EP0534398B1 - Boîte d'emballage allongée pour des objets parallélépipédiques, notamment des pralines en forme de coffre - Google Patents

Boîte d'emballage allongée pour des objets parallélépipédiques, notamment des pralines en forme de coffre Download PDF

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EP0534398B1
EP0534398B1 EP92116273A EP92116273A EP0534398B1 EP 0534398 B1 EP0534398 B1 EP 0534398B1 EP 92116273 A EP92116273 A EP 92116273A EP 92116273 A EP92116273 A EP 92116273A EP 0534398 B1 EP0534398 B1 EP 0534398B1
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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
    • B65D85/60—Containers, packaging elements or packages, specially adapted for particular articles or materials for sweets or like confectionery products
    • 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
    • B65D5/66—Hinged lids
    • B65D5/6697—Separate lids attached to the container body by a hinge element

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  • the invention relates to an elongated packaging box for rectangular, uniform objects, in particular case-like chocolates made of cardboard and / or plastic, which consists of a container-shaped part, a lid and an integral spacer in the container-shaped part for the objects.
  • Such packaging containers also for chocolates
  • the spacer for the accommodated objects, in particular chocolates usually consists of a plastic film which has indentations corresponding to the shape of the pralines, so that the pralines are held immovably in these indentations after the box has been closed.
  • This insert can be made of plastic, for example, using an appropriate mold.
  • an elongated packaging box which consists of a container-shaped part, a lid and an integral spacer in the container-shaped part for the objects to be packaged, and a thin inner cover.
  • the spacer is made and folded from a one-piece blank from a flat base wall, in which a row of receiving holes for the articles to be packed are contained. Webs remain in the base wall between the receiving holes and laterally, as a result of which the spacer has a ladder-shaped configuration when viewed in plan view.
  • this known packaging box includes receptacles for the objects to be packaged below the receiving holes.
  • US-A-1 922 571 can only be seen in the figures that the container-shaped part and the lid are each made and folded from several blanks, which is associated with a great manufacturing effort.
  • the aim of the invention is therefore to simplify an elongated packaging box, as is known from the prior art.
  • the container-shaped part and the lid each consist of a separate blank and are folded, which enables inexpensive production.
  • a side wall of the container-shaped part is dimensioned lower than the spacer, and that in the embodiment according to claim 4, the receiving holes extend up to the legs.
  • the spacer has a U-shape in cross section, the rungs of which have ridges corresponding to a ladder attached to this tab.
  • the legs of the spacer can consist of strips which can be folded down at right angles and which are fitted to the side walls of the box.
  • the end wall of the lid expediently forms a side wall section in the closed state of the packaging box and lies on the associated side wall section of the container-shaped part.
  • the hinge of the hinged lid can be formed by a perforation or by folds formed by slots and the back of the lid can cover the back of the container-shaped part.
  • the box can be approximately square in cross-section and have a length of 25-55 cm, preferably approximately 40 cm. Due to the square cross-section, the stackability of such boxes in corresponding transport containers is particularly simple.
  • the spacer is preferably designed to receive only a number of box-shaped chocolates.
  • the chocolates usually used transversely to the longitudinal direction of the packaging box are therefore decisive for the cross section of such a packaging box.
  • An approx. 40 cm long packaging box is used to hold box-shaped chocolates, each of which is kept in a row separated by a ladder-shaped spacer.
  • the packaging box consists of a lid 1, a container-shaped part 2 and a spacer 3. These three parts are each made from a cardboard blank.
  • Fig. 3 the cardboard blank for the lid 1 is partially shown.
  • the rectangular section 4 forms the later surface of the lid; At both ends of this section, tabs 5 are attached such that they can bend, which correspond to the transverse sides of the cover.
  • the approximately square transverse side has a respective side length of 3.0 - 4.0 cm.
  • a narrow strip 6 is foldably attached, which, as can be seen from FIG. 2, forms the connecting strip between the end tabs 7 and the upper side 4.
  • the end tab 7 is glued to the back of the folded container-shaped part 2.
  • the fold 8 between the end tab 7 and the strip-shaped section 6 is perforated or formed by slots and forms the hinge of the cover, as can also be seen in FIG. 2.
  • the end face 9 of the cover 1 adjoins the rectangular section 4 via a fold; this end wall is reinforced by folding in the strip 10; the end flap 11 forms the inner surface of the lid below the end-shaped part 4, i.e. So below the top of the lid.
  • the side tabs 12, 13 and 14 serve as edge reinforcement when the blank for the lid is folded up - turned in to the right in the illustration in FIG. 3.
  • the blank for the container-shaped part 2 - shown in FIG. 4 - consists of a bottom surface 15, to which the section 16, the later rear of the container-shaped part 2, adjoins.
  • Section 16 is doubled by a section 17, so that the rear wall is particularly rigid on the one hand and on the other hand serves to glue section 7 of cover 1.
  • the end face of the packaging box is formed by a strip 18, which is doubled by a strip 19.
  • the sides 16 and 18 are stiffened at their edges by end tabs 20 and 21 respectively.
  • the transverse sides of the container-shaped part are created by approximately square tabs 22, which are each doubled by end tabs 23.
  • the spacer 3 also consists of a blank that is designed in a ladder shape.
  • rung-like connections consisting of webs 32 are provided between two legs 30 and 31.
  • the legs 30 and 31 and the webs 32 form a U-shaped cross section, the distance between the respective webs 32 being formed by holes which are formed by folding down flaps 33 which are of size and width correspond to these holes.
  • the tabs 33 support the legs 30 and 31 with their lateral edges, so that the spacer 3 is U-shaped in cross-section in the operative position.
  • End flaps 34 can be provided at their respective ends to stiffen the spacers.
  • FIG. 7 shows a candy-shaped chocolate candy which has a rectangular base surface 40 and side surfaces 42, 43 approaching one another towards the slightly rounded surface 41.
  • the legs 30, 31 are somewhat wider than the front wall 18 of the container-shaped part; the box-shaped chocolates protrude somewhat from the surface of the spacer 3 formed by the rungs, so that the removal of the chocolates is facilitated, especially since the end face 9 of the lid 1, as can be seen from FIG. 1 and from FIG. 2, is wider than the corresponding end face 18 of the container-shaped part 2.
  • the lateral transverse surfaces or the transverse sides 5 cover the transverse sides 15 of the container-shaped part at a different height, the end face 9 resting with its free edge 44 on the corresponding edge of the end face section 18 of the container-shaped part .

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  1. Boîte d'emballage allongée en carton et/ou en matière plastique, pour recevoir des objets parallélépipédiques de forme sensiblement identique, en particulier des pralines en forme de coffret, et se composant d'une partie formant réceptacle (2), d'un couvercle (1) et d'une pièce d'écartement (3) monolithique logée dans la partie formant réceptacle (2) pour lesdits objets, boîte suivant laquelle la pièce d'écartement (3) est constituée d'une pièce découpée distincte et conformée de manière à présenter la forme d'une échelle pour recevoir des objets individualisés disposés en rangées, caractérisée en ce que la partie formant réceptacle (2) et le couvercle (1) se composent chacun d'une pièce découpée distincte et en ce qu'une paroi latérale (18) de la partie formant réceptacle (2) est de hauteur inférieure à celle de a pièce d'écartement.
  2. Boîte d'emballage selon la revendication 1, caractérisée en ce que la forme d'échelle comprend des traverses (32) dont les estrémités sont pourvues de pattes rabattues (30, 31).
  3. Boîte d'emballage selon la revendication 2, caractérisée en ce que des ouvertures formant réceptacles qui s'étendent jusqu'aux pattes (31, 32) sont définies entre les travenses (32).
  4. Boîte d'emballage allongée en carton et/ou en matière plastique pour recevoir des objets parallélépipédiques de forme sensiblement identique, en particulier des pralines en forme de coffret, et se composant d'une partie formant réceptacle (2), d'un couvercle (1) et d'une pièce d'écartement (3) monolithique logée dans la partie formant réceptacle (2) pour lesdits objets, boîte selon laquelle la pièce d'écartement (3) est constituée d'une pièce découpée distincte et est formée avec des travenses plates (32) entre lesquelles sont réservées des ouvertures formant réceptacles pour les objets en rangées, de manière à présenter, en vue de dessus, la forme d'une échelle, avec des pattes rabattues (30) aux extrémités des traverses (32), caractérisée en ce que la partie formant réceptacle (2) et le couvercle (1) se composent, respectivement, d'une pièce découpée distincte, et sont pliés, et en ce que les ouvertures formant les réceptacles s'étendent jusqu'aux pattes (30, 31).
  5. Boîte d'emballage selon la revendication 4, caractérisée en ce qu'une paroi latérale (18) de la partie formant réceptacle (2) est de hauteur inférieure à celle de la pièce d'écartement (3).
  6. Boîte d'emballage selon l'une des revendications 1 à 3 ou 5, caractérisée en ce que le couvercle (1) présente une paroi latérale (9) qui s'appuie sur la paroi latérale (18) de la partie formant réceptacle (2).
  7. Boîte d'emballage selon l'une des revendications 2 à 6, caractérisée en ce que les traverses (32) sont reliées à des languettes (33) qui sont rabattues le long des bords de ces dernières.
  8. Boîte d'emballage selon la revendication 7, caractérisée en ce que les languettes rabattues (33) correspondent, en largeur et en longueur, à la largeur et à la longueur de l'ouverture formant réceptacle associé comprises entre deux traverses (32).
  9. Boîte d'emballage selon l'une quelconques des revendications précédentes, caractérisée en ce que la largeur de la pièce d'écartement (3) est adaptée à la largeur intérieure de la boîte d'emballage.
  10. Boîte d'emballage selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes, caractérisée en ce que la paroi frontale (22) du petit côté de la partie formant réceptacle (2) dépasse en hauteur de la pièce d'écartement (3)
  11. Boîte d'emballage selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes, caractérisée en ce que le couvercle (1) est relié à la partie formant réceptacle (2) par une articulation prévue sur une face longitudinale de la boîte d'emballage.
  12. Boîte d'emballage selon la revendication 11, caractérisée en ce que l'articulation est constituée par une bandelette (6) pliable dans le sens de sa longueur et posée sur le couvercle (1) et sur la partie formant réceptacle (2).
  13. Boîte d'emballage selon la revendication 12, caractérisée en ce que l'articulation est constituée par un plissement perforé de la bandelette (6), produit par des fentes.
  14. Boîte d'emballage selon la revendication 12 ou 13, caractérisée en ce que la bandelette (6) recouvre la face longitudinale de la partie formant réceptacle (2).
  15. Boîte d'emballage selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes, caractérisée en ce que la boîte d'emballage est approximativement carrée, vue en coupe transversale verticale, et présente une longueur de 25 à 55 cm, de préférence d'à peu près 40 cm.
EP92116273A 1991-09-25 1992-09-23 Boîte d'emballage allongée pour des objets parallélépipédiques, notamment des pralines en forme de coffre Expired - Lifetime EP0534398B1 (fr)

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