EP0337840B1 - Modular units, apt to be stacked with units of same type , but with different volume, to form a palletizable batch - Google Patents
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- the present invention relates to a modular packaging, capable of being stacked with packaging of the same type, but of different volume, to form a palletizable batch. It relates more particularly to packaging of this type, made of a semi-rigid material such as cardboard or corrugated cardboard.
- packaging having the general shape of rectangular parallelepipeds, from a single blank of corrugated cardboard suitably cut and folded and whose length and width are submultiples of those of the pallet.
- these packages In order to be able to be assembled in a stacked position, these packages generally include studs which project at the upper part of two parallel side walls, while cutouts are provided in positions corresponding to the base of these walls and in the bottom of the 'packaging. It is thus possible to superimpose identical packages by engaging the tenons of the packages of a layer in the cutouts of the packages of the immediately upper layer, thereby making them integral with one another. A film of heat-shrinkable material can then be used to lock the batch of packages in position on the pallet.
- AU-B-549 466 describes a packaging of a different type from that recalled above, because its side walls do not include studs cooperating with notches formed in the bottom of a similar packaging.
- the packaging described in this document cooperate by fitting their base, which has a particular shape (see Figure 11), in the upper part of an identical packaging arranged below (see Figure 7).
- FR-A-2 141 567 describes a packaging of the type recalled above, in which the side walls include pins, which cooperate, in the stacking position, with notches formed in the bottom of identical packaging.
- the stacked packaging can be offset from each other (see Figure 8 of this document), but they are all identical and all have the same volume.
- the present invention aims to provide a solution to these problems by proposing modular packaging of the type defined above, which can be produced in different volumes and which can nevertheless be stacked on a handling pallet with packaging of the same type, but of different volume, to form an easy batch to handle, to move, even over long distances, and to identify.
- Another object of the invention is to propose a packaging of this type, which can be assigned to a single type of product and which can easily be distinguished, on the transport pallet, from the other packagings of the batch.
- the invention relates to the combination of modular packaging, in a semi-rigid material, and a pallet, on which these packaging are stacked, these packaging not all having an identical volume, but having all the general shape of a rectangular parallelepiped and comprising, projecting from the upper part of two parallel walls, at least one stacking lug and, in the corresponding position, in the bottom of the packaging and at the base of said walls, at least one opening suitable for receiving such a post, the length of the walls of the packages on which the said post is present being a multiple of a basic module equal to the length or the width of the said pallet divided by an integer, the number of let us consider that these walls have an identical multiple of the number of tenons of the basic module, and the crenellated profile of the basic module being repeated regularly as many times as there are multip those of the basic module in the length of the wall, the length of the walls without studs being equal to that of the corresponding dimension of the pallet or to a sub-multiple of it, stopped once and for all in order
- the resulting walls will all be of identical size.
- the walls devoid of tenons of all the packaging will be of equal length, corresponding to the division of the other dimension of the pallet by an integer. If the number chosen for the division is two, then the sender and the user will be able to see all of the packaging by going around the pallet. They will thus be able to easily identify the products that they will deliver or that will be delivered to them, especially if the parallel faces of the packaging are indented to reveal the products.
- the packaging according to the invention can, of course, be adapted to all the usual models of pallets, for example rectangular pallets of dimensions 80 cm x 120 cm, 100 cm x 120 cm, 40 cm x 60 cm, 80 x 60 cm, 100 x 60 cm or 50 x 60 cm, which can be divided for example into two, lengthwise, and into 2, 3, 4, 5, etc ..., as required, in the direction width, to define the lower surface of the associated packaging.
- this surface will thus be equal to 1/4, 1/6, 1/8, 1/10 etc ... of that of the pallet, the stud walls of these packages comprising, starting from the smallest surface , 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 tenons (or multiples) depending on the case.
- the packaging shown in Figure 1 is a container having the general shape of a rectangular parallelepiped which is open at its upper part.
- This tray of a type known per se, comes from a single blank of corrugated cardboard, suitably cut and creased. It comprises two longitudinal walls 1, mutually parallel, and two transverse walls 2, of the same height as the walls 1, to which they are perpendicular.
- the walls 1 and 2 are contiguous by fold lines at the bottom 3 of the package and they are erected perpendicular to this bottom.
- Flaps 4 adjoining the transverse walls 2 along their vertical edges, are folded against the internal face of the walls 1, which they cover substantially half their length, and are laminated against these walls. Cutouts in the walls 1 and in the flaps 4 define grip handles 5 there.
- Stacking pins, 6, are formed projecting from the upper part of the walls 1 in positions corresponding to those of cutouts 7, formed at the base of these same walls and in the bottom 3.
- the pins 6 are intended to come and engage in the cutouts 7 of an immediately superior packaging, when one sheaves on a pallet 8 (FIG. 2) several layers of packaging, with a view to their handling and their remote transport.
- the tenons 6 are spaced from each other by regular intervals of pitch i , at the top of the walls 1, and those which are situated at the lateral ends of these walls are separated by a distance i / 2 from the vertical edge.
- the walls 1 have six tenons 6.
- the wall 1 comprises four studs 6 and four cutouts 7.
- the wall 1 has three studs 6 and three cutouts 7.
- the wall 1 only has two pins 6 and two cutouts 7.
- the walls 1 comprising tenons have a length which is a multiple of a module m equal to the corresponding dimension of the pallet, in this case 120 cm, divided by an integer , which here is equal to 12, but which could be a different number, and that the number of tenons 6 and cutouts 7 which they comprise is the same multiple of number of studs in the basic module, which in this case only has one stud.
- the tenon 6 is arranged in the middle of the module m , but it could occupy any other position, as can be seen in FIGS. 1 a , 1 b and 1 c , which are plan views of the upper corner left of the wall 1, with the pins 6 a , 6 b and 6 c , disposed respectively at the end of the edge of this wall, at the opposite end of the module m , and in an intermediate position between these two positions , but not in the middle of the module.
- the walls 1, which, in FIG. 1, were those of greater length and which had therefore been described as longitudinal walls, may, depending on the case, have lengths shorter than those of the walls 2 and then become walls transverse.
- the heights of these packages can be different, but must themselves be multiples of the same module, in order to be able to superimpose these packages in layers and sub-layers of thickness equal to this module or multiple thereof.
- the invention therefore provides a particularly simple means for constituting lots of packages of different dimensions, which it is nevertheless possible to stack on the same pallet.
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La présente invention concerne un conditionnement modulaire, apte à être gerbé avec des conditionnements du même type, mais de volume différent, pour former un lot palettisable. Elle concerne plus particulièrement un conditionnement de ce type, en un matériau semi-rigide tel que le carton ou le carton ondulé.The present invention relates to a modular packaging, capable of being stacked with packaging of the same type, but of different volume, to form a palletizable batch. It relates more particularly to packaging of this type, made of a semi-rigid material such as cardboard or corrugated cardboard.
On sait qu'il est usuel, pour la manutention, le transport à longue distance et la livraison aux clients, de rassembler sur une même palette de manutention, en couches superposées, des conditionnements identiques, disposés de façon telle que la couche inférieure couvre sensiblement toute la surface de la palette.We know that it is usual, for handling, long distance transport and delivery to customers, to collect on the same handling pallet, in superimposed layers, identical packaging, arranged in such a way that the lower layer covers substantially the entire surface of the pallet.
On utilise généralement dans ce but des conditionnements ayant la forme générale de parallélépipèdes rectangles, issus d'un unique flan de carton ondulé convenablement découpé et plié et dont la longueur et la largeur sont des sous-multiples de celles de la palette. Afin de pouvoir être réunis en position gerbée, ces conditionnements comportent généralement des tenons qui font saillie à la partie supérieure de deux parois latérales parallèles, tandis que des découpes sont ménagées en des positions correspondantes à la base de ces parois et dans le fond de l'emballage. Il est ainsi possible de superposer des conditionnements identiques en engageant les tenons des conditionnements d'une couche dans les découpes des conditionnements de la couche immédiatement supérieure, en les rendant ainsi solidaires les unes des autres. Un film d'une matière thermorétractable peut ensuite être utilisé pour verrouiller le lot de conditionnements en position sur la palette.Generally used for this purpose packaging having the general shape of rectangular parallelepipeds, from a single blank of corrugated cardboard suitably cut and folded and whose length and width are submultiples of those of the pallet. In order to be able to be assembled in a stacked position, these packages generally include studs which project at the upper part of two parallel side walls, while cutouts are provided in positions corresponding to the base of these walls and in the bottom of the 'packaging. It is thus possible to superimpose identical packages by engaging the tenons of the packages of a layer in the cutouts of the packages of the immediately upper layer, thereby making them integral with one another. A film of heat-shrinkable material can then be used to lock the batch of packages in position on the pallet.
AU-B-549 466 décrit un emballage d'un type différent de celui rappelé ci-dessus, car ses parois latérales ne comportent pas de tenons coopérant avec des encoches ménagées dans le fond d'un emballage analogue. En effet, en position de gerbage, les emballages décrits dans ce document coopèrent par emboîtement de leur base, qui a une forme particulière (voir figure 11), dans la partie supérieure d'un emballage identique disposé au-dessous (voir figure 7).AU-B-549 466 describes a packaging of a different type from that recalled above, because its side walls do not include studs cooperating with notches formed in the bottom of a similar packaging. In fact, in the stacking position, the packaging described in this document cooperate by fitting their base, which has a particular shape (see Figure 11), in the upper part of an identical packaging arranged below (see Figure 7).
FR-A-2 141 567 décrit un emballage du type rappelé ci-dessus, dans lequel les parois latérales comportent des tenons, qui coopèrent, en position de gerbage, avec des encoches ménagées dans le fond d'emballages identiques. Les emballages gerbés peuvent être décalés les uns par rapport aux autres (voir figure 8 de ce document), mais ils sont tous identiques et ont tous le même volume.FR-A-2 141 567 describes a packaging of the type recalled above, in which the side walls include pins, which cooperate, in the stacking position, with notches formed in the bottom of identical packaging. The stacked packaging can be offset from each other (see Figure 8 of this document), but they are all identical and all have the same volume.
Il est cependant fréquent que des produits de volumes différents et en quantités différentes doivent être livrés à un même utilisateur, avec pour conséquence, si l'on effectue l'envoi à l'aide de conditionnements identiques livrés sur palette, que l'on est amené à ne remplir que très partiellement certains des emballages, ce qui majore sensiblement les frais de conditionnement et de transport et fragilise le lot expédié.It is however frequent that products of different volumes and in different quantities must be delivered to the same user, with the consequence, if one makes the shipment using identical packaging delivered on a pallet, that one is led to only partially fill some of the packaging, which significantly increases the packaging and transport costs and weakens the batch shipped.
Par ailleurs, il est fréquent, pour des raisons de fabrication et afin que l'utilisateur puisse identifier aisément et rapidement les produits ou articles qui lui sont livrés, que des objets identiques soient conditionnés dans un même type d'emballage, ayant par exemple une longueur, une largeur et/ou une hauteur déterminée, caractéristique du produit conditionné, permettant à la fois la fabrication en continu et le repérage de cet emballage sur la palette. Un tel mode de conditionnement rend toutefois difficile et fragile la livraison d'emballages différents à l'état gerbé, sur une même palette, et complique par conséquent les opérations d'acheminement des conditionnements et de repérage des produits.Furthermore, it is frequent, for manufacturing reasons and so that the user can easily and quickly identify the products or articles delivered to him, that identical objects are packaged in the same type of packaging, for example having a length, width and / or height determined, characteristic of the packaged product, allowing both continuous production and identification of this packaging on the pallet. However, such a packaging method makes it difficult and fragile to deliver different packages in a stacked state, on the same pallet, and consequently complicates the operations of transporting the packaging and locating the products.
La présente invention vise à apporter une solution à ces problèmes en proposant un conditionnement modulaire du type défini ci-dessus, qui puisse être réalisé sous différents volumes et qui puisse néanmoins être gerbé sur une palette de manutention avec des conditionnements du même type, mais de volume différent, pour former un lot facile à manipuler, à déplacer, même sur de longues distances, et à identifier.The present invention aims to provide a solution to these problems by proposing modular packaging of the type defined above, which can be produced in different volumes and which can nevertheless be stacked on a handling pallet with packaging of the same type, but of different volume, to form an easy batch to handle, to move, even over long distances, and to identify.
L'invention a aussi pour but de proposer un conditionnement de ce type, qui puisse être affecté à un unique type de produits et que l'on puisse aisément distinguer, sur la palette de transport, des autres conditionnements du lot.Another object of the invention is to propose a packaging of this type, which can be assigned to a single type of product and which can easily be distinguished, on the transport pallet, from the other packagings of the batch.
A cet effet, l'invention a pour objet la combinaison de conditionnements modulaires, en un matériau semi-rigide , et d'une palette, sur laquelle ces conditionnements sont gerbés, ces conditionnements n'ayant pas tous un volume identique, mais ayant tous la forme générale d'un parallélépipède rectangle et comprenant, en saillie à la partie supérieure de deux parois parallèles, au moins un tenon de gerbage et, en position correspondante, dans le fond du conditionnementet à la base des dites parois, au moins une ouverture apte à recevoir un tel tenon, la longueur des parois des conditionnements sur lesquelles est présent le dit tenon étant un multiple d'un module de base égal à la longueur ou à la largeur de la dite palette divisée par un nombre entier, le nombre de tenons que comportent ces parois étant un multiple identique du nombre de tenons du module de base, et le profil crénelé du module de base étant répété regulièrement autant de fois qu'il y a de multiples du module de base dans la longueur de la paroi, la longueur des parois ne comportant pas de tenons étant égale à celle de la dimension correspondante de la palette ou à un sous-multiple de celle-ci, arrêté une fois pour toutes afin de fixer une dimension commune à tous les conditionnements et de permettre la coïncidence des tenons et ouvertures associées dans un même plan vertical.To this end, the invention relates to the combination of modular packaging, in a semi-rigid material, and a pallet, on which these packaging are stacked, these packaging not all having an identical volume, but having all the general shape of a rectangular parallelepiped and comprising, projecting from the upper part of two parallel walls, at least one stacking lug and, in the corresponding position, in the bottom of the packaging and at the base of said walls, at least one opening suitable for receiving such a post, the length of the walls of the packages on which the said post is present being a multiple of a basic module equal to the length or the width of the said pallet divided by an integer, the number of let us consider that these walls have an identical multiple of the number of tenons of the basic module, and the crenellated profile of the basic module being repeated regularly as many times as there are multip those of the basic module in the length of the wall, the length of the walls without studs being equal to that of the corresponding dimension of the pallet or to a sub-multiple of it, stopped once and for all in order to fix a dimension common to all the packaging and allow the coincidence of the studs and associated openings in the same vertical plane.
Avec de telles dispositions, on conçoit qu'en disposant dans le prolongement les unes des autres les parois à tenons de différents conditionnements de même hauteur d'une même couche, lesdits tenons définissent un profil crénelé régulier qui coopère avec les ouvertures ménagées dans les conditionnements de la couche immédiatement supérieure en s'engageant dans ces ouvertures. On conçoit également que, les longueurs des parois des différents conditionnements étant égales à la longueur correspondante de la palette divisée par des nombres entiers, il sera toujours possible de faire coïncider la dimension correspondante du lot de conditionnements avec la longueur correspondante de la palette.With such arrangements, it is understood that by having in the extension of each other the stud walls of different packages of the same height of the same layer, said studs define a regular crenellated profile which cooperates with the openings in the packaging of the layer immediately above by engaging in these openings. It is also understood that, the lengths of the walls of the different packages being equal to the corresponding length of the pallet divided by whole numbers, it will always be possible to make the corresponding dimension of the batch of packages coincide with the corresponding length of the pallet.
On notera que, si le multiple du module choisi pour déterminer la longueur d'une paroi est un diviseur du nombre entier par lequel a été défini le module, les parois résultantes seront toutes de dimension identique. Dans le sens perpendiculaire, il sera de même possible de juxtaposer les parois sans tenons de manière à avoir une longueur totale égale à la dimension correspondante de la palette, du fait que la division de cette autre dimension de la palette aura été fixée une fois pour toute de façon à définir une dimension commune à tous les conditionnements et à pouvoir faire varier la façon de diviser la première dimension.It will be noted that, if the multiple of the module chosen to determine the length of a wall is a divisor of the integer by which the module has been defined, the resulting walls will all be of identical size. In the perpendicular direction, it will also be possible to juxtapose the walls without tenons so as to have a total length equal to the corresponding dimension of the pallet, since the division of this other dimension of the pallet will have been fixed once for all in order to define a dimension common to all the packaging and to be able to vary the way of dividing the first dimension.
Avantageusement, les parois dépourvues de tenons de tous les conditionnements seront de longueur égale, correspondant à la division de l'autre dimension de la palette par un nombre entier. Si le nombre choisi pour la division est deux, alors l'expéditeur et l'utilisateur pourront voir la totalité des conditionnements en faisant le tour de la palette. Ils pourront repérer ainsi aisément les produits qu'ils livreront ou qui leur seront livrés, notamment si les faces parallèles du conditionnement sont échancrées pour laisser apparaître les produits.Advantageously, the walls devoid of tenons of all the packaging will be of equal length, corresponding to the division of the other dimension of the pallet by an integer. If the number chosen for the division is two, then the sender and the user will be able to see all of the packaging by going around the pallet. They will thus be able to easily identify the products that they will deliver or that will be delivered to them, especially if the parallel faces of the packaging are indented to reveal the products.
Bien entendu, rien n'impose que les conditionnements aient tous la même hauteur et l'on pourra utiliser des conditionnements de hauteurs différentes, à la condition que ces hauteurs soient égales à un même module ou à un multiple de celui-ci. On pourra ainsi, par exemple, superposer deux conditionnements identiques d'une hauteur unitaire et les juxtaposer en position contiguë avec un conditionnement de hauteur double, de manière que les arêtes à tenons disposées au niveau le plus élevé soient dans le prolongement les unes des autres pour former un profil crénelé continu et régulier, permettant le gerbage d'une autre couche de conditionnements.Of course, nothing imposes that the packages all have the same height and we can use packages of different heights, provided that these heights are equal to the same module or to a multiple of it. It is thus possible, for example, to superimpose two identical packages of a unit height and juxtapose them in an adjoining position with a packaging of double height, so that the stud edges arranged at the highest level are in line with one another to form a continuous and regular crenellated profile, allowing stacking of another layer of packaging.
Les conditionnements conformes à l'invention peuvent, bien entendu, être adaptés à tous les modèles usuels de palettes, par exemple aux palettes rectangulaires de dimensions 80 cm x 120 cm, 100 cm x 120 cm, 40 cm x 60 cm, 80 x 60 cm, 100 x 60 cm ou 50 x 60 cm,qui pourront être divisées par exemple en deux, dans le sens de la longueur, et en 2, 3, 4, 5, etc..., suivant les besoins, dans le sens de la largeur, pour définir la surface inférieure des conditionnements associés. Dans ce cas cette surface sera égale ainsi à 1/4, 1/6, 1/8, 1/10 etc... de celle de la palette, les parois à tenons de ces conditionnements comprenant, à partir de la plus petite surface, 1, 2, 3, 4 et 5 tenons (ou des multiples) suivant les cas.The packaging according to the invention can, of course, be adapted to all the usual models of pallets, for example rectangular pallets of dimensions 80 cm x 120 cm, 100 cm x 120 cm, 40 cm x 60 cm, 80 x 60 cm, 100 x 60 cm or 50 x 60 cm, which can be divided for example into two, lengthwise, and into 2, 3, 4, 5, etc ..., as required, in the direction width, to define the lower surface of the associated packaging. In this case this surface will thus be equal to 1/4, 1/6, 1/8, 1/10 etc ... of that of the pallet, the stud walls of these packages comprising, starting from the smallest surface , 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 tenons (or multiples) depending on the case.
Diverses formes de réalisation de l'invention vont être décrites ci-après à titre d'exemple non limitatif, en référence aux dessins annexés. Sur ces dessins :
- La figure 1 est une vue en perspective d'un emballage conforme à l'invention apte à occuper le quart de la surface d'une palette de dimensions 80 x 120 cm ;
- Les figures 1a, 1b et 1c sont des vues partielles en plan du coin supérieur d'une paroi à tenons de trois variantes de l'emballage de la figure 1 ;
- La figure 2 est une vue de dessus de cette palette recouverte de quatre emballages du type de celui de la figure 1 ;
- Les figures 3 et 4, d'une part, 5 et 6, d'autre part, 7 et 8, en dernier lieu, sont des vues analogues à celles des figures 1 et 2, dans le cas d'emballages dont la surface de base est égale, respectivement, au sixième , au huitième et au douzième de celle de la palette de 80 x 120 cm de la figure 2 ;
- Les figures 9, 10 et 11 sont des vues en perspective, illustrant les possibilités de gerbage sur une même palette de lots de conditionnements de tailles différentes conformes à l'invention.
- Figure 1 is a perspective view of a package according to the invention capable of occupying a quarter of the surface of a pallet of dimensions 80 x 120 cm;
- Figures 1 a, 1 b and 1 c are plan partial views of the upper corner of a wall peg three variants of the packaging of Figure 1;
- Figure 2 is a top view of this pallet covered with four packages of the type of that of Figure 1;
- Figures 3 and 4, on the one hand, 5 and 6, on the other hand, 7 and 8, lastly, are views similar to those of Figures 1 and 2, in the case of packages whose surface of base is equal to one-sixth, one-eighth and one-twelfth, respectively, of that of the 80 x 120 cm palette in Figure 2;
- Figures 9, 10 and 11 are perspective views, illustrating the possibilities of stacking on the same pallet of packages of packages of different sizes according to the invention.
L' emballage représenté sur la figure 1 est un bac ayant la forme générale d'un parallélépipède rectangle qui est ouvert à sa partie supérieure. Ce bac, d'un type connu en soi, est issu d'un unique flan de carton ondulé, convenablement découpé et rainé. Il comprend deux parois longitudinales 1, parallèles entre elles, et deux parois transversales 2, de même hauteur que les parois 1, auxquelles elles sont perpendiculaires. Les parois 1 et 2 sont attenantes par des lignes de pliage au fond 3 de l'emballage et elles sont dressées perpendiculairement à ce fond.The packaging shown in Figure 1 is a container having the general shape of a rectangular parallelepiped which is open at its upper part. This tray, of a type known per se, comes from a single blank of corrugated cardboard, suitably cut and creased. It comprises two
Des volets 4, attenants aux parois transversales 2 le long de leurs arêtes verticales, sont repliés contre la face interne des parois 1, qu'ils recouvrent suivant sensiblement la moitié de leur longueur, et sont contre-collés contre ces parois. Des découpes ménagées dans les parois 1 et dans les volets 4 y définissent des poignées de préhension 5.
Des tenons de gerbage, 6, sont ménagés en saillie à la partie supérieure des parois 1 en des positions correspondant à celles de découpes 7, ménagées à la base de ces mêmes parois et dans le fond 3. De façon connue, les tenons 6 sont destinés a venir s'engager dans les découpes 7 d'un emballage immédiatement supérieur, lorsque l'on gerbe sur une palette 8 (figure 2) plusieurs couches d'emballages, en vue de leur manutention et de leur transport à distance. Dans le cas présent, les tenons 6 sont espacés les uns des autres d'intervalles réguliers de pas i, au sommet des parois 1, et ceux qui sont situés aux extrémités latérales de ces parois sont séparés par une distance i/2 de l'arête verticale. Dans le cas de la figure 1, où le fond 3 de l'emballage a une surface égale sensiblement au quart de celle de la palette de la figure 2, les parois 1 comportent six tenons 6.Stacking pins, 6, are formed projecting from the upper part of the
Sur les figures 3 à 11, les éléments analogues à ceux des figures 1 et 2 sont désignés par les mêmes chiffres de référence.In Figures 3 to 11, elements similar to those of Figures 1 and 2 are designated by the same reference numerals.
Dans le cas des figures 3 et 4 , où l'emballage représenté peut être disposé sur la palette 8 en deux rangées parallèles de trois emballages, la paroi 1 comporte quatre tenons 6 et quatre découpes 7.In the case of FIGS. 3 and 4, where the packaging shown can be placed on the
Dans le cas des figures 5 et 6, où l'emballage peut être disposé sur la palette 8 en deux rangées parallèles de quatre emballages chacune, la paroi 1 comporte trois tenons 6 et trois découpes 7.In the case of FIGS. 5 and 6, where the package can be placed on the
Enfin, dans le cas des figures 7 et 8, où l'emballage peut être disposé sur la palette 8 en deux rangées parallèles comprenant chacune six emballages, la paroi 1 ne comporte plus que deux tenons 6 et deux découpes 7.Finally, in the case of FIGS. 7 and 8, where the packaging can be placed on the
On voit donc que, conformément à l'invention, les parois 1 comportant des tenons ont une longueur qui est un multiple d'un module m égal à la dimension correspondante de la palette, en l'occurence 120 cm, divisée par un nombre entier, qui, ici, est égal à 12, mais qui pourrait être un nombre différent, et que le nombre de tenons 6 et de découpes 7 qu'elles comportent est le même multiple du nombre de tenons du module de base, qui en l'occurence ne comporte qu'un tenon.It can therefore be seen that, in accordance with the invention, the
Dans le cas des dessins, le tenon 6 est disposé au milieu du module m, mais il pourrait occuper toute autre position, comme on le voit sur les figures 1a, 1b et 1c, qui sont des vues en plan du coin supérieur gauche de la paroi 1, avec les tenons 6a, 6b et 6c, disposés respectivement à l'extrémité de l'arête de cette paroi, à l'extrémité opposée du module m, et en une position intermédiaire entre ces deux positions, mais non au milieu du module.In the case of the drawings, the
On notera que les parois 1, qui, sur la figure 1, étaient celles de plus grande longueur et qui avaient donc été qualifiées de parois longitudinales, peuvent, suivant les cas, avoir des longueurs inférieures à celles des parois 2 et devenir alors des parois transversales.It will be noted that the
Les hauteurs de ces emballages peuvent être différentes, mais doivent elles-mêmes être des multiples d'un même module, afin de pouvoir superposer ces emballages en couches et sous-couches d'épaisseur égale à ce module ou multiple de celui-ci.The heights of these packages can be different, but must themselves be multiples of the same module, in order to be able to superimpose these packages in layers and sub-layers of thickness equal to this module or multiple thereof.
Les figures 9, 10 et 11 montrent, à titre d'exemple, comment il est possible, en disposant judicieusement des emballages conformes à l'invention :
- de recouvrir complètement la surface d'une
palette 8 avec des conditionnements de dimensions différentes, dont les parois àtenons 6 sont dans le prolongement les unes des autres et dont les arêtes supérieures sont disposées de manière à former un profil crénelé continu, dont les tenons sont aptes à s'engager dans les découpes des conditionnements d'une couche superposée et à permettre ainsi le gerbage et la palettisation de conditionnements différents ; - de réaliser à l'intérieur d'une même couche de conditionnement des sous-couches partielles comprenant des emballages de hauteur moindre, la hauteur totale de ces sous-couches étant égale à celle des conditionnements contigus ;
- to completely cover the surface of a
pallet 8 with packages of different dimensions, whosestud walls 6 are in line with one another and whose upper edges are arranged so as to form a continuous crenellated profile, whose studs are able to engage in the cutouts of the packages of a superimposed layer and thus allow stacking and palletizing of different packages; - to produce, within the same packaging layer, partial sublayers comprising packages of lesser height, the total height of these sublayers being equal to that of the adjacent packages;
Avec les emballages qui ont été représentés, des produits ou des articles différents peuvent être logés dans des conditionnements de volumes différents, qu'il est ainsi aisé d'identifier, tant lors de la constitution du lot palettisé par l'expéditeur que lors de la réception de ce lot par l'utilisateur.With the packaging that has been shown, different products or articles can be housed in packaging of different volumes, which it is thus easy to identify, both when the batch is palletized by the sender and when receipt of this batch by the user.
L'invention apporte donc un moyen particulièrement simple pour la constitution de lots d'emballages de dimensions différentes, qu'il est néanmoins possible de gerber sur une même palette.The invention therefore provides a particularly simple means for constituting lots of packages of different dimensions, which it is nevertheless possible to stack on the same pallet.
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- A combination of modular packagings of a semi-rigid material and a pallet (8) on which said packagings are stacked, said packagings not all being of an identical volume but all being in the general shape of a right-angled parallelepiped and comprising, in projecting relationship at the upper part of two parallel walls, at least one stacking lug (6) and, at a corresponding position, in the bottom of the packaging and at the base of said walls, at least one opening (3) for receiving such a lug, the length of the walls (1) of the packagings on which said lug (6) is provided being a multiple of a base module equal to the length or the width of said pallet divided by an integer, the number of lugs (6) on said walls (1) being an identical multiple of the number of lugs of the base module, the notched profile of the base module being repeated regularly as many times as there are multiples of the base module in the length of the wall (1), the length of the walls (2) not comprising lugs being equal to that of the corresponding dimension of the pallet or a sub-multiple thereof, being fixed once and for all in order to fix a dimension common to all the packagings and to permit coincidence of the lugs (6) and openings (3) which are associated in the same vertical plane.
- A combination according to claim 1 characterised in that the walls (2) which do not have lugs of the packagings are of a dimension which is equal to the corresponding dimension of the pallet (8) or to half thereof.
- A combination according to one of claims 1 and 2 characterised in that the height of the packagings is equal to a second module or a multiple of said module.
- A combination according to one of claims 1 to 3 characterised in that the length (2) of the walls which are without lugs (6) of the packaging is equal to half the corresponding dimension of the pallet.
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