IL37742A - Hinged containers and methods for their manufacture,assembly and filling - Google Patents

Description

metliods for and BRITISH TOBACCO Solomon This invention relates to hinged containers and methods for their assembly According to present invention there is provided a hinged container comprising an outer pair of tray like each outer section having a base a pair of opposite side walls and a pair of opposite an adjacent pair of end walls of outer sections integrall coupled together at a common thereof remote from said base portions constituting an outer hinge inner tray like sections respectively in said outer pair of tray like each inner section comprising a base portion corresponding base portion of the corresponding inner section and having formed therein an aperture substantially along the of the inne a pair of side walls corresponding side walls of the corresponding an end wall juxtaposing the end wall of the corresponding inner section remote from the a retaining strip formed integrally with side of the inner sectio extending over said aperture in a plane spaced from the said base portion the retaining strips of said inne sections being integrally coupled to each other about a common thereof inner said inner sections being open ended adjacent to said hinge said inner and outer sections being secured together at their hinge lines so as to form a pair of complementary container portions which are pivotable about their common hinge to and from a position where Preferably magnetic means are for releasably retaining the containe portions in the closed o the In the accompanying is a plan of used for constructing an inner structural component of one form of hinged containe in accordance the presen 2 shows the component formed out of the blank shown in 3 sectional the inner structural shown in 2 taken along the line is a perspective view the inner component in 5 a cross sectional view of the inner structural componen shown in 4 taken along the is pe spective view of an outer structural component in accordance with the 7 is a longitudinally sectioned view the shown taken he line shows schematically a container assembly and illing process in accordanc with the 9 shows a container i accordance with invention an open 10 shows a closed container in accordance with the and 11 a perspective view a second form of 4 As indicated hinged containers i accordance with the inventio are of interfitting inner and outer structural As seen in 1 the inner structural component is formed of a substantially rectangular blank 1 formed of a material such for having longitudinal edges 2 and side The longitudinal edges 2 are formed with inwardly substantially triangular notches 4 whose apices lie along a median lin 5 of the blank Transversely directed incisions 6 are formed in the blank parallel to the line 5 and equally spaced The next stage process of constructing the inner structural component consists processing the blank shown by standard vacuum or pressure forming as to constitute an inner structural component 7 as shown in 2 to 5 the The component 7 thus formed consists essentially of the two sections 7a having a doubled over end wall 8 with a inle 8a and a pair of side walls Each tray section 7 is with a 10 as shown in the suitably corrugated the process so that it can conveniently accommodate substantially cylindrical The base 10 of each section 7 extends the end wall 8 which it is formed to an edge 11 which to th incision 6 in the blank 1 and is formed integrally with doubled over portions of the side wall The central of the component 7 is offset with respect to the base 10 and constitutes pair strips 12 formed integrally with the outer side 9 of the structural and located above apertures formed in the underside of the component as in The strips 12 are joined together by a line of weakness which constitutes a 12a which coincides with the median of the blank As seen 6 7 of the drawings outer structural componen 14 also consists of a pair of sections 15 having planar base portions outer end walls 17 and side walls The sections 15 are furthermore provided with a of adjacent inner walls 19 in the example least their central beyond the edges of the side walls 18 are integrall united at a hinge line outer component 14 just described is also p made by vacuum pressure a but if also be formed or e be made to drawings which illustrates one form of assembly of a hinged container using inner and outer structural components 7 and 14 as just described whilst the same time filling the container i s contents in the resent 6 in inner structural 7 of the kind shown 2 to 5 of the drawings ar successively a conveyor 25 and are on this conveyor such a positio tha the underside of the tray base portions 10 as seen in 2 are as are the apertures 13 and the ope ends 8a of the doubled over walls In this positio there are inserted into the over end walls 8 The inner structural component 7 provided wit its magnetized slivers 26 now proceeds onto a metallic 27 which it clings unde th in the etized slivers 26 and this metallic guid 27 holds inner structural 7 as sections 7a o the latte are towards each other about their hinge in this folded oyer the apertures 13 uppermost and the inner structural component 7 is the shown in it can receive two aligned sets of cylindrical 28 such for pencils the like which are retained between the lowermost base and the uppermos retaining strip 12a on each order to facilitate introduction o the objects position where the base po tions have been corrugated as shown in to 4 the can be arranged that the degree corrugation tapers off from the wall 8 to th edge 7 The thus filled inner structural component 7 is then onto a portion 29 of the conveyor wherei the two tray sections 7a are caused to move outwardly into a substantially aligned positio and in this position is from an outer structural component dispenser 30 an outer structural component fits over the inner structural component 7 the hinge line 20 of the outer structural component being juxtaposed on the hinge 12a of inner structural component and the side and end walls of the oute structural component lying against the side end walls of the structural In this position the two structural coxqponents are together at at their juxtaposed hinge but also preferably around their side for by high hea The welding together o the two juxtaposed hinge lines results in the production of a container hinge The now formed and container moves off the conveyor belt and the two portions thereof close together when brought towards other under influence of uxtaposed magnets The container 32 is shown in the drawings which clearly shows the this case cigarettes held i position in the container by the strips formed integrally side In the particular example above the side walls 18 of the outer component 14 are of slightly lesser depth than the sid walls 9 the inner structural component but on the other hand the inne ne lea t in their container 32 a strip of the inner structural and as is pre erably the inner structural 7 provided with a surface this exposed strip provides an attractive contrast with the surrounding appearance of the outer structural componen It will be that bot th oute inner structural components 7 14 can side end of equal The assembled filled container can then suitably fo in a fo that under Trademark on which can be identifying othe It will furthermore be appreciated tha in examples the retaining strips 12 have been formed adjacent the container equivalent constructions be envisaged the retaining strips are formed the outsid edges of the Whilst in the process described schematically reference to 8 of the drawings the assembly of the container and its filling is described apart from the formatio the structural it will realized that both the formation of the structural components by stamping out and the subsequent of the components and their be part of continuous be that the forming process the structural components can have an desired pattern thereto and if outer structural component be apertured 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Claims (1)

1. CLAIMS hinged container comprising an outer tray like eaah outer section having a base a pai of opposite side walls and a pai opposite end an adjacent pair of end walls of said Outer section being integrally coupled together at a edge thereof remote from said base portions and constituting an outer hinge an inner pai tray like sections respectively in said outer pair of tray like each inner section comprising a base portion juxtaposing the corresponding base portion of the corresponding inner section and having therein an aperture extending substantially along the idth of the inner a pair of opposite side walls juxtaposing corresponding side walls of the corresponding inne ah end wall juxtaposing the end wall of the corresponding inner section remote from the hinge a retaining strip formed integrally with side walls of the inner section and extending over said aperture in a plane spaced from the said base the retaining strips of said inner sections being integrall coupled to each other about common edge thereof constituting an inner said inner sections being open ended adjacent to said inne hinge said inner and outer sections being secured together at hinge lines so as to form a pair of complementary container portions which are plvotable about their common hinge to and from a position where the portion are 10 container according to Claim 1 wherei the side and end walls of the inner sections are constituted by double wall each double structure comprising a pai of wall which are integrally connected at a hinged container according to either one of the preceding claims wherein side walls of the outer structural are of slightly less depth than side walls of the inner structural A hinged container according to any one of the preceding wherein magnetic means are provided for releasably retaining the container portions in the closed hinged containe substantially as hereinbefore described by way of example and with reference to the accQjapanying A process fo the combined and filling of containers in accordance with claim 1 or with their contents the steps of successively feeding eac inner part of section on a conveyor bending each about its hinge line into a position wherei retaining strips are substantially eeding said conten each inner placing said outer section the inner section so as to enclose i and so that the hinge lines of the two pairs of sections are adjacently and securing said hinge lines 11 process for the assembly and filling of containers in accordance Claim 1 or Claim 2 substantially as hereinbefore described by way and with reference to the For the Applicants insufficientOCRQuality