Food Sachet or Container

Abstract

A sachet or food container is formed of two plastics sheets joined to one another around the edges of an internal pocket of the sachet or container by welded seals. The compositions of the two plastics sheets differ one from the other and are selected such that the strength of the seals is controllable by varying at least one welding parameter selected from temperature, pressure and dwell time. The two sheets are welded to one another using a first set of welding parameters to produce strong seals in some of the seam regions bounding the internal pocket, while other seam regions bounding the pocket are welded using a second set of welding parameters to produce weak seals at which the sachet will burst open preferentially when the pocket is pressurised.

1 . A sachet or food container formed of two plastics sheets joined to one another around the edges of an internal pocket of the sachet or container by welded seals, wherein the compositions of the two plastics sheets differ one from the other and are selected such that the strength of the seals is controllable by varying at least one welding parameter selected from temperature, pressure and dwell time, and wherein the two sheets are welded to one another using a first set of welding parameters to produce strong seals in some of the seam regions bounding the internal pocket, while other seam regions bounding the pocket are welded using a second set of welding parameters to produce weak seals at which the sachet will burst open preferentially when the pocket is pressurised.  
     
     
         2 . A sachet or food container as claimed in  claim 1 , wherein one of the plastics sheets comprises a laminate of polyester and polypropylene and the other is an easy peel plastics material.  
     
     
         3 . A sachet or food container as claimed in  claim 2 , wherein the easy peel plastics material is a copolymer of polypropylene and polyethylene.  
     
     
         4 . (canceled)  
     
     
         5 . A sachet or food container as claimed in  claim 1 , wherein the weak seals are formed by narrower welds than the strong seals.  
     
     
         6 . A sachet or food container as claimed in  claim 3 , wherein the weak seals are formed by narrower welds than the strong seals.