EP0343047A1 - Poppbehälter zum Komprimieren - Google Patents

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EP0343047A1
EP0343047A1 EP89401316A EP89401316A EP0343047A1 EP 0343047 A1 EP0343047 A1 EP 0343047A1 EP 89401316 A EP89401316 A EP 89401316A EP 89401316 A EP89401316 A EP 89401316A EP 0343047 A1 EP0343047 A1 EP 0343047A1
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container
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Patrick Jean-Marie Ballu
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ACM CARUELLE SA
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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
    • B65D5/00—Rigid or semi-rigid containers of polygonal cross-section, e.g. boxes, cartons or trays, formed by folding or erecting one or more blanks made of paper
    • B65D5/20—Rigid or semi-rigid containers of polygonal cross-section, e.g. boxes, cartons or trays, formed by folding or erecting one or more blanks made of paper by folding-up portions connected to a central panel from all sides to form a container body, e.g. of tray-like form
    • B65D5/24—Rigid or semi-rigid containers of polygonal cross-section, e.g. boxes, cartons or trays, formed by folding or erecting one or more blanks made of paper by folding-up portions connected to a central panel from all sides to form a container body, e.g. of tray-like form with adjacent sides interconnected by gusset folds
    • B65D5/248—Rigid or semi-rigid containers of polygonal cross-section, e.g. boxes, cartons or trays, formed by folding or erecting one or more blanks made of paper by folding-up portions connected to a central panel from all sides to form a container body, e.g. of tray-like form with adjacent sides interconnected by gusset folds and at least one side being extended and doubled-over to enclose the adjacent gusset flaps
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B30—PRESSES
    • B30B—PRESSES IN GENERAL
    • B30B9/00—Presses specially adapted for particular purposes
    • B30B9/30—Presses specially adapted for particular purposes for baling; Compression boxes therefor
    • B30B9/3003—Details
    • B30B9/3032—Press boxes
    • 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
    • B65D5/00—Rigid or semi-rigid containers of polygonal cross-section, e.g. boxes, cartons or trays, formed by folding or erecting one or more blanks made of paper
    • B65D5/42—Details of containers or of foldable or erectable container blanks
    • B65D5/64—Lids
    • B65D5/68—Telescope flanged lids
    • Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y10—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC
    • Y10S—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y10S229/00—Envelopes, wrappers, and paperboard boxes
    • Y10S229/907—Trash box

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  • the present invention relates to a cardboard container for compaction and to a method of using this container.
  • the compacting of products includes the following operations: - placing a container open from above in a closed device called a compactor, - at least partial filling of the container with products to be compacted, - compression of the products with a hydraulic or electronic cylinder which lowers into the container a horizontal pressing plate, with a surface slightly smaller than that of the bottom of the container, until the volume of the products has been reduced, for example, a third of the initial volume, - deposit of new products on the compacted bed, followed by a new compacting, until the container is substantially full of compacted product.
  • the container is lined internally with a plastic bag before filling, and, at the end of the operation, the plastic bag is removed with the compacted mass which it contains.
  • the container is made of cardboard. It is fully lined with a plastic bag internally, but after compacting, the cardboard container is removed without removing the plastic bag, after having provided it with a cardboard cover.
  • the body of the container is produced in a conventional manner, from a blank which is folded, and glue or staple to form a rectangular cardboard tube provided with flaps which are fixed with adhesive strips to constitute the bottom. .
  • the object of the present invention is to provide a container which has the advantages of solidity and watertightness of a cardboard container lined with a plastic bag, without presenting the complications of use thereof, and of a low cost price. Student.
  • the invention therefore provides a cardboard compacting container, composed of a body and a lid, the body being formed by folding a single blank, and the lid being formed by folding another single blank, which has the particularity that the blank to form the body comprises a rectangular or square central panel to form the bottom, four front or side panels to form the sides, each connected to one side of the bottom by a fold line, and four panel d 'angle, each adjacent to two lateral sides and foldable on themselves along a diagonal passing through a top of the bottom panel, these corner panels comprising cutouts intended to constitute handles for handling the container after folding, the blank comprising in addition two foldable flaps on the outer edge of two opposite side panels, these flaps being intended to be folded around the handles to hold them against the side which carries the flap, and the blank to form the cover comprises a central panel of dimensions equal to or slightly smaller than that of the bottom panel of the container body, so as to be able to penetrate by force into said body, the central panel of the cover further bearing, on each of the two opposite sides, a fold
  • the special structure of the container with a bottom secured to the four sides and corner panels, means that no escape of liquids can take place as long as the container is intact and has suitable impermeability.
  • the container is made of waterproofed or plasticized cardboard on the outside and / or on the inside. Suitable grades of cartons are currently on the market.
  • the sides of the body which do not carry said flaps carry, on their edge opposite the bottom, second smaller flaps, intended to be folded inwards, and having projections intended to penetrate notches or holes of the cover after it has been pressed into the container, so as to lock said second flaps and said cover.
  • the cover has second flaps, intended to be inserted between the corresponding side and the second flap carried by this side, said holes in the cover intended to receive the projections of the second flaps on the sides of the body, being provided on or near the corresponding fold lines.
  • This arrangement has the result of further improving the sealing and inviolability of the closure of the cover without additional complication of use. At the same time, it increases the rigidity of the edges of the container body.
  • the invention further provides a method of using the container according to one of the preceding claims, comprising the following steps: - formation of the container body from a blank received flat, by folding the front and transverse panels, and formation of the handles with winding of the corresponding flaps, - introduction of the container body, opening at the top, and one of the handles forward, in a compacting machine comprising an enclosure limited by three vertical walls and a door, this door being arranged so as to be held firmly against a front wall of the container when the opposite front wall is in abutment on the bottom of the container, this compacting machine further comprising a presser device movable vertically and intended to carry out compaction, and at least one device capable of moving one of the side walls of the enclosure , - clamping of the container between the two side walls of the enclosure and between the door and the bottom of the enclosure, - introduction of products to be compacted into the container, followed by compacting of these products, these operations being repeated several times if necessary, - fitting the lid on the container, -
  • the advantage of the method is that the container already leaves the compacting enclosure, with reduced risks of contamination, in particular for personnel.
  • the side walls are separated from one another before removing the container from the enclosure, there is no risk of it being trapped and / or damaged.
  • the blank 1 intended to constitute the body of the container comprises, as can be seen in FIG. 1, a bottom panel 2, of rectangular shape, with two front sides 3, and two lateral sides 4, slightly larger than the front sides.
  • the sides 3 and 4 are formed by fold lines.
  • a front panel 5 intended to constitute a front wall of the container.
  • the front panel 5 is rectangular, it is limited, in addition to the fold line 3, by two lateral fold lines 6, which extend the lateral sides 4, and a front fold line 7, which faces the line 3.
  • the fold lines 3, 4 and 6 are designed for folding towards the center of the bottom panel 2, while fold line 7 is designed for folding in the opposite direction.
  • the panel 5 is extended, beyond the line 7, by two panels 8 and 9, the length of which, counted away from the bottom panel 2, is much shorter than that of the panel 5, but whose width , counted in the perpendicular direction, is the same as that of the panel 5.
  • the panel 8 has a length only equal to a few times the thickness of the cardboard from which the blank is made, while the panel 9 has a significantly greater length.
  • the panels 8 and 9 are separated by a fold line 10, arranged like line 7 for outward folding of the container to be formed.
  • the panel 9 is connected by a fold line 11, arranged in the same way as the fold line 10, to a flap 12, composed of three successive panels, 13, 14, 15, separated by fold lines 16, 17 , arranged in the same way as the fold line 11.
  • the flap 12, arranged in the middle of the width of the panel 9, itself has a width roughly equal to half of it.
  • the side panels 18, separated from the central bottom panel 2 by the fold line 4 have a length, counted away from the panel 2, which is equal to that of the front panels 5. They are limited, in addition to the line 4 , by two front fold lines 19, which extend the lateral sides 3, and a side fold line 20. Beyond the fold line 20, there is a flap 21, the outer edge of which comprises a series of projections 22 and 23, the use of which will be seen below.
  • the fold line 20 is designed for folding the flap 21 inwards, like the fold line 4.
  • corner panels 24 and 25 are separated by a fold line 26, which extends diagonally from one of the vertices of the bottom panel 2, that is to say the meeting point of lines 6 and 19.
  • the corner panels 24, 25 each have a general L-shape, that is to say that the diagonal fold line 26 does not not extend to the opposite angle of the square defined by lines 6 and 19, but gives way, in the middle of this square, to a substantially square notch itself, which defines in each of the panels 24, 25 a fairly wide tongue 27, 28, rectangular and which advances in the opposite direction to the respective fold line 19 or 6 over a length equal to half the width flap 12.
  • Figure 2 shows the folding principle for obtaining the container body.
  • the two front panels 5 and the two side panels 18 are raised simultaneously.
  • This movement causes the corner panels 25 and 24 to be folded along the fold line 26.
  • the lines folding 6 and 19 are in opposite directions, and designed so that all of the corner panels 24 and 25 are folded over the face of the panel 5 which is outside relative to the center of the container.
  • the extensions 27 become horizontal, to constitute handles primers.
  • the flap 12 surrounds the two extensions 27, 28 to constitute the handle itself.
  • the blank 30 intended to constitute the cover is of simpler shape, it comprises a central panel 31, of rectangular shape, of dimensions slightly slightly smaller than those of the bottom panel 2, to take account of the thickness of the carton. Indeed, the lid must be able to enter the container once mounted.
  • the panel 31 is limited by front fold lines 32, and side fold lines 33, all designed to allow the adjacent panels to be folded inwards, as if to form the bottom of a new container. Beyond the fold line 32 is a front panel 34, of length, mounted away from the panel 31, significantly weaker than that of the latter.
  • the panel 34 is extended by a flap 35, which comprises four panels 36, 37, 38, 39, arranged in the middle of the panel 34, but of width approximately half thereof.
  • the flap 36 is connected to the panel 34 by a fold line 40, oriented in the opposite direction to the fold line 32, and the various panels 36, 37, 38 and 39 are separated from each other by fold lines. 41, 42, 43, all in the same direction as the fold line 40.
  • the length of the panel 37 is approximately equal to that of the panel 9 of the blank 1, increased by twice the thickness of the carton.
  • the length of the panels 36 and 38 is equal to a few times the thickness of the cardboard.
  • the fold line 33 is bordered by a panel 44, the same length as the panel 34. Along the fold line 33, there are provided in the panel 31 perforations 45, in a number equal to that of the projections 22 of the panel 21 of the blank 1. Indeed, the projections 22 are intended to penetrate into these perforations.
  • Figure 4 shows the formation of the handle, after fitting the cover.
  • the flap 35 of the cover is wound around the flap 12 of the container body, and strengthens the handle. If we examine in more detail the structure thereof, as shown in Figure 4, we see that it includes a central core formed by the two extensions 27 and 28, surrounded by the panels 8, 9, 13, 14 and 15 of the container body, themselves surrounded by the panels 36, 37, 38 and 39 of the cover.
  • the deformation of the panel 5 of the container body which, being in a single thickness, can be pushed back enough to allow the hand to be introduced under the handle.
  • Figure 5 is a section in a direction perpendicular to that of Figure 4, showing the structure of an upper side edge of the container, the cover being in place.
  • the panel 21 linked to the panel 18 is folded over the panel 44 linked to the central panel 31 of the cover, and the projections 22 penetrate into the perforations 45, for blocking.
  • the cover cannot go upwards because it is retained by the panel 21 all along the lateral side, and it cannot sink downwards because it is held by its flap 35, cooperating with the flap 12. A solid obturation is therefore obtained, and practically sealed.
  • a simple way of operating may consist in providing them each with a tongue 46, 47, each having a slot 48, 49, these slots being arranged so that each tab can be retained by the slot of the other, the flaps being folded over the top of the cover.
  • FIGS. 6 to 10 The method of using the containers according to the invention is illustrated in FIGS. 6 to 10.
  • a compacting apparatus, or compactor 50 contains an enclosure in the form of a parallelepiped, with a bottom 51, two side walls 52, 53 of which at least one is movable, a fixed rear wall and a front wall comprising a lower door 54 , shown in phantom in Figure 6, for the entry and exit of the container and an upper door 55, also shown in phantom in Figure 6, for the introduction of products to be compacted.
  • the top of the compactor is provided with a horizontal pressure plate 56, of dimension very slightly smaller than that of the interior of the container, and which can be lowered using a jack 57.
  • Figure 6 shows the establishment of the container R previously mounted. To facilitate the introduction, a side wall 52 is spaced from the other wall 53. The container R is introduced with a handle in front.
  • the side wall 52 is then brought closer to the wall 53 which faces it, and the door 54 is closed.
  • the container is then very close to or in contact with the four vertical walls which surround it.
  • Products to be compacted are then introduced through the upper door 55, and the presser plate 56 is lowered to compact, see FIG. 7.
  • the walls of the container undergo only a very slight outward bulging, due to the proximity of the vertical walls.
  • the cover C is placed on the container R, see FIG. 8, then the presser plate 56 is lowered once again, see FIG. 9, which has the effect of pressing the cover C until the second flaps 44 of the cover pass below the second flaps 21 of the container.
  • the pressure plate rises, the elasticity of the compacted products pushes the cover C upwards, which has the effect of passing the flaps 44 of the cover between the side 18 of the container and the corresponding flap 21, as indicated in the Figure 5.
  • the projections 22 enter the holes 45, so that the cover is blocked in the container.
  • the handles will then be reinforced by winding the flaps 35, in accordance with FIG. 4.

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