EP1373100B1 - Emballage pour articles tels que des oeufs - Google Patents

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EP1373100B1
EP1373100B1 EP02787468A EP02787468A EP1373100B1 EP 1373100 B1 EP1373100 B1 EP 1373100B1 EP 02787468 A EP02787468 A EP 02787468A EP 02787468 A EP02787468 A EP 02787468A EP 1373100 B1 EP1373100 B1 EP 1373100B1
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  • the present invention relates to a display and distribution packaging unit for eggs or similar fragile articles and of the kind set forth in claim 1.
  • Packages for packing and transporting fragile articles such as eggs are known in a variety of forms.
  • such packages have comprised a bottom part provided with suitably shaped compartments for accommodation of the particular article, for instance eggs, and an upper part forming a cover over the bottom part for accommodating the upper portions of the articles housed within the package and for closing the package.
  • the upper part is connected to the lower part by means of a suitable hinge portion, although packages comprising separate bottom and upper parts have also been used.
  • the vertical front side of the bottom part is often provided with a flexible flap comprising a number of protrusions for engagement with correspondingly located and shaped holes in the cover part, thereby locking the bottom and cover parts together in the closed state of the package.
  • a package of this kind suffers from various disadvantages. In the closed position, the front face of the package will be subdivided into an upper part and a lower part and as the lower part is typically formed to be able to accommodate and support the articles contained within the package, it is only the upper part which can be given a planar shape that permits the application of text and pictures describing the contents of the package.
  • a package for eggs of the type comprising a hingedly connected bottom and cover part is disclosed in WO 00/03936.
  • the front surface of the cover part extends completely down to the lowermost portion of the bottom part, so that it can rest on the surface supporting the package.
  • a large unbroken front surface is provided and the extension of the front surface to the supporting surface furthermore adds stability to the package and is beneficial during the moulding process of the package.
  • a package of this type is the subject of EP 0 698565, which discloses a package comprising a separate packaging unit embracing the articles in an accommodating and supporting manner and where the outer shape of the packaging unit reflects the shape of the eggs contained within the unit.
  • This package is typically provided with a number, for instance six, of egg-shaped compartments and the package is furthermore provided with a display panel comprising suitably sized openings corresponding to the pattern of compartments of the packaging unit, such that the display panel can be placed on top of the compartments in such a manner that the compartments can protrude at least partly through said openings.
  • This package thus comprises two separate parts, i.e. the packaging unit as such and the display panel, which may under circumstances be regarded as a disadvantage from a handling point of view.
  • US 3,813,027 discloses a carton for eggs according to the preamble of appended claim 1 and comprising a bottom part with compartments for the eggs and a cover part, which in the embodiment illustrated in this document is provided with a substantially planar top surface delimited by depending front, back and end walls downwardly ending in a peripheral flange where said end walls are provided with recesses the lower limit of which terminate above the peripheral flange, leaving a belt-like wall portion between the recesses and the bottom part of the carton.
  • the packaging unit according to the present invention thus comprises a bottom part provided with one or more compartments for accommodating and supporting the eggs in the packaging unit and a cover part, where one or more portions of the cover part are shaped such that they reflect the shape of the eggs contained within the packaging unit, thereby making the shape of the eggs contained within the unit visible from outside.
  • said cover part and said bottom part can be moulded as one integrated unit by suction moulding.
  • a portion reflecting the shape of the eggs should be understood as a portion having a shape that provides a viewer with a clear association of the form of an egg without necessarily having a form exactly corresponding to an egg.
  • surfaces or subsurfaces of a number of different solids of revolution, for instance of an ellipsoid may reflect the shape of an egg within this context.
  • Providing not only the cover part with portions reflecting the shape of the eggs in the unit but also shaping the corresponding portions of the bottom part such that they reflect the shape of the eggs further enhances the visual information about the content of the unit.
  • the individual portions of the cover part and the corresponding portions of the bottom part may in the closed state of the unit merge into a substantially continuous surface reflecting a relatively large portion of the surface of an egg.
  • said portions of the cover part reflecting the shape of the eggs and the corresponding portions of the bottom part form compartments for the eggs in the unit, the internal surface of which compartments may also be shaped in a manner corresponding to the egg-shape.
  • these compartments embrace and support the eggs over a surface area of up to at least approximately 60% of the total surface area of an egg.
  • the eggs are thus supported in a manner which reduces the risk of damages of the eggs caused by the accelerations experienced for instance during vibrations of the unit and if the unit is accidentally dropped.
  • said compartments can also be formed to support the eggs at the bottom portion of the compartments.
  • a further enhancement of the information about the contents of the packaging unit provided by the portions of the cover part reflecting the shape of the eggs within the packaging unit can according to the invention be obtained by providing a clear subdivision of the cover part into those portions reflecting the shape of the eggs and the remaining portions of the cover part.
  • the portions reflecting the shape of the eggs are thus formed as egg-shaped continuous surfaces covering approximately a quarter of the total surface of an egg, whereas the remaining portion of the cover part - designed with the aim of providing large substantially planar areas for the application of various kinds of graphical and/or pictorial information - resembles a box comprising a substantially planar top surface, a front surface, a rear surface and substantially planar end surfaces.
  • the egg-shaped portions are located on either end surface of the cover part, thereby yielding a visually clear division between the substantially planar end surfaces and the smoothly curved egg-shaped portions. A placement of the egg-shaped portions on only one of said end surfaces would of cause also be possible.
  • the display and distribution packaging unit is characterised in that said cover part on the portion hereof, which is formed to reflect the shape of the eggs in the package, has a different surface structure from remaining portions of the cover part.
  • the portion reflecting the shape of the eggs may have a relatively coarse surface texture, whereas those portions upon which graphical information is to be provided, for instance using adhesive labels, could have a more smooth texture or vice versa.
  • the display and distribution packaging unit is characterised in that the interface between said cover part and said bottom part inclines downwardly from the rear side of the package to the front side of the package, thus yielding a higher front side of the cover part than rear side of the cover part, the higher front side thereby providing more space for the attachment of labels, etc.
  • On opening the cover part of the filled packaging unit a larger part of the eggs contained in the unit thus becomes visible from the front side of the unit, which is normally the side of the unit facing the customer in a store. This provides for a better opportunity to inspect the eggs in the unit, for instance for possible damages hereof and has the further effect that the eggs in the unit appear larger.
  • the lower edge of the front surface may according to the invention be extended in a downwards direction past the interface between the cover part and the bottom part.
  • said bottom and cover parts are hingedly connected to each other along one edge hereof, the opposite upper edge of the bottom part being provided with a flexible flap comprising at least one outwardly extending protrusion for engagement with a corresponding opening in the cover part.
  • said one or more protrusion has/have a cross-section in a plane parallel with the front surface of the unit, which substantially corresponds to a longitudinal cross-section through an egg.
  • the protrusions preferably have an overall size sufficiently large to facilitate depression of the protrusion on opening the unit and the outer surface of the protrusions - which can for instance be plane - can either be flush with the outer surface of the corresponding portion of the cover part or extend outwardly beyond this surface over the entire circumference of the protrusion or part hereof.
  • said protrusions and corresponding openings are shaped to form a tight engagement between the protrusion and the corresponding opening around the entire circumference of the protrusion, but shapes of openings and corresponding protrusions only providing engagement over a portion of the circumference of the protrusion may also be used.
  • the external bottom surface of the bottom part of the unit is provided with a pattern of supporting ribs formed between the base portions of the compartments.
  • Both the curved wall portions of the compartments and the pattern of supporting ribs provide increased mechanical stability of the packaging unit.
  • the supporting ribs and the base portions define a common, plane bottom surface for placement of the packaging unit, thus for instance yielding a more stable placement of units, when these are placed on top of each other.
  • the bottom surface defined by the base portions of the compartments and the supporting ribs define a plane surface and not a surface, which is slightly downwardly curved towards the central portion of the surface.
  • the central portions of this pattern of bases of compartments and supporting ribs could be located slightly above the plane defined by the peripheral portions of the bases and supporting ribs.
  • packaging unit according to the invention is described in detail by means of various non-limiting examples of its practical design.
  • a display and distribution packaging unit generally designated by 1 formed to accommodate six eggs.
  • the unit comprises a bottom part 2 and a cover part 3 connected to each other along one edge by means of a flexible connection 12, in the following generally referred to as a hinge. Portions 8 of the cover part 3 reflect the shape of the eggs contained within the unit.
  • the complete unit can be formed as one integrated unit made of moulded pulp.
  • the bottom part shown in Figure 1 is subdivided into six compartments 4 by appropriately shaping the wall sections of the bottom part and by inclusion of a pair of upwardly extending pillar posts 5 along the centre line of the bottom part.
  • the shape of the side wall forming part of the compartments 4 may correspond to the shape of the eggs contained in the compartments, thereby providing a good support for the eggs and visual information about the content of the packaging unit.
  • a flexible flap 6 Placed along one upper edge portion of the bottom part 2, there is provided a flexible flap 6, on the outer surface of which there is provided an outwardly extending protrusion 7.
  • a protrusion 7 is present, but it is understood that more than one protrusion could be provided if desirable.
  • portions 6' of the flap 6 may be formed in such a manner that they constitute a part of the walls of the adjacent compartments of the unit. This embodiment is shown in detail in Figure 4.
  • the cover part 3 according to the embodiment shown in Figure 1 comprises essentially two different portions, i.e. a central portion, the shape of which to some extent resembles the shape of a box and comprising a substantially planar top face 10, substantially planar front and rear faces 14, 15 and substantially planar end faces 20 (see for instance Figure 3a ff.).
  • the front face is provided with an aperture 9, the position, shape and size of which corresponds to the protrusion 7 on the flexible flap 6 of the bottom part 2.
  • the front face 14 being flexible makes it is possible to close the cover part 3, whereby the protrusion 7 will be brought into engagement with the aperture 9. Pulling along the edge portion of the front face 14, it is possible to bring the protrusion 7 out of engagement with the aperture 9, whereupon the packaging unit can be opened.
  • the combination of the downwardly curved shape of the front face 14 - as indicated by 17 in the Figures - and the relatively large protrusions make it easy for the user to open the unit.
  • the protrusions are styled to suggest the contents of the unit, i.e. they are approximately egg-shaped.
  • the outer substantially planar face of the protrusion may even be provided with text or pictures, such as the text: "press to open” or the like.
  • embossing may provide a three-dimensional surface hereof.
  • the planar face hereof should be of a size facilitating the opening of the unit, as this would normally take place during use.
  • the size of the planar face should based on this requirement not be less than that of an average fingertip of a thumb, which would amount to approximately 2 cm in the vertical direction of the protrusion and somewhat larger in the longitudinal direction of the protrusion, in order to preserve the egg-shape of the planar face.
  • Typical dimensions would be within the range (20 mm to 30 mm) x (15 mm to 20 mm), typically approximately 16 mm x 24 mm, although other dimensions may of course also be employed.
  • the second portion of the cover part 3 comprises the egg-shaped compartment walls 8 located at either longitudinal end of the cover part 3.
  • These compartment walls 8 provide additional support for the eggs contained within these compartments and reflects the shape of the eggs thereby providing a visual indication of the content of the packaging unit.
  • To highlight the visual information - and provide a pleasing aesthetic effect - it is possible to provide the compartment walls 8 with a different surface texture than the planar surfaces 10, 14, 15 and 20, where the first three of these surfaces for instance can be used for the placement of labels etc.
  • the contrast between the curved portions 8 and the substantially planar end faces 20 and the distinct line of division between these contribute to highlight the information about the contents of the packaging unit.
  • FIG. 2 there is shown a top and bottom view of the packaging unit according to this embodiment of the invention.
  • the egg-shaped compartment walls 8 are clearly visible on the top view, thus conveying information about the contents of the unit when this is viewed from above, i.e. when the corresponding compartment walls of the bottom part can not be seen.
  • the outer surface of the compartments 4 is shown together with a pattern of supporting ribs 11 formed between the base portions 19 of the compartments 4. Both the curved wall portions 8 of the compartments 4 and the pattern of supporting ribs 11 provide increased mechanical stability of the packaging unit.
  • the supporting ribs 11 and the base portions 19 define a common, plane bottom surface for placement of the packaging unit.
  • Figure 3a shows a packaging unit of the same basic form as shown in Figure 1 comprising six compartments 4 for eggs.
  • Figure 3b shows an embodiment comprising three rows each containing three compartments 4
  • Figure 3c shows a unit comprising two rows of five compartments 4
  • Figure 3d shows a unit comprising three rows of five compartments 4.
  • Figure 3e there is finally shown a side elevation view of the packaging unit shown in Figure 3c.
  • the front face 14 of the cover part 3 can also be subdivided into two portions 14' and 14" if desired, each of these portions 14', 14" being provided with openings 9 for similarly placed protrusions 7 on the bottom part 2 of the unit. It is understood that instead of using two openings and corresponding protrusions as shown in Figures 3d through 3e, it is also possible to use other numbers of openings and protrusions, as for instance only one as shown in Figures 1 through 3b.
  • the interface 21 between the bottom part 2 and the cover part 3 inclines downwardly from the rear face 15 towards the front face 14 of the cover part.
  • the effect of this is at least twofold: it increases the area of the front face 14 of the cover part 3, thus increasing the possibility to attach for instance labels etc. to this and in the open state of the unit, it increases the part of the eggs in the front row of compartments 4, which can be seen on opening the unit.
  • the interface 21 is shown as slightly curved from the rear towards the front face of the cover part, but other shapes could of course also be envisaged.
  • the lower portion of the front face 14 of the cover part 3 is in this embodiment extended by a flap 14"' exhibiting a downwardly curved edge portion 17.
  • a flap 14"' exhibiting a downwardly curved edge portion 17.
  • the internal surface of the compartments 4 is formed to provide support for the eggs 25 housed therein.
  • the internal surfaces of the compartments correspond to a portion of the surface of the eggs, typically at least 60% of the surface of the eggs housed within the compartments.
  • the compartments 4 are also provided with support structures 26 for the lower ends of the eggs, thereby providing further support for the eggs housed within the compartments 4.

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  1. Emballage pour la présentation et la commercialisation d'oeufs ou d'articles fragiles semblables, ledit emballage étant composé d'un matériau opaque, par exemple un cartonnage moulé et comprenant :
    une partie de fond (2) comprenant des surfaces latérales non planes de compartiments (4), de façon à correspondre, au moins partiellement, aux contours extérieurs des oeufs contenus à l'intérieur dudit emballage ;
    une partie de couvercle (3) comprenant une surface supérieure (10) et des surfaces avant et arrière (14, 15) sensiblement planes ;
    dans lequel ladite partie de couvercle (3) comprend des portions (8) reflétant la forme des oeufs contenus à l'intérieur dudit emballage, et caractérisé en ce que lesdites portions (8) sont situées sur les surfaces d'extrémité (20) sensiblement planes de ladite partie de couvercle (3) à l'une ou à l'autre, ou aux deux extrémité(s) de la partie de couvercle (3).
  2. Emballage pour la présentation et la commercialisation selon la revendication 1, dans lequel lesdites portions (8) reflétant la forme des oeufs comprennent, chacune, sensiblement un quart de la superficie totale de l'oeuf correspondant.
  3. Emballage pour la présentation et la commercialisation selon la revendication 1 ou 2, dans lequel lesdites portions (8) reflétant la forme des oeufs contenus dans l'emballage sont, de plus, situées sur une ou plusieurs des surfaces comprenant lesdites surface supérieure (10), surface avant (14) et surface arrière (15).
  4. Emballage pour la présentation et la commercialisation selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes, dans lequel lesdites portions (8) reflétant la forme des oeufs ont la forme de portions de solides de révolution, ayant un axe de révolution sensiblement perpendiculaire à ladite surface supérieure (10) de la partie de couvercle (3).
  5. Emballage pour la présentation et la commercialisation selon la revendication 1, dans lequel les surfaces latérales non planes de la partie de fond (3) ont la forme d'une portion de la surface d'un oeuf.
  6. Emballage pour la présentation et la commercialisation selon la revendication 5, dans lequel les surfaces latérales non planes de la partie de fond (3) ont la forme de portions de solides de révolution ayant un axe de révolution qui coïncide sensiblement avec ledit axe de révolution desdites portions (8) prévues dans la partie de couvercle (3).
  7. Emballage pour la présentation et la commercialisation selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes, dans lequel lesdites portions en forme d'oeuf de la partie de couvercle (3) se poursuivent dans lesdites portions en forme d'oeuf correspondantes de la partie de fond (2), les portions en forme d'oeuf correspondantes de la partie de couvercle (3) et de la partie de fond (2) formant ainsi une portion continue de la surface d'un oeuf.
  8. Emballage pour la présentation et la commercialisation selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes, dans lequel lesdites portions en forme d'oeuf (8) situées au niveau d'une extrémité longitudinale ou des deux extrémités longitudinales de la partie de couvercle (3), avec les portions en forme d'oeuf correspondantes de la partie de fond (2), correspondent à une portion principale de la surface d'un oeuf.
  9. Emballage pour la présentation et la commercialisation selon la revendication 8, dans lequel ladite portion principale de la surface d'un oeuf constitue pas moins d'environ 60 % de la surface totale d'un oeuf.
  10. Emballage pour la présentation et la commercialisation selon la revendication 1, dans lequel ladite partie de couvercle (3), sur lesdites portions (8) de 'celui-ci, qui sont formées pour refléter les oeufs contenus dans l'emballage a une structure de surface différente des portions restantes de la partie de couvercle.
  11. Emballage pour la présentation et la commercialisation selon la revendication 10, dans lequel ladite structure de surface est relativement lisse et la structure de surface des surfaces restantes de l'emballage est relativement rugueuse.
  12. Emballage pour la présentation et la commercialisation selon la revendication 10, dans lequel ladite structure de surface est relativement rugueuse et la structure de surface des surfaces restantes de l'emballage est relativement lisse.
  13. Emballage pour la présentation et la commercialisation selon la revendication 1, 10, 11 ou 12, dans lequel ladite partie de fond (2) sur lesdites portions de celui-ci, qui sont formées pour correspondre aux contours des oeufs dans l'emballage, a une structure de surface différente des portions restantes de la partie de couvercle.
  14. Emballage pour la présentation et la commercialisation selon la revendication 13, dans lequel ladite structure de surface est relativement lisse et la structure de surface des surfaces restantes de l'emballage est relativement rugueuse.
  15. Emballage pour la présentation et la commercialisation selon la revendication 13, dans lequel ladite structure de surface est relativement rugueuse et la structure de surface des surfaces restantes de l'emballage est relativement lisse.
  16. Emballage pour la présentation et la commercialisation selon la revendication 1, dans lequel ladite partie de couvercle (3) sur le côté avant plan (14) de celui-ci est munie d'au moins une ouverture (9) permettant l'engagement avec une ou plusieurs protubérance(s) (7) prévue(s) sur ladite partie de fond (2).
  17. Emballage pour la présentation et la commercialisation selon la revendication 16, dans lequel ledit engagement entre la ou plusieurs protubérance(s) (7) et les ouvertures (9) correspondantes est un engagement étroit autour de la circonférence complète de la protubérance (7).
  18. Emballage pour la présentation et la commercialisation selon la revendication 16, dans lequel la forme desdites ouvertures (9) et des protubérances (7) correspondantes correspond sensiblement à une coupe longitudinale à travers un oeuf.
  19. Emballage pour la présentation et la commercialisation selon la revendication 16, dans lequel la surface extérieure desdites protubérances (7) est sensiblement plane.
  20. Emballage pour la présentation et la commercialisation selon la revendication 16, dans lequel ladite surface extérieure des protubérances (7) affleure ladite surface avant (14) de la partie de couvercle (3).
  21. Emballage pour la présentation et la commercialisation selon la revendication 16, dans lequel la portion de bord inférieure desdites protubérances (7) affleure ladite surface avant (14) et dans lequel la portion de bord supérieure desdites protubérances (7) s'étend vers l'extérieur par rapport à la surface avant (14).
  22. Emballage pour la présentation et la commercialisation selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes, dans lequel ladite surface supérieure (10) et/ou ladite surface avant (14) et/ou ladite surface arrière (15) de la partie de couvercle (3) est/sont munie(s) d'informations graphiques et/ou en images et/ou d'un bossage.
  23. Emballage pour la présentation et la commercialisation selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes, dans lequel ladite surface extérieure des protubérances (7) est munie d'informations graphiques et/ou en images et/ou d'un bossage.
  24. Emballage pour la présentation et la commercialisation selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes, dans lequel ladite partie de fond (2) et ladite partie de couvercle (3) sont raccordées l'une à l'autre au moyen d'une portion de charnière (12) qui s'étend le long d'une portion de bord de l'interface entre ladite partie de fond et ladite partie de couvercle (2, 3).
  25. Emballage pour la présentation et la commercialisation selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes, dans lequel l'interface entre ladite partie de couvercle (3) et ladite partie de fond (2) s'incline vers le bas à partir de l'arrière de l'emballage jusqu'à l'avant de celui-ci, ce qui donne un côté avant (14) de la partie de couvercle (3) plus haut que le côté arrière (15) de la partie de couvercle (3).
  26. Emballage pour la présentation et la commercialisation selon la revendication 25, dans lequel ladite interface est incurvée.
  27. Emballage pour la présentation et la commercialisation selon la revendication 1, dans lequel le bord inférieur de ladite surface avant (14) de la partie de couvercle (3) est incurvé vers le bas, sous l'interface entre ladite partie de couvercle (3) et ladite partie de fond (2) pour permettre l'extension de la zone de la surface avant (14) et pour faciliter l'ouverture de l'emballage.
  28. Emballage pour la présentation et la commercialisation selon la revendication 27, dans lequel l'extension vers le bas de la surface avant (14) recouvre jusqu'à la hauteur totale de la partie de fond (2).
  29. Emballage pour la présentation et la commercialisation selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes, dans lequel ladite partie de fond (2) sur le côté inférieur (18) de celui-ci est munie d'un motif de nervures de support (11) raccordant les portions de base (19) des compartiments (4) en forme d'oeuf, dans la partie de fond (2), grâce à quoi la résistance mécanique de l'emballage est augmentée.
  30. Emballage pour la présentation et la commercialisation selon la revendication 29, dans lequel lesdites portions de base (18) et lesdites nervures de support (19) définissent une surface sensiblement plane pour le rangement de l'emballage.
  31. Emballage pour la présentation et la commercialisation selon la revendication 29, dans lequel lesdites portions de base (18) et lesdites nervures de support (19) définissent une surface pour le rangement de l'emballage, dont les portions centrales de la surface sont relevées par rapport aux portions périphériques de celle-ci.
  32. Emballage pour la présentation et la commercialisation selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes, dans lequel ladite une ou lesdites plusieurs protubérance(s) (7) est (sont) prévue(s) sur un rabat souple (6) placé le long d'une portion de bord supérieur de la partie de fond (2).
  33. Emballage pour la présentation et la commercialisation selon la revendication 32, dans lequel les parties dudit rabat souple (6) sont formées de telle manière qu'elles constituent une partie des parois des compartiments adjacents (4).
  34. Emballage pour la présentation et la commercialisation selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes 18 à 23, dans lequel les dimensions de ladite face plane des protubérances correspondent à peu près aux dimensions du bout d'un pouce.
  35. Emballage pour la présentation et la commercialisation selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes 18 à 23, dans lequel les dimensions de ladite face plane des protubérances est dans la fourchette de (20 mm à 30 mm) x (15 mm à 20 mm).
  36. Emballage pour la présentation et la commercialisation selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes, dans lequel ledit emballage est formé comme un emballage en une seule pièce constitué d'un seul matériau.
  37. Emballage pour la présentation et la commercialisation selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes, dans lequel lesdits compartiments (4) de la partie de fond (2) et lesdites portions (8) correspondantes de la partie de couvercle (3) reflétant la forme des oeufs dans l'emballage définissent des surfaces internes de l'emballage, lesquelles surfaces correspondent à une portion de la surface totale d'un oeuf.
  38. Emballage pour la présentation et la commercialisation selon la revendication 37, dans lequel lesdites surfaces internes de l'emballage correspondent à au moins 60 % de la surface d'un oeuf.
  39. Emballage pour la présentation et la commercialisation selon la revendication 37 ou 38, dans lequel lesdits compartiments (4) sont, en outre, munis de structures de support (26) pour les extrémités des oeufs (25) dans les compartiments.
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