EP2114797B1 - Packungsgebinde mit entnahmehilfe, insbesondere für zigarettenpackungen - Google Patents

Packungsgebinde mit entnahmehilfe, insbesondere für zigarettenpackungen Download PDF

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EP2114797B1
EP2114797B1 EP07847014A EP07847014A EP2114797B1 EP 2114797 B1 EP2114797 B1 EP 2114797B1 EP 07847014 A EP07847014 A EP 07847014A EP 07847014 A EP07847014 A EP 07847014A EP 2114797 B1 EP2114797 B1 EP 2114797B1
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Erdinc Agirbas
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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A47—FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
    • A47F—SPECIAL FURNITURE, FITTINGS, OR ACCESSORIES FOR SHOPS, STOREHOUSES, BARS, RESTAURANTS OR THE LIKE; PAYING COUNTERS
    • A47F5/00—Show stands, hangers, or shelves characterised by their constructional features
    • A47F5/10—Adjustable or foldable or dismountable display stands
    • A47F5/11—Adjustable or foldable or dismountable display stands made of cardboard, paper or the like
    • A47F5/112—Adjustable or foldable or dismountable display stands made of cardboard, paper or the like hand-folded from sheet material
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A47—FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
    • A47F—SPECIAL FURNITURE, FITTINGS, OR ACCESSORIES FOR SHOPS, STOREHOUSES, BARS, RESTAURANTS OR THE LIKE; PAYING COUNTERS
    • A47F1/00—Racks for dispensing merchandise; Containers for dispensing merchandise
    • A47F1/04—Racks or containers with arrangements for dispensing articles, e.g. by means of gravity or springs
    • A47F1/08—Racks or containers with arrangements for dispensing articles, e.g. by means of gravity or springs dispensing from bottom
    • 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
    • B65D5/48002—Partitions integral
    • B65D5/48014—Partitions integral formed by folding extensions hinged to the side edges of a tubular body
    • 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
    • B65D5/72—Contents-dispensing means
    • B65D5/721—Contents-dispensing means consisting of mobile elements forming part of the containers or attached to the containers
    • 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
    • B65D85/00—Containers, packaging elements or packages, specially adapted for particular articles or materials
    • B65D85/07—Containers, packaging elements or packages, specially adapted for particular articles or materials for compressible or flexible articles
    • B65D85/08—Containers, packaging elements or packages, specially adapted for particular articles or materials for compressible or flexible articles rod-shaped or tubular
    • B65D85/10—Containers, packaging elements or packages, specially adapted for particular articles or materials for compressible or flexible articles rod-shaped or tubular for cigarettes
    • B65D85/1072—Bundle of cigarette packs

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  • the invention relates to a packaging container, in particular a packaging container for cigarette packs.
  • the package can be a wrapper but also a dispenser or dispenser for such packages.
  • the technique according to the invention will be explained on the basis of a packaging container for tobacco products, it being understood that it is easily implementable when packages for other articles are assembled into a container.
  • Tobacco products pack way but also in containers ("rod-wise") in the sale. This sometimes offers packages of 10 packs, which are directly next to each other, i. lie in a row, but there are also packages with two rows of packages known in which side by side five (or more) packs are stacked.
  • a packing container according to the preamble of claim 1 is known from US-A-2 546 986 known.
  • the packing container according to the invention comprises at least two juxtaposed stacks of packs, in particular cigarette packs, as well as an outer casing which surrounds the stacks, wherein a removal opening is provided or producible in the region of an end face of the pack.
  • a holding device is provided between two stacks, which alternately acts alternately on one or another, in particular adjacent, stack and thereby prevents its packs from penetrating into the region of the removal opening.
  • the present invention includes a package container having a kind of shuttle mechanism which is interposed between two stacks of stacks and prevents slippage of one row of packs, so that the foremost and lowermost packs of the other pack row can be easily removed.
  • a package container having a kind of shuttle mechanism which is interposed between two stacks of stacks and prevents slippage of one row of packs, so that the foremost and lowermost packs of the other pack row can be easily removed.
  • Such an inventive packing container or an analogous mechanism is suitable both for disposable outer packaging (made of paper or cardboard) and for dispensers or dispensers that may possibly be set up as a refillable sales agent.
  • the holding device may in principle be a hand-operated or actuatable holding device, but will be explained below with reference to preferred embodiments which have an automatic mechanism which causes a pack to be taken alternately from one stack and then from another stack. Individual packs are easily accessible in the removal opening, so that the removal can be done easily and without difficulty and without destroying the container.
  • the holding device is held in a position by a pack of a stack, which lies in the region of the removal opening, in which it prevents a pack or another stack from penetrating into the region of the removal opening.
  • One pack thus holds the holding device so that the latter blocks the packing of another stack.
  • the invention can be embodied such that the holding device is arranged so as to be displaceable or pivotable so that it is transferred by a packing of a stack which penetrates into the region of the removal opening into a position in which it prevents a package of the or another stack penetrates into the region of the removal opening.
  • sliding one pack of a stack to the picking position causes the holding device to automatically shift to a position blocking the upcoming pack of the other stack. This can of course be done alternately or alternately, so that always taken alternately a pack from a stack and the other stack is blocked.
  • the holding device or the holding function "oscillates" between the stacks.
  • the holding device is pivotable about a pivot axis about a point between two stacks at the removal end of the container.
  • the pivot axis is in particular substantially higher by a packing height than the lower surface of the package in the removal opening.
  • the holding device can have two abutment sides, which are at an angle, in particular at right angles, to one another, against which the package, which lies in the region of the removal opening, and the package, which is prevented from penetrating into the region of the removal opening, strike.
  • On one stop side therefore, lies the package which lies in the region of the removal opening, and on the other the package which is prevented from penetrating into the region of the removal opening.
  • the holding device may have the shape of a body having the cross-sectional shape of a right-angled and / or isosceles triangle, the stop sides meeting at the pivot axis of the holding device.
  • a guide or partition wall is arranged between two adjacent stacks on whose packs the holding element acts.
  • the partition can prevent the packs from getting caught in one another on movement to the removal opening. It does not have to be designed as a continuous wall; it is sufficient if they separate the running or sliding paths of the packages so that they can be transported without hindrance.
  • the holding device is arranged or connected to the removal-side edge of the dividing wall, in particular with its pivot axis. Moreover, it is advantageous if the holding device does not have the extends entire pack length, is recessed in particular in the region of the removal side of the removal opening.
  • the container from a foldable paper or cardboard material blank, wherein in particular the removal opening is formed by a separable material portion.
  • the container from a rigid material shaped to form the container, especially a plastic material, a glass material or a metal material.
  • the packaging container according to the invention then serves as a dispenser or dispenser, for example as a display for sales purposes.
  • the holding device can form an integral part of the container or of the blank, in particular a folding tab of the blank.
  • a further embodiment variant is that the pivot axis of the holding device is formed by a film hinge or a folded edge of the blank. It is important that the holding device can pivot freely; how the pivot axis is formed, then depends on the material. For plastic materials, a film hinge is likely to offer, while in paper or cardboard materials a folding edge can be selected.
  • FIG. 1 represents an initial state; the FIG. 2 the condition after taking a pack.
  • the package dispensing mechanism For the description of the package dispensing mechanism according to the invention, it is envisaged that in the Figures 1 and 2 View from the front of an upright system having a left pack stack 1 and a right pack stack 3 of five packs, one of which is exemplified by the reference numeral 5.
  • the packs may be cigarette packs, for example, which are directed with a small face to the viewer.
  • the lowermost packing of the right-hand stack 3 is in the removal position, ie in the case of a container in the position where the removal opening is located.
  • the removal opening not shown here extends approximately over the height of the cigarette pack 7 and in width over the entire width of the two stacks 1 and 3.
  • the two stacks are separated by a central guide element, here the partition 9, which prevents the packs themselves Move laterally and hook each other.
  • the packs can therefore "slip down".
  • the element 11 does not extend over the entire, projecting into the plane of the length of the packs, but can at least on the front (visible end face in the Figures 1 and 2 ) left a little space, so that the packs in the removal position from the middle can be well grasped. Extra can be achieved in that the element 11 can already swing before the package is completely removed, so as to lock the overlying stack.
  • the holding member 11 is pivotable about its line of contact with the partition 9 around (in the sheet plane), and the corresponding pivot axis is indicated by the reference numeral 13. It is in the illustrated position of the packs by about one pack height above the lower surface of the pack 7, which is in the removal position. If the Pivot axis are higher than a package height, the lower edge of the second pack of unblocked stack would be deeper and would thus block a folding of the element 11 after pulling out of the pack in the removal position.
  • the triangular holding member 11 has an isosceles, rectangular shape in the illustrated embodiment, wherein the right angle is located on the pivot axis 13.
  • a surface 51 which begins at a right angle, is perpendicular to the inside of the pack 7; the other surface 55 horizontally supports the packing 8. It is also conceivable to give the holding element 11 a different shape, for example as a pendulum with a cylinder or a ball at the lower end of the partition 9.
  • FIG. 1 In the FIG. 1 is the holding member 11 pivoted to the left, thus keeping the left stack 1 in an upper position, substantially higher by a pack than the removal position.
  • the package 8 can not be removed, and the space under the package 8 is free for intervention by a user.
  • the pack 7 in the removal position in the right stack 3 which the holding element 11 in the position of FIG. 1 fixed, it is prevented that the holding member 11 can pivot to the right.
  • the holding member 11 pivots by the mechanical pressure of the stack 1 (weight pressure) to the right, and the stack 1 can fall down.
  • the package 8 of the left stack 1 now moves into the removal position, and the right stack 3 is held in the higher position. This condition is in FIG. 2 shown.
  • the package 8 can then be removed again in the following, the stack 3 presses the holding element 11 to the left, and the pack 10 comes into the removal position. This can be continued until the two stacks are removed.
  • the principle according to the invention can be realized by means of a blank for a container carton as described in US Pat FIG. 3 is shown. Thin lines represent fold lines, thick lines are outer edges / cuts, dashed lines represent perforations.
  • the cardboard box consists of the following main surfaces: a front wall 15 and two side walls 17 and 19, to which parts of the rear wall 21 and 23 connect.
  • a front wall 15 and two side walls 17 and 19 to which parts of the rear wall 21 and 23 connect.
  • the parts of the rear wall 21 and 23 overlap so that they can be glued, in particular by the overlap of the surfaces 23 via 21.
  • the partition wall tab 25 is still a fastening strip 27 is located, which is glued to the front wall 15. After folding these parts thus results in a cross-section with two cavities that can accommodate the cuboidal packs.
  • the bottom member 37 On the bottom there are the bottom member 37 with the side flaps 39 and 41 and the tabs 43 and 45.
  • the lower side flaps 39 and 41 are located after the folding according to the outside of the container.
  • the gripping from the side serve the semicircular punched 47a, b. This makes the packs in the container tangible.
  • the circular cutouts are provided for easier folding of the bottom of the container.
  • the tab 49 is attached, from which by folding a triangular element (as in FIG. 1 ) can be formed.
  • the individual elements below the partition plate 25 result (from top to bottom) a leg of the isosceles triangle 51, the underside of the isosceles triangle 53, the other leg of the isosceles triangle 55 and the insertion tab 57.
  • This insertion tab 57 is formed by the two punched-59 and 61 of the tab 49 pushed, and so a mechanically stable element is formed, the function of the holding member 11 from the Figures 1 and 2 can take over.
  • the tab 49 can be folded in the preparation of the bundle pack and filling with packs. As a result, the consumer does not have to perform any further action to find the mechanism ready for operation. However, it is also conceivable to leave the folding of this part to the consumer. This would be advantageous in terms of filling the Bundle, as the unfolded tab requires no additional space and thus the entire container can be filled with packages.

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