FR2832978A1 - Semi-rigid packaging with two separable compartments comprises external flaps hinged to opposite walls and two upright panels perpendicular to flaps forming internal partitions - Google Patents

Abstract

The cardboard packaging box has two external flaps located in the same plane and attached to two opposite walls (1,2) and hinged by folding lines. Two upright panels (14) perpendicular to these flaps inside the packaging form two internal partitions. Bands (16) attached to the partitions by folding lines parallel to external flaps comprise slits and are folded inside the packaging. Two other flaps (11,12) each comprise, along their contiguous edges, tongues (19,20) which are engaged in the slits of the associated partition. The inside of the packaging is thus divided into two compartments which are closed at each end by a half (3a,3b) of a wall to which the external flaps are attached.

Description

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Packaging in a semi-rigid material comprising two separate compartments, capable of being closed and possibly separable from one another.

The present invention relates to a packaging made of a semi-rigid material such as cardboard or corrugated cardboard, comprising two separate compartments, capable of being closed and, optionally separable from one another.
It relates more particularly to such packaging derived from an American box, that is to say a box comprising: - four rectangular walls, adjoining them by first parallel fold lines and each arranged perpendicular to the adjoining walls; - Interior flaps articulated by fold lines perpendicular to the first fold lines along two parallel sides of two opposite walls, these interior flaps being folded perpendicular to the adjoining walls and being arranged inside the box; - Outer flaps articulated by fold lines perpendicular to the first fold line along two parallel sides of two other opposite walls, these outer flaps being folded perpendicular to the adjoining walls against the inner flaps and being arranged outside the box.

 Preferably, the American box has a rectangular cross section, the outer flaps adjoining two longitudinal walls and each extending along one half of the corresponding section of the box, while the inner flaps adjoin two transverse walls.

1 type général, de manière à ménager à l'intérieur de celle-ci deux compartiments distincts pour les articles conditionnés, chaque compartiment étant fermé et étant éventuellement séparable de l'autre compartiment pour former ainsi deux conditionnements autonomes. The present invention aims to modify an American box of this

1 general type, so as to provide inside thereof two separate compartments for the packaged articles, each compartment being closed and possibly separable from the other compartment to thereby form two independent packages.

 For this purpose, on two outer flaps located in the same plane and adjoining two opposite walls are articulated by fold lines parallel to these walls two panels straightened perpendicular to these flaps inside the packaging, to form two partitions internal applied against each other and extending between the flaps

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 inside, bands adjoining these partitions by fold lines parallel to the associated outer flaps comprising slots at the level of these fold lines and being folded towards the inside of the packaging, while the other two outer flaps each have, according to their contiguous edges, tongues capable of being folded inwardly of the packaging to be engaged in the slot associated with the adjoining partition, the interior of the packaging thus being divided into two compartments each comprising a wall of the packaging , a partition parallel to the latter, two outer flaps, and the inner flaps against which they are applied, these compartments being closed at each end by one half of a wall of the package to which the interior flaps are attached.

 Preferably, the tabs mentioned above have dimensions and shapes such that they must be forced into the associated slot, with a temporary deformation of the semi-rigid cardboard which then returns to its original shape, thereby trapping the tab in its housing, so as to lock the corresponding compartment in the closed position.

 Preferably, a separation means such as a line of break initiators or a tear-off strip or the like is provided in the middle of the two walls closing the two compartments. A package of the type known as "breakable" in the art is thus obtained and it is possible, by tearing these separation means, to separate the two compartments and to divide the package into two separate packages.

An embodiment of the invention will be described below in more detail, with reference to the accompanying schematic drawings. In these drawings:
FIG. 1 is a plan view of a blank of corrugated cardboard which has been pre-cut and pushed back from which the packaging of this embodiment is derived;
Figures 2,3, 4 and 5 are perspective views illustrating four phases of the packaging volume;
Figure 6 is a perspective view from another angle of the open package, ready to be filled with articles to be packaged, obtained at the end of the previous phases;
Figure 7 is a perspective view of the closed package;

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Figure 8 is a perspective view illustrating the division of the packaging into two separate packages, each consisting of a compartment of the packaging.

- des premiers rabats intérieurs 5a, 5b, 6a, 6b, articulés respectivement sur les moitiés de parois transversales 3a, 3b, 4a, 4b et redressés perpendiculairement à ces parois dans un même plan, et des seconds rabats intérieurs 7a, 7b et 8a, 8b également articulés sur les moitiés de parois transversales 3a, 3b, 4a, 4b, par des lignes de pliage perpendiculaires aux premières lignes de pliage et redressés perpendiculairement à ces parois dans un plan parallèle au précédent ; les rabats 7a, 7b et 8a, 8b ont des longueurs égales, tandis que les rabats 5a, 5b et 6a, 6b ont ici des longueurs différentes ; - des rabats extérieurs 9, 10, 11, 12, attenants aux parois longitudinales 1 et 2 par des lignes de pliage perpendiculaires aux premières lignes de pliage et redressés perpendiculairement aux parois attenantes suivant deux plans parallèles, à l'extérieur de l'emballage, contre les rabats internes correspondants ; les rabats externes 9-10 s'étendant chacun sensiblement suivent une moitié de la section correspondante de la caisse. As explained above, the packaging shown in the drawings is derived from an American box and it comprises: - two longitudinal walls 1 and 2 articulated on two transverse walls, by first parallel fold lines, each wall being perpendicular to the two adjoining walls and the two transverse walls here being divided into two halves, respectively 3a-3b, 4a-4b, by a line of breaking initiators 22,23, parallel to the first fold lines;

first inner flaps 5a, 5b, 6a, 6b, articulated respectively on the halves of transverse walls 3a, 3b, 4a, 4b and straightened perpendicular to these walls in the same plane, and second inner flaps 7a, 7b and 8a, 8b also articulated on the halves of transverse walls 3a, 3b, 4a, 4b, by fold lines perpendicular to the first fold lines and straightened perpendicular to these walls in a plane parallel to the previous one; the flaps 7a, 7b and 8a, 8b have equal lengths, while the flaps 5a, 5b and 6a, 6b here have different lengths; - external flaps 9, 10, 11, 12, adjoining the longitudinal walls 1 and 2 by fold lines perpendicular to the first fold lines and straightened perpendicular to the adjoining walls in two parallel planes, outside the packaging, against the corresponding internal flaps; the external flaps 9-10 each extending substantially follow one half of the corresponding section of the box.

s'étendant entre les rabats internes 7a, 7b, et 8a, 8b. According to the invention, on the outer flaps 9 and 10 are hinged by fold lines parallel to the walls 1 and 2 respectively, two rectangular panels 13 and 14, straightened perpendicularly to the adjoining flap towards the inside of the packaging, to form two internal partitions applied one against the other and

extending between the internal flaps 7a, 7b, and 8a, 8b.

On the part of these partitions contiguous to the internal flaps 7a, 7b and 8a, 8b are articulated by a fold line perpendicular to the transverse walls 3a-3b and 4a-4b two bands, respectively 15 and 16, able to be folded towards the inside the package and in

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 which is formed, along part of the length of the fold lines, a slot, respectively 17 and 18.

 A tongue, respectively 19.20, articulated by a fold line on the outer flaps 11, 12, can be folded inwardly of the packaging to engage respectively in the slot 17.18, to thereby close the two compartments separated by the partitions 13, 14. Preferably, as can be seen in the drawings, the tongues 19, 20 have an anchor shape and their greatest length is greater than that of the associated slot 17,18, so that they must be forced into these slots by deforming the corrugated cardboard, to clip into these slots and thus lock the packaging compartments in the closed position.

 As illustrated in FIG. 8, it is possible to divide the packaging into two separate packages, each corresponding to one of the above compartments, by tearing the lines of failure initiators 22 and 23.

 Of course, the packaging may not include such lines of break initiators, nor tear strips or corresponding separation means, and be used as is for the packaging of various articles, possibly different in the two. compartments.

Claims (3)

1. Packaging in a semi-rigid material such as cardboard or corrugated cardboard, comprising two compartments capable of being closed, of the type comprising: - four rectangular walls (1,2, 3a-3b, 4a-4b) adjoining each other by first parallel fold lines and each arranged perpendicular to the adjoining walls;

 - interior flaps (Sa, 5b, 6a, 6b, 7a, 7b, 8a, 8b) articulated by fold lines perpendicular to the first fold lines along two parallel sides of two opposite walls (3a-3b, 4g-4Q) , these inner flaps being folded perpendicular to the adjoining walls and being arranged inside the box; - outer flaps (9, 10, 11, 12) articulated by fold lines perpendicular to the first fold lines along two parallel sides and two other opposite walls (1,2), these outer flaps being folded perpendicular to the adjoining walls against the internal flaps and being arranged outside the box, this packaging being characterized in that, on two external flaps (9,10) located in the same plane and adjoining two opposite walls (1,2) are articulated by fold lines parallel to these walls two panels (13,14) straightened perpendicular to these flaps inside the packaging, to form two internal partitions applied against each other and extending between the internal flaps , bands (16,17) adjoining these partitions by fold lines parallel to the outer flaps (9,10) associated having slots (17,18) at these fold lines and being folded towards the interior of the packaging, while the other two external flaps (11,12) each have, along their contiguous edges, tongues (19,20) capable of being folded inwardly of the packaging to be engaged in the slot (11,12) associated with the adjoining partition (13,14), the interior of the packaging thus being divided into two compartments each comprising a wall of the packaging, a partition parallel thereto, two exterior flaps , and the inner flaps against which they are applied, these compartments being closed at each end by a half (3a-3b, 4a, 4b) of a wall of the package to which the external flaps are attached. <Desc / Clms Page number 6>  2. Packaging according to claim 1, characterized in that the tabs (19,20) adjoining two outer flaps (11, 12) have dimensions and shapes such that they must be forced into the slot (17, 18) associated by deforming the semi-rigid material, so as to lock the corresponding compartment in the closed position.  3. Packaging according to one of claims 1 and 2, characterized in

 that the wall halves (3a, 3b, 4a, 4b) closing the compartments at their ends are separated by a separation means (22,23) such as a line of breaking leads, a tear strip or similar allowing the packaging to be divided into two separate closed packages.