WO2006030207A1 - Emballage et procede d'emballage de duvets - Google Patents

Emballage et procede d'emballage de duvets Download PDF

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WO2006030207A1
WO2006030207A1 PCT/GB2005/003545 GB2005003545W WO2006030207A1 WO 2006030207 A1 WO2006030207 A1 WO 2006030207A1 GB 2005003545 W GB2005003545 W GB 2005003545W WO 2006030207 A1 WO2006030207 A1 WO 2006030207A1
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Mark Cotton
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John Cotton Group Limited
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65B—MACHINES, APPARATUS OR DEVICES FOR, OR METHODS OF, PACKAGING ARTICLES OR MATERIALS; UNPACKING
    • B65B63/00—Auxiliary devices, not otherwise provided for, for operating on articles or materials to be packaged
    • B65B63/04—Auxiliary devices, not otherwise provided for, for operating on articles or materials to be packaged for folding or winding articles, e.g. gloves or stockings
    • 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
    • B65D85/07—Containers, packaging elements or packages, specially adapted for particular articles or materials for compressible or flexible articles

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  • the present invention relates to packaging for duvets or continental quilts and the like, and more particularly to a method for packaging these articles.
  • Duvets and continental quilts are generally packaged and presented for sale in one of two forms. They may be rolled into a cylindrical form and then sealed in a plastics bag, for example as disclosed in GB 2 204 015 or FR 2 684 648.
  • This type of packaging has the disadvantage that the packages do not have flat sides and cannot therefore be easily stacked, for example for storage, transport and retail display purposes. Accordingly, it has become more common to roll a duvet into a cylindrical bale, wrap this in plastics sheeting, and then to enclose this wrapped bale in a cardboard box with flat sides. This allows the packaged articles to be easily stacked, but increases the packaging cost and also the weight of the packages, which increases transport costs.
  • the present invention therefore seeks to address these problems.
  • a method of packaging a duvet wherein the duvet is first folded in a concertina manner in a first direction, and then folded again in a concertina manner is a second direction perpendicular to the first, and the folded duvet is then compressed and wrapped so as to form an oblong package with six sides, at least the largest two of which are substantially flat.
  • a package comprising a duvet that has been first folded in a concertina manner in a first direction, and then folded again in a concertina manner is a second direction perpendicular to the first, and then compressed and wrapped, the package being oblong with six sides, at least the largest two of which are substantially flat.
  • substantially flat is this context means that several packages can be stacked on top of each other with their largest sides facing, the stack being sufficiently stable so as to be self supporting.
  • At least four and in some cases all six sides of the package will be substantially flat.
  • the duvet is folded in such a way that, when compressed, the duvet is generally symmetric in its dimensions. In some embodiments, this is best achieved by folding an even number of times in the second direction so that an equal number of folds is present on opposing sides of the bale, since the folds will generally be less compressible than the layers themselves. On the other hand, folding an odd number of times means that the two ends of the duvet after the first folding will be on the same side, thus taking up a space similar to that of a fold.
  • the duvet is first folded in the first direction so as to form a concertina with twelve layers and eleven folds.
  • the duvet is then folded again in the second direction so as to form a concertina with eight layers and seven folds. It will be appreciated that each of the eight layers after the second folding will comprise the twelve layers of the duvet from the first folding, and thus the folded duvet will in fact have 96 layers in total.
  • a double duvet for example having dimensions of 2000mm by 1400mm and a thickness of approximately 30mm when unfolded, can be compressed into a bale having a length of 290mm, a width of 235mm and a height of 130mm, the bale having substantially flat sides when seal wrapped in plastics sheeting.
  • the folded duvet preferably undergoes significant compression before being wrapped.
  • an unfolded duvet has a weight in the range 350g/m 2 to 350g/m 2 .
  • a duvet may be rolled to a diameter of around 300mm and a height of 500mm, the compressed volume being around 0.035m and having a density in the range 26kg/m to 120kg/m .
  • embodiments of the present invention provide a duvet that is compressed into a pack having typical dimensions of 235mm by 290mm by 120mm, a volume of around 0.008m 3 and a density in the range 115kg/m 3 to 514kg/m 3 .
  • the duvet is packed to a density of at least 150kg/m 3 , or at least five times the density of a normal rolled duvet. This high packing density is obtainable by way of the special folding technique provided by the present invention.
  • the folded duvet may be compressed by using appropriate machinery having a compression head and a platform for the folded duvet.
  • the folded duvet is located on the platform, and an empty wrapper, for example a plastics wrapper, with one open end is provided at the compression head.
  • the compression head is moved down onto the folded duvet such that the top of the folded duvet stack enters the wrapper, and then continues to compress the duvet stack until it is entirely contained within the wrapper.
  • the open end of the wrapper is then sealed so as to provide the finished package.
  • the particular double concertina folding technique of the present invention is particularly advantageous in that it results in a generally oblong package.
  • the seal wrapped package may have a weld line or other weakened section on at least one edge of the package so as to facilitate opening of the package without the need for sharp tools which might damage the duvet.
  • a weakened section or weld line may conveniently be formed on two opposed edges.
  • FIGURE 1 shows a duvet folded in a first direction
  • FIGURE 2 shows a duvet folded in a second direction
  • FIGURE 3 shows a finished package of the present invention.
  • Figure 1 shows a duvet 1 that has been folded in a concertina manner in a first direction, for example along its length, so as to have twelve layers 2 with eleven folds 3.
  • Figure 2 shows the folded duvet of Figure 1 rotated through 90° and folded in a concertina manner in a second direction perpendicular to the first.
  • Five layers 4 with four folds 5 are shown here. It will be seen that each of the layers 4 comprises the twelve layers 2 from the first fold.
  • Figure 3 shows a package 6 comprising a plastics sheet 7 seal wrapped around the folded duvet of Figure 2.
  • the package 6 has six sides, with the two largest sides 8, 9 being substantially flat. Two of the other sides 10, 11 are provided with weld lines 12 that allow for easier opening of the package 6 without the need for sharp tools.
  • the package 6 may optionally be provided with an integral carrying handle in a manner known to those of ordinary skill in the art.

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Abstract

L'invention porte sur un procédé d'emballage d'un duvet lequel est d'abord plié en accordéon dans une première direction, puis de nouveau en accordéon dans une deuxième direction perpendiculaire à la première, puis comprimé et placé dans une housse plastique de manière à former un emballage oblong à six côtés dont deux des plus larges sont sensiblement plats. Le paquet ainsi obtenu est facilement empilable pour son entreposage et sa présentation sur des rayons, et de plus économique.
PCT/GB2005/003545 2004-09-15 2005-09-15 Emballage et procede d'emballage de duvets WO2006030207A1 (fr)

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GB0420515A GB2418192B (en) 2004-09-15 2004-09-15 Packaging and packaging method for duvets
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JPH0232933A (ja) * 1988-07-14 1990-02-02 Kawashima Textile Manuf Ltd カーテン梱包方法
FR2684648A1 (fr) * 1991-12-10 1993-06-11 Faratex Sa Emballage-presentoir pour une couette.
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DE3444897A1 (de) * 1984-12-08 1986-06-12 Bayer Ag, 5090 Leverkusen Mineralwollegebinde und verfahren zu dessen herstellung
JPH0232933A (ja) * 1988-07-14 1990-02-02 Kawashima Textile Manuf Ltd カーテン梱包方法
FR2684648A1 (fr) * 1991-12-10 1993-06-11 Faratex Sa Emballage-presentoir pour une couette.
US20020053185A1 (en) * 1999-03-09 2002-05-09 Jensen Ag Burgdorf Process for the final folding and subsequent storage of a piece of linen and final folding means

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