EP0057042A2 - Box for cut flowers - Google Patents

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EP0057042A2
EP0057042A2 EP82200088A EP82200088A EP0057042A2 EP 0057042 A2 EP0057042 A2 EP 0057042A2 EP 82200088 A EP82200088 A EP 82200088A EP 82200088 A EP82200088 A EP 82200088A EP 0057042 A2 EP0057042 A2 EP 0057042A2
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    • 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
    • B65D81/00—Containers, packaging elements, or packages, for contents presenting particular transport or storage problems, or adapted to be used for non-packaging purposes after removal of contents
    • B65D81/24—Adaptations for preventing deterioration or decay of contents; Applications to the container or packaging material of food preservatives, fungicides, pesticides or animal repellants
    • B65D81/26—Adaptations for preventing deterioration or decay of contents; Applications to the container or packaging material of food preservatives, fungicides, pesticides or animal repellants with provision for draining away, or absorbing, or removing by ventilation, fluids, e.g. exuded by contents; Applications of corrosion inhibitors or desiccators
    • B65D81/263—Adaptations for preventing deterioration or decay of contents; Applications to the container or packaging material of food preservatives, fungicides, pesticides or animal repellants with provision for draining away, or absorbing, or removing by ventilation, fluids, e.g. exuded by contents; Applications of corrosion inhibitors or desiccators for ventilating the contents
    • 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
    • B65D21/00—Nestable, stackable or joinable containers; Containers of variable capacity
    • B65D21/02—Containers specially shaped, or provided with fittings or attachments, to facilitate nesting, stacking, or joining together
    • B65D21/06—Containers specially shaped, or provided with fittings or attachments, to facilitate nesting, stacking, or joining together with movable parts adapted to be placed in alternative positions for nesting the containers when empty and for stacking them when full
    • B65D21/062—Containers specially shaped, or provided with fittings or attachments, to facilitate nesting, stacking, or joining together with movable parts adapted to be placed in alternative positions for nesting the containers when empty and for stacking them when full the movable parts being attached or integral and displaceable into a position overlying the top of the container, e.g. bails, corner plates
    • 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
    • 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
    • B65D85/50—Containers, packaging elements or packages, specially adapted for particular articles or materials for living organisms, articles or materials sensitive to changes of environment or atmospheric conditions, e.g. land animals, birds, fish, water plants, non-aquatic plants, flower bulbs, cut flowers or foliage
    • B65D85/505—Containers, packaging elements or packages, specially adapted for particular articles or materials for living organisms, articles or materials sensitive to changes of environment or atmospheric conditions, e.g. land animals, birds, fish, water plants, non-aquatic plants, flower bulbs, cut flowers or foliage for cut flowers
    • 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
    • B65D85/50—Containers, packaging elements or packages, specially adapted for particular articles or materials for living organisms, articles or materials sensitive to changes of environment or atmospheric conditions, e.g. land animals, birds, fish, water plants, non-aquatic plants, flower bulbs, cut flowers or foliage

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  • the invention relates to a packaging suitable for packaging cut flowers in a compressed state, consisting of a holder with an essentially rectangular base delimited by four standing walls and a pressing device for the flowers.
  • Holders made of wood, aluminum, cardboard and plastic are known for packaging cut flowers for shipping and storage, but they all have one or more of the following disadvantages.
  • a disadvantage of wood is the absorption of moisture and the formation of chips. Cardboard holders are quickly worn out, which is also due to their sensitivity to moisture. Aluminum holders are expensive and show dents after a short period of use.
  • plastic holders have these disadvantages to a much lesser extent, the known holders made of plastic and other materials have the disadvantage that they cannot be stacked one inside the other, which increases the space costs to be occupied when empty holders have to be stored or transported.
  • Another disadvantage of the known block-shaped holders is that, filled with flowers, they are stacked very compactly in cold stores and refrigerated vehicles. This seriously impedes the circulation of cold air between the holders. As a result, the flowers cannot be stored at a certain temperature which is as uniform as possible.
  • the pressing of the flowers in the holder is often done in a very provisional manner, for example by placing waste paper on the flowers, which is pressed on by another holder stacked on the holder.
  • a wooden slat is sometimes used, which is attached from the outside with nails through the cardboard wall.
  • the purpose of the invention is a flower packaging which does not have the aforementioned disadvantages and which, by means of an additional function of the flower pressing device, allows the production of plastic holders with relatively thin walls which meet the practical requirements in terms of strength.
  • the walls preferably diverge from the floor and their edges are turned upside down once or twice to form diverging standing wall parts and horizontal or also vertically depending edge parts.
  • the first fastening elements expediently consist of openings which are arranged in mirror image with respect to a symmetrical surface between two opposite walls in the standing wall parts, the flower pressing device being rod-shaped with grooves arranged as second fastening elements at some distance from the ends perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the pressing device, the distance between the grooves center to center is just as long as the distance between two openings in the wall arranged in mirror-image with respect to one another. It is also possible to provide the pressing device with thickened ends as second fastening elements, the internal dimension between the thickenings being just as long as the distance between two openings arranged in mirror image with respect to one another.
  • a plastic holder with boundary slats is known from the Benelux model No. 05540-00, but these holders cannot be stacked one inside the other, has rather heavy walls and the boundary slats have no second fastening elements within the meaning of the relevant invention, so that they are not so easy to attach.
  • the vertically hanging edge parts extend further than the upper side of the openings made in the standing wall parts and the pressing device is almost as long as the internal distance between the hanging edge parts.
  • the first fastening elements consist of openings which are mirror-like with respect to a symmetrical surface between two opposite walls in the horizontal edge parts are attached and in which the pressing device consists of a cover with a recessed central part and a supporting edge surrounding this part, in which openings are arranged as second fastening elements with locking pins located in them with resilient wings, in such a way that the openings in the supporting edge when attaching the Press device coincide with the openings in the horizontal edge part, with the resilient wings reaching under the horizontal edge part.
  • ribs can be arranged on the inside of the base.
  • the holders are preferably provided with openings for ventilation. In addition, the cooling air can reach the flowers.
  • the holders are preferably injection molded from plastic.
  • the pressing device can be made of a material other than plastic. This is advantageous if a pressing device made of plastic would withstand the upward pressure of the compressed flowers too little.
  • the pressing device can e.g. be made of wood.
  • the external dimensions are adapted to the dimensions of the holders already in use so that they can be replaced.
  • the first embodiment of a flower packaging according to the invention consists of a holder with an essentially rectangular base 2 and four walls diverging upwards, the edges of which are turned inside out twice to form divergent wall parts 3, 4, 5 and 6, horizontal edge parts 7, 8, 9 and 10 and vertically depending edge parts 11, 12, 13 and 14.
  • openings 15 are provided which serve as first fastening elements for a rod-shaped flower pressing device 16, which in some distance from the ends is provided with grooves 17, see Fig. 2.
  • the grooves serve as a second fastening element for the flower presser.
  • the effect of the individual parts of the flower packaging is as follows. If a number of bundles of cut flowers are stacked up above the holder in the holder, the ends of the flower press device are inserted into the openings 15 with the grooves 17 facing upwards. Due to the fact that the pressed flowers now push the device 16 upwards, the grooves surround the upper sides of the openings 15, that is to say the wall parts 5 and 6. The device 16 then comes into the position as shown in FIG. 2 and remains in it. Since the walls 5 and 6 lie in the grooves at the location of the openings 15, they cannot diverge under the lateral pressure of the flowers.
  • the flower press device has an additional function, so that the relatively long walls cannot be additionally stiffened.
  • This cost-saving solution It is all the more important for a technical problem because the pressure of the flowers on the wall is greater in the holder with diverging walls than in holders of the same type with vertical walls.
  • the diverging walls have the great advantage that they still leave ventilation channels open during storage and transport, although they are then stacked against and on top of one another, so that the cooling air passes through the ventilation openings 18 can reach the content of the holder.
  • FIG. 3 the dashed-framed part III from FIG. 2 is shown enlarged, with the flower press device 19 (dashed line in FIG. 3), in a somewhat modified version. in the pushed up position.
  • the rod-shaped device 19 has at its ends an end 20 which is thickened with respect to the rest of the device and which engages angularly behind the part 21 of the wall 5, so that here too the long wall is prevented from escaping to the outside.
  • the vertically depending edge part 13 extends further than the upper side 22 of the opening 15.
  • the device the length of which is almost as long as the internal distance between the vertically hanging edge parts 13 and 14, is first inserted with one end into the hole 15 until it abuts the hanging edge part.
  • the groove 17 is then immediately in the right place.
  • the other end can be brought into its place after the wall 6 has been slightly bent.
  • the part already in its place serves as a fulcrum, which makes it very easy to compress the contents of the holder.
  • the distance over which the wall 6 has to be bent is limited in that the wall parts 21 lying above the openings 15 are held vertically.
  • brackets 23 and 24 on the short walls 3 and 4.
  • the brackets shown in FIG. 1 in their stacking position can be folded outwards so that they hang vertically on the walls 3 and 4 .
  • the advantage of the known foldable hangers is that irregularities on the inner walls are avoided as far as possible, which would damage the packed flowers.
  • a second embodiment of the flower packaging according to the invention is that in which a holder shown in FIG. 1 is used, with the difference that the first fastening elements in the form of openings are now arranged in opposite horizontal edge parts.
  • a quarter of the flower presser device belonging to this embodiment is shown in FIG. It consists of a cover with a countersunk central part with a support edge 26 on its circumference, which can rest on the horizontal edge part of the holder.
  • the second fastening elements also include locking pins 31 which are inserted through the openings 27 into the support edge 26 and rest on it with a head 32.
  • the locking pins have resilient wings which are pushed through the openings 28 during the assembly of the flower pressing device and then spread out under the underside of the horizontal edge part 30, as shown in FIG. 6.
  • Figure 7 shows a section along the line VII-VII in Figure 4 at the point where the stacking bracket is in the stacking position.
  • the bracket is shown with the dashed line 34 in Figures 6 and 7.
  • the flowers are pressed with the sunken middle part 25.
  • the second embodiment of the flower packaging offers similar advantages as the first.
  • the additional advantage is the protection against theft or at least the fact that one can determine whether the flower packaging has been opened because the locking pins can only be removed by destruction.
  • the flower packaging described is preferably produced by injection molding from plastic.
  • the flower packaging described can also be used to pack other compressible goods.

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Cut flowers are packed for transport and storage in a box (1) made of plastics. The box has a rectangular base (2) with sloping walls (3-6) with turned-over edges. (13,14). The box is filled with flowers which are then pressed downwards by a bar (16). The bar has a transverse notch on one side near each end and is fitted through holes (15) in the box side walls so that the notches engage the edges of the holes. The bar thus keeps the flowers compressed and also supports the side walls (5,6).

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Die Erfindung bezieht sich auf eine für das Verpacken von Schnittblumen in zusammengedrückten Zustand geeignete Verpackung, bestehend aus einem Halter mit einem durch vier stehende Wände begrenzten, im wesentlichen rechteckigen Bodem und einer Andrückvorrichtung für die Blumen.The invention relates to a packaging suitable for packaging cut flowers in a compressed state, consisting of a holder with an essentially rectangular base delimited by four standing walls and a pressing device for the flowers.

Für das Verpacken von Schnittblumen zum Versenden und zum Lagern sind Halter aus Holz, Aluminium, Pappe und Kunststoff bekannt, die jedoch alle einen oder mehrere der folgenden Nachteile aufweisen.. Ein Nachteil von Holz sind die Feuchteaufnahme und die Splitterbildung. Papphalter sind schnell verschlissen, wozu auch ihre Feuchteempfindlichtkeit beiträgt. Aluminiumhalter sind teuer und weisen schon nach kurzer Gebrauchsdauer Beulen auf. Wiewohl Kunststoffhalter diese Nachteile in viel geringerem Masse besitzen, haben die bekannten Halter aus Kunststoff und aus anderen Werkstoffen den Nachteil, dass sie sich nicht ineinanderstapeln lassen, was aufgrund des zu beanspruchenden Raumskostenerhöhend ist, wenn leere Halter gelagert oder befördert werden müssen. Ein weiterer Nachteil der bekannten blockförmigen Halter ist, dass sie, mit Blumen gefüllt, sehr kompakt in Kühlhäusern und Kühlwagen gestapelt werden. Der Kaltluftumlauf zwischen den Haltern wird dadurch ernstlich behindert. Dadurch ist das Lagern der Blumen bei einer bestimmten, möglichst gleichmässigen Temperatur nicht gut durchführbar.Holders made of wood, aluminum, cardboard and plastic are known for packaging cut flowers for shipping and storage, but they all have one or more of the following disadvantages. A disadvantage of wood is the absorption of moisture and the formation of chips. Cardboard holders are quickly worn out, which is also due to their sensitivity to moisture. Aluminum holders are expensive and show dents after a short period of use. Although plastic holders have these disadvantages to a much lesser extent, the known holders made of plastic and other materials have the disadvantage that they cannot be stacked one inside the other, which increases the space costs to be occupied when empty holders have to be stored or transported. Another disadvantage of the known block-shaped holders is that, filled with flowers, they are stacked very compactly in cold stores and refrigerated vehicles. This seriously impedes the circulation of cold air between the holders. As a result, the flowers cannot be stored at a certain temperature which is as uniform as possible.

Das Andrücken der Blumen im Halter geschieht oft in sehr provisorischer Weise, etwa dadurch, dass auf die Blumen Altpapier gelegt wird, das durch einen anderen auf den Halter gestapelten Halter angedrückt wird. Für die Papphalter wird manchmal eine zwischen zwei Wänden angeordnete Holzlatte verwendet, die von der Aussenseite her mit Nägeln durch die Pappwand hindurch befestigt wird.The pressing of the flowers in the holder is often done in a very provisional manner, for example by placing waste paper on the flowers, which is pressed on by another holder stacked on the holder. For the cardboard holders, a wooden slat is sometimes used, which is attached from the outside with nails through the cardboard wall.

Der Zweck der Erfindung ist eine Blumenverpackung, die die vorgenannten Nachteile nicht aufweist und die durch eine zusätzliche Funktion der Blumenandrückvorrichtung das Herstellen von Kunststoffhaltern mit verhältnismässig dünnen Wänden erlaubt, die den in der Praxis gestellten Anforderungen in bezug auf Festigkeit genügen.The purpose of the invention is a flower packaging which does not have the aforementioned disadvantages and which, by means of an additional function of the flower pressing device, allows the production of plastic holders with relatively thin walls which meet the practical requirements in terms of strength.

Dies wird dadurch erreicht, dass wenigstens zwei gegenüberliegende Wände zum Befestigen der Andrückvorrichtung in ihrem oberen Teil mit ersten Befestigungselementen versehen sind und die Andrückvorrichtung zweite mit den ersten zusammenarbeitende Befestigungselemente besitzt, wobei die Befestigung derart ist, dass die Andrückvorrichtung der aufwärts gerichteten Kraft der zusammengedrückten Blumen widerstehen kann und zugleich dem Weichen der Wände entgegenwirkt.This is achieved in that at least two opposite walls for fastening the pressing device are provided in their upper part with first fastening elements and the pressing device has second fastening elements which cooperate with the first, the fastening being such that the pressing device is of the upward force of the compressed flowers can withstand and at the same time counteract the softening of the walls.

Vorzugsweise divergieren die Wände vom Boden aus und sind ihre Ränder einmal bzw. zweimal nach aussen umgekrempelt unter Bildung divergierender stehender Wandteile und waagerechter bzw. auch senkrecht abhängender Randteile.The walls preferably diverge from the floor and their edges are turned upside down once or twice to form diverging standing wall parts and horizontal or also vertically depending edge parts.

Die ersten Befestigungselemente bestehen zweckmässigerweise aus Öffnungen, die spiegelgleich in bezug auf eine symmetrische Fläche zwischen zwei gegenüberliegenden Wänden in den stehenden Wandteilen angeordnet sind, wobei die Blumenandrückvorrichtung stabförmig ist mit als zweiten Befestigungselementen in einigem Abstand von den Enden senkrecht zur Längsachse der Andrückvorrichtung angebrachten Rillen, wobei der Abstand zwischen den Rillen Mitte zu Mitte ebenso lang ist wie der Abstand zwischen zwei spiegelgleich gegenüber einander angeordneten Öffnungen in der Wand. Es ist auch möglich, die Andrückvorrichtung mit verdickten Enden als zweiten Befestigungselementen zu versehen, wobei das Innenmass zwischen den Verdickungen ebenso lang ist wie der Abstand zwischen zwei spiegelgleich gegenüber einander angeordneten Öffnungen.The first fastening elements expediently consist of openings which are arranged in mirror image with respect to a symmetrical surface between two opposite walls in the standing wall parts, the flower pressing device being rod-shaped with grooves arranged as second fastening elements at some distance from the ends perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the pressing device, the distance between the grooves center to center is just as long as the distance between two openings in the wall arranged in mirror-image with respect to one another. It is also possible to provide the pressing device with thickened ends as second fastening elements, the internal dimension between the thickenings being just as long as the distance between two openings arranged in mirror image with respect to one another.

Aus dem Benelux-Modell Nr. 05540-00 ist zwar ein Kunststoffhalter mit Begrenzungslatten bekannt, diese Halter lassen sich aber nicht ineinanderstapeln, besitzt ziemlich schwere Wände und die Begrenzungslatten weisen keine zweiten Befestigungselementen im Sinne der einschlägigen Erfindung auf, so dass sie sich nicht so leicht anbringen lassen.A plastic holder with boundary slats is known from the Benelux model No. 05540-00, but these holders cannot be stacked one inside the other, has rather heavy walls and the boundary slats have no second fastening elements within the meaning of the relevant invention, so that they are not so easy to attach.

Aus folgenden Gründen reichen die senkrecht herabhängenden Randteile weiter als die obere Seite der in den stehenden Wandteilen angebrachten Öffnungen und ist die Andrückvorrichtung nahezu ebenso lang wie der Innenabstand zwischen den herabhängenden Randteilen.For the following reasons, the vertically hanging edge parts extend further than the upper side of the openings made in the standing wall parts and the pressing device is almost as long as the internal distance between the hanging edge parts.

Eine andere Ausführungsform der Erfindung wird dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass die ersten Befestigungselemente aus Öffnungen bestehen, die spiegelgleich in bezug auf eine symmetrische Fläche zwischen zwei gegenüberliegenden Wänden in den waagerechten Randteilen angebracht sind und bei der die Andrückvorrichtung aus einem Deckel mit versenktem Mittelteil und einem diesen Teil umgebenden Auflagerand besteht, in dem als zweite Befestigungselemente öffnungen mit in ihnen befindlichen Verriegelungsstiften mit federnden Flügeln angeordnet sind, und zwar dermassen, dass die Öffnungen im Auflagerand beim Anbringen der Andrückvorrichtung mit den Öffnungen im waagerechten Randteil zusammenfallen, wobei die federnden Flügel unter den waagerechten Randteil greifen.Another embodiment of the invention is characterized in that the first fastening elements consist of openings which are mirror-like with respect to a symmetrical surface between two opposite walls in the horizontal edge parts are attached and in which the pressing device consists of a cover with a recessed central part and a supporting edge surrounding this part, in which openings are arranged as second fastening elements with locking pins located in them with resilient wings, in such a way that the openings in the supporting edge when attaching the Press device coincide with the openings in the horizontal edge part, with the resilient wings reaching under the horizontal edge part.

Zum Stapeln der Halter empfiehlt es sich, die kurzen Seiten mit umklappbaren Stapelbügeln zu versehen, mit denen der Halter auch angefasst werden kann. Diese Bügel haben den Vorteil, dass sie den Andrückvorrichtungen nicht im Wege sitzen und in ihrer Funktion hindern. Ein weiterer Vorteil, ausser dem Stapeln des Halters auf einen Deckel des untenstehenden Halters, ist, dass die Blumen nicht infolge vom Sacken des Deckels zu weit aufeinandergedrückt werden. Andere Stapelsystemen für diese Art von Haltern sind weniger geeignet.To stack the holder, it is advisable to provide the short sides with foldable stacking brackets with which the holder can also be touched. The advantage of these brackets is that they do not sit in the way of the pressing devices and hinder their function. Another advantage, besides stacking the holder on a lid of the holder below, is that the flowers are not pressed too far together as a result of the lid sagging. Other stacking systems for this type of holder are less suitable.

Um zu vermeiden, dass die Blumen in den beschriebenen Ausführungsformen des Halters schieben, können an der Innenseite des Bodens Rippen angeordnet werden.In order to avoid that the flowers slide in the described embodiments of the holder, ribs can be arranged on the inside of the base.

Zur Lüftung sind die Halter vorzugsweise mit Öffnungen versehen. Ausserdem kann dadurch die Kühlluft die Blumen erreichen. Die Halter werden vorzugsweise aus Kunststoff spritzgegossen.The holders are preferably provided with openings for ventilation. In addition, the cooling air can reach the flowers. The holders are preferably injection molded from plastic.

Die Andrückvorrichtung kann aus einem anderen Werkstoff als Kunststoff sein. Dies ist dann vorteilhaft, wenn eine Andrückvorrichting aus Kunststoff dem Aufwärtsdruck der zusammengedrückten Blumen in zu geringem Masse widerstehen würde. Die Andrückvorrichtung kann z.B. aus Holz gefertigt sein.The pressing device can be made of a material other than plastic. This is advantageous if a pressing device made of plastic would withstand the upward pressure of the compressed flowers too little. The pressing device can e.g. be made of wood.

Die Aussenmasse werden den Massen der bereits im Gebrauch befindlichen Halter angepasst, damit sie auswechselbar sind. Viel vorkommende Masse sind L x B x H = 110 cm x 40 cm x 60 cm.The external dimensions are adapted to the dimensions of the holders already in use so that they can be replaced. A lot of dimensions are L x W x H = 110 cm x 40 cm x 60 cm.

Die Erfindung wird anhand einiger in der Zeichnung dargestellter, zur Erfindung gehörender Ausführungsbeispiele erläutert. In der Zeichnung ist:

  • Fig. 1: eine perspektivische Ansicht einer erfindungsgemässen Blumenverpackung;
  • Fig. 2: ein Schnitt der Blumenverpackung aus Fig. 1 senkrecht zur Mitte dei Längsachse des Halters;
  • Fig. 3: ein vergrösserter Schnitt des gestrichelt umrahmten Teils III in Fig. 2;
  • Fig. 4: ein Teil der Draufsicht einer Blumenandrückvorrichtung nach einer anderen Ausführungsform der erfindungsgemässen Blumenverpackung;
  • Fig. 5: ein Schnitt nach der Linie V-V in Fig. 4;
  • Fig. 6: ein Schnitt über die Linie VI-VI in Fig. 4 mit Verriegelungsstift;
  • Fig. 7: ein Schnitt nach der Linie VII-VII in Fig. 4.
The invention will be explained with reference to some exemplary embodiments shown in the drawing and belonging to the invention. In the drawing is:
  • 1: a perspective view of a flower packaging according to the invention;
  • Fi g. 2 : a section of the flower packaging from FIG. 1 perpendicular to the center of the longitudinal axis of the holder;
  • FIG. 3: an enlarged section of the dashed-framed part III in FIG. 2;
  • 4 shows a part of the top view of a flower pressing device according to another embodiment of the flower packaging according to the invention;
  • 5 shows a section along the line VV in Fig. 4.
  • Fig. 6: a section along the line VI-VI in Figure 4 with locking pin.
  • 7: a section along the line VII-VII in Fig. 4th

Die in der Figur 1 im allgemeinen mit 1 gekennzeichnete erste Ausführungsform einer erfindungsgemässen Blumenverpackung besteht aus einem Halter mit einem im wesentlichen rechteckigen Boden 2 und vier nach oben divergierenden Wände, deren Ränder zweimal nach aussen umgekrempelt sind unter Bildung divergierender Wandteile 3, 4, 5 und 6, waagerechter Randteile 7, 8, 9 und 10 und senkrecht abhängender Randteile 11, 12, 13 und 14. Im oberen Teil der langen Wandteile 5 und 6 sind Öffnungen 15 vorgesehen, die als erste Befestigungselemente für eine stabförmige Blumenandrückvorrichtung 16 dienen, die in einigem Abstand von den Enden mit Rillen 17 versehen ist, siehe die Fig. 2. Die Rillen dienen als zweite Befestigungselement für die Blumenandrückvorrichtung.The first embodiment of a flower packaging according to the invention, generally identified by 1 in FIG. 1, consists of a holder with an essentially rectangular base 2 and four walls diverging upwards, the edges of which are turned inside out twice to form divergent wall parts 3, 4, 5 and 6, horizontal edge parts 7, 8, 9 and 10 and vertically depending edge parts 11, 12, 13 and 14. In the upper part of the long wall parts 5 and 6, openings 15 are provided which serve as first fastening elements for a rod-shaped flower pressing device 16, which in some distance from the ends is provided with grooves 17, see Fig. 2. The grooves serve as a second fastening element for the flower presser.

Die Wirkung der einzelnen Teile der Blumenverpackung ist wie folgt. Wenn in den Halter eine Anzahl Bündel Schnittblumen bis über dem Halter gestapelt sind, wird die Blumenandrückvorrichtung mit ihren Enden in die Öffnungen 15 gesteckt mit den Rillen 17 nach oben. Dadurch, dass die aufeinandergedrückten Blumen die Vorrichtung 16 jetzt nach obendrücken, werden die oberen Seiten der öffnungen 15, also die Wandteile 5 und 6, von den Rillen umgriffen. Die Vorrichtung 16 kommt dann in die Stellung wie in der Figur 2 dargestellt und verbleibt in ihr. Da die Wände 5 und 6 an der Stelle der Öffnungen 15 in den Rillen liegen, können sie nicht unter dem seitlichen Druck der Blumen auseinanderweichen.The effect of the individual parts of the flower packaging is as follows. If a number of bundles of cut flowers are stacked up above the holder in the holder, the ends of the flower press device are inserted into the openings 15 with the grooves 17 facing upwards. Due to the fact that the pressed flowers now push the device 16 upwards, the grooves surround the upper sides of the openings 15, that is to say the wall parts 5 and 6. The device 16 then comes into the position as shown in FIG. 2 and remains in it. Since the walls 5 and 6 lie in the grooves at the location of the openings 15, they cannot diverge under the lateral pressure of the flowers.

Die Blumenandrückvorrichtung hat dadurch eine zusätzliche Funktion erhalten, so dass eine zusätzliche Versteifigung der verhältnismässig langen Wänden unterbleiben kann. Diese kostensparende Lösung für ein technisches Problem ist umso wichtiger, weil beim Halter mit divergierenden Wänden der Druck der Blumen auf die Wände grösser ist als bei gleichartigen Haltern mit senkrechten Wänden.As a result, the flower press device has an additional function, so that the relatively long walls cannot be additionally stiffened. This cost-saving solution It is all the more important for a technical problem because the pressure of the flowers on the wall is greater in the holder with diverging walls than in holders of the same type with vertical walls.

Die divergierenden Wände weisen neben dem Vorzug, dass sich die Halter leer ineinanderstapeln lassen, den grossen Vorteil auf, dass sie während der Lagerung und des Transports, wiewohl sie dann gegen- und aufeinandergestapelt werden, dennoch Lüftungskanäle freilassen, so dass die Kühlluft durch die Lüftungsöffnungen 18 den Inhalt der Halter erreichen kann.In addition to the advantage that the holders can be stacked empty into one another, the diverging walls have the great advantage that they still leave ventilation channels open during storage and transport, although they are then stacked against and on top of one another, so that the cooling air passes through the ventilation openings 18 can reach the content of the holder.

In der Figur 3 ist der gestrichelt umrahmte Teil III aus der Figur 2 vergrössert dargestellt, mit der Blumenandrückvorrichtung 19 (gestrichelt in der Figur 3), in einigermassen abgeänderter Ausführung. in nach obengedrückter Stellung. Die stabförmige Vorrichtung 19 trägt an ihren Enden je ein in bezug auf den Rest der Vorrichtung verdicktes Ende 20, das winkelförmig hinter den Teil 21 der Wand 5 greift, so dass auch hier vermieden wird, dass die lange Wand nach aussen ausweicht.In FIG. 3, the dashed-framed part III from FIG. 2 is shown enlarged, with the flower press device 19 (dashed line in FIG. 3), in a somewhat modified version. in the pushed up position. The rod-shaped device 19 has at its ends an end 20 which is thickened with respect to the rest of the device and which engages angularly behind the part 21 of the wall 5, so that here too the long wall is prevented from escaping to the outside.

In den Figuren 2 und 3 ist deutlich angegeben, dass der senkrecht abhängende Randteil 13 weiter als die obere Seite 22 der öffnung 15 reicht. Dies hat den Vorteil, dass das Anbringen der Blumenandrückvorrichting vereinfacht wird. Die Vorrichting, deren Länge nahezu ebenso lang ist wie der Innenabstand zwischen den senkrecht abhängenden Randteilen 13 und 14, wird bei der Montage zuerst mit einem Ende soweit in das Loch 15 gesteckt, bis sie gegen den herabhängenden Randteil stösst. Die Rille 17 befindet sich dann gleich an der richtigen Stelle. Das andere Ende kann nach leichtem Ausbiegen der Wand 6 an seine Stelle gebracht werden. Dabei dient der bereits an seine Stelle gebrachte Teil als Drehpunkt, wodurch das Zusammendrücken des Halterinhalts sehr einfach ist. Der Abstand, über den dabei die Wand 6 ausgebogen werden muss, ist dadurch beschränkt, dass die über den öffnungen 15 liegenden Wandteile 21 senkrecht gehalten sind.It is clearly indicated in FIGS. 2 and 3 that the vertically depending edge part 13 extends further than the upper side 22 of the opening 15. This has the advantage that the attachment of the flower press device is simplified. The device, the length of which is almost as long as the internal distance between the vertically hanging edge parts 13 and 14, is first inserted with one end into the hole 15 until it abuts the hanging edge part. The groove 17 is then immediately in the right place. The other end can be brought into its place after the wall 6 has been slightly bent. The part already in its place serves as a fulcrum, which makes it very easy to compress the contents of the holder. The distance over which the wall 6 has to be bent is limited in that the wall parts 21 lying above the openings 15 are held vertically.

Um das Stapeln der Halter zu ermöglichen, befinden sich an den kurzen Wänden 3 und 4 umklappbare Bügel 23 und 24. Die in der Figur 1 in ihrer Stapelstellung gezeichneten Bügel lassen sich nach aussen umklappen, so dass sie an den Wänden 3 und 4 senkrecht herabhängen. Der Vorteil der bekannten umklappbaren Bügel ist, dass Unregelmässigkeiten an den Innenwänden möglichst vermieden werden, durchdie die verpackten Blumen beschädigt würden.In order to enable the holders to be stacked, there are foldable brackets 23 and 24 on the short walls 3 and 4. The brackets shown in FIG. 1 in their stacking position can be folded outwards so that they hang vertically on the walls 3 and 4 . The advantage of the known foldable hangers is that irregularities on the inner walls are avoided as far as possible, which would damage the packed flowers.

Eine zweite Ausführungsform der erfindungsgemässen Blumenverpackung ist die, bei der ein in der Figur 1 dargestellter Halter verwendet wird, mit dem Unterschied, dass ,die ersten Befestigungselementen in Form van Öffnungen jetzt in gegenüberliegenden waagerechten Randteilen angeordnet sind. Die zu dieser Ausführungsform gehörende Blumenandrückvorrichting wird zu einem Viertel in der Figur 4 gezeigt. Sie besteht aus einem Deckel mit versenktem Mittelteil mit an dessen Umfang einem Auflagerand 26, der auf dem waagerechten Randteil des Halters ruhen kann. Als zweite Befestigungselemente befinden sich im Auflagerand 26 öffnungen 27, die beim Anbringen des Deckels am Halter den Öffnungen in waagerechten Randteil entsprechen, wie in der Figur 6 für ein Paar korrespondierende öffnungen angegeben ist, in der 27 eine Öffnung im Auflagerand und 28 eine öffnung in einem waagerechten Randteil 30 darstellen. Zu den zweiten Befestigungselementen gehören auch Verriegelungsstifte 31, die durch die Öffnungen 27 in den Auflagerand 26 gesteckt werden und mit einem Kopf 32 auf ihm ruhen. Die Verriegelungsstifte tragen federnde Flügel, die bei der Montage der Blumenandrückvorrichtung durch die öffnungen 28 hindurchgedrückt werden und sich dann unter der Unterseite des waagerechten Randteils 30 ausbreiten, wie in der Figur 6 dargestellt.A second embodiment of the flower packaging according to the invention is that in which a holder shown in FIG. 1 is used, with the difference that the first fastening elements in the form of openings are now arranged in opposite horizontal edge parts. A quarter of the flower presser device belonging to this embodiment is shown in FIG. It consists of a cover with a countersunk central part with a support edge 26 on its circumference, which can rest on the horizontal edge part of the holder. As second fastening elements there are openings 27 in the supporting edge, which correspond to the openings in the horizontal edge part when the cover is attached to the holder, as indicated in FIG. 6 for a pair of corresponding openings, in which 27 an opening in the supporting edge and 28 an opening in represent a horizontal edge part 30. The second fastening elements also include locking pins 31 which are inserted through the openings 27 into the support edge 26 and rest on it with a head 32. The locking pins have resilient wings which are pushed through the openings 28 during the assembly of the flower pressing device and then spread out under the underside of the horizontal edge part 30, as shown in FIG. 6.

Die Figur 7 zeigt einen Schnitt nach der Linie VII-VII in der Figur 4 an der Stelle, wo sich der Stapelbügel in der Stapelstellung befindet. Der Bügel ist mit der gestrichelten Linie 34 in den Figuren 6 und 7 dargestellt.Figure 7 shows a section along the line VII-VII in Figure 4 at the point where the stacking bracket is in the stacking position. The bracket is shown with the dashed line 34 in Figures 6 and 7.

Die Blumen werden mit dem versenkten Mittelteil 25 angedrückt.The flowers are pressed with the sunken middle part 25.

Die zweite Ausführungsform der Blumenverpackung bietet ähnliche Vorteile wie die erste. Der zusätzliche Vorteil besteht in der Sicherung vor Diebstahl oder wenigstens in der Tatsache, dass man feststellen kann, ob die Blumenverpackung angebrochen worden ist, weil sich die Verriegelungsstifte lediglich durch Destruktion entfernen lassen.The second embodiment of the flower packaging offers similar advantages as the first. The additional advantage is the protection against theft or at least the fact that one can determine whether the flower packaging has been opened because the locking pins can only be removed by destruction.

Da die Praxis lehren kann, dass die mit einer stabförmigen Andrückvorrichtung verpackten Blumen besser mit einer deckelförmigen Andrückvorrichtung hätten verpackt werden sollen, empfiehlt es sich, die Halter mit für beide Andrückvorrichtungen geeigneten ersten Befestigungselementen zu versehen.Since practice can teach that the flowers packed with a rod-shaped pressing device should have been better packed with a lid-shaped pressing device, it is advisable to provide the holders with first fastening elements suitable for both pressing devices.

Die beschriebenen Blumenverpackungen werden vorzugsweise durch Spritzgiessen aus Kunststoff hergestellt.The flower packaging described is preferably produced by injection molding from plastic.

Die beschriebene Blumenverpackung lässt sich auch zum Verpacken anderer zusammendrückbarer Ware verwenden.The flower packaging described can also be used to pack other compressible goods.

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1. Für das Verpacken von Schnittblumen in zusammengedrücktem Zustand geeignete Verpackung, bestehend aus einem Halter mit einem durch vier stehende Wände begrenzten, im wesentlichen rechteckigen Boden und einer Andrückvorrichtung für die Blumen, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass wenigstens zwei gegenüberliegende Wände zum Befestigen der Andrückvorrichtung in ihrem oberen Teil mit ersten Befestigungselementen versehen sind und die Andrückvorrichtung zweite mit den ersten zusammenarbeitende Befestigungselemente besitzt, wobei die Befestigung derart ist, dass die Andrückvorrichtung der aufwärts gerichteten Kraft der zusammengedrückten Blumen widerstehen kann und zugleich dem Weichen der Wände entgegenwirkt.1. For packaging cut flowers in a compressed state, suitable packaging, consisting of a holder with a wall delimited by four standing walls, essentially rectangular bottom and a pressing device for the flowers, characterized in that at least two opposite walls for fastening the pressing device in their upper part are provided with first fastening elements and the pressing device has second fastening elements cooperating with the first, the fastening being such that the pressing device can withstand the upward force of the compressed flowers and at the same time counteracts the softening of the walls. 2. Verpackung nach Anspruch 1, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass die Wände vom Boden aus divergieren und dass ihre Ränder einmal bzw. zweimal nach aussen umgekrempelt sind unter Bildung divergierender stehender Wandteile und waagerechter bzw. auch senkrecht abhängender Randteile.2. Packaging according to claim 1, characterized in that the walls diverge from the floor and that their edges are turned upside down once or twice to form diverging standing wall parts and horizontal or also vertically depending edge parts. 3. Verpackung nach Anspruch 1 oder 2, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass die ersten Befestigungselemente aus Öffnungen bestehen, die spiegelgleich in bezug auf eine symmetrische Fläche zwischen zwei gegenüberliegenden Wänden in den stehenden Wandteilen angebracht sind.3. Packaging according to claim 1 or 2, characterized in that the first fastening elements consist of openings which are attached in mirror image with respect to a symmetrical surface between two opposite walls in the standing wall parts. 4. Verpackung nach einem der Ansprüche 1 bis 3, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass die Andrückvorrichtung stabförmig ist und die zweiten Befestigungselemente aus in einigem Abstand von den Enden senkrecht zur Längsachse der Andrückvorrichtung angebrachten Rillen besteht, wobei der Abstand zwischen den Rillen Mitte zu Mitte ebenso lang ist wie der Abstand zwischen zwei spiegelgleich gegenüber einander angeordneten Öffnungen.4. Packaging according to one of claims 1 to 3, characterized in that the pressing device is rod-shaped and the second fastening elements consists of grooves at some distance from the ends perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the pressing device, the distance between the grooves center to center just as long is like the distance between two openings arranged in mirror-image with respect to each other. 5. Verpackung nach einem der Ansprüche 1 bis 3, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass die Andrückvorrichtung stabförmig ist und die zweiten Befestigungselementen aus verdickten Stabsenden bestehen, wobei das Innenmass zwischen den Verdickungen ebenso lang ist wie der Abstand zwischen zwei spiegelgleich gegenüber einander angeordneten Öffnungen.5. Packaging according to one of claims 1 to 3, characterized in that the pressing device is rod-shaped and the second fastening elements consist of thickened rod ends, the internal dimension between the thickenings being as long as the distance between two openings arranged in mirror image relative to one another. 6. Verpackung nach einem der Ansprüche 2 bis 5, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass die senkrecht herabhängenden Randteile weiter reichen als die obere Seite der in den stehenden Wandteilen angebrachten Öffnungen und die Andrückvorrichtung nahezu ebenso lang ist wie der Innenabstand zwischen den herabhängenden Randteilen.6. Packaging according to one of claims 2 to 5, characterized in that the vertically depending edge parts extend further than that upper side of the openings made in the standing wall parts and the pressing device is almost as long as the inner distance between the hanging edge parts. 7. Verpackung nach Anspruch 2, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass die ersten Befestigungselementen aus Öffnungen bestehen, die spiegelgleich in bezug auf eine symmetrische Fläche zwischen zwei gegenüberliegenden Wänden in den waagerechten Randteilen angebracht sind.7. Packaging according to claim 2, characterized in that the first fastening elements consist of openings which are attached mirror-like with respect to a symmetrical surface between two opposite walls in the horizontal edge parts. 8. Verpackung nach einem Ansprüche 1, 2 und 7, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass die Andrückvorrichtung aus einem Deckel mit versenktem Mittelteil und einem diesen Teil umgebenden Auflagerand besteht, in dem als zweite Befestigungselemente Öffnungen mit in ihnen befindlichen Verriegelungsstiften mit federnden Flügeln angeordnet sind, und zwar dermassen, dass die Öffnungen im Auflagerand beim Anbringen des Deckels mit den als ersten Befestigungselementen im waagerechten Randteil angebrachten Öffnungen zusammenfallen, wobei die federnden Flügel unter den waagerechten Teil greifen.8. Packing according to claims 1, 2 and 7, characterized in that the pressing device consists of a cover with a recessed central part and a supporting edge surrounding this part, in which openings with locking pins located therein with resilient wings are arranged as second fastening elements, and to such an extent that the openings in the support edge when the cover is attached coincide with the openings provided as first fastening elements in the horizontal edge part, the resilient wings engaging under the horizontal part. 9. Verpackung nach einem der Ansprüche 1 bis 8, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass der Halter an den kurzen Seiten mit umklappbaren Stapelbügeln versehen ist.9. Packaging according to one of claims 1 to 8, characterized in that the holder is provided on the short sides with foldable stacking brackets. 10. Verpackung nach einem der Ansprüche 1 bis 9, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass an der Innenseite des Bodens Rippen angeordnet sind.10. Packaging according to one of claims 1 to 9, characterized in that ribs are arranged on the inside of the bottom.
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