EP1103474A2 - Kartonschachtel für Glühbirnen - Google Patents

Kartonschachtel für Glühbirnen Download PDF

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EP1103474A2
EP1103474A2 EP00310432A EP00310432A EP1103474A2 EP 1103474 A2 EP1103474 A2 EP 1103474A2 EP 00310432 A EP00310432 A EP 00310432A EP 00310432 A EP00310432 A EP 00310432A EP 1103474 A2 EP1103474 A2 EP 1103474A2
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carton
bulb
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Martin Geoffrey Scott
Aravindan Srinivasan
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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
    • B65D5/42—Details of containers or of foldable or erectable container blanks
    • B65D5/54—Lines of weakness to facilitate opening of container or dividing it into separate parts by cutting or tearing
    • B65D5/5445—Lines of weakness to facilitate opening of container or dividing it into separate parts by cutting or tearing for dividing a tubular body into separate parts
    • 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
    • B65D5/44—Integral, inserted or attached portions forming internal or external fittings
    • B65D5/50—Internal supporting or protecting elements for contents
    • B65D5/5002—Integral elements for containers having tubular body walls
    • B65D5/5016—Integral elements for containers having tubular body walls formed by folding inwardly of extensions hinged to the side edges of the body
    • 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
    • B65D5/54—Lines of weakness to facilitate opening of container or dividing it into separate parts by cutting or tearing
    • B65D5/5405—Lines of weakness to facilitate opening of container or dividing it into separate parts by cutting or tearing for opening containers formed by erecting a blank in tubular form
    • B65D5/542—Lines of weakness to facilitate opening of container or dividing it into separate parts by cutting or tearing for opening containers formed by erecting a blank in tubular form the lines of weakness being provided in the container body
    • 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
    • B65D85/30—Containers, packaging elements or packages, specially adapted for particular articles or materials for articles particularly sensitive to damage by shock or pressure
    • B65D85/42—Containers, packaging elements or packages, specially adapted for particular articles or materials for articles particularly sensitive to damage by shock or pressure for ampoules; for lamp bulbs; for electronic valves or tubes

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  • This invention relates to a carton for a light bulb or the like.
  • the invention relates to a carton suitable for receiving quartz bodied light bulbs or like devices such as halogen quartz heating elements or any other device in which it is necessary to plug the device into a power supply without contact with contaminants such as any dirt, sweat or the like on the skin of a person installing the device.
  • quartz bodied light bulbs or like devices such as halogen quartz heating elements or any other device in which it is necessary to plug the device into a power supply without contact with contaminants such as any dirt, sweat or the like on the skin of a person installing the device.
  • Such light bulbs include halogen quartz bulbs which may be either driven a tungsten filament electric discharge.
  • the difficulty in packaging the bulbs suitably while providing means whereby they can be installed has, in the past, been overcome by the provision of an additional elements within the packaging carton such as a sleeve around the bulb or the separate provision of devices, such as plastics gloves, with which the bulb can be gripped for insertion into a holder.
  • the present invention seeks to reduce or overcome some or all of these disadvantages, at least in embodiments of the invention by providing a carton which will enable suitable handling of the lamp bulb or the like without the provision of aids additional to the carton.
  • a carton for a light bulb or the like comprising a carton body, supporting means within the carton body having holding means therein through which the light bulb or the like is intended to pass to support the light bulb or the like in the carton body with its connecting means exposed to one end of the carton and opening means at the said one end of the carton body openable to reduce the length of the carton body and expose all sides of the bulb connecting means with said supporting means continuing to support the light bulb or the like in the carton body.
  • the carton body, supporting means and opening means comprise a one piece structure and the carton is formed from a single piece flat blank.
  • the supporting means may comprise a cross support member extending across the carton from one side to the other, the support member having an aperture therein through which the bulb is intended to pass and may also comprise a second cross support member extending across the carton from side to side and located on the opposite side of the first cross support member from the opening means.
  • the opening means may enable the sides of the carton to be folded back along the remainder of the carton in the vicinity of the first cross support member and, to this end, may comprise a plurality of lines of perforations extending from the end of the carton to a position in the vicinity of the first cross support member.
  • the opening means may comprise means enabling the end carton to be removed up to the vicinity of the first cross support member.
  • the opening means may comprise a ring of perforations extending completely around the carton in the vicinity of the first cross support member and at least one line of perforations may extend from the end of the carton to the ring of perforations.
  • the opening means may comprise a release strip extending completely around the carton in the vicinity of the first cross support member.
  • FIG 1 there is shown a first embodiment of a carton 1 in accordance with the invention.
  • the carton 1 is of generally standard exterior shape being in the form of a rectangular box.
  • a first cross support 5 located approximately half way down the carton 1 and for supporting the connection end 7 of the bulb 3.
  • the cross support 5 has a central aperture 9 through which the bulb 3 passes.
  • a second cross support 11 having a smaller central aperture 13 to receive the head end 15 of the bulb 3 From the construction shown it will be appreciated that the connection end 7 of the bulb 3 is exposed to the upper end of the carton for a purpose to be discussed hereafter.
  • the carton is generally constructed in the usual form of rectangular cartons having a lid portion 21 hingedly connected at its rear at 23 to the back of the carton 1 and having a tuck-in flap 25 at its front end.
  • this carton 1 differs significantly from standard cartons is that the corners of the carton 1 are perforated as indicated at 27, the perforations extending down to the position of the first cross support 5, these perforations enabling the carton to be opened up to an extent to expose the connection end 7 of the bulb 3 as will now be discussed with further reference to figure 2.
  • the object of the particular construction of carton which has been described is intended to enable the bulb 3 to be retained in the carton 1 while the bulb's connections are fully exposed so that the bulb 3 can be held by means of the carton 1 so that the connections may be inserted in the socket providing the power supply without the bulb 3 itself being touched by the person making the connection. Once the bulb connections have been inserted in their socket, the carton 1 can then be withdrawn leaving the bulb in place.
  • the lid 21 is first raised and the front and back of the carton can be pulled apart to tear the perforations 27, allowing the upper parts of the walls of the carton 1 to be folded back along the rest of the carton as shown in figure 2, in the manner of peeling a banana. This will leave the connection end 7 of the bulb 3 exposed completely and it is easy to insert the connections in the appropriate socket gripping only the carton 1.
  • the apertures 9 and 13, particularly the aperture 9 through which the bulb 3 actually passes, must be of a size which is sufficiently large to allow the carton 1 to be pulled off the bulb 3 once the connection has been made without disconnecting the bulb at the same time. As most uses for this type of bulb extend from the horizontal to the upwardly directed vertical, the aperture 9 can be completely loose since the bulb will not fall out of the carton while connection is taking place.
  • Figure 3 shows one example of a single piece blank 31 from which the carton of figures 1 and 2 can be made. It will be appreciated that this one piece blank can be made into the carton solely by folding the cut blank, no gluing being needed. Preferably, the blank is cut from a sheet of cardboard.
  • the blank comprises effectively five sections 33, 35, 37, 39 and 41 divided by fold lines, of which the section 33 forms the cross members 5 and 11 while the sections 35, 37, 39, and 41 form the carton proper. All of the fold lines on the blank fold in the same direction.
  • the cross supports 5 and 11 are formed by folding down the section 33 and then the elements 43 and 45 and thereafter the elements 47 and 49 to make a box shaped structure lying along the rear of section 35.
  • the section 37 is then folded down from the section 35 and the sections 39 and 41 follow suit until the right hand side of the section 41 rests against the left hand side of the section 35, providing a closed box containing the cross supports formed by the section 33.
  • the flap 51 is folded down and inserted in a slit 53, thus holding the closed shape together .
  • the bottom of the carton is formed by folding down the two side flaps 55 and 57 and folding down the back flap 59 and the extended flap 61 on the end thereof, the extended flap 61 being inserted behind the appropriate sides of the side flaps 55 and 57 to hold the base in place.
  • the top is formed in a similar manner using side flaps 63 and 65 and back flap 67 and extended flap 69.
  • a curved slit 71 and a semicircular indent 73 are provided.
  • Insertion of the bulb 3 in the carton can be carried out at any suitable stage up to the closing of the top end of the carton 1.
  • the perforations for providing the fold back operation of the carton can be seen at 27.
  • the blank is formed with a release strip 79 with a projecting lip 81 by which it can be operated.
  • the lip 81 is seized and the release strip is torn right round to once again detach the top part of the carton.
  • the two parts 87 and 89 are grasped, one in each hand and are then twisted in opposite directions to sever the perforations and split the carton into its two parts 87 and 89.
  • the part 89 of the carton can then be disposed of while the part 87, containing the bulb, can then be used for insertion of the bulb's connections into a suitable socket as has been described in relation the the embodiment of figures 1 to 3.

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GBGB9928087.7A GB9928087D0 (en) 1999-11-26 1999-11-26 Carton for a light bulb or the like

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US7373765B2 (en) 2004-02-26 2008-05-20 Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc. Shipping carton with pull tabs and tear strip

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US7373765B2 (en) 2004-02-26 2008-05-20 Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc. Shipping carton with pull tabs and tear strip

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