CA2106209C - Multipack for recording media in tape form wound onto hubs - Google Patents
Multipack for recording media in tape form wound onto hubsInfo
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- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
- B65D—CONTAINERS FOR STORAGE OR TRANSPORT OF ARTICLES OR MATERIALS, e.g. BAGS, BARRELS, BOTTLES, BOXES, CANS, CARTONS, CRATES, DRUMS, JARS, TANKS, HOPPERS, FORWARDING CONTAINERS; ACCESSORIES, CLOSURES, OR FITTINGS THEREFOR; PACKAGING ELEMENTS; PACKAGES
- B65D85/00—Containers, packaging elements or packages, specially adapted for particular articles or materials
- B65D85/67—Containers, packaging elements or packages, specially adapted for particular articles or materials for web or tape-like material
- B65D85/671—Containers, packaging elements or packages, specially adapted for particular articles or materials for web or tape-like material wound in flat spiral form
- B65D85/672—Containers, packaging elements or packages, specially adapted for particular articles or materials for web or tape-like material wound in flat spiral form on cores
Abstract
A quadrangular packaging container in one or several pieces for stacked tape-lik e recording media is disclosed. The tape-like recording media are wound on cores provided with inner bores (3). The packaging container has a bottom (1), a lid (2) and lateral parts (19) interconnected by injection-moulded film-hinges (24). A stay (14) for the cores may be pushed through the inner bores of the winding cores (13).
Description
~ 1 0 ~ 2 ~ ~ o. z . 0078/06001 Multipack for recording media in tape form wound onto hubs The invention relates to one-part or multi-part parallelepipedal packaging containers for recording media in tape form which are wound up onto hubs provided with internal bores and are stacked one on top of the other, comprising a bottom part, a top part and side parts, which are joined to one another by means of molded-on film hinges and it being possible for a hub support to be pushed through the internal bores of the hubs.
Large quantities of what are known as pancake packs are sold worldwide by the magnetic tape producers.
In these packs, the magnetic tape is wound up onto hubs, for example flangeless hubs, either what are known as NAB
hubs or stackable hubs according to US 4 081 151 or other hubs. At present, these pancakes are packed either individually or in multipacks and covered with a shrink film or held by various types of cardboard box.
The disadvantage of the individual pack is that a great deal of packaging material has to be used.
Magnetic tape multipacks are disclosed by the publications US 3 543 922, US 4 708 246, US 4 955 471, EP 0 320 751, DE-U 8 900 709, DE-U 8 912 747 and DE-U
8 912 749. These packs consist either of relatively voluminous Styropor, which means that for transport they are bulky to no useful effect and have to be disposed of once the content has been unpacked, or the pack is held together by plastic pallets and sleeves, the sleeves being of a relatively complicated design and the side parts of the packed product in some cases being inade-quately protected since they are covered only by a film shrink-fitted over the pack. Therefore, this pack has to be additionally placed into an outer case for transport.
Pancake packagings which avoid the use of Styropor and which are reusable or recyclable are des-cribed in DE-U 9 011 867 and in the German Application a~ 2~9 P 40 25 906. However, these packaging containers require many parts and in some cases offer inadequate protection of the content during transport and from dust.
Therefore, it is an object of the present invention to find a pack for pancakes of the generic type mentioned above which at the same time meets the following conditions:
- restriction to the m; n; mllm possible proportion of packaging materials to be thrown away - simple design - protects the pancakes during transit and from dust - simple to assemble and unpack - not bulky in return transport - reusable - no additional outer packaging necessary.
According to one aspect of the present invention, thre is provided a one-part plastic packaging container for recording media in tape form which are wound up onto hubs (13) provided with internal bores and are stacked one on top of the other, comprising a bottom part (1), a top part (2) and side parts (19), which are joined to one another;
- a hub support (11) adapted to be pushed through the internal bores of the hubs (13), - the packaging container having recesses (3, 4) at the geometrical center of the inside of the bottom part (1) and of the top part (2), - individual projections (5, 6, 7, 8) protrude from the recesses (3, 4), between which end faces (9, 10) of the hub support (11) can be fitted unrotatably, - a part-annular shoulder (12) being arranged on the end face (10) of the hub support (11) engaging into the bottom part (1), for supporting the hubs (13), - the hub support (11) having a U-shaped carrying handle (14), provided with two locked positions, for drawing the hub support (11) with pancakes out of the pack in the folded-open state, - two uprights (15, 16) of the carrying handle (14) being inserted into recesses close to the outside of the end face (9) engaging into the top part (2) and the handle (14) joining the two uprights (15, 16) not protruding beyond the end face (9) in the lower locked position, - the hub support (11) being provided in the center of the end face (9) with a recess (17) as gripping depression for the carrying handle (14), - sealing strips (18) being provided on the outer edges of the side parts (19), or of the top part (2), which strips engage in complementary grooves (20) of the top part (2) or of the side parts (19) when folding together the packaging container.
According to another aspect of the present invention, there is also provided a multi-part plastic packaging container for recording media in tape form which are wound up onto hubs provided with internal bores and are stacked one on top of the other, comprising a bottom part (1), a top part (2) and four side parts (19), at least the bottom part (1) or top part (2) being joined to one or more side parts (19), a hub support (11) being adapted to be pushed through the internal bores of the hubs (13), the packaging container having recesses (3, 4) in each case in the geometrical center of the inside of the bottom part (1) and of the top part (2), individual projections (5, 6, 7, 8) protruding from said recesses (3, 4), between which the end faces (9, 10) of the hub support (11) can be fitted unrotatably, a part-annular shoulder (12) being arranged on the end face (lo) of the hub support (11) engaging into the bottom part (1), for supporting the hubs (13), the hub support having a U-shaped carrying handle (14), provided with two locked positions, for drawing the hub support (11) with pancakes out of the pack in the folded-open state, the two uprights (15, 16) of the carrying handle (14) being inserted into recesses close to the outside of the end face (9) engaging into the top part (2) and the handle (14) joining the two uprights (15, 16) not protruding beyond the end face (9) in the lower locked position, the hub support (11) being provided in the center of B
-the end face (9) with a recess (17) as gripping depression for the carrying handle (14) and sealing strips (18) being provided on the outer edges of the side parts (19), or of the top part (2), which strips engage in complementary grooves (20) of the top part (2) or of the side parts (19) when folding together the packaging container.
According to another aspect of the present invention there is also provided a foldable plastic packaging container for recording media in tape form which are wound up onto hubs lo provided with internal bores and are stacked one on top of the other, comprising a bottom part, a top part and side parts, which are joined to one another by means of molded-on film hinges, said side parts and bottom or top parts also having free edges which are not joined to one another by said hinges, the packaging container also comprising a hub support having a diameter and being formed as a hollow cylinder, within said hollow cylinder there is positioned a handling means, said diameter of the hub support being designed for matching with said internal bores of the hubs, the packaging container having annular recesses in each case in the geometrical center of the inward-facing surface of the bottom part and the top part from each of which recesses there protrudes at least one individual projection whereby the end faces of the hub support are engageable by said projections and each of said recesses, said free edges of said side parts and bottom or top parts being provided with tongues and grooves corresponding to said tongues, such that where said free edges meet, one edge is provided with a tongue and the other with a groove, whereby when the packaging container is folded together said tongues engage said corresponding grooves, for sealing said recording media within said packaging container.
According to one preferred aspect, the container is parallelepipedal.
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4a The invention is explained in further detail below with reference to the drawings, in which:
Figure 1 shows a one-part packaging cont~iner in the completely folded-out state Figure 2 shows the same container in the partially assembled state Figure 3 shows details of the hub support and of the anchorage in the bottom part Figures show two embodiments of a two-part packaging 4 and S
Figure 6 shows the stacking of several packaging containers one on top of the other Figure 7 shows the fixing of the completely folded-open container part against slipping during return transport.
In a suitable form, the packaging container is made as one part and, as Figure 1 shows, comprises a flat part, bottom part (1), top part (2) and the four side parts (19) being held together by what are known as film hinges (24), foldable joining tabs. The parts can be set at an angle, so that a parallelepipedal container is produced, as Figure 2 shows. By a strap (not shown), which is laid around the recess (25) running around the folded-together container, the latter is secured for transport. In addition, the~strap may contain a carrying handle, it being possible instead of the carrying handle for the outside of the pack to contain a gripping ~
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depression. With the exception of this strap, all the parts of the pack according to the innovation can be used frequently and are suitable for return transport.
For opening the container, the strap, which consists of a material such as that used for securing pallets, is severed. The top part (2) is raised and the side parts (19) can be folded away in a simple way. The packed pancakes are thus freely accessible. The pancakes wound up onto hubs (13) are stacked one on top of the other on a specially made hub support (11), still to be described in detail. The hub support has an integrated handle (14), with which the support with the pancakes can be lifted comfortably out of the pack and subsequently brought to the place for processing, which is usually located in a clean room. The pack itself does not produce any dust, as cardboard packs do for example, and could also be brought as a unit into a clean room. In addition, at two opposite corners of the inside of the bottom part there are gripping depressions (21) for lifting out the pancakes.
Once laid flat again, the pack can, with the aid of integrated stacking aids, be stacked in a convenient and space-saving manner on a pallet and thus prepared for return transport to the producer. By virtue of the flat form, without protruding corners and edges, the pack can be cleaned easily and advantageously. Flow channels thereby assist drying. There are no corners at which cleaning liquid could accumulate. Subsequently, a new packing cycle, as already described, can begin.
Now the design of the pack will be described in detail. To ensure the protection of the pack con~ent against dust and moisture, the cont~in~r has on the outer edges, exposed in the folded-out state, of the side parts or of the bottom part or of the top part sealing strips (18), which engage in complementarily shaped ylooves (20) of the corresponding parts during folding together. By appropriate technical measures, these strips and grooves - 6 _ 2~
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can be designed so as to snap in place upon insertion.
However, there may also be corresponding notches in the hinge region of the bottom (1) and of the side walls ( 19 ) .
In the folded-together state, the hub support (11) is connected rotationally securely in the packaging container to the bottom part and top part (1, 2). For this purpose, bottom part and top part each have in the geometrical center of their inside recesses (3, 4), from which individual projections (5, 6, 7, 8) protrude. The end faces (9, 10) of the part-cylindrically shaped hub support are formed in such a way that they can be fitted unrotatably into the recesses of the bottom part and top part.
Furthermore, as Figure 3 reveals, the hub support has on its lower end face (10), which is assigned to the bottom part (1), a shoulder (12), on which the lowermost hub (13) can support itself with its underside adjacent to the internal bore. On the upper side (9), the hub support has a U-shaped carrying handle (14), which in a preferred design is provided with two locked positions.
In the upper locked position, the handle is suitable for carrying the complete pancake stack and in the lower position the handle is sunken in the hub support, for transporting the closed pack. For this purpose, the two uprights (15, 16) of the handle can be fitted into recesses of the hub support.
The two uprights (15, 16) of the carrying handle (14) expediently have detents (not shown), which lock the handle in the extended and retracted states. Should the pack be too heavy, the carrying handle can also be designed in one piece with the hub support. In this case, gripping by the gripping depression (17) provided under-neath the handle is possible.
To make it easy for individual pancakes to be taken off, the hub support has over its entire height two opposite concave depressions (25, 26) in the form of a _ 7 ~ 62~
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circular segment.
On one of the outer surfaces of the pack, there may be provided a recessed label panel (28), which additionally has gripping depressions for removing or exchanging a label.
Instead of the one-part design described, the container according to the invention may also be made in two or more parts; Figures 4 and 5 show two possible embodiments, in which either bottom part and top part are joined to two side parts each or else the bottom part is joined to four side parts, onto which the separate top part is placed.
For transporting several packaging containers together in the folded-open state, they are expediently provided along the outer edges of their bottom part or top part with grooves (23), which engage in corresponding complementarily shaped strips (18) of the folded-open side parts (19) and thus make it possible for several cont~iners stacked one on top of the other to be trans-ported securely from slipping. This is shown in Figure 6.In addition, each cont~iner may be provided on its outer surfaces with a studded structure, as i5 described for example in EP 0 217 254. In addition, the packaging container may be equipped on its underside with st~ing feet and recesses for better stacking on a pallet.
It is shown in Figure 7 how two (or more) com-pletely folded-out packs are stacked one on top of the other for return transport, pro~ections (5) on the inside of the bottom part engaging in corresponding recesses of the outside.
In the case of the two-part form of the pack, the top part may be offset, in order to make different pack heights possible. In addition, the peripheral sealing strip may be unsymmetrical, in order to be able to form different pack heights, depending on use.
The shape of the hub support makes it possible for several hub supports to be stacked one on top of the $ 2 ~ 9 8 -other. Expediently, it is hollow, in order that it can be fitted onto an auxiliary mandrel in the production process.
In a preferred configuration, the packaging container consists of rigid plastic, such as poly-propylene or acrylonitrile-butadiene-styrene copolymer.
It is preferably made with two walls, either by the injection-molding process or by extrusion blow molding.
This additionally provides the container with outstanding protection against impact and climatic effects.
Large quantities of what are known as pancake packs are sold worldwide by the magnetic tape producers.
In these packs, the magnetic tape is wound up onto hubs, for example flangeless hubs, either what are known as NAB
hubs or stackable hubs according to US 4 081 151 or other hubs. At present, these pancakes are packed either individually or in multipacks and covered with a shrink film or held by various types of cardboard box.
The disadvantage of the individual pack is that a great deal of packaging material has to be used.
Magnetic tape multipacks are disclosed by the publications US 3 543 922, US 4 708 246, US 4 955 471, EP 0 320 751, DE-U 8 900 709, DE-U 8 912 747 and DE-U
8 912 749. These packs consist either of relatively voluminous Styropor, which means that for transport they are bulky to no useful effect and have to be disposed of once the content has been unpacked, or the pack is held together by plastic pallets and sleeves, the sleeves being of a relatively complicated design and the side parts of the packed product in some cases being inade-quately protected since they are covered only by a film shrink-fitted over the pack. Therefore, this pack has to be additionally placed into an outer case for transport.
Pancake packagings which avoid the use of Styropor and which are reusable or recyclable are des-cribed in DE-U 9 011 867 and in the German Application a~ 2~9 P 40 25 906. However, these packaging containers require many parts and in some cases offer inadequate protection of the content during transport and from dust.
Therefore, it is an object of the present invention to find a pack for pancakes of the generic type mentioned above which at the same time meets the following conditions:
- restriction to the m; n; mllm possible proportion of packaging materials to be thrown away - simple design - protects the pancakes during transit and from dust - simple to assemble and unpack - not bulky in return transport - reusable - no additional outer packaging necessary.
According to one aspect of the present invention, thre is provided a one-part plastic packaging container for recording media in tape form which are wound up onto hubs (13) provided with internal bores and are stacked one on top of the other, comprising a bottom part (1), a top part (2) and side parts (19), which are joined to one another;
- a hub support (11) adapted to be pushed through the internal bores of the hubs (13), - the packaging container having recesses (3, 4) at the geometrical center of the inside of the bottom part (1) and of the top part (2), - individual projections (5, 6, 7, 8) protrude from the recesses (3, 4), between which end faces (9, 10) of the hub support (11) can be fitted unrotatably, - a part-annular shoulder (12) being arranged on the end face (10) of the hub support (11) engaging into the bottom part (1), for supporting the hubs (13), - the hub support (11) having a U-shaped carrying handle (14), provided with two locked positions, for drawing the hub support (11) with pancakes out of the pack in the folded-open state, - two uprights (15, 16) of the carrying handle (14) being inserted into recesses close to the outside of the end face (9) engaging into the top part (2) and the handle (14) joining the two uprights (15, 16) not protruding beyond the end face (9) in the lower locked position, - the hub support (11) being provided in the center of the end face (9) with a recess (17) as gripping depression for the carrying handle (14), - sealing strips (18) being provided on the outer edges of the side parts (19), or of the top part (2), which strips engage in complementary grooves (20) of the top part (2) or of the side parts (19) when folding together the packaging container.
According to another aspect of the present invention, there is also provided a multi-part plastic packaging container for recording media in tape form which are wound up onto hubs provided with internal bores and are stacked one on top of the other, comprising a bottom part (1), a top part (2) and four side parts (19), at least the bottom part (1) or top part (2) being joined to one or more side parts (19), a hub support (11) being adapted to be pushed through the internal bores of the hubs (13), the packaging container having recesses (3, 4) in each case in the geometrical center of the inside of the bottom part (1) and of the top part (2), individual projections (5, 6, 7, 8) protruding from said recesses (3, 4), between which the end faces (9, 10) of the hub support (11) can be fitted unrotatably, a part-annular shoulder (12) being arranged on the end face (lo) of the hub support (11) engaging into the bottom part (1), for supporting the hubs (13), the hub support having a U-shaped carrying handle (14), provided with two locked positions, for drawing the hub support (11) with pancakes out of the pack in the folded-open state, the two uprights (15, 16) of the carrying handle (14) being inserted into recesses close to the outside of the end face (9) engaging into the top part (2) and the handle (14) joining the two uprights (15, 16) not protruding beyond the end face (9) in the lower locked position, the hub support (11) being provided in the center of B
-the end face (9) with a recess (17) as gripping depression for the carrying handle (14) and sealing strips (18) being provided on the outer edges of the side parts (19), or of the top part (2), which strips engage in complementary grooves (20) of the top part (2) or of the side parts (19) when folding together the packaging container.
According to another aspect of the present invention there is also provided a foldable plastic packaging container for recording media in tape form which are wound up onto hubs lo provided with internal bores and are stacked one on top of the other, comprising a bottom part, a top part and side parts, which are joined to one another by means of molded-on film hinges, said side parts and bottom or top parts also having free edges which are not joined to one another by said hinges, the packaging container also comprising a hub support having a diameter and being formed as a hollow cylinder, within said hollow cylinder there is positioned a handling means, said diameter of the hub support being designed for matching with said internal bores of the hubs, the packaging container having annular recesses in each case in the geometrical center of the inward-facing surface of the bottom part and the top part from each of which recesses there protrudes at least one individual projection whereby the end faces of the hub support are engageable by said projections and each of said recesses, said free edges of said side parts and bottom or top parts being provided with tongues and grooves corresponding to said tongues, such that where said free edges meet, one edge is provided with a tongue and the other with a groove, whereby when the packaging container is folded together said tongues engage said corresponding grooves, for sealing said recording media within said packaging container.
According to one preferred aspect, the container is parallelepipedal.
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4a The invention is explained in further detail below with reference to the drawings, in which:
Figure 1 shows a one-part packaging cont~iner in the completely folded-out state Figure 2 shows the same container in the partially assembled state Figure 3 shows details of the hub support and of the anchorage in the bottom part Figures show two embodiments of a two-part packaging 4 and S
Figure 6 shows the stacking of several packaging containers one on top of the other Figure 7 shows the fixing of the completely folded-open container part against slipping during return transport.
In a suitable form, the packaging container is made as one part and, as Figure 1 shows, comprises a flat part, bottom part (1), top part (2) and the four side parts (19) being held together by what are known as film hinges (24), foldable joining tabs. The parts can be set at an angle, so that a parallelepipedal container is produced, as Figure 2 shows. By a strap (not shown), which is laid around the recess (25) running around the folded-together container, the latter is secured for transport. In addition, the~strap may contain a carrying handle, it being possible instead of the carrying handle for the outside of the pack to contain a gripping ~
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depression. With the exception of this strap, all the parts of the pack according to the innovation can be used frequently and are suitable for return transport.
For opening the container, the strap, which consists of a material such as that used for securing pallets, is severed. The top part (2) is raised and the side parts (19) can be folded away in a simple way. The packed pancakes are thus freely accessible. The pancakes wound up onto hubs (13) are stacked one on top of the other on a specially made hub support (11), still to be described in detail. The hub support has an integrated handle (14), with which the support with the pancakes can be lifted comfortably out of the pack and subsequently brought to the place for processing, which is usually located in a clean room. The pack itself does not produce any dust, as cardboard packs do for example, and could also be brought as a unit into a clean room. In addition, at two opposite corners of the inside of the bottom part there are gripping depressions (21) for lifting out the pancakes.
Once laid flat again, the pack can, with the aid of integrated stacking aids, be stacked in a convenient and space-saving manner on a pallet and thus prepared for return transport to the producer. By virtue of the flat form, without protruding corners and edges, the pack can be cleaned easily and advantageously. Flow channels thereby assist drying. There are no corners at which cleaning liquid could accumulate. Subsequently, a new packing cycle, as already described, can begin.
Now the design of the pack will be described in detail. To ensure the protection of the pack con~ent against dust and moisture, the cont~in~r has on the outer edges, exposed in the folded-out state, of the side parts or of the bottom part or of the top part sealing strips (18), which engage in complementarily shaped ylooves (20) of the corresponding parts during folding together. By appropriate technical measures, these strips and grooves - 6 _ 2~
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can be designed so as to snap in place upon insertion.
However, there may also be corresponding notches in the hinge region of the bottom (1) and of the side walls ( 19 ) .
In the folded-together state, the hub support (11) is connected rotationally securely in the packaging container to the bottom part and top part (1, 2). For this purpose, bottom part and top part each have in the geometrical center of their inside recesses (3, 4), from which individual projections (5, 6, 7, 8) protrude. The end faces (9, 10) of the part-cylindrically shaped hub support are formed in such a way that they can be fitted unrotatably into the recesses of the bottom part and top part.
Furthermore, as Figure 3 reveals, the hub support has on its lower end face (10), which is assigned to the bottom part (1), a shoulder (12), on which the lowermost hub (13) can support itself with its underside adjacent to the internal bore. On the upper side (9), the hub support has a U-shaped carrying handle (14), which in a preferred design is provided with two locked positions.
In the upper locked position, the handle is suitable for carrying the complete pancake stack and in the lower position the handle is sunken in the hub support, for transporting the closed pack. For this purpose, the two uprights (15, 16) of the handle can be fitted into recesses of the hub support.
The two uprights (15, 16) of the carrying handle (14) expediently have detents (not shown), which lock the handle in the extended and retracted states. Should the pack be too heavy, the carrying handle can also be designed in one piece with the hub support. In this case, gripping by the gripping depression (17) provided under-neath the handle is possible.
To make it easy for individual pancakes to be taken off, the hub support has over its entire height two opposite concave depressions (25, 26) in the form of a _ 7 ~ 62~
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circular segment.
On one of the outer surfaces of the pack, there may be provided a recessed label panel (28), which additionally has gripping depressions for removing or exchanging a label.
Instead of the one-part design described, the container according to the invention may also be made in two or more parts; Figures 4 and 5 show two possible embodiments, in which either bottom part and top part are joined to two side parts each or else the bottom part is joined to four side parts, onto which the separate top part is placed.
For transporting several packaging containers together in the folded-open state, they are expediently provided along the outer edges of their bottom part or top part with grooves (23), which engage in corresponding complementarily shaped strips (18) of the folded-open side parts (19) and thus make it possible for several cont~iners stacked one on top of the other to be trans-ported securely from slipping. This is shown in Figure 6.In addition, each cont~iner may be provided on its outer surfaces with a studded structure, as i5 described for example in EP 0 217 254. In addition, the packaging container may be equipped on its underside with st~ing feet and recesses for better stacking on a pallet.
It is shown in Figure 7 how two (or more) com-pletely folded-out packs are stacked one on top of the other for return transport, pro~ections (5) on the inside of the bottom part engaging in corresponding recesses of the outside.
In the case of the two-part form of the pack, the top part may be offset, in order to make different pack heights possible. In addition, the peripheral sealing strip may be unsymmetrical, in order to be able to form different pack heights, depending on use.
The shape of the hub support makes it possible for several hub supports to be stacked one on top of the $ 2 ~ 9 8 -other. Expediently, it is hollow, in order that it can be fitted onto an auxiliary mandrel in the production process.
In a preferred configuration, the packaging container consists of rigid plastic, such as poly-propylene or acrylonitrile-butadiene-styrene copolymer.
It is preferably made with two walls, either by the injection-molding process or by extrusion blow molding.
This additionally provides the container with outstanding protection against impact and climatic effects.
Claims (25)
1. A one-part plastic packaging container for recording media in tape form which are wound up onto hubs (13) provided with internal bores and are stacked one on top of the other, comprising a bottom part (1), a top part (2) and side parts (19), which are joined to one another;
- a hub support (11) adapted to be pushed through the internal bores of the hubs (13), - the packaging container having recesses (3, 4) at in the geometrical center of the inside of the bottom part (1) and of the top part (2), - individual projections (5, 6, 7, 8) protrude from the recesses (3, 4), between which end faces (9, 10) of the hub support (11) can be fitted unrotatably, - a part-annular shoulder (12) being arranged on the end face (10) of the hub support (11) engaging into the bottom part (1), for supporting the hubs (13), - the hub support (11) having a U-shaped carrying handle (14), provided with two locked positions, for drawing the hub support (11) with pancakes out of the pack in the folded-open state, - two uprights (15, 16) of the carrying handle (14) being inserted into recesses close to the outside of the end face (9) engaging into the top part (2) and the handle (14) joining the two uprights (15, 16) not protruding beyond the end face (9) in the lower locked position, - the hub support (11) being provided in the center of the end face (9) with a recess (17) as gripping depression for the carrying handle (14), - sealing strips (18) being provided on the outer edges of the side parts (19), or of the top part (2), which strips engage in complementary grooves (20) of the top part (2) or of the side parts (19) when folding together the packaging container.
- a hub support (11) adapted to be pushed through the internal bores of the hubs (13), - the packaging container having recesses (3, 4) at in the geometrical center of the inside of the bottom part (1) and of the top part (2), - individual projections (5, 6, 7, 8) protrude from the recesses (3, 4), between which end faces (9, 10) of the hub support (11) can be fitted unrotatably, - a part-annular shoulder (12) being arranged on the end face (10) of the hub support (11) engaging into the bottom part (1), for supporting the hubs (13), - the hub support (11) having a U-shaped carrying handle (14), provided with two locked positions, for drawing the hub support (11) with pancakes out of the pack in the folded-open state, - two uprights (15, 16) of the carrying handle (14) being inserted into recesses close to the outside of the end face (9) engaging into the top part (2) and the handle (14) joining the two uprights (15, 16) not protruding beyond the end face (9) in the lower locked position, - the hub support (11) being provided in the center of the end face (9) with a recess (17) as gripping depression for the carrying handle (14), - sealing strips (18) being provided on the outer edges of the side parts (19), or of the top part (2), which strips engage in complementary grooves (20) of the top part (2) or of the side parts (19) when folding together the packaging container.
2. A multi-part plastic packaging container for recording media in tape form which are wound up onto hubs provided with internal bores and are stacked one on top of the other, comprising a bottom part (1), a top part (2) and four side parts (19), at least the bottom part (1) or top part (2) being joined to one or more side parts (19), and a hub support (11) being adapted to be pushed through the internal bores of the hubs (13), the packaging container having recesses (3, 4) in each case in the geometrical center of the inside of the bottom part (1) and of the top part (2), individual projections (5, 6, 7, 8) protruding from said recesses (3, 4), between which the end faces (9, 10) of the hub support (11) can be fitted unrotatably, a part-annular shoulder (12) being arranged on the end face (10) of the hub support (11) engaging into the bottom part (1), for supporting the hubs (13), the hub support having a U-shaped carrying handle (14), provided with two locked positions, for drawing the hub support (11) with pancakes out of the pack in the folded-open state, the two uprights (15, 16) of the carrying handle (14) being inserted into recesses close to the outside of the end face (9) engaging into the top part (2) and the handle (14) joining the two uprights (15, 16) not protruding beyond the end face (9) in the lower locked position, the hub support (11) being provided in the center of the end face (9) with a recess (17) as gripping depression for the carrying handle (14) and sealing strips (18) being provided on the outer edges of the side parts (19), or of the top part (2), which strips engage in complementary grooves (20) of the top part (2) or of the side parts (19) when folding together the packaging container.
3. A packaging container according to claim 1 or 2, wherein said container is parallelepipedal.
4. A packaging container according to claim 1, wherein said bottom part (1), said top part (2) and said side parts (19) are joined to one another by means of molded-on film hinges (24).
5. A packaging container as claimed in any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein the outer surfaces of the packaging container have a recess (25) running around said container for receiving a strap, as well as a further recess (28) for receiving a label.
6. A packaging container as claimed in any one of claim 1 to 5, wherein the further recess (28) is provided with gripping depressions for detaching the label.
7. A packaging container as claimed in any one of claims 1 to 6, wherein the bottom part (1) has on its inside gripping depressions (21) at at least two opposite corners, for lifting out the pancakes.
8. A packaging container as claimed in any one of claim 1 to 7, wherein the sealing strips (18) engage in complementary grooves (23) on the corresponding edges of the outside of the bottom part or in the grooves (20) of the top part, for stacking several packaging containers one on top of the other securely from slipping.
9. A packaging container as claimed in any one of claims 1 to 8, wherein at least the outsides of the bottom part and of the top part are provided with a studded structure.
10. A packaging container as claimed in any one of claims 1 to 9, wherein the hub support has over its entire height two mutually opposite concave depressions (25, 26), for removing individual pancakes.
11. A packaging container as claimed in any one of claims 1 to 10, wherein, in the folded-out, stacked one on top of the other state of several containers, in each case projections (5) on the inside of the bottom part engage in corresponding recesses on the outside of the next-lying bottom part.
12. A packaging container as claimed in any one of claims 1 to 11, wherein the container consists of rigid plastic chosen from polypropylene or acrylonitrile-butadiene-styrene copolymer.
13. A packaging container as claimed in any one of claims 1 to 12, wherein the bottom part, side parts and top part are shaped with two walls by extrusion blow molding.
14. A foldable plastic packaging container for recording media in tape form which are wound up onto hubs provided with internal bores and are stacked one on top of the other, comprising a bottom part, a top part and side parts, which are joined to one another by means of molded-on film hinges, said side parts and bottom or top parts also having free edges which are not joined to one another by said hinges, the packaging container also comprising a hub support having a diameter and being formed as a hollow cylinder, within said hollow cylinder there is positioned a handling means, said diameter of the hub support being designed for matching with said internal bores of the hubs, the packaging container having annular recesses in each case in the geometrical center of the inward-facing surface of the bottom part and the top part from each of which recesses there protrudes at least one individual projection whereby the end faces of the hub support are engageable by said projections and each of said recesses, said free edges of said side parts and bottom or top parts being provided with tongues and grooves corresponding to said tongues, such that where said free edges meet, one edge is provided with a tongue and the other with a groove, whereby when the packaging container is folded together said tongues engage said corresponding grooves, for sealing said recording media within said packaging container.
15. A packaging container as defined in claim 1, wherein the outer surfaces of the packaging container have a recess running around said container for receiving a strap, as well as a further recess for receiving a label.
16. A packaging container as defined in claim 2, wherein the further recess for receiving a label is provided with depressions to provide access for detaching the label.
17. A packaging container as defined in claim 1, wherein the bottom part has on its inside depressions for gripping at at least two opposite corners, for lifting out the recording media wound up onto hubs.
18. A packaging container as defined in claim 1, wherein the tongues engage in complementary grooves on the corresponding edges of the outsides of the bottom part and/or in the grooves of the top part, for stacking several packaging containers one on top of the other secure from slipping.
19. A packaging container as defined in claim 1, wherein at least the outsides of the bottom part and of the top part are provided with a studded structure.
20. A packaging container as defined in claim 1, wherein in the folded-out, stacked one on top of the other state of several containers, in each case projections on the inside of the bottom part engage in corresponding recesses on the outside of the next-lying bottom part.
21. A packaging container as defined in claim 1, wherein the container consists of a rigid plastic selected from the group consisting of polypropylene and an acrylonitrile-butadiene-styrene copolymer.
22. A packaging container as defined in claim 1, wherein the bottom part, side parts and top part are shaped with two walls by extrusion blow molding.
23. A packaging container as define din claim 1, containing stackable hubs with magnetic tape wound thereon.
24. A packaging container according to claim 2, wherein at least said bottom part (1) or top part (2) are joined to one or more side parts (19) by means of molded-on film hinges (24).
25. A packaging container according to any one of claims 14 to 23, wherein said container is parallelepipedal.
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