EP0657364B1 - Mailing package and packaging method - Google Patents

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EP0657364B1
EP0657364B1 EP19940118474 EP94118474A EP0657364B1 EP 0657364 B1 EP0657364 B1 EP 0657364B1 EP 19940118474 EP19940118474 EP 19940118474 EP 94118474 A EP94118474 A EP 94118474A EP 0657364 B1 EP0657364 B1 EP 0657364B1
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Tarmo Janhonen
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Pussikeskus Oy
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65B—MACHINES, APPARATUS OR DEVICES FOR, OR METHODS OF, PACKAGING ARTICLES OR MATERIALS; UNPACKING
    • B65B11/00—Wrapping, e.g. partially or wholly enclosing, articles or quantities of material, in strips, sheets or blanks, of flexible material
    • B65B11/004—Wrapping, e.g. partially or wholly enclosing, articles or quantities of material, in strips, sheets or blanks, of flexible material in blanks, e.g. sheets precut and creased for folding
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65B—MACHINES, APPARATUS OR DEVICES FOR, OR METHODS OF, PACKAGING ARTICLES OR MATERIALS; UNPACKING
    • B65B11/00—Wrapping, e.g. partially or wholly enclosing, articles or quantities of material, in strips, sheets or blanks, of flexible material
    • B65B11/06—Wrapping articles, or quantities of material, by conveying wrapper and contents in common defined paths
    • B65B11/18—Wrapping articles, or quantities of material, by conveying wrapper and contents in common defined paths in two or more straight paths
    • B65B11/20—Wrapping articles, or quantities of material, by conveying wrapper and contents in common defined paths in two or more straight paths to fold the wrappers in tubular form about contents
    • B65B11/22—Wrapping articles, or quantities of material, by conveying wrapper and contents in common defined paths in two or more straight paths to fold the wrappers in tubular form about contents and then to form closing folds of similar form at opposite ends of the tube
    • 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
    • B65D75/00—Packages comprising articles or materials partially or wholly enclosed in strips, sheets, blanks, tubes, or webs of flexible sheet material, e.g. in folded wrappers
    • B65D75/04—Articles or materials wholly enclosed in single sheets or wrapper blanks
    • B65D75/14—Articles or materials wholly enclosed in single sheets or wrapper blanks in sheets or blanks folded-up around all sides of the contents from a portion on which the contents are placed

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  • the present invention relates to an assembled package containing a flat article, such as a diskette, cassette or thin book, said package being made of a package blank comprising a flat sheet including a rectangular mid-section defined by four bending lines, one along each side of the rectangle, and the sections of said sheet beyond the bending lines providing two side flaps and two end flaps, the side flaps having overlapping sub-areas adjacent their longer edges and end sections adjacent their shorter edges, and the end flaps being attached on outer surfaces of the end sections of the side flaps, and the finished package having a border edge defined by said bending lines.
  • the invention relates also to a method for wrapping a flat article such as a diskette, cassette or thin book in such a package.
  • An assembled package as defined in the preamble of claim 1 has become known from US-A-3,648,932.
  • the package disclosed therein is a light-weight expansible mailing envelope which is fabricated from a single blank of spun-bonded olefin sheet stock.
  • the 90° inside corners at the open mouth of the envelope include radiust filets at the intersection of non-coextensive planes which the side gusset sections form with the front and back panels. Corner closure flap extensions are incorporated to increase the number of non-coextensive planes at the open end of the envelope. Due to this structure, the envelope is adapted to be expanded into box-like structure .
  • GB-A-2 239 446 teaches a package having edge portions of V-shaped cross-section. This package is made also of plastics and has one edge which is permanently open so as to form a gripping nip at the periphery of a disk inserted into the package.
  • An object of the invention is to provide an assembled package and a method for wrapping a flat article in such a package, which employ a package blank as simple and economical as possible and facilitating the automatic wrapping in highly protective package, free movements of the article being prevented without internal paddings.
  • the package blank is intended for packaging or wrapping flat articles, such as diskettes, cassettes or thin books.
  • the package blank is a flat sheet of paperboard or cardboard, including a rectangular mid-section 1 defined by four bending lines 3, 5, one along each side of the rectangle.
  • the sheet sections beyond the bending lines 3 provide two side flaps 2 and the sections beyond the bending lines 5 provide two end flaps 4.
  • the mid-section 1 is provided with an address window 6.
  • Each flap 2, 4 provides a continuous, rigid surface area without any bending or folding cuts.
  • the result is not a box-shaped package but the edge portions of a finished package will have a V-shaped cross-section and, thus, the article is not able to move towards the narrowing edge.
  • This result can be achieved also by double bending lines 3 and 5 with the provision that the distance between bending lines in each pair of parallel lines is smaller than the thickness of a flat article to be packed.
  • the side flaps 2 defined by the longer bending lines 3 have a total width which exceeds the width of said rectangular mid-section 1.
  • the end flaps 4 may be short as such flaps are only needed for closing the flattened ends of a package.
  • the end flaps 4 have a parallelogram shape and the longer of the parallel sides of the parallelogram adjoins the bending line 5 which separates the end flap 4 from the rectangular mid-section 1. Thus, the corners of a package will be neat.
  • a station 12 contains two piles of stacked blanks. Vertical pins hold the blanks in piles.
  • a suction pad conveyor carries one blank at a time to a loading station 10, including two loading sections 15 and 16.
  • the first section 15 contains addressed invoice or other such forms 7 which are transferred by means of a suction pad advancer 9, 9a on top of the mid-section 1 of a blank.
  • the blank is advanced further in the form of a flat sheet into alignment with the second loading section 16, containing a diskette, a cassette or a book 8 which is carried by means of a transfer gear 11 on top of the mid-section 1 to a position determined by a stop abutment 11a.
  • the advancing of a blank can be effected on top of a conveyor belt or a roller table.
  • a sizing nozzle 17 is used for spraying adhesive adjacent to the free edge of one of the flaps 2.
  • the station 18 includes folding elements 19 for folding the side flaps 2, each along said one bending line 3, on top of an article to be wrapped and overlapping sub-areas 2a included in the side flaps adjacent their edges are pressed into contact with each other, whereby the side flaps 2 are subjected to a flexural stress between the bending line 3 and the sized overlapping sub-areas 2a.
  • the area defined by the outlines of an article 8 to be wrapped must be substantially smaller than the rectangular mid-section 1 defined by said bending lines 3, 5 in order to provide the edges of a package with triangular pockets which protect the edges and corners of a package.
  • the triangular shape of the edges prevent the article from moving in the package.
  • the package blank must be made of relatively stiff paperboard, cardboard or corrugated cardboard. It may be cut to a desired shape either by punching from a stack of rectangular sheets or by cutting from a continuous web. The latter approach facilitates the formation of bending lines on the same run but is nevertheless slower than punching in a stack.

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  • Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
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  • Packages (AREA)
  • Packaging For Recording Disks (AREA)
  • Packaging Of Annular Or Rod-Shaped Articles, Wearing Apparel, Cassettes, Or The Like (AREA)
  • Container Filling Or Packaging Operations (AREA)
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EP19940118474 1993-12-07 1994-11-23 Mailing package and packaging method Expired - Lifetime EP0657364B1 (en)

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FI935476 1993-12-07
FI935476A FI98291C (sv) 1993-12-07 1993-12-07 Förpackningsämne och -förfarande

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EP0657364B1 true EP0657364B1 (en) 1998-08-26

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JP (1) JPH07187230A (sv)
DE (1) DE69412766T2 (sv)
ES (1) ES2119947T3 (sv)
FI (1) FI98291C (sv)

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US1865037A (en) * 1927-09-19 1932-06-28 Smithe Machine Co Inc F L Method of making window envelopes
US3648923A (en) * 1970-06-30 1972-03-14 Frank L Young Light weight expansible mailing envelope
FR2632926A1 (fr) * 1988-06-16 1989-12-22 Chandellier Antoine Emballages en carton ondule ou compact, a decoupe en croix, munis de rainures speciales pour faciliter la fermeture par cerclage
FR2638423B1 (fr) * 1988-10-31 1991-01-25 Emballage Carton Sa Procede pour l'emballage d'objets et machine pour la mise en oeuvre de ce procede
GB8906399D0 (en) * 1989-03-21 1989-05-04 Advanced Designs Limited Apparatus for and methods of packaging articles
GB2239446A (en) * 1989-12-14 1991-07-03 Buralls Of Wisbech Limited Device for storing compact discs

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EP0657364A1 (en) 1995-06-14
FI935476A (sv) 1995-06-08
DE69412766D1 (de) 1998-10-01
FI935476A0 (sv) 1993-12-07
FI98291C (sv) 1997-05-26
ES2119947T3 (es) 1998-10-16
FI98291B (sv) 1997-02-14
JPH07187230A (ja) 1995-07-25

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