EP1880950A2 - Packaging for cargo - Google Patents

Abstract

The packaging has a sink (102) and a support (134), and a damper (174). The support has a multi-damper (188) that is included between two dampers (190, 194) and arranged at different heights (H, h). The dampers are arranged adjacent to each other.

Description

The present invention relates to a packaging for a cargo, in particular a sink, wherein the package comprises at least one support body having at least one damping hump.

Such a package is for example from the EP 1 600 401 A1 known.

In the known transport packaging can lead to a large force introduction to the outer end portions of the support body to break the cargo, in particular the sink, in the central region of the cargo, where in particular when flushing is often the weakest point of the cargo.

The present invention has for its object to provide a package for a cargo, in particular a sink, of the type mentioned, in which the introduction of impact forces at certain positions of the cargo is even better damped.

This object is achieved in a package for a cargo with the features of the preamble of claim 1 according to the invention that the support body has at least one multi-stage Dämpfungshöckergruppe comprising at least two damping bumps whose support surfaces are at different heights.

By using an at least two-stage Dämpfungshöckergruppe instead of a single-stage Dämpfungshöckers is smaller, especially in smaller vertical impact stresses, for example in the case Drop height (for example, at most about 30 cm), achieved a particularly gentle damping.

At low drop heights, only the highest damping hump of the damping hump group is deformed, so that the reaction force of the damping hump group in a first damping step is deliberately reduced in order to reduce the forces acting on the cargo and thus the deflection and deflection of the transported material in this first damping step. Due to the lower deflection in the first damping stage, the risk of breakage of the cargo, in particular a sink made of a composite material, is significantly reduced in the particularly fracture-prone middle region of the sink.

Only when the weak damping is consumed by the highest damping bump of the damping bump group alone and also the support surface of the next higher Dämpfungshöckers the Stoßungshöckergruppe is exposed to the impact, the second damping stage begins, which has a harder damping, since now two Dämpfungshöcker the Dämpfungshöckergruppe be deformed simultaneously have to.

If the damping bump group comprises even more, lower damping bumps, then the damping bump group can have further damping stages, which are used in each case when the next higher damping bump of the damping bump group is exposed to the impact stress.

By using a multi-stage damping bump group, a damping spring system with a very even damping curve created by the particularly sensitive cargo, such as composite rinse, effectively protected against breakage.

The height of a support surface of a damping bump is to be understood as meaning the distance of the relevant support surface from a base body of the support body from which the damping bump protrudes.

The at least two damping bumps of the damping bump group can adjoin one another directly.

In particular, it can be provided that the damping bumps of the damping bump group have a common damping bump base.

In a preferred embodiment of the invention, it is provided that the damping bumps of the damping bump group have damping bump tips, which support the support surfaces and are separated from one another by a gap. The gap between the cushion bumps ensures that the damping bumps separated from each other by the gap are decoupled from each other, so that the material of the higher cushion bump can deform under a shock load in a first damping stage without being coupled to the material of the lower one Damping bumps to be hindered.

Preferably, the gap extends, starting from the support surfaces of the two damping bump tips separated by the gap, to at least half the height of the lowest damping bump of the damping bump group.

In order for the damping bump group to have the effect of a multi-stage damping element passing several time-sequential damping stages and not the effect of individual, independently acting damping elements, it is favorable if the distance between the damping bump tips of the damping bump group is smaller than the height of the highest damping bump of the damping bump group.

It is particularly favorable if the distance between the damping bump tips of the damping bump group is smaller than the height of the lowest damping bump of the damping bump group.

Further, it has been found to be beneficial if the distance between the bumps of the damping bump group is less than the largest width of the widest bump of the bump group.

It is advantageous if the distance between the damping bump tips of the damping bump group is at most about 15 cm, preferably at most about 5 cm.

In a preferred embodiment of the invention it is provided that the support body comprises at least one strip-shaped support member extending in a longitudinal direction from a first end portion to a second end portion, wherein at least one multi-stage damping bump group is arranged in one of the end portions of the support member. By arranging a multi-stage damping bump group in an end region of the support element, the reaction force of the support element is reduced at a shock stress in the first damping stage quite deliberately in the end region of the support element, where the forces acting on the longest lever in Reference to the particularly fragile medium range of the packaged cargo. A reduction of the damping effect in the first damping stage is therefore particularly effective in the arrangement of the multi-stage damping hump group in the end region of the support element.

In this description and in the appended claims, the end region of the support element is to be understood as the region of the support element which extends from an end-face end of the support element over 20% of the extent of the support element in its longitudinal direction.

If the support element has end sections extending transversely to the longitudinal direction of the support element at its front ends, the end regions of the support element in particular each include one of these end sections.

It is particularly favorable if at least one multi-stage damping bump group is arranged in such an end section of the support element.

Furthermore, it is preferably provided that at least one multi-stage damping hump group is arranged in each of the two end regions of the strip-shaped support element.

In particular, at least one multi-stage damping hump group can be arranged at each of the two end sections of a strip-shaped support element.

In order to achieve an optimal damping characteristic of the damping bump group, it is advantageous if the distance between the heights of the support surfaces of the damping bumps of the damping bump group is at least approximately 1 mm.

On the other hand, it is advantageous if the distance between the heights of the support surfaces of the damping bumps of the damping bump group is at most about 8 mm.

Preferably, the distance between the heights of the support surfaces is chosen to be greater, the smaller the support surface of the higher damping bump and the lighter the cargo to be transported.

In a preferred embodiment of the packaging according to the invention it is provided that the support body comprises at least one strip-shaped support member which extends in a longitudinal direction of the transported material, in particular the sink, and in that the support element has at least one damping bump, which in the longitudinal direction of the support member has a larger Has expansion as in a direction perpendicular to the longitudinal direction of the support member and the vertical direction. Such a support element can in particular during transport of the cargo by means of a transport roller conveyor along a conveying direction of the transport roller conveyor successive transport rollers serve to prevent the support element in the space of successive transport rollers device when the transported conveyed with parallel to the conveying direction of the transport roller conveyor longitudinal direction over the transport roller conveyor becomes.

If the support body comprises at least one strip-shaped support element which extends in a longitudinal direction of the transport good, in particular a sink, extends, so the support member preferably has at least two adjacent damping bumps, which are offset transversely to the longitudinal direction relative to each other. By this offset of the damping bumps relative to each other is achieved that these damping bumps, even if they are relatively narrow, do not get into the space between two successive in a conveying direction roles of a transport roller conveyor when the transported transported with the support elements arranged thereon on the conveyor roller conveyor is, in such an orientation that the transverse direction of the transported material is parallel to the conveying direction of the transport roller conveyor.

If, in addition to this, it is provided that the two mutually adjacent damping bumps are also offset relative to one another along the longitudinal direction of the transport good, this ensures that the damping bumps do not get into the space between two successive rollers of the transport roller track even if the transported goods are in one such orientation is promoted on the transport roller conveyor, that the longitudinal direction of the transported goods is aligned parallel to the conveying direction of the transport roller conveyor.

In a preferred embodiment of the packaging according to the invention it is provided that the support body comprises at least one receiving element with a receiving channel for an edge portion of the transported material, in particular a sink.

In this case, at least one multi-stage damping bump group is preferably arranged on the at least one receiving element.

The support body of the packaging can in principle be formed in one piece.

In a preferred embodiment of the invention it is provided that the support body comprises at least one separately formed by the receiving element spacer element which supports the receiving element comprises. Since the support body of the package in this case comprises two separate elements, it is achieved that impact stresses can not spread undisturbed through the entire support body, as is the case with a one-piece support body, but rather by the transition from the one element to the another element of the support body at the contact surface of the elements takes place an additional damping of shocks.

At the same time, the damping capacity of the support body is due to the additional volume of the spacer element relative to a support body, which would include only the receiving element increased.

In this case, at least one multi-stage damping bump group is preferably arranged on the at least one spacer element.

In order to keep the number of required for the packaging, different elements as small as possible, it is advantageous if the spacer element of the support body has the same shape as the receiving element of the support body.

In a preferred embodiment of the invention it is provided that the package comprises at least two support bodies, each having at least one receiving element with a receiving channel for a peripheral portion of Transport goods and at least one separately formed from the receiving element spacer element, which supports the respective associated receiving element include.

In this case, it is advantageous for reducing the number of different elements required for the packaging when the receiving elements and the spacer elements of the at least two supporting bodies have the same shape.

In a particularly preferred embodiment of the packaging, the same comprises two supporting bodies, which comprise a total of two receiving elements and two spacer elements, all four of these elements having the same shape, so that all these elements can be interchanged within the package and only one tool for producing all of these Elements is required.

The at least two support bodies of the packaging are preferably arranged on mutually opposite edge sections of the transport good.

The packaging preferably comprises an outer packaging whose interior receives the transported goods and the at least one support body.

The outer packaging may in particular be formed substantially cuboid.

Furthermore, it can be provided that the outer packaging comprises a folding box.

At rest, the packaging, i. in the absence of shock loads acting on the packaging, preferably only one of the support surfaces of the damping bumps of the multi-stage damping bump group or a plurality of support surfaces of the damping bumps of the multi-stage damping bump group lying on the same height abut the outer packaging. This ensures that, when an impact stress occurs, only the damping bumps of the first damping stage, whose support surfaces have the greatest distance from the main body of the support element, become effective at first.

Likewise, it is advantageous if at least one support surface of a damping bump of the multi-stage damping bump group does not bear against the outer packaging in the resting state of the packaging. This ensures that, when an impact stress occurs, the damping bump in question is not yet deformed in the first damping stage, but only in the second or optionally a further damping stage and thus contributes to the damping effect of the damping bump group.

The support body of the packaging is preferably formed at least partially from a foamed plastic material. As a result, a much better damping effect is achieved than, for example, when using packaging elements made of corrugated cardboard.

It is particularly favorable when the support body is substantially completely formed from a foamed plastic material.

A particularly suitable foamed plastic material is expanded polystyrene material.

The packaging according to the invention is particularly suitable as a transport packaging for particularly fragile goods to be transported, in particular of particularly fragile rinses, for example made of ceramic and / or composite materials.

The packaging according to the invention makes it possible to pack the item to be transported in a particularly cost-effective and reliable manner.

Further features and advantages of the invention are the subject of the following description and the drawings of an embodiment.

Fig. 1

eine teilweise geschnittene schematische perspektivische Darstellung einer Spülenverpackung, die eine als Faltkiste ausgebildete Umverpackung, zwei aus jeweils einem Aufnahmeelement und einem Distanzhalterelement gebildete Stützkörper und die verpackte Spüle umfasst;

Fig. 2

eine der Fig. 1 entsprechende teilweise geschnittene schematische perspektivische Darstellung, wobei die verpackte Spüle entfernt worden ist;

Fig. 3

eine schematische Seitenansicht des Bereichs I aus Fig. 2;

Fig. 4

eine schematische Seitenansicht des Stützkörpers aus Fig. 2, ohne die Umverpackung, von einer der Spüle zugewandten Innenseite des Stützkörpers aus gesehen;

Fig. 5

eine vergrößerte Darstellung des Bereichs II aus Fig. 4;

Fig. 6

eine schematische perspektivische Ansicht eines Ausschnitts von Fig. 5;

Fig. 7

eine schematische Seitenansicht des Stützkörpers aus Fig. 4, von einer der Spüle abgewandten Außenseite des Stützkörpers aus gesehen;

Fig. 8

eine vergrößerte Darstellung des Bereichs III aus Fig. 7;

Fig. 9

eine schematische perspektivische Darstellung eines Ausschnitts aus Fig. 8;

Fig. 10

eine vergrößerte Seitenansicht des linken Endbereichs des Distanzhalterelements des Stützkörpers aus Fig. 2, in einem unbelasteten Ruhezustand;

Fig. 11

eine der Fig. 10 entsprechende schematische Seitenansicht des linken Endbereichs des Distanzhalterelements des Stützkörpers, in einem Belastungszustand;

Fig. 12

eine schematische perspektivische Darstellung des linken Endbereichs des Distanzhalterelements des Stützkörpers, in einem unbelasteten Ruhezustand;

Fig. 13

eine teilweise geschnittene Seitenansicht eines Stapels aus zwei Spülen in der Kopfüberstellung, deren Randabschnitte in jeweils einem Aufnahmekanal eines Aufnahmeelements aufgenommen sind;

Fig. 14

eine schematische perspektivische Darstellung eines Stützelements (Aufnahmeelements oder Distanzelements) der Spülenverpackung, von oben und von der der Spüle abgewandten Außenseite des Stützelements aus gesehen;

Fig. 15

eine schematische Seitenansicht des Stützelements aus Fig. 14, von der der Spüle abgewandten Außenseite des Stützelements aus gesehen;

Fig. 16

eine schematische Seitenansicht des Stützelements aus Fig. 14, von der der Spüle zugewandten Innenseite des Stützelements aus gesehen;

Fig. 17

eine schematische Draufsicht von oben auf das Stützelement aus den Fig. 14 bis 16, mit der Blickrichtung in Richtung des Pfeiles 15 in Fig. 16;

Fig. 18

eine schematische Draufsicht von unten auf das Stützelement aus den Fig. 14 bis 17, mit der Blickrichtung in Richtung des Pfeiles 18 in Fig. 16;

Fig. 19

eine schematische Draufsicht auf die linke Stirnseite des Stützelements aus den Fig. 14 bis 18, mit der Blickrichtung in Richtung des Pfeiles 19 in Fig. 16;

Fig. 20

eine schematische Draufsicht auf die rechte Stirnseite des Stützelements aus den Fig. 14 bis 19, mit der Blickrichtung in Richtung des Pfeiles 20 in Fig. 16; und

Fig. 21

eine vergrößerte Darstellung des Bereichs IV aus Fig. 18.

In the drawings show:

Fig. 1

a partially cut schematic perspective view of a sink package comprising a formed as a folding box outer packaging, two formed from a respective receiving element and a spacer element supporting body and the packaged sink;

Fig. 2

a corresponding partially sectioned schematic perspective view of Figure 1, wherein the packaged sink has been removed ..;

Fig. 3

a schematic side view of the area I of Fig. 2;

Fig. 4

a schematic side view of the support body of Figure 2, without the outer packaging, seen from one of the sink inside of the support body.

Fig. 5

an enlarged view of the area II of Fig. 4;

Fig. 6

a schematic perspective view of a section of Fig. 5;

Fig. 7

a schematic side view of the support body of Figure 4, seen from one of the sink outside of the support body.

Fig. 8

an enlarged view of the area III of Fig. 7;

Fig. 9

a schematic perspective view of a section of Fig. 8;

Fig. 10

an enlarged side view of the left end portion of the spacer element of the support body of Figure 2, in an unloaded resting state.

Fig. 11

one of Figure 10 corresponding schematic side view of the left end portion of the spacer element of the support body, in a loaded state;

Fig. 12

a schematic perspective view of the left end portion of the spacer element of the support body, in an unloaded resting state;

Fig. 13

a partially sectioned side view of a stack of two rinses in the head transfer, the edge portions are accommodated in a respective receiving channel of a receiving element;

Fig. 14

a schematic perspective view of a support element (receiving element or spacer element) of the sink packaging, seen from above and from the sink outside of the support member;

Fig. 15

a schematic side view of the support member of Figure 14, seen from the sink facing away from the outside of the support member.

Fig. 16

a schematic side view of the support member of Figure 14, seen from the sink facing the inside of the support member.

Fig. 17

a schematic plan view from above of the support member of FIGS. 14 to 16, with the viewing direction in the direction of the arrow 15 in Fig. 16;

Fig. 18

a schematic plan view from below of the support member of FIGS. 14 to 17, with the viewing direction in the direction of arrow 18 in Fig. 16 .;

Fig. 19

a schematic plan view of the left end side of the support member of FIGS. 14 to 18, with the viewing direction in the direction of arrow 19 in Fig. 16 .;

Fig. 20

a schematic plan view of the right end side of the support member of FIGS. 14 to 19, with the viewing direction in the direction of arrow 20 in Fig. 16; and

Fig. 21

an enlarged view of the area IV of FIG. 18.

Identical or functionally equivalent elements are denoted by the same reference numerals in all figures.

1 to 12, designated as a whole with 100 packaging for a sink 102, which arranged in the illustrated embodiment, a main basin 104, an additional basin 106 and a side facing away from the additional basin 106 side of the main basin 104, flat Abtropfbereich 108th comprises an outer package 110 which is formed as a folding box 112, for example of a corrugated cardboard material or a cardboard material.

The substantially parallelepiped folding box comprises two vertical long side walls 114 which extend in a longitudinal direction 116 of the package 100, two vertical short side walls 118 which extend in a direction perpendicular to the Extending longitudinally 116 extending horizontal transverse direction 120 of the package 100, a bottom 122, which consists of two foldable on the long side walls 114 of the folding box 112 outer closing tabs 124 (only one of which is shown in the figures) and two on the short side walls 118 of Folding box 112 arranged foldable inner closing tabs 126 (of which in the figures only one half is shown) is formed, and a (not shown) lid, as well as the bottom 122 of the long side walls 114 hingedly arranged outer closing straps and on the short side walls 118 hingedly arranged inner closing tabs is formed.

As can be seen from FIGS. 1 to 3, support the inner locking tabs 126 in the folded state on the bottom of the inner closing tabs 126 hinged outer locking tabs 124 of the folding box 112 from, but do not extend from the short side walls 118 of the folding box 112 to the middle of the folding box 112, so that between the folded in the state facing each other free edges 128 of the two inner closing tabs 126 of the bottom 122, a gap 130 remains.

In the interior 132 of the outer package 110, a support assembly for the packaged sink 102 is arranged, which comprises two opposing support body 134, between which the sink 102 is held, wherein in the figures, only one of the two (with respect to the vertical longitudinal center plane of the package 100 mirror-symmetrical to each other trained) supporting body 134 is shown.

Each of the two support bodies 134 of the packaging 100 comprises two support elements 136 arranged on one another, namely a receiving element 138 and a spacer element 140, wherein the receiving element 138 rests on the upper side of the spacer element 140 and the receiving element 138 and the spacer element 140 have identical shape and orientation.

The two support bodies 134 of the packaging 100 thus comprise a total of four support elements 136 of identical shape, namely two receiving elements 138 and two spacer elements 140.

The construction of these four support members 136, which are formed identically with one another, will be described in detail below using the example of the support element 136 shown individually in FIGS. 14 to 21, which may serve as a receiving element 138 or as a spacer element 140 in the packaging 100.

The support member 136 is formed as a substantially U-shaped support bar having a central portion 142 extending in the longitudinal direction 116 and two end portions 144 extending along the transverse direction 120.

As best seen in Figure 16, the support member 136 is provided with a receiving channel 146 formed by a groove extending approximately centrally in the horizontal direction toward the insides of the central portion 142 and the end portions 144 facing the sink 102.

This receiving channel 146 is used when receiving the support member 136 as a receiving element 138 for receiving one of the two long edge portions of the sink 102, which is parallel to the two long sides of the sink 102nd extend, and in each case a portion of the two short edge portions which extend along the two short sides of the sink 102.

When packaging the sink 102, the support member 136 used as a receiving member 138 is pushed onto the sink rim, that a long edge portion of the sink edge in the central portion 142 of the receiving channel 146 and parts of the short edge portions of the sink edge in the end portions 144 of the receiving channel 146 engage. In this case, the sink 102 rests with the underside of the sink rim on the lower boundary wall of the receiving channel 146.

Further, each support member 136 is provided at its upper surface 148 with a plurality of upper bumps 150, with which the support member 136 is supported when used as a receiving element 138 on the lid of the outer package 110, while when used as a spacer element 140, the receiving element arranged above 138 with its bottom 152 is supported on these upper damping bumps 150.

As best seen in Figs. 14 and 15, the upper cushion bumps 150 taper upwardly from their base located at the top 148 of the body of the support member 136 to have a substantially trapezoidal vertical longitudinal section and to each a transverse, preferably substantially perpendicular to the vertical 154 extending support surface 155 ends.

The long sides of the upper damping bumps 150 are at the two upper middle damping bumps 156 and at the two upper outer damping bumps 158 which at the transition between the central portion 142 and each one of the end portions 144 of the support member 136 are aligned substantially parallel to the transverse direction 120, while the long sides of the arranged at the end portions 144 upper end damping bumps 160 and the pair in each case between an upper middle damping bump 156 and an upper outer damping bump 158 arranged on the central portion 142 upper intermediate damping bumps 162 are aligned substantially parallel to the longitudinal direction 116.

Each pair of upper intermediate damping bumps 162 each comprise an outer intermediate damping bump 162a arranged on the outer side of the support element 136 facing away from the sink 102 and an inner intermediate damping bump 162b arranged on the inner side of the support element 136 facing the sink 102.

As best seen in the plan view of FIG. 17, the outer intermediate cushion bump 162 a and the respectively associated inner cushion bump 162 b are offset from each other by more than the respective bump widths B, B 'in the transverse direction 120. By this offset of the intermediate damping bumps 162 relative to each other, it is achieved that these damping bumps do not fall into the space between two rollers of a transport roller conveyor which follow each other in a conveying direction when the sink 102 has receiving elements 138 arranged on the sink rim in the head transfer, ie with downward pointing upper damping bumps 150, is conveyed via a transport roller track, in such an orientation that the transverse direction 120 is parallel to the conveying direction of the transport roller conveyor.

Furthermore, the two intermediate damping humps 162 arranged adjacent to one another are offset from one another by approximately their length L or L 'in the longitudinal direction 116. This offset ensures that the damping bumps 162 do not fall into the space between two successive rolls of the transport roller track when the sink 102 is conveyed in such an orientation over the transport roller track that the longitudinal direction 116 is aligned parallel to the conveying direction of the transport roller track.

Further, by making the two upper intermediate damping bumps 162 of an intermediate bump pair relatively displaced in both the longitudinal direction 116 and the transverse direction 120, the introduction of torsional forces into the support member 136 is avoided, so that the support member 136 at the forces occurring during the transport of the sink 102 are not released from the sink 102.

In the region of the upper outer damping bumps 158, the support element 136 is provided on a side facing away from the sink 102 with two grooves 164, which serve to receive a (not shown) strapping a strapping, through which the support members 136 of the two support body 134 or in the case of a direct stacking of a plurality of rinses 102 explained in more detail below, a plurality of receiving elements 138 of different rinses can be connected to one another.

The grooves 164 are provided with an optical marker 166 in the form of a square grid, which indicates where on the support member 136, the strapping should extend.

The optical markings 166 may in particular be formed as a surface profiling, for example as grooves formed in the outer surface of the support element 136.

As can best be seen from FIG. 16, the support element 136 is provided on its inside facing the sink 102, for example on the long sides of the inner intermediate damping bumps 162 b, with auxiliary process identification 168 which identifies the associated packaging parts in the packaging process and in FIG facilitate quality assurance.

These process help tags 168 may be in the form of the letter A, for example.

By selecting a process aid identifier 168, which is not symmetrical with respect to a reflection on the horizontal, it is achieved that the correct orientation of the support elements 136 during the packaging process of the sink 102 can be checked based on the orientation of the process aid identifier 168.

The process aid indicia 168 may be formed, for example, as a surface profiling, for example as recesses formed in the surface of the support element 136.

Furthermore, the support element 136 is provided on its inner side facing the sink 102 in the region of the upper central damping bumps 156, each having a vertical receiving groove 170, which can serve as a vertical holding plate of a basin cover (not shown) of the sink 102, for example of a cardboard plate or a corrugated board may be formed to receive and so the pelvic cover against movement to secure relative to the support member 136 in the longitudinal direction 116, as shown in the EP 1 600 401 A1 is described.

In addition, the support member 136 is provided at its upper side 148 with a stop block 172 disposed between the upper central cushion bumps 156 which can engage a complementary recess on a horizontal cover plate (not shown) of a basin cover to prevent the horizontal cover plate from moving relative to the cover plate Support member 136 in the longitudinal direction 116, as also in the EP 1 600 401 A1 is described.

Further, the support member 136 is provided on its inside facing the sink 102, in the region between the upper central damping bumps 156 and the upper intermediate damping bumps 162, with two vertical grooves 173, which for receiving a respective projection on a lateral edge of the two support body 134 interconnecting (not shown) can serve intermediate element, as shown in the EP 1 600 401 A1 is described.

On its underside 152, the support element 136 is likewise provided with a plurality of lower damping bumps 174 which taper downwardly from a base arranged on the underside 152 of the base body of the support element 136 and on each one transverse, preferably substantially perpendicular, to the vertical 154 extending support surface 176 ends.

The lower damping bumps 174 have a substantially trapezoidal vertical cross-section.

The long sides of the two lower central damping bumps 178 extend substantially parallel to the transverse direction 120.

From a respective lower average damper bump 178 proceeding in the longitudinal direction 116 along the central portion 142 of the support member 136, a lower intermediate damping bump 180 and a lower outer damping bump 182 follow each other on both sides of the lower middle damping bumps 178.

Each of the lower intermediate damping bumps 180 comprises an inner portion 184, whose long sides are oriented substantially parallel to the transverse direction 120, and a shorter outer portion 186 immediately adjacent to the inner portion 184, the long sides of which are aligned substantially parallel to the longitudinal direction 116.

Each of the lower outer damping bumps 182 is formed in an angular shape and thus extends in sections parallel to the longitudinal direction 116 and partially parallel to the transverse direction 120.

On the underside of each end portion 144 of the support member 136, a multi-stage damping bump group 188 is arranged, which as the first damping step a high damping hump 190 whose support surface 192 at rest H of the support member 136 (measured from the bottom 152 of the strip-shaped base body of the support member 136 from ), and as a second damping stage, a low damping hump 194, the support surface 196 in the resting state of the support member 136 at the height h, ie closer to the bottom 152 of the body of the Support member 136, from which extend the lower damping bumps 174 downwards, is located.

The tips of the high damping bump 190 and the low damping bump 194 are separated by a gap 198 disposed between the two damping bumps and extending substantially parallel to the transverse direction 120 which decouples the two damping bumps 190, 194 so that the material of the high damping bump 190 can be deformed in the initial phase of a shock stress, without being hindered by a coupling to the material of the low damping bump 194.

The gap 198 extends, starting from the support surface 196 of the low damper bump 194, by at least the height h / 2, preferably by approximately 70% of the height h, towards the bottom 152 of the base body of the support member 136.

Above the gap 198, the bumps 190, 194 of the bump group 188 are interconnected by a common bump pad 200.

The higher damping hump 190 is preferably located further from the center of the support member 136 than the lower damping hump 194 of the damping bump group 188.

As best seen in FIGS. 3 and 10, in the resting state of the package 100, that is, in a state in which the package 100 is not subjected to shock loads, the support surfaces 192 of the high damper bumps 190 of the damper bump groups 188 are the support surfaces 176 of the lower outer damping bumps 182 and the support surfaces 202 of the outer portions 186 of the lower intermediate damping bumps 180, which are all at the same height H (measured from the underside 152 of the strip-shaped base of the support member 136), all at the interior of the 132 Umverpackung 110 facing top 204 of the respective associated inner closing tab 126 flat.

On the other hand, the lower central damping bumps 178 and the inner portions 184 of the lower intermediate damping bumps 180 extend into the space 130 between the free edges 128 of the inner closure tabs 126 so that the support surfaces 206 of the lower middle damping bumps 178 and inner portions 184 of FIG lower intermediate damping bumps 180, which are all at the same height H '(as measured from the underside 152 of the strip-shaped base of the support member 136) farther from the bottom 152 of the support member 136 than the height H of the high damping bump support surface 192 190 of the damping bump groups 188 and the support surfaces 178 of the lower outer damping bumps 182, in the resting state of the package 100 lie flat against the upper surface 208 of one of the outer closing latches 124 of the folding box 112.

The difference between the heights H on the one hand and H 'on the other hand corresponds to the thickness of the inner closing tabs 126, which corresponds to the material thickness of the folding box 112 of, for example, approximately 7 mm.

By increasing in the space 130 between the free edges 128 of the inner closing tabs 126 projecting into the lower middle damping bumps 178 and the inner portions 184 of the lower intermediate damping bumps 180 is thus at the free edges 128 of the inner Closing tabs 126 resulting level in the bottom 122 of the folding box 112 balanced, whereby a stable support of the support body 134 is ensured on the bottom 122 of the folding box 112.

Further, the play between the support body 134 on the one hand and the bottom 122 of the folding box 112 on the other hand, in the region of the gap 130 between the free edges 128 of the inner closing tabs 126, preferably to substantially zero, reduced. As a result, the possible deflection of the packaged sink 102 is effectively reduced, especially in the particularly fracture-prone middle region of the sink, and thus the risk of breakage of the sink, in particular a sink made of a composite material, is considerably reduced in this area.

In order to enable mutually identical support members 136 to be stably stacked upon each other despite the increase in the central lower damping bumps 178,180, recesses or depressions 210 are provided on the upper surface 148 of the support member 136 just vertically above the lower central damping bumps 178,180 formed to be complementary to the tips of the lower middle damping bumps 178 and the inner portions 184 of the lower intermediate damping bumps 180, respectively, and whose depth substantially matches the difference between the heights H and H 'of the lower damping bumps 174 so that all the lower damping bumps 174 flat against the top 148 of the lower, serving as a spacer member 140 support member 136 when another, serving as a receiving element 138 support member 136 is placed from above on this lower support member 136.

By engaging the central lower damping bumps 178, 180 of the upper support member 136 in the recesses 210 of the lower support member 136 is further achieved that the two stacked support members 136 are secured by positive engagement against a relative displacement along the longitudinal direction 116.

The support elements 136 are preferably formed from a foamed plastic material, in particular from an expanded polystyrene material.

The support elements 136 are further preferably each formed in one piece.

By using the two-stage damping bump groups 188 on the underside of the support elements 136, a particularly gentle damping is achieved, in particular in the case of smaller vertical impact loads, in particular in the case of a small drop height (of, for example, at most approximately 30 cm).

The fact that the support surface 196 of the low damping bump 194 of the cushion bump group 188 in the rest state of the package by the distance H - h from the bottom 122 of the outer package 110 is namely achieved that at low drop heights (up to about 30 cm), only the high damping hump 190 of the damping bump group 188 is deformed without also the low damping bump 194 deformed and the reaction force of the support member 136 is increased. The reaction force of the support element 136 is thus specifically reduced in this first damping stage in the end region of the support element 136, where the forces acting on the longest lever with respect to the particularly fracture-prone central region of the packaged sink 102, thereby causing the sink 102 at low drop heights with a lower deflection in the receiving channel 146 of the damping receiving element 138 dips. As a result of this lower deflection in the first damping stage, the risk of breakage of the sink, in particular a sink made of a composite material, in the particularly fracture-prone middle region of the sink is considerably reduced (see FIG. 10).

Only when the weak damping is consumed by the high damping hump 190 of the damping bump group 188 alone and the (larger) support surface 196 of the low damping bump 194 of the damping bump group 188 comes into contact with the bottom 122 of the outer package 110 (see Fig. 11), sets the second damping stage, which is harder because now both damping bumps 190, 194 of the damping bump group 188 must be deformed simultaneously.

This second, harder cushioning stage benefits from the fact that the edge region of the packaged sink 102 in the first cushioning stage is more evenly submerged in the receiving channel 146 of the receiving member 138.

By using the multi-stage damping bump groups 188 in the end portions of the support members 136, a damping spring system having a very even damping characteristic is provided which effectively protects particularly sensitive products, such as composite purging, from breakage.

Since the support elements 136 serving as receiving elements 138 of the above-described packaging 100 can be stacked directly on one another, the same receiving elements 138 can be used instead of for individual packaging a sink 102 in an outer package 110 can also be used to produce a stack 212 of rinses 102, as shown in FIG.

To produce such a stack 212 of rinses 102, two receiving elements 138, which are formed just like the support elements 136 described above, are pushed onto the edge sections of the rinsing edge of a first rinse 102a, so that these edge sections are received in the receiving channels 146 of the first receiving elements 138a ,

In this case, the first receiving elements 138a can be fixed by means of a strapping of a strip material to the sink 102a.

Subsequently, a second sink 102b is provided in the same way with second receiving elements 138b, which are identical to the first receiving elements 138a.

These second receiving elements 138b can be fixed by means of a strapping of a strip material to the second sink 102b.

Subsequently, the first sink 102a is placed on a base 214 in the head-facing, ie with downwardly facing pelvic openings, wherein the upper damping bumps 150 at the (in this position downwardly facing) top 148 of the first receiving elements 138a, the support surfaces 155 all the same Height, ie the same distance from the upper surface 148 of the strip-shaped main body of the receiving elements 138 a, are supported on the substrate 214 and the two first receiving elements 138 a carry the first sink 102 a, without the same touches the substrate 214.

Subsequently, the second sink 102b is also placed in the head transfer, with the second receiving elements 138b on the first sink 102a, in such a way that the (in this position, facing downwards) upper damping bumps 150 of the second receiving elements 138b on the (in this position facing up) underside 152 of the first receiving elements 138a abut (and in this position upwardly facing) lower damping bumps 174 of the first receiving elements 138a flat against the (in this position facing down) top 148 of the second receiving elements 138b or engage in the recesses 210 at the top 148 of the second receiving elements 138b.

In the manner described above, further rinses 102, each using a pair of receiving elements 138, may be added to the rinse stack 212.

In this way, the rinses 102 can be arranged in a particularly space-saving manner and stored in this arrangement, for example, before a single transport in an outer package 110.

Since the same receiving elements 138 are used for the production of the rinse stack 212, as they are also used as components of the single package 100, the rinses 102 stored in the stack 212 can be individually wrapped in a respective outer packaging without prior removal of the receiving elements 138 and thus particularly time-saving 100, so that the number of packaging elements required for storage in the stack 212 and for the subsequent individual packaging of the rinses 102 in each packaging 100 is reduced.

A sink 102 with receiving elements 138 arranged thereon in the head transfer is also particularly suitable for transporting the sink 102 via a transport roller conveyor with transport rollers following one another in a conveying direction, which are rotatable about horizontal axes oriented perpendicular to the conveying direction.

For this purpose, the sink 102 is turned off in the head-up with the receiving elements 138 on the transport roller track that the (in the head presentation facing down) upper damping bumps 150 rest on the upper crests of the transport rollers.

As a result of the design of the upper damping bumps 150 described above, in particular the pairs of upper intermediate damping bumps 162, of the receiving elements 138, it is avoided that these damping bumps can reach the intermediate space between two successive transport rollers when the sink 102 is transported via the transport roller track.

Claims (31)

Packaging for a transport item, in particular a sink (102), comprising at least one support body (134) having at least one cushioning bump (174),
characterized,
in that the support body (134) has at least one multi-stage damping bump group (188) which comprises at least two damping bumps (190, 194) whose support surfaces (192, 196) are at different heights (H, h). Packaging according to claim 1, characterized in that the damping bumps (190, 194) of the damping bump group (188) directly adjacent to each other. Packaging according to one of claims 1 or 2, characterized in that the damping bumps (190, 194) of the damping bump group (188) have a common damping bump base (200). Packaging according to one of claims 1 to 3, characterized in that the damping bumps (190, 194) of the damping bump group (188) have damping bump tips which support the support surfaces (192, 196) and are separated by a gap (198). Packaging according to claim 4, characterized in that the gap (198) extends to at least half the height (h / 2) of the lowest damping bump (194) of the damping bump group (188). A package according to any one of claims 1 to 5, characterized in that the distance between the cushion bump tips (190, 194) of the cushion bump group (188) is less than the height (H) of the highest cushion bump (190) of the cushion bump group (188). A package according to any one of claims 5 or 6, characterized in that the distance between the bump tips (190, 194) of the bump group (188) is less than the height of the lowest bump (194) of the bump group (188). A package according to any one of claims 1 to 7, characterized in that the distance between the cushion bump tips (190, 194) of the cushion bump group (188) is smaller than the largest width of the widest cushion bump of the cushion bump group (188). A package according to any one of claims 1 to 8, characterized in that the distance between the cushion bump tips (190, 194) of the cushion bump group (188) is at most about 15 cm, preferably at most about 5 cm. Packaging according to one of claims 1 to 9, characterized in that the support body (134) comprises at least one strip-shaped support member (136) extending in a longitudinal direction (116) from a first end portion to a second end portion, wherein at least one multi-stage damping bump group (188) is disposed in one of the end regions. Packaging according to claim 10, characterized in that in each of the two end portions of the strip-shaped support member (136) at least one multi-stage damping hump group (188) is arranged. Packaging according to one of claims 1 to 11, characterized in that the distance between the heights (H, h) of the support surfaces (192, 196) of the damping bumps (190, 194) of the cushion bump group (188) is at least about 1 mm. Packaging according to one of claims 1 to 12, characterized in that the distance between the heights (H, h) of the support surfaces (192, 196) of the damping bumps (190, 194) of the cushion bump group (188) is at most about 8 mm. Packaging according to one of claims 1 to 13, characterized in that the support body (134) comprises at least one strip-shaped support member (136) extending in a longitudinal direction (116) of the transported (102), and that the support element (136) at least a damping bump (162) having a greater extension (L, L ') in the longitudinal direction (116) of the support element (136) than in a direction perpendicular to the longitudinal direction (116) of the support element (136) and the vertical (154) (120). Packaging according to one of claims 1 to 14, characterized in that the support body (134) comprises at least one strip-shaped support member (136) extending in a longitudinal direction (116) of the transported (102), and that the support element (136) at least two mutually adjacent damping bumps (162a, 162b), which are offset transversely to the longitudinal direction (116) relative to each other. Packaging according to claim 15, characterized in that the two mutually adjacent damping bumps (162a, 162b) are offset relative to each other along the longitudinal direction (116). Packaging according to one of claims 1 to 16, characterized in that the supporting body (134) comprises at least one receiving element (138) with a receiving channel (146) for an edge portion of the transported good (102). Packaging according to claim 17, characterized in that at least one multi-stage damping hump group (188) is arranged on the at least one receiving element (138). Packaging according to one of claims 17 or 18, characterized in that the supporting body (134) at least one separately from the receiving element (138) formed spacer element (140), which supports the receiving element (138) comprises. Packaging according to claim 19, characterized in that at least one multi-stage damping hump group (188) is arranged on the at least one spacer element (140). Packaging according to one of claims 19 or 20, characterized in that the spacer element (140) has the same shape as the receiving element (138). Packaging according to one of claims 1 to 21, characterized in that the package comprises at least two support bodies (134), each having at least one receiving element (138) with a receiving channel (146) for an edge portion of the transported material (102) and at least one separately from the spacer member (140) formed on the receiving element (138), which supports the respectively associated receiving element (138), comprise. Packaging according to claim 22, characterized in that the receiving elements (138) and the spacer elements (140) of the at least two support bodies (134) have the same shape. Packaging according to one of claims 22 or 23, characterized in that the at least two support bodies (134) are arranged on mutually opposite edge portions of the transport good (102). Packaging according to one of claims 1 to 24, characterized in that the packaging (100) comprises an outer packaging (110) whose interior (132) accommodates the transported goods (102) and the at least one supporting body (134). Packaging according to claim 25, characterized in that the outer packaging (110) is formed substantially cuboid. Packaging according to one of claims 25 or 26, characterized in that the outer packaging (110) comprises a folding box (112). Packaging according to one of claims 25 to 27, characterized in that in the resting state of the package (100) only one of the support surfaces (192) of the damping bumps (190, 194) of the multi-stage damping bump group (188) or more at the same height (H) lying support surfaces the damping hump (190, 194) of the multi-stage damping hump group (188) abut the outer packaging (110). Packaging according to one of claims 25 to 28, characterized in that at rest in the packaging (100) at least one support surface (196) of a Dämpfungshöckers (194) of the multi-stage Dämpfungshöckergruppe (188) is not applied to the outer packaging (110). Packaging according to one of claims 1 to 29, characterized in that the supporting body (134) is at least partially formed from a foamed plastic material. Packaging according to claim 30, characterized in that the support body (134) is at least partially formed of an expanded polystyrene material.

Images