WO2018142315A1 - Boîte ou caisse dans laquelle sont disposés des produits en vrac, plus ou moins uniformes, et dispositif de dosage pouvant coopérer avec ladite boîte ou caisse - Google Patents

Boîte ou caisse dans laquelle sont disposés des produits en vrac, plus ou moins uniformes, et dispositif de dosage pouvant coopérer avec ladite boîte ou caisse Download PDF

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WO2018142315A1
WO2018142315A1 PCT/IB2018/050623 IB2018050623W WO2018142315A1 WO 2018142315 A1 WO2018142315 A1 WO 2018142315A1 IB 2018050623 W IB2018050623 W IB 2018050623W WO 2018142315 A1 WO2018142315 A1 WO 2018142315A1
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
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    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
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    • 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
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  • Box or crate in which loose, more or less uniform products are provided and dosing device that can cooperate with such box or crate.
  • the present invention relates to a box or crate in which loose, more or less uniform products are provided .
  • the present invention also relates to a dosing device that can co-operate with such box or crate.
  • the invention relates to said box or crate in which loose, more or less uniform, products are provided, such as cherry tomatoes , ' other vegetables or fruit, etc.
  • box or crate in closed condition, serves as packaging for the loose products.
  • the box or crate can be put in an open condition by removing covering parts of the box or crate or by putting covering parts in another position, whereby in the open condition an opening is formed through which the loose products can move out of the box or crate.
  • the dosing device is meant to deliver a dose of these loose products in a receptacle from a reservoir in the form of a separate box or crate that is not part of the dosing device and in which loose, more or less uniform products are provided, such as cherry tomatoes, other vegetables or fruit, etc.
  • the invention is hereby particularly suitable for the packaging of damage-sensitive products and for dispensing doses of . such damage-sensitive products from the box.
  • boxes and crates are of course already known with which products such as cherry tomatoes or the like are packaged in bulk.
  • customers tend to look for the nicest ones of the offered products by rummaging through the box or crate.
  • Damage to the products furthermore causes premature decay and undamaged products are thus also prematurely affected by germs.
  • the present invention aims to provide a solution to one or several of the aforesaid or possibly other disadvantages.
  • the invention relates primarily to a box or crate in which loose, more or less uniform, products are provided, such as cherry tomatoes, other vegetables or fruit, etc. which in closed condition serves as a packaging for the loose products and can be put in an open condition by removing covering parts of the box or crate or by putting covering parts in another position, whereby in the open condition an opening is formed through which the loose products can be taken out of the box or crate, whereby the dimensions of said opening in the box or crate formed in the open condition and the dimensions of the loose products are aligned to each other in such a way that surrounding parts of at least a part of said opening can form an obstacle, when the box or crate is oriented in a certain state of balance, whereby the loose products in this state of balance are kept in balance in relation to each other and span the opening such that they do not fall out of the box or crate due to the effect of gravity, but whereby from this state of balance by making a shaking or rotating movement on the box the said balance that spans
  • a big advantage of such a box or crate according to the invention is that, when it is put in the open condition, it can be placed in a certain position which is such that the products cannot roll out themselves, but whereby by making a small rotating or shaking movement a dose of the products can move out of the box or crate due to the effect of gravity.
  • Such box or crate according to the invention is exceptionally suitable to co-operate with a dosing device according to the invention.
  • the invention moreover relates to a dosing device according to the invention that is meant to deliver a dose of these loose products in a receptacle from a reservoir in the form of a separate box or crate that is not part of the dosing device and in which loose, more or less uniform products are provided, such as cherry tomatoes, other vegetables or fruit, etc., whereby the dosing device more specifically is at least provided with:
  • a reservoir holder provided on or to the housing on which such box or crate can be held in a state of balance after it has been put in an open condition whereby an opening is formed through which the loose products can move out of the box or crate, whereby the loose products in this state of balance are kept in balance in relation to each other and span the opening such that they do not fall out of the box or crate due to the effect of gravity;
  • - agitation means that allow the reservoir holder to be subjected to a shaking or rotating movement in order to break said balance that spans the opening temporarily, such that at least part of the loose products can move out of the box or crate due to the effect of gravity on the loose products.
  • a box or crate according to the invention and a dosing device according to the invention can co-operate by putting the box or crate in open condition on the reservoir holder in a state of balance, such that the products do not yet move out of the box or crate themselves.
  • the covering parts are formed by parts that can have one or several of the following forms :
  • a covering part of the box or crate which in closed condition is defined by a tear line that is meant to be able to tear the part out of the box or crate to form said opening;
  • An advantage of an embodiment of a box or crate according to the invention whereby parts can be torn away along a tear line to form an opening, is that the dimensions of the formed opening have been exactly determined already, such that a good co-operation of the box or crate with ⁇ dosing device according to the invention is ensured.
  • the other said embodiments of a box or crate according to the invention allow the made opening to be covered again to put the box Or crate back in closed condition, more specifically by putting the lid back on the box or crate or by folding the covering parts back into a position according to the closed condition.
  • the ' internal walls of the box or crate are provided with such a form or these internal walls are profiled, such that the loose products are guided to at least a part of the opening formed in the box or crate when it is put in the open condition .
  • a big advantage of such box or crate according to the invention is that due to the form of the internal walls the products due to the effect of gravity are automatically guided to the opening, such that no products remain in corners or badly accessible parts of the box or crate during the delivery of doses of these products from the box or crate, when the box or crate is subjected to a shaking or rotating movement, e.g. with a dosing device according to the invention.
  • the box or crate in closed condition has a beam shape with a base, a top and four sidewalls, whereby in a central part of a sidewall of the box or crate in the open condition there is a channel that forms said opening or at least is part of it, whereby the base of the box or crate in the state of balance is sloping in relation to the horizontal, whereby the surrounding parts of the sidewall along the channel in the sidewall form said obstructing parts and whereby the internal walls of the box or crate- on the level of the obstructing parts are- provided with a streamlined form in the direction of the channel in the sidewall, which more specifically consists of parts of the internal walls which taper toward this channel.
  • Such preferred embodiment of a box or crate according to the invention has many advantages.
  • the beam shaped external contours of the box or crate are exceptionally suitable to stack several such boxes or crates in their closed condition.
  • the form of the opening in question is such that doses of products can be easily dispensed along the channel in the said central part of the sidewall.
  • the parts of the internal walls of the box or crate which taper toward this channel ensure a smooth supply of products to the channel when the box or crate is put in a sloping position in relation to the horizontal, at least in so far the balance condition is broken by shaking or rotating the box or crate.
  • the obstructing parts are formed by the surrounding parts of the sidewall along said channel.
  • the box or crate in which loose, more or less uniform, products are provided,- the box or crate additionally has a covering part in closed condition which is defined by a tear line that is meant to be able to tear the part out of the box or crate to form said opening, whereby the opening or tear line extends over the central part of the sidewall in question and over a part of the top.
  • a big advantage of such embodiment of a box or crate according to the invention is that products can be dispensed ' in doses along the central part in the sidewall, while the products are also visibly presented via the part of the opening in the top.
  • the invention also relates to a combination of a box or crate according to the invention and a dosing device according to the invention as described above whereby the box or crate and the dosing device are provided with complementary .parts to realise a co-operation, whereby the box or crate in the open condition has an opening of which at least a part, after placement of the box or crate on the reservoir holder of the dosing device, is oriented toward a supply opening of the dosing device and. whereby the width of the part in question of the opening corresponds with the width of the supply opening.
  • said box or crate and said dosing device because of their special form can co ⁇ operate with each other without problem to dispense doses of the products to a receptacle.
  • the invention also relates to a box or crate, which in closed condition can serve as packaging for loose products such as cherry tomatoes, other vegetables or fruit, etc.
  • the box or crate in closed condition has a beam shape with a base, a top and four sidewalls, whereby in the open condition an opening is formed along which the loose products can move out of the box or crate, characte ised in that the box or crate in closed condition has a covering part that is defined by a tear line for tearing the part out of the box or crate to form said opening, whereby the opening or tear line extends over the central part of a sidewall in question and over a part of the top, whereby in this central part of this sidewall of the box or crate in the open condition there is a channel that is part of said opening, whereby the internal walls of the box or crate on the level of the surrounding parts of the sidewall along the channel in the sidewall are provided with a streamlined form in the direction of the channel in the sidewall, which more specifically consists of parts of the internal
  • Such box or crate according to the invention is suitable to package . loose products in and to dispense these products in doses from the box or crate to a receptacle according to a method as described above and will be explained in more detail based on figures.
  • a number of preferred embodiments are described of a box according to the invention, as well as a box in which loose, more or less uniform products are provided according to the invention, a dosing device according to the invention and a combination of a box and a dosing device according to the invention, with reference to the accompanying drawings, wherein:
  • figure 1 shows a perspective view of a box according to the invention in closed condition
  • figure 2 shows a perspective view of the same box in an open condition
  • figure 3 shows a perspective view of the box in figure 2 in an open condition
  • figure 4 shows a perspective view of a dosing device according to the invention
  • figure 5 shows a perspective view and combination according to the invention of the box shown in figure, 1 and the dosing device shown in figure 4;
  • figure 6 shows a perspective view of the same combination shown in figure 5 during the use thereof for dispensing doses of products;
  • FIGS. 7 and 8 show a perspective view of two possible other embodiments of a combination of a box and dosing device according to the invention
  • figures 9 and 10 show a perspective view of yet another possible embodiment of a combination of a box and a dosing device according to the invention
  • figure 11 shows the box indicated with Fll in figure 10 magnified, when put another position.
  • this box 1 in its closed condition has a beam shape with a base 3, a top 4 and two pairs of opposite parallel sidewalls 5, 6 and 7, 8.
  • the box 1 in closed condition has a covering part 9 that is defined by a tear line 10.
  • This tear line 10 is meant to form a tear or cut 11 in a simple way along the tear line 10 and to thus be able to tear the covering part 9 out of the box to form an opening 12.
  • the box 1 is put in an open condition which is shown in figure 2.
  • the opening 12 or the tear line 10 extends over the central part 13 of the sidewall 5 and over a part 14 of the top 4 of the box 1.
  • a rectangular channel 15 is formed with width B that extends from the base 3 to the top 4 of the box 1.
  • a rectangular hole 16 is also formed that extends from the channel 15, whereby the hole 16 also has a width B and a length L, which each respectively are somewhat smaller than the width B' and the length L' of the box 1 itself.
  • the channel 15 and the hole 16 together form the opening 12.
  • the internal walls 17 of the box 1 on the level of the surrounding parts 18 of the sidewall 5 along the channel 15 in this sidewall 5 are provided with a streamlined form in the direction of the channel 15.
  • This streamlined form is preferably formed by parts 19 of the internal walls 17 that taper toward this channel
  • the internal walls 17 of the box 1 are on the level of the connection between the sidewalls 5 to 7 executed with a bevelled edge 20, the bevelled edges 20 of which that are adjacent to the channel 15 form such parts 19 with a streamlined form.
  • the parts 18 which surround the channel 15 laterally can be considered as parts 18 that can form an obstruction for products 2 in the box 1, in the sense that they somewhat restrict the moving out of the box 1 of such products 2, at least compared in relation to an embodiment whereby the width B of the channel .15 were to correspond with, for example, the entire width B' of the box 1.
  • the dimensions of said opening 12 in the box 1 formed in the open condition of the box 1 and the dimensions of the loose products 2 are aligned to each other in such a way that surrounding parts 18 of at least a part of said opening 12 can form an obstruction, when the box 1 is oriented in a certain state of balance, whereby the loose products 2 in this state of balance are kept in balance in relation to each other and span the opening 12 such that they do not move out of the box 1 themselves due to the effect of gravity, but whereby from this state of balance by making a shaking or rotating movement on the box 1 said balance that spans the opening 12 can be broken, such that at least a part of the loose products 2 can move out of the box 1 due to the effect of gravity on the loose products 2.
  • the width B of the channel 15 as a function of the average size of the products 2, for example as a function of the average diameter D of the cherry tomatoes 2, it is possible to make sure that the outflow of the products or cherry tomatoes 2 in the box 1 is somewhat obstructed by the parts 18, when this box 1 is held in a certain position, whereas by a small agitation of the box 1 it is possible to break the balance in order to make the products or cherry tomatoes 2 move out of the box from the same position due to the effect of gravity.
  • FIG. 3 A possible state of balance of the box 1 in the open position that is filled with cherry tomatoes 2 is shown in figure 3 by way of example.
  • the base 3 of the box 1 preferably is oriented in a sloping way in such state of balance in relation to the horizontal, whereby the surrounding parts 18 of the sidewall 5 along the channel 15 in the sidewall 5 form the obstructing parts.
  • the box 1 in such state of balance can be positioned at an angle A of 25° or more.
  • FIG 4 shows a possible embodiment of a dosing device 21 according to the invention.
  • This dosing device 21 is meant to dispense doses of products 2 in a receptacle 22 from a reservoir that is not part of the dosing device 21, such as e.g. a box 1 shown in figures 1 to 3.
  • the dosing device 21 is provided with a housing 23 on which a reservoir holder 24 is provided that is intended to hold the external reservoir, for instance a box 1, in a desired position.
  • the reservoir holder 24 is meant to be aligned to the reservoir or the box 1, .such that it can be held in the said state of balance, for example with the base 3 sloping at an angle A in relation to the horizontal.
  • such a box 1 can be held in a state of balance after it has been put in an open condition whereby an opening 12 or channel 15 is formed along which the loose .products 2 can move out of the box 1, but whereby the loose products 2 in this state of balance are kept in balance in relation to each other and span the opening 12 or channel 15, such that they do not move out of the box 1 due to the effect of gravity .
  • the dosing device 1 is provided with agitation means 25, which in the figures is not worked out in detail and which allow the reservoir holder 24 to be subjected to a shaking or rotating movement in order to temporarily break said balance that spans the opening 12, such that at least a part of the loose products 2 can move out of the box 1 due to the effect of gravity on the loose products 2.
  • the reservoir holder 24 contains an inclined platform 26 that extends from the housing
  • the side edges 28 of the platform 26 are each formed by an upstanding edge 29 between which a box 1 can be fitted.
  • the upstanding edges 29 along the platform 26 extend parallel to each other at a distance B' from each other according to the width B' of a box 1.
  • the platform 26 extends in a sloping plane at an angle A in relation to the horizontal plane HH' .
  • the housing 23 of the dosing device 21 contains two parallel sidewalls 30 and 31, whereby a drum 32 is suspended rotatably between these two sidewalls 30 and 31 around an axis CC that extends perpendicular to the sidewalls 30 and 31.
  • the drum 32 is provided with grooves 33 which extend parallel to the axis CC and which are meant to catch the loose products 2 supplied from the supply opening 27.
  • the drum 32 can be manually operated by means of a wheel 34.
  • a rotation of the drum 32 activates the agitation means 25 for a shaking movement of the reservoir holder 24, in order to make loose products 2 or cherry tomatoes 2 move out of a box 1 positioned on the reservoir holder
  • Such shaking movement can be, for example, an up and down movement or a to and fro movement or a combination thereof.
  • the movement can be a vibrating movement and can, for example, be such vibrating movement the amplitude of which is so small that it is not perceptible with the naked eye.
  • the agitation means 25 comprise mechanical elements which realise a direct or indirect contact between, on the one hand, the reservoir holder 24 and, on the other hand, the drum 32 or the wheel 34 or another element that is also driven by operating the wheel 34.
  • the reservoir holder 24 is attached hingeably or slidab.ly to the housing 23- of the dosing device 21.
  • the mechanical elements can, for example, concern one or more arms which are connected with the reservoir holder 24 and which reach to a serrated wheel or the like that is provided between the drum 32 and the walls 30 and 31 of the housing.
  • a turn of the wheel 34 produces a turn of the drum 32 and also a turn of one or more serrated wheels, which serrated wheel then makes alternating contact with the one or more arms.
  • this arm or these arms are rigidly connected with the reservoir holder 24, which is attached hingeably to the housing 23 of the dosing device 21, the reservoir holder 24 will be shaken as intended when the wheel 34 is. turned. It i s clear that the wheel 34 could also be provided with parts reaching up to the reservoir holder 24 which when the wheel 34 is turned make alternating contact with the reservoir holder 24.
  • the reservoir holder 24 has a width B' , according to the width B' of a box 1 which is greater than the width B of the housing 23 and the width B of the supply opening 27 of the dosing device 21.
  • the combination 35 of a dosing device 21 and a box 1 according to the invention shown in the figures 5 and 6 is such that the box 1 and the dosing device 21 are provided with complementary parts in order to realise a co-operation thereof.
  • the box 1 in the open condition has an opening
  • reservoir holder 24 of the dosing device 21 is oriented toward the supply opening 27 of the dosing device 21.
  • the width B of the part 15 in question, more specifically of the channel 15, of the opening 12 corresponds with the width B of the supply opening 27.
  • the box 1 and the reservoir holder 24 are substantially wider than the supply opening 27 of the dosing device 21.
  • This provides the advantage that a relatively small or narrow dosing device 21 can be used to empty a relatively wide box 1.
  • the form of the internal walls 17 of the box 1 makes sure that there is a good guidance of the products 2 to the supply opening 27 and ensures that the whole box 1 is completely emptied without any problem without any of the loose products 2 staying behind in corners or the like, when these products 2 are moved dose by dose from the box 1 under the influence of gravity after activation of the agitation means 25.
  • Figure 7 shows another embodiment of a combination 35 of a box 1 and a dosing device 21 according to the invention .
  • the box 1 of this combination 35 loose, more or less uniform products 2 are again provided, and the box 1, in closed condition, again essentially has a beam shape with a base 3, a top 4 and four sidewalls 5 to 8.
  • the box 1 in this embodiment is made
  • This channel 15 or opening 12 in the box 1 is
  • these covering parts 9 in the open condition form a kind of container which
  • the box 1 can again be placed in a state of balance, whereby the cherry tomatoes 2 do not move out of the box 1 by themselves. More specifically the wall in question 4 with channel
  • the adjacent parts 37 along the channel 15 hereby form said obstructing parts of the box 1 which make sure the products 2 effectively do not move out of the box 1 by themselves, but only following the effect of a certain agitation of the box 1, at least in so far the dimensions of the channel 15 or opening 12 and the dimensions of the products 2 are well aligned to each other .
  • the agitating movement consists of a fluctuating movement around an EE' axis perpendicular to the walls 30 and 31 of the housing 23 of the dosing device 21, whereby the cherry tomatoes 2 can fall directly from the box 1 into a receptacle 22.
  • the reservoir holder 24 is made differently too and has a width B' which corresponds with the width B' of the housing 23 and with the width B' of the supply opening 27 of the dosing device 21 to receive loose products 2 from the reservoir 1.
  • This width B' also, corresponds with the width B' of the box 1.
  • Figure 8 shows yet another embodiment of a combination 35 of a box 1 and a dosing device 21 according to the invention, which shows many similarities with the embodiment of figure 7.
  • a covering part 9 forms a kind of flap which can be folded in order to form an opening 12 or channel 15, this time in the front wall 5 of the box 1.
  • the wall 5 in question with channel 15 of the box 1 in the state of balance is also oriented perpendicular in relation to the horizontal plane HH' .
  • cherry tomatoes 2 from this state of balance are moved directly by a vibrating movement made with the agitation means 25 dose by dose to a receptacle 22.
  • the dosing device 21 shown in the figures 9 and 10 also has a housing 23 with parallel sidewalls 30 and 31 between which a drum 32 with grooves 33 is applied and whereby the drum 32 can be operated manually by an external wheel 34.
  • the reservoir holder 24 is also made as an inclined platform 26 which, at an angle A sticks out from a supply opening 27. However, this time this inclined platform 26 is made essentially flat whereby on the side edges 28 no upstanding edge 29 is provided.
  • the width B' of the inclined platform is in this case equal to the distance B' between the parallel sidewalls 30 and 31, as well as the width B' of a box 1.
  • the inclined platform 26 in this embodiment is made with a pair of pins 38 provided on the outer corners 39 of the inclined platform 26.
  • pins 38 can be fittingly inserted in a pair of corresponding holes, that are not shown in the figures, and which are provided in the base 3 of the box or crate 1.
  • protrusions 42 and 43 respectively .
  • protrusions 42 and 43 extend in the extension of the plane formed by each of the parallel sidewalls 30 and 31 and it is the intention that the protrusions 42 and 43 when positioning a box or crate 1 on the reservoir holder 24 are inserted in corresponding holes 44 and 45 provided in the front sidewall 5 of the box or crate 1. Due to the co-operation of the protrusions 42 and 43 and the corresponding holes 44 and 45, as well as of the pins 38 and the holes in the base 3 of the box 1, the box 1 is correctly positioned on the reservoir holder 24, whereby the channel 15 in the box 1 is centrally aligned in the supply opening ' 27 of the dosing device 21.
  • the protrusions 42 and 43 are asymmetrically executed in relation to the central plane between the parallel sidewalls 30 and 31.
  • the protrusion 42 is applied to the sidewall 30 at a distance D in relation to the inclined platform 26 which is greater than the distance D' at which the protrusion 43 is applied to the sidewall 31.
  • the holes 44 and 45 are of course also asymmetrically executed in relation to the central vertical plane through the box 1, whereby the hole 44 is provided at a distance D in relation to the base 3 and hole 45 at a smaller distance D' in relation to this base 3.
  • the box 1 in the figures 9 to 11 still has characteristics that differ somewhat from the embodiment of a box 1 shown in the figures 1 and 2.
  • box 1 is also provided with a covering part 9 that is defined by a tear line 10, which, however, only extends over the front sidewall 5.
  • a rectangular channel 15 is formed with width B that extends from the base 3 to the top 4 of the box 1.
  • the tear line 10 does not extend into the top 4, which was the case in the embodiment of box 1 shown in the figures 1 and 2.
  • the top 4 of the box 1 is provided with a transparent part 46, which, for example, is made of a transparent plastic foil and forms a kind of window 46 in this top 4 that is meant to present the products 2 in the box 1.
  • a transparent part 46 which, for example, is made of a transparent plastic foil and forms a kind of window 46 in this top 4 that is meant to present the products 2 in the box 1.
  • box 1 in figure 11 another aspect of this embodiment of the box 1 is illustrated, more specifically that the box 1 can also be used independently from a dosing device 21 according to the invention to manually take products 2 out of the box 1.
  • the box 1 in this embodiment is executed more specifically with a covering part 47 that is provided in a lateral part 36 of the top 4 of the box 1 near the sidewall 5.
  • the intention hereby is that for manually taking products 2 out of the box 1, the covering part 9 in the sidewall 5 is not opened by using the tear line 10, but that, on the contrary, the sidewall 5 is positioned on a foundation 48, while the top 4 in this case is oriented vertically.
  • the covering part 47 hereby forms a kind of drawer 49 from which a user can take the loose products 2 with his/her hand.
  • the present invention is by no means limited to the embodiments described as an example of a box or crate 1, a dosing device 21 or a combination 35 thereof according to the invention but this box or crate 1, dosing device 21 or a combination 35 thereof be realised in all kinds' of forms and dimensions without departing from the scope of the invention.

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Abstract

L'invention concerne une boîte (1) dans laquelle sont disposés des produits en vrac (2), les dimensions d'une ouverture (12) dans la boîte (1) et les dimensions des produits en vrac (2) correspondant, de telle sorte que, dans un certain état d'équilibre, les produits en vrac (2) ne sortent pas de la boîte (1) ou de la caisse par eux-mêmes sous l'effet de la gravité, mais selon laquelle, à partir de l'état d'équilibre, par réalisation d'un mouvement d'agitation ou de rotation sur la boîte (1), au moins une partie (15) des produits en vrac (2) peut sortir de la boîte (1) ou de la caisse sous l'effet de la gravité sur les produits en vrac.
PCT/IB2018/050623 2017-02-02 2018-02-01 Boîte ou caisse dans laquelle sont disposés des produits en vrac, plus ou moins uniformes, et dispositif de dosage pouvant coopérer avec ladite boîte ou caisse WO2018142315A1 (fr)

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