EP2223861A1 - Faltschachtel - Google Patents

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EP2223861A1
EP2223861A1 EP09380038A EP09380038A EP2223861A1 EP 2223861 A1 EP2223861 A1 EP 2223861A1 EP 09380038 A EP09380038 A EP 09380038A EP 09380038 A EP09380038 A EP 09380038A EP 2223861 A1 EP2223861 A1 EP 2223861A1
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Callejon Serafin- Mateo
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Dunia Campoalmeria SL
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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
    • B65D1/00—Containers having bodies formed in one piece, e.g. by casting metallic material, by moulding plastics, by blowing vitreous material, by throwing ceramic material, by moulding pulped fibrous material, by deep-drawing operations performed on sheet material
    • B65D1/22—Boxes or like containers with side walls of substantial depth for enclosing contents
    • 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
    • B65D21/00—Nestable, stackable or joinable containers; Containers of variable capacity
    • B65D21/02—Containers specially shaped, or provided with fittings or attachments, to facilitate nesting, stacking, or joining together
    • B65D21/0209—Containers specially shaped, or provided with fittings or attachments, to facilitate nesting, stacking, or joining together stackable or joined together one-upon-the-other in the upright or upside-down position
    • B65D21/0212—Containers presenting local stacking elements protruding from the upper or lower edge of a side wall, e.g. handles, lugs, ribs, grooves
    • 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
    • B65D21/00—Nestable, stackable or joinable containers; Containers of variable capacity
    • B65D21/02—Containers specially shaped, or provided with fittings or attachments, to facilitate nesting, stacking, or joining together
    • B65D21/0209—Containers specially shaped, or provided with fittings or attachments, to facilitate nesting, stacking, or joining together stackable or joined together one-upon-the-other in the upright or upside-down position
    • B65D21/0226—Containers with movable parts adapted to be placed in alternative positions for stacking the containers at different levels, i.e. without nesting of the containers

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  • the present invention relates to a returnable folding box for food use intended for small-sized logistic circuits (SMEs), which is variable in height, easy to handle and sanitize, constructed entirely from plastic and formed by a base with short edges and four columns which can be anchored, removed and lowered.
  • SMEs small-sized logistic circuits
  • non-recoverable cardboard packages Although they can be the most competitive in costs, they have, as has already been seen, important drawbacks in relation to being unsuitable for their use in humid production environments, which is occasionally an insurmountable problem, in addition to the generation of a large volume of waste.
  • the present invention is especially aimed at the conditions of Mediterranean production and markets.
  • the invention proposes a returnable plastic box, in principle of the same dimensions (in volume) as its current counterparts, both full and open and empty and folded, but more standardized (with a single model instead of one for every height as the current ones must necessarily be) in order to be used in a proprietary (and not rental) system in the smaller and simpler logistic circuits of traditional trade channels, for the purpose of enabling these channels to make use of their own logistic infrastructure which they normally have partially inactive, either trucks, warehouse spaces, personnel or others and, therefore, to involve low logistic costs or, in another case, to be able to be treated as non-recoverable packages given their assumable cost.
  • the box of the present invention is preferably made of plastic material, not because it is considered that plastic is more "ecologic" than cardboard, but rather because it is essential for the boxes to suitably perform in the environments of an agricultural production with high relative humidity and condensation, typical of the Mediterranean climate. Likewise, and if the use conditions allow it, it will be possible to manufacture them in other materials, such as cardboard for example. Therefore these boxes are designed to be used by small farmers and likewise small and medium-sized merchants, although, nevertheless, they could also be used by typical distribution chains, both by any of the large ones and especially by the small ones.
  • the box object of the present invention generally involves a much lower outlay since the user does not have to make the onerous deposits demanded as a guarantee by large rental companies and, in any case, having to make use of fewer units (fewer different classes as the columns are manually interchangeable by the user).
  • the plastic base has a lower cost than that of any rigid or folding box since they are made with less material because instead of having a perimeter of plastic of 10x140 cm of plastic, the box has 4 columns which are only 10x20 cm of plastic.
  • any of the components can be repaired by the user as they can be replaced simply. Likewise, they allow a much simpler and more efficient sanitization, all of which also means a simpler and lower operating cost.
  • the new folding plastic boxes by means of lowerable columns object of the present invention are perfectly comparable insofar as their low cost of logistics, sanitization and production without having any of the drawbacks of waste and humidity (low ventilation).
  • the returnable box object of the present application is formed of five pieces (a base and four columns), consisting of a base with a standard dimension, preferably and only 40x60 cm, with a short perimetric edge, for example 4 cm externally, and having 4 anchors in which columns of different length (height) can be manually fitted, which columns can either be lowered towards the inside of the box to minimize its volume (height) when empty (an operation which will be the most usual one), or can be removed to replace them with others with a different size.
  • the box object of this invention is much simpler and more economic to manufacture, open to ventilation and lighting, in addition to being easier to handle and assemble, which allows performing a manual handling in the processes to be carried out after the manufacture of its components since both the assembly and the replacement of components or the sanitization of the box can be performed manually, unlike what occurs with those currently offered on the market, which must be assembled with machinery, thus preventing the replacement and use of components by the user.
  • the boxes object of the present invention are designed to be washed by immersion, folded and stacked on pallets.
  • the main advantages of the invention are having boxes with more and better features; having boxes with a lower cost since they are manufactured with less raw material; having boxes with advantages derived from their composition, such as for example the ease in cleaning them and a smaller stock, the use of internal logistic resources of small and medium-sized enterprises, which allows having them on a proprietary basis, and at the same time it allows such enterprises access to the latest advances in this logistics fields; all of the above meaning that the product has a very superior and more popular ease of use and access and at the same time a radical improvement of the price/features ratio.
  • Figure 1 shows a perspective view of the box object of the present patent application.
  • Figure 2 shows a plan view and side elevational views of the box object of the invention.
  • Figure 3 shows a sequence of lowering a column arranged in the box.
  • Figure 4 shows a plan, side elevational and perspective view of the column component of the box.
  • the box (1) object of the present invention comprises a preferably rectangular base (5), two longer side walls (2) opposite to one another and another two shorter side walls (3) also opposite to one another, although evidently the lengths can be modified depending on the needs.
  • Said side walls form a single body with the base, their preferred dimensions being 600x400x40 mm of side height.
  • Two of the walls (2) opposite to one another have at least one fixed flange (6), preferably two fixed flanges (6) per wall (2), the objective of which is to allow stacking the boxes one on top of the other when they are empty of when they contain products shorter than the side walls, occupying the smallest possible space in height, i.e., only the height of the walls of the box.
  • columns (7) which are pivotably assembled in housings (4) intended for such purpose and arranged in the side walls (3) which do not have fixed flanges (6).
  • Said columns have different heights, preferably up to 200 mm, and allow stacking boxes containing products the height of which exceeds that of the walls (2, 3), said columns being fitted by means of coupling elements (8) in the housings (4) arranged in two of the walls (3).
  • Said housings (4) are preferably arranged in only two of the walls (3) and distributed in an even manner in each wall, although it is also possible to distribute them in any manner, for example a single housing (4) centered in each wall (2, 3) (not shown) .
  • a tab (9) will be introduced in each of said holes, which tab is integral with the lower part of the pivotable columns (7) which allow maintaining said columns (7) in the work position when the tabs (9) are introduced in the holes, as well as releasing them so that the columns (7) can be lowered.
  • said columns can be folded over the base of the box (5), which allows stacking a larger number of boxes (1) in a smaller space.
  • Said columns (7) can be removed and replaced with other columns (7) of different lengths.
  • the components of the box object of the present invention are manufactured by means of plastic injection in the corresponding steel molds.
  • An injection machined supplies the molten plastic material- polypropylene, polyethylene-, at a high pressure and, once it has solidified by means of cooling by refrigeration, the part is extracted from the mold. This process is carried out both for the base and for the columns, the latter by means of a mold with multiple cavities. Finally, the columns are assembled to the base, which can be done manually or assisted with a tool-frame.

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Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
EP3053844A1 (de) * 2015-02-05 2016-08-10 K. Hartwall Oy AB Schale

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GB2350862A (en) * 1999-06-08 2000-12-13 Polyearn Dev Corp Locking device for a collapsible container hinge
WO2002034630A1 (en) * 2000-10-28 2002-05-02 Rehrig Pacific Company Collapsible container
US20030136781A1 (en) * 2002-01-23 2003-07-24 Donald Rumpel Folding crate
JP2008114910A (ja) * 2006-11-08 2008-05-22 Sanko Co Ltd ボックスパレット

Patent Citations (4)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
GB2350862A (en) * 1999-06-08 2000-12-13 Polyearn Dev Corp Locking device for a collapsible container hinge
WO2002034630A1 (en) * 2000-10-28 2002-05-02 Rehrig Pacific Company Collapsible container
US20030136781A1 (en) * 2002-01-23 2003-07-24 Donald Rumpel Folding crate
JP2008114910A (ja) * 2006-11-08 2008-05-22 Sanko Co Ltd ボックスパレット

Cited By (1)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
EP3053844A1 (de) * 2015-02-05 2016-08-10 K. Hartwall Oy AB Schale

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