RU2802725C1 - Multi-section system of containers for storage and delivery and method of its application for storage and delivery - Google Patents

Abstract

FIELD: containers.

SUBSTANCE: multi-section system of containers for storage and delivery, containing at least two containers located one above the other, higher and lower, with length A and width B, while the containers consist of a base of the container and a lid of the container with the possibility of connection by contact elements, contact elements of the bottom of each overlying container are four or eight protrusions in the form of polygonal prisms with a cylindrical face in sector 90° with an outer face having a rounding diameter d₁ directed downwards and grouped into two squares with sides C₁. The contact elements of the lids are made in the form of contact elements of the lid, located at the corners of two squares with side C₂ having interconnected protrusions that are polygonal in cross section rounded inside by cylindrical faces in sector 90° with the same diameter d₂ as the cylindrical faces of the contact elements of the bottom, with d₂=d₁ and C₁=C₂. Moreover, the base of the containers and the bottom of the containers are connected by a sliding fit or by means of a loop. The group of inventions also relates to a method for using a multi-section system of containers for storage and delivery.

EFFECT: improved efficiency of the production stages, the stages of storage, delivery and display on the sales area and ability to demonstrate the maximum number of products of various sizes and volumes in a small sales area.

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Description

The group of inventions relates to multi-section container systems for storing and delivering food and non-food products and methods of using them for storage and delivery.

A multi-section plastic container is known according to RF patent for invention No. 2125009, IPC B65D 81/32, publ. 01/20/1999

This food kit packaging includes a sealed plastic container that has three compartments for breakfast, lunch and dinner and an additional compartment in the handle for related items. The order of laying out sets of products and the formation of the entire set ensures the active functioning of a person in field conditions and allows the set to be stored for a long time.

Disadvantage: design complexity.

A multi-section plastic container is known according to RF patent for invention No. 2170694, IPC B65D 77/04. publ. July 20, 2001

The original food container is a folded structure consisting of two parts, with the second part located above the first. When preparing a set of dishes at a reception, the folded structure is opened and both parts of the container are brought into a horizontal position. In one part of the container there are sections for second and third courses, and in the other part of the container there is a section for the first course and specialized sections for cutlery, napkins, a drinking tube and for spices, salt, seasonings. The technical result is to ensure ease of use of power kits in various living conditions.

Disadvantage: using the container for only one type of product.

A multi-section plastic container is known according to RF patent for invention No. 2673618, IPC B65D 77/04. publ. November 28, 2018

This invention relates to food packaging configured to conveniently accommodate a collapsible pouch within an outer container.

Disadvantage: possibility of destruction of the container.

The container is known according to US application No. 2010062130 A1, publ. 03/11/2010 This is a multi-section plastic container formed from a plastic blank having a base with several sections, the central one being intended for a liquid product, and a lid, the lid being made of a sealing film. Flaws:

- low rigidity of the container due to the small thickness of the walls and lid, and the use of film for the lid,

- the ability to mix different products located in the central container when transporting vertically stacked containers from the influence of the weight of the higher rows of containers.

A multi-section plastic container is known according to Japanese application No. 2018167910, IPC B65D 21/02, publ. 11/01/2018 (prototype).

The objectives of creating a group of inventions: increasing the efficiency of production stages, storage stages, delivery and display on a retail space and demonstrating the maximum number of different-volume and different-sized products in a small retail area.

Achieved technical results: increasing the efficiency of production stages, storage stages, delivery and display on the retail space and displaying the maximum number of different volume and different sized products in a small retail space.

The solution to these problems is achieved in a multi-section system of containers for storage and delivery, containing at least two containers located one above the other, superior and inferior, with length A and width B, consisting of the base of the container, in that the containers are made of the base containers and container lids, with the possibility of connection by contact elements, the contact elements of the bottom of each upstream container are made in the form of four or eight protrusions in the form of polygonal prisms with a cylindrical edge in the 90° sector with an outer edge having a rounding diameter d ₁ , directed downwards and grouped into two squares with sides _C1 , and the contact elements of the covers are made in the form of two cylindrical faces of the contact elements of the cover, located in the corners of two squares with sides _C2 , having interconnected protrusions polygonal in cross section, rounded inside with cylindrical edges in the 90° sector the same diameter d ₂ as the cylindrical faces of the bottom contact elements, i.e.

d ₂ =d ₁ ,

where d ₁ is the diameter of the cylindrical face of the bottom contact elements,

d ₂ - diameter of the cylindrical face of the contact elements of the cover, while

C ₁ = C ₂ ,

the base of the containers and the bottom of the containers are made to be connected by a sliding fit or using a loop.

Upstream and downstream containers can be configured with the possibility of their mutually perpendicular contact.

The top parts of the containers can be made transparent.

The upper and lower parts of the containers can be made transparent.

The upper parts of the containers can be made higher in height than the lower parts of the containers from the ratio:

Н=(2÷5)h,

where: H is the height of the top of the containers,

h is the height of the bottom of the containers.

All containers can be made of the same height.

The multi-compartment storage and delivery container system may further comprise short containers having a length of the ratio

A ₁ =(0.5÷0.55)A, where;

A ₁ is the length of the short container.

A is the length of the container.

Some containers can be divided into compartments by internal partitions. All containers can be divided into compartments by internal partitions.

The solution to this problem is achieved in the method of using a multi-section system of containers for storage and delivery, including various containers for products, in that the containers included in the kit are located one above the other upward, and are also located in horizontal and/or horizontal mutually perpendicular directions .

On any planes of each container or inside it, information on the products placed in each container can be printed using known methods, namely pad printing, thermal receipt, cardboard shell, label.

The labels of each container can contain information about the type of product and its cost.

The essence of the group of inventions is illustrated in Fig. 1-23, where:

in fig. 1 shows the main drawing of a tank system with four floors in isometry,

in fig. Figure 2 shows an isometric drawing of a two-story tank system,

in fig. Figure 3 shows a cross-sectional drawing of a two-story tank system,

in fig. 4 shows view A of eight polyhedral prisms protruding downward,

in fig. 5 shows view A of four polyhedral prisms protruding downward,

in fig. Figure 6 shows a tetrahedral prism with a rounded corner,

in fig. Figure 7 shows a hexagonal prism with a rounded corner,

in fig. 8 shows view B with two square protrusions along the periphery and depressions between them,

in fig. Figure 9 shows view B with two pairs of U-shaped protrusions along the periphery,

in fig. 10 shows view B with two pairs of L-shaped protrusions along the periphery,

in fig. 11 is a sectional view of the depression D-D in FIG. 13,

in fig. 12 shows view A of four polyhedral prisms protruding downward in a short container,

in fig. 13 shows view B with one square protrusion along the periphery in a short container,

in fig. 14 shows view B with one pair of U-shaped protrusions of a short container,

in fig. 15 is shown B with one pair of L-shaped protrusions along the periphery in a short container,

in fig. 16 shows view B with two square protrusions along the periphery and a depression between them, assembled with prisms,

in fig. 17 shows view B with two pairs of L-shaped protrusions along the periphery and depressions between them, assembled with prisms,

in fig. Figure 18 shows the appearance of a container recommended for a multi-section system of containers,

in fig. 19 shows a photo of a multi-section container system made up of transparent (upper part) and opaque parts (lower part),

in fig. Figure 20 shows a photo of a multi-section container system made up of transparent parts. This option is preferable.

in fig. 21 shows a drop-down container from which a multi-section system of containers can be assembled,

in fig. 22 shows a multi-section tank,

in fig. 23 shows an example of product packaging and labeling.

List of signs:

higher tank 1,

bottom 2,

base 3,

downstream capacity 4,

bottom surface 5,

top surface 6,

bottom contact elements 7,

cover contact elements 8,

multifaceted, downward protruding prisms 9,

cylindrical rounding of prisms 10,

faces of a polyhedral prism 11,

bottom end of prism 12,

square projection 13,

square cavity 14,

U-shaped projection 15,

“L”-shaped protrusion 16,

internal cylindrical rounding 17,

lower end of the cavity 18,

side surfaces of containers 19,

short capacity 20,

loop 21,

partition 22,

compartments 23,

product 24,

price tag 25,

A is the length of the container,

B is the width of the container,

A ₁ - length of short container,

B1 - width of short container,

C ₁ - distance between the lower contact elements,

C ₂ - distance between the upper contact elements,

C ₃ - distance between contact elements diagonally,

d ₁ - diameter of the cylindrical roundings of the bottom contact elements,

d ₂ - diameter of internal cylindrical roundings of contract elements

covers,

H - height of the upper part of the container,

h - height of the bottom of the container,

h ₁ - the height of a multifaceted prism protruding downwards,

h ₂ - depth of the lower end of the square cavity,

ϕ - taper angle.

The essence of the group of inventions is illustrated in Fig. 1-23.

To use a multi-sectional system of containers containing higher-level containers 1 and lower-level storage containers 4 (Fig. 1), solid food products, for example, cakes, are stored at a food production plant.

The length of container A must be greater than its width B. It is preferable to make this ratio in the form:

A=(2.0÷ 2.2) V,

where: A is the length of the container.

B is the width of the container.

The bottom height of 3 N should be made significantly higher than the base height of 4 h. This is necessary for the convenience of reviewing the advertised products.

Н=(2÷5)h, where:

H - bottom height,

h - height of the base.

In fig. Figure 1 shows an isometric drawing of a multi-section tank system with four floors. In fig. Figure 2 shows an isometric drawing of a multi-section tank system on two floors.

In fig. Figure 3 shows a cross-sectional drawing of a two-story tank system.

All containers contain bottom surfaces 5 and top surfaces 6.

To ensure horizontal and vertical stacking of containers in a multi-section system of containers, contact elements of the bottom 7 and contact elements of the lid 8 are provided on their lower 5 and upper 6 surfaces. The contact elements of the bottom 7 are made in the form of multifaceted prisms 9 protruding downwards with cylindrical roundings of the prisms 10.

There should be 8 prisms protruding downward 9, grouped by 4 in the form of two squares with sides C ₁ or 4 pieces, grouped by two diagonally O ₁ O ₁ squares with sides C ₁ .

C ₁ =(0.6÷0.8)A.

The use of large aspect ratios is not possible, and a decrease in this ratio reduces the strength of the bottom contact elements.

Polyhedral, downward protruding prisms 9 (Fig. 4-7) contain a cylindrical rounding of the prisms 10, the edges of the polyhedral prism 11 and the lower end of the prism 12.

The contact elements of the cover 8 (Fig. 8-10) can be made in the form of three options:

- pairs of square protrusions 13, internal cylindrical roundings 17, the lower end of the depression 18 (Fig. 8),

a pair of U-shaped protrusions 15, internal cylindrical roundings 17, the lower end of the depression 18 (Fig. 9),

a pair of “G”-shaped protrusions 16, an internal cylindrical rounding 17, the lower end of the depression 18 (Fig. 10).

To ensure their operability of the contact elements of the bottom 8, the following dimensional relationships must be met:

C ₁ = C ₂

In fig. Figure 11 shows a section D-D of the contact elements of the cover 8, which contains an internal cylindrical rounding 17 and the lower end of the cavity 18.

It is possible to perform internal cylindrical rounding 17 and cylindrical rounding of prisms 10 at an angle ϕ=5-7°, where ϕ is the cone angle.

Making 10 prism fillets and 17 conical internal cylindrical fillets will improve the assembly of the system.

It is necessary to fulfill the following relationship between the heights of the polyhedral protruding downward prisms 9 and the depth of the lower end of the square cavity 14:

h ₂ -h ₁ =1-2 mm

where h ₂ is the depth of the lower end of the square cavity.

h ₁ - the heights of multifaceted prisms protruding downward.

This is necessary to facilitate the assembly of a multi-section container system.

To ensure the assembly of containers, it is advisable to perform:

d ₁ =d ₂ , where:

d ₁ - diameter of the cylindrical roundings of the bottom contact elements,

d ₂ - diameter of the cylindrical roundings of the contact elements of the cover.

To assemble into the system (Fig. 12-18), the conditions listed above and those listed below must be met.

In fig. 12 shows view A of two multifaceted downward protruding prisms 9 in a short container 20.

In fig. 13 shows a view B with one square protrusion 13 around the periphery in a short container 20.

In fig. 14 shows a view B with one pair of U-shaped protrusions 15 in a short container 20.

In fig. 15 is shown B with one pair of L-shaped protrusions 16 along the periphery in a short container 20.

In fig. Figure 16 shows view B with two square projections 13 along the periphery and a depression 14 between them, assembled with prisms 9.

In fig. Figure 17 shows view B with two pairs of L-shaped protrusions 16 along the periphery and depressions 14 between them, assembled with multifaceted prisms 9 protruding downwards.

In fig. Figure 18 shows the appearance of a container recommended for a multi-section system of containers.

The upper parts of the containers 3 included in the delivery set can be made higher in height than the lower parts of the containers 2 from the ratio:

Н=(2÷5)h,

where: H - height of the upper part of the containers 3,

h - height of the lower parts of containers 2.

In this case, the upper parts of the containers must be made of transparent material.

In fig. Figure 19 shows a photo of a multi-section container made up of transparent (upper part) and opaque parts (lower part).

In fig. Figure 20 shows a photo of a multi-section container made up of transparent parts.

In fig. Figure 21 shows a drop-down container from which a multi-section system of containers with a loop 21 can be assembled.

Part of the containers or all of the lower parts of the container 2 of the system (Fig. 22) can be divided by internal partitions 22 into compartments 23.

This will allow: a different product 24 to be placed in each compartment 23 (Fig. 23) and price tags 25 to be placed under it.

To display food products, multi-section container systems can be placed in a refrigerated compartment with transparent walls and given to the consumer first.

The use of a group of inventions allowed:

- produce, process, place in warehouse areas, deliver and place in retail areas and demonstrate, when selling at the point of sale, several types of small-sized food products simultaneously.

- significantly increase the rigidity of containers and the system as a whole,

increase attractiveness and highlight a certain product line in retail spaces.

USING A MULTI-SECTION CONTAINER SYSTEM FOR STORAGE AND DELIVERY

When using food products (or other types of non-food products) packaged in a specific container in order to transport this group of heterogeneous and different sized goods and products to the appropriate store or kiosk for sale.

After use, the multi-section plastic container is disposed of or reused.

The use of a group of inventions allowed:

- expand technical capabilities for packaging, transportation and sale of several types of heterogeneous food products or small-sized non-food goods when delivered in small quantities to the consumer;

- provide rigidity when used for containers with thin walls,

- reduce the material consumption of the structure,

- ensure good horizontal and vertical stacking of containers,

- increase the rigidity of the containers forming the system through the use of a special design of contact elements and partitions in the containers.

The use of a group of inventions made it possible to: accurately and quickly deliver several types of products to the seller in one set of containers of different sizes and volumes and improve visibility and access to information on the appearance of the product and its cost.

Claims (23)

1. A multi-section system of containers for storage and delivery, containing at least two containers located one above the other, a superior and a inferior one, with length A and width B, characterized in that the containers consist of a container base and a container lid, with the possibility connections by contact elements, the contact elements of the bottom of each upstream container are made in the form of four or eight protrusions in the form of polygonal prisms with a cylindrical face in the 90° sector with an outer edge having a rounding diameter d ₁ , directed downward and grouped into two squares with sides C ₁ , and the contact elements of the covers are made in the form of contact elements of the cover, located in the corners of two squares with side C ₂ , having interconnected protrusions that are polygonal in cross section, rounded inside with cylindrical edges in the 90° sector of the same diameter d ₂ with which the cylindrical edges are made contact elements of the bottom, i.e. d ₂ =d ₁ , where d ₁ is the diameter of the cylindrical face of the bottom contact elements, d ₂ - diameter of the cylindrical face of the contact elements of the cover, while C ₁ = C ₂ , the base of the containers and the bottom of the containers are made to be connected by a sliding fit or using a loop. 2. Multi-section system of containers for storage and delivery according to claim 1, characterized in that the higher and lower containers are made with the possibility of their mutually perpendicular contact. 3. Multi-section system of containers for storage and delivery according to claim 1, characterized in that the upper parts of the containers are made transparent. 4. Multi-section system of containers for storage and delivery according to claim 1, characterized in that the upper and lower parts of the containers are transparent. 5. Multi-section system of containers for storage and delivery according to claim 1, characterized in that the upper parts of the containers are made higher in height than the lower parts of the containers from the ratio: Н=(2÷5)h, where H is the height of the top of the containers, h is the height of the bottom of the containers. 6. Multi-section system of containers for storage and delivery according to claim 1, characterized in that all containers are made of the same height. 7. Multi-section system of containers for storage and delivery according to claim 1, characterized in that it additionally contains short containers having a length from the ratio A ₁ =(0.5÷0.55)A, where A ₁ is the length of the short container. A is the length of the container. 8. Multi-section system of containers for storage and delivery according to claim 1, characterized in that some of the containers are divided into compartments by internal partitions. 9. Multi-sectional system of containers for storage and delivery according to claim 1, characterized in that all containers are divided into compartments by internal partitions. 10. The method of using a multi-section system of containers for storage and delivery according to claim 1, including various containers for products, characterized in that the containers included in the kit are located one above the other upward, and are also located in horizontal and/or horizontal mutually perpendicular directions. 11. The method of using a multi-section system of containers for storage and delivery according to claim 10, characterized in that information on the products placed in each container is printed on any planes of each container or inside it using pad printing, a thermal receipt, a cardboard shell, or a label. 12. The method of using a multi-section system of containers for storage and delivery according to claim 11, characterized in that the labels of each container contain information about the type of product and its cost.