FR2611660A1 - PACKAGING FOR HOLLOW DISHES SUCH AS CUPS OR GLASSES - Google Patents

Abstract

THE INVENTION RELATES TO A PACKAGING FOR HOLLOW DISHES SUCH AS CUPS OR GLASSES. THIS PACKAGING IS CHARACTERIZED IN THAT IT CONSISTS OF A BODY 1 AND A LID EACH PROVIDED WITH A MAIN SIDE 10 AND COOPERATING TO DEFINE A CAGE CONTAINING FLEXIBLE RECEPTION ORGANS 16 ALLOWING SIDE-BY-SIDE PLACEMENT CUPS OR GLASSES AND THEIR INDIVIDUAL LOCKING.

Description

Packing for hollow dishes such as cups or glasses

  The invention relates to a packaging for

  hollow saddle, such as cups-or glasses.

  We already know different types of packaging for storing and transporting dishes such as plates, cups, glassware or others. These traditional packaging include so-called "primary" packaging consisting of wood chips or paper and so-called "secondary" packaging constituted by wooden boxes or containers.

cartons.

  These types of packaging are relatively heavy

  and a little easy handling. In addition, they

  There is a great loss of time in placing the dishes without ensuring, however, a high degree of reliability when transporting packaged dishes. French Patent No. 86 11 379 proposes a package of simple design for removing "primary and secondary" packaging; however,

  this packaging is primarily intended to enable the packaging

  individual dish dishes such as dishes or dishes and can hardly adapt to the packaging of hollow dishes such as glasses or cups that are traditionally packaged by

groups of six, eight or twelve.

  The present invention aims to remedy

  this drawback by proposing a more specific packaging

  especially for hollow tableware such as

cups or glasses.

  According to the invention, this package is characterized in that it consists of a body and a

  each with a main face and

  to define a cage containing flexible receiving members allowing the establishment of

  side of cups or glasses and their individual blocking.

  As already indicated, this package effectively maintains in its inner part, several cups or glasses (generally six, eight or twelve) which are placed side by side parallel to each other by being efficiently blnn, 'és so as not to not risk

  to clash and as a result to break.

  This effective maintenance is obtained as soon as

  in place cups or glasses that is almost immediate.

  According to another characteristic of the invention, the body and the cover are constituted by angles delimiting a frame, in particular rectangular, whose vertices are provided with interlocking members allowing the closure of the package by locking the cover on the

  bodies and whose opposite sides are connected by

  toises arranged parallel in two directions

  different in order to define single intersections

  formally distributed over the main faces of the body and the lid and at which the individual receiving members of the cups or

glasses.

  This packaging is, most often, made of a synthetic material that has several advantages: a low price, easy manufacture, low weight and elasticity to effectively protect

objects stored and transported.

  The spacers are most often arranged in two directions perpendicular and parallel to the sides of the frame; this configuration is however not limited to the invention, and one could provide spacers defining diamonds. Similarly, although they are most often rectangular, one could also imagine frames with other shapes,

particularly rounded.

  Similarly, the geometry of the assembly thus formed is any and depends, above all, the number of glasses or cups that the packaging must contain; in the most frequent case of six objects, it is expected

  usually arrange them in two rows of three.

  According to another characteristic of the invention, the receiving members are constituted by a rod

  rigid essentially perpendicular to the main face

  blade of the body or cover on which it is fixed at an intersection by one of its ends or first end, and carrying, at its opposite end or second end, at least two substantially orthogonal cross tongues inclined at direction of the rod and cooperating to define a receiving dome of the inner surface of a cup or a glass.

  By their elasticity, the tongues allow

  a secure and flexible blocking of the objects put in place in the packaging. Of course, the size and inclination of the tongues are a function of the cups

or glasses to be packaged.

  According to another characteristic of the invention,

  the intersections of the body and the lid correspond to

  tooth and are each provided with a hollow receiving pad for setting up forcefully and removably

  the first end of the stem of a delivery organ

tion.

  This removable character of the receiving members is of particular interest, since it is thus possible to set up, in the same "cage" different receiving members depending on the differences in shape or size of the cups or

glasses to be transported.

  In addition, it is thus possible to insert at choice, the first end of the rod is-in the

  cover, either in the body of the package.

  It should also be noted that the unused receiving studs (of the lid or of the body of the packaging) are not without interest, since they cooperate with the tongues to allow the cups or the glasses to be blocked. by their outer part, preventing any movement that can lead to shocks. According to another characteristic of the invention, the body, the cover and the receiving members are

  mounted in one piece of a synthetic material.

  This is a characteristic of a nature to facilitate significantly the manufacture of the packaging according to the invention, and consequently, to reduce its

cost price.

  According to another characteristic of the invention, the interlocking members are constituted, on the one hand, by hollow engagement studs parallel to the receiving studs and arranged on the angles at the four corners of the main face of the lid and, on the other hand, by cylindrical or frustoconical collating columns parallel to the receiving studs, arranged on the angles at the four corners of the main face of the body and provided at their end with a cooperating recess.

  with the hollow part of the interlocking studs to allow

  to be put in place by force of the cover on the body of

packaging.

  This configuration, which is of an extremely simple nature, can give rise to a number of variants; For example, it is possible to equip

  angles or studs of reinforcing elements.

  Another variant is to provide the main faces of the lid and the body packaging body

  cooperating to allow their stacking.

  A particularly interesting variant of

  invention would consist in designing a packaging con-

  staggered by a cover and an identical body cooperating with four auxiliary columns provided with a recess

at each of their ends.

  The characteristics of the packaging which is the subject of the invention will be described in more detail with reference to the accompanying drawings, in which: - Figure 1 is a perspective view of the body of the package, - Figure 2 represents the body cover of

the package of Figure 1.

  According to the figures, the packaging according to the invention consists of a packaging body 1 (FIG. 1) cooperating with a lid 2 (FIG. 2) which cooperate to define a cage, when they are locked. one into the other by means of embodying bodies which

  will be described in more detail later in this presentation.

  According to the figures, the body 1 and the lid 2 of the package comprise main faces 10 and and consist of angles 3 assembled so as to define a rectangular frame 30, 31 respectively surrounding the main faces 10, 20 of the body

packing 1 and lid 2.

  The four corners of the frames 30, 31 of the body 1, on the one hand, and the lid 2, on the other hand, carry the engagement members, part of which is integral with the body 1 while the complementary part is integral with the body

cover 2.

  These elements comprise pillar columns

  member 6 of frustoconical shape fixed on the corners 5 of the frame 30 of the packaging body 1 perpendicularly to the main face 10 thereof; these columns 6 are provided at their end with a recess 7 cooperating with the hollow portion 8 of interlocking studs 9 attached to the

  four corners 5 'of the frame 31 of the lid 2 perpendicular-

  on the main face 20 of it. The dimensions of

  7 of columns 6, on the one hand, and

  Hollow portions 8 of the interlocking studs 9, on the other hand, are chosen so as to allow force-fitting of the recesses 7 in the hollow parts 8 and

a safe hold of these.

  Moreover, as already indicated, the packaging shown in Figures 1 and 2 is intended to receive cups or glasses, not shown. The height h of the interlocking columns 6 is, of course,

  chosen according to the dimensions of these.

  Moreover, the parallel sides of the angles

  3 defining the frames 30, 31 surrounding the primary faces

  10, 20 of the packaging body 1 and the lid 2,

  are joined by spacers 12, 13 and 12 ', 13' dis-

  laid parallel in two perpendicular directions

  in order to define intersections 14, 14 'uniformly

  distributed on the main faces 10 and 20 of the body 1 and the cover 2 at which are fixed

  hollow receiving studs 15, 15 'approximately

  diculaires to the interlocking pads 9 and to the columns

interlocking 6.

  FIGS. 1 and 2 show a package intended to receive six cups arranged in two rows of three: the body 1 and the cover 2 of this package comprise six intersections 14, 14 'each provided with a receiving pad 15, 15 . This configuration is, of course, in no way limiting of the invention. According to Figure 1, the receiving pads 15 placed at intersections 14 of the main face 10 of the body 1 of the package are provided with removable receiving members 16, each for holding a cup or a glass not shown. These receiving members 16 are constituted by a rigid rod 17, a first end 18 is fixed in a receiving pad 15 while its opposite end 19 is provided with two crossed tabs 21 which are inclined downwards towards the rod 17 in order to define a reception dome ensuring the maintenance of the internal surface

  of a cup or a glass not shown.

  The reception domes hold the cups, glasses or other in the suspended state, so as to prevent the upper edge of cups, glasses or other

risk of being chipped.

  In addition, the shape of the tabs of the dome is a function of cups, glasses or other, nevertheless cups, glasses or other having different shapes but a similar format can be maintained on a

  same dome thanks to the elasticity of the tongues.

  The packaging shown in Figures 1 and 2 is preferably made of plastic material, and has the advantage of being both flexible, robust, lightweight, easy to manufacture and a cost price not high. Of course, the package shown in Figures 1 and 2 should be considered as an example and it could give rise to multiple variants

  without departing from the scope of the invention.

RE V E N D I C AT I 0 NS

  1) Package for hollow dishes such as cups or glasses, characterized in that it consists of a body (1) and a lid (2) each provided with a main face (10, 20) and cooperating to define a

  cage enclosing flexible receiving members (16)

  putting together side by side cups or

glasses and their individual blocking.

  2) Packaging according to claim 1, characterized

  characterized in that the body (1) and the cover (2) consist of angles (3, 3 ') delimiting a frame (30, 3D in particular rectangular, whose vertices (5, 5') are provided with interlocking means (6, 7, 8, 9) for closing the package by locking the lid (2) on the body (1) and the opposite sides of which are connected by spacers (12, 13, 12 ', 13 ') arranged in parallel in two different directions so as to define intersections (14, 14') uniformly distributed over the main faces (10, 20) of the body (1) and the cover (2) and at which are placed the organs of

  individual reception (16) of cups or glasses.

  3) Packaging according to any one of

  claims 1 and 2, characterized in that the organs

  receiving means (16) are constituted by a rigid rod (17) substantially perpendicular to the main face (10) of the body (1) or the cover (2) on which it is fixed at an intersection (14, 14 ') at one of its ends (18) or first end and carrying, at its opposite end (19) or second end, at

  at least two flexible tabs (21) substantially orthogonal

  gonales inclined towards the rod (17) and cooperating with

  to define a receiving dome of the surface

dull of a cup or a glass.

  4) Packaging according to any one of

  1 to 3, characterized in that the intersections

  (14, 14 ') of the body (1) and the cover (2)

  correspond and are each equipped with a receiver pad.

  hollow recess (15, 15 ') for forcefully and removably placing the first end (18) of the rod (17) of a receiving member (16). ) Packing according to any of the

  Claims 1 to 4, characterized in that the body (1),

  the cover (2) and the receiving members (16) are

  molded in one piece of a synthetic material.

  60) Packaging according to any one of

  Claims 1 to 5, characterized in that the

  of interlocking are constituted, on the one hand, by studs

  hollow embossments (8, 9) parallel to the receiving studs

  (15 ') and disposed on the angles (3) at the four corners (5') of the main face (20) of the cover (2) and, secondly, by cylindrical (6) interlocking columns (6). frustoconical parallel to the receiving studs (15), arranged on the angles (3) at the four corners (5) of the main face (10) of the body (1)

  and provided at their end with a recess (7) cooperating with

  with the hollow portion (9) of the interlocking studs (8) to enable the lid (2) to be forced in place

on the body (1) of the package.