Classifications

• • 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
  • B65D5/00—Rigid or semi-rigid containers of polygonal cross-section, e.g. boxes, cartons or trays, formed by folding or erecting one or more blanks made of paper
  • B65D5/42—Details of containers or of foldable or erectable container blanks
  • B65D5/44—Integral, inserted or attached portions forming internal or external fittings
  • B65D5/50—Internal supporting or protecting elements for contents
  • B65D5/5021—Integral elements for containers formed by folding-up portions connected to a central panel from all sides
• • 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
  • B65D25/00—Details of other kinds or types of rigid or semi-rigid containers
  • B65D25/02—Internal fittings
  • B65D25/10—Devices to locate articles in containers
  • B65D25/101—Springs, elastic lips, or other resilient elements to locate the articles by pressure
• • 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
  • B65D5/00—Rigid or semi-rigid containers of polygonal cross-section, e.g. boxes, cartons or trays, formed by folding or erecting one or more blanks made of paper
  • B65D5/42—Details of containers or of foldable or erectable container blanks
  • B65D5/4204—Inspection openings or windows

Definitions

• the present invention relates to a package of the type set forth in more detail in the preamble of claim 1.
• the invention also relates to a method of using a package according to at least claim 1 in connection with the packaging of goods in same.
• the invention particularly , but not exclusively, relates to so called display packages, a portion of the package being removed and the remaining portion keeping goods, e.g. boxes, bags and the like, to be removed successively thereafter.
• the object of the present invention is to as far as possible eliminate and counteract the above- mentioned problems and to further develop the state of the art in this technical field.
• FIG. 1 a-e perspective views from above of a first embodiment of a package according to the invention in consecutive mounting steps ;
• FIG. 2 a-c perspective views , which show the use of at least partially other means designed to produce the same package with goods ;
• Fig. 3 a perspective view of a package , which corresponds to Fig. le with a mounted interior lid ;
• Fig. 4 a view, which corresponds to Fig. 3 with a mounted exterior lid
• Fig. 5 a perspective view of a modified package according to the invention ;
• Fig. 6 a and b and Fig. 7 a and b respectively perspective views of modified blanks for packages according to the invention as well as packages made of these blanks ;
• FIG. 8 a perspective view of an additional modified , so called wrap-around-package according to the invention
• Fig. 9 a perspective view of a blank for a package according to Fig. 8 ;
• Fig. 10 a perspective view of a modified blank for an additional so called wrap-around-package according to the invention.
• a package 1 according to the invention is shown in Figs. 1 and 2. It principally comprises a plane blank (Figs, lb and 2a) , made of e.g. corrugated cardboard or paper board having a central, e.g. rectangular bottom 2, side walls 4 being attached to the two longitudinal sides of the bottom via folding notches 3, e.g. grooves. Folding flaps 6 and 7 are attached to the short sides of the bottom and the side walls via through folding notches 5.
• a folding suitably is to be done into a parallelepipedic shape according to Figs, le and 2c, flap portions, which overlap each other, suitably being attached to each other by means of e.g. gluing and/or stapling.
• Side walls 4 are each one provided with at least one longitudinal row of stamped out tongues 8, the stamping cuts 9 preferably being V-shaped and the V-opening facing the bottom. Also, the stamping cuts can be U-shaped or parabola-shaped. Also, one of the two stamping cuts, i.e. one of the legs of the stamping, can have another angle in relation to the bottom than the other leg, e.g. an angle of 90° (Fig. 5). The latter tongue-shape allows to a great extent the prevention of an undesired tilting of goods with a bending downwards of the tongues.
• a machine equipment 10 which performs such a folding, is shown in Fig. 2b.
• said folding tongues 8 are folded, e.g. with an angle of 20° - 90°, from the corresponding side walls.
• This folding outwards of the tongues is done by means of a machine equipment (not shown). This equipment can hold the tongues in their outwardly folded position or possibly the tongues can be allowed to spring back a small distance due to an inherent elasticity of the material subsequent to the folding, which was exaggerated to some extent.
• a lid 11 is mounted, which also may be a tool and includes a main area 12, which corresponds to bottom 2, and side areas 14, which laterally define the main area 12 via e.g. folding notches 13 and which, in case a lid is used, will occupy folding positions according to Fig. 1 d with angles of 95° - 150°, preferably about 110°, in relation to the main area.
• the elasticity of the tongues act on the lid, which consequently is better secured in its insertion position.
• the surfaces of the side areas, which are exposed to the tongues possibly may be extra rough or provided with a special designing in order to guarantee to a great extent the holding of the lid.
• the side areas of the lid can also be provided with stampings/tongues (not shown), which correspond to the stampings of the side walls but are bent outwards to a certain extent in order to be able to be inserted into the stampings of the side walls, when they end up at the same level. In this way it will be practically impossible to pull back the lid.
• a package suitably is opened up by using a tear tape or the like on the lid or on the package. In both cases the package can also be closed by means of a film or the like, which also completely encloses the package. Also, it is possible to remove the lid or a corresponding tool, when it has been used to bend the tongues 180° downwards between the side walls and the goods. The lid can then be positioned on the outside of the package and embrace it (Fig. 4).
• Fig. 2 such a case is shown, in which according to "a" goods in the form of a row of boxes are positioned on a plane package blank, which then according to "b" is folded to the described intermediate shape, e.g. by means of folding sheets 15. In this position the goods are lifted or held in order to end up on a level above the partially inwardly folded tongues of the side walls, which tongues then are folded downwards up to 180°, the boxes being pushed downwards, the lower outer edges of the boxes being inserted into the area above the tongues, when the side walls are further folded inwards towards each other.
• a tool 16 is shown , designed to carry out the final folding steps for the package.
• a possible outer part e.g. a film or the like
• a possible lid is removed, the goods then being available for individual removal.
• the goods remain in this position , due to the inherent elasticity of the tongues, which act on the packages, which remain in the package.
• an individual removal is easy to carry out, the tongues adjacent a removed piece of good springing back and ending up in a position, directed inwards roughly at a right angle , and preferably with their edges touching the remaining adjacent goods, which consequently are not allowed to tilt.
• Fig. 6 shows a parabola-like tongue shape
• Fig. 7 also shows towards one of the short sides edge-shaped tapering side walls 4 and flaps with various widths(heights).
• Figs. 8 and 9 show another package design, not designed for display, namely as a more conventional package having flaps, overlapping each other and constituting a bottom and a lid respectively, suitably a side-connected strip 17 being designed to be fastened to one of the side walls and consequently making this package design more stable.
• the tongue rows may be positioned relatively close to the bottom and the openings exposed by stamping cuts 9 may be used to show portions of the goods per se and numbers, symbols and the like affixed on them respectively.
• Fig. 10 finally shows a blank for a so called wrap-around-package, in which the enclosure around the goods will be 90°, turned in relation to the package according to Figs. 8 and 9.
• the packages described above and shown in the drawings are excellent for recycling, because it is easy to disassemble them and make them plane again. It is then normally not important, if the tongues are folded outwards with an angle of 180° or are folded inwards again to be accommodated within the outline of the blank.
• the lid can of course have another shape than the shape shown in Fig. la, e.g. a design with flaps, constituting short sides.
• the lid can also in other designs than according to Figs. 8-10 be a part of the package. Also, it may be sufficient with one row of tongues , i.e. only one side wall will be provided with a tongue row, whereas the other row is uninterrupted and even or provided with other opening designs than those obtained by stamped tongues.
• tongues which are provided alternately in the two side walls can be used, goods adjacent to each other being displaced in relation to each other.
• several rows of tongues can be provided and/or tongues provided on various height levels.
• several laterally positioned rows of goods can be provided, preferably however a paper board or a cardboard plate between these rows being provided.
• a plate, single or double can of course be provided with stamped tongues.
• the tongues/stamping cuts can have various shapes and or various sizes in one and the same side wall/plate. Particularly various tongue sizes can then be used for varying lateral displacements of goods.
• tongues can be used to be inserted between goods, adjacent to each other.
• stamping cuts do not have to be provided with the shown and described direction. Thus, they can be positioned horizontally. Also, it is possible to design the stamping cuts as a part of a tear tape or the like, the side walls alternately being torn apart and the tongues being removed or the tongues maintaining the described function, possibly in phases following each other.

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