KR20000053024A - Packaging - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: A packing for CD is provided to improve a form of pack for a disc which is suitable for use as a postal pack and which will not fall apart in use. CONSTITUTION: A packing for a disc comprises a first and second sheets of substantially equal size connected together and a third sheet sandwiched between and bonded to the first and second sheets. The third sheet is formed with an aperture which acts as a compartment to receive the disc. The second sheet acts as a closure for one side of the compartment. The first sheet is formed with an aperture through which the disc can be inserted into or removed from said compartment. The aperture in the third sheet preferably has a main body portion which has a configuration corresponding substantially to that of the disc which it is to receive plus a pair of projecting spaced arcuate lobes. The aperture in the first sheet will then have a pair of lobes of corresponding configuration which are aligned with the pair of projecting spaced arcuate lobes of the aperture in the first sheet and which are positioned so as to facilitate access to the periphery of the disc when removing it from the pack.

Description

Packing of Compact Discs {PACKAGING}

The method of packaging compact discs must be effectively protected when they are mailed and packed or printed in an eye-catching design when the compact discs are displayed for sale.

It is an object of the present invention to provide an improved form of packaging method suitable for use with discs, for example compact discs.

Several methods of packaging compact discs according to the prior art have been proposed. See, for example, US Pat. No. 5,460,625 and International Patent Applications WO 93/24927 and WO 95/26917.

In the embodiments shown in Figures 1-12 of U.S. Patent No. 5,460,265, a pack made of an integral blank comprising a panel 40 having a large hole 45 disposed in the center for receiving a compact disc is described. do. The cardboard thickness that forms the entire blank with the panel 40 should have the same thickness as that of the compact disc. The weight of this pack will therefore be heavy.

The compact disc is held in place by means of a half-panel secured to panel 40 by an adhesive. When inserting the disk into the hole 45 or removing the disk from the hole 45, it is necessary to tilt the compact disk against the plane of the panel 40. This applies strain to the adhesive that secures the half-panel 50 to the panel 40 so that the half-panel 50 tends to be pulled away from the panel 40. This pack will break quickly.

It is an object of the present invention to provide an improved form of pack suitable for use as a postal pack and which does not break when used.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a pack for a disc designed to be manufactured using a device that automatically folds and glues.

The present invention relates to packaging and in particular improves the packaging method of discs, for example compact discs. For example, the disk needs to be adequately protected when it is mailed. In addition to adequate protection, packaging should be designed to reduce weight to a minimum in order to reduce unnecessary postage, and the method of removing compact discs from packaging should be easy and readily available.

1 is a plan view of a first blank used when manufacturing a compact disc pack of the first form,

2 is a plan view of a second blank for use with the blank of FIG. 1 when making a compact disc pack of the first form;

3 is a plan view of the compact disc pack of the first form in the open state;

4 is a side view of the pack shown in FIG. 3, FIG.

5 is a plan view of a first blank for use in producing a compact disc pack of a second type,

FIG. 6 is a plan view of a second blank for use with the blank of FIG. 5 when making a compact disc pack of the second form; FIG.

7, 8 and 9 illustrate the steps of manufacturing a compact disc pack of a second type;

10 shows a completed compact disc pack of a second form;

11 shows a compact disc pack of a second form comprising a compact disc;

12 and 13 show two parts of a pack for a "floppy" disk,

14 shows a step of making a "floppy" disk pack;

Figure 15 shows a "floppy" disk pack with a disk inserted.

According to the present invention there is provided a pack for a disc comprising a front cover and a rear cover hinged to each other, and a holder for a disc supported by the back cover, the holder being arranged upside down and coupled and connected to the rear cover. Consisting of a plurality of sheets, the plurality of sheets comprising a top sheet having a hole for viewing the disc, and an intermediate sheet between the top sheet and the rear cover, wherein the one or more intermediate sheets have holes for receiving the disc, The hole in the top sheet includes a major portion that is semicircular to define a semicircular opening in which the disc can be inserted and removed.

In each intermediate sheet, the hole consists of a main circular portion in which the disc is accommodated and a pair of arcuate lobes, which are aligned with corresponding arcuate lobes extending from the semicircular opposing in the upper sheet, and the alignment The lobes are placed so that the user can touch them around the disc so that the disc can be easily removed through semicircular opening. When the disk is removed through ouvenning, the lobe is placed in the center of the semicircular opening so that the user can access the center of the disk.

The front cover, the back cover and the top sheet of the holder are made of a single blank with suitably folded lines, which blank is formed of cardboard having the proper grade and thickness and the ability to print on both sides of the blank if necessary.

An intermediate sheet with only one hole can be fitted between the top sheet and the rear cover of the holder, in this example only one intermediate sheet is made of cardboard thicker than the thickness of the cardboard forming the remaining pack. For example, it is twice as thick as other cardboard. It is also possible to place an intermediate sheet without holes between the intermediate sheet with holes and the rear cover.

Only one intermediate sheet is a separate sheet made of cardboard and may consist of one half of the larger sheet folded in two.

According to the present invention there is provided a pack for a disc consisting of a hinged first and second sheet and a third sheet sandwiched between the first and second sheets, the third sheet being a portion for receiving the disk. With the holes used, the second sheet is used as a closure for one side of the compartment and the first sheet is formed to have a hole into which the disk can be inserted and removed from the compartment.

In the third sheet a hole extends to the edge of the third sheet and the fourth sheet is hingedly connected with the third sheet to be folded around the edge. The third and fourth sheets are made of cardboard which is harder and harder than the cardboard forming the first and second sheets. Generally, the third and fourth sheets are cardboards that are twice the thickness and weight of the cardboard forming the first and second sheets. Is made.

The blank 10 shown in Figure 1 is made of thin, high quality cardboard which is printable. Such printing may include, for example, logos, covers and information containing the contents of the disc. The blank 10 has two folded lines 11, 12 which divide the blank 10 into three parts 13, 14, 15. The 13 and 14 parts are solid and form the front and back covers of the finished pack, respectively, while the 15 part is used as the top sheet of the holder for the compact disc. The fifteenth part has a hole 16.

The upper boundary 17 with holes 16 consists of a semicircle with two arcuate lobes or notches 18 symmetrically disposed about the vertical centerline of the holes 16. The lobes or notches 18 are spaced apart from the edges of the blank portion 15 at regular intervals to face the upper edge of the blank 15 to prevent weakening of the portion of the blank 15 surrounding the hole 16. .

The lower boundary 19 is formed in a curved waveform to provide a lobe or notch 20 at the center of the circle where the arc forming the upper boundary 17 abuts. This lobe 20 is arranged between the two arcs so that the shape of the hole 16 takes the shape of a "smiling teddy bear", especially when the compact disc is received in the pack.

The blank 21 shown in FIG. 2 is made of cardboard that is thicker and heavier than the cardboard forming the blank 10, which is about twice the thickness of the cardboard 10. The edges of the blank 21 can be seen in the finished pack and the cardboard forming the blank 21 does not necessarily have printing properties.

The blank 21 has a hole made of a circle having the same radius as the circle of the hole 16 in the blank portion 15. The hole 22 is formed of two arcuate lobes or notches 23 which are symmetrically disposed about the vertical centerline of the blank 21 and are directed towards the upper edge of the blank 21. The shape of the lobes or notches 23 does not weaken the boundary surrounding the hole 22 having a diameter longer than that of the compact disc.

The blank 21 is formed at the same height as the blank 10 and its width is the same as the portion 15 of the blank 10. When assembling the pack, the blank 21 applies adhesive to the top, registers the top of the hole 22 and the portion of the blank 10 15 and registers the hole 16 and the lobe 23. And register with the lobe (18). In the general assembly process, the adhesive droplet is applied to the blank surface disposed on the upper surface of the blank 15 and the blank 15, and pressure and heat are applied to permanently join the blank 15 and the blank 21.

The blank portion 15 and the blank 21 are folded around the fold line 12 and glued to the top of the blank 14. In the general assembly process, the adhesive droplet is applied to the upper surface 14 of the blank portion, that is, the portion in contact with the blank 21, and then the blank 15 and the blank 21 are folded around the wrinkle line 12 and the blank ( Pressure and heat are applied to permanently couple 21 and blank 14. The state shown in FIGS. 3 and 4 is obtained. The blank portion 13 is used as the front cover of the finished pack and the blank portion 14 is used as the back cover of the finished pack.

The combination of blank 21 and blank 15 is used as a holder for the compact disc, which is arranged inside the hole 22 in the blank 21 and can be inserted and removed. The hole 16 passes through a semicircular opening 16 at the blank portion 15.

To remove the compact disc from the holder, the user grasps the center of the compact disc with the thumb tip entering the lobe 20. At the same time, the circumference of the compact disc is grasped using the tip of the index finger entering the paired lobes 18 and 23. The right handed person uses the right pair of aligned lobes 18 and 23, and the left handed person uses the left pair of aligned lobes 18 and 23.

If necessary, the front cover of the pack may consist of two or more sheets so that additional information or educational material can be provided. According to another embodiment, a booklet containing this material may be secured to the inner side of the front cover of the pack.

5 to 11 show a compact disc pack of the second form made of the first blank 30 (FIG. 5) and the second blank 31 (FIG. 6). The blank 30 is made of high quality thin cardboard which can be printed, but the blank 31 is made of thick and relatively heavy cardboard which cannot be printed and can not be seen in the finished pack.

The blank 30 consists of five parts 32, 33, 34, 35, 36 but the blank 31 consists of two parts 37, 38. The parts 32, 33, 34, 36 are sheets without flat holes but the part 35 has a structure that matches the structure of the holes 16 in the part 15 of the first blank 10 of the pack of the first form. The branch has a hole 39. The hole 39 comprises a semicircular upper border with two symmetrically arranged lobes or notches 40 coincident with the lobes or notches 18 and a lower border coinciding with the border 19 of the first embodiment.

The blank portions 32, 33, 34, 35 have a constant height, while the blank portion 36 includes a lower edge 36A spaced up shortly relative to the bottom edge of the other blank portions 32-35. The blank portions 32-35 are shorter than the heights of the blank portions 13, 14, 15 of the first embodiment, and the heights of the blank portions 32-35 are those of the currently popular record compact disc packs, i.e., "single" packs. Same as standard height.

The second blank 31 portion 38 is a sheet without a flat hole, and the blank 31 portion 37 has a hole 41 for receiving a compact disc. This hole 41 comprises two symmetrically arranged lobes 42 and the main circular part, which coincide with the lobes 23 of the holes 22 in the second blank 21 of the pack of the first form. This hole 41 comprises an extension 43 extending up to the fold line 44 between the two blank portions 37, 38. The center of the circular hole 41 is disposed in the blank portion 37 so that if the extension 43 is not present, the circumferential lower portion of the circular portion is in contact with the crease line 44. Since very thin portions can easily tear or break, the extension 43 ensures that there is no very thin cardboard portion adjacent to the crease 44.

When assembling the pack, the part 37 of the second blank 31 is applied with an adhesive on top of the part 35 of the first blank 30 so that the boundaries of the holes 39, 41 in the parts 35, 37 are Like two pairs of lobes 40, 42, they are resisted. This is shown in FIG.

The blank 36 is then folded and glued to the top of the blank 37 so as to be in the state shown in FIG. 8. The part 38 of the second blank 31 is folded up and fixed to the top of the blank part 36 so as to be in the state shown in FIG. 9, in which the CD pockets are stacked up and down and fixed in four seats 35, 37. And 36, 38, and the sheet 35 is located at the bottom of the four sheets forming the pockets.

The CD pocket is folded across the top of the blank 34 and secured to the blank 34 to be in the state shown in FIG. The blank 34 serves as a back cover for the pack and the blank 33 is used as a front cover for the pack. The flap provided by the blank 32 is adhesively attached to the front cover 33 or used as an extra printing surface for extra pack strength. If necessary, a booklet may be attached to the front cover.

The pack of the second form consists of a front cover 33, a rear cover 34 and a pocket for the holder or compact disc 45. The holder is generally a top sheet 35 with a semi-circular opening 39, a sheet 37 having a thickness twice as large as a hole 41 for receiving a compact disc and two back sheets 36, 38. It is composed of As shown in FIG. 11, the compact disc 45 is arranged in a pack so that a part of the compact disc 45 can be seen when the front cover 33 is opened. The disc 45 uses a tip of the index finger for holding the lobes or notches 40,42 aligned in pairs to hold the disk 45 and a tip of the thumb for holding the center of the disk 45. It is removed from the pack as described above for the pack of the first form.

12-15, a pack 50 for a “floppy” disk 51 is shown, which pack 50 is made of a high quality cardboard 52 on which a logo or other information can be printed, and It is made of a second blank 53 made of cardboard thicker than the cardboard forming the first blank 52.

The first blank 52 consists of three parts 54, 55, 56 separated by double wrinkle lines 57, 58, and the spacing between the wrinkle lines 57 is greater than the spacing between the wrinkle lines 58. Big. The blank portion 54 forms the front cover of the finished pack 50 and the blank portion 55 forms the rear cover of the finished pack 50. The blanks 54, 55 are solid and the blank 56 comprises a hole 59.

The holes 59 of the blank 56 are considered to be semicircular, although they differ from the semicircles of the holes of the corresponding blank portions of the pack for the compact discs shown in FIGS. 1 to 11. The hole 59 is:

a) blue bone and the lower edge 60 of the corrugation at a position corresponding to the center of the blank 56,

b) curved upper edge 61 and

c) The boundary is limited by a pair of side edges 62, 63.

Partly circular lobes 64 and 65 are provided at the joining point between the upper edge 61 and the two side edges 62 and 63.

The second blank 53 has a hole 66 which is:

a) straight bottom edge 67;

b) curved upper edge 68 and

c) The boundary is limited by a pair of side edges 69 and 70.

Lobes 71 and 72, which are partially circular, are provided at the joining point between the upper edge 68 of the hole 66 and the two side edges 69 and 70.

When assembling the pack of FIGS. 12-15, after applying adhesive to the visible side of the blank 56, the second blank 53 is placed on top of the blank 56 so that one side of the second blank 53 is a blank portion. Will be coupled to 56. The adhesive is then applied to the visible side of the blank 55. Since the combination of the blank 56 and the second blank 53 is folded along the fold line 58 in the direction of arrow X shown in FIG. 14, the other side of the second blank 53 is joined to the blank portion 55 and The state shown in FIG. 15 will be obtained.

When the second blank 53 is placed on top of the blank portion 56, the lobes 71, 72 are resisted with the lobes 64, 65, and the upper edge 68 is the upper edge 61 and the ridge. The top of the side edges 69 and 70 will register with the side edges 62 and 63.

In the finished pack, ie when the second blank 53 is joined to the blank portion 55, the second blank 53 is not visible. Visible is the hole 59 of the blank 56 and the resister portion of the blank portion 56. The hole 59 is used as an opening, through which the "floppy" disk 51 will be inserted to be received in the storage space provided by the hole 66 in the second blank 53.

When attempting to unpack a " floppy " disk 51, the user places his thumb in one of the aligned paired lobes 64,71 or 65,72 and the index finger in the other pair of lobes aligned. The packaging of the "floppy" disk 51 is removed. Or paired lobes 64,71 or 65, arranged according to whether the user is right handed or left handed, with the thumb at the center of the "floppy" disc, holding the edge of the "floppy" disc and detaching from the pack. 72) Place your forefinger on one of them.

A booklet or the like will be attached to the inner side of the front cover 54 of the finished pack. It is also possible to produce a "twin" pack consisting of a back cover 55 fixed together and two packs as described above.

Claims (12)

It consists of a front cover and a rear cover hinged to each other, and a holder for a disc supported by the rear cover, the holder consists of a plurality of seats joined by arranging another sheet on top of the seat and connected to the rear cover. The plurality of sheets consists of a top sheet having holes for viewing the disc, and one or more intermediate sheets between the top sheet and the back sheet, each intermediate sheet having holes for receiving the disc, the holes in the top sheet The package of compact discs comprising a major portion of the semicircle to define a semicircular opening in which the disc can be inserted and removed. 2. The hole of claim 1 wherein the aperture of the intermediate sheet consists of a major circular portion in which the disc is received and a pair of arcuate lobes aligned with corresponding arcuate lobes extending from semicircular openings in the top sheet, wherein the aligned lobes are semicircular. Compact disc packaging, characterized in that the user is placed around the disc so that it can be easily removed through the opening. 3. The compact disc packaging of claim 2, wherein a lobe is placed at the center of the semicircular opening to allow a user to access the center portion of the disc when the disc is removed via the opening. The front cover, the rear cover and the top sheet of the holder are formed from a single blank having suitable creases, the blank being made of cardboard having the property of printing on both sides of the blank. Compact disc packaging, characterized in that. 5. The compact disc packaging of claim 4, wherein a single intermediate sheet with holes is fitted between the back cover and the top sheet of the holder. 6. The compact disc packaging of claim 5, wherein the single interposed sheet is made of cardboard thicker than the cardboard forming the remainder of the pack. 6. The compact disc packaging of claim 5, wherein the single interposed sheet with holes consists of half portions of larger sheets that are folded in two. 8. The compact disc package of claim 7, wherein in the interstitial sheet the holes extend up to the crease of the large sheet. Consisting of a third sheet sandwiched between the first and second sheets and the first and second sheets connected by a hinge, the third sheet having a hole used as a compartment for receiving the disk, and the second sheet A compact disc package comprising a closure for sealing one side of a compartment, wherein the first sheet has holes for inserting and removing the disc into the compartment. 10. The compact disc packaging of claim 9, wherein the third sheet is one of a plurality of sheets inserted in a sandwich structure between the first and second sheets. 11. The compact disc packaging of claim 9 or 10, wherein the holes in the third sheet extend to the edge of the third sheet and the fourth sheet is hinged to the third sheet to be folded around the edge. 12. The compact disc packaging of claim 11, wherein the third and fourth sheets are made of cardboard thicker than the cardboard forming the first and second sheets.