Patent ID: 8635945
Filing Date: 2014-01-28
Classification: A47J,B65D,B67D

Abstract:
1. Disposable package filled with a portion of an ingredient intended for mixing or diluting with a base liquid for the preparation of a liquid food product suitable for human consumption, the disposable package comprising: an injection moulded monolithic plastic body with a bottom having an underside and with a circumferential wall, an upper edge of the circumferential wall bounding a filling aperture, wherein the filling aperture of the filled package is hermetically sealed by a top sealing film, a circumference of the top sealing film being fixed on the upper edge, wherein the bottom has at least one outlet aperture for the liquid food product and a piercing portion on the underside of the bottom, the monolithic plastic body further comprising a central column integrally moulded with a central portion of the bottom, the central column having a portion that projects upwards from the bottom to an upper side of the central column, through which column a channel extends from an inlet on the upper side of the central column, wherein the top sealing film is pierceable, so that a base liquid feed lance can be pierced through the top sealing film and connected to the inlet of the channel in the central column, so that the base liquid can be fed through the channel into the package to mix with or dilute the ingredient therein and to obtain the liquid food product, wherein the bottom has an annular flexible portion around the central column, such that the central column is movable downwards by a force exerted thereon relative to the upper edge of the circumferential wall of the body between a higher initial position and a lower dispensing position, wherein the package has a bottom sealing film, which is placed along the underside of the bottom to hermetically seal the at least one outlet aperture, wherein a circumference of the bottom sealing film is fixed on the underside of the bottom around the flexible portion of the bottom, wherein the bottom sealing film is pierceable and is placed so as to be engaged and pierced by the piercing portion of the bottom when the column is moved down to the lower dispensing position thereof, said piercing of the bottom sealing film allowing dispensing of the liquid food product from the package.