Claims
- 1. An installation for packaging coffee, which comprises:
- a mechanism forming a gas filled container by forming a strip of sheet material comprising one or more layers around a mandrel so that the container is closed at the bottom and open at the top; a grinding station grinding coffee and in the process forming a coffee grinder gas
- said mechanism filling the container with a coffee grinder gas;
- a closing device temporarily closing the top of the gas-filled container with an openable closure;
- a mechanism opening the temporary closure and immediately introducing coffee in one of a ground form and a bean form into the gas-filled container; and
- a sealing device sealing the top of the container by welding and subsequent creasing wherein said opening mechanism, said introducing mechanism and said sealing device are operable in an atmosphere comprising coffee grinder gas with or without an additional inert gas such that the coffee is packaged surrounded by its own aroma and wherein said container is provided with headroom at a top portion of the container.
- 2. An installation according to claim 1, which comprises a degassing valve wherein said container is positionable at a top portion of said degassing valve.
- 3. An installation according to claim 1, wherein said mechanism introducing coffee into the container operates in an inert gas atmosphere.
- 4. An installation according to claim 1, wherein said closing device comprises a creasing and spot welding mechanism.
- 5. An installation according to claim 1, wherein said closing device comprises a suction system.
- 6. An installation for packaging coffee, which comprises:
- a mechanism forming a gas filled container by forming a strip of sheet material comprising one or more layers around a mandrel so that the container is closed at the bottom and open at the top; a grinding station grinding coffee and in the process forming a coffee grinder gas
- said mechanism filling the container with a coffee grinder gas;
- a mechanism introducing coffee in one of a ground form and a bean form into the container; and
- a sealing device sealing the top of the container by welding and subsequent creasing wherein said introducing mechanism and said sealing device are operable in an atmosphere comprising coffee grinder gas with or without an additional inert gas such that the coffee is packaged surrounded by its own aroma, said container being provided with headroom at a top portion of the container wherein said mechanism filling the container with coffee grinder gas is operable prior to introduction of the coffee in said one of said ground form and said bean form into the container.
Priority Claims (1)
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Parent Case Info
This is a Division of application Ser. No. 08/283,260 filed on Aug. 1, 1994 now U.S. Pat. No. 5,532,011.
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Divisions (1)
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