DE29716744U1 - Transport and sales container - Google Patents

Description

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Dipl.-Ing. Bernd Sonnet*

Dipl.-Ing. Jochen-Peter Wirths "™ ^hrift: _{&Lgr; R}

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* Authorized by the European Patent Office 42275 Wuppertal-Barmen

Ostriga, Sonnet & Wirths · PO Box 20 16 53 · D-42216 Wuppertal

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Applicant: Werner Freiburg GmbH & Co KG

Blumenstr. 31-33

57413 Finnentrop

Designation

of the invention: transport and sales container

0 The invention relates to a transport and sales container made of a one-piece, foldable blank made of cardboard or the like for holding objects, with two chambers at least partially separated from each other by a partition wall, with a common cover part with a slot area arranged therein, separate side walls and base parts and at least one extension arranged on the partition wall which passes through the cover part.

Transport and sales containers are known in many variations. A folding box for transporting and returning bottles is described, for example, in DE-AS 22 38 011. The assembled folding box comprises two chambers separated from one another by a web or partition. The web has a handle on the top and is initially connected to one of the two base parts on the bottom via perforation lines. To carry the folding box, the web is pulled through the top part with the handle facing upwards so that

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the perforation lines on the bottom tear and the web is now loosely located inside the folding box. The carrying function is essentially achieved by the middle web hitting the underside of the cover part with its upper narrow side when the handle is pulled. Since these contact surfaces are relatively small and the web is loosely located inside the carrying container, transporting heavy objects can prove problematic. In addition, the folding box is not very stable.
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Furthermore, the two halves of the base of this folding box have to be glued together using an adhesive tab. However, this is relatively complex and creates an additional weak point in the area of the glue.
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The invention is therefore based on the object of creating a transport and sales container of the type presupposed in the preamble of claim 1, which is stable and for which no gluing is necessary.
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The invention solves this problem with the features of claim 1, in particular with the features of the characterizing part, according to which the intermediate wall is formed by two wall regions which are arranged in one piece and in a material-locking manner on the base parts and which lie opposite one another in the assembled state, and each wall region has an extension which passes through the ceiling part.

The main advantage of the invention is that by forming the partition wall through two wall areas and the respective connection of the wall areas to the floor parts, a significantly improved frictional connection between the floor parts and

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Ceiling part is created. The weight of the objects arranged in the two chambers acting on the floor parts is no longer, as in the prior art, exclusively directed to the ceiling part via the side walls, but is also transferred to the ceiling part via the wall areas of the partition wall and the slot area. Each of the two separate chambers therefore has two side walls that connect the respective floor part with the ceiling part.

The inventive design of the folding box means that gluing is no longer necessary, so that small series of such transport and sales containers can be produced to suit customer requirements without the need for a gluing machine. This enables cost-effective production. The blanks can be stored and transported flat to save space and can then be easily assembled by hand if necessary.

Further advantages of the invention emerge from the subclaims and from the following description of the figures based on an exemplary embodiment. The figures show:

Fig. 1 is a view of a blank for a transport and sales container according to the invention, and

Fig. 2 is a perspective view of an assembled transport and sales container.

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Fig. 1 shows a transport and sales container, designated in its entirety by 10, as a one-piece cut in a flat state before assembly. It comprises a centrally arranged cover part 11 with a slot area 12, side walls 13 arranged on both sides of the cover part 11, and base parts 14. Wall areas 15 are connected to the base parts 14, which form the intermediate wall 16 when the transport and sales container 10 is assembled.

The wall areas 15 have extensions 17 on their side facing away from the cover part 11, which in the embodiment are designed as carrying handles. These reach through the slot area 12 in the cover part 11 when the transport and sales container 10 is assembled.

The top part 11, the side walls 13, the bottom parts 14, the wall areas 15 and the extensions 17 are arranged one behind the other in the longitudinal direction L of the blank and separated from one another by creasing lines 19a to 19e. These creasing lines 19 run in the transverse direction Q transverse to the longitudinal axis L.

Two end walls 20 are arranged on both sides of the ceiling part 11 in the transverse direction Q. The width of the end walls 2 0 corresponds to the width of the ceiling part 11, so that each end wall 2 0 in the assembled state represents a common end wall 20 for both chambers 18 of the transport and sales container 10.

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The side walls 13, the wall areas 15 and the end walls 20 each have tongue-like tabs 21, which are inserted into the respective chamber 18 during assembly of the transport and sales container 10 to hold the folded-down walls 3, 15, 20.

To erect the transport and sales container, the blank is folded along the scoring lines 19 by approx. 90°. The carrying handles 17 are inserted through the slot 12 so that they reach through the cover part 11. The respective walls 13, 15, 20 are then secured in the upright position by inserting their tabs 21 into the chambers 13. In the assembled state (Fig. 2), the base parts 14 are parallel to the cover part 11, the side walls 13 are parallel to the wall areas 15 and the end walls 20 are parallel to each other.

In the embodiment, two window-like cutouts 22 are provided, each of which overlaps the groove line 19a between the cover part 11 and the side wall 13. The cutout 22 can be closed by a transparent viewing window, for example made of plastic film, which is attached to the transport and sales container 10 from the inside of the chamber 18. By leaving such a cutout 22, possibly in conjunction with a viewing window, an observer can gain a view into the chamber 18 and see which objects are in the chambers 18. Any objects, for example towels, bottles or the like, can be accommodated in the chambers. The transport and sales container 10 is therefore also suitable as gift packaging, particularly when its outer surface is designed.

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Advantageously, the slot 12 is arranged centrally on the cover part 11. In this way, the carrying handles 17 are mounted close to the center of gravity of the system, which has chambers 18 of approximately the same size. The user can easily transport the transport and sales container 10 safely.

The carrying handles 17 can each be folded away from one another along the groove line 19d, 2.B. In this way, they can be folded against the top of the cover part 11 after reaching through the slot 12. In this way, several transport and sales containers can be easily stacked on top of one another.

In the connection areas near the outer edge between the end walls 2 0 and the associated tongue-like tabs 21, incisions 2 3 can be provided to facilitate assembly.

The filling of the transport and sales container 10 can, for example, take place during assembly, before the end walls 20 with their associated tabs 21 are inserted into the chambers 18. However, if the transport and sales container is already fully assembled, only one end wall 20 needs to be opened. The filling can then take place from one end in the transverse direction Q of the container 10. The end wall 20 then only needs to be closed.

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No gluing is necessary to fully assemble the transport and sales container 10. Assembly is simply carried out by folding the corresponding wall areas. Small series can therefore be produced cost-effectively without the need for a packaging machine or a gluing machine.

By reinforcing the container in the middle or by having two partition walls, the transport and sales container 10 is self-supporting and extremely stable. This makes it possible to easily create a one-piece and stable package that can be stacked on top of one another even if the separate chambers 18 are only partially filled or do not support the products contained in the chambers 18 themselves.

Claims (10)

Werner Freiburg GmbH &*Co*JCS· Claims 1. Transport and sales container (10) made from a one-piece, foldable blank made of cardboard or the like for holding objects, with two chambers (18) at least partially separated from one another by an intermediate wall (16), with a common cover part (11) with a slot area (12) arranged therein, separate side walls (13) and base parts (14) and at least one extension (17) arranged on the intermediate wall (16) which reaches through the cover part (11), characterized in that the intermediate wall (16) is formed by two wall areas (15) which are each arranged in a one-piece, material-locking manner on the base parts (14) and lie opposite one another in the assembled state, and that each wall area (15) has an extension (17) which reaches through the cover part (11). 2. Container according to claim 1, characterized in that the wall areas (15) completely separate two chambers (18) from each other. 3. Container according to claim 1 or 2, characterized in that the blank in the direction of its longitudinal axis (L) comprises, successively on both sides of a central section for the ceiling part (11), side sections for the side walls (13), floor sections for the floor parts (14) and, in extension of the floor parts (14), the wall areas (15) for the intermediate wall (16) with the extensions (17). Werner Freiburg GmbH &IO5*KQ* &Idigr; &bull;&diams; · · 4. Container according to claim 3, characterized in that the sections are separated from one another by groove lines (19) running transversely to the longitudinal axis (L). 5. Container according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the extensions are designed as carrying handles (17). 6. Container according to claim 5, characterized in that the carrying handles (17) cover the slot (12) in the cover (11) take action together. 7. Container according to claim 6, characterized in that for stacking several containers (10) the carrying handles (17) can be folded down against the top of the cover (11). 8. Container according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that in the direction of the transverse axis (Q) 0 wall areas are provided on both sides of the central section which form the end walls (20) of the chambers (18). 9. Container according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that at least one window-like cutout (22) is provided in at least one wall. 10. Container according to claim 9, characterized in that at least one window-like cutout (22) overlaps the groove line (19a) between the cover (11) and a side wall (13). Werner Freiburg GmbH &;C£?'iC<2i !*..:.%·! »' -lO- ll. Container according to claim 9, characterized in that the punched-out portion (22) is covered by a transparent film.