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EP1207113B1
EP1207113B1 EP99906257A EP99906257A EP1207113B1 EP 1207113 B1 EP1207113 B1 EP 1207113B1 EP 99906257 A EP99906257 A EP 99906257A EP 99906257 A EP99906257 A EP 99906257A EP 1207113 B1 EP1207113 B1 EP 1207113B1
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Juan Luis Ripolles Romeu
José Ramon Llorente Zamorano
Pere Palau Gudiol
Luigi Cattorini
Miguel Sannicolas Martinez
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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
    • B65D11/00—Containers having bodies formed by interconnecting or uniting two or more rigid, or substantially rigid, components made wholly or mainly of plastics material
    • B65D11/20—Details of walls made of plastics material
    • B65D11/22—Reinforcing for strengthening parts of members
    • 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
    • B65D1/00—Containers having bodies formed in one piece, e.g. by casting metallic material, by moulding plastics, by blowing vitreous material, by throwing ceramic material, by moulding pulped fibrous material, by deep-drawing operations performed on sheet material
    • B65D1/22—Boxes or like containers with side walls of substantial depth for enclosing contents
    • B65D1/225—Collapsible boxes
    • 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
    • B65D11/00—Containers having bodies formed by interconnecting or uniting two or more rigid, or substantially rigid, components made wholly or mainly of plastics material
    • B65D11/18—Containers having bodies formed by interconnecting or uniting two or more rigid, or substantially rigid, components made wholly or mainly of plastics material collapsible, i.e. with walls hinged together or detachably connected
    • B65D11/1833—Containers having bodies formed by interconnecting or uniting two or more rigid, or substantially rigid, components made wholly or mainly of plastics material collapsible, i.e. with walls hinged together or detachably connected whereby all side walls are hingedly connected to the base panel
    • 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
    • B65D21/00—Nestable, stackable or joinable containers; Containers of variable capacity
    • B65D21/02—Containers specially shaped, or provided with fittings or attachments, to facilitate nesting, stacking, or joining together
    • B65D21/0209—Containers specially shaped, or provided with fittings or attachments, to facilitate nesting, stacking, or joining together stackable or joined together one-upon-the-other in the upright or upside-down position
    • B65D21/0213—Containers presenting a continuous stacking profile along the upper or lower edge of at least two opposite side walls

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  • the present invention relates to a folding box intended especially to contain fruit, vegetables and the like.
  • the folding box of the present invention is of the type which comprises a single laminar element constituted by heat-forming, which has several fold lines on which the lateral walls of the box can be pushed back into the assembled position of the box. In the unfolded position, the different elements of the box are arranged in one plane, forming an assembly which is easy to store and transport.
  • US Patent 4210274 on which the preamble of claim 1 is based, describes boxes for fruit and vegetables with a base portion and side walls folded up from the base with extruded corner posts with stacking tags engaging the top of one corner posts and the bottom of the adjacent next box.
  • European Patent application 0 573 729 discloses a plastic collapsible box with a central portion and foldable flaps which are interconnected by moulded corner uprights with a central rib and two rows of segments for interconnection.
  • the aim of the box of the present invention is to provide the box assembly with high strength by means of special extruded corner brackets which make it possible to obtain characteristics of great economy and of significant strength in the manufactured box, making it possible, in particular, to have smooth lateral walls, without the depressions or ribs customarily used, so that ample surfaces can be available for the placing of labels, instructions for use, etc.
  • An essential element of the box of the present invention consists in the special extruded comer brackets which join the adjacent edges of the lateral walls in the assembled position of the box, very simply and very strongly. This is possible owing to the extruded structure in a synthetic material of said comer brackets, which in cross section have a structure of several walls arranged radially from the corner edge, all being arranged so as to project from the actual comer edge receiving the adjacent edges of the walls which meet in a corner edge of the box. By means of this formation, it is possible for the corner bracket to have great rigidity, imparting a high strength to the box assembly.
  • corner brackets may be coupled simply by sliding on the corner edges of the box, that is to say, vertically, in a very simple manner, and in addition their cost of manufacture is very much reduced by using a simple extrusion method.
  • the elements of the corner brackets arranged so as to project from the corner edge have sufficient flexibility to be effectively coupled.
  • a further feature of the box of the present invention consists in that the floor of the box comprises, besides the ribs pressed into the central part, which in cross section are directed downwards, communicating with a central opening to permit the evacuation of liquids, a peripheral rib which extends over its entire perimeter and the cross section of which is arranged so as to protrude upwards, that is to say, in the opposite direction to the central depressions, achieving, as a whole, greater rigidity of the floor and reducing the flexing thereof under load.
  • the floor has at its corners small areas delimited by cuts which separate the lateral walls from the floor, improving the folding characteristics for the assembly of the box, there being arranged in each of the said corner areas a depression in the form of a protuberance which projects towards the lower face of the box, being capable of permitting the centring of one box on another in the stacking position.
  • the latter has at least on two lateral walls, for example, the minor lateral walls, slight depressions on the edges and other small depressions on the actual lateral face but on the lower corner edge common to the floor of the box, of a complementary shape to the first ones, so that when stacking the boxes it is possible to centre one upon the other additionally as the small re-entrant depressions of the lower edge coincide with the inwardly protruding depressions of the upper edges of the lateral walls of the box.
  • two lateral walls for example, the minor lateral walls, slight depressions on the edges and other small depressions on the actual lateral face but on the lower corner edge common to the floor of the box, of a complementary shape to the first ones, so that when stacking the boxes it is possible to centre one upon the other additionally as the small re-entrant depressions of the lower edge coincide with the inwardly protruding depressions of the upper edges of the lateral walls of the box.
  • depressions may be arranged in the central parts of said edges.
  • the edges may have, in an alternative version, on the end down-turns of the lateral tabs intended to coincide within the corner brackets, a progressive profile which, starting with simply flat expansions, widens out to the structure of the end expansions in the form of an obtuse angle which are received within the corner bracket.
  • the coincident edges of the lateral walls fit into the four sides of the longitudinal opening of the corner bracket.
  • Figure 1 shows a plan view of the whole of the laminar part constituting the box.
  • Figures 2, 3 and 4 are respective details in section and in plan showing the bottom of the box.
  • Figure 5 shows a plan view of the box, with the lateral walls raised, without corner brackets.
  • Figure 6 is a view similar to Figure 5, showing the comer brackets in place.
  • Figures 7 and 8 show respective details of the comer bracket of the box.
  • Figures 9 and 10 show respective details of the placing of the corner bracket and of the stacking of two boxes.
  • Figure 11 shows a perspective view of the box with details of the centring depressions of the upper edges.
  • Figure 12 shows a perspective view in which can be seen a detail of the stacking of two boxes.
  • Figure 13 shows a plan view of a laminar part similar to Figure 1, according to a variant.
  • Figure 14 shows a perspective view of the folded box corresponding to the variant of Figure 13.
  • Figures 15 and 16 are views in side elevation and front elevation, respectively, of an alternative embodiment of the expansions of the lateral tabs of the walls of the box with a profile of the progressive type.
  • Figures 17, 18 and 19 are respective transverse sections through the planes shown in Figure 16, to show the progressive variation in the shape of said expansions.
  • Figures 20, 21 and 22 show cross sections corresponding to Figures 17, 18 and 19 with the corner bracket incorporated.
  • Figure 23 shows a section of one of the minor lateral walls of the development shown in Figure 24.
  • Figure 24 shows a development of a laminar part for a box which comprises the variants constituted by the depressions on the lateral edges and the progressive profile of the expansions.
  • Figure 25 is a section through the plane indicated in Figure 24.
  • Figure 26 shows a perspective view of the assembled box in the variant provided with depressions on the edges.
  • Figure 27 shows a detail in section through the section plane shown in Figure 28.
  • Figure 28 shows a plan view of an embodiment of a box with reinforcing depressions exclusively in the minor sides.
  • Figure 29 shows a perspective view of the box of the variant shown in Figure 28.
  • the present invention relates to a box constituted from a heat-formed principal element of laminar type 1, on which can be seen a laminar bottom or base part 2 and the integral parts of the lateral walls 3, 4, 5 and 6, hinged on the bottom by the corresponding fold lines 7, 8, 9 and 10.
  • the laminar part constituting the box may be stacked and transported easily, and at the time of assembly the lateral walls 3, 4, 5 and 6 are folded back according to the vectors indicated in Figure 1 in order to erect the box, the vertical corner edges of which are fixed by means of specific devices called corner brackets.
  • the present invention provides a new type of extruded corner bracket having very advantageous features as well as a specific composition of the whole of the part 1, with regard to the bottom and its corners, as well as the upper and lower edges of lateral walls in order to permit the centring of the box and other features which will be described.
  • the present invention provides for the formation of a peripheral rib 12 which extends over the entire perimeter of the base 2 and which in cross section projects upwards, Figure 2, so that it imparts greater rigidity to the floor 2 of the box, avoiding excessive flexing of the central part of the box when it is subjected to the load which it is intended to carry.
  • the present invention makes provision for longitudinal cuts on the two sides in contact with the respective lateral flaps, such as, for example, the cuts 20 and 21 of the lateral walls 3 and 6. Said grooves or cuts, shown by the numbers 20 and 21, will allow the folding back of the lateral walls without producing creases in the area of the corners.
  • the corners 13 to 16 of the base will have centring protuberances which protrude downwards, below the lower plane of the base 2. Said protuberances may be produced during the pressing of the actual part 1, there being shown in Figures 3 and 4 the protuberance 22 of the corner 13, produced by pressing.
  • the lateral walls for example, the end walls 4 and 6, also have specific characteristics according to the present invention in order to achieve the centring of a box with another located below it when stacking the boxes.
  • Said characteristics which will be explained specifically with reference to Figures 1, 11 and 12, comprise the provision of depressions on the lower edge and on the upper edge of the lateral walls 4 and 6, the depressions of the lower edge having a shape complementary to those of the upper edge and having the same longitudinal arrangement, so that the depressions of the lower edge can coincide with those of the upper edge of a box arranged below when stacking the boxes.
  • the depressions 23 and 24 provided in the lower edge which have a re-entrant shape and the depressions 25 and 26 in the upper edge, of projecting shape, so that they can be fitted into one another when stacking.
  • the depressions 25 and 26 are constituted by small deformed plates in the upper flange 27 of the folded-over edge of the lateral wall, which assumes an inwardly folded form and which extends slightly towards the outside a little further out from the actual lateral wall 6, in order to allow correct stacking.
  • the tabs of the ends of the lateral walls for example the tabs 18 and 19 of the lateral walls 3 and 6, are folded back on the respective chamfers of the base and finally folded back radially, constituting end regions in the form of an obtuse angle 28 and 29, intended to be encompassed by the special extruded corner brackets 30, Figures 7 and 8, which have a substantially radial structure with principal end walls 31 and 32 and inner walls 33 and 34, all terminating in inwardly folded edges such as the flange 35 of the wall 31.
  • the corner bracket 30 will be produced by extrusion of a suitable plastics material, having a high degree of rigidity, due in part to its radial structure and likewise to the fact that the thickness of the walls may be selected within wide limits in order to obtain a high degree of rigidity, although the lateral walls 31 and 32, owing to their radial arrangement projecting from the corner edge 36, will be capable of flexing smoothly in order to improve their operability.
  • the box will be completely assembled and in a serviceable condition.
  • the lateral walls for example the principal lateral walls 3 and 5
  • composition which has been indicated of the lower and upper edges of the lateral wall 6 will be analogous on the opposed lateral wall 4, there being noted in a corresponding detail of Figure 11 the upper flange 27', one of the upper depressions 26', and also the depressions of the lower edge 23', for obtaining the same centring function.
  • Figures 13 and 14 show a variant of the box in which the longer lateral walls, for example 37 and 38, have a greater height, being level with the minor lateral walls 39 and 40.
  • the major lateral walls 37 and 38 have upper flanges 41 and 42 similar to the flanges 43 and 44 of the minor faces, thus improving the centring of the boxes when stacked.
  • Figures 15 to 22 show a variant of progressive profile edges in the tabs intended to receive the corner brackets.
  • the tabs 45 and 46 will form firstly, in an upper region 47, the simply flat edges indicated in Figure 19, in which they have been indicated by the numbers 48 and 49.
  • Said flat regions 48 and 49 will have the upper corner 50 fully rounded in order to improve the entry of the corner bracket at the moment of its insertion, as can be seen from the position of the corner bracket 51 with respect to the straight edges, Figure 22.
  • the flat expansions 48 and 49 begin to assume progressively the shape of the expansions at an obtuse angle which are shown in Figures 17, 18, 20 and 21.
  • the expansions at an obtuse angle increase in size until the region 53 is reached, which is the actually functional region and in which, as shown in Figure 17, the lateral expansions 54 and 55 attain the desired structure of obtuse angles.

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  1. Faltschachtel, umfassend eine flache laminare Platte (1) aus durch Wärme geformtem Synthetikmaterial, an der Seitenwände gelenkig mit einem Boden entlang Faltlinien angebracht sind, wobei die Seitenwände zugehörige Endklappen besitzen, die nach dem Falten in vertikale Eckränder der Schachtel gebracht werden, die in extrudierten Eckträgern gehalten sind, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß der durch Wärme gebildete laminare Teil (1), der die Abwicklung der Schachtel bildet, in den Eckzonen der Basis jeweilige Eckstücke (13, 14, 15, 16) aufweist, die durch Schnitte (20, 21) von den Endklappen (18, 19) der Seitenwände (3, 6) getrennt sind, wobei die Eckstücke (13, 14, 15, 16) jeweils eine Zentriereinrichtung (22) besitzen, die in die Zone des entsprechenden Eckträgers und der gefaltenen Kanten einer unteren Schachtel beim Stapeln der Schachteln eingebracht werden sollen.
  2. Faltschachtel nach Anspruch 1, bei der die extrudierten Eckträger (30) aus Synthetikmaterial im Querschnitt eine von der Kante (36) ausgehende Radialstruktur mit umgebenden Außenseiten (31, 32) und zwei kürzeren Innenseiten (33, 34) aufweisen, die zwischen sich die Auflagefläche für den unter stumpfem Winkel gefalteten Endzonen (28, 29) der Endklappen (18, 19) der Seitenwände (3, 6) bilden.
  3. Faltschachtel nach Anspruch 2, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß die Endkanten (35) der Außenseiten (31, 32) des Eckträgers (30) nach innen gefaltet sind.
  4. Faltschachtel nach Anspruch 1 und 2, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß zwei einander gegenüberstehende Seitenwände (4, 6) an ihren oberen und unteren Rändern Vertiefungen (23, 24, 25, 26) aufweisen, die in gleicher Längsposition angeordnet sind, wobei die Form der Vertiefungen an der unteren Kante komplementär zu der der Vertiefungen an der oberen Kante ist, um ein Stapeln der Schachteln zu ermöglichen.
  5. Faltschachtel nach Anspruch 4, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß die Vertiefungen am oberen Rand der Seitenwände (4, 6) in solchen Zonen der Ränder vorgesehen sind, die eine abgewinkelte Struktur bilden, wodurch ein etwas gegenüber den Seitenwänden nach außen stehender Flansch gebildet wird, der das Stapeln erleichtert.
  6. Faltschachtel nach Anspruch 1, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß die zentrierenden Vorsprünge (22) der Eckstücke (13) der Basis der Schachtel mit Hilfe von nach unten gerichteten Vertiefungen gebildet sind, die in die Eckträger (30) eingreifen können, um eine Schachtel in einer oberen Stellung mit einer weiteren Schachtel in einer unteren Lage zu zentrieren, wenn die Schachteln gestapelt werden.
  7. Faltschachtel nach Anspruch 1, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß die mit dem Eckträger (30) in Fluchtung zu bringenden Zonen der Klappen (45, 46) an ihrem oberen Rand eine erste gerade, flache Zone (52) aufweisen, in deren Fortsetzung die Erweiterungen, die in der Form eines stumpfen Winkels in den Eckträgern eingreifen sollen, in ihrer Größe progressiv soweit zunehmen, bis die Endform der Erweiterungen in Form eines stumpfen Winkels erreicht ist, wobei letzterer sich über den Hauptteil (53) der Höhe der Eckkante erstreckt.
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