Packaging assembly for food products to be cooked or heated in microwave ovens
OwnerAntonio Montserrate Gibernauinventor
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Abstract
It comprises an inner wrapper which contains the food product, an outer package of plastic material which encloses said inner wrapper, a layer of a heat-concentrating material, arranged adjacent the inner wrapper, and a substrate attached to an outer face of said outer package. The layer of heat-concentrating material causes the opening of the outer package by melting a portion thereof, during heating of the assembly in a microwave oven, and the substrate prevents the outer package from sticking to the base of the oven. There can also be a sheet of insulating material between the inner wrapper and the outer package. Handling operations are reduced and the protection and optimum degree of humidity are maintained until the time the product is put in the oven.
Claims14
A packaging assembly for food products to be cooked or heated in microwave ovens, which comprises:
- an inner wrapper which contains the food product;
- an outer package of plastic material which encloses said inner wrapper and at least one layer of a suscepter material;
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- a substrate attached to an outer face of said outer package;
- wherein said at least one layer of suscepter material causes the opening of the outer package by melting a portion of the outer package, and a portion of the outer package is melted to permit removal of the inner wrapper from the outer package during heating of the assembly in a microwave oven, and said packaging assembly is used in automatic dispensing machines equipped with said microwave ovens;
- wherein the substrate is a continuous web of flexible material attached to a plurality of said outer packages, wherein each of said outer packages encloses said inner wrapper, which contains said food product, and at least one layer of suscepter material;
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- wherein the food product is corn which is transformed into popcorn.
A packaging assembly for food products to be cooked or heated in microwave ovens, which comprises:
- an inner wrapper made of paper which contains the food product;
- an outer package of plastic material which encloses said inner wrapper and at least one layer of a suscepter material;
- and
- a substrate attached to an outer face of said outer package;
- wherein said at least one layer of suscepter material causes the opening of the outer package by melting a portion of the outer package, and a portion of the outer package is melted to permit removal of the inner wrapper from the outer package during heating of the assembly in a microwave oven, and said packaging assembly is used in automatic dispensing machines equipped with said microwave ovens;
- wherein the substrate is a continuous web of flexible material attached to a plurality of said outer packages, wherein each of said outer packages encloses said inner wrapper, which contains said food product, and at least one layer of suscepter material;
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- wherein the food product is corn which is transformed into popcorn.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.