EP2208683B1 - Packaging for a sink - Google Patents

Abstract

The packaging (100) has a supporting body (134) which consists of a receiving channel for an edge area of a sink (102). The supporting body also has a narrow-sided receiving channel section for a narrow-sided edge section of the sink and narrow-sided damping projections (174,180), in which the packaging and the sink packed in it rest on a horizontal subsurface in a standard position. The damping projection is arranged vertically above or under the edge section of the sink.

Description

The present invention relates to a package for a sink, wherein the package comprises at least one support body, which in turn comprises a receiving channel for an edge region of the sink, wherein the support body comprises a narrow-side receiving channel portion for a narrow-side edge portion of the sink.

Such a rinse packaging is from the EP 1 600 403 A1 known.

Although this known rinse packaging already offers improved protection against impact stresses compared to previous rinse packaging. However, especially in case tests, the rinses packaged with the known rinse package can still be broken.

The DE 10 2006 021 179 A1 discloses a package for a sink according to the preamble of claim 1.

The present invention has for its object to provide a package for a sink of the type mentioned, which has further improved damping properties and a reduced transport damage rate.

This object is achieved by a package for a sink according to claim 1.

The sink has narrow sides (short longitudinal sides) and long sides (long longitudinal sides), and the edge region of the sink thus has narrow-sided edge portions which run along the narrow sides of the sink, and long-side edge portions which run along the long sides of the sink. A substantially rectangular sink has two mutually parallel narrow sides and two mutually parallel longitudinal sides.

The terms "vertical" and "horizontal" in this specification and in the appended claims, unless expressly stated otherwise, always refer to the standard position of the package and the sink packaged therein in which the package rests on a horizontal surface and the sink with its top facing upwards.

In this standard position, the longitudinal direction of the packaging and the packaged sink, in which the long sides of the sink extend, and the transverse direction of the packaging and the sink, in which the narrow sides of the sink extend, are thus aligned horizontally.

The present invention is based on the result of systematic drop tests and theoretical calculations to determine the optimum positioning of the sinker package damping tabs.

It has been shown that particularly in the vertical direction on the sink package and the packaged therein sink impact stresses can be effectively damped when a narrow-sided damping projection is present in the standard position at least partially vertically above or vertically below the narrow-side edge portion of the sink is.

In contrast, the points from the EP 1 600 403 A1 known Spülenverpackung only a narrow-side damping projection, which is arranged on the outside of a support body, outside the vertical projection of the narrow-side receiving channel portion and the narrow-side edge portion of the sink, but rather vertically above a provided in the support body cavity.

The present invention is based on the finding that the positioning of the narrow-side damping projection of the sink package from the EP 1 600 403 A1 , on the outside of the support body facing away from the packaged sink, is not optimal.

It is preferably provided that at least one narrow-side damping projection in the standard position is arranged essentially completely vertically above or vertically below the narrow-side edge section of the sink.

In particular, it can be provided that the narrow-side damping projection has a substantially horizontally extending support surface, with which the narrow-side damping projection can be supported in particular on an outer packaging, wherein the support surface is preferably arranged substantially completely vertically above or vertically below the narrow-side edge portion of the sink.

In the invention it is provided that the support body at least one upper narrow-side damping projection, which is arranged in the standard position at least partially vertically above the narrow-side edge portion of the sink, and at least one lower narrow-side damping projection which in the standard position at least partially vertically below the narrow-side edge portion of Sink is arranged has.

In this way, the packaged sink is particularly effectively protected against both vertically from above and against vertically acting from below shock loads.

Furthermore, it has proved to be advantageous if at least one narrow-side damping projection on a narrow-side end (preferably on the edge a narrow-side end face) of the support body is arranged. By this positioning of the narrow-side damping projection is achieved that the narrow-side damping projection is arranged as close to a vertical longitudinal center plane of the package and the packaged therein sink, so that in the region of the narrow side edge portion of the sink near the vertical longitudinal center plane acting on the packaging shocks by elastic and / or plastic deformation of the narrow-side damping projection are particularly effectively damped, which significantly reduces the impact stresses acting on the packaged sink itself.

In principle, the support body could be substantially rectilinear and comprise only a narrow-side support portion, which has a receiving channel for a narrow-side edge portion of the sink.

In a preferred embodiment of the invention, however, it is provided that the support body is formed angled and comprises a narrow-side support portion and a long-side support portion, wherein at least one narrow-side damping projection is arranged on the narrow side support portion.

Such an angled trained support body can be attached to a corner of the sink, to which a narrow-side edge portion and a long-side edge portion of the edge portion of the sink adjacent to each other, so that the angled support body is particularly easy and precise positionable on the sink.

A particularly good damping effect of the packaging according to the invention is obtained if at least one narrow-side damping projection is arranged at least partially on a region of the support body whose distance from a vertical longitudinal center plane of the packaged sink is less than a quarter, preferably less than one-eighth, of the total width (B) of the sink.

As a result, the packaged sink is particularly well supported in the area between the corners of the sink and protected against impact stresses.

When the support body comprises a long-side support portion, it is preferably provided that at least one long-side damping projection in the default position is disposed at least partially vertically above or vertically below a long-side edge portion of the packaged sink which is received in the long-side support portion of the support body.

In order to reduce the risk of breakage particularly increased deflection of the packaged sink in the central region of its long side and to provide in this area a particularly good shock absorption, it is favorable if at least one long-sided damping projection zuminist it favorable if at least one long-side damping projection at least partially is arranged in a region of the support body whose distance from a vertical transverse center plane of the packaged sink is less than a quarter, preferably less than one-eighth, the length (L) of the sink.

To protect against horizontal impact loads of the packaged sink, it has proven to be advantageous if the support body comprises a narrow side support portion which is provided on its outside facing away from the packaged sink with at least one damping strip over a length of at least 50% of the length of the narrow side support portion (ie its extension in the transverse direction of the package and the packaged therein sink).

Such a damping strip preferably extends in the standard position in a substantially horizontal direction away from the outside of the support body.

The support body has a half in the standard position above and a lower half in the standard position, which are separated by a horizontal longitudinal center plane of the support body.

Since the upper half of the support body has the receiving channel for the edge region of the sink, it is favorable to reduce the impact stress of the packaged sink when the overhead half of the support body has a greater number of damping projections than the lower half.

Further, it is favorable if the total area of the support surfaces of the damping projections disposed in the upper half of the support body is greater than the total area of the support surfaces of the damping projections arranged in the lower half of the support body _. Half of the support body arranged damping projections.

In order to adapt the package to rinsing of different length (L) and to be able to achieve a good support and damping effect in the central region of the long sides of the sink for relatively long rinsing, it is advantageous if the support body has a base body and an additional body with the base body is positively connected, comprises.

Due to the optional attachment of the additional body to the base body, the frequency of breakage in long rinses can be reduced particularly effectively.

It is particularly advantageous if the additional body and / or the base body each have a receiving channel for an edge region of the sink and in particular transversely to the extension direction of the receiving channel can be assembled together.

Due to the positive connection between the base body and the additional body, the support body formed from these elements can be handled particularly easily as a unit.

Alternatively, it can also be provided that the support body is integrally formed from a single element.

Claim 14 is directed to a combination of a package according to the invention for a sink and a sink packaged therein.

Preferably, the packaging comprises a plurality of supporting bodies, in particular four supporting bodies, wherein each corner of the sink is assigned in each case to one of the supporting bodies.

The supporting body of the packaging may in particular be arranged in an outer packaging, wherein at least one narrow-side damping projection is supported with a supporting surface on an inner side of the outer packaging.

The outer packaging may be formed, for example, as a folding box.

Furthermore, the outer packaging may for example be formed from a corrugated cardboard material or a cardboard material.

The support body of the sink package preferably comprises a foamed plastic material, whereby a much better damping effect is achieved than, for example, when using support bodies made of corrugated cardboard.

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

A particularly suitable foamed plastic material is expanded polystyrene material (EPS).

The packaging according to the invention is particularly suitable as a transport packaging for particularly break-sensitive rinsing, for example for rinsing of a ceramic material and / or of a composite material.

The packaging according to the invention has a support body with at least one damping projection integrated in the support body in the form of an integrated upholstery rib.

The packaging preferably comprises a plurality of support bodies with integrated damping projections, so that the support arrangement formed by the support bodies is reliably supported by damping projections with substantially planar, horizontal or vertical support surfaces on all six inner sides of a substantially parallelepiped-shaped outer packaging.

By the damping projections in the form of integrated into the support body padding ribs a particularly good shock absorption is achieved.

The optional attachment of the additional body to a base body of a support body, the break is reliably prevented even with relatively long rinsing.

The packaging process for fracture-sensitive rinses is considerably simplified by the packaging according to the invention.

By integrated in the support body damping projections is provided between the packaged sink and the outer packaging a protective distance for impact stresses.

As a result, first the damping projections are deformed before the packaged sink gets a shock.

By attaching the optional additional body to a base body of the support body, the bending of the packaged sink, in particular in the middle region of the long sides, is counteracted in the case.

By damping projections, which abut the six inner surfaces of an outer packaging, the damping properties of the damping projections are used in shock loads from all six directions.

The packaging according to the invention is particularly suitable for the packaging of a sink, which has a drainer.

It is particularly favorable if the supporting body of the packaging is angled and a damping projection is arranged on the corner region of the supporting body, on which the narrow-sided supporting portion and the pers is arranged, on which the narrow-sided supporting portion and the long-side supporting portion of the supporting body meet.

Further features and advantages of the invention are the subject of the following description and the drawings of exemplary embodiments.

Fg. 1

eine schematische perspektivische Darstellung einer Spülenver- packung mit einer darin verpackten Spüle, wobei die Spülenver- packung zwei Stützkörper, die jeweils aus einem winkelförmigen Basiskörper gebildet sind, und zwei weitere Stützkörper, die jeweils aus einem winkelförmigen Basiskörper und einem geraden Zusatzkörper zusammengesetzt sind, umfasst, mit Blick auf eine Oberseite der verpackten Spüle;

Fig. 2

eine schematische perspektivische Darstellung der Spülenver- packung und der darin verpackten Spüle aus Fig. 1, mit Blick auf eine Unterseite der verpackten Spüle;

Fig. 3

eine schematische Seitenansicht der Spülenverpackung und der darin verpackten Spüle aus Fig. 1 von rechts, wobei die rechten winkelförmigen Basiskörper ausgeblendet worden sind, mit der Blickrichtung in Richtung des Pfeiles 3 in Fig. 1;

Fig. 4

einen schematischen vertikalen Querschnitt durch die Spülenver- packung und die darin verpackte Spüle aus Fig. 1, im Bereich eines Hauptbeckens der Spüle parallel zu einer Schmalseite der Spülseite genommen;

Fig, 5

einen der Fig. 4 entsprechenden schematischen vertikalen Quer- schnitt, wobei die verpackte Spüle und die Stützkörper der Spü- lenverpackung in einer als Faltkiste ausgebildeten Umverpackung aufgenommen sind;

Fig. 6

eine schematische Vorderansicht der Spülenverpackung und der darin verpackten Spüle aus Fig. 1, mit der Blickrichtung in Rich- tung des Pfeiles 6 in Fig. 1, wobei die vorne liegenden Stützkörper ausgeblendet worden sind,

Fig. 7

eine der Fig. 6 entsprechende schematische Vorderansicht der Spülenverpackung und der darin verpackten Spüle, wobei die verpackte Spüle und die Stützkörper der Spülenverpackung in der als Faltkiste ausgebildeten Umverpackung aufgenommen sind und wobei die Vorderseite der Umverpackung ausgeblendet worden ist;

Fig. 8

eine schematische perspektivische Darstellung des Basiskörpers des vorderen rechten Stützkörpers der Spülenverpackung aus Fig. 1, von einer der verpackten Spüle abgewandten Außenseite des Basiskörpers aus gesehen;

Fig. 9

eine schematische perspektivische Darstellung des Zusatzkörpers des vorderen rechten Stützkörpers der Spülenverpackung aus Fig. 1, von einer der verpackten Spüle abgewandten Außenseite des Zusatzkörpers her gesehen;

Fig. 10

eine schematische perspektivische Darstellung des Zusatzkörpers des vorderen rechten Stützkörpers der Spülenverpackung aus Fig. 1, von einer der verpackten Spüle zugewandten Innenseite des Zusatzkörpers her gesehen;

Fig. 11

eine schematische perspektivische Darstellung einer zweiten Aus- führungsform einer Spülenverpackung und einer darin verpackten Spüle, wobei die Spülenverpackung vier Stützkörper umfasst, welche jeweils aus einem winkelförmigen Basiskörper gebildet sind, mit Blick auf eine Oberseite der verpackten Spüle;

Fig. 12

eine perspektivische Darstellung der Spülenverpackung und der darin verpackten Spüle aus Fig. 11, mit Blick auf eine Unterseite der verpackten Spüle;

Fig. 13

eine schematische Seitenansicht der Spülenverpackung und der darin verpackten Spüle aus Fig. 11 von rechts, mit der Blickrich- tung in Richtung des Pfeiles 13 in Fig. 11, wobei die rechten Stützkörper der Spülenverpackung ausgeblendet worden sind,

Fig. 14

einen schematischen vertikalen Querschnitt durch die Spülenver- packung und die darin verpackte Spüle aus Fig. 11, im Bereich eines Hauptbeckens der Spüle parallel zu einer Schmalseite der Spüle genommen;

Fig. 15

einen der Fig. 14 entsprechenden schematischen vertikalen Quer- schnitt durch die Spülenverpackung und die darin verpackte Spüle, wobei die verpackte Spüle und die Stützkörper der Spülen- verpackung in einer als Faltkiste ausgebildeten Umverpackung aufgenommen sind;

Fig. 16

eine schematische Vorderansicht der Spülenverpackung und der darin verpackten Spüle aus Fig. 11, mit der Blickrichtung in Richtung des Pfeiles 16 in Fig. 11, wobei die vorderen Stützkörper der Spülenverpackung ausgeblendet worden sind; und

Fig. 17

eine der Fig. 16 entsprechende schematische Vorderansicht der Spülenverpackung und der darin verpackten Spüle, wobei die verpackte Spüle und die Stützkörper der Spülenverpackung in der als Faltkiste ausgebildeten Umverpackung aufgenommen sind und die Vorderseite der Umverpackung ausgeblendet worden ist.

In the drawings show:

Fig. 1

a schematic perspective view of a rinsing pack with a packaged therein sink, wherein the Spülenver- packung two support bodies, which are each formed of an angular base body, and two further support body, which are each composed of an angle-shaped base body and a straight additional body comprises facing a top of the packaged sink;

Fig. 2

a schematic perspective view of the Spülenver- packung and the packaged therein sink Fig. 1 overlooking a bottom of the packaged sink;

Fig. 3

a schematic side view of the sink package and the packaged therein sink Fig. 1 from the right, wherein the right angle-shaped base body have been hidden, with the viewing direction in the direction of arrow 3 in Fig. 1 ;

Fig. 4

a schematic vertical cross section through the Spülenver- packung and packaged therein sink Fig. 1 , taken in the region of a main basin of the sink parallel to a narrow side of the flushing side;

Fig. 5

one of the Fig. 4 corresponding schematic vertical cross-section, wherein the packaged sink and the support body of the rinse lenverpackung are received in a folded box designed as outer packaging;

Fig. 6

a schematic front view of the sink package and the packaged therein sink Fig. 1 , looking in the direction of the arrow 6 in Fig. 1 , wherein the front supporting bodies have been hidden,

Fig. 7

one of the Fig. 6 corresponding schematic front view of the sink package and the sink packaged therein, wherein the packaged sink and the support body of the sink package are received in the outer box designed as a folding box and wherein the front of the outer packaging has been hidden;

Fig. 8

a schematic perspective view of the base body of the front right support body of the sink packaging Fig. 1 seen from one of the packaged sink facing away from the outside of the base body;

Fig. 9

a schematic perspective view of the additional body of the front right support body of the sink packaging Fig. 1 , seen from one of the packaged sink facing away from the outer body forth;

Fig. 10

a schematic perspective view of the additional body of the front right support body of the sink packaging Fig. 1 seen from one of the packaged sink facing inside of the additional body ago;

Fig. 11

a schematic perspective view of a second embodiment of a sink package and a packaged therein sink, wherein the sink package comprises four support bodies, which are each formed from an angular base body, facing an upper surface of the packaged sink;

Fig. 12

a perspective view of the sink package and the packaged therein sink Fig. 11 overlooking a bottom of the packaged sink;

Fig. 13

a schematic side view of the sink package and the packaged therein sink Fig. 11 from the right, looking in the direction of arrow 13 in Fig. 11 wherein the right-hand support bodies of the sink package have been hidden,

Fig. 14

a schematic vertical cross section through the Spülenver- packung and packaged therein sink Fig. 11 , taken in the area of a main basin of the sink parallel to a narrow side of the sink;

Fig. 15

one of the Fig. 14 corresponding schematic vertical cross-section through the sink package and the sink packaged therein, wherein the packaged sink and the support body of the sink packaging are received in an outer packaging formed as a folding box;

Fig. 16

a schematic front view of the sink package and the packaged therein sink Fig. 11 , looking in the direction of arrow 16 in Fig. 11 wherein the front support body of the sink package have been hidden; and

Fig. 17

one of the Fig. 16 corresponding schematic front view of the sink package and the packaged therein sink, the packaged sink and the support body of the sink packaging are received in the outer box designed as a folding box and the front of the outer packaging has been hidden.

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

One in the Fig. 1 to 10 illustrated, as a whole with 100 designated packaging for a sink 102, which in the illustrated embodiment, a main basin 104, an example arranged right next to the main basin 104 auxiliary basin 106 and disposed on the side facing away from the main basin 104 side of the additional basin 106, flat drip area 108 has , includes one in the Fig. 5 and 7 shown schematically Outer package 110, which is formed as a folding box 112, for example, from a corrugated cardboard material or a cardboard material.

The substantially parallelepiped folding box 112 includes two vertical long side walls 114 extending in a longitudinal direction 116 of the package 100 and the sink 102 packaged therein, two vertical short side walls 118 extending in a horizontal transverse direction 120 of the package perpendicular to the longitudinal direction 116 100 and the sink 102 extend, a bottom 122 which is formed of two foldable on the long side walls 114 of the folding box 112 disposed outer closing tabs 124 and two on the short side walls 118 of the folding box 112 arranged foldable inner locking tabs (not shown), and a Cover 126, which is formed as well as the bottom 122 of the long side walls 114 hingedly arranged outer locking tabs 128 and on the short side walls 118 arranged hinged (not shown) inner closing tabs.

In the interior 130 of the outer packaging 110, a support arrangement 132 for the packaged sink 102 is arranged, which comprises four respectively arranged at a corner of the sink 102 supporting body 134, between which the sink 102 is held.

When the terms "vertical" and "horizontal" are used in this specification, unless explicitly stated otherwise, these references always refer to a standard position of the package 100 and the sink 102 packed therein, in which the package 100 is horizontal Underground 135 rests and the sink 102, as in Fig. 1 shown with its top facing upwards. In this standard position, therefore, the longitudinal direction 116 of the packaging 100 and the packaged sink 102 and the transverse direction 120 of the packaging 100 and the sink 102 packaged therein are aligned horizontally.

The sink 102 is delimited by a circumferential, substantially rectangular edge region 136, which has two long-side edge sections 138 of length L (corresponding to the total length of the sink 102) parallel to the longitudinal direction 116 and two narrow-sided edge sections 140 of each parallel to the transverse direction 120 the length B (corresponding to the total width of the sink 102) (see the Fig. 3 and 6 ).

At each corner of the edge region 136 of the sink 102, in each case a long-side edge section 138 and a narrow-side edge section 140 adjoin one another.

Each of the support bodies 134 of the support arrangement 132 respectively comprises an angled base body 142 which covers one corner of the edge region 136 of the packaged sink 102 and one long side 144 extending along one long side of the sink 102 and one narrow side running along a narrow side of the sink 102 Section 146.

The base body of the front right support body 134, which will be referred to as a base body 142a hereinafter, is shown in FIG Fig. 8 shown individually.

The base body 142a comprises a main body 148, which is essentially L-shaped in horizontal longitudinal section, with a vertical long-side outer side 150 facing away from the packaged rinse 102, which extends parallel to the longitudinal direction 116, a vertical narrow-side outer side 152 facing away from the packaged rinse 102 and parallel to the transverse direction 120, a horizontal upper side 154, a horizontal lower side 156, a substantially vertical long-side inner side 158 facing the packaged sink 102, which extends along the longitudinal direction 116, and a substantially vertical narrow-side inner side 160 facing the packaged sink 102, which runs along the transverse direction 120.

The main body 148 of the base body 142 is provided on the inner sides 158 and 160 with a receiving channel 162 which is formed by a in the upper half of the base 148 arranged, extending in the horizontal direction groove.

The receiving channel 162 includes a long-side receiving channel portion 164 that is parallel to the longitudinal direction 116 and serves to receive a portion of a long-side edge portion 138 of the sink 102, and a narrow-side receiving channel portion 166 that extends along the transverse direction 102 and for receiving a portion of a narrow-side edge portion 140th the sink 102 serves.

When packaging the sink 102, the base body 142a is pushed onto the edge region 136 of the sink 102 such that a long side edge portion 138 of the sink 102 into the long side receiving channel portion 164 of the receiving channel 162 and a narrow side edge portion 140 of the sink 102 in the narrow side receiving channel portion 166 of the receiving channel 162 intervene. In this case, the sink 102 rests with the underside of the edge region 136 of the sink 102 on the lower boundary wall of the receiving channel 162.

On its upper side 154, the base body 142a is provided with a plurality of bump-shaped upper damping projections 168 with which the base body 142 is supported on the cover 126 of the outer packaging 110.

How out Fig. 8 As can be seen, the upper damping projections 168 taper from their arranged on the top 154 of the base body 142 base upwards so that they have a substantially trapezoidal vertical longitudinal section and on each transverse, preferably substantially perpendicular to the vertical 170 extending support surface 172 end.

The long sides of the upper damping projections 168 are aligned substantially parallel to the transverse direction 120.

One of the upper damping projections 168, which is referred to as the upper narrow-side damping projection 174, is arranged on the narrow-side portion 146 of the base body 142 at least partially vertically above the narrow-side receiving channel portion 166 and thus vertically above the narrow-side edge portion 140 of the sink 102 is arranged when the package 100 and the pack 102 packaged therein are in the standard position (see in particular Fig. 6 and 7 ).

Preferably, the support surface 172 of the upper narrow-side damping projection 174, with which the upper narrow-side damping projection 174 is supported on the lid 126 of the outer package 110, substantially completely vertically above the narrow-side Aufnahstützt, substantially completely vertically above the narrow side receiving channel portion 166 and substantially complete vertically above the narrow-side edge portion 140 of the packaged sink 102.

How out Fig. 8 can be seen, the upper narrow-side damping projection 174 is further disposed directly on a vertical narrow-side end face 176 of the base body 142, which is substantially parallel to the longitudinal direction 116.

This positioning of the upper narrow-side damping projection 174 at the narrow-side end of the base body 142 ensures that the upper narrow-side damping projection 174 is as close as possible to the vertical longitudinal center plane 178 of the packaging 100 and the packaged sink 102 (see FIGS Fig. 3 and 4 ).

The described positioning of the upper narrow-side damping projection 174 achieves the effect that in the region of the narrow-side Edge portion 140 of the sink 102 near the vertical longitudinal center plane 178 on the package 100 acting shocks are particularly effectively damped by elastic and / or plastic deformation of the upper narrow-side damping projection 174, which significantly reduces the impact stresses acting on the packaged sink 102 itself.

How best of the Fig. 3 and 4 5, bottom undersurface 156 of base body 142a is provided with lower narrow-side damping projection 180 (formed relative to a horizontal longitudinal center plane 142a) substantially mirror-symmetrical to upper narrow-side damping projection 174, with base body 142a attached to bottom 122 the outer packaging 110 is supported.

In particular, the lower narrow-side damping projection 180 is arranged at least partially vertically below the narrow-side receiving channel section 166 and thus at least partially vertically below the narrow-side edge section 140 of the packaged sink 102.

The support surface 172 of the lower narrow-side damping projection 180, with which the lower narrow-side damping projection 180 is supported on the bottom 122 of the outer package 110 is preferably substantially completely vertically below the narrow-side receiving channel portion 166 and substantially completely vertically below the narrow-side edge portion 140 of the packaged sink 102nd

The lower narrow-side damping projection 180 and the upper narrow-side damping projection 174 lie at least partially in a region of the base body 142 whose distance from the vertical longitudinal center plane 178 of the packaged sink 102 is less than a quarter, preferably less than one-eighth, the width B of the packaged sink 102 is.

Preferably, the support surface 172 of the upper narrow-side damping projection 174 and / or the support surface 172 of the lower narrow-side damping projection 180 is at least partially, preferably completely, disposed in a region of the base body 142a whose distance from the vertical longitudinal center plane 178 of the packaged sink 102 is less than a quarter , preferably less than one-eighth, the width B of the sink 102 is.

Another one of the upper cushioning protrusions 168 of the base body 142a, namely, an upper long-side cushioning protrusion 182 is disposed on the long-side portion 144 of the base body 142a, in an end portion of the long-side portion 144 facing away from the narrow-side portion 146, near a vertical long-side end face 184 of FIG Base body 142 a, which extends parallel to the transverse direction 120.

How out Fig. 3 it can be seen, the upper long-side damping projection 182 is at least partially, in particular at least with its full support surface 172, vertically above the long-side receiving channel portion 164 and thus arranged vertically above the long-side edge portion 138 of the sink 102.

Further, the upper long-side cushioning protrusion 182 is disposed in a portion of the base body 142a, the distance of which is from a vertical transverse center plane 186 of the package 100 and the sink 102 (see FIG Fig. 6 and 7 ) is less than a quarter of the length L of the packaged sink 102.

In particular, the support surface 172 of the upper long-side damping projection 182, with which the upper long-side damping projection 182 is supported on the cover 126 of the outer package 110, at least partially, preferably arranged completely in a region of the base body 142 a, the distance from the vertical transverse center plane 186 of the packaged sink 102 is less than one quarter of the length L of the sink 102.

By the above-described positioning of the upper long-side cushioning projection 182, the long-side edge portion 138 of the edge portion 136 of the packaged sink 102 is effectively protected from shock loads.

Another of the upper cushioning projections 168 of the base body 142a, hereinafter referred to as the upper corner cushioning projection 188, is disposed in a corner portion 190 of the base body 142a in which the long-side portion 144 and the narrow-side portion 146 of the base body 142a intersect. The distance of the upper corner damping projection 188 from the upper edge of the long-side outer side 150 of the base body 142a is thus less than the width b of the base body 148 in the long-side portion 144 of the base body 142a, ie its extension in the transverse direction 120. Further, the distance of upper corner damping projection 188 from the upper edge of the narrow-side outer side 152 of the base body 142a less than the width b 'of the base body 148 in the narrow side portion 146 of the base body 142a, ie its extension in the longitudinal direction 116 (see Fig. 8 ).

By this positioning of the upper corner damping projection 188, the corner region of the edge region 136 of the packaged sink 102 is particularly effectively protected against impact stresses.

On its underside 156, the base body 142a has a lower long-side cushioning protrusion 192 whose position in the longitudinal direction 116 of the base body 142a is substantially coincident with the position of the upper long-side cushioning protrusion 182; however, the lower long side damping projection 192 is different from the upper long side Damping projection 182, not from the adjacent edge of the long-side outer side 150 of the base body 142 a spaced apart, but extends to the lower edge of the long-side outer side 150th

Furthermore, the base body 142a has on its underside 156 a lower corner damping projection 194 whose position in the longitudinal direction 116 of the base body 142a substantially corresponds to the position of the upper corner damping projection 188. However, unlike the upper corner cushioning protrusion 188, which is spaced from the upper edge of the long-side outer side 150 of the base body 142a, the lower corner cushioning projection 194 extends outwardly to the lower edge of the long-side outer side 150.

On its narrow-side outer side 152, the base body 142a is provided with a damping projection in the form of a damping strip 196 which extends in the upper half of the narrow-side outer side 152 along the transverse direction 120 over at least 50%, preferably over at least 75%, of the length l 'of FIG narrow-side portion 146 of the base body 148 of the base body 142, ie whose extension in the transverse direction 120, extends.

The damping bar 196 has an angled shape and, in addition to the narrow-side limb 198 arranged on the narrow-side outer side 152 of the base body 142a, has a long-side limb 200 arranged on the long-side outer side 150 of the base body 142a and extending in the longitudinal direction 116.

The long side leg 200 of the damping bar 196 terminates in an end region 202 which extends vertically downwards from the long side leg 200 on the long side outer side 150 of the base body 142a. The damping bar 196 is supported with its outwardly facing vertical support surface 172 on the inside of the outer package 110, with the support surface 172 of the narrow side leg 198 of the damping bar 196 on a short side wall 118 and with the support surface 172 of the long side leg 200 of the damping bar 196 on a long side wall 114 of the outer packaging 110.

The elongated design of the damping strip 196 ensures that the narrow-side end region of the sink 102 and the corner region of the sink 102 are particularly well protected against impact stresses.

On the upper half of the long-side outer side 150 of the base body 142a, several, for example four, upper lateral damping projections 204 are further arranged, which are supported with their vertical support surfaces 172 on a long side wall 114 of the outer package 110.

The upper side cushioning projections 204 extend down the vertical 170 from the upper edge of the long-side outer side 150 of the base body 142a and each have a substantially trapezoidal horizontal cross-section.

In the longitudinal direction 116 of the base body 142a, the upper lateral damping projections 204 are spaced from one another and from the end region 202 of the damping strip 196, preferably approximately equidistantly.

By this arrangement and design of the upper lateral damping projections 204, the long-side edge portion 138 of the packaged sink 102 is particularly well protected against impact stresses in the horizontal direction.

In the lower half of the base body 142a in the standard position, a further damping projection in the form of a lower damping strip 206 is provided in the region of the corner thereof, which is angled and has a narrow side 208 which extends in the transverse direction 120 along the narrow outer side 152 of the Base body 142a extends, and a long side leg 210, which extends in the longitudinal direction 116 along the long-side outer side 150 of the base body 142a, and with the support surface 172 of the long-side leg 210 on a long side wall 114 of the outer package 110 and with the support surface 172nd of the narrow side leg 208 is supported on a short side wall 118 of the outer packaging 110.

The narrow side leg 208 of the lower damping bar 206 is shorter than the narrow side leg 198 of the upper damping bar 196.

The long-side leg 210 of the lower damping bar 206 is shorter than the long-side leg 200 of the upper damping bar 196.

In the lower half of the long-side outer side 150 of the base body 142a, a plurality of, for example two, lower lateral damping projections 212 are also arranged, which are supported with their vertically oriented support surfaces 172 on a long side wall 114 of the outer package 110.

The lower side cushioning projections 212 extend down the vertical 170 almost to the lower edge of the long-side outer side 150 of the base body 142a.

In the longitudinal direction 116 of the base body 142 a, the lower lateral damping projections 212 are spaced from one another and from the lower damping strip 206.

In order to effectively support the particularly fracture-sensitive central portion of the long-side edge portions 138 of the edge region 136 of the sink 102 and to protect against impact stresses, the front right support body 134a in addition to the base body 142a in the Fig. 9 and 10 separately shown additional body 214, which is positively connected to the base body 142a such that the additional body 214 forms an extension of the long-side portion 144 of the base body 142a.

In order to position the additional body 214 on the base body 142a exactly and to be able to connect with the same, the base body 142a on the left, front edge of the long-side outer side 150 has an approximately centrally disposed retaining recess 216 and above the holding recess 216 arranged upper positioning recess 218 and below the holding recess 218 arranged lower positioning recess 220.

The holding recess 216 and the two positioning recesses 218, 220 extend from the long-side outer side 150 of the base body 142a in the transverse direction 120 into the base body 148 of the base body 142a, 142b and each terminate at a substantially vertically aligned stop surface 222.

The holding recess 216 extends, starting from the long-side end face 184 of the base body 142a approximately trapezoidal along the longitudinal direction 116, so that the retaining recess 216 at its upper edge by a downwardly projecting constriction projection 224 and down by an upwardly projecting lower constriction projection 226th is limited.

The side faces of the constriction projections 224 and 226 facing away from the long-side end side 184 of the base body 142a form undercuts 228 of the retaining recess 216.

The positioning recesses 218 and 220, however, are formed without undercuts.

The co-operating with the front right base body 142 a additional body is hereinafter referred to as 214 a and is in the Fig. 9 and 10 shown in detail.

The additional body 214a comprises a substantially parallelepiped base body 230, which has a substantially horizontal upper side 232, a substantially horizontal lower side 234, a substantially vertical outer side 236 facing away from the packaged sink 102, a base body side end face 238 facing the base body 142a, one the Base body 142a facing away, substantially vertical end-side end face 240 and one of the packaged sink 102 facing, substantially vertical inside 242 has.

In order to connect the additional body 214a positively to the base body 142a, the additional body 214 at the base body side edge of the outer side 236 with an approximately central retaining projection 244, above the retaining projection 244 arranged upper positioning projection 246 and disposed below the retaining projection 244 lower position niervorsprung 248th Mistake.

The holding projection 244 and the positioning projections 246, 248 are substantially flush with the outer side 236 of the additional body 214 and spaced from the inside edge of the base body side end face 238.

Further, the retaining projection 236 is formed substantially complementary to the retaining recess 216 of the base body 142a.

The upper positioning projection 246 is formed substantially complementary to the upper positioning recess 218 of the base body 142a.

The lower positioning projection 248 is formed substantially complementary to the lower positioning recess 220 of the base body 142a.

In particular, the retaining projection 244, starting from the base body-side end face 238 of the additional body 214a, expands in the longitudinal direction 116 of the additional body 214, so that it is delimited upward by an upper extension projection 250 and downward by a lower extension projection 252.

The side surfaces of the extension projections 250, 252 facing the base body-side end face 238 of the base body 230 of the additional body 214 a form undercuts 254 of the retaining projection 244.

Due to the complementary configuration of the retaining projection 244 and the positioning projections 246 and 248 of the additional body 214 on the one hand and the retaining recess 216 and the positioning recesses 218 and 220 of the base body 142a on the other hand, the auxiliary body 214, with its inner side 242 first, in the transverse direction 120 from the outside of the Base body 142a forth on the base body 142a be plugged until the outer side 236 of the auxiliary body 214a is substantially flush with the long-side outer side 150 of the base body 142a, as shown in Fig. 1 is shown.

Since the thicknesses (extensions in the transverse direction 120) of the retaining projection 244 and the positioning projections 246 and 248 substantially with the depths of the retaining recess 216 and the positioning recesses 218 and 220, the retaining projection 244 and the positioning protrusions 246 and 248 of the auxiliary body 214a abut against the abutment surfaces 222 of the retaining recess 216 and the positioning recesses 218 and 220 of the base body 142a when the auxiliary body 214a is fully pushed onto the base body 142a.

In this state, the auxiliary body 214a and the base body 142a are interlocked with each other like matching puzzle pieces.

The holding projection 244 of the additional body 214a lies (seen in the longitudinal direction 116) behind the undercuts 228 of the holding recess 216, so that the holding projection 244 and thus the additional body 214a is prevented from moving along the longitudinal direction 116 away from the base body 142a.

Further, in the joined addition of base body 142a and auxiliary body 214a, the constriction projections 224 and 226 of the base body 142a (seen in the longitudinal direction 116) are located behind the undercuts 254 of the retaining projection 244 of the auxiliary body 214a, so that the constriction projections 224 and 226 and thus the base body 142a abut movement along the longitudinal direction 116 are prevented by the additional body 214a away.

By a displacement of the additional body 214a relative to the base body 142a in the transverse direction 120, but in the opposite direction as when pushing together these two bodies, the additional body 214a and the base body 142a can be separated again.

Like from the Fig. 9 and 10 can be seen, the additional body 214a comprises an upper damping projection 256 arranged on its upper side 232, which is supported with its horizontal support surface 172 on the cover 126 of the outer packaging 110.

On its inner side 242, the additional body 214a is provided with a receiving channel 258 for receiving a part of a long-side edge portion 138 of the packaged rinse 102 (see FIG Fig. 10 ).

The receiving channel 258 has the shape of a groove extending in the longitudinal direction 116 of the additional body 214a, in which the long-side edge portion 138 of the sink 102 engages when the additional body 214a is arranged on the packaged sink 102.

As in particular from Fig. 3 can be seen, the upper damping projection 256 of the additional body 214a, in particular its support surface 172, at least partially disposed vertically above the receiving channel 258 and thus over the long-side edge portion 138 of the sink 102.

How out Fig. 6 it can be seen, the upper damping projection 256 of the additional body 214a is further arranged in a region of the support body 134a formed from the base body 142a and the auxiliary body 214a, whose distance from the vertical transverse center plane 186 of the packaged sink 102 and the packaging 100 is less than a quarter, preferably less than one-eighth, the length L of the packaged sink 102 is.

Further is Fig. 1 It can be seen that the upper damping projection 256 of the additional body 214a is located substantially at the same position along the longitudinal direction 116 as the transition from the additional basin 106 to the drip area 108 of the sink 102, in which the sink 102 is particularly fragile.

As a result of this design and positioning of the upper damping projection 256 of the additional body 214a, the impact stress of the packaged sink 102 is thus effectively reduced in this particularly sensitive area and deflection of the sink 102 due to the support of the edge region 136 of the sink 102 by the additional body 214a is prevented.

On its underside 234, the additional body 214a is provided with a lower damping projection 260, which is supported with its horizontal support surface 172 on the bottom 122 of the outer package 110 (see Fig. 9 and 10 ).

The lower damping projection 260 extends in the transverse direction 120 of the additional body 214a and has a substantially trapezoidal cross-section perpendicular to the transverse direction 120.

The outer end of the lower damping projection 260 is substantially flush with the outer side 236 of the additional body 214a.

The lower damping projection 260 and the upper damping projection 256 are preferably offset from one another in the longitudinal direction 116 of the additional body 214a such that they are arranged on diametrically opposite corner regions of the main body 230 of the additional body 214a.

For example, it may be provided that the upper damping projection 256 is arranged on an end region of the upper side 232 of the additional body 214 facing the base body 142a, while the lower damping projection 260 is arranged in an end region of the underside 234 of the additional body 214a facing away from the base body 142a.

However, the positions of the lower cushioning protrusion 260 and the upper cushioning protrusion 256 in the longitudinal direction 116 relative to the base body 142a may be just interchanged with each other.

Finally, the additional body 214a is provided with a plurality of, for example at least two, lateral damping projections 262, which in the upper half of the outer side 236 of the main body 230 of the additional body 214a are arranged and supported with their vertical support surfaces 172 on a long side wall 114 of the outer packaging 110.

The side damper protrusions 262 extend substantially vertically downward from a position near the upper edge of the outer side 236 and have a substantially trapezoidal horizontal cross section.

In the longitudinal direction 116 of the additional body 214, the lateral damping projections 262 are spaced from each other and from the lateral edges of the outer side 236 of the additional body 214a.

By means of the lateral damping projections 262 of the additional body 214a, it is achieved that the middle region of the long-side edge section 138 of the sink 102 is well protected against impact stresses in the horizontal direction.

The above-described additional body 214 a, after being mated with the associated base body 142 a, in which in Fig. 1 and 2 shown manner pushed onto the edge region 136 of the sink 102 to be packaged.

The auxiliary body 214 a and the base body 142 a connected to it in a form-fitting manner together form the front right supporting body 134 a of the support arrangement 132.

The rear right support body 134 b is formed (with respect to the vertical longitudinal center plane 178) substantially mirror-symmetrical to the front right support body 134 a and arranged on the sink 102 to be packaged.

Specifically, the rear right base body 142b is mirror-symmetrical to the front right base body 142a.

Furthermore, the rear auxiliary body 214b, which is connected in a form-fitting manner to the rear right base body 142b, is designed mirror-symmetrically with respect to the front auxiliary body 214a and arranged on the sink 102.

The front left support body 134c includes a front left base body 142c that is substantially mirror-symmetrical to the front right base body 142a (with respect to the vertical transverse center plane 186), except that the long side end side 184 of the front left base body 142c is not the long-side end face 184 of the front right base body 142a, is provided with a holding recess and with Positionierausnehmungen for receiving this complementarily formed projections of an additional body, senders instead is substantially planar.

The rear left support body 134d of the support assembly 132 includes a rear left base body 142d, which is formed substantially mirror-symmetrically (with respect to the vertical longitudinal center plane 178) to the front left base body 142c and disposed on the sink 102 to be packaged.

Like from the Fig. 1 and 2 can be seen, is achieved by the extension of the right base body 142a and 142b by means of the respectively associated additional body 214a and 214b, that between the facing end faces of the right support body 134a, 134b on the one hand and the left support body 134c, 134d on the other hand, only a narrow gap 264 remains in which the long-side edge portions 138 of the sink 102 are not supported by the support assembly 132.

As a result, breakage is prevented even in the case of a relatively long sink 102, especially in the particularly sensitive middle region of the long-side edge sections 138 of the sink 102.

In particular, the presence of the additional bodies 214a and 214b counteracts a bending of the packaged sink 102 in its central area.

The support assembly 132 is formed by cushioning projections having substantially planar, horizontal or vertical support surfaces 172 on all six insides of the outer package 110, i. on the two long side walls 114, the two short side walls 118, the bottom 122 and the lid 126, reliably supported.

By means of these damping projections integrated into the support arrangement 132, there is a protective spacing for impact stresses between the packaged sink 102 and the outer packaging 110.

When the package 100 is subjected to impact, for example, in a case, the cushioning projections are first deformed before the packaged sink 102 receives a shock.

Due to the damping properties of the damping projections, the packaged sink 102 is thus protected against impact stresses from all directions.

The gap 264 remaining between the long-side end faces 184 of the support bodies 134 preferably has a width (extension in the longitudinal direction 116) which is smaller than the width of the support surface 172 of one of the upper damping projections 168.

Furthermore, the length of the narrow-side portions 146 of the base body 142 is dimensioned so that only a narrow gap 266 remains between the narrow-side end faces 176 of the base body 142, in which the narrow-side edge portions 140 of the packaged sink 102 are not supported by the support assembly 132.

The width (extension in the transverse direction 120) of this gap 266 is preferably also narrower than the width of the support surfaces 172 of one of the upper damping projections 168.

The base bodies 142 and the additional bodies 214 are preferably formed at least partially from a foamed plastic material, whereby a much better damping effect is achieved than, for example, when using corrugated cardboard packaging elements.

It is particularly favorable if the base bodies 142 and / or the additional bodies 214 are substantially completely formed from a foamed plastic material.

A particularly suitable foamed plastic material is expanded polystyrene material (EPS).

The packaging 100 is particularly suitable as a transport packaging for particularly fragile rinsing, for example, rinsing of a ceramic material and / or of a composite material.

One in the 11 to 17 illustrated second embodiment of a package 100 differs from that in the Fig. 1 to 10 illustrated first embodiment in that the packaged sink 102 'has a narrower additional basin 106 and therefore a smaller length L (extension in the longitudinal direction 116).

Therefore, in packaging this sink, it is neither possible nor necessary to extend the right base bodies 142a, 142b at their long side portions 144 by adding the auxiliary bodies 214.

The support arrangement 132, which receives the edge region 136 of the packaged sink 102 and supports the sink 102 ', therefore comprises in this embodiment four support bodies 134, which each comprise only one base body 142.

These base bodies 142a, 142b, 142c, and 142d are identical to the above-described base bodies 142a, 142b, 142c, and 142d, respectively, of the first embodiment.

The width of the gap 266 between the narrow-side end faces 176 of the base body 142 is in the second embodiment, the same width as in the first embodiment.

The gap 264 between the opposing long side end faces 184 of the base bodies 142 is wider in this embodiment of the package 100 than in the first embodiment, yet narrow enough to adequately support and protect the long side edge portions 138 of the sink 102 'from shock loads.

It is thus possible, using the same base body 142, by optional addition of the additional body 214, different lengths rinses 102, 102 'break and shockproof packaging.

Incidentally, the right in the 11 to 17 illustrated second embodiment of a package 100 for a sink 102 in terms of structure, function and method of manufacture with in the Fig. 1 to 10 illustrated in the first embodiment, reference is made to the above description in this regard.

Claims (14)

1. Packaging for a sink (102),
   comprising at least one support body (134), which comprises a receiving channel (162) for an edge region (136) of the sink (102),
   wherein the support body (134) comprises a narrow-side receiving channel section (166) for a narrow-side edge section (140) of the sink (102),
   wherein the support body (134) has at least one narrow-side shock-absorbing projection (174, 180), which in a standard position, in which the packaging (100) and the sink (102) packaged therein rest on a horizontal support, is arranged at least partially vertically above or vertically below the narrow-side edge section (140) of the sink (102), characterised in that
   the support body (134) has at least one upper narrow-side shock-absorbing projection (174), which in the standard position is arranged at least partially vertically above the narrow-side edge section (140) of the sink (102), and at least one lower narrow-side shock-absorbing projection (180), which in the standard position is arranged at least partially vertically below the narrow-side edge section (140) of the sink (102).
2. Packaging according to claim 1, characterised in that in the standard position at least one narrow-side shock-absorbing projection (174, 180) is arranged substantially completely vertically above or vertically below the narrow-side edge section (140) of the sink (102).
3. Packaging according to one of claims 1 or 2, characterised in that at least one narrow-side shock-absorbing projection is arranged on a narrow-side end of the support body (134).
4. Packaging according to one of claims 1 to 3, characterised in that the support body (134) is angled and comprises a narrow-side support section and a long-sided support section, wherein at least one narrow-side shock-absorbing projection (174, 180) is arranged on the narrow-side support section.
5. Packaging according to one of claims 1 to 4, characterised in that at least one narrow-side shock-absorbing projection (174, 180) is arranged at least partially in a region of the support body (134), of which the spacing from a vertical longitudinal centre plane (178) of the packaged sink (102) amounts to less than a quarter of the width (B) of the sink (102).
6. Packaging according to claim 5, characterised in that at least one narrow-side shock-absorbing projection (174, 180) is arranged at least partially in a region of the support body (134), of which the spacing from the vertical longitudinal centre plane (178) of the packaged sink (102) amounts to less than an eighth of the width (B) of the sink (102).
7. Packaging according to one of claims 1 to 6, characterised in that the support body (134) comprises a long-sided support section, wherein in the standard position at least one long-sided shock-absorbing projection (182) is arranged at least partially vertically above or vertically below a long-sided edge section (138) of the packaged sink (102).
8. Packaging according to claim 7, characterised in that at least one long-sided shock-absorbing projection (182, 256) is arranged at least partially in a region of the support body (134), of which the spacing from a vertical transverse centre plane (186) of the packaged sink (102) amounts to less than a quarter of the length (L) of the sink (102).
9. Packaging according to one of claims 1 to 8, characterised in that the support body (134) comprises a narrow-side support section, which on its outer surface (152) remote from the packaged sink (102) is provided with at least one shock-absorbing strip (196), which extends over a length of at least 50% of the length of the narrow-side support section.
10. Packaging according to claim 9, characterised in that in the standard position the shock-absorbing strip (196) extends substantially in horizontal direction away from the outer surface (152) of the support body (134).
11. Packaging according to claim 1 to 10, characterised in that the support body (134) has one half lying on the top in the standard position and one half lying on the bottom in the standard position, wherein the half lying on the top has a larger number of shock-absorbing projections (174, 182, 188, 196, 256, 204, 262) than the half lying on the bottom.
12. Packaging according to one of claims 1 to 11, characterised in that the support body (134) comprises a base body (142) and an additional body (214), which is connectable to the base body (142) in a positive-locking manner.
13. Packaging according to one of claims 1 to 12, characterised in that the additional body (214) and/or the base body (142) each have a respective receiving channel (162, 258) for an edge region (136) of the sink (102) and are connectable together transversely to the direction of extent (116) of the receiving channel (162, 258).
14. Combination of a packaging (100) for a sink (102) according to one of claims 1 to 13 and a sink (102) packaged therein.

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