FR2841227A1 - Stand for ampoules has frangible lines to allow separation into individual ampoule carriers - Google Patents

Abstract

The stand for ampoules has a support panel (25) with end holders for the ampoules. The stand has lines of weakness which can be detached to allow separation of the stand into individual carriers for the ampoules. The individual carriers have individual hollow supports (29) connected by a portion (28) of the support panel. The supports are shaped to allow break-off of an end of each ampoule for use.

Description

61 ') is filled with air (42).

  The invention relates to an easel for longiform objects such as bulbs, said bridge comprising a support plate with elements

keeping bulbs.

  The invention also relates to a blank for making said bridge.

  Document FR-2,810,658 discloses devices for facilitating

  manual breaking of ampule tips and effective finger protection.

  These devices consist of a semirigid plastic sheath o with a central through hole for receiving the tip to break a bulb. These devices have the disadvantage of requiring the use of additional material of a material other than the bridge support ampoules and be expensive. Document FR2 703 336 discloses an easel holder with bulbs comprising detachable parts in the shape of the nuggets that are likely to be

  used as a gripping piece of the tip to break from the bulb.

  These detachable parts are part of the holding elements of the bulb.

  However, this device has the disadvantage of affalblishing the bulb holder: at each removal of a detachable part, the bulb holder loses

  effect its rigidity and no longer fulfills its role of protective packaging.

  The invention aims to solve these problems.

  For this purpose, and according to a first aspect, the invention relates to an easel for the packaging of long elongated objects such as ampoules, o having a support plate provided with hollow lateral supports extending on two opposite edges of the plate. , said lateral supports comprising a plurality of holding elements for the longiform objects, said elements for holding a same lateral support being aligned, the holding elements of the two lateral supports being arranged opposite the

each other.

  According to a general definition of the invention, said support plate has splittable zones allowing the detachment of each individual support part for a long-form object, said individual support comprising two individual hollow lateral supports connected by a portion of the support plate, check individual hollow side support including an element

keeping.

  The detachment of each individual bulb holder thus makes it possible to avoid

  the refinement of the rest of the support plate which remains integrated.

  In a particular embodiment, each individual lateral support is s agency to allow to seize between the fingers and to break an end in

  tip form of the elongated object.

  This arrangement facilitates the gripping of the bulb during the breakage of the tip, the bulb restart constantly maintained by its individual support. This feature can be used for easels whose plate

  support can not be split into individual media.

  Also in a particular embodiment, check lateral support

  individual comprises means for protecting the fingers against cuts.

  Also in a particular embodiment, each lateral support

  individual is detachable from said support plate.

  Each individual lateral support can thus be separated from the portion of the support plate to which it is attached, for example after having been used

  to break the end of a bulb.

  In another aspect, the invention relates to a blank for the preparation of a trestle as described above, which blank is generally rectangular in shape and of dimension L1 and 11 with respect to substantially perpendicular directions D1 and D2 cross-section of the bridge, said blank comprising: a bottom wall, located in the center of the blank, substantially rectangular and of dimensions L2 and 12 with respect to the directions D1 and D2 respectively; - first two flaps disposed on either side of the bottom wall, each first flap being articulated and contiguous to the bottom wall and separated therefrom o by a fold line; - two second shutters, each second flight being articulated and contiguous to each first flight respectively; - two third flaps, each third flight being articulated and contiguous to each second flight respectively; s - two fourth parts, each fourth flight being articulated and contiguous to each third flight respectively; said blank having two series of transverse openings overlapping the first and second shutters and intended to cooperate with the ends of the

longiform objects to maintain.

  This blank comprises transverse cutting lines extending in the transverse direction D2 over the entire dimension 12 of the blank, said cutting lines separating each transverse opening of the transverse opening.

  adjacent in the longitudinal direction D1.

  In a particular model of realisa- tion, the second components, in association with the fourth

  gripping a tip-shaped end of a longiform object.

  o In a particular embodiment, each second flight comprises at least one flight articulated along a fold line extending in the transverse direction D2 and partially closing the transverse opening

  corresponding, said articulated flights forming protection means.

  In a variant, each second flight has two articulated wings

arranged opposite one another.

  Also in a particular embodiment, the bottom wall comprises two lines of longitudinal parallei cuts extending in the direction

  longitudinal D1 over the entire dimension L1 of the blank.

  Also in a particular embodiment, the transverse cutting lines are partially redecorated. This facilitates the

  o detachment of check individual bulb holder.

  Also in a particular embodiment, the padres of first, second, third and fourth flaps wind symmetric with respect to a plane (P) perpendicular to the bottom wall and located halfway width of the bottom wall. Also in a particular embodiment, each opening has an extreme portion limited by a diamond-shaped contour, a shrinkage connecting the extreme portion to a light limited by transverse edges, the end portions being located in the first flaps, the

lights in the second shutters.

  In an embodiment of the easel made from a blank as described above, the support plate is formed of the bottom wall and the

Fourth voices.

  Also in a particular embodiment of the easel, each hollow side support is formed by the first, second, third and fourth flaps contig us, the base being formed by u not part the fourth flaps, 1'extrem ite

  o free of the fourth shutters partially covering the bottom wall.

  Also in a customary embodiment of the trestle, the longitudinal cut-offs of the bottom wall are located in the vicinity of the trestle.

  the free end of the fourth shutters.

  s Also in a particular embodiment of the packaging made from the blank, the first components define an angle between 0 and 45 with a

  plane P perpendicular to the bottom wall.

  Also in a particular embodiment of the packaging made from the blank, the second components define an angle between 90 and 180

  with a plane P perpendicular to the bottom wall.

  Also in a particular embodiment of the packaging made from the blank, the third components define an angle of between 45 and 90 with

  a plane P perpendicular to the bottom wall.

  A particular embodiment of the invention will be described by way of nonlimiting example, with reference to the accompanying drawings, in which: FIG. 'invention; - Figure 2 is a view of a portion of the blank of Figure 1; - Figure 3 is a perspective view of an easel made from the blank shown in Figure 1; FIG. 4 is a perspective view of an individual bulb holder; FIG. 5 is a perspective view of an individual support

  bulb after the breakage of one end of the bulb.

  The blank for the preparation of an easel according to the invention is first described

with reference to Figures 1 and 2.

  This blank can be made of cardboard, polymer or any suitable plastic, cardboard

  o Coated with polymer, molded cellulose or equivalent materials.

  A substantially rectangular blank 1 for an easel according to the invention

  comprises in its center a bottom wall 2 substantially rectangular.

  The rectangular blank 1 is of dimensions L1 in a first direction D1 and 11 in a second direction D2 substantially perpendicular to D1, 11 being

bigger than L1.

  In the rest of the text the term transversal will refer to direction D2,

  while the term longitudinal refers to the direction D1.

  The length L2 of the bottom wall 2, measured along the longitudinal direction D1, is a function in particular of the number of elongate elongated objects, such as bulbs, to be conditioned. The length L2 is equal to the length L1 of the blank 1. The width 12 of the bottom wall 2, measured in the transverse direction D2,

  depends in particular on the size of the ampoules to be conditioned.

  The width 12 represents about one third of the total width 11 of the sidewall.

  The bottom wall 2 is limited by creasing, cutting or folding lines

  longitudinal 3a and 3b in the direction D1.

  Starting from the bottom wall 2 and going respectively to the extreme longitudinal edges 4a and 4b of the blank 1, we meet the first parts 5a, b, the second parts 6a, 6b, the third parts 7a, 7b, the fourth parts

shutters 8a, 8b.

  Once the blank 1 has been put in volume, the first, second, third and

  Fourth shutters form the hollow side supports of the bridge.

  The flaps 5a, 6a, 7a, 8a on the one hand and the flaps 5b, 6b, 7b, 8b on the other hand wind o rectangular and symmetrical with respect to a plane P perpendicular to the wall

  bottom and located at mid-width of this rear.

  Each first flight 5a, 5b is articulated to the bottom wall 2 by the lines of

folding 3a, 3b respectively.

  Each second flight 6a, 6b is articulated to each first flight 5a, 5b by

  a fold line 10a, 10b respectively.

  Each third flight 7a, 7b is articulated to each second flight 6a, 6b by

  a fold line 11a, 11b respectively.

  Each fourth flight 8a, 8b is articulated to each third flight 7a, 7b by

  a fold line 12a, 12b respectively.

  The bottom wall 2 has two longitudinal and parallel dotted cutout lines 13a, 13b extending in the longitudinal direction D1 over any

the length L1 of the blank 1.

  If necessary, these lines wind for example made in dots so as not to weaken the structure of the support plate. Wiles vent to allow detachment of individual hollow side supports when the easel is put

in shape.

  These lines of longitudinal cut-outs 13a, 13b are symmetrical with respect to the

plane P of symmetry.

  Wiles wind located at a distance 13 of the fold lines 3a, 3b forming the

edges of the bottom wall 2.

  The blank 1 comprises transverse dotted cutting lines 14 extending in the transverse direction D2 over the entire dimension 12 of the blank 1 and beyond. Wiles wind regularly spaced a distance L3 following the

direction D1.

  The diced cutting lines 14 will allow the separation of the bridge in

  individual holders of bulb after setting volume of the bridge.

  These cut-off cutting lines 14 may comprise zones 14a where the blank is cut and zones 14b pre-cut or blank 1 is cut

  following dots, which provides reinforced stiffness in these areas 14b.

  The pre-cut areas 14b are located between the bottom wall 2 and the first flaps 5a, 5b and between the third flaps 7a, 7b and the second flaps 6a, 6b. The distance L1 is a function of the number of conditioned bulbs: for n

o bulbs, L1 = n.L3.

  The different components are now described in detail.

  The second 6a, 6b and fourth 8a, 8b shutters substantially present the

  s same dimensions 14 in the direction D2.

  The dimension of the first flaps 5a, 5b is equal to about two thirds of the

  dimension 14 of the second and fourth components following D2.

  o The dimension 16 of the third parts 7a, 7b is equal to about one third of the

  dimension 14 of the second and fourth components following D2.

  The blank 1 comprises two series of transverse openings 15 intended to cooperate with the ends of the ampoules to be conditioned and forming the

holding elements of the bridge.

  The transverse openings 15 wind identical and regularly spaced

  along the longitudinal direction D1.

  Each transverse opening 15 overlaps the first and second flaps a, 6a or 5b, 6b. Each transverse opening 15 has an end portion 16, a lumen 17 and a recess 18 connecting the end portion 16 and the light 17

co rrespond ante.

  s The ends of the bulb cooperate with the extreme parts 16 which

  thus ensure the maintenance of the bulb.

  Each outermost portion 16 is bounded by a rhomboidal contour, and is located in a first flight 5a, 5b, near the fold line 3a, 3b.

o with the bottom wall 2.

  Each lumen 17 is bounded by transverse edges 19a, 19b and is located

on a second flight 6a or 6b.

  The shrinkage 18 is located on the first flaps 5a, 5b.

  Extreme part 16 and shrinkage 18 are also called "dollholes", they have the shape of a doll, the extreme part 16

  correspond to the tate and shrink 18 to the body.

  Light check 17 extends over a distance 18 in the direction D2 and on a

  distance L8 in the direction D1 in the second flight 6a, 6b.

  Each second flight 6a, 6b has two flaps 20a, 20b partially closing the light 17 in the direction D2 and completely closing the

light direction D1.

  These flaps 20a, 20b participating in the maintenance of the bulb to prevent that the ends of the bulb inserted in the extreme parts 16 do not

  can go out through the light 17.

  In the direction D2, the flaps 20a, 20b extend from the fold line 1 Oa, 1 Ob to near the opposite end of the light 17, this

  behind extremity forming a hexagonal hole 17a.

  The volume of the blank 1 to form the easel is now described in

  reference to Figure 3, the bridge being glued << from below >>.

  s A first step is to rigidly associate a part 21a of the fourth

  flaps 8a with a portion 22a of the lower face of the bottom wall 2.

  "Lower" refers to the face opposite to the "upper" face of the bottom wall 2, the upper face being turned towards the opening of the bridge and

o to conditioned bulbs.

  Part 21a corresponds to the part of the fourth flight 8a extending from

  its free edge 4a over a length I in the direction D2.

  s Part 22a is the part of the bottom wall extending over the

  length I close to the fold line 3a.

  Likewise, a part 21 b of the fourth flight 8b is rigidly associated with a

  part 22b of the lower face of the bottom wall 2.

  This rigid association can be realized by gluing, ag rafage, clicking,

or any other equivalent means.

  The shutters are then set in volume so that: the first flaps 5a, 5b define an angle a between 0 and 45 with a plane P perpendicular to the bottom wall 2; the second shutters 6a, 6b define an angle of between 90 and 180 with the plane P; the third flaps 7a, 7b define an angle between 45 and 90 ° with the plane P. Preferably, the angle a is between 0 and 20, the angle, B is between 140 and the angle y. is between 50 and 70 when the blank is set volume. The bottom wall 2 and the fourth shutters 8a, 8b form the support plate of the bridge, the free end of the fourth partially overlapping shutters

  the bottom wall 2 as described above.

  The first 5a, 5b, second 6a, 6b, third 7a, 7b and fourth 8a, 8b flaps form the hollow side supports 26a, 26b of the bridge by folding the

  along the folding lines 3a, 3b 10a, 10b, 11a, 11b, 12a, 12b, respectively.

  The lateral supports 26a, 26b thus extend in the longitudinal direction D1.

  The bulbs can then be placed on the bridge.

  The bridge can be divided into individual supports of bulbs 27 which can be detached from the bridge by breaking along the cutting lines 14 (FIGS.

4 and 5).

  An individual bulb holder includes a portion 28 of the support plate

  having two individual lateral supports 29.

  Each lateral support bracket 29 is formed of a portion of the first 5a, b, second 6a, 6b, third 7a, 7b and fourth 8a, 8b shutters and presents

  a transverse opening 15 forming a holding element of the bulb.

  To exert, cant a thumb pressure on the hexagonal hole 17a of a second flap 6a and the indexe on the third 7a eVou fourth shutters 8a, such as

  As shown in Figure 4, the user places the tip of the bulb between these flaps.

  so Under the effect of the pressure of the fingers, a break is created in the flight 5a. The latter then bends along a longitudinal line parallel to the bottom wall 2 and passing through the two peaks of the rhombus of the end portion 16 (Figure). This break is realized without the need to make a line of folding or creasing due to the diamond shape of the extreme part 16. The flight 5a can fold completely until its two parts touch. As soon as the user cuts the tip of the bulb, it can break easily,

  while having the fingers protected from cuts by the flaps 20a, 20b.

  The rupture is performed in exer, cant a movement of the fingers of the face to lower towards the center of the upper face of the bridge following the arrow F. U ne time the tip of the ampou the breeze, the user is able to detach the lateral support individual 29 correspond containing the debris of the bulb along

  the cutting line 13a, as shown in FIG. 5.

  The user can then break the other tip of the bulb with the help of the other

hollow side support 29.

  The invention is not limited to the embodiment shown, the blank can for example be made by gluing <from above>: the fourth flight being then

  associated with the upper face of the bottom wall.

  The base of the lateral supports is then formed by the bottom wall, and the transverse openings overlap the third and second shutters, the

  s extreme parts 16 of the openings being arranged on the third parts.

Claims (18)

  1. Easel for packaging long elongate objects such as bulbs, comprising a support plate (25) provided with lateral supports (26a, 26b) hollow extending over two opposite edges of the plate, said lateral supports ( 26a, 26b) comprising a plurality of holding elements for the longiform objects, said holding elements of a same lateral support being aligned, the holding elements of the two lattice supports being disposed opposite each other, characterized in that it has splittable zones allowing the detachment of each individual support part (27) for a longiform object, said individual support (27) comprising two individual hollow lateral supports (29) connected by a portion (29) of the plate support, each   individual hollow side support (29) having a holding member (15).   2. Easel according to claim 1, characterized in that each individual hollow side support (29) is arranged to allow grasping between the   fingers and break a tip-shaped end of the longiform object.   o 3. Easel according to claim 2, characterized in that each individual hollow side support (29) comprises means of protection (20a, 20b) fingers against cuts.   4. Easel according to one of claims 1 to 3, characterized in that check   s individual hollow side support (29) is detachable from said support plate   along a breaking line (13a, 13b).   5. Flan intended for the elaboration of an easel according to one of claims 1 a   4, this blank (1) being of rectangular general shape and of dimension L1 and 11 with respect to directions substantially perpendicular D1 longitudinal and D2 transverse of the bridge, said blank comprising: - a bottom wall (2), located in the center of the blank, substantially rectangular and of dimensions L2 and 12 with respect to the directions D1 and D2 respectively; - first two flaps (5a, 5b) disposed on either side of the bottom wall (2), each first flap (5a, 5b) being articulated and contiguous to the bottom wall (2) and separated from it; ci by a fold line (3a, 3b); two second flaps (6a, 6b), each second flap being articulated and contiguous to each first flap (5a, 5b) respectively; two third flaps (7a, 7b), each third flap being articulated and contiguous to each second flap (6a, 6b) respectively; two fourth flaps 8a, 8b), each fourth flight being articulated and contiguous to each third flight (7a, 7b) respectively; said blank (1) comprising two series of transverse openings (15) overlapping the first (5a, 5b) and second shutters (6a, 6b) and intended to cooperate with the ends of the longiform objects to maintain, characterized in that it comprises transverse cutting lines (14) extending in the transverse direction D2 over the entire dimension 12 of the blank, said cutting lines (14) separating each opening   cross section (15) of the adjacent transverse opening (15).   6. Blank according to claim 5, characterized in that said second flaps (6a, 6b) form in association with the fourth flaps (8a, 8b) o corresponding means for gripping a shaped end. tip of a longiform object.   7. Blank according to claim 5 or 6, characterized in that each second flight (6a, 6b) comprises at least one flight (20a, 20b) articulated along a s line extending beyond the transverse direction D2 , it it flies (20a, 20b) and partially closing the transverse opening (15)   corresponding, and forming means of protection.   8. Flan according to claim 7, characterized in that each second flight so (6a, 6b) comprises two flaps articules (20a, 20b) disposed facing one the other.   9. blank according to one of claims 5 to 8, characterized in that the wall of   bottom (2) comprises two parallel longitudinal cutting lines (1 3a, 1 3b) extending in the longitudinal direction D1 over the entire dimension L1 of the blank.   10. blank according to one of claims 5 to 9, characterized in that the lines   transversal cutting (14) partly broken wind.   11. blank according to one of claims 5 to 10, characterized in that the padres   first (5a, 5b), second (6a, 6b), third (7a, 7b) and fourth (8a, 8b) symmetrical wind flaps with respect to a plane (P) perpendicular to a   o the bottom wall (2) and located at half the width of the bottom wall.   12. blank according to one of claims 5 to 11, characterized in that check   transverse opening (15) has an end portion (16) bounded by a diamond-shaped outline, a recess (18) connecting the extreme portion (16) of a lumen (17) bounded by transverse edges (19a, 19b) ), the end portions (16) being located in the first flaps (5a, b), the lights (17) in the second flaps (6a, 6b). 13. Easel made from a blank as described in one of the   Claims 5 to 12, characterized in that the support plate (25) is   formed of the bottom wall (2) and the fourth flaps (8a, 8b), the free end (4a, 4b) of the fourth flaps partially covering the bottom wall (2) 14. Easel made from a blank as described in one of the   5 to 12 or according to claim 13, characterized in that   each hollow lateral support (26a, 26b) is formed by the first (5a, 5b), second (6a, 6b), third (7a, 7b) and fourth contiguous flaps, the base   being formed by the fourth (8a, 8b) voles.   15. Easel according to claim 15, characterized in that the longitudinal cutting lines (13a, 13b) of the bottom wall (2) are located at   near the free end (4a, 4b) of the fourth flaps (8a, 8b).   16. Easel according to one of claims 13 or 14, characterized in that the   first flaps (5a, 5b) define an oc angle between 0 and 45 with   a plane P perpendicular to the bottom wall (2).   17. Easel according to one of claims 13 or 14, characterized in that the   second (6a, 6b) flaps define an angle of between 90 and 180   with a plane P perpendicular to the bottom wall.   18. Easel one of claims 13 or 14, characterized in that the   o third flaps (7a, 7b) define an angle of between 45 and 90