EP3481745B1 - Kunststoffspritzgusstechnisch hergestellte eierverpackung - Google Patents

Kunststoffspritzgusstechnisch hergestellte eierverpackung Download PDF

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EP3481745B1
EP3481745B1 EP17736645.7A EP17736645A EP3481745B1 EP 3481745 B1 EP3481745 B1 EP 3481745B1 EP 17736645 A EP17736645 A EP 17736645A EP 3481745 B1 EP3481745 B1 EP 3481745B1
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Rolf MÜHLEMANN
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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
    • B65D85/00—Containers, packaging elements or packages, specially adapted for particular articles or materials
    • B65D85/30—Containers, packaging elements or packages, specially adapted for particular articles or materials for articles particularly sensitive to damage by shock or pressure
    • B65D85/32—Containers, packaging elements or packages, specially adapted for particular articles or materials for articles particularly sensitive to damage by shock or pressure for eggs
    • 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
    • B65D1/34—Trays or like shallow containers
    • B65D1/36—Trays or like shallow containers with moulded compartments or partitions
    • 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
    • B65D43/00—Lids or covers for rigid or semi-rigid containers
    • B65D43/14—Non-removable lids or covers
    • B65D43/16—Non-removable lids or covers hinged for upward or downward movement
    • 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
    • B65D2205/00—Venting means
    • B65D2205/02—Venting holes

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  • the present invention describes a one-piece egg packaging produced by plastic injection molding with a lower part which has a plurality of egg receptacles in an interior space and a cover formed via a hinge strip with an at least partially flat cover wall, the cover being designed to be foldable over the lower part by means of hinge strips and a releasable closed position of the lid on the lower part can be achieved by engagement of lid fastening means in lower part fastening means and a lower part edge in a lid edge.
  • Egg packages or egg boxes or egg cartons have been known for a long time and are commercially available with different numbers of egg receptacles. While in the past mainly renewable raw materials from cellulose or waste paper were used to manufacture egg packaging, today plastics are used across the board. For hygienic and sometimes legal reasons, it is sometimes prohibited to reuse egg packaging.
  • Today egg packs according to the preamble of claim 1 are increasingly produced by means of plastic injection molding.
  • a one-piece egg packaging with a base and a lid, connected by a hinge strip, is injection molded.
  • several egg receptacles are formed as cup-shaped or trough-shaped depressions, in which eggs can be stored.
  • the interior of the lower part and the egg receptacles are designed such that the Eggs lie in the trough-shaped egg receptacles without touching one another.
  • the lid can be brought into a closed position relative to the lower part by pivoting, the eggs being held locally fixed by means of the lid in the interior of the lower part.
  • cover fastening means are arranged on the cover and can be operatively connected to the lower part fastening means arranged on the lower part.
  • the peripheral edge of the cover and the peripheral edge of the lower part are also shaped in such a way that these edges form a stabilized connection in the closed position.
  • the egg packs are injection-molded with as thin walls as possible, whereby the dimensional stability of the egg packs suffers.
  • a dimensionally stable egg packaging made of a thin-walled plastic material is in the CH705770 disclosed.
  • the configuration of the egg packaging described therein is tailored to an injection molding process that is as optimized as possible and is correspondingly time-consuming and complicated. Since egg receptacles are arranged here in the lower part and in the lid and by measures such as the arrangement of reinforcing ribs, the dimensional stability and torsional rigidity can be increased.
  • Egg packs of this type are becoming more and more complex to manufacture because of the measures to increase stability, but the user-friendliness is not increased. If a user has filled the egg packaging or the individual egg receptacles with eggs, the lid often cannot simply be folded over onto the lower part by means of hinge strips. The individual egg receptacles can tilt against each other if the egg receptacles are arranged in the lid and lower part. The cover then cannot simply be folded down or can come to lie at an angle to the lower part. As also the hinge strip if possible Should be thin-walled, a guided folding movement into the closed position is difficult.
  • the present invention has set itself the task of creating an egg package which is as thin-walled as possible and has a simple design, the lid of which can be easily and reproducibly folded onto a lower part, which is also possible with an incompletely filled egg package.
  • the production of the egg packaging should In terms of injection molding technology, the material should be saved as little as possible and the egg packaging be in one piece.
  • An egg packaging 0 produced by means of plastic injection molding is disclosed, which is designed in one piece and has a lower part 1, a lid 2 and a hinge strip 3.
  • the egg packaging 0 is produced in a plastic injection molding process, polypropylene being preferably used here.
  • the entire egg packaging 0 is made as thin-walled as possible in order to save packaging weight and minimize production costs.
  • the lower part 1 has a plurality, here twelve, egg receptacles 10, which are cup-shaped or trough-shaped and in which a corresponding number of eggs can be accommodated.
  • the lower part 1 forms an interior space I and has a circumferential lower part edge 11 which defines a lower part plane U.
  • the lower part plane U is identified by a plane plane marked with dashed lines.
  • lower part fastening means 12 are formed here, which can be operatively connected to cover fastening means 24 on the cover 2.
  • the lower part fastening means 12 are in the form of recesses into which the cover fastening means 24 in the form of tongues can engage, with which the cover 2 can be held in the closed position on the lower part 1 such that it can be latched.
  • receptacle connecting webs 101 are formed, which approximately in the The lower part level U and serve to space the egg receptacles 10.
  • At least one hollow pin 102 is arranged on the lower part 1, protruding from a floor surface or the floor surfaces of the egg receptacles 10 and the lower part plane U into the interior space I.
  • a total of five hollow pegs 102 are formed between adjacent egg receptacles 10.
  • the hollow pegs 102 extend approximately from the height of the lower part plane U in a conically tapering manner away from the egg receptacles 10.
  • the wall thickness of the hollow pegs 102 is also made as thin as possible.
  • the end of the hollow pegs 102 at the end of the hollow pegs 102 remote from the lower part 1 is formed by a peg opening edge 1020.
  • the hollow pegs 102 are designed to be open, with access to the interior of the hollow peg 102 or the outside of the lower part 1 through the peg opening edge 1020.
  • the hollow pegs 102 are formed along a central line of the lower part 1 and their peg opening edges 1020 point away from the egg receptacles 10 or the lower part plane U.
  • the walls of the egg receptacles 10, the receptacle connecting webs 101 and the hollow pegs 102 are of course to be curved in such a way that they can be inserted Eggs can be stored at a distance from one another.
  • the hinge strip 3 which is for example a film hinge, and thus indirectly also the cover 2, is integrally formed on the lower part 1, which is manufactured in one piece.
  • the wall thickness of the hinge strip 3 and the cover 2 are also made as small as possible.
  • the cover 2 at least partially comprises a flat cover wall which merges into curved edge regions of the cover 2.
  • a cover edge 25 is formed around the circumference, in which engagement recesses 29 are cut out here.
  • a cover plane D is spanned, which is indicated by dashed lines.
  • the lid edge 25 interacts with the lower part edge 11 in the closed position of the lid 2.
  • the cover 2 is inside the hinge strip 3 about a pivot axis extending on the lower part 1 pivotable.
  • the pivoting option is indicated by an arrow.
  • Cover fastening means 24, which interact with the corresponding lower part fastening means 12, are molded onto the cover edge 25.
  • an opening tab 26 which protrudes beyond the lid edge 25 and thus also beyond the lower part edge 11 when the lid 2 is in the closed position, so that a user can open the egg packaging 0 more easily.
  • the cover 2 has an inner cover surface 21 on which latching means 22 are arranged, which protrude from the inner cover surface 21 in the direction of the cover plane D.
  • the inner surface 21 of the cover is made flat here, the latching means 22 being placed in such a way that when the cover 2 is folded in the closed position, the hollow pegs 102 or their peg opening edges 1020 can be effectively connected to the latching means 22.
  • the latching means 22 are also arranged along a central line along the inner cover surface 21.
  • Egg holding crowns 23 are also arranged along the planar inner lid surface 21, protruding from the inner lid surface 21 in the direction of the lid plane D. These egg-holding crowns 23 have an annular wall, the wall height of which varies in an undulating manner. These egg-holding crowns 23 are also integrally formed and the ring walls are made as thin as possible.
  • stabilizer ribs 27 are formed on the inner lid surface 21, some of which run in the curved lid area and on the flat inner lid surface 21.
  • the stabilizer ribs 27 are arranged at the level of the locking means 22 and thus at the level of the peg opening edges 1020 along the longitudinal direction of the lid 2 or the egg packaging 0.
  • FIG. 2 the cover 2 is folded into the closed position by means of hinge strips 3, the cover 2 closing off the lower part 1.
  • a holding ring 100 is preferably arranged on the bottom of each egg receptacle 10 below the lower part plane U.
  • an egg is inserted into an egg receptacle 10, it rests on the receptacle holding ring 100 or on a wall of the receptacle holding ring 100 at a distance from the bottom wall of the egg receptacle 10. Due to the plastic material, the receptacle holding ring 100 ensures that the egg is spring-loaded.
  • the wall of the receiving retaining ring 100 can preferably be configured in a wave-like manner with a varying wall height, which saves material during manufacture.
  • the egg holding crowns 23 come to rest over the egg receptacles 10 so that the tips of the eggs partially dip into the interior of the egg holding crowns 23.
  • the hollow pegs 102 of the lower part 1 engage in the latching means 22 on the inner surface 21 of the lid.
  • At least one centering ring 220 is provided as latching means 22, the ring wall of which protrudes from the inner surface 21 of the cover.
  • the tip of the hollow peg 102 engages with the peg opening edge 1020 in the inner diameter of the centering ring 220. In Figure 3 this is shown enlarged in detail.
  • the tip of the hollow pin 102 protrudes into the centering ring 220, wherein the pin opening edge 1020 can protrude as far as the inner surface 21 of the cover.
  • the latching means 22 preferably also has at least one centering web 221 which comprises a web wall which protrudes from the cover inner surface 21.
  • a centering cross 222 composed of a plurality of centering webs 221, 221 ′ is particularly preferably selected as the locking means 22. This embodiment stabilizes the area of the lid inner surface 21 in which the pin opening edge 1020 comes to lie.
  • a centering cross 222 is formed projecting away from the cover inner surface 21, the side edges facing the centering ring 220 being beveled. Through this bevel, the tip of the hollow pin 102 or the pin opening edge 1020 is guided in such a way that the pin opening edge 1020 is guided between the side edges of the centering webs 221, 221 ′ and the ring wall of the centering ring 220.
  • the end face of a centering web 221 arranged transversely to the longitudinal direction of the egg packaging is designed to run flat parallel to the inner lid surface 21.
  • the end face of a centering web 221 arranged transversely to the longitudinal direction of the egg packaging is bent away from the inner surface of the lid and shaped approximately as a semicircle.
  • the end face of a centering web 221 arranged transversely to the longitudinal direction of the egg package can be bent away from the inner surface of the lid and shaped asymmetrically, with a lower slope on the hinge strip side 223 than on the one facing away from the hinge strip 3 for better insertion into the hollow pin 102 when the egg package is closed Page.
  • the variant from characters 4a to 4c show the advantage that any hooking of the pin opening edge 1020 can be prevented.
  • ventilation holes 28 can be arranged to penetrate the top wall. However, these do not affect the stability of the cover 2 any further.
  • the cover 2 can simply be folded shut, the tips of the hollow pins 1020 or the pin opening edges 1020 being able to be guided with the latching means 22.
  • the pin opening edges 1020 are inserted into the centering ring 220.
  • the wall of the hollow pin 102 is guided through the at least one centering web 221 or the centering cross 222 to the inner cover surface 21 and the outer circumference of the pin opening edge 1020 engages in the inner circumference of the centering ring 220 so that a local fixation of the hollow pin 102 can be achieved.

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PCT/EP2017/066629 WO2018007381A1 (de) 2016-07-07 2017-07-04 Kunststoffspritzgusstechnisch hergestellte eierverpackung

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