FR3081845A1 - SHIPPING BOX AND MECHANIZABLE FORWARDING - Google Patents

Abstract

The invention relates to a mechanizable shipping and forwarding box (1) comprising: - a body (2) which is formed by folding from a pre-cut blank and which has a substantially rectangular shape with, at least, a panel bottom (4) bordered by four side panels (5,6,7,8) and opposite the bottom a filling opening (O), - a cover (3) which is formed by folding from a blank pre-cut, which comprises a closure panel (8) bordered by four connecting strips (9) and which is intended to be adapted on the body so as to close the filling opening with the closure panel, the connecting strips being each attached to a side panel. According to the invention, the body comprises at least three side panels, rectilinear cutout means (30) parallel to the connecting edge of the corresponding side panel with the bottom panel and located in continuity with each other, to, after cutting, make mobile at least part of the bottom panel.

Description

[01] The present invention relates to the technical field of mechanizable shipping and redirection boxes and, in a preferred but not exclusive form, the field of boxes obtained by the volume of at least one mechanized precut blank. The invention also relates to the field of mechanized precut blanks for the formation of a body of a mechanizable shipping and redirection box.

[02] In the above field, it is known parallelepipedic shipping and forwarding boxes that can be mechanized obtained by folding and gluing a first precut blank comprising a bottom panel bordered by four side panels forming a body with an opening filling and a second precut blank comprising a closure panel bordered by four connecting bands forming a cap, the cap being intended to be fitted on the body so as to close the filling opening with the closure panel, the bands each being attached to a side panel of the body. Such boxes allow the transport of products but have the disadvantage of being damaged during opening and therefore a new shipment requires additional effort and tools to reform the box.

[03] In order to overcome this drawback, the invention relates to a mechanizable shipping and forwarding box, the body of which comprises at least three lateral panels, rectilinear means of cutouts parallel to the connecting edge of the lateral panel. corresponding with the bottom panel and located in continuity with each other, to, after cutting, make mobile at least part of the bottom panel. So, the products to be shipped are deposited via the filling opening of the body of the box which is closed by its cover, then the box is turned over - the box rests on its cover. The user can then have access to the contents of the box without unduly damaging it thanks to the rectilinear cutting means. These means allow the formation of a hinged cover that the user can, after the first opening, use to close the box. The packaging according to the invention thus facilitates re-shipment under satisfactory security conditions.

[04] According to a characteristic of the invention, the rectilinear cutting means extend over three side panels only and the bottom panel comprises at a distance from its edges a fold line parallel to a rectilinear cutting means to define in the bottom panel, after cutting, an articulated mobile part. This characteristic makes it possible to offer a box which opens in part, providing an effect of surprise for the user.

[05] According to another characteristic of the invention, the rectilinear cutting means are located at a distance from the connecting edges with the bottom panel so, after cutting, define a peripheral rim of the movable part of the bottom panel. The peripheral rim makes it possible to define a rim of a cover which can be fixed to the side panels of the body of the box.

[06] According to another characteristic of the invention, the side panels comprise, on a part of their internal face corresponding to the peripheral rim, bonding means intended, after cutting the side panels, to be glued to the side panels to close the body after opening the latter at its bottom. These bonding means make it possible to dispense with additional tools to close the box securely for re-use for a shipment.

[07] According to another characteristic of the invention, the bonding means comprise a line of adhesive protected by a peelable or removable protection. This solution has the advantage of being easily integrated into the blank manufacturing process.

[08] According to another characteristic of the invention, the rectilinear cutting means comprise at least one line of cutting initiation or of lower resistance. This facilitates the handling of the rectilinear cutting means and thus simplifies the opening of the box.

[09] According to another characteristic of the invention, the straight cutting means comprise at least one tear strip. The tear strip is a known solution for cardboard packaging and this solution is easy to install on a box according to the invention. Advantageously, the opening of the box is faster and clean.

[10] According to another characteristic of the invention, at least one end of the tear strip is located at the level of a window arranged in a side panel. The installation of a window fitted in a side panel makes it easy to grasp one end of the tear strip to open the box.

[11] According to another characteristic of the invention, the tear strip comprises two ends situated at the level of two windows arranged in two opposite side panels. Thus, it is possible to grasp the tear strip on one or the other of its ends through its two opposite windows.

[12] The invention also relates to a precut blank that can be mechanized for forming a body of a box according to the invention, which comprises a rectangular bottom panel bordered on four sides by a side panel, each side panel being separated from the bottom panel by a fold line, two opposite side panels each comprising two opposite flaps separated from the corresponding side panel by a fold line perpendicular to the fold line separating said side panel from the bottom panel and in that the rectilinear cutting means are arranged, on the one hand, on a side panel provided with flaps and extend over at least part of the latter being parallel to the fold line between said side panel and the bottom panel and, on the other hand, on at least part of the side panels devoid of flaps being parallel to the fold line separating said side panels of the pan background water. The design of this mechanized precut blank is suitable for automated lines.

[13] According to another characteristic of the invention, the cutting means comprise, on the one hand, a rectilinear tear strip extending on the side panel and the corresponding flaps and being located on one side of the blank intended to be oriented towards the inside of the body after assembly and, on the other hand, two windows each arranged in a side panel without shutter so as to give access to one end of the tear strip when the body of the body is put in form.

[14] According to another characteristic of the invention, each window is associated with a strip of least resistance extending between the window and the edge of the side panel adjacent to the flap carrying the tear strip.

[15] According to another characteristic of the invention, the rectilinear cutting means comprise at least one line of lower resistance.

[16] The invention also relates to a method for forming a box according to the invention and for loading the latter, characterized in that it consists in:

- form the body of the body from a blank according to the invention, successively:

- raising the side panels fitted with shutters,

- folding the flaps towards the inside of the box,

- raising the side panels without flaps,

- and by fixing the panels without shutters audit shutters,

- arrange the contents to be transported in the body of the box,

- close the body of the body by means of the cover by fixing each of the connecting strips to a side panel of the body of the body.

[17] According to another characteristic of the invention, the method consists in:

- before the body is formed:

- determine the volume of the content to be transported in the body and, if this volume is less than the maximum volume of the body of the body, determine a new height of the body of the body compatible with the content to be transported,

- modify the flat blank by making on the side panels and the flaps fold lines each located at a distance from the edge adjacent to or oriented towards the bottom panel substantially equal to the new body height, and each parallel to said edge, said fold lines defining adjustment flaps,

- form the body of the body from the blank thus modified by not fixing the adjustment flaps to each other,

- arrange the contents in the body of the body,

- fold the adjustment flaps towards the inside of the body,

- close the body of the body using the cover.

Advantageously, the formation of the box in two parts, the body which comprises the cutting means and the cap which will form the bottom of the box, makes it possible to adapt the size of the body to the content to be shipped, without modifying the place of the means of cuts, and does not require a blank cut, the cap resting on the adjustment flaps. This solution will advantageously find its place in a logistics center since a single type of blank can meet different volume constraints.

[18] Of course, the different variants and embodiments of the invention can be combined with one another in various combinations insofar as they are not incompatible or mutually exclusive.

[19] Likewise, the various characteristics, variants and forms of implementation of the method according to the invention can be combined with one another in various combinations insofar as they are not incompatible or mutually exclusive of each other.

[20] Furthermore, various other characteristics of the invention emerge from the appended description made with reference to the drawings which illustrate a non-limiting embodiment of a mechanized shipping and forwarding case in accordance with the invention.

FIG. 1 is an overall view of a mechanizable shipping and redirection box in accordance with the invention,

FIG. 2 is a view of a precut blank for the formation of the body of a shipping crate according to an embodiment of the invention,

FIG. 3 is a view of a precut blank for the formation of a cover of a shipping crate according to an embodiment of the invention,

FIGS. 4, 5, 6 and 7 show the opening of a box according to the characteristics of the invention,

FIG. 8 shows the second closure of the box according to the invention,

- Figures 9, 10, 11 and 12 show the adjustment of the box according to the invention and its closure.

[21] It should be noted that in these figures, the structural and / or functional elements common to the different variants may have the same references.

[22] In addition, on the flat views of blanks precut for the formation of packages according to the invention:

- the cutting lines and the contours of the precut blank are shown in solid lines,

- the fold lines are shown in dotted lines,

- the lines of weakest resistance are represented in thicker lines,

- the glue lines are represented by a dashed line.

[23] The invention aims to provide a shipping crate whose redirection is easily implemented. The particularity of the box according to the invention is that once filled and closed by the cap, it is returned for transport and opening. This allows, on the one hand, to easily adapt the height of the box to its content and, on the other hand, to facilitate its return by the creation of a repositionable or ra hinged cover.

[24] A mechanized shipping and forwarding box according to the invention, as illustrated in FIG. 1 and generally designated by the reference 1, comprises a body 2 which is formed by folding from a first pre-cut blank visible in FIG. 2 and a cap 3 formed from a second pre-cut blank visible in FIG. 3.

[25] The first component constituting fian comprises a bottom panel 4 bordered by four side panels 5,6,7,8. Each side panel 5,6,7,8 is separated from the bottom panel 4 by a fold line 9,10,11,12. Two opposite side panels 5,7 each include two flaps 14,15,16,17. These flaps 14,15,16,17 are separated from the respective side panel 5,7 by a fold line 18,19,20,21. According to the example illustrated, the bottom panel 4 comprises a fold line 22, at a distance from its edges, parallel to the fold lines 9,11 separating the bottom panel 4 from the side panels 5,7 carrying the flaps 14,15 , 16.17.

[26] According to the invention, the fold lines can be made in any suitable manner and adapted to the nature of the material constituting the blank, such as for example by creasing, half-cut, dotted cut or combinations of these techniques without this list being exhaustive or limiting.

[27] A side panel 5 carrying the flaps 14.15 is provided with rectilinear cutting means. According to the example illustrated, it is a tear strip 31, parallel to the fold line 9 separating the bottom panel 4 from said side panel 5. This tear strip 31 extends in a straight and continuous manner on said flaps 14.15.

[28] The side panels 6,8 without flaps also include rectilinear cutting means. According to the example illustrated, these panels 6,8 each comprise a window 25. These windows 25 are rectangular, their long edge is parallel to the fold line 10,12 separating the bottom panel 4 from the side panels 6,8 . Advantageously, during the shaping of the blank described below, these windows 25 coincide by superposition with the tear strip 31. The panels 6,8 carrying the windows 25 also include means for rectilinear cuts. These cutting means each comprise three lines of weaker resistance 26,27, two of which 26 follow the long edge of the window 25 and one 27 follow the short edge of the window 25 which aligns with the fold line. 22 of the bottom panel 4.

[29] Finally, bonding means are located between the tear strip 31 and the fold line 9 separating the bottom panel 4 from the side panel 5 carrying the tear strip 31. According to the example illustrated, it s acts of a strip of adhesive 41 parallel to the tear strip 31.

[30] The second blank constituting the cover 3 comprises a closure panel 45 bordered by four connecting strips 46, 47. Each connecting strip 46, 47 being separated from the closure panel 45 by a fold line 48, 49. The closure panel 45 is substantially the same size as the bottom panel 4.

[31] To shape the body 1, the user must form the body 2 of the body from the blank described above. Thus, it raises the side panels 5,7 provided with flaps 14,15,16,17 then folds the flaps 14,15,16,17 towards the inside of the box 1. The sender then raises the side panels 6, 8 without shutters and finally, it fixes the panels 6,8 without shutters audits shutters 14,15,16,17. The body 2 thus set in volume has the shape of a rectangular box with, opposite the bottom panel 4, a filling opening O.

[32] The user can then place the products in the body 2 of the body via the filling opening O, taking into account that the body 1 will open opposite the filling opening O. The body 2 body is then closed by means of the cap 3 by fixing each of the connecting strips 46,47 on a side panel 5,6,7,8 corresponding to the body 2 of the body. To this end, the connecting strips may include lines of adhesive covered with peelable protection removed during the fitting of the cap 3.

[33] Case 1, thus filled, closed and returned, can be used to deliver its contents to a recipient.

[34] The box 1 according to the invention can also be adapted to the volume of products to be packaged there. The height of the body 1 is indeed modular. To this end, in the previously described method of mounting the blank constituting the body 2 of the body, a preliminary step is implemented which consists in determining the volume of the content to be transported in the body 1. If this volume is less than the maximum volume of the body 2 of the body, a new height H of body 2 of the body is determined, for which the volume of the body 2 of the body will be substantially less than the initial volume, but slightly greater than the volume of the content to be transported. Once the height H has been determined, fold lines 50.51 are produced at the level of the side panels 5,6,7,8 and the flaps 14,15,16,17 of the first fan precut at a distance H from the edges or fold lines which will be adjacent to the bottom panel 4 after the body 2 has been formed. This height H is visible in FIGS. 9, 10 and 11 by a left-right arrow. These fold lines 50, 51 are each located at a distance from the edge adjacent to the bottom panel 4 substantially equal to the new height H of the body, and each parallel to said edge. On the modified blank visible in FIG. 9, the fold lines 50 are made on the side panels 5,7 as well as on their respective flaps 14,15,16,17 and are parallel to the fold lines 9,11 separating the panel bottom 4 of the respective panels 5.7. The fold lines 51 are made on the side panels 6,8 without flaps and are parallel to the fold lines 10,12 separating the bottom panel 4 from the respective panels 6,8. These fold lines 50,51 define adjustment flaps 55,56,57.

[35] Fold lines (not shown) can also be made on the side panels 5,7 comprising the flaps 14,15,16,17. These fold lines are produced diagonally from the fold line 50 defining the desired height H up to the free edge of said panel 5,7. These fold lines define puffs which facilitate the folding of the adjustment flaps 57 of the flaps 14, 15, 16, 17.

[36] In an alternative embodiment, to facilitate this folding, cut lines (not shown) can be made between the fold lines 50 and the free edge of the side panels 5,7, along the fold lines 18,19 , 20,21 separating the panels 5,7 from their respective shutters.

[37] The body 2 of the body from the blank thus modified is then formed but without fixing the adjustment flaps 55, 56, 57 to each other. The content is placed in the body 2 of the body. Then, the adjustment flaps 55, 56, 57 are folded inwardly of the body 2 of the body, as visible in FIG. 11. Finally, visible in FIG. 12, the body 2 of the body is closed by means of the cap 3.

[38] The box according to the invention has the advantage of being easily openable. Indeed, the box comprises rectilinear cutting means which, once implemented, make mobile at least part of the bottom panel 4 so as to form a hinged hinged cover.

[39] In the embodiment described above in relation to Figure 2, the cutting means comprise a tear strip 31 located on a side panel 5 only, and extend on these flaps 14,15. The cutting means are also found on the two adjacent side panels 6,8 through windows 25 and lines of lower resistance 26,27. As described above, the ends of this tear strip 31 are located at the level of the windows 25 arranged in the side panels 6,8. The user grasps the end of the tear strip 31 through a window 25 and tears off the strip, as shown in FIGS. 5 and 6. The fold line 22 of the bottom panel 4 defines the mobile part of the bottom panel 4, as shown in FIG. 7. In the example illustrated, the mobile part corresponds substantially to half of the bottom panel 4.

[40] The folding lid also has the advantage of facilitating the reuse of box 1 for a new shipment or the return of its contents to a sender.

[41] To do this, the rectilinear cutting means are located at a distance from the connecting edges with the bottom panel 4 so, after cutting, define a peripheral rim of the movable part of the bottom panel 4, visible in FIG. 7 And, the bonding means described above, are arranged on a part of the internal face of the side panel 5 corresponding to the peripheral rim. These bonding means may, for example, include an adhesive strip 41 protected by a peelable protection which is located on a side panel 5 and extends on these flaps 14, 15 between the tear strip 31 and the edge of connection with the bottom panel 4. So, it suffices for the user to remove the protection on the internal face of the box and reposition on the bias the movable part or half cover on the external face of the side panels 5, 6, 8 to close the checkout easily and securely, as shown in Figure 8.

[42] In an alternative embodiment of the invention, the rectilinear cutting means are located all around the body 1, on each of the four side panels 5,6,7,8, the body 1 will therefore open completely in two parts. It is then possible to have continuous bonding means on the internal rim of the box so as to be able to close it securely. If these cutting means are located on only part of the periphery of the body 1, the latter will only open in part. The extent of the opening can be adjusted by positioning the windows 25 and the fold line 22 of the bottom panel 4 differently.

[43] Of course, various other alternative embodiments can be envisaged in the context of the appended claims.

Claims (15)

1. Mechanisable shipping container and redirection including: - a body ( 2) which is formed by folding from a precut blank and which has a parallelepiped shape with a bottom panel (4) bordered by four panels 5 lateral (5,6,7,8) and opposite the bottom a filling opening (O), - a headdress ( 3) which is formed by folding from a precut blank, which comprises a closure panel (45) bordered by four connecting strips (46,47) and which is intended to be adapted on the body (2) so closing the filling opening (O) with the closing panel (45), the connecting strips (46,47) each being fixed 10 to a side panel (5,6,7,8), characterized in that the body (2) comprises at the level of three lateral panels, at least, rectilinear cutting means parallel to the connecting edge of the corresponding side panel with the bottom panel (4) and located in continuity with each other, to, after cutting, make mobile at least part of the bottom panel (4). 15 2. Box according to claim 1, characterized in that the rectilinear cutting means extend over three side panels only and in that the bottom panel (4) comprises at a distance from its edges a parallel fold line (22) to a rectilinear cutting means to define in the bottom panel (4), after cutting, an articulated movable part. 3. Box according to claim 2, characterized in that the rectilinear cutting means are located at a distance from the connecting edges with the bottom panel (4) so, after cutting, define a peripheral rim of the movable part of the panel. bottom (4). 4. Box according to claim 3, characterized in that the side panels comprise, on a part of their internal face corresponding to the peripheral rim, 25 bonding means intended, after cutting the side panels, to be glued to the side panels to close the box after opening the latter at its bottom. 5. Box according to claim 4, characterized in that the bonding means comprise a line of adhesive (41) protected by a peelable or removable protection. 30 6. Box according to one of the preceding claim, characterized in that the rectilinear cutting means comprise at least one line of cutting initiation or of lower resistance. 7. Box according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the rectilinear cutting means comprise at least one tear strip (31). 8. Box according to the preceding claim, characterized in that at least one end of the tear strip (31) is located at a window (25) arranged in a side panel. 9. Box according to the preceding claim, characterized in that the tear strip (31) comprises two ends located at two windows (25) arranged in two opposite side panels. 10. A precut blank that can be mechanized to form a body of a box (1) according to one of claims 1 to 9, characterized in that it comprises a bottom panel (4) of rectangular shape bordered on four sides. by a side panel (5,6,7,8), each side panel being separated from the bottom panel (4) by a fold line (9,10,11,12), two opposite side panels (5,7) each comprising two opposite flaps (14,15,16,17) separated from the side panel (5,7) corresponding by a fold line (18,19,20,21) perpendicular to the fold line (9,11) separating said side panel (5,7) of the bottom panel (4) and in that the rectilinear cutting means are arranged, on the one hand, on a side panel (5) provided with flaps (14,15) and s' extend over at least part of the latter being parallel to the fold line (9) between said side panel (5) and the bottom panel (4) and, on the other hand, over at least part of the side panels flaps (6,8) devoid of flap being parallel to the fold line (10,12) separating said side panels (6,8) of the bottom panel (4). 11. Pre-cut blank according to claim 10, characterized in that the cutting means comprise: - On the one hand, a straight tear strip (31) extending over the side panel (5) and the corresponding flaps (14,15) and being located on one side of the blank intended to be oriented towards the inside of the body (1) after assembly and, - on the other hand, two windows (25) each arranged in a side panel (6,8) without shutter so as to give access to one end of the tear strip (31) when the body (2) of body is put in shape. 12. precut blank according to claim 11, characterized in that each window (25) is associated with a strip of least resistance extending between the window (25) and the edge of the side panel (6,8) adjacent to the flap ( 14,15) carrying the tear strip (31). 13. precut blank according to one of claims 10 to 12, characterized in that the rectilinear cutting means comprise at least one line of lower resistance. 14. Method for forming a box according to one of claims 1 to 9 and for loading the latter, characterized in that it consists of: - forming the body (2) of the body from a blank according to one of claims 10 to 11, successively: - raising the side panels (5,7) provided with flaps (14,15,16,17), - folding the flaps (14,15,16,17) towards the inside of the box, - raising the side panels (6,8) without flaps - and by fixing the panels (6,8) without shutters audit shutters (14,15,16,17), - arrange the contents to be transported in the body (2) of the body, close the body (2) with the cover (3) by fixing each of the connecting strips (46,47) to a side panel (5,6 , 7,8) of the body of the body. 15. Method according to claim 14, characterized in that it consists in: - before the body is formed: - determine the volume of the content to be transported in the body and, if this volume is less than the maximum volume of the body of the body, determine a new height (H) of the body of the body compatible with the content to be transported, - modify the flat blank by making fold lines on the side panels and flaps each located at a distance from the edge adjacent to or oriented towards the bottom panel substantially equal to the new height (H) of the body, and each parallel to said edge, said fold lines defining adjustment flaps (55, 56), - form the body (2) of the body from the blank thus modified by not fixing the adjustment flaps (55, 56) to each other, - arrange the content in the body (2) of the body, - fold the adjustment flaps (55,56) towards the inside of the body (2), - close the body (2) of the body using the cover (3).