WO2020008233A1

WO2020008233A1 - Gpsa optibox box

Info

Publication number: WO2020008233A1
Application number: PCT/IB2018/054914
Authority: WO
Inventors: Lionel TORTOLERO SALAS
Original assignee: Grupasa Grupo Papelero S.A.
Priority date: 2018-07-03
Filing date: 2018-07-03
Publication date: 2020-01-09

Abstract

The invention relates to a box that can be self assembled in a single piece and which eliminates the use of a base-and-lid unit, with a vertical compressive strength greater than any box currently on the banana market. The special design reinforces the box at critical points where the packaging is subject to greater compression forces, ensuring its performance and improving vertical compressive strength and minimising the loss of bending stiffness of the base, and includes ventilation holes in the bottom part that ensure adequate airflow to ventilate the fruit and loading guides that ensure the correct alignment of the top box when the boxes are loaded or stacked.

Description

OPTIBOX GPSA BOX

The present invention relates to the technical sector of banana boxes.

DESCRIPTION

The object of the present invention is a self-assembling box in one piece, which eliminates the use of a base and cover assembly, with a vertical compressive strength superior to any current box in the banana market. Its special design makes it a reinforced box at the critical points where the packaging is subjected to greater compression efforts guaranteeing its performance for light paper combinations in its manufacture. Background of the invention

With the present invention, a significant improvement is achieved with respect to the currently existing banana boxes, specifically with respect to the vertical compressive strength, the loss of stiffness at the bottom bending, the ventilation holes in its lower part which guarantee adequate air flow for the ventilation of the fruit, stowage guides that grant the correct alignment of the upper box when they are stowed or stacked.

Brief description of the drawings

The enclosed drawings illustrate, by way of non-limiting example, the shape of the box with its novel elements. In that drawing:

Figure 1 is a diagonal view of the box;

Figure 2 is a view from below the box; Y,

Figure 3 is a diagonal view of the box.

Detailed description of the drawings These drawings show the design and innovative elements of the box.

Figure 1 shows a structure in a self-assembling piece with double corrugated cardboard BC, its size ranges from 0.265 to 0.278 inches, it has a top closing mechanism by means of a flip flap that fits the open geometry of its upper part and guarantees a precise closure (1).

In Figure 2 it is observed that the structure has three ventilation holes in its lower part which guarantee adequate air flow for the ventilation of the fruit, these holes are geometrically distributed in such a way that they minimize the loss of stiffness to the flexion of the bottom. (3)

In Figure 3 it is observed that when the box is assembled, structural reinforcements of the corner type are formed, which are incorporated into the box and increase its resistance to vertical compression (2), that the box has guide rails located in the center of the short panels, which guarantee the correct alignment of the upper box at the time they are stowed on the wooden pallet or if they are stacked in black crumple (4), and that the box has hand holes located at the optimum height Increases the vertical compressive strength of the cardboard box, its rounded corner geometry minimizes the effects of stress concentrators on the side wall of the box (5).

Claims

1.-Self-assembling box in one piece, made of cardboard, characterized by having a top closing mechanism by means of a flap abatiole that fits the open geometry of its upper part (1).

2. Self-assembling box in a single piece of cardboard, according to claim 1, characterized in that when the box is assembled, structural reinforcements are formed corner types (2).

3. Self-assembling cardboard box in one piece, according to claim 2, characterized in that the structure has three ventilation holes in its lower part that are geometrically distributed (3).

4.-Self-assembling box in one piece, of cardboard, according to claim 3, characterized by having stowage guides located in the center of the short panels (4).

5. Self-assembling cardboard box in one piece, according to claim 4, characterized by having hand holes located at the optimum height to increase the resistance to vertical compression of the box (5).

6. Self-assembling cardboard box in one piece, according to claim 5, characterized by having hand holes with a rounded geometry in the corners minimizes the effects of stress concentrators on the side wall of the box. (5)