Package for Changing a Stored Product Temperature Prior to the Opening Thereof

Abstract

The invention relates to the food industry. The inventive package comprises a thermal module ( 3 ) placed in a heat insulating body ( 1 ) and having an activator including holder, ( 5 ) with at least one piercing member ( 6 ) installed thereon and having a tip. Arranged in a thermal module case are: a stored product container ( 4 ) hermetically connected thereto, a solid reagent ( 11 ), and a closed compartment ( 9 ) formed of a material capable to be pierced, containing a liquid reagent ( 10 ). Recesses ( 14 ) are formed as grooves or holes at equal angular distances relative to each other in a sidewall of the thermal module case at least oppositely to the closed compartment ( 9 ) arranged therein. An internal surface area of each recess ( 14 ) is arranged at a minimum gap or closely to the closed compartment. The heat insulating body ( 1 ) is formed with a bottom ( 7 ) and a sidewall flexed at application of a radially directed external load by a user, while the holder ( 5 ) of the activator is installed to sense the external load when the sidewall of the heat insulation case flexes and to move the piercing member ( 6 ) installed on the holder ( 5 ) under action of said load in a radial direction, the tip of said piercing member being arranged in its respective recess ( 14 ) formed in the sidewall of the thermal module case oppositely of the closed compartment ( 9 ). A distance between the tip of the piercing member ( 6 ) and the closed compartment ( 9 ) with the liquid reagent ( 10 ) is smaller than a maximum flexure value of the sidewall of the heat insulating body ( 1 ).

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       25 . A package for changing a stored product temperature prior to the opening thereof, said package comprising:
 a thermal module arranged in a heat insulating body, the thermal module comprising an activator that comprises a piercing member having a tip, and having arranged in a case of the thermal module
 a stored product container hermetically connected to the thermal module case around an entire perimeter of an upper portion of the stored product container, 
 a solid reagent, and 
 a closed compartment formed of a pierceable material, the closed compartment containing a liquid reagent and installed in a position to interact with the tip of the piercing member of the activator of the thermal module when the activator is driven, wherein 
   a plurality of recesses are formed at equal angular distances relative to each other in a sidewall of the thermal module case at least oppositely to the closed compartment arranged therein;   an internal surface area of a bottom of one or more of said plurality of recesses is arranged at a minimum gap, or closely, to the closed compartment;   the heat insulating body is formed with a bottom, and with a sidewall flexed at application of a radially directed external load by a user;   the thermal module activator comprises a holder,
 the holder having an annular shape, having the piercing member installed thereon, and the holder being installed coaxially with the thermal module case to sense the external load when the sidewall of the heat insulating body flexes, and to move the piercing member installed thereon under action of said load in a radial direction; 
   the tip of said piercing member being arranged in a respective one of said plurality of recesses formed in the sidewall of the thermal module case oppositely of the closed compartment;   and   a distance between the tip of the piercing member and the closed compartment containing the liquid reagent is smaller than a maximum flexure value of the sidewall of the heat insulating body.   
   
   
       26 . A package according to  claim 25 , wherein
 the thermal module further comprises
 a protective gas-watertight housing, hermetically connected around a perimeter of an upper portion of the protective gas-watertight housing to the thermal module case and the stored product container, 
 said protective gas-watertight housing being arranged between the thermal module case and the heat insulating body. 
   
   
   
       27 . A package according to  claim 26 , wherein the protective gas-watertight housing is arranged closely to an internal surface of the heat insulating body. 
   
   
       28 . A package according to  claim 26 , wherein the protective gas-watertight housing is arranged so as to have a gap formed between the protective gas-watertight housing and an internal surface of the heat insulating body. 
   
   
       29 . A package according to  claim 25 , wherein the holder of the thermal module activator is annularly shaped and comprises at least one resiliently deformable area having a weakened mechanical strength. 
   
   
       30 . A package according to  claim 26 , wherein the holder of the thermal module activator is annularly shaped and comprises at least one resiliently deformable area having a weakened mechanical strength. 
   
   
       31 . A package according to  claim 29 , wherein the holder is fastened at an internal surface of the sidewall of the heat insulating body. 
   
   
       32 . A package according to  claim 30 , wherein the holder is fastened at an internal surface of the sidewall of the heat insulating body. 
   
   
       33 . A package according to  claim 29 , wherein the holder is fastened at an internal surface of the protective gas-watertight housing. 
   
   
       34 . A package according to  claim 30 , wherein the holder is fastened at an internal surface of the protective gas-watertight housing. 
   
   
       35 . A package according to  claim 25 , wherein the holder of the thermal module activator is formed as an open ring and comprises two of said piercing members, said open ring being integrated with the two piercing members arranged oppositely to each other and having an elongated triangular shape. 
   
   
       36 . A package according to  claim 26 , wherein the holder of the thermal module activator is formed as an open ring and comprises two of said piercing members, said open ring being integrated with the two piercing members arranged oppositely to each other and having an elongated triangular shape. 
   
   
       37 . A package according to  claim 35 , wherein the holder is fastened at an internal surface of the sidewall of the heat insulating body. 
   
   
       38 . A package according to  claim 36 , wherein the holder is fastened at an internal surface of the sidewall of the heat insulating body. 
   
   
       39 . A package according to  claim 35 , wherein the holder is fastened at an internal surface of the protective gas-watertight housing. 
   
   
       40 . A package according to  claim 36 , wherein the holder is fastened at an internal surface of the protective gas-watertight housing. 
   
   
       41 . A package according to  claim 25 , wherein
 the thermal module case is formed with a cylindrical lower portion having said recesses arranged in the sidewall of the lower portion,   the holder of the thermal module activator is formed as an open ring of a resiliently deformable material
 with two identical arched pushers fastened as cantilevers and arranged at an external cylindrical surface of the open ring, 
 and with identical protrusions arranged uniformly around a circumference of an internal cylindrical surface of the open ring, a number of said protrusions being equal to a number of recesses in the lower cylindrical portion of the thermal module case, 
   the holder has two through openings positioned radially and coaxially to one another, and each of said through openings passing via a respective protrusion of a pair of protrusions arranged oppositely to one other,   the holder comprises two of the piercing members, and each of said two piercing members is formed as a thin metal rod pointed from one side and is located to perform a sliding longitudinal displacement in one of the two through openings corresponding to the piercing member and formed in the holder,   the tips of the piercing members are arranged oppositely to each other on two sides of the thermal module case and closely to a bottom of a respective recess,   a length of the piercing members is greater than a length of said through openings in the holder at least by a value of a distance between their tips and the closed compartment, while free ends of the arched pushers are arranged to interact with non-pointed faces of the piercing members protruding beyond the open ring when said free ends flex towards the open ring,   the open ring is arranged outwardly of the lower portion of the thermal module case,   and wherein   the protrusions at the internal surface of said ring are arranged in respective recesses in the sidewall of the lower portion of the thermal module case and are pressed to their bottom surfaces by forces of the resilient strain of the open ring.   
   
   
       42 . A package according to  claim 26 , wherein
 the thermal module case is formed with a cylindrical lower portion having said recesses arranged in the sidewall of the lower portion,   the holder of the thermal module activator is formed as an open ring of a resiliently deformable material
 with two identical arched pushers fastened as cantilevers and arranged at an external cylindrical surface of the open ring, 
 and with identical protrusions arranged uniformly around a circumference of an internal cylindrical surface of the open ring, a number of said protrusions being equal to a number of recesses in the lower cylindrical portion of the thermal module case, 
   the holder has two through openings positioned radially and coaxially to one another, and each of said through openings passing via a respective protrusion of a pair of protrusions arranged oppositely to one other,   the holder comprises two of the piercing members, and each of said two piercing members is formed as a thin metal rod pointed from one side and is located to perform a sliding longitudinal displacement in one of the two through openings corresponding to the piercing member and formed in the holder,   the tips of the piercing members are arranged oppositely to each other on two sides of the thermal module case and closely to a bottom of a respective recess,   a length of the piercing members is greater than a length of said through openings in the holder at least by a value of a distance between their tips and the closed compartment, while free ends of the arched pushers are arranged to interact with non-pointed faces of the piercing members protruding beyond the open ring when said free ends flex towards the open ring,   the open ring is arranged outwardly of the lower portion of the thermal module case,   and wherein   the protrusions at the internal surface of said ring are arranged in respective recesses in the sidewall of the lower portion of the thermal module case and are pressed to their bottom surfaces by forces of the resilient strain of the open ring.   
   
   
       43 . A package according to  claim 41 , wherein
 the thermal module further comprises a casing head in the form of a cylindrical cup spring-loaded from a bottom side of said cup relative to the bottom of the heat insulating body, and tightly encompassing the lower portion of the thermal module case, and arranged to be axially moveable relative to said lower portion of the thermal module case,   a radial through opening is formed near a bottom of the lower portion of the thermal module case, wherein
 a corrugation open only from below is arranged on a sidewall of the casing head oppositely to said radial through opening, and said corrugation forms a channel with an external surface of the sidewall of the thermal module case, and a cavity of the casing head communicates with a cavity of the thermal module via said channel and said radial opening, 
   and wherein at least one pair of openings are formed in sidewalls of the casing head and the lower portion of the thermal module case, said openings being arranged to provide coincidence with each other at a lowermost position of axial movement of the casing head relative to said lower portion of the thermal module case.   
   
   
       44 . A package according to  claim 42 , wherein
 the thermal module further comprises a casing head in the form of a cylindrical cup spring-loaded from a bottom side of said cup relative to the bottom of the heat insulating body, and tightly encompassing the lower portion of the thermal module case, and arranged to be axially moveable relative to said lower portion of the thermal module case,   a radial through opening is formed near a bottom of the lower portion of the thermal module case, wherein
 a corrugation open only from below is arranged on a sidewall of the casing head oppositely to said radial through opening, and said corrugation forms a channel with an external surface of the sidewall of the thermal module case, and a cavity of the casing head communicates with a cavity of the thermal module via said channel and said radial opening, 
   and wherein at least one pair of openings are formed in sidewalls of the casing head and the lower portion of the thermal module case, said openings being arranged to provide coincidence with each other at a lowermost position of axial movement of the casing head relative to said lower portion of the thermal module case.   
   
   
       45 . A package according to  claim 25 , wherein the recesses in the sidewall of the thermal module case are formed as grooves arranged along a generatrix of said sidewall. 
   
   
       46 . A package according to  claim 45 , wherein the recesses in the form of grooves are shaped as a conical surface area having a vertex facing upwardly. 
   
   
       47 . A package according to  claim 45 , wherein a bottom of at least one of said recesses has a through opening formed therein and covered by a plate of a porous material from an external side of the thermal module case. 
   
   
       48 . A package according to  claim 46 , wherein a bottom of at least one of said recesses has a through opening formed therein and covered by a plate of a porous material from an external side of the thermal module case. 
   
   
       49 . A package according to  claim 25 , wherein the recesses in the sidewall of the thermal module case are formed as holes. 
   
   
       50 . A package according to  claim 49 , wherein the recesses formed as holes have a shape of a surface of revolution of a second-order curve arc. 
   
   
       51 . A package according to  claim 25 , wherein an upper portion of the thermal module case has at least one through opening formed therein and covered by a plate of a porous material from an external side of the thermal module case. 
   
   
       52 . A package according to  claim 25 , wherein the thermal module further comprises a mount fastened from an external side of the stored product container, and the closed compartment is placed in the mount. 
   
   
       53 . A package according to  claim 25 , wherein
 the holder of the thermal module activator is formed as a ring with two posts arranged oppositely to each other in a diametric plane of the package, and comprises two piercing members,   said plane being a symmetry plane of two of said recesses arranged oppositely to each other in the sidewall of the thermal module case,   wherein each post comprises two flexible rods parallel to each other and tilted away from an axis of the package, lower ends of said rods being fastened on the ring, and upper ends of the rods being connected to each other by a crosspiece parallel to a plane of the ring, the crosspiece having one of the piercing members fixedly fastened to said crosspiece.   
   
   
       54 . A package according to  claim 26 , wherein
 the holder of the thermal module activator is formed as a ring with two posts arranged oppositely to each other in a diametric plane of the package, and comprises two piercing members,   said plane being a symmetry plane of two of said recesses arranged oppositely to each other in the sidewall of the thermal module case,   wherein each post comprises two flexible rods parallel to each other and tilted away from an axis of the package, lower ends of said rods being fastened on the ring, and upper ends of the rods being connected to each other by a crosspiece parallel to a plane of the ring, the crosspiece having one of the piercing members fixedly fastened to said crosspiece.   
   
   
       55 . A package according to  claim 26 , wherein the heat insulating body is provided with an opening in a bottom of said heat insulating body. 
   
   
       56 . A package according to  claim 25 , wherein the stored product container has a top comprising a discoverable closure of a sheet material having an external surface area with a thermal paint applied thereto and having an irreversible color variation in heating up to a respective temperature. 
   
   
       57 . A package according to  claim 25 , wherein containers of gas-water-permeable material are placed between the heat insulating body and the thermal module case and filled with a substance that sorbs steam and gases evolved when the reagents react with each other. 
   
   
       58 . A package according to  claim 26 , wherein containers of gas-water-permeable material are placed between the protective gas-watertight housing and the thermal module case and filled with a substance that sorbs steam and gases evolved when the reagents react with each other.