EP3141495B1 - Module de remplissage et/ou de support pour un conditionnement, élément de support et/ou de remplissage construit à partir de celui-ci, emballage équipé de ce module et procédé de conditionnement d'un produit utilisant un tel module - Google Patents

Module de remplissage et/ou de support pour un conditionnement, élément de support et/ou de remplissage construit à partir de celui-ci, emballage équipé de ce module et procédé de conditionnement d'un produit utilisant un tel module Download PDF

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EP3141495B1
EP3141495B1 EP15185127.6A EP15185127A EP3141495B1 EP 3141495 B1 EP3141495 B1 EP 3141495B1 EP 15185127 A EP15185127 A EP 15185127A EP 3141495 B1 EP3141495 B1 EP 3141495B1
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Egbert Janssens
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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
    • 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
    • B65D81/127—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 using rigid or semi-rigid sheets of shock-absorbing material
    • 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
    • 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
    • B65D81/107—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 using blocks of shock-absorbing material
    • B65D81/1075—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 using blocks of shock-absorbing material deformable to accommodate contents

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  • the present invention relates to packagings, and more particularly to the support of products in packagings and the filling of empty spaces in packagings around packaged products.
  • the known filling means have different drawbacks.
  • a recipient of a shipment cannot for instance dispose of and process the plastic filling bodies or the plastic air-filled bags simultaneously with the rest of the packaging, which will generally be of cardboard.
  • the loose plastic filling bodies are not easy to handle, either during the filling of the packaging or during emptying thereof.
  • the same drawback also applies for shredded paper and paper strips. Wads of paper have the drawback that forming paper into wads requires a relatively large number of operations and, compared to the product for packaging, the wads are moreover often relatively large, whereby the product cannot be fixed properly.
  • the same problem also applies for air-filled bags or chambers, which are also relatively large.
  • Document US 3 853 221 discloses a filling and/or support module for a packaging according to the preamble of claim 1.
  • the invention now has for its object to provide a filling material wherein these drawbacks do not occur, or at least do so to lesser extent.
  • a filling and/or support module for a packaging having the features of claim 1 is provided.
  • This module comprises a tapering base segment and a tapering top segment connected thereto by at least one transition zone, wherein the at least one transition zone connects a relatively narrow end of the base segment to a relatively wide end of the top segment, and wherein the module has a longitudinal axis running through the base segment and top segment and is relatively easily compressible in the direction of the longitudinal axis but is relatively stiff in a direction transversely of the longitudinal axis.
  • the base segment and the top segment are relatively stiff in the direction of the longitudinal axis, and the at least one transition zone is relatively easily deformable. When the module is loaded the transition zone will thus deform while the base segment and the top segment remain intact, whereby the behaviour of the module is readily predictable.
  • the dimensions of the base segment and the top segment substantially correspond in the direction of the longitudinal axis, so that the top segment can disappear substantially completely into the base segment when the module is compressed.
  • the base segment, the plurality of transition zones and the top segment are substantially rotation-symmetrical round the longitudinal axis.
  • the module thus acquires in fact an - optionally stepped - truncated cone form.
  • the module preferably takes a thin-walled form.
  • the stiffness of the module is on the one hand limited, whereby the loads exerted on the product also remain limited, while on the other the weight of the module is hereby limited.
  • the module In order to enable disposal and processing of the modules after use together with the rest of the packaging, which will generally be manufactured from cardboard, it is recommended that the module is manufactured from a material on cellulose basis, in particular moulded pulp/fibre.
  • the base segment and the top segment can display similar behaviour under load.
  • the relatively narrow end of the base segment is wider than the relatively wide end of the top segment, and the transition zones extend at least partially transversely of the longitudinal axis of the module.
  • the transition zones thus form a clear discontinuity between the base segment and the top segment which allows the deformation to proceed in controlled manner.
  • a plurality of transition zones and a plurality of tapering intermediate segments are arranged between the base segment and the top segment.
  • the module can hereby be compressed in different steps.
  • the different transition zones are shaped and dimensioned here such that they deform in a predetermined sequence and the module can thus be pressed into each other in precisely controlled manner.
  • a peripheral wall of the base segment encloses a first angle with a plane running transversely of the longitudinal axis and a peripheral wall of the top segment encloses a second angle with the plane running transversely of the longitudinal axis, the size of the second angle is less than half the size of the first angle and the transition zones are substantially clear of a part extending transversely of the longitudinal axis. Owing to the large difference in angles of inclination there is a corresponding difference in pressure resistance between the top segment and the base segment, whereby there is no, or less necessity for recessed transition zones, and the design of the module can thus be simplified.
  • the base segment When the base segment is configured for connection to an adjacent module, a number of modules can be combined to form a filling and/or support element.
  • the connection By forming the connection at the position of the base segments the deformation behaviour of the modules, which is determined mainly by the top segment and the transition zones, is hereby not affected.
  • the top segment is preferably closed at its relatively narrow end by an end wall. This prevents the top segment tearing away under load, whereby controlled deformation would no longer be possible.
  • a filling and/or support element for a packaging which comprises a number of filling and/or support modules of the above described type.
  • the modules are preferably connected to each other here in a regular pattern.
  • the filling and/or support element hereby has relatively uniform properties over its whole area, whereby a product for packaging is supported in similar manner at each position of the element.
  • a filling and/or support element can in this way also be divided into a number of smaller elements which can for instance be used in smaller packagings and which will all display similar properties.
  • the longitudinal axes of the modules For use in rectangular packagings it is recommended that the longitudinal axes of the modules have a substantially parallel orientation. A highly regularly shaped filling and/or support element is thus obtained.
  • modules are preferably identical. It is even possible to envisage all modules being identical, although it is also possible to combine modules of differing dimensions and with a different number of transition zones and/or segments with each other in a single filling and/or support element.
  • the invention provides a packaging which comprises an outer packaging as well as two filling and/or support elements as discussed above received therein with the top segments of the modules directed toward each other.
  • the outer packaging could be a cardboard box here, for instance a so-called American folding box, which is available in different sizes.
  • the sum of the heights of the filling and/or support elements is here preferably smaller than or equal to the internal height of the outer packaging. This avoids unnecessary pressure being exerted on the packaging when the two elements are placed with their modules on each other.
  • the packaging When the packaging is provided with a product received therein and clamped between the filling and/or support elements, the sum of a maximum thickness of the product and the dimensions of the modules of the mutually opposite filling and/or support elements in longitudinal direction can be greater than the internal height of the outer packaging. This guarantees that the product is clamped by deformation of the filling and/or support modules and the outer packaging is filled over its full height by the elements and the packaged product so that no further space remains for any movement.
  • the sum of the maximum thickness of the product and the dimensions of the base segments of the modules of the mutually opposite filling and/or support elements in longitudinal direction is here preferably smaller than or equal to the internal height of the outer packaging. This prevents the base segments being deformed, since such a deformation would no longer take place in controlled manner.
  • the maximum dimensions of the product transversely of the thickness direction are preferably so much smaller than those of the filling and/or support elements that at least one undeformed module lies between the periphery of the product and each side wall of the outer packaging.
  • each side wall of the outer packaging When the dimensions of each side wall of the outer packaging amount to a whole multiple of the dimensions of a module transversely of its longitudinal axis, a filling and/or support element can be easily cut to size from a larger whole, wherein the packaging can be filled with whole modules.
  • the invention further provides a method for packaging the product.
  • a method for packaging the product comprises the steps according to the invention of:
  • a filling and/or support module 1 for a packaging 2 comprises a tapering base segment 3 and a tapering top segment 4.
  • Base segment 3 and top segment 4 are connected to each other by, in the shown example, no fewer than six transition zones 5A-5F ( Fig. 1 ). These transition zones 5A-F connect the narrow end 6 of base segment 3 to the wide end 7 of top segment 4.
  • a further four intermediate segments 8A-8D are also formed between base segment 3 and top segment 4. These intermediate segments 8A-D are bounded by transition zones 5B-5F. Transition zones 5A and 5B are directly adjacent to each other without a segment therebetween. This plurality of transition zones 5A-F and intermediate segments 8A-D make it possible to fix products P of varying thicknesses in packaging 2, as will be elucidated below.
  • Module 1 has a longitudinal axis L running through base segment 3 and top segment 4. In the direction of longitudinal axis L the module 1 is relatively easily compressible, but in a direction transversely of longitudinal axis L the module 1 is relatively stiff. This is achieved in the shown embodiment in that base segment 3 and top segment 4 are relatively stiff in the direction of longitudinal axis L and transition zones 5A-F are relatively easily deformable.
  • Base segment 3 has a wide end 9 which is remote from transition zones 5A-F and which is open. Wide end 9 has a diameter D ( Fig.2 ). Formed along the outer periphery of this wide end 9 is a flange 10 which can form part of a connection between module 1 and one or more adjacent modules.
  • Top segment 4 has a narrow end 11 with a diameter d remote from transition zones 5A-F. Narrow end 11 is closed by an end wall 12.
  • Module 1, which in the shown embodiment can be manufactured from moulded pulp (or moulded fibre), has a substantially constant wall thickness t.
  • Base segment 3 has a peripheral wall 13 and top segment 4 has a peripheral wall 14. Both peripheral walls 13, 14 each enclose an angle ⁇ 1, ⁇ 2 with a plane transversely of longitudinal axis L, for instance the plane of flange 10 or the plane of end wall 12. In the shown embodiment angles ⁇ 1, ⁇ 2 are substantially equal, but can also differ greatly from each other as will be elucidated below. Intermediate segments 8A-D also have a peripheral walls 15A-D which each enclose an angle ⁇ i with the plane transversely of longitudinal axis L, and these angles ⁇ i can also be substantially equal to the angles ⁇ 1, ⁇ 2.
  • Angles ⁇ 1, ⁇ 2 and ⁇ i must in any case be acute angles in order to guarantee that module 1 can be released from a mould in which it is formed.
  • angles ⁇ 1, ⁇ 2 and ⁇ i are less than 90°. The greater the angles, the stiffer the associated segments will be and the smaller the angles, the more easily the associated segments will deform under pressure.
  • Module 1 has a height h as measured in the direction of longitudinal axis L which is made up of the height h1 of base segment 3, the height h2 of top segment 4 and the sum of the heights of transition zones 5A-F and intermediate segments 8A-D.
  • the height h1 of base segment 3 and the height h2 of top segment 4 substantially correspond here, as will be elucidated below.
  • the heights of intermediate segments 8A-D are not the same, but increase from base segment 3 in the direction of top segment 4.
  • the purpose of this variation in segment heights is that transition zones 5A-F and intermediate segments 8A-D deform in a controlled manner and in a predetermined sequence or collapse when module 1 is subjected to a pressure force.
  • base segment 3 top segment 4 and all transition zones 5A-F and intermediate segments 8A-D formed therebetween are rotation-symmetrical relative to longitudinal axis L.
  • Base segment 3 top segment 4 and intermediate segments 8A-D thus form truncated cones, just as module 1 as a whole.
  • modules 1 can be connected to each other to form a filling and/or support element 16 ( Fig. 3 ).
  • Flanges 10 can here be connected to each other or can be connected to a plate 17.
  • modules 1 are received in regular rows and columns in filling and/or support element 16, in this example with four modules 1 per row R and three modules 1 per column C.
  • modules 1 can also be offset in adjacent rows or columns, whereby zigzag rows or columns are formed.
  • Modules 1 are all identical in the shown embodiment, although it is also possible to envisage modules 1 of different shapes or dimensions being combined in a single filling and/or support element 16.
  • different zones with relatively shorter and relatively longer modules can be present in a single filling and/or support element 16 which support and fix different parts of the products.
  • Element 16 has side edges 18, 19 defining a length l E and a width b E . This length and width fit a determined size of outer packaging 22, as will be elucidated below. Element 16 has a whole number of modules 1 in each row R and column C. This is important because the operation of module 1 deteriorates sharply when it no longer has a closed cross-section.
  • modules 1 of filling and/or support element 16 are formed integrally from pulp of paper or cardboard. Use can be made for this purpose of rotation machines, translation machines, or the pulp can be processed by thermoforming. A very large number of modules 1 can be formed here in a single operation, whereby a profiled tray 20 is created from which a plurality of filling and/or support elements 16 can be cut. Because popular outer packagings 22, such as for instance the American folding boxes, are available in diverse sizes (see Fig. 19A-C ), it is also worthwhile making filling and/or support elements 16 available in corresponding sizes. Use can for instance be made for this purpose of a tray 20 with dimensions corresponding to those of a so-called pallet box, i.e.
  • tray 20 can be repeatedly halved in the manner as known from A-sizes in the case of paper (32 rows by 24 columns, 24 rows by 16 columns and so on). This is shown in Fig. 18A-H , wherein the above discussed filling and/or support element 16 with four rows and three columns is shown as smallest size. Other ratios and divisions of filling and/or support elements 16 can of course also be envisaged.
  • modules 1 When a product P has to be accommodated in a packaging 2 and fixed therein and protected against loads by filling and/or support elements 16 as discussed above, it is important that elements 16 and modules 1 are chosen which are large enough to fulfil the desired functions. Modules 1 must therefore be so high that the sum of the heights h of the two elements 16 placed opposite each other and the thickness d p of product P is greater than the internal height H i of packaging 2. It is after all only thus that modules 1 are pressed in on either side of product P when the mutually opposite elements 16 are placed with product P placed therebetween in packaging 2 and packaging 2 is closed ( Fig. 4 ). Making use of similar filling and/or support elements 16 with similar modules 1 on either side of product P guarantees that the deformation will indeed also be distributed over both sides of the product. The modules 1 on either side will after all display a similar deformation under pressure.
  • the sum of the thickness d p of product P and the heights h1 of basic segments 3 of modules 1 must be smaller than the internal height H i of packaging 2. This ensures that base segments 3 are not deformed when packaging 2 is closed, since such a deformation would take place in uncontrolled manner.
  • the only circumstance in which basic segments 3 may deform is when packaging 2 is subjected to a high load such that it is dented locally. In that case base segments 3 may absorb the load, whereby the packaged product P remains intact.
  • Base segment 3 and top segment 4 a plurality of transition zones 5A-F and intermediate segments 8A-D are provided which, even at a relatively small height h1 of base segment 3, nevertheless provide for a relatively great overall height h of module 1.
  • Base segment 3 and top segment 4 here each form about a third of the overall height h of module 1, while the remaining third part is taken up by transition zones 5A-F and intermediate segments 8A-D.
  • the sum of the heights h of two elements 16 placed opposite each other is smaller than the internal height H i of packaging 2 so that the modules 1 which play no part in clamping product P do not contact each other either and so do not exert any unnecessary pressure on packaging 2.
  • the length l E and a width b E of element 16 are so much greater than the length l p and width b p (as measured transversely of the thickness direction T) of the product P for packaging that under all circumstances the product P is surrounded over its whole periphery by a row with a width of at least one module 1.
  • These surrounding, undeformed modules 1 thus hold product P in place transversely of its thickness direction T, while product P is fixed in thickness direction T by the (elastic and possibly plastic) deformation of (a part of) filling and/or support modules 1.
  • transition zones 5A-F and intermediate segments 8A-D are chosen such that module 1 deforms in controlled manner under the influence of a pressure load, such as the pressure load exerted by the product P for packaging when the packaging is closed.
  • a pressure load such as the pressure load exerted by the product P for packaging when the packaging is closed.
  • this deformation proceeds in precisely determined steps from the narrow side 6 of base segment 3 in the direction of the wide end 7 of top segment 4.
  • the transition zone 5A adjacent to base segment 3 deforms first, followed as pressure increases by transition zone 5B.
  • third transition zone 5C also deforms, with first intermediate segment 8A also being deformed.
  • a module 1 The controlled pressing-in of a module 1 is shown schematically in Fig. 5-7 on the basis of an alternative embodiment which has two transition zones 5A, 5B and a single intermediate segment 8. Shown here is how, when a small pressure force F is exerted, for instance by a product P for packaging, module 1 will in the first instance deform elastically. The height of the module decreases here from h initial to h elastic . The material from which module 1 is manufactured will however allow only a small measure of elastic deformation, and when the pressure force F increases further the first transition zone 5A will deform plastically, whereby the height of module 1 decreases to the value h plastic_1 ( Fig. 5 ).
  • top segment 4 When further force is exerted on module 1, it will be further pressed in in controlled manner by plastic deformation of second transition zone 5B, intermediate segment 8 also being deformed. Top segment 4 hereby descends as it were into the wider ring formed by base segment 3 ( Fig. 6 ). It is recommended here that the height h2 of top segment 4 is slightly greater than the height h1 of the base segment so that top segment 4 continues to protrude and continues to support product P.
  • top segment 4 Only in extreme cases, for instance when packaging 2 is exposed to a local load whereby it is dented plastically or otherwise collapses, is it possible to envisage top segment 4 being deformed ( Fig. 7 ). Top segment 4 can then for instance be pressed in to a minimal height h minimal , wherein it lies within base segment 3, but is preferably configured to nevertheless then spring back to a height h after spring-back at which the narrow end 11 again protrudes above base segment 3 and further supports product P. The deformation of top segment 4 does not proceed in controlled manner here, and this collapsed form is therefore undesirable in principle, but does however protect product P from damage.
  • the angle ⁇ 1 of base segment 3, the angle ⁇ 2 of top segment 4 and optionally the angle(s) ⁇ i of intermediate segment(s) 8 can all be substantially equal as shown in Fig. 1 and Fig. 5 .
  • these angles ⁇ 1, ⁇ 2 and ⁇ i can amount to about 60-90°, preferably about 75-89°, more preferably about 80-89°.
  • the diameter of the narrow end 6 of base segment 3 must be at least 2 mm larger than the diameter of the wide end 7 of top segment 4 ( Fig. 8 ).
  • At lower values of the difference in diameter module 1 with substantially parallel peripheral walls will, in the case of the relevant type of material and wall thickness, behave under load as if no transition zone 5 is present, and the deformation will proceed in uncontrolled manner.
  • the angle ⁇ 2 of the top segment differs greatly from the angle ⁇ 1 of base segment 3, particularly when the angle ⁇ 2 ⁇ ⁇ 1, top segment 5 is always less stiff than base segment 3, and an extra difference in diameter is not necessary at the position of transition zone 5 to achieve the desired controlled deformation behaviour. This is particularly the case when the angle of top segment 4 amounts to less than half the angle of base segment 3 as shown in Fig. 9 : ⁇ 2 ⁇ 0.5 ⁇ 1.
  • the wall thickness t of the module will be in the order of 0.5 - 1.0 mm. Smaller thicknesses are difficult to realize and a greater thickness results in too great a resistance to deformation, whereby the products P for packaging may be loaded too heavily.
  • the diameter d of the narrow end 11 of top segment 4 will amount in practice to at least 10 mm in order to prevent too thick an end wall 12 occurring due to material accumulation which is too strong and can result in damage to products P.
  • the diameter D of the wide end 9 of base segment 3 will be in the order of 20-50 mm depending on the chosen angles and the desired number of modules 1 in a packaging 2.
  • the height h of module 1 depends as stated on the internal height H i of the packaging 2 used and on the thickness d p of the product P for packaging. For many used combinations of packagings 2 and products P this height can vary between 40-70 mm.
  • Fig. 11 Shown once again in Fig. 11 are the parameters which influence the deformation behaviour of transition zone(s) 5, and thereby of module 1 as a whole.
  • the most important parameters are the difference in diameter between the two segments 3, 4 connected by transition zone 5, the angle at which transition zone 5 runs, the height of transition zone 5 and the rounded edges at the position of the connection of transition zone 5 to the relevant segment 3, 4.
  • transition zone 5 need not necessarily function as a logical continuation of the peripheral walls of segments 3, 4, but can also be recessed.
  • Fig. 12A-D show different details of the connection between base or top segment 3, 4 on the one hand and transition zone 5 on the other.
  • optionally identical rounded edges can also be envisaged ( Fig. 12C, 12D ).
  • the combination of a sharp transition and a rounded edge can also be envisaged ( Fig. 12A ).
  • the extent of rounding determines the manner in which the pressure force F acting on module 1 is transmitted to transition zone 5 so as to there initiate the controlled deformation.
  • the effect of different rounded edges can be seen by comparing Fig. 13A to Fig. 13B .
  • top segment 4 is rotation-symmetrical while base segment 3 has a cross-section which transposes from substantially round to substantially square ( Fig. 14 ).
  • transition zone 5 is here rotation-symmetrical.
  • Base segment 3 also has corner details 23 here, while top segment 4 is provided with a convex end wall 12. It is thought that these design details have a favourable effect on the deformation behaviour of module 1.
  • Fig. 16 The progression of the deformation is shown in Fig. 16 .
  • top segment 4 is gradually pressed further downward, wherein transition zone 5 and the part of base segment 3 adjacent thereto deform plastically ( Fig. 16C ).
  • top segment 4 is in principle not intended to deform, but can indeed do so under extreme conditions in order to protect a product P received in packaging 2 ( Fig. 16D ).
  • modules 1 according to this embodiment are readily stackable, as is a tray formed therefrom. This is otherwise also the case for the above discussed embodiments.
  • Transition zone 5 can thus be provided with perforations (not shown here) or, conversely, with reinforcements (not shown here).
  • Peripheral walls 13, 14 of base segment 3 and top segment 4 can further take a differing form, for instance convex, concave or straight.
  • the invention thus makes it possible using means which are simple and can be manufactured at low cost to fix products in packagings and protect them from the often rough treatment during transport of the packaging to its end user. This using materials which originate from recycling and which in turn can be easily refashioned for another use.

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  1. Module de remplissage et/ou de support (1) pour un emballage (2), comprenant :
    un segment de base (3) effilé et un segment de sommet (4) effilé relié à celui-ci par au moins une zone de transition (5A-F) ;
    dans lequel l'au moins une zone de transition (5A-F) relie une extrémité relativement étroite (6) du segment de base (3) à une extrémité relativement large (7) du segment de sommet (4) ;
    dans lequel le module (1) a un axe longitudinal (L) s'étalant à travers les segment de base (3) et segment de sommet (4) et est relativement facilement compressible dans la direction de l'axe longitudinal (L) mais est relativement rigide dans une direction transversale à l'axe longitudinal (L), le segment de base (3) et le segment de sommet (4) étant relativement rigides dans la direction de l'axe longitudinal (L), et l'au moins une zone de transition (5A-F) étant relativement facilement déformable ; et
    dans lequel les dimensions (h1, h2) du segment de base (3) et du segment de sommet (4) correspondent sensiblement dans la direction de l'axe longitudinal (L) ;
    dans lequel une pluralité de zones de transition (5A-F) et une pluralité de segments intermédiaires (8A-D) effilés sont agencés entre le segment de base (3) et le segment de sommet (4), caractérisé en ce que les dimensions des segments intermédiaires (8A-D) dans la direction de l'axe longitudinal (L) augmentent depuis le segment de base (3) dans la direction du segment de sommet (4).
  2. Module de remplissage et/ou de support (1) selon la revendication 1, caractérisé en ce qu'un ou plusieurs du segment de base (3), de la pluralité de zones de transition (5A-F) et du segment de sommet (4) sont sensiblement symétriques en rotation autour de l'axe longitudinal (L).
  3. Module de remplissage et/ou de support (1) selon la revendication 1 ou 2, caractérisé en ce que le module (1) prend une forme à paroi mince et/ou le module (1) est fabriqué à partir d'un matériau sur une base de cellulose, en particulier de la pâte/fibre moulée.
  4. Module de remplissage et/ou de support (1) selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes, caractérisé en ce qu'une paroi périphérique (13) du segment de base (3) effilé renferme un premier angle (α1) avec un plan s'étalant transversalement à l'axe longitudinal (L) et une paroi périphérique (14) du segment de sommet (4) renferme un second angle (α2) avec le plan s'étalant transversalement à l'axe longitudinal (L), et les premier et second angles (α1, α2) correspondent sensiblement l'un à l'autre.
  5. Module de remplissage et/ou de support (1) selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes, caractérisé en ce que l'extrémité relativement étroite (6) du segment de base (3) est plus large que l'extrémité relativement large (7) du segment de sommet (4), et les zones de transition (5A-F) s'étendent au moins partiellement de manière transversale à l'axe longitudinal (L) du module (1).
  6. Module de remplissage et/ou de support (1) selon l'une quelconque des revendications 1 à 3, caractérisé en ce qu'une paroi périphérique (13) du segment de base (3) renferme un premier angle (α1) avec un plan s'étalant transversalement à l'axe longitudinal (L) et une paroi périphérique (14) du segment de sommet (4) renferme un second angle (α2) avec le plan s'étalant transversalement à l'axe longitudinal (L), la taille du second angle (α2) fait moins de la moitié de la taille du premier angle (α1) et les zones de transition (5A-F) sont sensiblement dégagées d'une partie s'étendant de transversalement à l'axe longitudinal (L).
  7. Module de remplissage et/ou de support (1) selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes, caractérisé en ce que :
    le segment de base (3) est configuré pour connexion à un module (1) adjacent ; et/ou
    le segment de sommet (4) est fermé au niveau de son extrémité relativement étroite (11) par une paroi d'extrémité (12).
  8. Élément de remplissage et/ou de support (16) pour un emballage (2), comprenant un certain nombre de modules de remplissage et/ou de support (1) selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes, dans lequel les modules (1) sont éventuellement connectés entre eux selon un motif régulier.
  9. Élément de remplissage et/ou de support (16) selon la revendication 8, caractérisé en ce que :
    les axes longitudinaux (L) des modules (1) ont une orientation sensiblement parallèle ; et/ou
    au moins certains des modules (1) sont sensiblement identiques.
  10. Emballage (2), comprenant un emballage extérieur (22) et deux éléments de remplissage et/ou de support (16) selon la revendication 8 ou 9 reçus dans celui-ci avec les segments de sommet (4) des modules (1) dirigés les uns vers les autres, dans lequel la somme des hauteurs (2h) des éléments de remplissage et/ou de support (16) est éventuellement inférieure ou égale à la hauteur interne (H) de l'emballage extérieur (22).
  11. Emballage (2) selon la revendication 10, caractérisé par un produit (P) reçu dans celui-ci et serré entre les éléments de remplissage et/ou de support (16), dans lequel la somme d'une épaisseur maximale (dp) du produit (P) et des dimensions (h) des modules (1) des éléments de remplissage et/ou de support (16) mutuellement opposés dans la direction longitudinale est supérieure à la hauteur interne (H) de l'emballage extérieur (22).
  12. Emballage (2) selon la revendication 11, caractérisé en ce que :
    la somme de l'épaisseur maximale (dp) du produit (P) et des dimensions des segments de base (3) des modules (1) des éléments de remplissage et/ou de support (16) mutuellement opposés dans la direction longitudinale est inférieure ou égale à la hauteur interne (H) de l'emballage extérieur (22) ; et/ou
    les dimensions maximales du produit (P) transversalement à la direction d'épaisseur sont tellement beaucoup plus petites que celles (lE, bE) des éléments de remplissage et/ou de support (16) qu'au moins un module non déformé (1) se trouve entre la périphérie du produit (P) et chaque paroi latérale de l'emballage extérieur (22).
  13. Emballage (2) selon l'une quelconque des revendications 10 à 12, caractérisé en ce que les dimensions de chaque paroi latérale de l'emballage extérieur (22) équivalent à un multiple entier des dimensions d'un module (1) transversalement à son axe longitudinal (L).
  14. Procédé pour emballer un produit (P), comprenant les étapes de :
    - sélection d'un élément de remplissage et/ou de support (16) selon la revendication 8 ou 9, dont les dimensions (lE, bE) sont tellement beaucoup plus grandes que les dimensions maximales du produit (P) transversalement à sa direction d'épaisseur qu'entre la périphérie du produit (P) et chaque bord latéral de l'élément au moins un module (1) peut rester dégagé du produit (P),
    - sélection d'un emballage extérieur (22) avec des parois latérales, dont les dimensions correspondent à celles des bords latéraux de l'élément de remplissage et/ou de support (16) sélectionné,
    - mise en place de l'élément de remplissage et/ou de support (16) dans l'emballage extérieur (22) de telle sorte que les modules (1) de celui-ci sont dirigés vers un côté ouvert de l'emballage extérieur (22),
    - mise en place du produit (P) sur l'élément de remplissage et/ou de support (16) de telle sorte qu'entre la périphérie du produit (P) et chaque bord latéral de l'élément (16) au moins un module (1) reste dégagé,
    - mise en place sur le produit (P) d'un deuxième élément de remplissage et/ou de support (16), dont les segments de sommet (4) des modules (1) sont dirigés vers les segments de sommet (4) des modules (1) du premier élément (16), et
    - fermeture de l'emballage extérieur (22), dans lequel les éléments de remplissage et/ou de support (16) sont déplacés les uns vers les autres avant ou pendant la fermeture de telle sorte que des modules (1) qui entrent en contact avec le produit (P) sont comprimés.
  15. Procédé selon la revendication 14, caractérisé en ce que :
    un emballage extérieur (22) est sélectionné, dont la hauteur interne (H) est inférieure à la somme d'une épaisseur maximale (dp) du produit (P) et des dimensions (h) des modules (1) des éléments de remplissage et/ou de support (16) mutuellement opposés dans la direction longitudinale ; et/ou
    un emballage extérieur (22) est sélectionné, dont la hauteur interne (H) est supérieure ou égale à la somme d'une épaisseur maximale (dp) du produit (P) et des dimensions des segments de base (3) des modules (1) des éléments de remplissage et/ou de support (16) mutuellement opposés dans la direction longitudinale ; et/ou
    un emballage extérieur (22) est sélectionné, dont la hauteur interne (H) est supérieure ou égale à la somme des hauteurs (2h) des éléments de remplissage et/ou de support (16).
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