Classifications

• • 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
  • B65D11/00—Containers having bodies formed by interconnecting or uniting two or more rigid, or substantially rigid, components made wholly or mainly of plastics material
  • B65D11/18—Containers having bodies formed by interconnecting or uniting two or more rigid, or substantially rigid, components made wholly or mainly of plastics material collapsible, i.e. with walls hinged together or detachably connected
  • B65D11/1866—Containers having bodies formed by interconnecting or uniting two or more rigid, or substantially rigid, components made wholly or mainly of plastics material collapsible, i.e. with walls hinged together or detachably connected with detachable components
  • B65D11/1873—Containers having bodies formed by interconnecting or uniting two or more rigid, or substantially rigid, components made wholly or mainly of plastics material collapsible, i.e. with walls hinged together or detachably connected with detachable components all walls are detached from each other to collapse the container
• • 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
  • B65D11/00—Containers having bodies formed by interconnecting or uniting two or more rigid, or substantially rigid, components made wholly or mainly of plastics material
  • B65D11/18—Containers having bodies formed by interconnecting or uniting two or more rigid, or substantially rigid, components made wholly or mainly of plastics material collapsible, i.e. with walls hinged together or detachably connected
  • B65D11/1866—Containers having bodies formed by interconnecting or uniting two or more rigid, or substantially rigid, components made wholly or mainly of plastics material collapsible, i.e. with walls hinged together or detachably connected with detachable components
  • B65D11/188—Containers having bodies formed by interconnecting or uniting two or more rigid, or substantially rigid, components made wholly or mainly of plastics material collapsible, i.e. with walls hinged together or detachably connected with detachable components the container being formed by two mating halves
• • 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
  • B65D85/34—Containers, packaging elements or packages, specially adapted for particular articles or materials for articles particularly sensitive to damage by shock or pressure for fruit, e.g. apples, oranges or tomatoes
• • 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
  • B65D85/50—Containers, packaging elements or packages, specially adapted for particular articles or materials for living organisms, articles or materials sensitive to changes of environment or atmospheric conditions, e.g. land animals, birds, fish, water plants, non-aquatic plants, flower bulbs, cut flowers or foliage
  • B65D85/505—Containers, packaging elements or packages, specially adapted for particular articles or materials for living organisms, articles or materials sensitive to changes of environment or atmospheric conditions, e.g. land animals, birds, fish, water plants, non-aquatic plants, flower bulbs, cut flowers or foliage for cut flowers

Definitions

• the invention relates to a box for transportation of perishable products, such as flowers, fruit and vegetables, equipped with a bottom part and a cover part, wherein the cover part snugly fits over the bottom part, wherein the bottom part and the cover part are separable and can be reunited.
• JP 2001 072057 discloses a folding assembly container comprising a foam synthetic resin container body and a lid body.
• the container body is a square box body with four side walls on an upper surface of a bottom plate in an inwardly folding man ner, and the inside thereof is demarcated into a plurality of small chambers by a plurality of partitions.
• the side walls are assembled into a square box, and corner parts thereof are fixed by fitting a flange part to a stepped groove, and engaging a locking means therewith.
• the flange part projecting from both side edges of the side walls is fitted to the outside of stepped grooves formed on both side edges of the side walls, and locking means provided on the side walls are fitted to locking means provided on the side walls in an attachable/detachable manner. It is an object of the invention to further develop the known box, and make it a lesser burden to the environment.
• the bottom part and the cover part are provided with cooperating hooks and recepta cles for the hooks that arrange for a secured placement of the cover part over the bottom part, wherein the hooks and recepta cles prevent undesired lifting of the cover part from the bottom part after placing the first over the latter.
• the receptacles are embodied as a series of adjacent apertures, each such aperture being equipped to receive the hook, wherein the series of adjacent apertures are placed in line .
• the hook connects to an actuator slide for retracting the hook from the receptacles.
• the hook is provided on the cover part and the apertures are provided on the bottom part. It is however feasible that this can also be done the oth er way around.
• At least one of the bottom part and the cov er part comprises a series of mutually different building ele ments that are manufactured from recyclable material. These fea tures reduce the burden to the environment.
• the box es assembled from the bottom part and the cover part are provid ed in a family of ten different sizes, notably:
• At least one of the bottom part and the cover part comprises a gas tight and water resistant plate.
• Be cause of humidity absorbed in the known box this known box is most of the time not reusable as opposed to the box of the in vention, wherein preferably both the bottom part and the cover part have a water resistant plate.
• the gas tightness of the plate supports the maintenance of the optimal conditions inside the box for securing the freshness of the perishable products, such as flowers, fruit and vegetables that are packaged therein.
• the plate is at the side that is intended to be on the outward side of the box provided with a frictional layer to avoid sliding of stacked boxes.
• the plate is a plastic laminate, prefer ably comprising three polypropylene foils connected by thermal lamination, completely without adhesives.
• At least one of the bot tom part and the cover part comprises end pieces that are pro vided with ventilation apertures.
• These ventilation apertures are instrumental in maintaining the condition of the perishable products, such as flowers, fruit and vegetables that are pack aged in the box at an optimum level.
• the end pieces are prefera bly embodied in a plastic material, preferably made by injection moulding .
• At least one of the end pieces of the cover part is provided with an inmould label, carrying a QR-code and/or a barcode.
• an inmould label carrying a QR-code and/or a barcode.
• the ventilation apertures are partly or wholly closable, so as to be able to tailor the amount of ventilation to match the situation at hand, so that always optimal environmental conditions can be provided to the perisha ble products, such as flowers, fruit and vegetables that are packaged in the box.
• the end pieces are mounted to the remainder of the bottom part and/or to the remainder of the cover part with intermediate mounting pieces.
• the completed bottom part and cov er part that are provided with this feature are sturdy and well resistant against the loads that result from a stack of boxes, so that collapsing of boxes will effectively be avoided.
• This property of the box of the invention can be further promoted by arranging that the intermediate mounting pieces are on a first side equipped with a slit to receive the gas tight and water re sistant plate, and are on a second side opposite to the first side provided with protrusions that are arranged to cooperate with apertures that are present in the end pieces.
• At least one of the pro trusions is embodied with a hook for providing a locked connec tion with the end pieces.
• the end pieces are equipped with a re silient pressing organ that keeps the hook in position to secure the locked connection with the end pieces of the bottom part and cover part, respectively.
• -figure 1 a box according to the invention in an ex ploded view
• -figure 7 a detail of an end piece wherein a hook of an intermediate mounting piece protrudes through an aperture in the end piece;
• -figure 16 a second view from the inside at the detail of the bottom part.
• Figure 1 provides an exploded view at the box 1 of the invention which is equipped with a bottom part 2 and a cover part 3.
• Figure 2 also shows the box 1, but now in an assembled condition wherein the ready cover part 3 snugly fits over the ready bottom part 2.
• the bottom part 2 and the cover part 3 are separable so as to enable placement of the flowers or removal of the flowers, and can be reunited for closing of the box 1.
• FIG. 1 shows that at least one of the bottom part 2 and the cover part 3, but preferably both the bot tom part 2 and the cover part 3 comprise a series of mutually different building elements 4 - 9 that are manufactured from re cyclable material. These respective building elements 4 - 9 will be further discussed hereinafter.
• FIG. 1 shows that the bottom part 2 comprises a gas tight and water resistant plate 4, and that the cover part 3 comprises a gas tight and water resistant plate 5.
• These plates 4, 5 are preferably embodied as a plastic laminate, and more preferably comprise then three polypropylene foils connected by thermal lamination, completely without adhesives. A product that answers to this construction is commercially available on the market and known under the registered trademark con-pearl.
• each plate 4, 5 is at the side that is intended to be on the outward side of the box 1 provided with a frictional layer to avoid sliding of stacked boxes.
• Figure 1 further shows that at least one of the bottom part 2 and the cover part 3 comprises end pieces 6, 8 that are provided with ventilation apertures 10.
• the ventilation aper tures 10 are more clearly shown in figures 2A, 4, 5, 8, 9, and figures 13 - 16.
• the end pieces 6, 8 are preferably embodied in a plastic material, preferably injection moulded.
• the end pieces 6 of the cover part 3 are preferably provided with an inmould label (not shown but clear to the skilled person) , carrying a QR-code and/or a barcode. This enables that providing packing lists and documents for the customs authorities can be automat ed. Tracking and tracing thus becomes easy.
• FIG 1 Also shown in figure 1 is a bottom slide end piece 9 which is to be assembled together with the bottom end piece 8, and which can then serve to open or close the ventilation aper tures 10.
• FIG 1 shows a bottom slide end piece 9 which is to be assembled together with the bottom end piece 8, and which can then serve to open or close the ventilation aper tures 10.
• figures 15 and 16 show that the ventilation apertures 10 are partly or wholly closable.
• Figure 15 shows the ventilation apertures 10 in the open condition;
• figure 16 shows the ventilation apertures 10 when they are partly closed due to the relative position given to the bottom slide end piece 9 with reference to the bottom end piece 8.
• the cover and bottom end pieces 6, 8 are mounted to the remainder of the bottom part 2 and the remainder of the cover part 3, respectively, using intermediate mounting pieces 7.
• the construction of the bottom part 2 and the cover part 3 is similar, with the only difference being the dimensions of certain constituent elements of these parts, particularly the dimensions of the cover plate 4 and the bottom plate 5.
• the description concentrates primarily on the construction of the cover part 3, it being clear for the skilled person that the construction of the bottom part 2 is essentially the same.
• the boxes assembled from the bottom part 2 and the cover part 3 are provided in a family of ten different sizes, notably: 1200mm(L) x 300mm(W) x 200(H) + 400mm(H)
• the end pieces 6 of the cover part 3 can suitably be provided with an inmould label provided with a QR-code and/or a barcode enabling tracking and tracing.
• figure 6 shows most clearly that the intermediate mounting pieces 7 are on a first side equipped with a slit 12 to receive an edge of a gas tight and water resistant plate 4, 5 for the bottom part 2 or the cover part 3.
• the intermediate mounting pieces 7 On a second side op posite to the first side, the intermediate mounting pieces 7 that are intended to connect to the end pieces 6, 8 for the bot tom part 2 and the cover part 3, respectively, are provided with protrusions 13 that are arranged to cooperate with apertures 11 being present in said end pieces 6, 8 for the bottom part 2 and the cover part 3, respectively.
• cover end piece 6 in figure 5 that represents a detail of the cover part 3.
• Figure 6 further shows the protrusion 13 of an interme diate mounting piece 7 in detail, which reveals that the shown protrusion 13 is embodied with a hook 14 for providing - after assembly with the cover end piece 6 - a locked connection with said cover end piece 6.
• Figure 5 shows that another protrusion 13' on the intermediate mounting piece 7 is straight and embod ied without hook.
• one thing and an other is preferably correspondingly arranged for the intermedi ate mounting pieces 7 and the bottom end pieces 8 that are used for the bottom part 2.
• Figure 7 shows in a detail view that the cover and bot tom end pieces 6, 8 for the cover part 3 and bottom part 2, re spectively, are equipped with a resilient pressing organ 15 that keeps the hook 14 of the protrusion 13 on the intermediate mounting piece 7 in position when the connection is made with the concerning end piece 6, 8, so as to secure the locked con nection of this intermediate mounting piece 7 with said cover and bottom end piece 6, 8 for the cover part 3 and bottom part 2, respectively.
• the bot tom part 2 and the cover part 3 are provided with cooperating hooks 16 and receptacles 17 for the hooks 16, that together ar- range for a placement of the cover part 3 over the bottom part 2, wherein subsequent lifting of the cover part 3 from the bot tom part 2 is prevented.
• the hook 16 is provided on the cover part 3 and the apertures 18 are provided on the bottom part 2, but it is feasible that this can be done the other way around.
• the re ceptacles 17 are embodied as a series of adjacent apertures 18, each aperture 18 being equipped to receive the hook 16, and wherein the series of adjacent apertures 18 are placed in line.
• Figures 9 and 10 further show an actuator slide 19 that connects to the hook 16, and which is embodied to retract the hook 16 from the receptacles 18 once it is intended to lift the cover part 3 from the bottom part 2 of the Box 1.

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