CONTAINER FOR RECEIVING AND SPLITTING PRODUCT PLATES ALONG WEAKENING GROOVES, USE OF SAID CONTAINER FOR RECEIVING AND SPLITTING PRODUCT PLATES, A PROCESS FOR SPLITTING PRODUCT PLATES, AND PRODUCT PLATES, IN PARTICULAR CHOCOLATE BARS
Filled container (24) for receiving and splitting at least a single product plate (2), in particular a chocolate bar, containing at least one weakening groove (4) said product plate is adapted to be separated along said weakening groove or weakening grooves into separate pieces； said container having a longitudinal axis； wherein said container can be transferred from a closed, first position into an opened, second position； said container comprising an upper part (26) comprising a container lid (30) and, connected to said container lid, a first side wall (32) having a first rim； and a corresponding lower part (28) comprising a container bottom and, connected to said container bottom, a second side wall having a second rim； at least a single product plate, inside said container, said single product plate having at least one weakening groove, in particular a multitude of weakening grooves, so that upon deflecting said container lid in the direction of the interior of said container, and/or that upon deflecting said container bottom in the direction of the interior of said container at least one product plate is separated into individual pieces along at least one, in particular essentially all of the weakening grooves. The invention further refers to the use of said container for receiving and splitting product plates, in particular of chocolate bars, along weakening grooves, to a process for splitting product plates, in particular chocolate bars, along weakening grooves as well as to product plates, in particular chocolate bars, and stacks comprising said product plates.
