ES2201863B1 - BOX FOR LOST PRODUCTS, STORAGE PROVISION AND METHOD FOR FORMATION. - Google Patents

Abstract

Box for perishable products, disposal of storage and method for its formation.

It consists of a box formed by a bottom, four corners, and four walls, arranging the bottom at four walls and / or corners a flexible joint, formed by a portion of fibroplastic type strip initially arranged aligned the walls at the bottom of the box constituting a flattened piece to the one that the corners are added.

The method for its formation consists in the bottom arrangement on a support and the closing of the walls each other, whose corners are stapled by heads Staplers

The arrangement for storage comprises a proper arrangement in flat, stacking the sets on pallets.

Application in the manufacture of boxes for perishable products at the place of use. It is extensible its use to non-perishable products.

Description

Box for perishable products, disposal of storage and method for its formation.

The technical sector of this patent is that of boxes for perishable products, such as fruits, vegetables, etc.

Fruit packers have before them a permanent problem derived from that while the fruit is taken to the warehouses where it is manufactured by means of transport that take advantage of its volume, and is stored in these stores for subsequent packaging, the boxes where it will be located once manufactured the fruit, constitute a problem, initially for transport, because they cover the same full as empty, and that does not It implies a price reduction by the carrier. And from somewhere else, they also constitute another problem to be precisely a great part of the stores destined for storage until it is time to fill, which in periods of great activity can be a large part of its surface. United to the inefficiency of the internal transport, because each pile of boxes It may contain a very limited number of these, in addition to that according to current packaging techniques this implies the activity permanent of one or more people to facilitate before each packaging unit the sufficient number of packages to it.

Indication of prior art

The product box is widely known perishable Traditionally there are three kinds; that of plastic, cardboard and wood material. The first can be foldable, with a high unit price, the second although very Versatile deteriorates with water, which requires treatments that they make the packaging more expensive, and sometimes its use has been limited food for certain transports, and the third, the most used, It is the wood with the drawbacks outlined above.

In plastic we review as significant, the ES 2017271 per detachable plastic food box, which it comprises a bottom and walls that can be embedded and Dismantle occupying a flat surface. It is complex manufacture and high price for the complication of its elements and the need for manufacturing plastic injection.

ES 1017609 per folding box presents some similar characteristics to the previous one, although under a technique differentiated

Also the ES U291084 per folding box for Fruit is made up of a bottom and two walls, the bottom being by folding conformador of other two walls.

None of these boxes have the characteristics and especially the versatility that allows as intended in the box described, the essential possibility of receiving fruits while it is in the process of assembly, characteristic of fundamental importance

The present invention aims at a box for perishable products, the storage arrangement corresponding and the method for its formation. The application principal to perishable products, however, do not obstruct It can also be applied to non-perishable products.

The box in question consists of a box structure identical to those previously existing, that is, formed by a bottom, four walls, free of cover since the coverings are added later, and equipped with four corners that they configure their structural reinforcement. These five elements, walls and bottom are different pieces. However, the walls are not attached to the bottom by staples but by a flexible means. The rest of the box is initially exempt union. Subsequently set, arm and staple.

This assumes that this box is configured as a plan or laminar figure that includes all the elements cited.

The advantages that derive from this are evident, since a pallet of boxes so arranged contains a such number of boxes that multiplies by approximately 10 and 30 times the same volume of assembled boxes.

This means that the internal transport of a warehouse should carry out between ten and thirty times less trips I was transporting boxes formed. It also assumes that the storage space is drastically reduced, also needing a space at least also between ten or thirty times smaller for its storage, not counting that constituting sets more compact, can be stacked with greater height also facilitating the use of space.

Transportation also means a lower price; where boxes were transported now the boxes can be transported deployed with a performance also between ten and thirty times previous.

All this requires that prior to the moment the assembled boxes are arranged from the fruit box, which it is facilitated by the arrangement of the flexible joints that join the bottom to the walls of the box or to the joint corners or alternatively, after which stapling is carried out in a simple operation that takes place before each packaging unit or well, to have adequate transport, at a point in the warehouse.

In order to make clearer the explanation that will follow, accompanied by three sheets of drawings that in three figures They represent the essence of the present invention.

Figure 1 shows a view of a box according to the concept developed by this invention.

Figure 2 shows a similar box in which the corners are fixed to other walls with respect to the of figure 1.

Figure 3 shows a view of the box in the Closed phase to be stapled.

Figure 4 shows an image according to Figure 3 in which they have been introduced prior to stapling, the corresponding fruits.

In these figures it is represented indicated by 1, the bottom, with 2.1 and 2.1 the respective side walls, with 3.1 and 3.2 the corresponding header walls, with 4 the union arranged between the head wall and the bottom of the box, with 5, the junction between the side wall and the bottom of the box, with 6 designated corners that join the side walls 2.1 and 2.2, being in this version the header walls 31 and 3.2 not equipped with these corners. Figure 2 shows a view of a similar figure in which the corners 7 are arranged in the  header walls 3.3 and 3.4, the walls being found in this case 2.3 and 2.4 not equipped with these corners.

Figures 3 and 4 represent the assembly of the box, with figure 4 representing that the boxes are stapled with the fruit on, according to the advantages that we have pointed to throughout this text

In any case, unions 4 and 5 can be arranged in different modalities, either between walls 2, 3, and bottom 1 of the box, or between corners 6, 7, and bottom of the box, and both ways together.

The characteristic of this union is essentially its flexibility that involves the possibility of manufacturing the boxes in deployed position and therefore configuration substantially laminar and easy to stack with savings of Space and economy in transport.

Said joint is preferably a portion of fibroplastic strap, being a high strength material, easy work, and susceptible to simple cutting, which requires less maintenance and costs of the machines that carry it out.

However, this does not deprive the possibility of that a joint for example of injected plastic be installed whose technical and practical effect would not be different from the strapping fibroplastic

Said fibroplastic strap may be final installation, as preferred, but not necessarily it must be, because nothing prevents it from being replaced in the process of assembly of the box by staples that are located in its convenient position.

The great advantage of this box is that it is configured at the point of use, which leads to it being mounted on site , producing a space-saving effect both in storage and in the transport of the boxes that results in its profitability and of the corresponding warehouses.

Your storage arrangement, as seen, it includes the superposition of sets of deployed boxes that are likely to be arranged in a vertical, horizontal position, being able to take advantage of small displacements of a piece with with respect to the previous and the following to favor the use of stacking space. This favors immersion of the pointers in the corresponding boxes above and next.

A great advantage of this box is that the fruit embedding process, which requires a compression of the fruit usually carried out by willing technical means in the fitting heads or in the box supports, or in both together, it is not necessary now, it is enough to locate the fruits in the box according to figure 3 and 4, for later complete stapling assembly - or by other means - leaving the compressed fruit

An explanation of an embodiment comes given by the description and the graphics provided.

The examples cited include two alternatives of the same essentiality, consisting in that the corners on the head walls or side walls. Any prevents that with the same essence a corner is available in each One of the side walls. The only difference occurs in any case in the position of the stapling heads, which They should always accommodate your ideal application.

It is susceptible of industrial application in the manufacture of boxes for perishable products. It is extensible Use to non-perishable products.

Claims (14)

1. Box for perishable products, of which being composed of a bottom, walls and corners, is characterized by a substantially laminar configuration and because being formed by five pieces, bottom and four walls, these are independent; it disposes some unions between said bottom and the walls, constituted by means that allow to articulate the walls with respect to the bottom, in deployed, and as such an armed box. 2. Box, according to claim 1, characterized in that the bottom (1) of the box is attached to the walls through its connection to the corners (6, 7). 3. Box, according to claim 1, characterized in that the bottom (1) is attached to the walls (2, 3). 4. Box according to claim 1 characterized in that the bottom (1) is connected to the walls (2, 3) and the corners (6, 7). 5. Box, according to claim 1 and any of claims 2 to 4, characterized in that the joint (4, 5) between the bottom (1) of the box and walls (2, 3), is flexible. 6. Box, according to claim 1 and any of claims 2 to 4, characterized in that the joint (4, 5) between the bottom (1) of the box and walls (2, 3) is constituted by a portion of fibroplastic strap . 7. Box, according to claim 1 and any of claims 2 to 6, characterized in that the joint (4, 5) between bottom (1) and walls (2, 3) or corners (6, 7) is articulated. 8. Box, according to claim 1 and any of claims 2 to 7, characterized in that the connection (4, 5) between the bottom (1) and walls (2, 3) and / or corners (6, 7) is provisional. 9. Box, according to claim 1 and any of claims 2 to 8, characterized in that the joint (4, 5) between the bottom (1) and walls (2, 3) or corners (6, 7) is final. 10. Box according to claim 1 and one of claims 2 to 9, characterized in that the box is configured by stapling at the place of use. 11. Storage arrangement for boxes, characterized in that starting from the box defined in claims 1 to 10, and being initially configured the boxes in a laminar form, are arranged on a pallet, and one on top of the other. 12. Storage arrangement for boxes, characterized in that the superposition of the boxes in a laminar form, is produced by a stack with a displacement of each one on the upper one, according to the volume of the corners. 13. Method for forming boxes, characterized in that by arranging the box defined by claims 1 to 10, the boxes are formed from the substantially laminar base structures of said boxes, being arranged in a location where the base or bottom is arranged in a certain position, immediately and successively arranging wall-corner fixing heads so that simultaneously or successively, they join, by means of joining, the walls of the box that is armed. 14. Method, according to claim 13, characterized in that the boxes, during assembly, are capable of receiving layers of fruit that will be subsequently compressed upon acquiring the walls in a vertical position, secured by the means of joining each other or to the corners.