FI66571B - FOERPACKNING - Google Patents

Description

'66571

PACKAGING - PÖRPACKNING

The invention relates to a package as defined in the preamble of claim 1. In particular, the invention relates to palletized packages made of cardboard or similar material.

5 Palletized packaging, i.e. the packages under which the pallet is attached are advantageous because of their easy portability, handling and the protective structure of the products. Such packaging, made mainly of cardboard, has gained particular popularity in the 10 grocery trade as disposable packaging.

The manufacture of a package with a pallet requires the manufacture of separate packages and pallets, which are then, for example, attached to each other when filling the packages. In this case, the production of a package with a pallet 15 requires several work steps, which increases the cost of such packages, which are mainly disposable.

Competitive palletized, mainly disposable packaging is subject to the following requirements: low cost, easy and fast assembly, low storage space, easy transport of raw materials and parts from manufacturer to packer, and low space requirements for large production and long shipments. Currently known palletized packages do not meet the above requirements.

The object of the present invention is to eliminate the above-mentioned drawbacks. It is a further object of the invention to provide a package which meets the above requirements for a competitive palletized package.

With respect to the features characteristic of the invention, reference is made to the claims.

The invention is based on a conventional cardboard or similar mate-! included in the packaging made of the material; for the use of plate parts pivotally connected to the lower edge of the package in the attachment of a pallet and in particular for the assembly of a pallet in connection with the assembly of a package. The pallet can advantageously be built inside the bottom of the package in connection with the assembly of the package.

In connection with the manufacture of the package according to the invention, the assembly of the pallet, the assembly of the package and the fastening of the pallet under the package all take place in one work step. This substantially reduces packaging manufacturing costs.

10 Furthermore, when a pallet is assembled only when the package is assembled, the pallet, like the package, can be transported from the manufacturer to the packer in parts, the parts of which are usually stored and transported in nested, interlaced or otherwise tight packaging. In this case, the transport of bulky packages and / or pallets as such as ready-made units is often avoided.

The invention will now be described in detail by means of exemplary embodiments with reference to the accompanying drawings, in which Figures 1-3 are perspective views of the assembly of a package according to the invention with its parts turned upside down, and Figure 4 shows another package 25 pre-assembled with the bottom down.

Figure 3 shows an package according to the invention upside down. The package comprises a substantially rectangular box part 1 made of corrugated cardboard and a pallet 6, the latter being arranged below the box part 30 to support this. The box part is delimited by the side walls 2, 2 'and the base 3 downwards and downwards, respectively. The structure of the base and the pallet according to the invention is best seen in assembly figures 1 and 2.

In Figure 1, the box part 1 35 made of corrugated cardboard is turned upside down. The box part is formed from a box blank ready in the shape of a box.

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The 2 opposite sides of the opposite side walls of the box. 2 'to the lower edges 4 resp. 4 'joins the swivel plate parts 5, 5', i.

the lower side portions 5 are connected to the opposite side walls 2 and the base plate portions 5 *, respectively, are located to the sides 2 'of the sides 5' transverse to said sides.

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In Figure 2, the pallet cover part 7, i.e. a rectangular board made of sheet material 10 such as plywood, hardboard, particle board, corrugated board, cardboard, etc. is placed and supported against the lower edges 4 'of the side walls 2' transverse to the lower board portions 5 (the lower edges are partially covered under the cover part in the figure). The lid part is suitably dimensioned so as to protrude somewhat over the lower edges 4 'of said side walls 2' so that said lower edges can rest on the lid part in the finished package. In Figure 2, on top of the cover part, i.e. in the finished package, under the cover part, near the fastening edges 4 20 of the lower plate parts 5, two pairs of pallet legs 8 are placed. knee pads for knees 25 in its upper part with its prongs protruding to the sides 11. In the lower plate parts j 5, openings 9 corresponding to said legs are formed so that | that when turning the lower plate parts over the legs 8 so that i! the cover part remains between said support edges 4 'and the lower plate parts i I, the legs 8, 10 protrude from said openings 9 with the legs 11 of the legs remaining above the openings and adhering to the edges of the openings as shown in Fig. 3.

In Fig. 3, the cover part 7 of the pallet 6 is closed in the side walls 2 'of the box part 1 between the support edges 4' and the lower plate parts 5 as the legs 8 protrude out of the openings 9 of the lower plate parts.

The edges of the lid part 7 protrude somewhat laterally beyond the outside of the box part of said support edges. The lower plate parts 5 are fastened to the cover part 7 and to the legs 11 of the legs 8 (not shown in the figure) by fastening hooks 12; the hooks 12 also fasten the legs to the cover part 7.

the manufacture of the palletized package 5 shown in Figures 1-3 takes place very quickly and simply in one operation. The manufacture does not require a separate assembly and fastening of the pallet under the package, which has been necessary in connection with the manufacture of conventional equivalent packages. The manufactured package has a very strong structure 10, with a pallet built into the bottom of the package significantly strengthening the package. Packaging parts, such as corrugated packaging blanks for forming box parts, e.g. chipboard lid parts 4 for pallets and e.g. plywood bent leg profiles 15 for legs 8 can be packed and transported interleaved in a very low bulky manner easily, flexibly and at low cost.

Figure 4 shows another package according to the invention, in which the base plate parts 5 'are fastened together with the lower plate parts 20 5, the lid part 7 and the legs 8 by hooks 12. In this case a very durable and strong base structure of the package is achieved. The side walls 2 of the package are shallow 3a. The package is mainly in the form of a pallet with a pallet collar.

In conventional packages, e.g. made of corrugated cardboard, the manufacture of the base requires the formation of lower plate parts 5 and, respectively, base plate parts s 'which adhere to the side walls 2, 2' of the box part which are mutually crossed. Thanks to the present invention, when forming the bottom part of the package, said plate parts 30 can be formed smaller than before or one of them, e.g. both base plate parts can be omitted in order to save raw material.

It will be clear to a person skilled in the art that, for example, the structure of the legs can differ greatly from those shown in the working examples, and the legs can be of any kind used together with pallets and / or packages. Furthermore, the embodiments of the invention may vary within the scope of the appended claims.

Claims (6)

A package comprising a substantially rectangular box part (1) bounded on the sides by the side walls (2, 2 ') and the bottom (3) and downwards, the bottom comprising at least one plate part pivotally connected to the lower edge (4) of the side wall (2) i.e. a lower pallet part (5), and a pallet (6) adapted to support a box part, the pallet comprising a plate-like lid part (7) and legs (8) supporting it, the pallet lid part being supported below said box plate part (5) ) with respect to the lower edges of the side walls (2 '), i.e. the support edges (4'), characterized in that the cover part (7) of the pallet (6) is arranged below said support edges (4 ') and the turned lower part (5) between and attached to at least the lower plate part, that openings (9) for the legs (8) are formed in the lower plate part, and that the legs protrude downwards from said openings. A package according to claim 1, characterized in that the box part (1) comprises two lower plate parts (5) pivotally connected to the lower edges (4) of the opposite side walls (2), and that the lid part (7) is arranged on the support edges (4 ') and between the lower plate parts turned below the lid part and fixed to said lower plate openings as the legs (8) protrude through the openings formed in the lower plate parts. Packaging according to Claim 1 or 2, characterized in that the lid part (7), the bottom plate part (5) and the legs (8) are fastened to one another at the same time. Package according to one of Claims 1 to 3, characterized in that the box part (1) further comprises two plate parts pivotally connected to each support edge (4 '), i.e. base plate parts (5 *), which are perpendicular to the lower plate part (5), and that said base plate portions (5 ') are turned to the box portion 35 6 66571 towards the lid portion (7) and possibly attached to the lid portion. Packaging according to one of Claims 1 to 4, characterized in that the legs (8) consist of a strip-like material which is bent to form upwardly widening, generally U-shaped, leg-like knees (10) projecting from the top to the sides ( 11). 5,66571 A package according to claims 5 and 7, characterized in that the knees (10) of the legs (8) are arranged to project downwards through the openings (9) of the lower plate parts (5) so that the prongs (11) remain above the openings. 15 7 66571