EP3075673A1 - Schutzabdeckung für einen behälter - Google Patents

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EP3075673A1
EP3075673A1 EP16161576.0A EP16161576A EP3075673A1 EP 3075673 A1 EP3075673 A1 EP 3075673A1 EP 16161576 A EP16161576 A EP 16161576A EP 3075673 A1 EP3075673 A1 EP 3075673A1
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cover
recess
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protective cover
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Daniel Kimmins
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Robert Cullen Ltd
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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
    • 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
    • B65D5/50—Internal supporting or protecting elements for contents
    • B65D5/5028—Elements formed separately from the container body
    • B65D5/5035—Paper elements
    • B65D5/5069—Capping elements, i.e. elements which are located onto one or more ends of the contents, before the contents are inserted into the package
    • 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
    • B65D81/00—Containers, packaging elements, or packages, for contents presenting particular transport or storage problems, or adapted to be used for non-packaging purposes after removal of contents
    • B65D81/02—Containers, packaging elements, or packages, for contents presenting particular transport or storage problems, or adapted to be used for non-packaging purposes after removal of contents specially adapted to protect contents from mechanical damage
    • B65D81/05—Containers, packaging elements, or packages, for contents presenting particular transport or storage problems, or adapted to be used for non-packaging purposes after removal of contents specially adapted to protect contents from mechanical damage maintaining contents at spaced relation from package walls, or from other contents
    • B65D81/053—Corner, edge or end protectors
    • B65D81/058—Protectors contacting five surfaces of the packaged article, e.g. five-sided end protectors
    • 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
    • B65D81/00—Containers, packaging elements, or packages, for contents presenting particular transport or storage problems, or adapted to be used for non-packaging purposes after removal of contents
    • B65D81/02—Containers, packaging elements, or packages, for contents presenting particular transport or storage problems, or adapted to be used for non-packaging purposes after removal of contents specially adapted to protect contents from mechanical damage
    • B65D81/025—Containers made of sheet-like material and having a shape to accommodate contents

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  • the present invention is directed to the field of protective covers. More particularly the present invention is a temporary cover which may be fitted over an end of a container so as to protect the container from damage during transportation and handling.
  • Containers which are used for the packaging of consumer goods can be vulnerable to damage during transportation from the source of manufacture to the point of sale. Such damage may not greatly reduce the value of the goods contained therein when the container is holding relatively low value goods such as in the case of a soft drink can or tin of baked beans, for example. However, this kind of damage is far more undesirable when the container contains a higher value product such as in the case of a paint tin holding an expensive paint or a tubular presentation cylinder for a bottle of spirits, for example.
  • lower value items such as the drinks cans and baked bean tins are placed in a cardboard tray which then has a layer of transparent plastic shrink wrapped over the tray and the items therein to protect against the ingress of dirt and other foreign objects.
  • the relatively thin cardboard tray protects one end of each item against impact damage to a limited extent, but the other end of each item is not protected by the layer of plastic.
  • to protect these lower value items to any greater extent is not justified by the relatively low cost of the goods in the containers.
  • a protective cover for a container comprising a recess for housing an end of the container therein, wherein the recess includes a recess floor and the cover further comprises a plurality of channels extending in a radial direction from the centre of the recess, the channels dividing the floor into a plurality of floor segments.
  • Each floor segment may include a first floor portion lying in a substantially horizontal first plane and a second floor portion lying in a substantially horizontal second plane which is vertically spaced from the first plane.
  • the second floor portion may be located radially outwards of the first floor portion.
  • the cover may further comprise an outer portion which surrounds the recess, and the plurality of channels may extend radially from the centre of the recess into the outer portion. Consequently, each channel has a first depth proximate the first floor portion of each floor segment, and a second depth proximate the outer portion, wherein the second depth is greater than the first depth.
  • the outer portion may have a substantially planar upper surface, and the cover may further comprise a plurality of notches in the upper surface, each notch being located where one of the plurality of channels extends into the outer portion. Each notch creates a section in the outer portion which lies at a lower height than that of the upper surface.
  • the outer portion may be substantially square, and there may be a notch located substantially centrally in each of the four sides of the outer portion.
  • the outer portion may have an outer edge and the cover may further comprise a lip portion which extends around the cover in a downward direction from the outer edge.
  • the cover may comprise eight channels equidistantly spaced around the recess and dividing the recess floor into eight corresponding floor segments.
  • the cover may comprise a base on a reverse side of the cover from the recess, the base comprising a plurality of radially extending support members, wherein each support member is formed from an underside of a corresponding channel.
  • the recess may be substantially circular.
  • the cover may be manufactured from moulded paper pulp.
  • a container comprising at least one cover according to the first aspect of the invention, wherein an end of the container is located in the recess of the at least one cover.
  • the container may comprise first and second covers according to the first aspect of the invention, wherein a first end of the container is located in the recess of the first cover, and a second end of the container is located in the recess of the second cover.
  • a protective cover in accordance with the present invention is shown in Figures 1 and 2 . Whilst the cover can be adapted for use with containers of various shapes, the preferred embodiment shown here is intended to protect cylindrical containers such as paint tins and tubular presentation packaging, for example.
  • the cover generally designated 10, has a recess 12 for housing an end of a container therein.
  • the recess 12 includes a recess floor 14, and a plurality of channels 16 are provided in the recess floor to provide rigidity to the cover 10 as a whole.
  • the channels 16 extend outwards in a radial direction from a centre 18 of the recess and thus divide the floor 14 into a plurality of floor segments 20.
  • the channels 16 are preferably equidistantly spaced in the circumferential direction about the recess centre 18 such the channels divide the floor 14 into a plurality of identically sized floor segments which are generally triangular in shape.
  • the number of channels 16 and resultant floor segments 20 can be varied depending on the requirements or application of the cover 10, but in the preferred embodiment there are eight channels and hence eight floor segments.
  • each floor segment 20 includes a first floor portion 22 lying in a substantially horizontal first plane P1 and a second floor portion 24 lying in a substantially horizontal second plane P2 which is vertically spaced from the first plane by a predetermined distance X.
  • the second floor portions 24 are located radially outwards of their respective first floor portions 22.
  • the cover may itself be generally cylindrical in shape when used with cylindrical containers of the type discussed above. However, as shown in the preferred embodiment the cover 10 may also be generally square in shape such that there is an outer portion 26 which surrounds the recess 12 and extends radially outwards from the recess 12.
  • the plurality of channels 16 may extend radially from the recess centre 18 into the outer portion, as can be best seen in Figure 3 .
  • each channel 16 would then have a first depth D1 as it passes through the first floor portion 22 of each floor segment 20, and a second depth D2 where it enters the outer portion 26.
  • the channel will have a third depth D3 where it passes through the second floor portion 24.
  • the second depth D2 is greater than the first depth D1 and, where present, the third depth D3 is greater than the first depth D1 but less than the second depth D2.
  • the outer portion 26 may have a substantially planar upper surface 28, and the cover 10 may further comprise a plurality of notches 30 in the upper surface 28.
  • Each notch 30 is located where one of the plurality of channels 16 extends into the outer portion 26.
  • the upper surface 28 lies in a third plane P3 and each notch 30 creates a section in the outer portion 26 which lies in a fourth plane P4 which lies below the third plane P3.
  • the notches 30 may be located substantially centrally in each of the four sides of the square, as seen best in Figure 3 .
  • the outer portion 26 may have an outer edge 32 and the cover 10 may further comprise a lip portion 34 which extends around the cover in a downward direction from the outer edge 32. Where present, the lip portion 34 provides additional strengthening and rigidity for the cover 10.
  • the cover 10 has a base 36 on the reverse side of the cover from the recess 12, and this base is best seen in Figure 4 .
  • the base may comprise a substantially flat support surface but in the preferred embodiment shown the base 36 has a plurality of radially extending support members, or crush pads, 38 upon which the cover can rest.
  • the support members 38 are each formed from an underside of a corresponding channel 16, and in use not only provide stability to the cover and container by are also intended to absorb impacts and protect the container from damage.
  • Figure 5 shows an example of the cover in use, where a container such as a paint tin 40 has both ends located in the recess 12 of one of a pair of covers 10.
  • the covers 10 can house containers of different sizes in the manner described above.
  • the paint tin 40 shown here is a 5 litre tin, and so each end of the tin is supported on the second floor portions 24 of the floor segments 20 within the recess 12.
  • the cover may be formed from a suitable plastics material using injection moulding or a similar known technique. However, it is preferably formed from moulded paper pulp again using a known technique for moulding paper pulp. This latter form means that the cover may be recycled relatively easily once it has serviced its purpose during the transportation of the product.
  • the protective cover according to the present invention provides a relatively low cost and environmentally friendly solution to protecting containers of valuable goods or products during transportation in particular.
  • the arrangement of radially extending channels provides strength to the cover without having to use an excessive amount of raw material.
  • the base of the cover is made up of support members formed by the undersides of these channels, the covers themselves are also easy to store and transport as they can be stacked up with the support members fitting inside the corresponding channels of the cover immediately underneath.
  • each floor segment in the recess is split into the first and second floor portions the cover can be used for two different sizes of container, thereby avoiding the costs associated with having to produce two separate covers.
  • the recess in the preferred embodiment of the invention is generally cylindrical so as to receive containers of the same shape
  • the recess could be provided with other shapes for other containers.
  • the recess may be square or rectangular in order to protect the ends of containers having those shapes.
  • the cover preferably includes an outer portion outwards of the recess and the channels in the recess preferably extend into that outer portion
  • the cover may be formed without the outer portion and/or its associated lip.
  • the outer portion may be present to further improve the rigidity of the cover but the channels may not extend into the outer portion.
  • the present invention is not limited to an arrangement in which the notches are present in the upper surface of the outer portion.
  • the cover may be provided with more or less than eight channels and associated floor segments.

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WO2017034910A1 (en) * 2015-08-21 2017-03-02 Orcon Industries Corp. Bottle shipping system with top and bottom inserts
KR20220109599A (ko) * 2021-01-29 2022-08-05 김운수 파손위험이 높은 제품의 패키징 구조

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