ES1287700U

ES1287700U - Pumpkin-shaped container in recyclable material (Machine-translation by Google Translate, not legally binding)

Info

Publication number: ES1287700U
Application number: ES202230177U
Authority: ES
Inventors: Prieto Raul Cremades
Original assignee: Flexografica del Mediterraneo SL
Current assignee: Flexografica del Mediterraneo SL
Priority date: 2022-02-04
Filing date: 2022-02-04
Publication date: 2022-03-08
Anticipated expiration: 2032-02-04
Also published as: ES1287700Y; ES1287700U8

Abstract

Pumpkin-shaped container in recyclable material characterized because it is conformed by making folds on a flat cardboard development until a 20-sided polyhedral figure is achieved. (Machine-translation by Google Translate, not legally binding)

Description

DESCRIPCIÓNDESCRIPTION

ENVASE CON FORMA DE CALABAZA EN MATERIAL RECICLABLEPUMPKIN SHAPED CONTAINER IN RECYCLABLE MATERIAL

OBJETO DE LA INVENCIÓNOBJECT OF THE INVENTION

El objeto de la presente invención es un recipiente con forma de calabaza confeccionado a partir de materiales reciclables no plásticos.The object of the present invention is a gourd-shaped container made from non-plastic recyclable materials.

La invención que se presenta esta enfocada al sector de la alimentación para niños, concretamente a las golosinas, incluyendo bajo este término todos aquellos productos confeccionados industrialmente con alto contenido en azucares. La invención que se presenta puede, además de ser un recipiente, ser un envase cuya forma reconocible de calabaza lo hace indicado para albergar golosinas y demás productos similares que se comercializan en la festividad de Halloween.The invention that is presented is focused on the food sector for children, specifically sweets, including under this term all those industrially manufactured products with a high sugar content. The invention that is presented can, in addition to being a container, be a container whose recognizable pumpkin shape makes it suitable for housing sweets and other similar products that are marketed during the Halloween festival.

ANTECEDENTES DE LA INVENCIÓNBACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

La invención que se presenta esta enfocada al sector de las golosinas y dentro de este a las golosinas comercializadas durante la celebración de Halloween. La tradicional calabaza, en múltiples tamaños y diseños, se ha venido utilizando como reclamo comercial para las ventas de golosinas durante las fechas anteriores y posteriores a la festividad de Halloween, siendo este formato el envase ideal para estas fechas.The invention that is presented is focused on the candy sector and within it, the candy marketed during the celebration of Halloween. The traditional pumpkin, in multiple sizes and designs, has been used as a commercial claim for candy sales during the dates before and after the Halloween festival, this format being the ideal container for these dates.

Tradicionalmente los envases utilizados para las golosinas, imitando la tradicional calabaza, han estado copados por recipientes fabricados en cualquier variedad de material plástico, pero la directiva europea 2019/904 a marcado un objetivo a seguir en este tema. En esta directiva se determina le eliminación paulatina de todos aquellos envases de plástico destinados a tener un solo uso, como medida para paliar las consecuencias que para el medio ambiente tiene el uso indiscriminado del plástico.Traditionally, the containers used for sweets, imitating the traditional pumpkin, have been covered by containers made of any variety of plastic material, but the European directive 2019/904 has set an objective to follow on this issue. This directive determines the gradual elimination of all those plastic containers intended for single use, as a measure to alleviate the consequences that the indiscriminate use of plastic has for the environment.

Esta directiva en España estará recogida en la futura Ley de Residuos y de Suelos Contaminados, ley que a la redacción de la presente descripción se encuentra en trámite parlamentario. Es este escenario, de próxima prohibición de uso, el que ha estimulado la actividad inventiva del solicitante con el ánimo de encontrar un recipiente que sustituya a la tradicional calabaza de Halloween y que durante largo tiempo se ha fabricado en material plástico por su bajo coste y la indudable capacidad que tiene el procedimiento de inyección plástica por moldeo, para imitar cualquier forma geométrica.This directive in Spain will be included in the future Law on Waste and Contaminated Soils, a law that at the time of writing this description is in parliamentary proceeding. It is this scenario, of an upcoming ban on use, that has stimulated the inventive activity of the applicant with the aim of finding a container to replace the traditional Halloween pumpkin and which has been made of plastic for a long time due to its low cost and the undoubted ability of the plastic injection molding procedure to imitate any geometric shape.

EXPLICACIÓN DE LA INVENCIÓNEXPLANATION OF THE INVENTION

La invención que se propone en la presente descripción consiste en un envase para golosinas con forma de calabaza y elaborado con un material reciclable no plástico, preferentemente cartón.The invention proposed in this description consists of a container for sweets in the shape of a pumpkin and made of a non-plastic recyclable material, preferably cardboard.

Como es sabido una calabaza tiene una forma esférica, por lo que partiendo de un elemento plano, para llegar a una forma esférica únicamente lo podemos conseguir a partir de pliegues sobre el cartón generando una figura poliédrica donde a mayor número de caras mayor será la aproximación a la esfera. Además, la forma esférica de la calabaza presenta una característica particular y es que la esfera no es regular. Esto se observa porque la mitad inferior de la calabaza tiene una mayor curvatura que la mitad superior de la misma.As is known, a pumpkin has a spherical shape, so starting from a flat element, to reach a spherical shape we can only achieve it from folds on the cardboard, generating a polyhedral figure where the greater the number of faces, the greater the approximation. to the sphere. In addition, the spherical shape of the pumpkin has a particular characteristic and that is that the sphere is not regular. This is seen because the lower half of the gourd has a greater curvature than the upper half of the gourd.

Para poder conseguir este efecto a través de un desarrollo plano mediante planos que al plegarse sobre si mismos generan una figura esférica con forma de calabaza se ha decidido plegar el desarrollo plano del cartón hasta conseguir la figura de un poliedro de 20 caras. Este poliedro, esta constituido a partir de 3 filas paralelas de 6 caras cada una, rematadas en su parte superior e inferior por otras dos caras hexagonales que son la tapadera y la base, respectivamente, del futuro envase y que completan las 20 caras del envase.In order to achieve this effect through a flat development through planes that, when folded on themselves, generate a spherical figure in the shape of a pumpkin, it has been decided to fold the flat development of the cardboard until obtaining the figure of a 20-sided polyhedron. This polyhedron is made up of 3 parallel rows of 6 faces each, finished off at the top and bottom by two other hexagonal faces that are the lid and the base, respectively, of the future container and that complete the 20 faces of the container. .

Como se observa en la Figura 2, las 3 filas de 6 caras tienen la característica de presentar una altura diferente de modo que tomando como patrón la fila (2) formada por las caras rectangulares(2.1), (2.2), (2.3), (2.4), (2.5) y (2.6) nos encontramos con que la altura de las caras de la fila (1), la superior, es menor que la altura de las caras de la fila (3), la inferior, y ambas dos también menores que las caras de la fila (2). La característica descrita es fundamental, porque es la que nos permite conseguir el efecto de esfera irregular antes descrito, donde la mitad inferior, atribuida en la invención a la mitad inferior de la fila(2) y a la fila (3), tiene mayor curvatura que la mitad superior, atribuida en la invención a la mitad de la fila(2) y a la fila (1).As can be seen in Figure 2, the 3 rows of 6 faces have the characteristic of presenting a different height so that, taking as a pattern the row (2) formed by the rectangular faces (2.1), (2.2), (2.3), (2.4), (2.5) and (2.6) we find that the height of the faces of row (1), the upper one, is less than the height of the faces of row (3), the lower one, and both two also smaller than the faces of row (2). The characteristic described is fundamental, because it is what allows us to achieve the irregular sphere effect described above, where the lower half, attributed in the invention to the lower half of row (2) and to row (3), has greater curvature than the upper half, attributed in the invention to the middle of the row (2) and to the row (1).

Para conseguir la curvatura necesaria se requiere la existencia de unos pliegues en la parte superior de la fila (1) y en la parte inferior de la fila (3). En la Figura 2, vemos los 6 pliegues(1.7) de la fila (1) los cuales están conformados a partir de unas hendiduras discontinuas de forma triangular entre dos caras que permiten que si se pliegan por su eje de simetría hacia el interior del futuro envase, convertimos las actuales caras (1.1), (1.2), (1.3), (1.4), (1.5) y (1.6) en caras en forma de trapecios, con su lado superior de menor longitud que el lado inferior y al quedar las nuevas caras unidas entre si generan la curvatura buscada. Este mismo fenómeno se consigue en la fila (3) a través de los 6 pliegues (3.7) que se realizan sobre sus 6 caras rectangulares (3.1), (3.2), (3.3), (3.4), (3.5) y (3.6), siendo ahora el lado de menor longitud el inferior de modo que cuando juntamos las nuevas caras en forma de trapecio generamos la curvatura buscada.To achieve the necessary curvature, the existence of some folds is required in the upper part of the row (1) and in the lower part of the row (3). In Figure 2, we see the 6 folds (1.7) of row (1) which are formed from discontinuous triangular slits between two faces that allow them to fold along their axis of symmetry towards the interior of the future container, we convert the current faces (1.1), (1.2), (1.3), (1.4), (1.5) and (1.6) into faces in the form of trapezoids, with their upper side shorter than the lower side and being the new faces joined together generate the desired curvature. This same phenomenon is achieved in row (3) through the 6 folds (3.7) that are made on its 6 rectangular faces (3.1), (3.2), (3.3), (3.4), (3.5) and (3.6). ), now being the side of shorter length the lower one so that when we join the new faces in the form of a trapezoid we generate the desired curvature.

Para la consecución de la base del envase, como se observa en la Figura 2, se disponen los elementos (5.1), (5.2), (5.3) y (5.4) de modo que al plegarse el desarrollo plano quedan enfrentados dos a dos. Así, al quedar enfrentado el elemento (5.1) con el (5.2) ambos se mantienen unidos al quedar entrelazados mediante los salientes (5.1.1) y el (5.2.1). Esta unión se ve consolidada por el elemento hexagonal(5.4), que se pliega por el lado común a la cara (3.5) y a continuación se pliega el elemento hexagonal(5.3) que queda fijado cuando el saliente (5.3.1) se incrusta en el hueco (5.4.1) generado entre la cara (3.5) y el elemento hexagonal(5.4).To achieve the base of the container, as shown in Figure 2, the elements (5.1), (5.2), (5.3) and (5.4) are arranged so that when the flat development is folded they are facing each other two by two. Thus, when the element (5.1) faces the (5.2) both are held together by being intertwined by the projections (5.1.1) and (5.2.1). This union is consolidated by the hexagonal element (5.4), which folds on the side common to the face (3.5) and then the hexagonal element (5.3) folds, which remains fixed when the projection (5.3.1) is embedded in the gap (5.4.1) generated between the face (3.5) and the hexagonal element (5.4).

Para la consecución del cierre del envase se cuenta con una cara hexagonal(4) alrededor de la cual tenemos unas solapas (4.1), (4.2), (4.3),(4.4) y (4.5). Estas solapas presentan dos pequeños triángulos(4.6) entre dos solapas contiguas, de modo que entre las solapas(4.5) y (4.4) se dispone del triangulo(4.6), que estando unido a la solapa(4.4) por un hendido se encuentra cortado respecto de la solapa(4.5). Así, al quedar solapado y pegado bajo la solapa(4.5) mediante un material sellante, se consigue que las dos solapas contiguas queden firmemente unidas. De igual modo, entre las solapas(4.2) y (4.3) tenemos otro triangulo(4.6) que quedaría solapado y pegado bajo la solapa(4.2).To achieve the closure of the container, there is a hexagonal face (4) around which we have some flaps (4.1), (4.2), (4.3), (4.4) and (4.5). These flaps have two small triangles (4.6) between two adjoining flaps, so that between the flaps (4.5) and (4.4) there is the triangle (4.6), which, being joined to the flap (4.4) by a crease, is cut with respect to the flap (4.5). Thus, by being overlapped and glued under the flap (4.5) by means of a sealing material, the two adjoining flaps are firmly joined. Similarly, between flaps (4.2) and (4.3) we have another triangle (4.6) that would be overlapped and glued under flap (4.2).

Cuando la cara superior(4) se pliega por la unión con la cara (1.2) se cierra el envase, quedando las 5 solapas del perímetro de la cara hexagonal(4) como envolventes de la tapa para garantizar el perfecto cierre del envase. El cierre se mantiene sujeto mediante la utilización de un velcro(7.1) que situado en la parte inferior de la solapa (4.1) quedará adherido a otro velcro(7.2) sobre la cara (1.5). Esta configuración de la tapa tiene una característica a resaltar, y es que la operativa de abertura y cierre del envase se puede realizar un número muy elevado de ciclos por ser el plegado de cartón entre la cara superior(4) y la cara(1.2) muy resistente a la fatiga producida al ser utilizado a modo de bisagra. A su vez, el velcro que actúa de cierre también es muy resistente a la fatiga producida por un ciclo reiterado de apertura y cierre y es lo suficientemente resistente, para no producir aberturas accidentales.When the upper face (4) is folded at the junction with face (1.2), the container is closed, leaving the 5 flaps on the perimeter of the hexagonal face (4) as envelopes for the lid to guarantee the perfect closure of the container. The closure is held in place by using a velcro (7.1) located on the back bottom of the flap (4.1) will be attached to another velcro (7.2) on the face (1.5). This configuration of the lid has a characteristic to highlight, and it is that the opening and closing operation of the container can be carried out a very high number of cycles as it is the folding of the cardboard between the upper face (4) and the face (1.2). very resistant to fatigue produced when used as a hinge. In turn, the Velcro that acts as a closure is also very resistant to fatigue produced by a repeated cycle of opening and closing and is strong enough not to cause accidental openings.

Por último, se disponen sendos orificios(1.1.1) y (1.4.1) en las caras (1.1) y (1.4), las cuales quedarán enfrentadas al conformarse el envase y sobre las que se hará pasar un cordón (6), que como se observa en la Figura 1 servirá de asa.Finally, two separate holes (1.1.1) and (1.4.1) are provided on faces (1.1) and (1.4), which will face each other when the container is formed and over which a cord (6) will be passed, which, as shown in Figure 1, will serve as a handle.

BREVE DESCRIPCIÓN DE LOS DIBUJOSBRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

Como complemento de las descripciones expuestas se acompañan 2 dibujos donde con carácter ilustrativo, y no limitativo, se visualizan las características de la invención que se pretende registrar, para una mejor comprensión de ésta. Así, se ha representado lo siguiente:As a complement to the exposed descriptions, 2 drawings are attached where, by way of illustration, and not limitation, the characteristics of the invention that is intended to be registered are displayed, for a better understanding of it. Thus, the following has been represented:

Figura 1: Muestra una imagen tridimensional del envase con forma de calabaza donde se observa con claridad como esta conformado a partir de un poliedro de 20 caras. Figure 1: Shows a three-dimensional image of the pumpkin-shaped container where it is clearly observed how it is formed from a 20-sided polyhedron.

Figura 2: Muestra un desarrollo en un plano de la superficie que al ir plegándose acabará conformando el poliedro de 20 caras. En la imagen aparecen con líneas de trazo continuo los lugares del plano donde se produce un corte y con líneas de trazo discontinuo los lugares donde se produce un hendido que servirá como guía para el plegado. Figure 2: Shows a development in a plane of the surface that, as it folds, will end up forming the 20-sided polyhedron. In the image, the places on the plane where a cut is produced appear with solid lines and the places where a crease is produced, which will serve as a guide for folding, with discontinuous lines.

REALIZACIÓN PREFERENTE DE LA INVENCIÓNPREFERRED EMBODIMENT OF THE INVENTION

Para la realización de la invención que se propone se parte de una pieza plana en el material que se elija, que puede ser cartón u otro de similares características, a la que una vez cortada de una bobina inicial, se imprime y se le dan los acabados correspondientes. Estos acabados pueden encontrarse tanto en la cara externa del envase, que es la visible y donde aparecen todos los elementos de color, imágenes, logotipos o cualquier elemento de marketing requerido por el cliente, como a la interna del envase donde se encuentra el producto y donde, según las características del mismo y los requerimientos de éste, podemos encontrar diferentes tratamientos superficiales.To carry out the proposed invention, we start from a flat piece in the chosen material, which can be cardboard or another with similar characteristics, to which which, once cut from an initial reel, is printed and given the corresponding finishes. These finishes can be found both on the external face of the container, which is the visible one and where all the color elements, images, logos or any marketing element required by the client appear, as well as on the internal face of the container where the product is located and where, depending on its characteristics and its requirements, we can find different surface treatments.

Una vez se tiene el desarrollo en plano de la superficie del envase, con los cortes y hendidos correspondientes, se procede al plegado del mismo hasta constituir la figura geométrica conformada por el poliedro de 20 caras. Solo restaría añadir el cordón(6) y pegar los velcros(7.1) y (7.2) sobre la solapa(4.1) y sobre la cara(1.5), respectivamente.Once the flat development of the container surface is obtained, with the corresponding cuts and creases, it is folded until the geometric figure formed by the 20-sided polyhedron is formed. It only remains to add the lace (6) and stick the velcros (7.1) and (7.2) on the flap (4.1) and on the face (1.5), respectively.

En este punto ya tenemos el envase formado y abierto, solo restaría rellenarlo con el producto que se quiera comercializar y cerrarlo. Este proceso de conformación del envase y llenado del mismo puede hacerse manualmente, o a partir de una máquina con un proceso automatizado. At this point we already have the container formed and open, it would only remain to fill it with the product that you want to market and close it. This process of shaping the container and filling it can be done manually, or from a machine with an automated process.

Claims

1. Pumpkin-shaped container in recyclable material characterized in that it is formed by making folds on a flat cardboard development until a 20-sided polyhedral figure is achieved.

2. Pumpkin-shaped container in recyclable material, according to claim 1, characterized in that the 20-sided polyhedron is made up of 3 parallel rows of 6 faces each, finished off at the top and bottom by two other hexagonal faces that are the lid and the base, respectively.

3. Pumpkin-shaped container in recyclable material, according to claims 1 and 2, characterized in that the 3 rows of 6 faces have a different height, so that taking as a pattern the row (2) formed by the rectangular faces (2.1), (2.2), (2.3), (2.4), (2.5) and (2.6) the height of the faces of row (1), the upper one, is less than the height of the faces of row (3), the bottom, and both two also smaller than the faces of row (2).

4. Pumpkin-shaped container in recyclable material, according to claims 1, 2 and 3, characterized by containing some folds (1.7) in the upper part of the row (1) and some folds (3.7) in the lower part of the row (3).

5. Pumpkin-shaped container in recyclable material, according to claim 4, characterized in that the 6 folds (1.7) of the row (1) are formed from discontinuous triangular-shaped punching between two faces, allowing that if we fold them by its axis of symmetry towards the interior of the future container, we convert the rectangular faces (1.1), (1.2), (1.3), (1.4), (1.5) and (1.6) into trapezoidal faces.

6. Pumpkin-shaped container in recyclable material, according to claim 4, characterized in that the 6 folds (3.7) of the row (3) are formed from discontinuous triangular-shaped punching between two faces, allowing that if we fold them by its axis of symmetry towards the interior of the future container, we convert the rectangular faces (3.1), (3.2), (3.3), (3.4), (3.5) and (3.6) into trapezoidal faces.

7. Pumpkin-shaped container in recyclable material, according to claims 1 to 6, characterized in that the base of the container contains the elements (5.1), (5.2), (5.3) and (5.4) so that when the development is folded plane are facing each other two by two, with element (5.1) facing element (5.2) and both are held together by being intertwined by means of projections (5.1.1) and (5.2.1). This union is consolidated by the hexagonal element (5.4), which is folded along the side common to the face (3.5) and then the hexagonal element (5.3) is folded along the side common to the face (3.2), which remains fixed when the projection (5.3.1) is embedded in the hole (5.4.1), generated between the face (3.5) and the hexagonal element (5.4).

8. Pumpkin-shaped container in recyclable material, according to claims 1 to 7, characterized by having a hexagonal face (4) as a container closure around which we have five flaps (4.1), (4.2), (4.3), ( 4.4) and (4.5).

9. Pumpkin-shaped container in recyclable material, according to claim 8, characterized in that between the adjoining flaps (4.5) and (4.4) of the hexagonal face (4) there is a triangle (4.6) that, starting from the same flat development of the set, is joined to the flap (4.4) by a slit and separated from the flap (4.5) by a cut, so that when it is overlapped and glued under the flap (4.5) by means of a sealing material, the two adjoining flaps are firmly united.

10. Pumpkin-shaped container in recyclable material, according to claim 8, characterized in that between the adjoining flaps (4.2) and (4.3) of the hexagonal face (4) there is a triangle (4.6) that, starting from the same flat development of the set, is joined to the flap (4.3) by a slit and separated from the flap (4.2) by a cut, so that when it is overlapped and glued under the flap (4.2) by means of a sealing material, the two adjoining flaps are firmly united.

11. Pumpkin-shaped container in recyclable material, according to claims 1 to 10, characterized in that the upper face (4) is folded by the union with the face (1.2) as closure of the container and is held in place by using a velcro (7.1) that located in the lower part of the flap (4.1) will be attached to another velcro (7.2) on the face (1.5).

12. Pumpkin-shaped container in recyclable material, according to claims 1 to 11, characterized in that it has two holes (1.1.1) and (1.4.1) on the faces (1.1) and (1.4), respectively, over which it passes a cord (6) that will serve as a handle to hold the container.