WO1997012819A1 - Emballage pour produits horticoles - Google Patents

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WO1997012819A1
WO1997012819A1 PCT/NL1996/000380 NL9600380W WO9712819A1 WO 1997012819 A1 WO1997012819 A1 WO 1997012819A1 NL 9600380 W NL9600380 W NL 9600380W WO 9712819 A1 WO9712819 A1 WO 9712819A1
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sleeve
packaging
tear strip
accordance
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Wilhelmus Bernardus Gerardus Schalke
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Klerk's Plastic Industrie B.V.
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65D—CONTAINERS FOR STORAGE OR TRANSPORT OF ARTICLES OR MATERIALS, e.g. BAGS, BARRELS, BOTTLES, BOXES, CANS, CARTONS, CRATES, DRUMS, JARS, TANKS, HOPPERS, FORWARDING CONTAINERS; ACCESSORIES, CLOSURES, OR FITTINGS THEREFOR; PACKAGING ELEMENTS; PACKAGES
    • B65D85/00—Containers, packaging elements or packages, specially adapted for particular articles or materials
    • B65D85/50—Containers, packaging elements or packages, specially adapted for particular articles or materials for living organisms, articles or materials sensitive to changes of environment or atmospheric conditions, e.g. land animals, birds, fish, water plants, non-aquatic plants, flower bulbs, cut flowers or foliage
    • B65D85/505—Containers, packaging elements or packages, specially adapted for particular articles or materials for living organisms, articles or materials sensitive to changes of environment or atmospheric conditions, e.g. land animals, birds, fish, water plants, non-aquatic plants, flower bulbs, cut flowers or foliage for cut flowers
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65D—CONTAINERS FOR STORAGE OR TRANSPORT OF ARTICLES OR MATERIALS, e.g. BAGS, BARRELS, BOTTLES, BOXES, CANS, CARTONS, CRATES, DRUMS, JARS, TANKS, HOPPERS, FORWARDING CONTAINERS; ACCESSORIES, CLOSURES, OR FITTINGS THEREFOR; PACKAGING ELEMENTS; PACKAGES
    • B65D85/00—Containers, packaging elements or packages, specially adapted for particular articles or materials
    • B65D85/50—Containers, packaging elements or packages, specially adapted for particular articles or materials for living organisms, articles or materials sensitive to changes of environment or atmospheric conditions, e.g. land animals, birds, fish, water plants, non-aquatic plants, flower bulbs, cut flowers or foliage
    • B65D85/52—Containers, packaging elements or packages, specially adapted for particular articles or materials for living organisms, articles or materials sensitive to changes of environment or atmospheric conditions, e.g. land animals, birds, fish, water plants, non-aquatic plants, flower bulbs, cut flowers or foliage for living plants; for growing bulbs

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  • the present invention relates to packaging for a horticultural product such as flowers, plants and the like, comprising a sleeve which is made from packaging film and is in any case open at the top side, into which sleeve the plant is placed from the top side.
  • Packaging of the above-mentioned type is used daily on a large scale in shops selling flowers and plants directly to the consumer as well as by growers and wholesalers and auctioneers. It is of the utmost importance for growers and for wholesalers and auctioneers that flowers and plants are protected against damage such as damage incurred during transport. Often sleeves made from plastic foil, usually polypropylene, are used for this purpose. A suitable sleeve, as well as a suitable method for the manufacture of such a sleeve is described in the European patent specification 0 369 549 Bl, also by applicants.
  • the sleeves described in this patent specification are intended for flowers and are shaped more or less conically, having a wide top side and a narrower bottom side, in order to more or less have the sleeve follow the shape of a bunch of flowers or a plant .
  • the sleeves one starts from two layers of plastic material which are placed on top of each other as flat strips. The strips of plastic material thus placed on top of each other are cut cross-ways into separate sleeves, the two separate parts being joined along the edges by means of heat treatment forming a weld. The weld may be formed by, for instance, using a lancing tool.
  • plants such as bromelia, kalanchoe and St. Paulia may incur leaf damage, or the removal of leaves may result in the plant dying.
  • Other plants and cut flowers depreciate in commercial value if damaged. All this results in losses due to the fact that damaged plants and flowers are no longer suitable for sale. It is even so that markets located at a considerable distance from the grower cannot be adequately worked due to the fact that the supply of undamaged plants or flowers to the sales outlet cannot be guaranteed.
  • the invention intends to provide a sleeve of the above type which is better suited to prevent damage to cut flowers and/or plants while in addition offering other advantages and is characterized in that the sleeve is provided with a tear strip to allow at least partial removal of the sleeve, substantially without damage to the plant wrapped in the sleeve.
  • the tear strip is provided during production of the sleeves in accordance with a procedure which is known per se.
  • the sleeve With packaging where the sleeve is also open at the bottom, as is in particular the case with sleeves intended for cut flowers, the sleeve comprises, in addition to the top edge, also a bottom edge and it is of interest to use an embodiment of the invention, which is characterized in that the tear strip extends from the top edge of the sleeve to the bottom edge.
  • an embodiment of the invention is of interest which is characterized in that at some distance from the bottom a circumferential tear strip is provided.
  • part of the packaging remains in place after tearing lose the tear strip around the pot.
  • the base of the pot stays covered by a remaining part of the packaging film.
  • the plant itself is stripped of the sleeve, allowing a better presentation of the plant.
  • the pot itself which is often dirtied with soil, stands on the bottom of the packaging. Any water present in the pot will stay in the remaining part of the packaging so that there is less soiling of the shop or supermarket.
  • an embodiment of the invention may be of interest which is characterized in that the sleeve is provided with several tear strips distributed over the sleeve. This allows faster removal of the packaging, if so desired, in separate parts, with the additional advantage that the packaging containing the horticultural product is subjected to less manipulation when finding a tear strip, even if it is not necessary to remove the packaging in separate parts.
  • an embodiment of the invention is of interest which is characterized in that the packaging film of the sleeve is provided with slits at either side of an extremity of the tear strip.
  • the presence of the slits at either side of the tear strip facilitates the extremity of the tear strip to be taken hold of so that this measure also contributes to the fast and easy removal of the packaging while the horticultural product is to a large extent spared.
  • the slits at either side of the tear strip are without problems easily and quickly provided during production without detrimental effects on the productivity of the production installation.
  • a sleeve having both an open top and an open bottom may, according to a further embodiment of the invention, be provided with said slits in the sleeve both at the top edge and at the bottom edge, so that when unwrapping, the packaging may be pulled loose from the bottom to the top or from the top to the bottom as desired.
  • the removal of the upper part of the sleeve may, however, be effectuated even more easily by applying a following embodiment which is characterized in that there is also a tear strip provided extending from the top edge of the sleeve to said circumferential tear strip.
  • a tear strip provided extending from the top edge of the sleeve to said circumferential tear strip.
  • another embodiment may be applied which is characterized in that the part of the sleeve between the bottom and the circumferential tear strip has about the height of a plant pot.
  • optimal shop presentation of the plant is achieved, especially if the sleeve - which entirely covers the plant - is provided with suitable print.
  • the various embodiments of the invention may advantageously make use of the characteristic that the tear strip is 0.5 to 5 mm wide.
  • Fig. 1 is a view of the sleeve according to the invention for the use of cut flowers, which is open at the top and open at the bottom and Fig. 2 is a sleeve according to the invention for the use of pot plants, which is open at the top and closed at the bottom.
  • the packagings according to the drawing are intended for packaging horticultural products such as flowers, plants and the like and all comprise a sleeve which is at least open at the top, for the insertion at the top of the horticultural product, which sleeve is made from packaging foil, for instance plastic foil such as polypropylene.
  • the sleeve 1 according to Fig. 1 has an open top and an open bottom and thus a top edge 2 and a bottom edge 3.
  • the top edge 2 is scalloped for a more decorative presentation.
  • the outer surface 4 of the sleeve is provided with decorative print 5.
  • the sleeve consists of originally flat pieces of packaging film IA and IB of which the edges are joined together locally by sealing welds 6 and 7.
  • the sleeve may, for instance be used for packaging cut flowers which are inserted into the envelop through the open top, while the stems of the cut flowers will normally protrude through the sleeve's open bottom.
  • the sleeve is provided with two tear strips 8 and
  • the tear strips consist of a strip of suitable plastic being between 0.5 and 5 mm wide, which are suitably attached, for instance by firm adhesion over the entire length of the sleeve.
  • the strips can easily be attached to the originally flat sleeve during its manufacture. Due to the fact that the plastic foil of the sleeve is provided with slits at either side of the top extremity 8A of the tear strip 8 the strip can be taken hold of at the edge in order to facilitate the removal of the packaging. Similarly, slits are also provided at the extremity 8B of the strip 8 at the bottom edge.
  • Fig. 1 shows the strips 8 and 9 above each other when the sleeve lies flat, so that the slits 10 at the top edge and the slits 10 at the bottom edge in the two parts IA and IB of the sleeve can be provided in one operation.
  • Fig. 2 shows a packaging 2 for pot plants. Again the top is open, exhibiting a top edge 11. Opposite to the open top we find at the bottom of the sleeve a bottom 12.
  • This sleeve too, comprises two flat pieces of packaging film 2A and 2B respectively which are joined together at either side by sealing welds 13 and 14.
  • the bottom part of the sleeve has roughly the dimensions of a pot of a pot plant to be packaged and is provided with appropriate print 15 for the purpose of somewhat hiding the plastic pot used for transport .
  • the top part of the packaging is transparent in order to optimally exhibit the contents.
  • the tear strip 15 is positioned at some distance from the bottom 12. With the aid of the tear strip the pot-shaped bottom part of the packaging can be separated from the top part of the packaging. This top part may, for instance, be removed downward, leaving the plant entirely free while the pot in the bottom part remains in the packaging.
  • the sealing welds 13 and 14 could impede the pulling loose of the tear strip.
  • slits 16 are provided on both sides of the tear 7 strip's extremity 15A, which slits pass through the sealing weld 13.
  • slits 16 are also provided at this sealing weld on both sides of the tear strip 15. These slits may also easily be provided while the sleeve is still flat.
  • the circumferential tear strip 15 could, in principle, also consist of two separate tear strips. When manufacturing the sleeve, which is still flat, it is easier to provide the two separate tear strips than to provide the continuous circumferential strip.
  • a further tear strip 17 is provided, extending from the sleeve's top edge 11 to the circumferential tear strip 15.
  • the tear strip 17 provided over the outside of the sleeve may, for instance, run close to the tear strip 15, so that when removing the top part of the sleeve, only a small piece of packaging film remains to be torn by hand. This need not be a problem in practice.
  • the top extremity of the tear strip 17 is at either side in the top edge 11 provided with slits 18.
  • the slits 18 at the top edge 11 opposite to the tear strip 17 are, how- ever, no problem, they occur automatically when the slits are made near the tear strip 17, as for simplicity's sake both plastics films 2A and 2B are cut simultaneously during manufacture.
  • both a circumferential tear strip 15 and a vertical tear strip 17 allows, with pot plants, the quick and easy removal of the upper part of the packaging 2, and the bottom part, having roughly the hight of the pot, remains around the pot while in the shop or supermarket.
  • this embodiment of the invention it is also possible, if desired, to provide even more tear strips, which could be advantageous, especially with larger packagings.
  • the sleeves may be made from any suitable packaging film, such as for instance cellophane or any other suitable material such as plastic material, for instance polypropylene.
  • the sleeves may or may not be transparent and may or may not be provided with print and, if desired, may have a different shape than the essentially conical shape shown.
  • the tear strips may run in different directions and may be used in a variety of combinations .
  • the principal idea of the invention is the provision of a sleeve made from packaging film for packaging cut flowers, pot plants or other horticultural products such as shrubs, while the packaging can be removed quickly and efficiently with the aid of tear strips without damaging the leaves or flowers of the packaged horticultural product.
  • Embodiments wherein only part of the packaging consists of a sleeve made from packaging film, are also conceivable.

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Abstract

Cet emballage (1, 2) comprend un manchon (1, 2) fabriqué en feuille d'emballage, ouvert à son sommet, dans lequel un produit horticole, tel que des fleurs ou des plantes, etc., peut être introduit par le haut, ce qui permet de protéger les fleurs et/ou les feuilles. Pour mieux éviter tout dégât à ces dernières, ce manchon (1, 2) présente une bande déchirable (8, 9, 15) fixée à la feuille d'emballage, ce qui permet de retirer cet emballage (1, 2) entièrement ou, si on le souhaite, partiellement, pratiquement sans endommager le produit horticole emballé.
PCT/NL1996/000380 1995-10-02 1996-10-02 Emballage pour produits horticoles WO1997012819A1 (fr)

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AU71475/96A AU7147596A (en) 1995-10-02 1996-10-02 Packaging for horticultural products

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NL1001326 1995-10-02
NL1001326A NL1001326C2 (nl) 1995-10-02 1995-10-02 Verpakking ten behoeve van gewas.

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US6938320B2 (en) 1992-08-05 2005-09-06 Wanda M. Weder And William F. Straeter Method for covering a flower pot and floral grouping
US8968847B2 (en) 2001-08-21 2015-03-03 Wanda M. Weder & William F. Straeter Flexible packaging materials and methods of making and using same
US9053640B1 (en) 1993-12-02 2015-06-09 Adrea, LLC Interactive electronic book
US9099097B2 (en) 1999-06-25 2015-08-04 Adrea, LLC Electronic book with voice emulation features
US9211974B2 (en) 2001-08-21 2015-12-15 Wanda M. Weder & William F. Straeter Container assemblies having collapsible and erectable containers containing a packaging material and methods of production and use thereof
EP3098183A1 (fr) * 2015-05-29 2016-11-30 Weber Verpackungen GmbH & Co. KG Élement d'emballage, en particulier pour fleurs coupees et fleurs en pots

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CA2145981A1 (fr) * 1994-03-31 1995-10-01 Donald E. Weder Conditionnement pour plante comportant un manchon amovible; methode d'utilisation

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AU4231978A (en) * 1977-12-12 1979-06-21 Dundas Nursery Supply Pty Ltd Packaging of potted plants
DE3107143A1 (de) * 1981-02-26 1982-09-09 B & M Lizenzgesellschaft mbH, 8100 Garmisch-Partenkirchen Tuete aus kunststoff zum umhuellen von blumen und vorrichtung zur herstellung derartiger tueten
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CA2145981A1 (fr) * 1994-03-31 1995-10-01 Donald E. Weder Conditionnement pour plante comportant un manchon amovible; methode d'utilisation

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US6938320B2 (en) 1992-08-05 2005-09-06 Wanda M. Weder And William F. Straeter Method for covering a flower pot and floral grouping
US9053640B1 (en) 1993-12-02 2015-06-09 Adrea, LLC Interactive electronic book
US9099097B2 (en) 1999-06-25 2015-08-04 Adrea, LLC Electronic book with voice emulation features
US8968847B2 (en) 2001-08-21 2015-03-03 Wanda M. Weder & William F. Straeter Flexible packaging materials and methods of making and using same
US9211974B2 (en) 2001-08-21 2015-12-15 Wanda M. Weder & William F. Straeter Container assemblies having collapsible and erectable containers containing a packaging material and methods of production and use thereof
US9611059B2 (en) 2001-08-21 2017-04-04 Wanda M. Weder & William F. Straeter Flexible packaging materials and methods of making and using same
US6665982B1 (en) * 2002-06-06 2003-12-23 Westland Floral Company Floral bouquet bag
EP3098183A1 (fr) * 2015-05-29 2016-11-30 Weber Verpackungen GmbH & Co. KG Élement d'emballage, en particulier pour fleurs coupees et fleurs en pots
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