CN102712410A

CN102712410A - Safety cardboard packaging in particular for beverage dispensers

Info

Publication number: CN102712410A
Application number: CN2011800059245A
Authority: CN
Inventors: R·蒂沃莱特
Original assignee: Societe dAssistance Technique pour Produits Nestle SA
Current assignee: Nestec SA
Priority date: 2010-01-12
Filing date: 2011-01-11
Publication date: 2012-10-03
Also published as: US20130032500A1; WO2011086052A1; EP2523874A1

Abstract

An all -cardboard safety packaging (1) for covering and protecting against free-fall shocks an electric appliance, in particular a household or office appliance such as a kitchen appliance e.g. a beverage preparation machine. The packaging comprises a cardboard handle (2), in particular an integral handle, for holding and carrying such packaging when containing the electric appliance.

Description

Be particularly useful for the safe carton package of beverage dispenser

Technical field

The present invention relates to be used for such as electrical equipment, especially the packing of the goods of beverage dispenser and so on.This packing sheet is set to the influence that the protection goods is avoided shaking.

Background technology

There are the various packaging systems that are used to protect the goods such as electrical equipment.Usually, these packaging systems comprise and are used to cardboard and/or the plastic material of protecting goods to prevent mechanical shock.

In DE 7419516, disclose the example of this system that is used to pack motorcar radio set, in US 2007/0135283, disclosed the example of this system that is used to pack the product (such as VCR box, glass ornament, the art work, portable radio or toner Cartridge etc.) that is rectangle basically.

EP 1586509 has disclosed a kind of packaging system with paperboard pallet, and said paperboard pallet is used to hold the goods of the thermoplastic film covering that is soldered on the pallet.This film stretches above the top part of extending above the edge at pallet of goods and is out of shape, goods is fastened to the bottom of pallet.This packaging system can provide some protections with respect to environment.But it is inappropriate for relative vibration the actv. protection is provided.JP11236036 has disclosed a kind of similar packing device.

DE 202006015075 has disclosed big goods (such as vision receiver) has been contained between the inflatable pad that faces with each other with flat surface.At US 6,997, disclosed a kind of mat that need not keep in 323 and be in the simpler system in the inflated condition, but it prevents that to the protection goods mechanical shock from being actv. not too.This latter's Patent publish a kind of packaging system of processing by the external box of microvave that contains the shock-absorbing tubular insert.Said insert is made corrugated and is hinged to main cardboard.Although these have cushioned the vibrations that on casing, cause with goods and the isolated insert of external box of microvave, they still have been directly passed to the goods of pack perpendicular to the vibrations of packaged surface after with sort buffer.At US 6; Disclosed a modification of this system in 904,734, it has disclosed a kind of packing chest with a plurality of filler strips; Said filler strip is processed by compressible elastic foam, and said elastic foam is bonding and extend so that goods is fastened in the chest along the inner panel of chest.

Generally externally use foam in carboard or the plastic housing, such as the expanded polystyrene packaging element, it is well-known coming absorbing vibration.For example in EP 1612159, disclosed the expanded polystyrene packaging structure of electrical equipment in more detail.

DE 3437399 has disclosed a kind of carton package, and it has the folding portable handle of one and is used for encapsulation and carries typewriter.This carton package sticks together around typewriter fastening through a plurality of parts with cardboard.CH 671202 has disclosed a kind of similar parallelepiped pack.In addition, this packing is provided with tear line, is used for top and bottom separated opening this packing.

In addition, WO2009/115438 has disclosed a kind of packing, and it has pair of outer cardboard shell, and the cardboard shell has around beverage preparation machine osed top internal interval plastic tab, so that these thin slices are clipped in the middle machine and itself and cardboard shell are separated.

But, along with trend, owing in light weight and low scrap plastic material or the expanded polystyrene that value is not easy to reclaim and the resolving time is grown very much and become a problem towards environmental friendliness technology.In addition, in each place especially the US-legislation bill through or adopted, forbid using polystyrene for some packaging applications.

Summary of the invention

Therefore a preferred purpose of the present invention is the packing that alleviates the shortcoming of prior art and a kind of cheap safety is provided, and it can be used in shipment with protection electrical equipment, especially galley equipment, such as beverage preparation machine.

A preferred purpose of the present invention provides a kind of packaging system, and it meets generally acknowledged safety rate, and such as iso standard, especially iso standard 2234,2244,2247,2248,2875,2876,8768,8318,12048 ... In one or more.

Therefore the present invention relates to a kind of full cardboard safety packaging, be used for covering and protection electrical equipment (especially family expenses or office equipment, such as galley equipment, beverage preparation machine for example) is avoided the vibrations of free fall.This packing comprises the cardboard handle, and especially integrated handle is used for when holding said electrical equipment, holding and carrying this packing.

Therefore, different with the safety packaging of prior art is, packing of the present invention is without any need for structural plastics or polystyrene or make that undulatory paper spare obtains defencive function and the user can singlehanded carry.

Usually, electrical equipment has at least one outmost upperlimit in 20-50cm (such as 25-40cm) scope, for example its height or its width.Said electrical equipment can have the weight of 3-15kg, such as 5-10kg.In addition, this safety packaging is arranged to protect the integral body of electrical equipment, prevents the vibrations falling to causing of repeating because of the packing that contains this equipment; For example in the whereabouts of the elevation-over of 50cm at least; Such as 70cm at least, 100cm especially at least, more particularly 120cm or 150cm at least.

For example, this packing has last cardboard, and cardboard comprises it being the cardboard handle portion of arch basically on this, is U-shaped or inverted U-shaped cardboard portion especially basically, to be used to form handle.This handle portion can have at least one leg, and said leg connects and is hinged to cardboard, especially through for example realizing connection and hinged along the centre or the outward flange of last cardboard away from last folding cardboard handle portion.This packing can have the cardboard top board, and this top board covers upper plate at least in part, and this top board has opening, and the passage of the handle portion of said opening formation upper plate is so that it passes said top board extension.Said top board can comprise with the cardboard portion of last cardboard cooperation to form the cardboard handle portion of handle, the handle portion of top board has the shape of the handle portion that is similar to upper plate basically alternatively.The handle portion of top board can have at least one leg, and said leg connects and is hinged to top board, especially realizes connection and hinged through the handle portion away from the folding top board of top board.The edge of said opening that the handle portion of top board can be close to the passage of the handle portion that forms said upper plate is connected with hinged, the opening in the top board randomly at least in part the part of the handle portion of the formation top board through the cutting top board form.

In one embodiment; This packing comprises by top and top section osed top cardboard body; Said top section folds over and above the part of top, is fastened to body and/or top part through the cardboard interlock in the top part, so that usually should packing around the electrical equipment assembling.Especially, top and top section and body are one-body molded.For example, after packing, body is arranged to extend along the side of electrical equipment and bottom, and upper plate and top board are arranged to extend in the over top of electrical equipment.

Top partial sum body can pass through hinge (for example folding cardboard part) and connect, and said interlock is configured to the locking top section at said hinge place.Likewise, said top section also can be hinged to body.Said interlock can be included in packing back salient and recess interlocked with one another.Randomly, said salient is roughly arrow-shaped so that especially can help salient to be inserted in the recess and stop salient to remove from recess.Especially, said salient is that arrow-shaped all of a sudden removes from recess to prevent salient.

Preferably, this packing has automatic deployment configuration, to be used for opening automatically when the interlock release packing of electrical equipment.Therefore, in closed configuration, package member is under the constraint, and especially at the hinge place of FOLD AND PACK, thereby after release and discharging, said packing is opened the electrical equipment that is contained in wherein to expose automatically through expansion.Therefore, the user can separate electrical equipment not carrying out under the situation of operation bidirectional packing on every side from packing.

In addition; This packing can comprise a plurality of external plates that are arranged to around electrical equipment; Comprise that also at least one is the cardboard spacer element of parallelepiped, especially bottom interval element and/or top spacer element basically, be used for electrical equipment and one or more or all external plates spaced apart.

Advantageously, for attended operation is minimized, especially relate to bonding or handle the operation of the part of bonded assembly with the assembling packing, this packing can be processed by the single folder of one.

This packing can be arranged to support oneself around electrical equipment, does not for example need other device or annex to be fastened on electrical equipment and also surrounds and protect this electrical equipment on every side suitably.

The invention still further relates to a kind of big envelope system, the container that it comprises aforesaid packing and holds this packing, randomly, said container constitutes chest or sack and/or said container and is processed by paper or cardboard.In some embodiments, said container can also be used for said packing is remained on the detent position around electrical equipment.

Description of drawings

To the present invention be described with reference to scheme drawing at present, wherein:

Fig. 1 shows the enclose of opening according to of the present invention;

Fig. 2 shows the enlarged view of the interlock of the packing shown in Fig. 1; And

Fig. 3 shows the part according to this packing with modification of expansion of the present invention.

The specific embodiment

Fig. 1 has disclosed a kind of according to the full cardboard safety packaging 1 that is in its sealing or the assembled configuration of the present invention.Packing 1 is configured to protect electrical equipment (not shown, especially family expenses or office equipment, such as galley equipment, beverage preparation machine for example) to avoid the vibrations of free fall.

In WO2009/074550, WO2009/074553, WO2009/074555, WO2009/074557 and WO2009/074559, disclosed the example of this equipment, especially beverage preparation machine.

Packing 1 comprises cardboard handle 2, and integraty handle especially is used for when holding electrical equipment, holding and carries this packing 1.Packing 1 has last cardboard 10, and it has is the cardboard handle portion 11 of arch basically, is U-shaped or inverted U-shaped cardboard portion especially basically, is used to form handle 2.The part of cardboard that can be through cutting plate 10 and at the leg 11a place of this part connecting panel 10 vertically crooked this part come moulding handle portion 11 so that utilize its formation hinge.

In addition, packing 1 has cardboard top board 12, and it covers upper plate 10 at least in part.Top board 12 has opening 12a, and opening 12a has formed the passage of handle portion 11 of upper plate 10 so that it passes top board 12 extends.In addition, top board 12 comprise with the cardboard portion of last cardboard 10 11 cooperations to form the cardboard handle portion 13 of handle 2.The handle portion 13 of top board 12 has the handle portion 11 basic similarly shapes with upper plate 10.Therefore, and the

handle portion

11,13 of putting formed monolever as shown in fig. 12.

The handle portion 13 of top board 12 has a pair of leg 13a, 13b, and its connection and be hinged to top board 12 is especially through realizing away from plate 12 folding handle portions 13 connecting and hinged.The edge 12b of the said opening 12a of the passage of the handle portion 11 of the said upper plate 10 of handle portion 13 contiguous formation of top board 12 is connected with hinged.The part of handle portion 13 of the formation top board 12 through cutting top board 12 forms the opening 12a on the top board 12 at least in part.

As shown in fig. 1, the shape of the outer peripheral portion of handle portion 13 is consistent with the peripheral part of opening 12a.As a modification, in Fig. 3 (wherein identical Reference numeral is roughly represented components identical), opening 12a cuts wideer than handle 13.The opening incision is helped in upright crooked grasping member portion when handle portion is in level attitude onboard before than handle portion is wideer.

In addition, packing 1 has by top and

top section

10,12 osed

top cardboard bodies

14,15,16.Body comprises 14,15 and base plates 16 of two side plates.In the illustrated embodiment, top and

top section

10,12 and

body

14,15,16 are one-body molded.Side plate 15 has window 15a, can see said electrical equipment from the outside through said window when being encapsulated in the packing 1 with convenient electrical equipment.

Top section 12 is folded in top part 10 tops and above top part 10, is fastened to top part 10 through cardboard interlock 17,18.Fig. 2 (wherein identical Reference numeral is roughly represented components identical) is the enlarged view of

interlock

17,18 before locking.Alternately, said handle construction can be used for will packing around the electrical equipment locking having or do not have under the auxiliary situation of this interlock.

The side plate 14 of top part 10 and body is through hinge 10 ' be connected.Interlock 17,18 is configured at hinge 10 ' locate to lock top section 12, so that packing 1 can and be supported oneself around the electrical equipment sealing.

Interlock

17,18 comprises salient interlocked with one another 18 and recess 17.Recess 17 is adjacent hinge 10 ' locate to be shaped to slit in top part 10.In a modification, recess can be molded over this hinge 10 ' go up or be molded on the contiguous side plate 14.Salient 18 is one-body molded with plate 12.

In Fig. 2, the shape that salient is arrow basically is shown, remove from recess so that especially can help salient 18 to be inserted in the recess 17 and to stop.In the modification shown in Fig. 3, salient 18 is illustrated as rectangle.In the latter's embodiment, salient 18 can be bonded in the slit 17 perhaps fastened.

In addition, packing 1 has automatic deployed configuration being used for when packing when being unlocked, and for example when

interlock

17,18 is unlocked, especially when when recess 17 is pulled out salient 18, opens the packing of electrical equipment automatically.Especially, thus top board 12, upper plate 10, side plate 14, base plate 16, side plate 15 and top board 12 be by the one-piece folded cardboard form form hinge 10 ', 12 ', 14 ', 15 '.But; Cardboard folding be partial to hinge 10 ', 12 ', 14 ', 15 ' remain under the constraint with convenient user and make salient 18 when recess 17 breaks away from and discharge; The constraint relevant with these hinges will impel

plate

10,12,14,15,16 to launch, thereby expose any equipment that is contained in the packing 1.Therefore; Automatically it can be elastomeric opening the required energy of packing that is contained in the equipment in the packing 1, for example is stored in affined the folding, and/or is action of gravity; For example when packing 1 is unlocked, packing 1 can be launched under the effect of the weight of at least one

side plate

14,15.

In addition; Packing 1 have a pair of hollow basically parallelepiped cardboard spacer element 19,19 '; Especially bottom interval element 19 and top spacer element 19 '; Be used on the one hand spaced apartly, be used for electrical equipment and upper plate and

top board

10,12 spaced apart on the other hand electrical equipment and base plate 16.In addition, spacer element 19,19 ' preferably is configured to electrical equipment is remained on its core so that electrical equipment and

side plate

14,15 is spaced apart.Each spacer element is to be processed by the folder of special use.Therefore each spacer element has roughly constituted the pipe with rectangular base.Can spacer element 19,19 ' in or groove or

other pedestal

19a, 19a ' are set on it, be used for electrical equipment being positioned properly with respect to spacer element.Spacer element 19,19 ' can be bonded or be clamped on upper plate 10 and the base plate 16 perhaps only is compressed in electrical equipment and base plate and upper plate 10, between 16.Because economy and ecological consideration, spacer element preferably is not bonding but only is extruded or fastened on how much, wing plate before and after for example utilizing.In a modification, in order further to simplify assembling, spacer element is made into integration with the cardboard sheet that forms

plate

10,12,14,15,16.In the latter case, spacer element is fastened to remaining packing 1 and inherently fully without any need for additional location or securing device.

Shown in Fig. 1 and 3, packing 1 has a plurality of

external plates

10,12,14,15,16, and they are arranged to around said electrical equipment.Different with shown in Fig. 1; Packing 1 shown in Fig. 3 comprises front wing panel 20a, 21a and rear fender 20b, 21b, be used for

reinforcement plate

14,15 front-end and back-end and/or electrical equipment remain on cardboard spacer element 19,19 ' between situation under stop cardboard spacer element 19,19 ' drop out.

Drop under the situation on floor or other rigid surface in packing, spacer element 19,19 ' played the effect of the energy disperser that is included in the electrical equipment in the packing 1 is so that protection is contained in the equipment in the packing.Therefore, the vibrations on the outside face of packing 1 can not be delivered to said equipment, but before arriving said equipment, are fallen by spacer element 19,19 ' buffering.

In Fig. 1 with dotted line schematically show container 1 '.This container encloses packing 1 is to form the big envelope system around electrical equipment.Can container 1 ' on print and form customer's visible part of the packing of electrical equipment.This container can only be used for presentation information or strengthen the stability of stability, the especially interlock of packing.This container can also be used the baffle plate of work to dirt, dust or moisture.Container 1 can be shaped to chest or sack and/or processed by paper or cardboard.

When packing 1 was accommodated in container 1 ' middle, handle 2 can be put down and is positioned at spacer element 19 ' go up and/or concordant with

top board

10,12 with upper plate for sleeping inly.

Usually; The spatial terminology of preceding text " top ", " on ", " side ", " end ", " back ", " preceding ", " level " and " vertically " refer to the packing of using in the configuration that is in when being carried through holding handle by the user, it accommodates electrical equipment usually.

Claims

1. a full cardboard safety packaging (1); Be used for coating electrical equipment and protection electrical equipment and avoid the vibrations of free fall, said electrical equipment is family expenses or office equipment especially, such as galley equipment; Beverage preparation machine for example; Said packing (1) comprises the handle of cardboard handle (2), especially one, is used for when holding said electrical equipment, gripping and carrying said packing.

2. packing according to claim 1 is characterized in that, said packing has last cardboard (10); The said cardboard of going up comprises that be used to form said handle (2) basic is the cardboard handle portion (11) of arch; Especially basically be U-shaped or inverted U-shaped cardboard portion, said handle portion (11) randomly have at least one leg (11a, 11b); Said leg connects and is hinged to cardboard (10), especially through realize connection and hinged away from the said handle portion of last folding cardboard.

3. packing according to claim 2; It is characterized in that; Said packing has cardboard top board (12); Said top board covers said upper plate (10) at least in part, and said top board has opening (12a), and the passage that said opening forms the handle portion (11) of said upper plate extends so that said handle portion (11) is passed said top board.

4. packing according to claim 3; It is characterized in that; Said top board (12) comprise with the cardboard portion (11) of last cardboard (10) cooperation to form the cardboard handle portion (13) of said handle (2), the said handle portion of top board randomly has the shape of the handle portion that is similar to upper plate basically.

5. packing according to claim 4; It is characterized in that; The handle portion (13) of top board (12) has at least one leg (13a; 13b), said leg connects and is hinged to top board, especially through realizing connection and hinged away from the folding said handle portion of top board; The edge (12b) of said opening (12a) of said passage that the handle portion (13) of said top board (12) is randomly contiguous to form the handle portion (11) of said upper plate (10) is connected and is hinged, and the opening in the said top board is that the part through the handle portion of the said top board of formation that cuts said top board forms especially at least in part.

6. according to each described packing among the claim 3-5, it is characterized in that said packing comprises by top partial sum top section (10; 12) osed top cardboard body (14,15,16); Said top partial sum top section is especially one-body molded with said body; Part folds over said top section on said top, and above the part of said top, is fastened to said body and/or said top part through cardboard interlock (17,18).

7. packing according to claim 6 is characterized in that, said top part (10) and body (14,15,16) connect through hinge (10 '), and said interlock (17,18) is configured to lock said top section at said hinge place.

8. according to claim 6 or 7 described packings; It is characterized in that; Said interlock comprises salient interlocked with one another (18) and recess (17); Said salient is an arrowhead form basically randomly, removes from the female portion so that allow especially to help said salient to insert in the female portion and stop.

9. according to each described packing in the aforementioned claim, it is characterized in that said packing has the cardboard portion (10,12 that can lock; 14,15) and self-presenting devices (10 ', 12 '; 14 ', 15 '), be used for when the release of said cardboard portion; Especially when interlock (17, the 18) release of said cardboard portion, open the packing that is contained in said electrical equipment wherein automatically.

10. packing according to claim 9 is characterized in that, said self-presenting devices comprise the elastic restraint hinge that launches said cardboard portion (10,12,14,15) (10 ', 12 ', 14 ', 15 ').

11., it is characterized in that said cardboard portion (10,12,14,15) is arranged to by gravity and launches according to claim 9 or 10 described packings.

12., it is characterized in that said packing sheet is set to around said electrical equipment and supports oneself according to each described packing in the aforementioned claim.

13., it is characterized in that said packing comprises a plurality of external plates (10 that are arranged to around said electrical equipment according to each described packing in the aforementioned claim; 12,14,15; 16), comprise that also at least one is the cardboard spacer element (19,19 ') of parallelepiped basically; Especially bottom interval element (19) and/or top spacer element (19 ') such as one or more hollow members, are used for said electrical equipment and one or more or all external plates spaced apart; Said at least one spacer element randomly comprises at least one pedestal that is used to admit said electrical equipment (19a, 19a ').

14., it is characterized in that said packing is to be processed by the single fan-fold paper plate of one according to each described packing in the aforementioned claim.

15. a big envelope system comprises like each limited in the aforementioned claim packing (1) and holds the container (1 ') of said packing that randomly, said container forms chest or sack and/or said container and processed by paper or cardboard.