this movement, each of the two tabs (10) of the pot cover is introduced elastically under the corresponding tab (19) and stops between the stop (21) and the corresponding redent (22). There is then an imperative connection between the grid (13) and the pot (1) closed by its cover (3). This connection can only be removed by breaking the two legs (19), thanks to the two zones of least resistance (23) provided on the grid (13) on either side of each pot (1).

L'ensemble grille (13) et pots (1) constitue donc bien un système inviolable, puisque la préhension d'un pot, en vue de la consommation de son contenu, nécessite la rupture d'une partie de la grille (13). Cette rupture étant visible, le conditionnement qui fait l'objet de l'invention peut donc bien être considéré comme satisfaisant la' condition d'inviolabilité, tout en permettant cependant facilement la séparation des pots par rapport à la grille.The grid (13) and pots (1) assembly therefore constitutes an inviolable system, since the gripping of a pot, with a view to consuming its contents, requires the breaking of part of the grid (13). This break being visible, the packaging which is the subject of the invention can therefore be considered as satisfying the 'inviolability condition, while however easily allowing the separation of the pots from the grid.

Un autre avantage de ce conditionnement réside dans le fait qu'il garantit une bonne fermeture de chaque pot (1) par son couvercle (3). Il faut en effet constater que lorsque le pot fermé par son couvercle (3) a été introduit dans la grille (13), la jupe (7) du couvercle (3) se trouve pincée entre le rebord (4) du pot (1) et la paroi cylindrique (16) de la grille (13). Ce pincement associé à la coopération des deux bourrelets (6) et (9), respectivement du pot et du couvercle, garantit une fermeture particulièrement étanche du pot (1) par le couvercle (3).Another advantage of this packaging lies in the fact that it guarantees a good closure of each pot (1) by its lid (3). It should indeed be noted that when the pot closed by its lid (3) has been introduced into the grid (13), the skirt (7) of the lid (3) is pinched between the rim (4) of the pot (1) and the cylindrical wall (16) of the grid (13). This pinching associated with the cooperation of the two beads (6) and (9), respectively of the pot and the lid, guarantees a particularly tight closure of the pot (1) by the lid (3).

Com-ne il va de soi, l'invention ne se limite pas à la seule forme d'exécution de ce conditionnement pour produits présentés en emballages groupés, qui a été ci-dessus indiquée à titre d'exemple elle en embrasse, au contraire, toutes les variantes de réalisation.As it goes without saying, the invention is not limited to the only embodiment of this packaging for products presented in grouped packaging, which has been indicated above by way of example, it embraces it, on the contrary , all variants.

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1 - Conditionnement pour produits présentés en emballages groupés, caractérisé en ce qu'il est constitué en combinaison par : - des pots individuels (1) fermés chacun par un couvercle (3) ; - et par une grille (13) qui présente un nombre d'orifices (14) égal à celui des pots à réunir, coiffe ces pots grâce à ces orifices, et comporte des moyens d'accrochage aux couvercles de ces pots. 1 - Packaging for products presented in grouped packaging, characterized in that it is constituted in combination by: - individual pots (1) each closed by a lid (3); - And by a grid (13) which has a number of orifices (14) equal to that of the pots to be joined, covers these pots with these orifices, and includes means for hooking to the lids of these pots. 2 - Conditionnement selon la revendication 1, caractérisé en ce que le couvercle (3) de chaque pot (1) comporte successivement une zone d'appui (8) sur le sommet du rebord supérieur (4) du pot et une jupe (7) qui présente, d'une part, un épaulement annulaire intérieur (9) coopérant avec un épaulement extérieur (6) de ce rebord et, d'autre part, deux languettes (10) diamétralement opposées prolongeant chacune une zone déchirable (12) de cette jupe.2 - Packaging according to claim 1, characterized in that the cover (3) of each pot (1) successively comprises a bearing zone (8) on the top of the upper rim (4) of the pot and a skirt (7) which has, on the one hand, an inner annular shoulder (9) cooperating with an outer shoulder (6) of this rim and, on the other hand, two diametrically opposite tongues (10) each extending a tearable zone (12) of this skirt. 3 - Conditionnement selon les revendications 1 et 2, caractérisé en ce que la grille (13) comporte concentriquement à l'orifice (14) servant de logement à chaque pot (1) deux découpes en arc de cercle (17) qui sont dimensionnées pour permettre le passage des deux languettes de chaque couvercle de pot et se prolongent chacune par un logement aménagé sous la grille et dans lequel la languette (10) pénètre grâce à une déformation élastique d'un élément de retenue (19) faisant partie de la grille, mais hors duquel elle ne peut être extraite que par rupture de cet élément de retenue.3 - Packaging according to claims 1 and 2, characterized in that the grid (13) comprises concentrically with the orifice (14) serving as housing for each pot (1) two cutouts in a circular arc (17) which are sized for allow the passage of the two tongues of each pot cover and each extend by a housing arranged under the grid and into which the tongue (10) penetrates by means of an elastic deformation of a retaining element (19) forming part of the grid , but out of which it can only be extracted by breaking this retaining element. 4 - Conditionnement selon l'une quelconque des revendications 1 à 3, caractérisé en ce que chacun des orifices (14) de la grille (13) est aménagé au centre d'une zone circulaire (15) en retrait par rapport à la plaque constituant la grille, et chaque pot comporte un rebord supérieur périphérique (5) venant en appui sur la zone annulaire (15) ainsi aménagée à la périphérie de l'orifice (14) traversé par le corps du pot (1), cependant que le rebord (16) de cette zone annulaire (15) vient en contact avec la jupe (7) du couvercle du pot.4 - Packaging according to any one of claims 1 to 3, characterized in that each of the orifices (14) of the grid (13) is arranged in the center of a circular area (15) set back relative to the plate constituting the grid, and each pot has a peripheral upper rim (5) bearing on the annular zone (15) thus arranged at the periphery of the orifice (14) traversed by the body of the pot (1), while the rim (16) of this annular zone (15) comes into contact with the skirt (7) of the pot cover. 5 - Conditionnement selon l'une quelconque des revendications 1 à 4, caractérisé en ce que le bord supérieur de la faisselle (2) contenue dans le pot (1) est situé au dessus du bord supérieur du pot (1) et en dessous du bord supérieur du couvercle (3).5 - Packaging according to any one of claims 1 to 4, characterized in that the upper edge of the dish (2) contained in the pot (1) is located above the upper edge of the pot (1) and below the upper edge of the cover (3).
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