ES1075803U - Box-refrigerator for bottled drinks (Machine-translation by Google Translate, not legally binding) - Google Patents

Abstract

Box-fridge for bottled drinks, which is intended to form a pack of a plurality of bottles that will be housed inside the box for marketing and then allow the introduction of pieces of ice to keep the bottles cold for a while and therefore the content thereof, up to its consumption, constituting as a whole an eventual disposable refrigerator, is characterized because it is constituted from the development of a cardboard sheet, which is rectangular and is plasticized by its inner face, said sheet being affected by transversal fold lines forming sectors corresponding to the bottom, the major laterals and the corresponding cover, counting the sector corresponding to the bottom with lateral extensions which, in combination with double extensions with an intermediate and diagonal bend line corresponding to each of the laterals that will form the major laterals, determine double e wall on those minor sides. (Machine-translation by Google Translate, not legally binding)

Description

Fridge box for bottled drinks.

OBJECT OF THE INVENTION

The present invention relates to a box-fridge for bottled beverages, whose obvious purpose is to keep the bottles that can be housed inside the box cold, and whose bottles will have a drink content, such as refreshing beverages, beers , etc.

The object of the invention is to obtain a disposable container for a pack of bottles of drink and ice cubes to keep them cold for a while, allowing the beverage to be at optimum consumption temperature in about 30 minutes, allowing to maintain said temperature for a period of time. prolonged period of time, about 5 hours.

The packaging is designed to allow its assembly in automatic packaging line.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

On field trips, parties or events in which groups of people bring their drinks, to keep them cold it is necessary to transport them in the classic fridge.

There are portable refrigerators for the transport of a group of drinks that you want to keep cold, even the consumption of them.

The portable refrigerators are constituted by a body and a cover that is properly heat-insulated and with different sealing systems, with a double problem, since on the one hand the cost of the refrigerator is very high, and on the other hand as a consequence of said cost and its unrecoverable character, forces the user to have the fridge stored when it is not used.

To this we must add the fact that the refrigerator with the bottles or other contents that wish to be kept cold must be transported to the place where the consumption is to be produced, as well as its empty return.

Also taking into account that in many occasions beverage packs are sold, for example, containing four, six or eight bottles of drink, it is not possible to insert the pack inside the refrigerator, and it becomes necessary to undo said pack or wrapping and introduce the loose bottles, with the consequent problems and inconveniences that derive from it.

DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

The recommended fridge-box has been designed to solve the problem described above, so that it is intended to replace the classic packaging of bottles that form a pack, using the original box for the packaging of a certain number of bottles , and prior to its consumption, with the box full of bottles, an appropriate amount of ice is incorporated inside it, which will partially or completely fill it.

For this, the box of the invention is obtained from a single-piece sheet of plasticized cardboard internally, to prevent the cardboard from getting wet, the sheet being provided with transverse fold lines to define sectors corresponding to the walls, the bottom and the corresponding cover, where the side walls have a double diagonal fold to form trapezoidal sectors on each minor side, the assembly of the box being carried out practically automatically and where one of the constituent sectors of a larger side is extended in an extension with two extreme flaps that will determine a cover both superiorly and laterally, these flaps are provided with closing means that allow to open and close the box as many times as desired, whose closure means can be simple adhesives or other elements .

In this way a box is obtained that inside and of origin incorporates a certain number of bottles of drink, which the user acquires like any other type of pack or wrapper, but with the special feature that at the time he is going to do an excursion or departure and want to keep the contents of those bottles cold, you will only have to fill the inside of the box with ice cubes, that is, the areas that leave the bottles free, and keep the contents of these bottles cold until they are consumed , since the ice can take a few hours to get rid of, and then the water will also remain cold for a while, all in such a way that once used the wrapper or box can be discarded as recyclable material, eliminating having to transport the Classic portable fridge, having to store it, having to transport it empty again, etc.

The structural characteristics of the package mean that it can be mounted directly on the automatic packaging line.

DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

To complement the description that is being made and in order to help a better understanding of the characteristics of the invention, according to a preferred example of practical implementation thereof, a set of drawings is attached as an integral part of said description. In an illustrative and non-limiting manner, the following has been represented:

Figure 1.- Shows a view corresponding to the development of the laminated cardboard sheet from which the refrigerator box object of the invention is obtained.

Figure 2.- Shows a perspective view of an intermediate phase of assembly of the box from the sheet represented in the previous figure.

Figure 3.- Shows a perspective view of the box also in the practically final position of assembly or assembly.

Figure 4.- It shows, finally, a perspective view of the box completely closed, showing in line of strokes the bottles inside it.

PREFERRED EMBODIMENT OF THE INVENTION

As can be seen in the aforementioned figures, the box of the invention is obtained from the development of a sheet (1) that is rectangular and preferably materialized in cardboard, whose face intended to be the interior is plasticized, and wherein said sheet (1) has transverse fold lines that delimit four sectors corresponding to the references (1, 2, 3 and 4), so that the sector (1) must constitute the bottom of the box, while the sectors (2 and 3) will constitute the major lateral ones, being the sector (4) the one that will constitute the closing cover as it will be exposed later.

The minor sides are formed by extensions (5) of the bottom sector (1) and double sectors with an intermediate diagonal fold (6) across the line (7).

On the other hand, the sector that has to constitute the cover (4) has extreme flaps (8) and which may be provided with closing means (9), such as adhesives or similar elements.

In any case, from the development described and shown in Figure 1, the box can be assembled easily, carrying out the folding through the transverse fold lines to form the major sides (2 and 3) and the bottom (1), also folding the lateral extensions (5) and inside them the double sectors (6) with the diagonal fold line (7), forming double walls on those minor sides, with a small plateau (10), that is, a narrow plateau, in correspondence with the upper edge of the major lateral (3).

The box, before being closed, is filled with a grouping of bottles on the body formed by the major sides (2 and 3) with the bottom (1) and the minor sides formed by the sectors or extensions (5 and 6), The closing of the box is then carried out by folding the sector (4), which constitutes a cover that is complemented by the side flaps (8) that will be attached to the smaller sides and that will be fixed to them by closing elements (9) , such as adhesives or other appropriate means, being its opening by means of an area affected by a climb (12) established on the sector (4), allowing the unitary extraction of each of the containers contained inside and which will be those that are referenced with (11) in dashed line in Figure 4.

The box after its manufacture will be filled with those containers (11) forming a pack or wrap as a single set that will be thus marketed, and where the interior surface, as already said, is waterproofed.

In this way it will be acquired by the consumer, so that when he has to carry out the consumption of the contents of the bottles, he will previously introduce and fill in the climbing area (12) of the sector (4), the gaps between the bottles ( 11) of ice cubes to keep cold, so the introduction of ice cubes will not be necessary until the moment of carrying out the transport or use of the box with the containers to the place of consumption, such as meeting in the field, a party, an excursion, etc., allowing having the drink at the optimum temperature of consumption in about 30 minutes, and keeping it at this temperature for a long period of time, of the order of 5 hours.

Claims (3)

1.-Box-fridge for bottled beverages, which being intended to form a pack of a plurality of bottles that will be housed inside the box for marketing and subsequently allow the introduction of ice chips to keep cold for a while bottles and therefore the contents thereof, until consumption, together constituting an eventual refrigerator with disposable character, is characterized 5 because it is constituted from the development of a cardboard sheet, which is rectangular and plasticized by its inner face, said sheet being affected by transverse fold lines to form sectors corresponding to the bottom, the major sides and the corresponding lid, counting the sector corresponding to the bottom with lateral extensions that, in combination with double extensions with an intermediate and diagonal fold line corresponding to each of the sides that will form the major sides, determine double wall in those 10 minor sides. 2.-Fridge box for bottled beverages, according to claim 1, characterized in that the sector constituting the lid is derived from the edge corresponding to one of the sectors that will form one of the major walls, so that said lid sector is it extends along its sides in individual flaps that, at the closing of the box, fold down on the outer side of the minor sides, fixing them by any fixing element 15 suitable, such as an adhesive or other means that allows the opening and closing of the box several times. 3.-Fridge box for bottled beverages, according to previous claims, characterized in that in the assembly of the box the corresponding bottles containing the beverages are introduced, for marketing, the ice being introduced subsequently and prior to the consumption of the contents of the bottles, through a climbing line established in the sector in cover functions. 5 6