Classifications

• • 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
  • B65D25/00—Details of other kinds or types of rigid or semi-rigid containers
  • B65D25/20—External fittings
  • B65D25/205—Means for the attachment of labels, cards, coupons or the like
• • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
  • B44—DECORATIVE ARTS
  • B44D—PAINTING OR ARTISTIC DRAWING, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; PRESERVING PAINTINGS; SURFACE TREATMENT TO OBTAIN SPECIAL ARTISTIC SURFACE EFFECTS OR FINISHES
  • B44D3/00—Accessories or implements for use in connection with painting or artistic drawing, not otherwise provided for; Methods or devices for colour determination, selection, or synthesis, e.g. use of colour tables
  • B44D3/12—Paint cans; Brush holders; Containers for storing residual paint
• • G—PHYSICS
  • G09—EDUCATION; CRYPTOGRAPHY; DISPLAY; ADVERTISING; SEALS
  • G09F—DISPLAYING; ADVERTISING; SIGNS; LABELS OR NAME-PLATES; SEALS
  • G09F23/00—Advertising on or in specific articles, e.g. ashtrays, letter-boxes
• • G—PHYSICS
  • G09—EDUCATION; CRYPTOGRAPHY; DISPLAY; ADVERTISING; SEALS
  • G09F—DISPLAYING; ADVERTISING; SIGNS; LABELS OR NAME-PLATES; SEALS
  • G09F3/00—Labels, tag tickets, or similar identification or indication means; Seals; Postage or like stamps
  • G09F3/02—Forms or constructions
• • G—PHYSICS
  • G09—EDUCATION; CRYPTOGRAPHY; DISPLAY; ADVERTISING; SEALS
  • G09F—DISPLAYING; ADVERTISING; SIGNS; LABELS OR NAME-PLATES; SEALS
  • G09F3/00—Labels, tag tickets, or similar identification or indication means; Seals; Postage or like stamps
  • G09F3/08—Fastening or securing by means not forming part of the material of the label itself
  • G09F3/10—Fastening or securing by means not forming part of the material of the label itself by an adhesive layer

Definitions

• the present invention relates to a paint container system, consisting of a bucket-shaped container with a peripheral side wall area closed on one side by a base and a lid for closing the container at the open edge region of the side wall region opposite the base.
• EP 0 723 918 A1 shows a cylindrical or oval bucket-shaped container which can be closed by a cover which is clamped onto the edge of the container.
• the container can be provided with a carrying handle and have information carriers arranged on the outside, on which the necessary information about the contents of the bucket is arranged, usually by printing.
• Such information carriers are generally label-like, so that they can be applied to the bucket after the bucket has been produced, possibly also after the automatic filling, for example by gluing.
• Known containers are preferably made of polypropylene for receiving emulsion paints and water-soluble paints.
• polypropylene for receiving emulsion paints and water-soluble paints.
• This material can be processed well in the injection molding process used in the manufacture of the containers.
• this material is compared to other plastics that contain plasticizers, for example, no significant migration.
• a disadvantage of polypropylene, however, is that it is inherently soft. This poses the risk, particularly in the case of small containers, that lateral pressure is exerted on the container during stacking, transport, etc., which causes the lid to flake off. The color in the interior of the container then runs out disadvantageously. Smaller containers in particular must therefore have such a stability that they can withstand such lateral pressure.
• inking systems have also become established in mass business, in which an exact amount of pigment components are mixed into a white color, so that a defined color tone results. In this case too, users should be able to recognize and check the color tone.
• the present invention has for its object to improve a paint container system of the generic type in such a way that an unimpeded and meaningful visual inspection of the contents of the container is possible without opening the container.
• a paint container system is to be created, the container of which is easy and safe to handle even with a small construction.
• the invention proposes a paint container system, which is characterized in that the container is provided with at least one label-like information carrier, at least the side wall region of the container being at least partially formed and the information carrier made of transparent material and that the container for increasing the The strength and stability of the side wall area below the edge opposite the floor has a circumferential functional ring reinforced by ribs.
• the ink container system according to the invention enables consumers to check the state of the contents of the container on the one hand, as well as the color of the contents of the container in its natural appearance, almost unimpeded.
• the ink container system according to the invention can be produced economically without having to fundamentally change conventional production processes.
• the bucket-shaped container can be produced in a manner known per se from plastic, preferably polypropylene, by the injection molding process, the type of plastic formulation causing a more or less pronounced clouding of the transparency.
• the turbidity is reduced to a minimum over the entire surface. A lower limit can result from the softness of the plastic.
• the hardening additives increase the haze.
• the largely transparent container which can also be completely transparent, can indicate areas of different cloudiness.
• a circumferential edge of strong turbidity arranged on the top of the container can be provided, through which the surface of the color content cannot be recognized. This measure achieves a uniformly clean appearance in the area of the surface level of the color content.
• the information carrier is advantageously a film which is printed with the required information, names, advertising information, product and processing data and the like.
• Part of the side wall area itself can also be designed as an information carrier and be prepared for printing.
• the lid can be colored in the same color as the color filled in the bucket at the factory.
• a color container system that is simple and economical to produce is provided, which allows the view of the color in the container and the detection of the color tone largely unimpeded. Even in the area of printed information, the view of the container contents is hardly impeded for the consumer.
• the container has a circumferential functional ring below the edge opposite the bottom.
• This circumferential functional ring on the outside of the container can be arranged on the container by ribs.
• This functional ring can be designed as a second clamping plane for the cover and can have an engagement trough.
• a tamper-evident device can also be arranged here.
• the functional ring can be designed to receive a carrying handle, which can also be detachable.
• the functional ring also represents a stacking aid, and finally the functional ring can stabilize the container in terms of its strength.
• the lid can have an additional, closable opening, as a result of which the entire color container is particularly suitable for the inking systems described above.
• the additional opening can also be used in a conventional manner for introducing color pigments into the paint in the container without having to open the entire container.
• a container 1 is shown, consisting of a container 2 made of transparent plastic and a lid 3 also made of plastic, which, however, does not necessarily have to be transparent.
• the lid 3 has a closable opening 4, in which there is a stopper-like closure in the exemplary embodiment shown.
• the container 2 has a bottom 5, which is likewise transparent in the exemplary embodiment shown, and a circumferential functional ring 6 in the upper edge region.
• This circumferential functional ring 6 consists of a ring trained plastic lip, which is stiffened by underlying reinforcing ribs.
• the upper edge 8 of the functional ring 6 is designed such that the lid 3 pressed onto the container edge 9 is also pressed onto the functional edge with its lower edge, that is to say it has two different clamping areas. In this way, tamper-evident protection can be easily formed between the cover and the functional ring.
• the functional ring has a recess 7.
• the entire functional ring can also be made of transparent plastic.
• Dashed line 10 shows an edge through which an annular strip is formed in the container together with the upper container edge 9. This can be colored with a strong clouding of the plastic or opaque. This upper opaque edge brings about a clean and always uniform appearance of the filled container 2, without an unclean upper mirror being produced, for example, by movement and thus blurring of the color in the container 2.
• a label as shown in FIG. 2 can be applied to the container shown in FIG. 1, which label is formed in the exemplary embodiment shown from a transparent film 11 printed with information 12. It is obvious that the label from the film 11 applied to the container 2 does not obstruct the view of the product.

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• Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
• Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
• General Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
• Theoretical Computer Science (AREA)
• Mechanical Engineering (AREA)
• Details Of Rigid Or Semi-Rigid Containers (AREA)
• Closures For Containers (AREA)
• Character Spaces And Line Spaces In Printers (AREA)
• Particle Formation And Scattering Control In Inkjet Printers (AREA)
• Vehicle Body Suspensions (AREA)
• Vending Machines For Individual Products (AREA)
• Supplying Of Containers To The Packaging Station (AREA)
• Paints Or Removers (AREA)
• Containers Having Bodies Formed In One Piece (AREA)

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• 1997
  • 1997-11-18 DE DE29720407U patent/DE29720407U1/de not_active Expired - Lifetime
• 1998
  • 1998-01-16 EP EP98100670A patent/EP0919476B1/de not_active Expired - Lifetime
  • 1998-01-16 DE DE59809558T patent/DE59809558D1/de not_active Expired - Fee Related
  • 1998-01-16 ES ES98100670T patent/ES2206767T3/es not_active Expired - Lifetime
  • 1998-01-16 PT PT98100670T patent/PT919476E/pt unknown
  • 1998-01-16 AT AT98100670T patent/ATE249366T1/de not_active IP Right Cessation

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