EP2197762B1 - Conditionnement multiple d'emballages de produits - Google Patents

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EP2197762B1
EP2197762B1 EP08829502A EP08829502A EP2197762B1 EP 2197762 B1 EP2197762 B1 EP 2197762B1 EP 08829502 A EP08829502 A EP 08829502A EP 08829502 A EP08829502 A EP 08829502A EP 2197762 B1 EP2197762 B1 EP 2197762B1
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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
    • B65D71/00—Bundles of articles held together by packaging elements for convenience of storage or transport, e.g. portable segregating carrier for plural receptacles such as beer cans or pop bottles; Bales of material
    • B65D71/06—Packaging elements holding or encircling completely or almost completely the bundle of articles, e.g. wrappers
    • B65D71/063—Wrappers formed by one or more films or the like, e.g. nets
    • 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
    • B65D5/4212—Information or decoration elements, e.g. content indicators, or for mailing
    • B65D5/4216—Cards, coupons or the like formed integrally with, or printed directly on, the container or lid
    • 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
    • B65D2203/00—Decoration means, markings, information elements, contents indicators

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  • the method of packaging the plurality of products in a multi-pack comprises providing a sheet of paperboard material, in a single step forming the paperboard material into a carton blank and embossing and debossing the paperboard with a product identification/indicia, forming the paperboard blanks into cartons, filling each carton with a product, closing each carton, accumulating the cartons into at least one stack, providing a wrapper having thereon the required product information, any color decoration and printed logos, surrounding the at least one stack of cartons in the wrapper, and sealing the wrapper to substantially enclose the at least one stack of products.
  • the paperboard embossing and debossing is accomplished at the same time as the sheet of paperboard material is formed into the carton blank.
  • Figure 3 is a detailed view of section III of Figure 2 , according to one embodiment of the present invention.

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Claims (10)

  1. Emballage groupé (30) de produits emballés individuellement comprenant :
    une pluralité d'emballages (40, 42, 44) dans lesquels le matériau de chacun de la pluralité d'emballages est un matériau en carton qui est sous la forme d'une boîte en carton, la boîte en carton ayant une surface supérieure (12) et une surface inférieure (16), chacun de la pluralité d'emballages contient au moins un produit et est exempt de signes appliqués comprenant des informations imprimées qui sont appliquées sur le matériau de chacun de la pluralité d'emballages, en excluant les dates et codes de production tamponnés ou imprimés au laser ;
    une identification (22, 23) du produit imprimée en relief et imprimée en creux dans le matériau de chacun de la pluralité d'emballages (40, 42, 44), l'identification du produit est imprimée en relief et imprimée en creux dans le matériau en carton, lorsque la surface supérieure de la boîte en carton (12) est imprimée en relief, la surface inférieure (16) est imprimée en creux et lorsque la surface supérieure (12) est imprimée en creux, la surface inférieure (16) est imprimée en relief ; et
    une enveloppe (32) entourant la pluralité d'emballages (40, 42, 44),
    l'enveloppe (32) comprenant des signes d'identification de produit visibles (34, 38).
  2. Emballage groupé selon la revendication 1 dans lequel les signes d'identification de produit visibles (34, 38) comprennent des informations de produit, une décoration en couleur et des logos imprimés.
  3. Emballage groupé selon la revendication 1 dans lequel le matériau d'enveloppe (32) est un matériau de film contenant un thermoplastique, facultativement dans lequel le thermoplastique est un polyéthylène, un copolymère d'éthylène, un polypropylène, un copolymère de propylène, un téréphtalate de polyéthylène, un polymère ou copolymère de vinyle, ou un polymère ou copolymère acrylique.
  4. Emballage groupé selon la revendication 3 dans lequel le thermoplastique est un polypropylène à orientation biaxiale.
  5. Emballage groupé selon la revendication 1 dans lequel le matériau de chaque emballage (40, 42, 44) est un matériau en carton ayant une épaisseur d'environ 300 microns à environ 600 microns et dans lequel l'enveloppe (32) est un film ayant un poids d'environ 15 g/m2 à environ 75 g/m2.
  6. Procédé d'emballage d'une pluralité de produits dans un emballage groupé (30) comprenant :
    la fourniture d'une source de matériau en carton qui est exempt de signes appliqués quelconques comprenant des informations imprimées qui sont appliquées sur le matériau de chacun de la pluralité d'emballages ;
    dans une seule étape la formation du matériau en carton dans une ébauche de boîte en carton (10) et l'impression en relief et l'impression en creux du carton avec une identification de produit (22, 23), lorsque la surface supérieure de la boîte en carton (12) est imprimée en relief, la surface inférieure (16) est imprimée en creux et lorsque la surface supérieure (12) est imprimée en creux, la surface inférieure (16) est imprimée en relief ;
    le formage des ébauches en carton en emballages (40) ;
    le remplissage de chaque emballage (40) avec au moins un produit ;
    la fermeture de chaque emballage (40) ;
    l'accumulation des emballages (40, 42, 44) dans au moins un empilage ;
    la fourniture d'une enveloppe (32) comprenant un matériau d'enveloppe de film ayant sur celui-ci des signes d'identification de produit visibles (34, 38) et entourant le au moins un empilage de cartons dans ledit matériau d'enveloppe de film (32).
  7. Procédé selon la revendication 6 dans lequel un rouleau forme le carton en ébauche (10) et simultanément, imprime en relief et imprime en creux le matériau en carton.
  8. Procédé selon la revendication 6 dans lequel le matériau d'enveloppe (32) est un matériau de film thermoplastique, facultativement dans lequel le thermoplastique est un polyéthylène, un copolymère d'éthylène, un polypropylène, un copolymère de propylène, un téréphtalate de polyéthylène, un polymère ou copolymère de vinyle, ou un polymère ou copolymère acrylique.
  9. Procédé selon la revendication 8 dans lequel le thermoplastique est un polypropylène à orientation biaxiale.
  10. Emballage groupé selon la revendication 1 ou procédé selon la revendication 6 dans lequel le au moins un produit est un pain de savon.
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