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EP1122177A1
EP1122177A1 EP01200350A EP01200350A EP1122177A1 EP 1122177 A1 EP1122177 A1 EP 1122177A1 EP 01200350 A EP01200350 A EP 01200350A EP 01200350 A EP01200350 A EP 01200350A EP 1122177 A1 EP1122177 A1 EP 1122177A1
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Petrus Leonard Van Roon
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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
    • B65D5/20—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 by folding-up portions connected to a central panel from all sides to form a container body, e.g. of tray-like form
    • B65D5/24—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 by folding-up portions connected to a central panel from all sides to form a container body, e.g. of tray-like form with adjacent sides interconnected by gusset folds
    • B65D5/248—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 by folding-up portions connected to a central panel from all sides to form a container body, e.g. of tray-like form with adjacent sides interconnected by gusset folds and at least one side being extended and doubled-over to enclose the adjacent gusset flaps
    • 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
    • B65D5/20—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 by folding-up portions connected to a central panel from all sides to form a container body, e.g. of tray-like form
    • B65D5/2004—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 by folding-up portions connected to a central panel from all sides to form a container body, e.g. of tray-like form the container body having hollow side-walls
    • B65D5/2009—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 by folding-up portions connected to a central panel from all sides to form a container body, e.g. of tray-like form the container body having hollow side-walls all formed by folding extensions of the side walls

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  • the invention relates to an erectable box, in particular a box made of cellulose material, such as cardboard, for transporting foodstuffs.
  • the boxes are made from a blank that is glued and erected into a ready-made box on machines in the cardboard factory, which are then transported by road or rail to the market gardener/food factory. During transport, however, the erected boxes take up a lot of volume, so that the attainable weight per drive is low.
  • a solution for this problem was the so-called quick-erecting-box, which box among others is subject of European patent application 0.109.116.
  • Said box has diagonal folding lines in two opposite walls, and as a result can be completely glued together in the cardboard factory, but transported in a flat-folded, collapsed position to the market gardener and the like.
  • the ready box has single-walled walls, which may or may not be consisting of two layers of solid cardboard glued against each other.
  • a box made of cellulose material, particularly cardboard, particularly solid cardboard, comprising a rectangular bottom panel having a pair of first edges situated opposite each other and a pair of second edges situated opposite each other, having two first upright walls connected to the first edges via a folding line and two second upright walls connected to the second edges via a folding line, in which the first and the second upright walls each comprise two wall panels that are spaced apart in order to define a hollow wall space there in between, in which the first upright walls are attached to the bottom panel in a collapsible manner and by means of a glue connection and the second upright walls are attached to the rest of the box through inter-engaging of second coupling means provided on the second upright walls and first coupling means provided on the rest of the box.
  • a double-walled box which can be transported in planar position, and which for a large part is ready because of pre-arranged (glue) connections, but the final erection of the box can take place at the buyer's of the box, just before filling the box, by inter-engaging the coupling means, which requires no gluing activity.
  • the first coupling means are provided on the first upright walls, in which way the upright walls are able to keep each other in the upright position.
  • first upright walls are provided with end members that towards the outside abut parts of the second upright walls and are provided with first coupling means, as a result of which the second upright walls are retained to the outside.
  • the first coupling means have been provided on the bottom side and the top side of the upright walls, for an optimal stability of the walls.
  • the second coupling means are at least partly formed on second attachment strips provided on the outermost of the wall panels of the second upright walls which are connected to it via a folding line, in which the second attachment strips are part of the second coupling means.
  • the second attachment strips form an easy point of engagement for the person erecting the box.
  • the second coupling means are at least partly formed by the inner wall panels of the second upright walls, in which the first coupling means engage behind said inner wall panels. This can be achieved in a constructionally easy way when the first coupling means that engage behind the inner second wall panels are formed at the ends of an upper longitudinal bridge strip of the first upright walls.
  • the first coupling means engage into the second upright walls.
  • the second upright walls engage about the end members of the first upright walls.
  • the outermost of the wall panels of the first upright walls are provided with first attachment strips connected to said walls by a folding line, in which the first attachment strips apart from their ends are glued to the bottom surface of the bottom panel, in which the second attachment strips are inserted in an insertion space between the ends of the first longitudinal attachment strips and the bottom panel.
  • the coupling means form a hook or snap connection, that can be detached in order to bring the box into a planar position after use, so that it takes up little space during transport to the place of packing or to the paper collection company.
  • a part of the hook or snap connection is provided at the ends of the second attachment strips, near their folding line. It is advantageous here when at least a part of the hook or snap connection has been provided at end members of the first upright walls, which end members extend within the hollow space of the second upright walls.
  • the invention provides a box made of cellulose material, particularly cardboard, particularly solid cardboard, comprising a rectangular bottom panel having a pair of first edges situated opposite each other and a pair of second edges situated opposite each other, having two first upright walls connected to the first edges via a folding line and two second upright walls connected to the second edges via a folding line, in which the first and the second upright walls each comprise two wall panels that are spaced apart in order to define a hollow wall space there in between, in which the innermost of the wall panels of the first and the second upright walls are connected to the bottom panel via said folding lines, and its outermost wall panels are provided with attachment strips that extend at the bottom side of the bottom panel.
  • the invention provides a box made of cellulose material, particularly cardboard, particularly solid cardboard, comprising a rectangular bottom panel having a pair of first edges situated opposite each other and a pair of second edges situated opposite each other, having two first upright walls connected to the first edges via a folding line and two second upright walls connected to the second edges via a folding line, in which the first and the second upright walls each comprise two wall panels that are spaced apart in order to define a hollow wall space there in between, in which the outermost of the wall panels of the first and the second upright walls are provided with first and second longitudinal attachment strips, respectively, connected to them via a folding line, in which the first upright walls are folded towards the outside and in which they are fixated to the rest of the box with their longitudinal attachment strips and the second upright walls are connected to the rest of the box in a mechanical manner, by means of means that are part of the cardboard of the box.
  • the adjacent innermost wall panels of the first and the second upright walls are connected to each other by means of a corner piece, that is folded double diagonally and is accommodated in one of the hollow wall spaces.
  • a corner piece that is folded double diagonally and is accommodated in one of the hollow wall spaces.
  • the diagonally folded corner piece can be inserted into the hollow wall space of the second walls in an advantageous manner. When erecting the second walls they can simply be turned about the corner pieces in a continuous movement.
  • the outer wall panels of the first upright walls and/or the second upright walls are provided with an end member, which is inserted within the hollow wall space of an adjacent upright wall, in order to reinforce the corner area. It advantageous here when the end member is loosely, preferably clampingly, inserted into said hollow wall space.
  • the adjacent upright walls are detachably connected to each other.
  • the collapsibility of the first walls is improved when the first attachment strips limit the hollow wall spaces of the first upright walls downward.
  • the first attachment strips lie against the lower surface of the bottom panel, so that the attachment is situated out of reach of the food product and possible water/fluids, so that the strength is maintained.
  • first longitudinal attachment strips extend with unglued ends over the second longitudinal attachment strips, in order to retain them through clamping cooperation with the bottom panel.
  • drainage holes can be provided at a distance from the corners of the bottom panel, as a result of which water can also be drained in a directed and possibly controlled manner.
  • the box can be provided with a glue connection over its largest length beforehand, which is advantageous in view of the strength.
  • the invention provides in a folded or collapsed condition which apparently is suitable for turning it into a box without using connection aids such as glue or staples and the like.
  • the invention provides a collapsed box to be erected for use, made of cellulose material, such as cardboard, particularly solid cardboard, comprising a rectangular bottom panel having a pair of first edges situated opposite each other and a pair of second edges situated opposite each other, having two first planar walls extending to the outside, connected to the first edges via a folding line and two second planar walls extending to the outside, connected to the second edges via a folding line, in which the first walls in cross-section are defined by four panels, having two wall panels, a connection strip between the longitudinal outer edges of said panels, and a longitudinal attachment strip with which the bottom wall panel is attached to the lower surface of the bottom panel, in which the second walls at least comprise two wall panels and a longitudinal attachment strip foldably connected to the outermost of said panels, which longitudinal attachment strip is free from the bottom panel and which is provided with second coupling means for coupling engagement with spaced apart first coupling means on the rest of the box, in particular the first upright walls.
  • cellulose material such as cardboard, particularly solid cardboard
  • Such a planar box is suitable to be transported in stacks to a food producer, such as a fish auction, and to be erected there by employees in order to be filled with the food product after that.
  • the ends of the longitudinal attachment strips attached to the lower surface are loose to define a clamping space for the ends of the longitudinal attachment strip of the two walls.
  • the invention provides a method for packing foodstuff that has to be kept within a certain range of temperature, such as fish, in which the box comprises a rectangular bottom panel and upright from it two pairs of double or hollow walls, a first pair of opposite walls having a substantially rectangular cross-section and being adhered to the bottom panel with an attachment strip connected to it and in a position folded down to the outside, being kept in a plane with the bottom panel, and the second pair of opposite walls also in a position folded down to the outside, being kept in a plane with the bottom panel, solely connected to the bottom panel via a folding line, in which in this planar position the boxes are transported in stacks from the cardboard factory to the foodstuffs factory or wholesaler in order to be packed there, to which end the packer swings the first pair of walls upwards and subsequently brings the second pair of walls in an erect position while fixating the erect position of the second pair of walls by means of inter-engaging the attachment means belonging to said pair of walls with the bottom panel and/or first pair of walls,
  • a box is used of which the end edges that are situated near the corners of the first pair of walls and/or the second pair of walls are provided with end members, and in which during erecting the second pair of walls the end members of either the first pair or the second pair of walls are inserted into the hollow wall space of either the second or the first pair of walls, respectively, to form a corner connection between adjacent erect walls.
  • end members that form a unity with the wall members of both pairs of walls that are immediately connected to the bottom panel, in which said end members are folded diagonally when erecting the box and are inserted in one of the adjacent hollow wall spaces.
  • attachment members that belong to the outermost wall panel of the second pair of walls, which attachment members are brought into insertion connection with the retaining members on the rest of the box that cooperate with them.
  • the boxes can be brought back into the collapsed position by detaching the other pair of walls and folding them down, and subsequently also folding down the one pair of walls, after which several collapsed boxes can be transported to a place of collection for wastepaper for recycling.
  • a blank 1 is shown made of solid cardboard, substantially consisting of a bottom panel 2 and short walls 3 and 4 and long walls 5 and 6 connected to the bottom panel 2 via folding lines 20 and 21.
  • the walls 3-6 are in fact double-walled, and are built up, respectively, from first wall panels 3a, 4a, 5a and 6a, and second wall panels 3b, 4b, 5b and 6b, which are intended to lie substantially parallel to each other in the completed box.
  • bridge strips 3c, 4c, 5c and 6c are situated in between the wall panels 3a and 3b, the wall panels 4a and 4b, the wall panels 5a and 5b, and the wall panels 6a and 6b, which bridge strips form a flat horizontal upper edge of the walls 3-6 in the completed box.
  • the walls 3c-6c can also improve the stackability of the boxes.
  • the bridge strips 3c and 4c are connected to the wall panels 3a, 3b and 4a, 4b by means of folding lines 22 and 23, and the bridge strips 5c and 6c are connected to wall panels 5a, 5b and 6a, 6b by means of folding lines 26 and 27.
  • attachments strips or attachment flaps 3d, 4d and 5d, 6d are connected to the wall panels 3b, 4b and 5b, 6b via folding lines 24 and 28, respectively.
  • the wall panels 3a-5a, 5a-4a, 4a-6a and 6a-3a are connected to each other by corner pieces 11, 13, 14 and 12, respectively, which because of diagonal folding lines 32 are each two-piece with the portions 11a, 11b, 13a, 13b, 14a, 14b and 12a, 12b.
  • the folding lines 32 make an upward approach of both abutting portions of the corner pieces possible.
  • the folding lines 33, 34 with which the corner pieces 11-14 are connected to the abutting wall panels here permit a downward movement, as seen in the drawing, of the portions 11a and 11b etcetera, respectively, with respect to wall panel 3a and 5a etcetera, respectively.
  • the corner pieces are furthermore each provided with a hollow cut-off point area 17.
  • the wall panels 3b and 4b are provided with end flaps 7a, 7b and 8a, 8b via folding lines 25, in which the folding lines 25 make it possible to turn said flaps downwards as seen in the drawing.
  • the flaps 7a and 7b are provided with recesses 33.
  • the wall panels 3b and 4b are provided with screening portions 18 through cutting in, in which furthermore cams 35 have been formed at the inner edge of the attachment flaps 3d and 4d.
  • the wall panels 5b and 6b are also provided with flaps, in this case by flaps 9a, 9c, 9b, 9d, 10b, 10d and 10a and 10c that are divided by folding lines 30, and which are connected to the wall panels in question by means of folding lines 29.
  • the folding lines 29 and 30 make a, as seen in the drawing, downward hinging movement possible.
  • the flaps 9a, 9b, 10a, 10b are provided with recesses 3b, as a result of which cams 34 have been formed.
  • the blank 1 is mechanically prepared to be converted into a box later on without additional aids, such as staples or glue.
  • the flaps 9c, 9d, 10c and 10d of a blank 1 lying upside down are provided with glue and turned and attached to the flaps 9a, 9b 10b, 10a.
  • a same treatment takes place on the flaps 7a, 7b, 8a and 8b. So they are attached to the lower surface of the wall panels 3b and 4b.
  • Subsequently glue is applied on the bottom side of the attachment strips 5d and 6d, except the shaded end portions 38. After that the wall panels 5b and 6b are turned about folding lines 27 and the attachment strips 5d and 6d are adhered to the bottom side of the bottom panel 2.
  • the collapsed box 100 shown in figure 2 is then obtained. Said boxes are stacked in the factory A and are kept together in a stack 101 and for instance transported by lorry to a food supplier, such as a fish auction, where (see B in figure 5) the box 200 can be erected manually.
  • a food supplier such as a fish auction
  • corner pieces 11-14 are manually pushed about the folding lines 32 in the direction G in order to get into an abutting position against the lower surface of wall panels 3a and 4a as shown in figure 3B.
  • the flaps 9-10 that are folded double are also turned about folding line 29 into the position shown in figure 3B.
  • the wall panels 3b and 4b are taken hold of and said panels are rotated about the folding lines 22, 23 in the direction H (figure 3B and 5) -in which the attachment strips 3d and 4d are kept in a position perpendicular to it about the folding lines 24-, the wall panels 3b and 4b into a vertical position, in which in the last part of this motion the attachment flaps 3d and 4d are brought against the lower surface of the bottom panel 2, and the ends of the attachment strips 3d and 4d end up in the space between the glueless end portions 38 of the attachment strips 5d and 6d and the lower surface of the bottom panel 2.
  • the end portions 16, extend under the end portions of the bridge strips 3c, 4c, so that at that location a slitless connection is obtained between the bridge strips.
  • drainage holes 41 are provided at the edges of the bottom panel 2 at some distance from the corners at the long sides.
  • the location of the drainage holes 41 is such, that they are aligned with the drainage 31 in the erected box 200. If necessary drainage holes can be dispensed with, depending on the wishes of the user of the boxes.
  • the holes 40 provided in the corners promote the foldability at that location.
  • the boxes 200 are now ready to be filled with for instance fish, and to be transported on a pallet (figure 5, see C), as a stack 201 to the fish shop D, where the fish can be displayed for sale in the same boxes 200.
  • the fish dealer After use the fish dealer is able, without too much trouble, to fold the boxes open into a position of collapsed box 100. They can then be entered into a cycle again, or through the intermediary of the paper wholesaler, be transported to the cardboard factory A, in order to be processed into new boxes.
  • a box is provided which is suitable for packing food in a thermally reliable manner, which requires a minimal transport volume.
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