EP0446601B1 - Shaped article - Google Patents

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The invention is based on a shaped body made of material blanks with upwardly open receiving chambers formed by forming longitudinal webs and transverse webs with an angle with respect to one another, in particular for confectionery products such as chocolates or the like, in which at least in a basic blank by folding Two mutually adjacent longitudinal fold lines with a longitudinal fold line spacing from one another are formed, and longitudinal webs with a longitudinal web spacing are formed in a support cut by folding by at least two mutually adjacent transverse fold lines with a transverse fold line spacing to one another and having a cross web spacing.

Sorting inserts, especially for chocolates, are known in many forms. They are preferably made from white, colored or chocolate-brown plastic film, namely from polypropylene or from polyvinyl chloride. Such a known sorting insert consists of deep-drawn plastic film, into which cup-like depressions are formed and which serves to receive praline pieces which can be used in these recesses with or without cup-like coverings (DE-PS 31 53 197).

The sorting inserts of praline packs or confectionery packs, like the entire pack, are no longer used after consumption of the confectionery, but as Considered waste. Theoretically, it is possible to reuse, in particular, the sorting inserts made of plastic films, but this possibility has not yet been realized.

However, it should be seen as a problem that the sorting inserts previously made of polypropylene or polyvinyl chloride or other plastics are now being disposed of as so-called domestic waste, where they ultimately end up in landfills or are incinerated where the environmental problems usually associated with plastic film arise.

Shaped bodies, for example from cardboard blanks, have also already been produced, in which longitudinal and transverse webs which are perpendicular to one another are formed on a base area, as a result of which upwardly open receiving chambers are formed by the longitudinal and transverse webs. Such moldings with vertical and transverse webs to the base have also been used as sorting trays for confectionery, however their use for packaging confectionery has hitherto been opposed to the fact that it has not previously been possible to produce them from a uniform cut and that in particular the material weight, for example With regard to use in a chocolate box, was a disadvantage. In addition, it is not possible to punch such shaped articles as a sorting insert from a material blank and to use a thin film or paper for this purpose.

From FR-A-10 75 869 a molded body is known which has material cuts and with training is provided by longitudinal webs and transverse webs which are at an angle to one another and are formed on a base surface and have upwardly open receiving chambers. This is formed in a basic cut by folding by at least two mutually adjacent longitudinal fold lines that have a longitudinal fold line spacing from one another and having longitudinal web spacing from one another, and in support cuts by folding by at least two mutually adjacent transverse fold lines that have a transverse fold line spacing from one another and having a cross web spacing from one another .

The invention is therefore based on the object to provide a shaped body of the type mentioned in such a way that it can be produced from an environmentally friendly material which is not associated with the disadvantages of plastic films, but which at the same time meets the requirements for such a sorting purpose is justified, since the formation of suitable receiving chambers must be ensured without great expenditure of material, and which allows the use of a material that shows no interactions with the stored confectionery.

To solve this problem, a molded body of the type mentioned is proposed, in which is that the longitudinal webs are either spaced apart from one another or have a longitudinal web angle, that the transverse webs to one another have either the transverse web spacing or a transverse web angle and that in the support blank of multiple times the width of the longitudinal web spacing from the transverse webs there is a right angle and / or parallel to the Longitudinal web penetration incisions which extend along longitudinal webs and which have an incision spacing or an incision angle with respect to one another are formed, the support blank being placed on the basic blank in the case of longitudinal web penetration incisions penetrated by the longitudinal webs of the basic blank.

The use of paper, in particular of fat-repellent papers such as glassine paper, in the field of confectionery packaging is known per se. Chocolates or other confectionery in confectionery packaging are often packaged in such a way that the individual pieces are inserted into capsules, which consist of round glassine paper sections which have a bent, folded edge. These glassine sections are mostly colored chocolate brown, as is the often used corrugated paper arranged in the bottom of a box of chocolates. However, in the known designs, glassine paper of this type has almost no elasticity and also no plastic deformability.

However, in order to produce a sorting insert, it has previously been necessary to deform it from a blank, for example by deep drawing.

With the solution given above, it has now become possible, using, for example, a paper blank or a thin metal foil, to form such a shaped body by folding or pleating along certain fold lines in such a way that, with an extremely low material weight, a dimensionally stable shaped body is produced which has all the properties of sorting inserts previously produced by deep drawing. The use of glassine paper has the advantage that the molded body is fat-repellent and shows no interactions with stored food. The use of a metal foil also has the advantage that a tasteless and color-coordinated molded body can be created that is very dimensionally stable.

There are various options available for creating the shaped body from the material blank, i.e. With regard to the basic cut and the support cut, differently manufactured material cuts made of different materials can also be used to form the shaped body, provided that they have the features according to the invention.

According to a preferred embodiment, it is provided that each longitudinal web by folding around the longitudinal fold lines and around a longitudinal web center line lying between two longitudinal fold lines and running in the longitudinal web longitudinal direction is folded to form an approximately rectangular longitudinal web cross section with approximately parallel longitudinal web side walls. This makes it possible to make optimal use of a base area, since the narrow longitudinal webs between the longitudinal webs result in an optimally large receiving area. In connection with a further preferred embodiment, according to which it is provided that each cross bar is folded by folding around the cross fold lines and around a cross bar center line lying between two cross fold lines and running in the longitudinal direction of the cross bar to form an approximately rectangular cross bar cross section with approximately parallel cross bar side walls possible to create receiving chambers with vertical and mutually perpendicular side walls between the longitudinal and transverse webs, which provide a large receiving volume, whereby in a further embodiment angular receiving chambers are created in which the angle of the side walls to each other from the angle delta between the longitudinal webs and the angle gamma between the crosspieces can be determined.

According to a further preferred embodiment it is provided that each longitudinal web is folded by folding around the longitudinal fold lines and about a longitudinal web center line lying between two longitudinal fold lines and running in the longitudinal web longitudinal direction, forming an approximately triangular longitudinal web cross section with longitudinal web side walls having an angle alpha to one another. In this embodiment, the longitudinal webs have an approximately triangular cross section, so that the longitudinal web side walls are arranged at an angle. In particular in connection with a further preferred embodiment, according to which it is provided that each Quersted is folded by folding around the transverse fold lines and around a transverse crosspiece center line lying in each case between two transverse fold lines and extending in the transverse web to form an approximately triangular crosspiece cross section with transverse web side walls having an angle beta with one another , Recording chambers are created which expand upwards, so that the filling, for example of chocolates, is facilitated, but also the removal of an inserted chocolate is significantly favored, since the access is made considerably easier by this funnel-shaped shape of each receiving opening. The angle of the longitudinal web side walls and thus of the triangular longitudinal web cross section can be adjusted as desired, it is not necessary for the longitudinal web cross section to have the same angle as the cross web cross section, but it is also possible to use longitudinal webs with a triangular longitudinal web cross section with cross webs with a rectangular cross web cross section and vice versa to combine what depends only on the desired shape of the resulting receiving chamber.

However, there are also advantageously other setting options, namely by choosing the longitudinal fold line spacing in relation to the transverse fold line spacing. If, for example, different fold line spacings are selected for the same cross-sectional shapes of the transverse webs and the longitudinal webs, then the longitudinal webs and the transverse webs result in different heights, so that, for example, the transverse webs can be made lower or higher than the longitudinal webs. The respective higher webs can then be used to carry a cover film, a cover or the like. be provided. However, it is advantageously also possible to design different heights by appropriately selecting the fold line spacing from one another, even with different cross-sectional shapes of the longitudinal webs and the transverse webs. The specific desired shape of the shaped body can therefore be adjusted individually by the choice of the longitudinal fold line and cross fold line spacing and the choice of the longitudinal web and cross web spacing. It is then only necessary to provide appropriate longitudinal web penetration incisions which are to be adapted in their longitudinal extension and in their geometric shape to the shape and the desired penetration through the longitudinal webs. When the support blank is folded, the longitudinal web penetration incisions run parallel and at the same distance from one another as the longitudinal webs in the basic cut, so that the longitudinal webs are inserted from below into the longitudinal web engaging incisions when the support blank is placed on them and are inserted through and at least in the area between the cross bars of the support blank take action, so to speak. If the transverse webs are chosen to be smaller in height than the longitudinal webs by appropriate selection of the influencing variables, then the longitudinal webs penetrate the support blank also in the area of the transverse webs, the longitudinal web penetration incisions then both in the area of the support sections as well as in the region of the transverse webs are to be provided continuously parallel to a longitudinal web, so that there is an equal number of longitudinal web penetration incisions and of longitudinal webs.

The same possibilities also arise if, according to a further preferred embodiment, it is provided that each longitudinal web is folded by folding around the longitudinal fold lines to form a hemispherical or semi-elliptical longitudinal web cross section with curved longitudinal web side walls, whereby according to. Another further preferred embodiment can be provided that each longitudinal web is folded by folding around the transverse fold lines to form a semicircular or semi-elliptical cross-web cross-section with curved cross-web side walls. This results in particularly easy-to-grip longitudinal and transverse webs with a cylindrical outer surface, which is particularly advantageous for filling the molded body and for removal.

According to a further preferred embodiment it can be provided that the basic blank is placed on a base plate corresponding to the external dimensions of the basic blank in the folded, ie finished state, and is connected to it in a fixed or detachable manner. This base plate can be a further material blank, for example made of paper, in which case it is advantageously to be provided that the base blank with the corresponding contact surfaces with the material blank serving as the base plate is glued. In connection with the folding of the basic blank, this results in a very stable body, which has substantially greater material strength than was previously the case with bodies thermoformed from plastic film (with the same amount of material). An extremely solid molded body is obtained by the blank to be placed on top.

It can advantageously be provided that the basic blank is formed in one piece with the support blank. Both blanks are then folded in the form according to the invention and the longitudinal web penetration incisions are made, whereupon a fold is made in the area of a fold line to be provided in the connection region of the two blanks in such a way that the support blank can be placed on the basic blank in the case of longitudinal web penetration incisions penetrated by the longitudinal webs of the basic blank. As a result, the production of the shaped body can take place in a continuous, simple work process, with additional stiffening and stability improvement being achieved, for example, when using paper.

It is preferably provided that the material blank forming the shaped body consists of a grease-repellent paper, in particular a parchment, parchment replacement or parchment paper, cardboard, cardboard or corrugated cardboard, a metal foil, in particular an aluminum foil laminated on paper, or an environmentally friendly plastic film . Due to the selected shape, too an inherently unstable material such as paper or the like. be used because the shape leads to great strength. In addition, a relatively thin material can be used in the inherently stable and stronger materials, so that an environmentally friendly plastic material is also used.

It can advantageously also be provided that the receiving sections of the support blank, but also additionally the corresponding receiving sections of the basic blank, are provided with a surface profile in order to facilitate the storage, loading and removal of the confectionery. For example, it is possible to carry out wave profiling here in order to keep the contact area between the confectionery and the blank small. Advantageously, the resulting side walls of the receiving chambers can also be designed in a corresponding manner by profiling the basic blank and / or the support blank.

Further advantageous refinements and developments of the invention are characterized in the subclaims.

• Fig. 1 in einer schaubildlichen Teildarstellung einen aus einem Grundzuschnitt und einem Auflagezuschnitt zusammengesetzten Formkörper,
• Fig. 2 in einer schaubildlichen Ansicht bei vom Grundzuschnitt abgehobenen Auflagezuschnitt den Formkörper gem. Fig. 1,
• Fig. 3 in einer Ansicht von oben den Grundzuschnitt des Formkörpers gem. Fig.1 in ungefaltetem Zustand,
• Fig. 4 in einer Ansicht von oben den Auflagezuschnitt des Formkörpers gem. Fig.1 in ungefaltetem Zustand,
• Fig. 5 in einer schaubildlichen Teildarstellung eine weitere Ausführungsform aus einem Grundzuschnitt und einem Auflagezuschnitt zusammengesetzten Formkörper,
• Fig. 6 in einer schaubildlichen Ansicht bei vom Grundzuschnitt abgehobenen Auflagezuschnitt den Formkörper gem. Fig. 5,
• Fig. 7 in einer Ansicht von oben den Grundzuschnitt des Formkörpers gem. Fig.5,
• Fig. 8 in einer Ansicht von oben den Auflagezuschnitt des Formkörpers gem. Fig.5,
• Fig. 9 in einer schaubildlichen Teildarstellung eine weitere Ausführungsform aus einem Grundzuschnitt und einem Auflagezuschnitt zusammengesetzten Formkörper,
• Fig. 10 in einer schaubildlichen Ansicht bei vom Grundzuschnitt abgehobenen Auflagezuschnitt den Formkörper gem. Fig.9,
• Fig. 11 in einer Ansicht von oben den Grundzuschnitt des Formkörpers gem. Fig.9,
• Fig. 12 in einer Ansicht von oben den Auflagezuschnitt des Formkörpers gem. Fig.9,
• Fig. 13 in einer schaubildlichen Ansicht einen Formkörper in einer vollständigen Darstellung und auf eine Grundplatte aufgesetzt,
• Fig. 14 in einer schaubildlichen Ansicht den in einen Schachtelkarton eingesetzten Zustand,
• Fig. 15 in einer schaubildlichen Teildarstellung einen aus einem Grundzuschnitt und einem Auflagezuschnitt zusammengesetzten Formkörper,
• Fig. 16 in einer schaubildlichen Ansicht bei vom Grundzuschnitt abgehobenen Auflagezuschnitt den Formkörper gem. Fig. 15,
• Fig. 17 in einer Ansicht von oben den Grundzuschnitt des Formkörpers gem. Fig. 15 in ungefaltetem Zustand, und
• Fig. 18 in einer Ansicht von oben den Auflagezuschnitt des Formkörpers gem. Fig. 15 in ungefaltetem Zustand.

Embodiments of the invention are explained below with reference to the drawing. They show in purely schematic representations

• 1 is a diagrammatic partial representation of a molded body composed of a basic blank and a support blank,
• Fig. 2 in a diagrammatic view with the base blank lifted from the basic blank, the shaped body according to FIG. Fig. 1,
• Fig. 3 in a view from above, the basic cut of the molded body according to. Fig. 1 in the unfolded state,
• Fig. 4 in a view from above the support blank of the molded body according to. Fig. 1 in the unfolded state,
• 5 shows a diagrammatic partial representation of a further embodiment composed of a basic blank and a support blank composed of molded bodies,
• Fig. 6 in a diagrammatic view with the support blank lifted from the basic blank, the shaped body according to FIG. Fig. 5,
• Fig. 7 in a view from above, the basic cut of the shaped body according to. Fig. 5,
• Fig. 8 in a view from above, the support blank of the molded body acc. Fig. 5,
• 9 is a diagrammatic partial representation of a further embodiment composed of a basic blank and a support blank composed of shaped bodies,
• Fig. 10 in a diagrammatic view with the support blank lifted from the basic blank, the shaped body according to FIG. Fig. 9,
• Fig. 11 in a view from above, the basic cut of the shaped body according to. Fig. 9,
• Fig. 12 in a view from above the support blank of the molded body according to. Fig. 9,
• 13 is a perspective view of a molded body in a complete representation and placed on a base plate,
• 14 is a perspective view of the state inserted in a box,
• 15 is a diagrammatic partial representation of a molded body composed of a basic blank and a support blank,
• 16 is a diagrammatic view of the molded article according to FIG. Fig. 15
• Fig. 17 in a view from above, the basic cut of the shaped body according to. 15 in the unfolded state, and
• Fig. 18 in a view from above the support blank of the molded body according to. Fig. 15 in the unfolded state.

In FIG. 1, a shaped body is designated 100, which consists of a material blank 10, the manufacture of which is explained with reference to FIGS. 2 to 4. The material blank has spaced apart Longitudinal webs 11, 12, 13 which intersect with cross webs 14, 15 which are also spaced apart from one another. This creates receiving chambers 16 which are delimited by four side walls 16a, 16b, 16c, 16d, the receiving chamber 17 being delimited in the edge region in the absence of an end wall by three side walls 17a, 17b, 17c and being open on one side. The receiving chambers 16, 17 are open at the top for inserting and removing confectionery, in particular chocolates. For the sake of clarity, the material cut is only partially shown, a complete embodiment being shown in FIG. 13, which will be explained later.

The structure of such a shaped body 100 will be explained below with reference to FIGS. 2 to 4. The material blank 10 consists of a support blank 40 placed on the basic blank 20 (FIG. 2). On the basic blank 20, longitudinal folding lines 21, 23, 24, 26, 27, 29, which have a spacing A and run in a longitudinal direction L, are indicated, between each of which a longitudinal web center line 22, 25, 27 is drawn. When the basic blank 20 is fully folded, this longitudinal web center line 22, 25, 27 is in each case in a longitudinal web central plane and forms a ridge line of the respective web. It is therefore to be understood as the center line in the unfolded basic blank 20. The longitudinal webs 11, 12, 13 are formed by folding by two fold lines 21, 23, 24, 26, 27, 29 and the longitudinal web center lines 22, 25, 27 in a corresponding manner, which then have the longitudinal web distance B from one another and in Longitudinal direction L run. In the side Edge regions of the basic blank 20, of which only one is shown, a further fold line 30 is then provided, around which an end wall 30a can be unfolded, to which a horizontal wall 32 is connected via a further fold line 31. The peripheral edge region is formed from the horizontal wall 32 to create the finished molded body 100, for which purpose the basic blank 20 is provided with a projection tab 32a.

By folding the basic blank 20 around the longitudinal fold lines 21, 22, 24, 26, 27, 29 and around the longitudinal web center lines 22; 25; 27 running between the longitudinal fold lines in the longitudinal web longitudinal direction, the longitudinal webs 33, 34, 35, 36 run approximately parallel to one another ; 37,38, through which an approximately rectangular longitudinal cross-section is defined.

The support blank 40 has mutually adjacent transverse fold lines 41, 43, 44, 46, which have a transverse fold line spacing C to one another and run in a transverse direction Q perpendicular to the longitudinal direction L, between each of which a transverse web center line 42, 45 is drawn. In the fully folded support blank 40, this crossbar center line 42, 45 is in each case in a crossbar center plane and forms a ridge line of the respective crossbar. It is therefore to be understood as the center line in the unfolded support blank 40. By folding by two fold lines 41, 43; 44, 46 and around the crosspiece center lines 42; 45 as fold lines in a corresponding manner, the crosspieces 14, 15 are formed, which then have the crosspiece spacing D from one another have and run in the transverse direction Q. In the lateral edge regions of the support blank 40, of which only the upper edge region is shown, a further fold line 47 is then provided, around which a closing wall 47a can be folded, to which a horizontal wall 49 is connected via a further fold line 48, the horizontal walls being connected 49 and complete the horizontal walls 32 to form a peripheral edge.

By folding the support blank 40 around the transverse folding lines 41, 43, 44, 46 and around the transverse web center lines 42, 44 lying between the transverse folding lines and running in the longitudinal direction of the transverse web, the transverse webs have approximately transverse web side walls 52, 53; 54, 55 through which a Rectangular cross-bar cross-section Q1 is defined, as indicated by detail A in FIG.

In the support blank 40, the longitudinal web penetration incisions 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65 provided for the penetration through the longitudinal webs 11, 12, 13 and having an incision distance E from one another are provided, the longitudinal web penetration incisions 61, 64 between the two cross webs 14, 15 each in the area of a side wall 53, 54 of the respective cross piece 14, 15 and in the receiving section 50 arranged between these cross pieces 14, 15 and each longitudinal bar penetration cut 60, 62, 63, 65 in the area between a respective cross piece 15 and an end wall 47a extends in the region of the side wall 55 of the crosspiece 15 and in the region of the end wall 47a and in the arrangement between the crosspiece and the end wall Receiving section 51, the end wall to be assigned to the longitudinal web penetrating incisions 60, 65 not being shown in FIG. 4, the longitudinal web penetrating incision 60, 65 ending with the receiving section 51 in the case of a molded body which is open on one side. In this embodiment, the longitudinal web penetration cuts 61-65 have the shape of a narrow slot with semicircular end regions 60a, 60b. The incision distance E corresponds to the longitudinal web distance B.

Between each two longitudinal web penetration incisions 61, 62 adjacent in the longitudinal direction L, a narrow material web 75 free of incisions is formed in the region of the transverse web center line 42 as a connecting region. When the support blank 40 is placed on the basic blank 20, this material web 75 of the transverse crosspiece 15 then rides on the corresponding longitudinal web 12 of the basic blank 20. These material webs between the longitudinal web penetration incisions can then be omitted and a plurality of longitudinal web penetration incisions can be made continuously if the fully folded transverse web is in height should be smaller than the one or more longitudinal webs assigned to it, so that the longitudinal webs then pass completely through the crossbar.

5 shows a shaped body with 200, which consists of a material blank 110, the manufacture of which is explained with reference to FIGS. 6 to 8. The material blank has longitudinal webs 111, 112, 113 which are spaced apart from one another and which intersect with transverse webs 114, 115 which are likewise spaced apart from one another. This creates receiving chambers 116, which by four side walls 116a, 116b, 116c, 116d are delimited, the receiving chamber 117 being delimited in the edge region in the absence of an end wall by three side walls 117a, 117b, 117c and being open on one side. The receiving chambers 116, 117 are open at the top for the insertion and removal of confectionery, in particular chocolates. The material blank 110 is also only partially shown for reasons of clarity.

The structure of such a shaped body 200 will be explained below with reference to FIGS. 2 to 4. The material blank 110 consists of a support blank 140 placed on the basic blank 20 (FIG. 6). On the basic blank 120, longitudinal folding lines 121, 122, 124, 126, 127, 129, which have a spacing A and run in a longitudinal direction L, are indicated, between each of which a longitudinal web center line 122, 125, 127 is drawn. When the basic blank 20 is folded, this longitudinal web center line 122, 125, 127 is in each case in a longitudinal web central plane and forms a ridge line of the respective web. It is therefore to be understood as the center line in the unfolded basic blank 120. By folding by two fold lines 121, 123; 124, 126; 127, 129 and around the longitudinal web center lines 122; 125; 127 as fold lines in a corresponding manner, the longitudinal webs 111, 112, 113 are formed, which then have the longitudinal web distance B from one another and run in the longitudinal direction L in the lateral edge areas of the basic blank 120 , of which only one is shown, a further folding line 130 is then provided, around which an end wall 130a can be unfolded, against which a horizontal wall is connected via a further folding line 131 132 connects. The peripheral edge area is formed from the horizontal wall 132 to create the finished molded body 200, for which purpose the basic blank 120 is provided with a protruding flap 132a.

By folding the basic blank 120 around the longitudinal fold lines 121, 122, 124, 126, 127, 129 and around the longitudinal web center lines 122, 125, 127 running in the longitudinal web longitudinal direction between the longitudinal fold lines, the longitudinal webs have longitudinal web sidewalls 133, 134; 135, 136; 137, 138 forming an angle alpha (FIG. 5) to one another rectangular longitudinal cross-section is defined.

The support blank 140 has mutually adjacent transverse fold lines 141, 143, 144, 146, which have a transverse fold line spacing C to one another and run in a transverse direction Q perpendicular to the longitudinal direction L, between each of which a transverse web center line 142, 145 is drawn. In the fully folded support blank 140, this crossbar center line 142, 145 is in each case in a crossbar center plane and forms a ridge line of the respective crossbar. It is therefore to be understood as the center line in the unfolded support blank 140. Folding by two fold lines 141, 143; 144, 146 at a distance C from one another and around the crosspiece center lines 142; 145 as fold lines in a corresponding manner forms the crosspieces 114, 115, which then have the crosspiece spacing D from one another and run in the transverse direction Q. A further fold line 147 is then provided in the lateral edge regions of the support blank 140, of which only the upper edge region is shown, around the an end wall 147a can be unfolded, to which a horizontal wall 149 is connected via a further fold line 148, the horizontal walls 149 and the horizontal walls 132 complementing one another to form a running edge.

By folding the support blank 140 around the transverse folding lines 141, 143, 144, 146 and around the transverse web center lines 142, 144 which lie between the transverse folding lines and extend in the longitudinal direction of the transverse web, the transverse webs have transverse wall side walls 152, 153; 154, 155, by means of which an approximately triangular cross-bar cross section is defined by how Q2 is defined Detail B is indicated at Fig.6.

In the support blank 140, the longitudinal web penetration incisions 160,161,162,163,164,165,166,167, 168,169,170,171) provided for the penetration through the longitudinal webs 111,112,113 and having an incision distance E from one another are provided, with the longitudinal web penetration incisions 161,164 between the two transverse webs 114,115 and in each case in the area of 114 of the one side wall, 114, 154 of the side wall extends between these crosspieces 114, 115 arranged receiving section 150 and each longitudinal web penetration incision 160, 162, 163, 165 in the area between a respective crossbar 115 and an end wall 147a extends in the region of the side wall 155 of the crossbar 115 and in the region of the end wall 147a and in the area between the crossbar and the end wall Receiving section 151, wherein the end wall to be assigned to the longitudinal web penetration incisions 160, 165 is not shown in FIG. 8, the L the longitudinal web penetration incision 160, 165 ends with the receiving portion 151.

The shape of the longitudinal web penetration incisions 160-165 is that of a rectangle with triangular extensions 160a, 160b each attached to the narrow sides, the base side of the triangle and the narrow side of the rectangle coinciding. The shape at the height of the triangle and the width of the rectangle depend on the cross-sectional profile of the longitudinal webs 111, 112, 113 and the desired height of the longitudinal and transverse webs to one another. Half longitudinal web penetration openings 166-171 are formed in the lateral end regions.

Between each two longitudinal web penetration incisions 161, 162 adjacent in the longitudinal direction L, a narrow material web 175 free of incisions is formed in the region of the transverse web center line 142 as a connecting region. When the support blank 140 is placed on the basic blank 120, this material web 175 of the transverse web 115 formed then rides on the corresponding longitudinal web 112 of the basic blank 120. These material webs between the longitudinal web penetration incisions can then be omitted and a plurality of longitudinal web penetration incisions can be made continuously if the fully folded transverse web is in height should be smaller than the one or more longitudinal webs assigned to it, so that the longitudinal webs then pass completely through the crossbar.

The further embodiment of a molded body shown in FIG. 9 is designated by 300, which consists of a material blank 210, the structure of which is illustrated with reference to FIGS. 10 to 12. Since the basic structure and arrangement of the blanks 220, 240 with the Longitudinal web folding lines 221,223,224,226,227,229, the longitudinal web center lines 222,225,227, the transverse web folding lines 242,245 and the further folding lines 247,248 to create the end wall 247a and the horizontal wall 249 and the longitudinal webs 211,212,213 and crossbars 214,215 formed therefrom essentially correspond to the embodiments described above and 100 what has been described above in relation to what has been described above in relation to what has been carried out 100 above in relation to what has been described above , repetition is omitted here.

The difference, however, lies in the design of the longitudinal and transverse webs and the longitudinal web penetration incisions. The side walls of the longitudinal webs 233-238 and the transverse webs 252-254 each form a semicircle, which enclose a semicircular cross-sectional profile Q3 (detail C).

In this case, the longitudinal cut-through cuts 260,261,262,263,264,265, 266,267,268,269,270,271 are provided in the support blank 240, which are provided for reaching through the longitudinal strips 211,212,213 and have an incision distance E from one another, the longitudinal cut-through cuts 261,264 between the two crosspieces 214,215 in each of the area of 25, 214,215 in the area of extends between these crossbars 214,215 arranged receiving section 250 and each longitudinal web penetration incision 260,262,263,265 in the area between a crossbar 215 and an end wall 247a extends in the region of the side wall 255 of the crossbar 215 and in the region of the end wall 247a and in between the crossbar and the end wall arranged receiving section 251, the end wall to be assigned to the longitudinal web penetration incisions 260, 265 not being shown in FIG. 12, the longitudinal web penetration incision 260, 265 ending with the receiving section 251 in the case of a molded body which is open on one side.

The shape of the longitudinal web penetration incisions 260-265 is that of a rectangle with semicircular extensions 260a, 260b attached to the narrow sides, the flat side of the semicircle and the narrow side of the rectangle coinciding. The height of the semicircle and the width of the rectangle depend on the cross-sectional profile of the longitudinal webs 211, 212, 213 and the desired height of the longitudinal and transverse webs to one another. Half longitudinal web penetration openings 266-271 are formed in the lateral end regions of the blank.

Between each two longitudinal web penetration incisions 261, 262 adjacent in the longitudinal direction L, a narrow material web 275 free of incisions is formed in the region of the crossbar center line 242 as a connecting region. When the support blank 240 is placed on the basic blank 220, this material web 275 of the transverse web 215 formed then rides on the corresponding longitudinal web 212 of the basic blank 220. These material webs between the longitudinal web penetration incisions can then be omitted and a plurality of longitudinal web penetration incisions can be made continuously if the finished folded cross web in the Height should be smaller than the one or more longitudinal webs assigned to it, so that the longitudinal webs then pass completely through the crossbar.

In all embodiments, the folds of the blank can be made by pressing, folding, pleating, folding or the like. be carried out, the incisions are preferably punched out. Paper is suitable as a material, as is a thin metal foil or an environmentally friendly plastic film.

FIG. 13 shows what a complete molded body 100 looks like, the molded body being glued onto a base plate 173 in the embodiment shown. Here, a hot glue can be used, as indicated in FIG. 1 at 59. Hot glue points 59 are provided there, which serve to firmly connect the receiving sections of the support blank to the basic blank.

The finished molded body can be used, for example, arranged on the base plate 173, but it is also possible to use it without problems, for example in a cardboard lower part 174 of a box, as is indicated in FIG. 14.

15, a shaped body is designated by 400, which consists of a material blank 310, the manufacture of which is explained with reference to FIGS. 16 to 18. The material blank has longitudinal webs 311, 312, 313 spaced from one another, which intersect with transverse webs 314, 315, also spaced from one another. This creates receiving chambers 318 which are delimited by four side walls 318a, 318b, 318c, 318d, the receiving chamber 318 being delimited by three side walls in the edge region in the absence of an end wall and being open on one side. The receiving chambers 318 are open at the top for inserting and removing confectionery, in particular chocolates.

The structure of such a shaped body 400 is explained below with reference to FIGS. 16 to 18. The material blank 310 consists of a support blank 340 placed on the basic blank 320 (FIG. 16). On the basic blank 320, longitudinal fold lines 321, 323, 324, 326, 327, 329 are shown at a distance from one another, between which the respective longitudinal web center line 322, 325, 327 is drawn.

When the basic blank 320 is completely folded, this longitudinal web center line 322, 325, 328 is in each case in a longitudinal web central plane and forms a ridge line of the respective web. It is therefore to be understood as the center line in the unfolded basic blank 320. By folding by two fold lines 321, 323, 324, 326, 327, 329 and the longitudinal web center lines 322, 325, 328 as fold lines in a corresponding manner, the longitudinal webs 311, 312, 313 are formed, which then have the longitudinal web distance B from one another and run in the longitudinal direction L. In the lateral edge areas of the basic blank 320, of which only one is shown, a further folding line 330 is then provided, around which an end wall 330a, 330b can be unfolded, to which a horizontal wall 332 is connected via a further folding line 331. The peripheral edge region is formed from the horizontal wall 332 to create the finished molded body 400, for which purpose the basic blank 320 is provided with a projection tab 332a. However, the longitudinal webs can also be arranged at an angle gamma to one another. For this purpose, the fold lines must then be arranged at an angle gamma to one another, as is indicated by way of example at 325a, 328a in FIG. 17.

By folding the basic blank 320 around the longitudinal fold lines 321, 322, 324, 326, 327, 329 and around the longitudinal web center lines 322; 325; 327 running in the longitudinal web longitudinal direction between the longitudinal fold lines, the longitudinal webs have longitudinal web side walls 333,334; 335,336; 337,338 defined, through which a roughly rectangular cross-section is defined.

The support blank 340 shows transverse folding lines 341, 343, 344, 346 which are at a distance from one another, between each of which a transverse web center line 342, 345 is drawn. In the fully folded support blank 340, this crossbar center line 342, 345 is in each case in a crossbar center plane and forms a ridge line of the respective crossbar. It is therefore to be understood as the center line in the unfolded support blank 340. The transverse fold lines of one web each have an angle delta to the transverse fold lines of the next web. By folding by two fold lines 341, 343, 344, 346 and the crossbar center lines 342, 345 as fold lines in a corresponding manner, the crossbars 314, 315 are formed, which then have the crossbar angle delta to one another. In the lateral edge regions of the support blank 340, of which only the upper edge region is shown, a further fold line 347 is then provided, around which an end wall 347a can be unfolded, to which a horizontal wall 349 is connected via a further fold line 348, the horizontal walls being connected 349 and the horizontal walls 332 add to a peripheral edge.

It is also possible to provide transverse webs which are parallel to one another and have a spacing D from one another, as is indicated in FIG. 18.

By folding the support blank 340 around the cross fold lines 341, 343, 344, 346 and around the cross web center lines 342, 344 lying between the cross fold lines and running in the longitudinal direction of the cross web, the cross webs have cross web side walls 352, 353, 354, 355, through which an approximately rectangular cross web cross section is defined based on the detailed cross section Q4 D is indicated at Fig.16.

In the support blank 340, the longitudinal web penetration cuts 360,361,362,363,364,365,366,367, 368,369,370,371 provided for the penetration through the longitudinal webs 311,312,313 and having an incision distance E from one another are provided, the longitudinal web penetration cuts 361,362,365,366,366,33,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3, printed in the Region 3115,355,35,355,355,355,355,355,355,355,355,335,355,355,335,355,355,355,35,35,35,35,35,33,35,35,35,35,355,355,355,33,3,35,35,35,35,355,355,355,355,355,355,355,355,355,355,33,3,35,3,35,33,3,35,3; of In Each Of The Crosspieces? this crossbars 314,315,316 arranged receiving section 350 extends and each longitudinal web penetration incision 360,363,364,367,368,371 in the area between a respective crossbar 314,316 and an end wall 47a, 47b extends in the region of the side wall 352,357 of the crossbar 314,316 and in the region of the end wall 47a, 47b and in the end wall arranged receiving section 351, the end wall to be assigned to the longitudinal web penetration incisions 360, 367, 369 not shown in FIG. 18 is set, the longitudinal web penetration incision 360, 365 ending with the receiving portion 351 in the case of a molded body which is open on one side. In this embodiment, the longitudinal web penetration incisions 361-371 have the shape of a narrow slot running in accordance with the drawing, the distance E corresponding to the distance between the longitudinal web spacing B.

Between each two longitudinal web penetration incisions 362, 363 adjacent in the longitudinal direction L, a narrow material web 375 free of incisions is formed in the region of the transverse web center line 342 as a connecting region. When the support blank 340 is placed on the basic blank 320, this material web 375 of the transverse crosspiece 316 then rides on the corresponding longitudinal web 312 of the basic blank 320. These material webs between the longitudinal web penetration incisions can then be omitted and a plurality of longitudinal web penetration incisions can be made continuously if the fully folded transverse web is in height should be smaller than the one or more longitudinal webs assigned to it, so that the longitudinal webs then pass completely through the crossbar.

FIG. 15 shows what a complete molded body 400 looks like, the molded body being glued onto a base plate 373 in the embodiment shown. Here, a hot glue can be used, as indicated at 59 in FIG. Hot glue points 59 are provided there, which serve to firmly connect the receiving sections of the support blank to the basic blank. According to a preferred embodiment, not shown in the drawing, it is provided that the basic blank and the support blank are produced in one piece from a common blank, which simplifies the effort and leads to even greater stability.

The finished molded article can be used, for example, arranged on the base plate 373, but it can also be used without problems, for example in a lower part of a box of a box.

Claims (17)

1. Shaped confectionery holder (100;200;300;400) fabricated from at least one material blank (10;110;210;310) with longitudinal webs that form an angle in relation to each other (11,12,13;111,112,113;211,212,213;311,312,313) and transverse webs (14,15;114,115;214,215;314,315,316) on upwardly open holding chambers (16,17;116,117; 216,217; 318) constructed on a base, more particularly for confectionery, such as chocolate candies or suchlike, in which, in a basic blank (20;120;220;320), by a folding about at least two adjacent longitudinal folding lines at a time (21,23,24,26,27,29;121,123,124,126,127,129;221,223,224, 226,227,229;321,323,324,326,327,329), which, relative to each other, have a longitudinal line distance (A), longitudinal webs (11,12,13;111,112,113;211,212,213;311,312, 313) possessing a longitudinal web distance (B) from each other, are formed and, in a supporting blank (40;140;240; 340), by being folded about at least two at a time adjacent transverse folding lines (41,43,44,45,46;141,143,144, 146;241,243,244,246;341,343,344,346) possessing a transverse folding line distance (C) from each other, transverse webs (14,15;114,115;214,215;314,315,316) are formed which have a transverse web distance (D) relative to each other (D),
   characterized in that
   the longitudinal webs (11,12,13;111,112,113;211,212,213; 311,312,313) posssess, in relation to each other, either the longitudinal web distance (D) or a longitudinal web angle (delta), in that the transverse webs (14,15;114,115; 214,215;314,315,316) possess, relative to each other, either the transverse web distance (D) or a transverse web angle (gamma) and in that, in the supporting blank (40,140;240;340), from the multiple width of the longitudinal web distance to the transverse webs (14,15; 114,115;214,215;314,315,316), longitudinal web penetration slots (60-65;160-165;260-265;360-371) possessing a right angle and/or proceeding parallel to the longitudinal webs and having a mutual slot distance (E) or a mutual slot angle are constructed, in which case the supporting blank is placed upon the basic blank when the longitudinal web penetration slots are reached through by the longitudinal webs of the basic blank.
2. Shaped confectionery holder according to Claim 1,
   characterized in that
   each longitudinal web (11,12,13;311,312,313) is folded, by the folding about the longitudinal folding lines (21, 23,24,26,27,29;321,323,324,326,327,329) and about a longitudinal web center line (22,25,28;322,325,328) located in each case between two longitudinal folding lines (21, 23;24,26;27,29;321,323;324,326;327,329) and proceeding in the longitudinal direction of the longitudinal webs while an approximately rectangular longitudinal web cross-section is formed with longitudinal web side walls that are approximately parallel to each other (33,34;35,36;37, 38,333,334;335,336;337,338).
3. Shaped confectionery holder according to Claim 1,
   characterized in that
   each longitudinal web (111,112,113) is folded by a folding about the longitudinal folding lines (121,123,124,126,127, 129) and about a longitudinal web center line (122,125, 128) located in each case between two longitudinal folding lines (121,123;124,126) proceeding in the longitudinal direction of the longitudinal web while an approximately triangular longitudinal web cross-section is formed with longitudinal web side walls (133,134;135,136;137,138) having a an angle (alpha) in relation to each other.
4. Shaped confectionery holder according to Claim 1,
   characterized in that
   each longitudinal web (211,212,213) is folded by a folding about the longitudinal folding lines (221,223,224, 226,227,229) while a hemispherical or semielliptic longitudinal web cross-section with curvedly proceeding longitudinal web side walls (233,234;235,236;237,238) is formed.
5. Shaped confectionary holder according to any of Claims 1 to 4,
   characterized in that
   each transverse web (14,15,16;314,315,316) is folded by a folding about the transverse folding lines (41,43,44, 46;341,343;344,346) and about a transverse web center line (42,45;342,345) located in each case between two transverse folding lines (141,143;144,146) and proceeding in the longitudinal direction of the transverse web while an approximately rectangular transverse web cross-section (Q1;Q4) with transverse web side walls (52,53;54,55; 352, 353;354,356,357) that are approximately parallel to each other is formed.
6. Shaped confectionery holder according to any of Claims 1 to 4,
   characterized in that
   each transverse web (114,115) is folded by a folding about the transverse folding lines (141,143,144,146) and about a transverse center line (142,145) proceeding in the longitudinal direction of the transverse web while an approximately triangular transverse web cross-section (Q2) is formed which possesses transverse web side walls having an angle relative to each other (beta) (152,153;154,155).
7. Shaped confectionery holder according to any of Claims 1 to 4,
   characterized in that
   each transverse web (214,215) is folded by a folding about the transverse folding lines (241,243;244,246) while a semicircular or semielliptic transverse web cross-section (Q3) is formed which possesses curvedly proceeding transverse web side walls (252,253;254,255).
8. Shaped confectionery holder according to any of Claims 1 to 7,
   characterized in that,
   within the area between two transverse webs (14,15;114, 115;214,215;314,315; 315,316), each longitudinal web penetration slot (61,64;161,164;261,264;361,364), within the area of one side wall each (53,54;353,354) is formed of two adjacent transverse webs (14,15;314,315;315, 316) and within the holding section (50;150;250;350) disposed between these transverse webs (14,15;314,315;316) and in that, within the area between, in each case, one transverse web (15;115;215;314;316) and a terminal wall (47a,147a; 247a; 347a; 347b) of each longitudinal web penetration slot (62,63;162,163;262,263;360;363) within the area of the side wall (55;155;255;352) of the transverse web (15;115;215;314;316) and within the area of the terminal wall (47a;147a;247a;347a;347b) and in the holding section (51;151;251;351) disposed between the transverse web and the terminal wall is formed.
9. Shaped confectionery holder according to Claim 8,
   characterized in that
   each longitudinal web penetration slot (60-65;160-165; 260-265; 360-371) within the area of the holding section (50,51; 150,151;250,251;350,351) has a width which corresponds to the greatest width of the transverse web cross-section and in that, within its two terminal areas (60a,60b; 160,160b; 260a,260b; 360a,360b), it possesses in each case a configuration which corresponds to the transverse web cross-section (Q1; Q2; Q3; Q4), such as a rectangle, a semicircle, a semiellipse or suchlike.
10. Shaped confectionery holder according to any of Claims 1 to 9,
    characterized in that,
    between two longitudinal web penetration slots which are adjacent to each other in the longitudinal direction (L) (61,62; 161,162; 261,262; 362,363), within the area of the transverse web center line, a narrow material web devoid of slots (75; 175; 275; 375) is constructed in the form of a connecting area.
11. Shaped confectionery holder according to any of Claims 1 to 10,
    characterized in that
    the transverse web distance (D) is a multiple, more particularly the double to treble of the transverse folding line distance (C).
12. Shaped confectionery holder according to any of Claims 1 to 11,
    characterized in that
    the longitudinal web distance (B) is a multiple, more particularly the double to treble of the longitudinal folding line distance (A).
13. Shaped confectionery holder according to any of Claims 1 to 12,
    characterized in that
    the basic blank (20;320) is placed upon a baseplate(173;373) which, in the folded state, corresponds to the external dimensions of the basic blank (20,320) and which is rigidly or detachably connected to the latter.
14. Shaped confectionery holder according to any of Claims 1 to 14,
    characterized in that
    the basic blank (20;320) and the supporting blank (40;340) are of one piece.
15. Shaped confectionery holder according to any of Claims 1 to 14,
    characterized in that
    the holding sections (50,51; 150,151; 250,251; 350,351) are provided with a special purpose surface contour.
16. Shaped confectionery holder according to any of Claims 1 to 16,
    characterized in that
    the material blank (10;20;40;310;320;340) which constitutes the shaped confectionery holder is comprised of a fat-repelling paper, more particularly of a parchment, a parchment substitute or parchment imitation paper, of cardboard, pasteboard or corrugated cardboard, of a metal foil, especially of an aluminium foil laminated on to paper, or of an environment-compatible plastic sheet.
17. Shaped confectionery holder according to any of Claims 1 to 16,
    characterized in that
    the longitudinal web distance (B) and/or the longitudinal web angle (delta) between a longitudinal web center line of a longitudinal web and a longitudinal web center line of an adjacent longitudinal web is measurable and in that the transverse web distance (D) and/or the transverse web angle (gamma) between a transverse web center line of a transverse web and a transverse web center line of an adjacent transverse web is measurable.

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