FR2659624A1 - Container-package for biscuit-type products - Google Patents

Abstract

The container-package comprises contiguous cells which are delimited by at least the bottom (1) and sides. These cells are also delimited by at least one post (14) obtained by a cut-out of the bottom (1) and of at least one of the large sides (2 or 3). The wedging of the biscuits is achieved by the edge of the post (14). The whole of the container-package is constituted by a pure cellulose carton blank. The container-package is more particularly intended for packaging round biscuits or other products.

Description

 The present invention relates to a container-packaging for products of the pancake type arranged in contiguous cells.

 The packaging of pancakes of the cookie or other type is carried out in a standard manner in trays made of thermoformed plastic material. This very flexible tray is itself integrated in a cardboard envelope serving as an overwrap or, sometimes, surrounded by a complex in the form of a transparent welded film which allows the product to be seen.

 This kind of tray is very easy to make and at a very low cost price. However, the material used contributes to the general pollution of our planet.

The object of the invention is to propose a new packaging for this type of product, using a perfectly biodegradable material. Another object of the invention is to propose packaging of a relatively low cost price, which also has the advantage of improving the presentation of these products and which proves, in use, much more practical for the consumer.

 The packaging container according to the invention contains products of the cookie pancake or other type, placed in contiguous cells which are delimited by at least one bottom and sides, and by at least one leg obtained by cutting in said bottom. and on at least one of the longitudinal sides; the cakes are wedged on the edge of the jamb and the entire container-packaging is also made of a blank of cardboard made of pure cellulose.

 According to a first embodiment, the packaging container is in the form of a tray consisting of a bottom and of four sides slightly inclined towards the outside, which tray comprises two separate wedge wedges for wafers. the tray, by two legs arranged in the median transverse plane, which legs are also symmetrical with respect to the median longitudinal plane of the tray.

 According to a preferred arrangement, each leg comprises - a strip cut in the bottom, in the transverse direction, which strip is integral with said bottom by a fold line arranged near the center of the tray - a wider strip cut in the long side , connected to the latter by a fold line disposed under the upper edge of said long side, parallel to the first fold line of the bottom - a fold line between the two strips, which fold line corresponds to that disposed between the bottom and the corresponding side - and a complementary fold line, in the strip cut in the large dimension, to allow the shaping of the leg in the tray.

 According to another arrangement of the invention, still for this first embodiment, the edges of the legs are cut in an arc which makes it possible in particular to press the various stacked pancakes on the short sides of the tray.

 According to a second embodiment, the packaging container according to the invention is in the form of a tray provided with longitudinal sides and a cover, the bottom and the longitudinal sides having cutouts in the form of bands forming legs; these bands are connected to the bottom by a first longitudinal fold line arranged near said sides and linked, on one side, to a longitudinal tongue, and, on the other, to said cover, both extending said long sides, by a second fold line which corresponds to the fold line between said long sides and the tongue on the one hand, and the cover on the other hand; the strips also have a fold line arranged near the upper fold line of the long sides, and at a distance equal to that which exists between the first fold line of the strip on the bottom and the fold line of the longitudinal sides with respect to said background.

 Still according to the invention and for this second embodiment, the container-packaging comprises a pair of bands at each end arranged symmetrically with respect to the longitudinal median plane, and a pair of central bands whose width is equal to twice that of the end strips. The edges of the legs, which hide the patties, correspond substantially to the edges of a cube, two sides of which are arranged parallel and equidistant from the large dimensions.

 According to another arrangement, the cover has lugs which can be snapped into holes provided in the tongue.

 According to another variant of the invention, the packaging container is in the form of a box provided with a bottom, longitudinal sides and an upper plate provided with two orifices for passage of the pancakes; strips are precut in the bottom and one of the long longitudinal sides, to form partitions or partitions arranged in the longitudinal plane perpendicular to the bottom of the box.

 Still according to the invention, the box-shaped container-packaging comprises at least one tab cut in one long side, over its entire height; it is connected by a fold line, so as to be folded down between the bottom and the upper plate to keep the box in volume.

 According to another arrangement of the invention, this box consists of a folded, glued blank, comprising: a bottom followed by a large side, then the upper plate and the other large side, then a flap intended to be glued under said bottom; or the volume holding tabs are cut in the large rib, between the plate and said flap.

 The invention will be further detailed with the aid of the following description and of the accompanying drawings, given by way of indication and in which - FIG. 1 illustrates a first embodiment according to the invention, showing a container-packaging during its volume setting - Figure 2 shows the container-packaging of Figure 1 before the volume of the legs - Figure 3 shows the container-packaging of Figures 1 and 2 as it appears develops flat - Figure 4 shows a second embodiment of a packaging container in its normal form after setting in volume - Figure 5 shows, developed flat, the packaging container of Figure 4; - Figure 6 shows a third embodiment of a container-packaging according to the invention in its normal form after setting in volume - Figure 7 shows the container-packaging of Figure 6 during its setting in volume - the 8 shows, developed flat, the packaging container of FIGS. 6 and 7.

 The packaging container shown in Figures 1, 2 and 3 is in the form of a tray. This tray includes a bottom 1 bordered with ribs and in particular two long sides 2 and 3 and two short sides 4 and 5. The ends of the long sides 2 and 3 have tabs 6 intended to be glued to the internal face of the short sides. 4 and 5. The tray has a generally frustoconical shape; its four ribs are slightly inclined outwards.

 The bottom 1 has two strips 7 precut laterally. These bands 7 are arranged transversely.

They are connected to the bottom, towards the center of the tray, by fold lines 8.

 The strips 7 are extended in each of the sides 2 and 3 by strips 9 also precut, connected to said sides by fold lines 10 located near the upper edge of said long sides.

 The two strips 7 and 9 are interconnected by a fold line 11 which coincides with the fold line 12 arranged between the bottom 1 and the sides 2 and 3.

 Each strip 9 further comprises a fold line 13, parallel to the others, necessary for shaping the leg 14 in the tray, FIG. 1. The two legs 14 separate and delimit two wafers for storing pancakes.

The patties are wedged on the edge of the legs.

 Figure 3 shows, on the cardboard blank, all of the cutouts and creases. These cutouts and creases are symmetrical around the longitudinal axis and the transverse axis. The tray is also symmetrical with respect to the longitudinal median plane and to the transverse median plane.

 Note, on the blank, Figure 3, that the bands 7 are cut laterally in an arc. This circular arc allows, after volume of the legs 14, to wedge the wafers in each cell of the tray by keeping them pressed against the short sides 4 and 5. The wafers are stacked on each other from the bottom 1. They are wedged between the corresponding wall portions 2 and 3 and each small side 4 or 5. In the central part, the two legs 14 ensure the separation and the wedging of the wafers.

 The strip 9 ′ also comprises lateral cutouts 9a in an arc of a circle, in the extension of the lateral cutouts 7a of the strip 7. These small arcs of circle arranged in each strip 9 ′, give the upper part of the jamb a rounded shape equivalent to the circular peripheral border of the pancakes. The 9 "part of the strip 9 is rectangular; its long sides correspond to the fold lines 10 and 13.

 The legs 14 are placed in volume by simple pressure at the fold lines 13, on the back of the strips 9, and tilting of the strips 7 inside the tray by positioning them substantially vertically in the latter. When the leg 14 is placed in the tray, the strip 9 is substantially parallel to the bottom 1.

 Note that the space between the two strips 7, on the bottom 1, between the two fold lines 8, corresponds approximately to a square. The length of the fold line 11 is of the order of twice the length of the fold line 8 and the length of the fold line 10 or 13 is of the order of twice that of the line 11.

 The distances between lines 8 and 11 are substantially equal to those between lines 11 and 10. Line 13 is located approximately halfway between the fold lines 10 and 11.

 The second embodiment of the container-c packaging, shown in Figures 4 and 5, is in the form of a tray with cover. This plate consists of a bottom 1 bordered by two large ribs 2 and 3. Legs 14 are precut in the bottom and the long sides 2 and 3.

 The long side 2 is extended by a perforated cover 15, and the long side 3 is extended by a tongue 16.

 The cover 15 is separated from the long side 2 by a double fold line 17. The tongue 16 is separated from the long side 3 by a double fold line 18, too. It is noted that the cover 15 comprises lugs 19 intended to snap into orifices 20 fitted in the tongue 16. These orifices 20 are arranged in the tongue, against the fold line 18.

 In this second embodiment, it is noted that the cells are formed by the long sides 2 and 3 and by three pairs of legs: two pairs of legs 14 are arranged at the ends of the plate and a pair of legs is arranged in the center of the plate .

 Note, Figures 4 and 5, that the central pair of legs 14 has a width which is double that of the legs located at the ends of the container-packaging. In this embodiment, the wafers are also in contact on the edge of the legs.

 Apart from the cover 15 and the tongue 16, this packaging container has symmetry on either side of the longitudinal and transverse median planes.

 The legs 14 consist of a strip 7 'cut both in the bottom and the long sides 2 and 3. These legs 14 have a fold line 8 on the bottom, arranged near the fold line 12 of the large side 2 or 3 with respect to the bottom 1. They also have a fold line which corresponds to the fold line 18 or 17, as the case may be, as well as a fold line ll 'situated between the two. The legs 14 form with the bottom 1 and the sides 2 and 3 a kind of deformable parallelepiped; seen from the side, that is to say at the end, the jamb 14 forms, with the bottom 1 and the ribs 2 or 3, a deformable parallelogram.

 The legs 14 are arranged in the same alignment, above the bottom 1, in front of each rib 2 and 3. The edges of the legs 14, in contact with the wafers, correspond substantially to the edges of a cube c placed on the bottom 1 , of which two of its faces would be arranged parallel to the long sides 2 and 3. This fictitious cube c is illustrated in fine lines, FIG. 5, as well as a wafer g on the bottom 1. It is thus noted that the fold line 8 a a length which corresponds to the distance separating it from the fold line 12 bordering the bottom 1. The wafer g tangents the small border of the bottom 1.

 The central strips 7 ′ may have a trapezoidal shape between the fold lines 21 and 17 or 18, to increase the contact surface with the cover 15 on one side, and the tongue 16 on the other side.

 Such a packaging container can be loaded with patties directly on the bottom 1, at the location of each of the cells, before the volume. The packaging container is then placed around the pancakes and the cover is closed after pivoting the tongue 16 inwards.

 It is also possible to provide for a volume of the container-packaging, that is to say the placing of the sides 2 and 3 relative to the bottom, thereby causing the legs 14 to be shaped; the wafers are placed in the cells delimited by the sides 2 and 3 and the legs 14 before the cover is closed.

 This packaging container also allows filling at the ends by shaping the end legs 14 after the introduction of the pancakes into the cells.

 The cover 15 can also be glued to the tongue 16, instead of being snapped on, after having folded this tongue over the upper part of the legs 14.

 Figures 6, 7 and 8 show a third embodiment of a container-packaging for pancakes. This packaging container is in the form of a box consisting of a bottom l, two long sides 2 and 3, an upper plate 21 and a flap 22 glued under the bottom 1.

 The upper plate 21 has two orifices 23 and 24 with a diameter substantially greater than that of the wafers intended to be stacked on the bottom 1.

 The cells for each stack of wafers are formed by the sides 2 and 3 and by legs 14, three in number, arranged in the longitudinal plane of the box, passing substantially through the centers of the wafers. The patties are wedged on the vertical edges of the legs 14.

 These legs 14 are precut in the bottom 1 and the long side 2. Each leg has a strip 25 cut out in the bottom 1 and a strip 26 cut out partly in the bottom 1 and in the long side 2. The strip 25 is integral with the bottom 1 by means of the fold line 28 disposed substantially in the center of the bottom 1 along the longitudinal axis. The strip 26 is secured to the upper plate 21 by the fold line 27 which corresponds to the fold line of said plate 21 on the long side 2. The bands 25 and 26 are connected together by a fold line 29, parallel to the two others, which is slightly offset, on the bottom 1, relative to the fold line 12 of said bottom 1 with the long side 2.

 It can be seen in FIG. 8 that the strips 26 have an oblique cut so as to increase the contact surface between said strip and the upper plate 21.

 The packaging container of Figures 6 to 8 is preferably folded and mounted by gluing. The strips 26 of the legs 14 are in fact glued under the upper plate 21.

The flap 22 is glued under the bottom 1 in a position such that the long sides 2 and 3 remain parallel.

 The packaging container can thus be delivered flat after gluing.

 The volume of this box is made by setting the long rib 2 square relative to the bottom 1, then by folding the upper plate 21 to the square relative to the side 2. Then the large side 3 is folded square with respect to the plate 21, around the fold line 27; and finally, the tongue 22 is folded square, around the fold line 27 ", under the bottom 1 and glued to the latter.

This setting in volume is preserved by means of a flap 30 at least. This flap 30 is precut in the long side 3. I1 has a fold line 31, perpendicular to the fold line 32 of the upper plate 21 and the long side 3. The pivoting of the flap 30, around the fold line 31, between the bottom 1 and the upper plate 21 makes it possible to maintain a right angle between the long side 3 and the bottom 1 on the one hand and the upper plate 21 on the other hand.

 FIGS. 6 to 8 show two complementary flaps 33 precut at the ends of the long side 3 and articulated with respect to this long side 3 around fold lines 34 parallel to the fold line 31 of the flap 30. These flaps 33 complete the action of the flap 30 to maintain the box in volume.

 The various packaging containers shown in the figures are made from a blank of micro-corrugated cardboard or not, made from pure cellulose, that is to say from a completely biodegradable material.

 We also note for each of the embodiments, and in particular for the tray in FIG. 1 and the box in FIG. 6, the great ease of extracting the pancakes thanks in particular to the lateral access due to the presence of the legs 14.

 From the point of view of space, the packaging container according to the second embodiment, FIGS. 4 and 5, is the most efficient. Its size corresponds substantially to the size of two stacks of pancakes.

 The container-packaging in the form of a tray is slightly more bulky because of the slope of the lateral dimensions, and that in the form of a box has a longitudinal bulk which results from the width of the legs used.

 Such a packaging container can also have more than two cells, and its use is not limited to pancakes; we can consider accommodating other products in round or other shapes.

 These packaging containers can be completed by a transparent complex, welded or not or any overwrapping.

 The use of cardboard for this type of packaging container allows direct decoration.

 The reference signs inserted after the technical characteristics mentioned in the claims are intended only to facilitate the understanding of the latter and in no way limit their scope.

Claims (10)

- CLAIMS  1.- Container-packaging for products of the pancake type arranged in contiguous cells delimited by at least one bottom and dimensions, characterized in that it comprises cells also delimited by at least one leg (14) obtained by cutting in said bottom (1) and on at least one of the longitudinal sides (2 or 3), the setting of the patties effecting on the edge of the leg (14), and the entire container-packaging is made of a blank of cardboard in pure cellulose.  2. A container-packaging for pancakes, according to claim 1, characterized in that it is in the form of a tray consisting of a bottom (1) and four sides slightly inclined towards the outside, which tray comprises two wafers for storing the pancakes, separated in the center of the tray, by two legs (14) arranged in the median transverse plane and symmetrical with respect to the median longitudinal plane of the tray.  3. A container-packaging for pancakes, according to claim 2, characterized in that each leg comprises - a strip (7) cut in the bottom (1), in the transverse direction, which strip (7) is integral with said bottom by a fold line (8) disposed near the center of the tray - a wider strip (9) cut in the long side (2 or 3), connected to the latter by a fold line (10) disposed under the 'upper edge of said long side, parallel to the first fold line (8) - a fold line (11), between the two strips (7 and 9), which fold line (11) corresponds to the fold line ( 12) between the bottom (1) and the corresponding side (2 or 3) - a complementary fold line (13), in the strip (9) cut in the long side, parallel to the fold line (10), to allow the shaping of the leg (14) in the tray.  4. A container-packaging for pancakes, according to any one of claims 2 or 3, characterized in that the leg (14) comprises edges precut in an arc.  5. A container-packaging for pancakes according to claim 1, characterized in that it is in the form of a tray whose bottom is provided, laterally, sides (2 and 3) longitudinal, extended by a cover; the bottom (1) and the sides (2 and 3) have cutouts delimiting strips (7 ') intended to form the legs (14); these bands are linked to the bottom by a first fold line (8) arranged near said sides (2 and 3) and linked, on the other hand, to said cover (15) which extends the long side (2) and has a tongue (16) which extends the long side (3), by the fold lines (17 and 18) respectively each strip (7 ') comprising a fold line (11') arranged near the upper fold line of the large ribs (2 and 3), at a distance equivalent to that which separates the fold line (8) from the fold lines of the long sides with respect to the bottom (1).  6. A container-packaging for pancakes, according to claim 5, characterized in that it comprises a pair of legs (14) at each end of the long sides (2 and 3), a pair of legs arranged in the center, the width of the latter being substantially equal to twice that of the end legs; the edges of said legs corresponding substantially to the edges of a cube C, two sides of which are arranged parallel and at equal distance from the large ribs (2 and 3).  7. A container-packaging for pancakes, according to any one of claims 5 or 6, characterized in that it comprises a cover (15) provided with lugs (19) snap-in holes orifices (20) arranged in the tongue. (16) which extends the long side (3).  8. A container-packaging for pancakes, according to claim 1, characterized in that it is in the form of a box provided with a bottom (1), with longitudinal sides (2 and 3), and an upper plate (21) pierced with two orifices (23 and 24) for the passage of the pancakes; bands forming jambs are precut in the bottom (1) and one of the long longitudinal sides, so as to constitute partitions which are located in the median longitudinal plane of the box.  9. A container-packaging for pancakes, according to claim 8, characterized in that it comprises at least one tab (30) cut in the long side (3), of the same height as the latter, linked to this long side ( 3) by a fold line (31) perpendicular to the fold line (32) between the long side (3) and the upper plate (21); which flap is intended to be pushed back between the bottom (1) and the upper plate (21) to maintain the large rib (3) and, consequently the large side (2), to enclose it with respect to said bottom ( 1) and to the upper plate (21).  10. A container-packaging for pancakes, according to any one of claims 8 or 9, characterized in that it consists of a folded glued blank comprising: a bottom (1) connected by a fold line (12) has a long side (2), itself connected by a fold line (27) to the upper plate (21) which is itself connected by a fold line (32) to the long side (3), which extends by a flap intended to be glued under the bottom (1).