EP1422149B1 - Transport package - Google Patents

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EP1422149B1
EP1422149B1 EP02025929A EP02025929A EP1422149B1 EP 1422149 B1 EP1422149 B1 EP 1422149B1 EP 02025929 A EP02025929 A EP 02025929A EP 02025929 A EP02025929 A EP 02025929A EP 1422149 B1 EP1422149 B1 EP 1422149B1
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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
    • B65D5/44—Integral, inserted or attached portions forming internal or external fittings
    • B65D5/50—Internal supporting or protecting elements for contents
    • B65D5/5028—Elements formed separately from the container body
    • B65D5/5035—Paper elements
    • 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
    • B65D5/48—Partitions
    • 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
    • B65D5/5028—Elements formed separately from the container body
    • B65D5/5035—Paper elements
    • B65D5/5042—Hollow tubular elements provided with slits or openings
    • 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
    • B65D5/5028—Elements formed separately from the container body
    • B65D5/5035—Paper elements
    • B65D5/5047—Blocks
    • B65D5/505—Blocks formed by folding up one or more blanks to form a hollow block
    • B65D5/5052—Blocks formed by folding up one or more blanks to form a hollow block and provided with slits or recesses in which at least a part of the contents are located

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  • the invention relates to a shipping package, in particular for a liquid, e.g. Blood, filled analysis vessels or the like comprising a carton-shaped container which is closable with a lid, according to the preamble of claim 1.
  • a shipping package in particular for a liquid, e.g. Blood, filled analysis vessels or the like comprising a carton-shaped container which is closable with a lid, according to the preamble of claim 1.
  • a packaging is disclosed in US-A-3227357.
  • the invention according to claim 1 has for its object to provide a shipping package of the type mentioned, which allows a reliable and variable, even with different sized analysis or sample vessels housing.
  • the container is divided by the bottom side centered arranged pivot segments, which are formed as articulated hollow body with mutually sliding walls and stationary ground.
  • the individual, possibly different lengths, expediently provided over the entire container length Swivel segments allow a dependent on the respective dimensions of the inserted analysis vessels, accurate support and positioning.
  • a pivoting segment sets or put the several pivot segments in front of the respective end face of the analysis or sample vessel, the other end is supported on a side wall of the container. Since the pivot segments are arranged in the middle of the shipping container, with which they can be made in one piece immediately in the execution of cardboard, alternatively retrofitting as a pivot segment insert is possible, they also keep the same parallel spaced apart analysis vessels at a distance.
  • the vertically aligned in the initial state, bottom side mounted side walls of the initial state substantially rectangular pivot segments move parallelogram in the direction of the pivot side against each other.
  • take the pivot segments in the shipping container a position in which a transition edge of a side wall to the top surface of the pivot segments occupies an upwardly directed to the lid of the shipping container, roof-shaped edgewise position. Then, when the shipping container is closed by the lid, this applies to the transition edges of the pivot segments and exerts on these on the walls of a directed against the embedded analysis vessels spreading force, which favors the positionally secure positioning of the stored analysis vessels.
  • a shipping package 1 shown consists of a made of a material blank in one piece with a bottom 2, longitudinal walls 3a, 3b, end walls 4a, 4b and a cover 5, rectangular in the embodiment container 6. This is shown in the open state; To close the lid 6 is folded and latched on side tabs 7 and 8 with the longitudinal and end walls 3a, 3b and 4a, 4b.
  • pivot segments 9a to 9d are designed as articulated hollow body 10, wherein their - in the starting position, not shown vertical - side walls 11a, 11b connected to the bottom 2 of the container 6, but are articulated on these connections.
  • two analysis or sample vessels 12a, 12b are stored in the embodiment, which are of different length and different diameter.
  • one end of the analysis and sample vessel 12b is supported by the container wall 4a through the pivot segments 9a pivoted or pushed out of the center to the left.
  • the sample vessel 12a which is shorter and thicker than the sample vessel 12b, is also supported by the container wall 4a at its one end face by the swivel segment 9c pivoted out of the center and the other front end.
  • the pivoting segments 9d and 9b which are not required for supporting the analysis or sample vessels 12a, 12b, have a pivoting movement with their side walls 11a and 11b about their attachments on the bottom 2 to the thinner-diameter sample vessel 12b.
  • the lateral support and the spacing of the stored sample vessels 12a and 12b serving pivot segments 9d and 9b take this with their transition edges 13 and corners - in each case from the side walls 11a the ceiling surfaces 14 - a roof-like edgewise action.
  • closing the container 6 by closing the lid 5 presses this on the transition edges 13 of the pivot segments and thus exerts a targeted bias on the sample vessels 12a, 12b, which further favors their positionally secure positioning and support.
  • a secure holding and positioning of stored analysis or sample vessels 12a, 12b is possible, which can be variably adapted to the predetermined dimensions of the vessels.
  • the dimensions determine the number of swivel segments to be swiveled out of the center either to the right or to the left, and the number of swivel segments displacing from the middle to one side for spacing and lateral support.

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The transport package comprises a cardboard box (6) with stationary base and closable by a lid and divided by pivotal segments (9a to 9d) which are formed as articulated hollow bodies (10) and with walls (11a, 11b) which can be moved relative to each other. The segments are set in a row in the centre along the bottom. The package comprises a one piece blank.

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Die Erfindung betrifft eine Versandpackung, insbesondere für mit einer Flüssigkeit, z.B. Blut, befüllten Analysengefäßen oder dergleichen, umfassend einen kartonförmigen Behälter, der mit einem Deckel verschließbar ist, gemäß dem Oberbegriff des Anspruchs 1. Eine solche Versandpachung wird in US-A-3227357 offenbart.The invention relates to a shipping package, in particular for a liquid, e.g. Blood, filled analysis vessels or the like comprising a carton-shaped container which is closable with a lid, according to the preamble of claim 1. Such a packaging is disclosed in US-A-3227357.

Beim Versand von insbesondere befüllten Analysengefäßen, in der Regel ausgeführt als zentrifugierbare, zylindrische Probenröhrchen, erfordert die Verpackung eine besondere Sorgfalt. Denn während des Transports von beispielsweise einer Blutprobe zu einem Analysenlabor dürfen keine Beschädigungen auftreten. Zum Transport von in einem Pappkarton oder dergleichen Behälter eingelegten Analysengefäßen ist es daher bekannt, deren Lage durch in den Karton gestopftes Füllmaterial, z, B. Granulat, zu sichern. Dies reicht aber häufig zur dauerhaften, exakten Positionierung nicht aus, zumal in Anbetracht der bei einem Transport häufig unvermeidlichen äußeren Stoßeinwirkungen.When shipping particularly filled analysis vessels, usually run as a centrifugable, cylindrical sample tubes, the packaging requires special care. Because during the transport of, for example, a blood sample to an analytical laboratory no damage may occur. For transporting in a cardboard box or the like container inserted analysis vessels, it is therefore known to secure their location by stuffed into the box filler, z, B. granules. However, this is often insufficient for permanent, exact positioning, especially in view of the often inevitable in a transport external shocks.

Der Erfindung gemäß Anspruch 1 liegt die Aufgabe zugrunde, eine Versandpackung der eingangs genannten Art zu schaffen, die eine zuverlässige und variable, auch bei unterschiedlich großen Analysen- bzw. Probengefäßen sichere Unterbringung ermöglicht.The invention according to claim 1 has for its object to provide a shipping package of the type mentioned, which allows a reliable and variable, even with different sized analysis or sample vessels housing.

Diese Aufgabe wird erfindungsgemäß dadurch gelöst, daß der Behälter durch bodenseitig mittig aneinandergereiht angeordnete Schwenksegmente unterteilt ist, die als gelenkige Hohlkörper mit sich gegeneinander verschiebenden Wänden und stationärem Boden ausgebildet sind. Die einzelnen, gegebenenfalls unterschiedlich langen, zweckmäßig über die gesamte Behälterlänge vorgesehenen Schwenksegmente erlauben eine von den jeweiligen Abmessungen der eingelegten Analysengefäße abhängige, zielgenaue Abstützung und Positionierung. Denn durch Herausschwenken eines Schwenksegmentes oder mehrerer Schwenksegmente gemeinsam aus der Mitte zu einer Seite hin, legt sich ein Schwenksegment oder legen sich die mehreren Schwenksegmente vor die betreffende Stimfläche des Analysen- bzw. Probengefäßes, dessen anderes Ende sich an einer Seitenwand des Verwandbehälters abstützt. Da die Schwenksegmente in der Mitte des Versandbehälters angeordnet sind, mit dem sie in der Ausführung z.B. aus Karton sogleich einstückig hergestellt werden können, wobei alternativ eine Nachrüstung als Schwenksegment-Einlegeteil möglich ist, halten sie außerdem gleichzeitig die parallel zueinander abgelegten Analysengefäße auf Abstand.This object is achieved in that the container is divided by the bottom side centered arranged pivot segments, which are formed as articulated hollow body with mutually sliding walls and stationary ground. The individual, possibly different lengths, expediently provided over the entire container length Swivel segments allow a dependent on the respective dimensions of the inserted analysis vessels, accurate support and positioning. For by pivoting out a pivoting segment or several pivot segments together from the center to one side, a pivoting segment sets or put the several pivot segments in front of the respective end face of the analysis or sample vessel, the other end is supported on a side wall of the container. Since the pivot segments are arranged in the middle of the shipping container, with which they can be made in one piece immediately in the execution of cardboard, alternatively retrofitting as a pivot segment insert is possible, they also keep the same parallel spaced apart analysis vessels at a distance.

Je nachdem, zu welcher Seite hin die Schwenksegmente ausgeschwenkt werden oder auch bei eingelagerten Analysengefäßen mit unterschiedlichem Durchmesser, verschieben sich die im Ausgangszustand vertikal ausgerichteten, bodenseitig befestigten Seitenwände der im Ausgangszustand im wesentlichen rechteckigen Schwenksegmente in Richtung zur Schwenkseite parallelogrammartig gegeneinander. Hierbei nehmen die Schwenksegmente in dem Versandbehälter eine Lage ein, in der eine Übergangskante von einer Seitenwand zur Deckfläche der Schwenksegmente eine nach oben, zum Deckel des Versandbehälters gerichtete, dachförmige Hochkantlage einnimmt. Wenn dann der Versandbehälter durch den Deckel verschlossen wird, legt sich dieser an die Übergangskanten der Schwenksegmente an und übt auf diese über deren Wände eine gegen die eingelagerten Analysengefäße gerichtete Spreizkraft aus, was die lagesichere Positionierung der eingelagerten Analysengefäße begünstigt.Depending on which side towards the pivoting segments are swung out or even with stored analysis vessels with different diameters, the vertically aligned in the initial state, bottom side mounted side walls of the initial state substantially rectangular pivot segments move parallelogram in the direction of the pivot side against each other. In this case, take the pivot segments in the shipping container a position in which a transition edge of a side wall to the top surface of the pivot segments occupies an upwardly directed to the lid of the shipping container, roof-shaped edgewise position. Then, when the shipping container is closed by the lid, this applies to the transition edges of the pivot segments and exerts on these on the walls of a directed against the embedded analysis vessels spreading force, which favors the positionally secure positioning of the stored analysis vessels.

Weitere Merkmale und Einzelheiten der Erfindung ergeben sich aus dem Patentanspruch und der nachfolgenden Beschreibung eines in der einzigen ZeichnungsFigur schematisch dargestellten Ausführungsbeispiels der Erfindung.Further features and details of the invention will become apparent from the patent claim and the following description of an embodiment of the invention schematically illustrated in the single drawing figure.

Eine gezeigte Versandpackung 1 besteht aus einem aus einem Materialzuschnitt einstückig mit einem Boden 2, Längswänden 3a, 3b, Stirnwänden 4a, 4b und einem Deckel 5 hergestellten, im Ausführungsbeispiel rechteckigen Behälter 6. Dieser ist im geöffneten Zustand gezeigt; zum Verschließen wird der Deckel 6 eingeklappt und über seitliche Laschen 7 bzw. 8 mit den Längs- und Stirnwänden 3a, 3b bzw. 4a, 4b verrastet.A shipping package 1 shown consists of a made of a material blank in one piece with a bottom 2, longitudinal walls 3a, 3b, end walls 4a, 4b and a cover 5, rectangular in the embodiment container 6. This is shown in the open state; To close the lid 6 is folded and latched on side tabs 7 and 8 with the longitudinal and end walls 3a, 3b and 4a, 4b.

In der Mitte des Behälters 6 sind in Längsrichtung aneinandergereiht zahlreiche Schwenksegmente 9a bis 9d angeordnet. Diese sind als gelenkige Hohlkörper 10 ausgebildet, wobei ihre - in der nicht dargestellten Ausgangslage vertikalen - Seitenwände 11a, 11b zwar mit dem Boden 2 des Behälters 6 verbunden, jedoch über diese Anbindungen gelenkig sind. In dem Behälter 6 sind im Ausführungsbeispiel zwei Analysen- bzw. Probengefäße 12a, 12b eingelagert, die von unterschiedlicher Länge und unterschiedlichem Durchmesser sind.In the middle of the container 6 are lined up in the longitudinal direction numerous pivot segments 9a to 9d arranged. These are designed as articulated hollow body 10, wherein their - in the starting position, not shown vertical - side walls 11a, 11b connected to the bottom 2 of the container 6, but are articulated on these connections. In the container 6, two analysis or sample vessels 12a, 12b are stored in the embodiment, which are of different length and different diameter.

In dieser Gebrauchslage der Versandpackung 1 wird das eine Stirnende des Analysen- und Probengefäßes 12b durch die aus der Mitte heraus nach links verschwenkten bzw. -schobenen Schwenksegmente 9a und das andere Stirnende von der Behälterwand 4a abgestützt. Das gegenüber dem Probengefäß 12b kürzere und dickere Probengefäß 12a wird an seinem einen Stirnende von dem aus der Mitte herausgeschwenkten Schwenksegment 9c und das andere Stirnende ebenfalls von der Behälterwand 4a abgestützt. Die nicht zur stimseitigen Abstützung der Analysen- bzw. Probengefäße 12a, 12b benötigten Schwenksegmente 9d und 9b haben mit ihren Seitenwänden 11a und 11b um ihre Befestigungen am Boden 2 eine Schwenkbewegung hin zu dem im Durchmesser dünneren Probengefäß 12b gemacht.In this position of use of the shipping package 1, one end of the analysis and sample vessel 12b is supported by the container wall 4a through the pivot segments 9a pivoted or pushed out of the center to the left. The sample vessel 12a, which is shorter and thicker than the sample vessel 12b, is also supported by the container wall 4a at its one end face by the swivel segment 9c pivoted out of the center and the other front end. The pivoting segments 9d and 9b, which are not required for supporting the analysis or sample vessels 12a, 12b, have a pivoting movement with their side walls 11a and 11b about their attachments on the bottom 2 to the thinner-diameter sample vessel 12b.

Die der seitlichen Abstützung und der Abstandshaltung der eingelagerten Probengefäße 12a und 12b dienenden Schwenksegmente 9d und 9b nehmen hierbei mit ihren Übergangskanten 13 bzw. Ecken - jeweils von den Seitenwänden 11a zu den Deckenflächen 14 - eine dachartige Hochkantklage ein. Beim Verschließen des Behälters 6 durch Zuklappen des Deckels 5 drückt dieser auf die Übergangskanten 13 der Schwenksegmente und übt damit eine zielgerichtete Vorspannung auf die Probengefäße 12a, 12b aus, was deren lagesichere Positionierung und Halterung weiter begünstigt.The lateral support and the spacing of the stored sample vessels 12a and 12b serving pivot segments 9d and 9b take this with their transition edges 13 and corners - in each case from the side walls 11a the ceiling surfaces 14 - a roof-like edgewise action. When closing the container 6 by closing the lid 5 presses this on the transition edges 13 of the pivot segments and thus exerts a targeted bias on the sample vessels 12a, 12b, which further favors their positionally secure positioning and support.

Durch die Unterteilung des Behälters 1 mittels zahlreicher aneinandergereihter, individuell nutzbarer Schwenksegmente 9a bis 9d ist eine sichere Halterung und Positionierung von eingelagerten Analysen- bzw. Probengefäßen 12a, 12b möglich, die sich variabel an die vorgegebenen Abmessungen der Gefäße anpassen läßt. Die Abmessungen bestimmen die Zahl der aus der Mitte entweder nach rechts oder nach links herauszuschwenkenden Schwenksegmente und die Zahl der zur Abstandshalterung und seitlichen Abstützung sich aus der Mitte zu einer Seite hin verschiebenden Schwenksegmente.By dividing the container 1 by means of numerous juxtaposed, individually usable pivot segments 9a to 9d, a secure holding and positioning of stored analysis or sample vessels 12a, 12b is possible, which can be variably adapted to the predetermined dimensions of the vessels. The dimensions determine the number of swivel segments to be swiveled out of the center either to the right or to the left, and the number of swivel segments displacing from the middle to one side for spacing and lateral support.

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  1. Dispatch package, particularly for analysis vessels or the like filled with a liquid, for example blood, comprising a box-shaped container closable by a lid, characterised in that the container (6) is subdivided by pivot segments (9a to 9d) which are arranged centrally at the base in a row and which are constructed as pivotable hollow bodies (10) with walls (11a, 11b) displacing relative to one another and a stationary base.
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