RU197686U1 - CONTAINER FOR BULK PRODUCTS - Google Patents

Abstract

The utility model relates to household items and cutlery, in particular, to salt shakers, peppers, sugar bowls. The container for bulk food products contains a container for the product and a dispenser, the container consists of a tubular body and two end caps, one of which is equipped with a dispenser, while the tubular body is made of cardboard and provided with at least two longitudinal lines of reduced strength, and end caps consist of an interconnected outer wall and a volumetric protrusion that fixes the end cap inside the tubular body. The technical result is to facilitate the transportation and storage of containers by providing the possibility of reducing the volume and weight occupied by them during their storage and transportation. 8 s P. f-ly, 4 ill.

Description

Technical field

The utility model relates to household items and cutlery, in particular to salt shakers, peppers, sugar bowls, etc.

State of the art

Known disposable packaging for bulk products, made in the form of a container of polymer material with a perimeter rim in the upper part and a lid connected by thermal heating, it is equipped with a mesh with small openings for dispensing a granular product mounted on the side of the container and connected to it by thermal heating, while the lid is located on the grid and has a tab for tearing it off (See RU 23559 U1).

Known disposable packaging is able to ensure the tightness of the bulk product before opening the lid, however, after opening it, the packaging is not able to maintain the bulk product, since it remains without a lid. When the container is tilted, the bulk product pours out through the openings of the mesh. Also, in the absence of a lid, another substance, including liquid, can easily enter the container through the net, which can lead to damage to the stored bulk product.

A disadvantage of the known solution is also the inability to reduce the volume occupied by the packaging in the absence of a product, for example, for storing empty packages, as well as the need for thermal heating, which complicates the manufacturing process.

A device for batch dosing of bulk materials containing a container for storing bulk material, a particle reflector and a metering channel in the form of a truncated cone with a diameter of a smaller metering hole exceeding the average particle size of the bulk material by at least 5 times, while dosing is carried out by giving capacity reciprocating movements along the axis of the metering channel (See RU 80100 U1).

A device for storing and dispensing a granular product containing a vessel, a housing, a removable cover with a hole, a metering tube, the cap is made spherical with a hole at the base, the metering tube is cylindrical and mounted inside the housing with the ability to move vertically (See RU 10526 U1 )

A device for storing and dispensing bulk products, made in the form of a body with a cylindrical neck, in which the shutter is located with a removable cover and holes for pouring out the product, the shutter contains a lower fixed partition and an upper partition made to rotate around a vertical axis, the plane of the said partitions are divided into three sectors, and in the upper partition along the boundaries of the sectors, ribs for gripping are made, one of the sectors of each partition is made in the form of a triangular hole with an arcuate side, and openings for pouring loose product are made in the second sector of the lower partition (See RU 19729 U1) .

A device for making loose seasoning in food, consisting of a hollow detachable body, consisting of at least two parts, and a dispenser, while the inner cavity of the body is connected to the surrounding space using at least one outlet, the dispenser is made in the form of at least at least one recess made in the housing and communicating with the internal cavity with a fixed volume, the housing is equipped with a channel, one end of which is connected to the outlet, and the other is in close contact with the inner surface of the housing, and the housing parts are interconnected so that they can change relative positions so that in one of the positions, the end face of the channel isolates the recess in the housing from the internal cavity of the housing (See RU 2266699 C1).

A device for storing and dispensing dispensed bulk and pasty products, made in the form of a housing with a cylindrical neck provided with a locking element and having an opening for pouring out the product, the locking element is made in the form of a tube installed inside the neck with the possibility of reciprocating and / or rotational movement, the hole is formed in the walls of the neck and / or plug in the area of their contact, while the plug is equipped with a grip (See RU 2095016 C1).

Also known is a container for storing and dispensing bulk and pasty products, made in the form of a cylindrical container, closed on one side by the bottom, and with a lid on the other, and having an opening for pouring out the product, an opening is made in the bottom of the body forming a support ring onto which a movable bottom-piston is installed, which is in contact with the reciprocating movement with the inner cylindrical surface of the container, while a valve for venting air is installed in the center of the lid. (See RU 22292 U1).

The disadvantages of the known solutions are the complexity of the design, as well as the lack of the possibility of reducing the volume occupied by the unfilled bulk material. Known solutions do not involve folding the structure, reducing the space it occupies, for example, for storage and transportation of the device.

Another disadvantage of the known solutions is the low environmental friendliness of use and disposal, due to the lack of indication of environmentally friendly material for manufacture.

The disadvantages also include the presence of complex parts that are made using plastic and the low adaptability of applying information and advertising messages to a complex surface.

A known container for bulk and liquid materials, consisting of a container in the form of a closed hollow cylinder with an opening in one of the end walls and a lid with an opening mounted for rotation, the container is made of polymeric material by blowing with an annular protrusion at the periphery of its perforated end wall, at the same time, an annular recess corresponding to the protrusion is made at the end of the lid (See RU 11186 U1).

The known solution may have a tank only in cylindrical shape, providing movement of the end part of the lid along the guide protrusion at the periphery of the perforated end wall of the container. Holding and moving the lid using the guide ring protrusion requires structural rigidity, eliminating the possibility of reducing the volume occupied by it during transportation and storage of an empty container.

Another disadvantage is the difficulty of manufacturing a known container of polymer material, as well as low environmental friendliness and the difficulty of recycling plastic after the expiration of the device.

Another disadvantage is the difficulty of applying the necessary texts and images on a plastic surface, requiring specialized equipment and reducing the manufacturability of the known container.

A package is known containing a container for storing bulk products, an element with openings and a lid for closing, and an element with openings is one of the end walls of the container, and the container for storing bulk products and a lid are made of cardboard (See RU 135506 U1).

A disadvantage of the known solution is the presence of a separate element - a lid, which, when repeatedly closing and opening the container, given that it is made of cardboard, is erased at the points of contact with the side wall of the container, losing its adhesive properties, ceases to be retained on the container and may be lost.

The absence of a lid entails the pouring of loose product through openings and the risk of other substances not intended for this falling into the container.

In addition, the use of a lid worn on the end of the tank requires structural rigidity, eliminating the possibility of reducing the volume it occupies for storage and transportation.

The known solution is also characterized by a small surface area, suitable for informational materials, actually limited only by the surface of the lid, as well as low adaptability to their application.

The closest in technical essence the prototype is a packaging for bulk food products, containing a container for storing bulk food products and an insert with holes installed inside, the lid is rotatable on the axis and contains holes that coincide with the holes in the insert during rotation (See RU 2003127858 A).

A disadvantage of the known solution is the inability to reduce the volume occupied by empty packaging for transportation and storage of known packaging.

Another disadvantage is the low environmental friendliness of the package, due to the lack of indication of the material of manufacture, which can be used as unsafe compositions.

Another disadvantage is the lack of fixing the position of the insert inside the container, which can lead to a change in its position relative to the plane of the lid, the formation of a gap between them and filling it with a bulk product, which, in turn, means the cessation of the dispenser.

The disadvantages also include the complexity of applying labels and texts on a figure characterized by a complex shape of the volume. Such parts can be made by winding layers of paper tape, eliminating the possibility of using conventional printing on sheet paper. To print texts and images on such a surface, it is necessary to use special printers or pre-prepared stickers that are glued to the outer surface of the products. Both the first and second complicate the manufacturing process, reducing the manufacturability of production and reducing the information and advertising surface area of the finished product.

Disclosure of Entity

The technical result is to facilitate the transportation and storage of containers by providing the possibility of reducing their volume and weight during storage and transportation.

This result is achieved in that in a container for bulk products containing a container and a dispenser, the container consists of a tubular body, and two end caps, one of which is equipped with a dispenser, while the tubular body is made of cardboard and provided with at least two longitudinal lines of reduced strength, and the end caps consist of interconnected external wall and volumetric protrusion, fixing the end cap inside the tubular body.

In addition: - lines of reduced strength are made by scoring:

- lines of reduced strength are made by ripping:

- the volumetric protrusion is made in the form of a quadrangle:

- the volumetric protrusion is made annular:

- the tubular body and the outer walls are made of cardboard, and the volumetric protrusion is made of paper pulp by casting:

- volumetric protrusion made of plastic:

- the dispenser contains a disk mounted rotatably on the outer wall of the end cap, wherein said outer wall and disk have holes made at the same distance from the axis of rotation of the disk

- lines of reduced strength are made symmetrical with respect to the longitudinal axis.

The bulk container is illustrated using the drawings, where in FIG. 1 shows a container for bulk products, a General view, in FIG. 2 end cap with dispenser, side view, in FIG. 3 - end cap with dispenser, bottom view, in FIG. 4 - a container with a tubular body of cylindrical shape in General view.

The following notation is made in the drawing:

1 tubular body, 2 lines of reduced strength, 3 - end cap (lower plug), 4 dispenser disk, 5 axis of the dispenser disk, 6 hole of the dispenser disk, 7 rigid volumetric protrusion of the cap, 8 outer wall of the end cap, 9 hole on the outer wall of the end cap plugs with a dispenser, 10 support step along the perimeter of the volumetric protrusion, 11 - rivet, 12 - distance from the axis of rotation of the disk to its hole.

The container for bulk food contains a container for the product and a dispenser, while the container contains a tubular body forming the side walls of the container and the lower and upper end caps installed therein. The tubular body is equipped with two longitudinal lines of reduced strength, made, for example, scoring. The plug contains a volumetric protrusion, the size of which corresponds to the dimensions of the inner part of the tubular body and an external flat wall protruding beyond the perimeter of the volumetric protrusion. The size of the tubular protrusion corresponds to the inner perimeter of the cross section of the tubular body, so that the end cap is fixed with its volumetric protrusion inside the tubular body. The volumetric protrusion of the end cap is made rigid so that the shape of its perimeter determines the cross-sectional shape of the assembled container, which can be in the form of a circle, oval or polygon. A support step is made around the perimeter of the volumetric protrusion, limiting the depth of installation of the volumetric protrusion inside the tubular body.

One of the two end caps - the top cap is equipped with a dispenser disk mounted on the outer wall of the end cap with the possibility of limited rotation or rotation. The outer wall of the plug with the dispenser and the dispenser disk have openings located at the same distance from the axis of rotation of the dispenser disk, so that by turning the dispenser disk they either overlap or open these holes.

For unhindered discharge of the product, the hole size of the dispenser disk is made not less than the corresponding hole of the outer end wall, and the hole size of the outer end wall is not less than the particle size of the granular product.

The tubular body and the outer walls of the end elements of the device, as well as the dispenser disk, are made of cardboard. The volumetric protrusion of the plug is made of paper pulp by casting or of plastic.

Utility Model Implementation

The container for bulk food is used as follows.

The bulk food container is intended for storage and dosed extraction of bulk products.

The initial part for the manufacture of a tubular frame is a sheet of cardboard on which the information necessary for the consumer can be applied using a standard printer, without involving special equipment. Also, using a conventional printer, the necessary information can be applied to the outer walls of the end caps before cutting them down. Using conventional printing technology on a paper surface simplifies the manufacturing technology of the container and increases the information and advertising surface of the finished product.

Longitudinal lines of reduced strength with scoring or ribbing are also applied to a sheet cardboard blank. These lines of reduced strength are made symmetrical with respect to the longitudinal axis, and their number in the preferred particular case is two lines located on mutually opposite sides of the tubular body. The number of these lines can be two, four or more.

Then the edges of the cardboard sheet are glued together, forming a tubular frame, which is the side walls of the container.

Volumetric protrusions of the end caps are performed by casting from paper pulp and with the help of glue they fix onto them an external wall cut from sheet cardboard of an appropriate shape.

After the manufacture of the container parts, they can be stored for some time before use. Storage and transportation of the device is carried out disassembled. In this case, the tubular body is stored in a folded state. The folding of the body is carried out by folding along symmetrically arranged longitudinal lines of reduced strength, so that when folded, the part takes the form of a plate, the thickness of which corresponds, for example, to twice the thickness of the cardboard, occupying a minimum of space.

The design of the end cap, namely, the presence of a rigid volumetric protrusion of the end cap makes it a frame-forming element, which makes it possible to use cardboard with a smaller thickness for a tubular body than for a container without such a frame, which in turn helps to reduce the volume and weight during storage and transportation of containers and increases convenience their storage and transportation.

The presence of a frame-forming element in the design of the end cap reduces the requirement for lateral stiffness of the tubular body, allowing the use of a tubular body with longitudinal lines of reduced strength, and also to make it of thin sheet material.

The ability to use sheet material as the initial blank, in turn, simplifies the process of applying the necessary information to the outer surfaces of the product, increasing the manufacturability of its manufacture.

The possibility of folding the tubular body by bending it along the lines of reduced strength provides not only a decrease in the volume of transported products compared to the volume of the same number of containers with a rigid body, but also provides better protection from mechanical damage, since stacked parts in a folded form are less vulnerable to deforming influences than bulk parts made of cardboard or plastic.

The plugs, although characterized by a certain volume, however, occupy significantly less space than the container body and therefore do not greatly affect the volume required for storing containers.

When assembling the container’s container, one of the plugs is installed inside the tubular body, the product is filled with the product, and the second plug is installed. The support protrusion around the perimeter of the volumetric element of the end cap prevents the plug from falling deep inside the tubular body and provides a fixation of the position of the plug in the tubular body. For tight installation of the plug, the outer perimeter of its volume element corresponds to the inner perimeter of the tubular body.

Since the volumetric protrusion of the end plug is made rigid, the shape of its perimeter determines the final cross-sectional shape of the container.

Due to the presence of a volumetric protrusion, the plugs are rigidly fixed inside the tubular body, and since there is no need for frequent removal of the plugs, the internal surfaces at the place of their connection with the tubular body do not wear out intensively, ensuring reliable engagement of the parts throughout the life of the container.

Volumetric protrusions of the plugs, acting as a frame, provide lateral structural rigidity. The longitudinal rigidity of the container design is ensured by the bends of the tubular body.

The cross-section of the container can be round, oval, rectangular or any other shape determined by the shape of the volumetric protrusions of the plug, while the presence of longitudinal lines of reduced strength does not affect the cross-sectional shape of the container.

To ensure greater rigidity of the container structure and for a more durable connection of its parts, the plugs can be connected to the tubular frame using appropriate glue.

Dosed extraction of bulk product is carried out by combining the holes of the dispenser by rotating the dispenser disk. When combining the holes, the product can be dumped in the required amount. Further rotation of the dispenser disk interrupts the connection of the container’s internal space with the external one.

Due to the fact that the dispenser disk is mounted directly on the end wall of the plug, skewing of the disk planes and the appearance of a gap between the outer wall and the dispenser disk are excluded.

On the outer wall of the plugs, not one hole can be made, but groups of holes with different diameters. In this case, it is possible to extract the product depending on the diameter of the grains or granules.

A particular case of the container is the fastening on the outer wall of the end cap of the plate with a hole made with the possibility of its reciprocating longitudinal movement.

The implementation of the container made of cardboard and recycled paper ensures high environmental friendliness of products that do not require special disposal measures.

Example 1

The salt container (Fig. 1) consists of three parts: a tubular body glued from sheet cardboard and two plugs, one of which is equipped with a dispenser disk. The volumetric protrusions of the plug are made of paper pulp and fixed with glue on a plate cut out of cardboard, forming the corresponding external end wall. Volumetric protrusions determine the cross-sectional shape of the container, in this case a quadrangle with two convex opposite sides (Fig. 1).

The outer surface of the tubular body and the outer walls are used to apply text and images with a description of the product and / or for advertising purposes, which can be applied using a conventional printer before gluing the part into the tubular body and assembling the end caps.

Along the edges of the quadrangular tubular body, which correspond to the corners of the volumetric protrusion, four pairwise symmetrical lines of reduced strength are made, allowing it to be folded, simplifying the transportation and storage of containers not yet filled with the product. The decrease in the volume of the device parts stored with the folded state can reach tens of times.

The upper end cap contains a circular cardboard disc of the dispenser fixed on the axis with an opening, by turning which you can either open the inner space of the container or lock it. The axis for rotation of the metering disc is made using rivets, for example, aluminum.

Before filling the container with salt, one plug is installed in the tubular body to form a container similar to a glass. After filling, a second plug with a dispenser is also installed.

Since all the details of the container are made of cardboard and paper pulp, the used container can be disposed of as a regular paper product, which ensures its high environmental friendliness.

Example 2

A container for storing and dosed feeding ground pepper - pepper shaker has a cylindrical shape (Fig. 4).

Advertising and informational materials are applied to sheet blanks before gluing them into a tubular body and end cap using a conventional printer.

On the walls of the cylindrical tubular body longitudinally, diametrically opposite to each other are made lines of the big, allowing you to fold the side surface into a flat part. An unassembled container is used for transportation and storage until it is filled with the product.

When assembling the pepperbox, they unfold the tubular body, install the lower plug, fill the container with ground pepper and install the upper plug with the dispenser. The pepper shaker is ready for use.

Due to the structural rigidity of the container, its multiple use is possible.

The container for bulk products can be made using sheet paper or cardboard, as well as recycled paper or plastic obtained from recycled paper using cutting and gluing of cardboard, creasing, folding, and also molding paper pulp into a mold to perform volumetric elements.

Thus, the container for bulk products facilitates the transportation and storage of containers by making it possible to reduce their volume and weight during storage and transportation.

Claims (9)

1. A container for bulk products containing a container and a dispenser, characterized in that the container consists of a tubular body and two end caps, one of which is equipped with a dispenser, while the tubular body is made of cardboard and provided with at least two longitudinal lines of reduced strength, and end caps consist of interconnected external wall and a volumetric protrusion, fixing the end cap inside the tubular body. 2. The container according to claim 1, characterized in that the lines of reduced strength are made by scoring. 3. The container according to claim 1, characterized in that the lines of reduced strength are made casing. 4. The container according to claim 1, characterized in that the volumetric protrusion is made in the form of a quadrangle. 5. The container according to claim 1, characterized in that the volumetric protrusion is made annular. 6. The container according to claim 1, characterized in that the tubular body and the outer walls are made of cardboard, and the bulging protrusion is made of paper pulp by injection molding. 7. The container according to claim 1, characterized in that the volumetric protrusion is made of plastic. 8. The container according to claim 1, characterized in that the dispenser comprises a disk mounted rotatably on the outer wall of the end cap, wherein said outer wall and disk have holes made at the same distance from the axis of rotation of the disk. 9. The container according to claim 1, characterized in that the lines of reduced strength are made symmetrical about the longitudinal axis.

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