EP0553027B1 - Coussin gonflable pour emballage - Google Patents

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EP0553027B1
EP0553027B1 EP93400139A EP93400139A EP0553027B1 EP 0553027 B1 EP0553027 B1 EP 0553027B1 EP 93400139 A EP93400139 A EP 93400139A EP 93400139 A EP93400139 A EP 93400139A EP 0553027 B1 EP0553027 B1 EP 0553027B1
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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
    • B65D81/02—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 specially adapted to protect contents from mechanical damage
    • B65D81/05—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 specially adapted to protect contents from mechanical damage maintaining contents at spaced relation from package walls, or from other contents
    • B65D81/107—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 specially adapted to protect contents from mechanical damage maintaining contents at spaced relation from package walls, or from other contents using blocks of shock-absorbing material
    • 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
    • B65D81/02—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 specially adapted to protect contents from mechanical damage
    • B65D81/05—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 specially adapted to protect contents from mechanical damage maintaining contents at spaced relation from package walls, or from other contents
    • B65D81/051—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 specially adapted to protect contents from mechanical damage maintaining contents at spaced relation from package walls, or from other contents using pillow-like elements filled with cushioning material, e.g. elastic foam, fabric
    • B65D81/052—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 specially adapted to protect contents from mechanical damage maintaining contents at spaced relation from package walls, or from other contents using pillow-like elements filled with cushioning material, e.g. elastic foam, fabric filled with fluid, e.g. inflatable elements

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  • the present invention relates generally to the field of airbag packaging.
  • Patents FR-A-2063701 or FR-A-2625172 are known in particular for packaging comprising a rigid box, for example a parallelepiped against the interior walls of which six airbags are provided, respectively.
  • Each cushion or group of cushions comprises an inflation pipette which can optionally pass through a perforation formed in the homologous face of the box in order to allow inflation of said cushion or of the group of cushions from the outside.
  • An object to be packaged is thus, after inflation intimately wedged between the inner faces of the cushions which, by their deformability, adapt to the shape and / or the size of said object.
  • Such a packaging can be used to package articles of various sizes and shapes by wedging them each time suitably.
  • such known packaging must include a particular rigid box in the sense that it must be provided with at least one perforation allowing the passage of a pipette for inflation from the outside.
  • the present invention provides an airbag that is easy to achieve and which allows to properly wedge one or more objects to be packed in any rigid box, the establishment of said airbag and the object in the box being easy and quick.
  • Another object of the invention is to provide a packaging comprising an ordinary box and at least one cushion, the inflation of which can be easily carried out from outside the box after it has been closed without any particular arrangement of the box being necessary. .
  • the airbag according to the invention advantageously being in one piece, allows easily after inflation to intimately wedge one or more objects to be packaged between the inner faces of said wedging parts which, by their pivoting, adapt to the shape of one or more such objects.
  • each interior opening has a rectangular shape, said notches extending from each of the corners of each rectangle towards the peripheral edge of said cushion and then delimiting two to two four parts wedging by opening, capable of coming into contact with the object to be packaged.
  • the interior opening has a shape well adapted to receive one or more fragile objects of essentially parallelepiped shape.
  • the packaging receptacles intended to receive the airbag according to the invention themselves having, most often parallelepipedal shapes, it is particularly recommended that in the deflated state the outer peripheral edge of said cushion essentially describes a rectangle, each interior opening being placed in such a way that at least some notches extend in the direction of the corners of said peripheral edge.
  • the cushion according to the invention is easily and quickly put in place in the deflated or semi-inflated state and the object to be packaged in a parallelepipedic packing case. Thereafter, the inflation of said cushion placed inside the box is terminated until the object to be packaged is properly pinched by said wedging parts and the latter form damping parts between the object. and the side walls of the packing box.
  • Another object of the present invention is to provide a packaging comprising a rigid cardboard box or the like, at least one airbag according to the invention, and at least one other airbag placed above or below at least an object to be wrapped.
  • this other airbag in particular for such packaging comprising a box provided with at least one articulated closure flap, one edge of which is adjacent to a corner of the box, comprises a self-sealing inflation valve located in a corner region of said cushion, said inflation valve being placed, when said cushion is placed in the box, in the corner region, which makes it possible to inflate said cushion from the outside, after closing said flap , by means of a flexible inflation hose introduced into said inflation valve and passing through a space located between the hinged closure flap and at least one face of the body adjacent to the corner.
  • this other airbag can inflate from the outside when the packing case is closed, without the latter having special perforations to allow the passage of the flexible inflation hose, which allows the use of all packaging boxes with hinged closure flaps existing on the packaging market.
  • the method according to the invention comprises a preliminary step consisting in placing another cushion in said box.
  • FIGS. 1, 2 and 3 there is shown a first embodiment of an airbag 100 for packaging according to the invention, intended to wedge and protect one or more objects to be packaged.
  • this airbag 100 has an outer peripheral edge 101 which here essentially describes a rectangle and which is generally adapted to the shape and size of a packaging receptacle, for example a box in rigid cardboard or the like.
  • this airbag 100 has a rectangular interior opening 102 for example, capable of receiving at least one object 500 to be packaged and a plurality of notches 103, here four notches 103 extending from each of the corners of the rectangular internal opening 102 towards the peripheral edge 101 of said cushion 100 and more precisely in the direction of the corners of said peripheral edge 101.
  • the airbag 100 consists of two sheets of flexible plastic, here polyethylene vinyl acetate, juxtaposed and welded together at their edges along the LS welding lines.
  • polyethylene vinyl acetate is a particularly advantageous material because on the one hand it is flexible enough to adapt to the contours of the object to be packaged and at the same time sufficiently robust to not be pierced by possible parts. very protruding or pointed from the object and on the other hand, it is incinerable without release of toxic or recyclable vapor.
  • the notches 103 delimit two by two of the wedging parts 104, 105, 106, 107, here four wedging parts capable of coming into contact with the object 500 to be packaged, by pivoting as will be seen below around privileged pivot zones 108 defined between said notches 103 and the peripheral edge 101.
  • the pivoting of said wedging parts 104, 105, 106, 107 around the privileged pivot zones 108 makes it possible to vary the size and / or the shape of the interior opening 102 to adapt it to objects of different sizes and / or shapes, while exerting a holding pressure on the object or objects to be packaged thanks to a recall moment which is exerted at the pivot zones 108.
  • the shape of each notch 103 and / or of the peripheral edge 101 is such that two privileged pivot zones 108 are defined at this level located respectively at two places where the spacing between said notch 103 and the outer peripheral edge 101 of said cushion 100 is the smallest.
  • the peripheral edge 101 is substantially straight between two corners and each notch 103 has a substantially teardrop shape, that is to say a formed shape. by two lines 103b, 103c divergent from a corner of the interior opening 102 towards the peripheral edge 101 and connected by a rounded 103a near this edge.
  • the outer peripheral edge 101 has notches at each notch 103, in order to define with said notch the preferred pivoting areas 108.
  • the shape and the dimension of the notches 103 and of the peripheral edge 101 are such that during inflation, two adjacent wedging parts spontaneously pivot in opposite directions, this spontaneous pivoting being due in particular to the fact that the inflation of the cushion will generate certain tensions in its material, in particular in the region close to the notches, and that these tensions are at a minimum after such a pivoting has occurred.
  • the four lateral edges of the object 500 placed in the airbag 100 are engaged in said notches 103, they are therefore not in contact with the cushion, which minimizes the risk of wear or damage to the cushion by these edges.
  • Said notches also constitute, thanks to their deformability, privileged shock absorption zones.
  • the airbag 100 shown in Figures 1, 2 and 3 has a self-sealing inflation valve 109 located on one side of the edge peripheral 101, making it possible to inflate or deflate said cushion by means of a flexible inflation hose which is introduced into said valve. It should be noted that this inflation valve 109 can be placed indifferently on any edge of said cushion 100, and for example on the edge of the interior opening 102, naturally opening towards the interior of said opening.
  • FIG. 4 there is shown an alternative embodiment of the airbag 100 of Figure 1, which here has two internal openings 102,102 'of square shape. In addition, it comprises eight notches 103, 103 'which extend from each of the corners of each square interior opening 102, 102' towards the peripheral edge 101 of said cushion 100.
  • the cushion has four sides cut at the four corners.
  • the internal openings 102, 102 ' are placed so that each opening 102, 102' comprises two notches 103, 103 'extending in the direction respectively of two corners of said peripheral edge 101 and two notches 103, 103' extending respectively towards the middle of the longitudinal parts 101a, 101b of the peripheral edge 101.
  • the cushion 100 comprises a fixed central wedging part 110 which extends between said openings 102, 102 'and which has a central hole 117 produced by cutting the two sheets forming the cushion and welding of the cut edges of said sheets along the line LS.
  • This central hole of circular shape makes it possible to play a role of shock absorbing pad when said cushion is placed between the face of a packing case and an object to be packed.
  • this circular hole 117 makes it possible to limit the thickness of the cushion in the inflated state.
  • FIG 5 there is shown another alternative embodiment of the airbag 100 of Figure 1, which has two internal openings 102,102 'each having an essentially rectilinear shape.
  • the internal openings 102, 102 'arranged in parallel have at each end a notch 103, 103'.
  • the cushion 100 then has four notches 103, 103 ', each of the notches extending towards a corner of the peripheral edge 101.
  • the cushion 100 comprises three wedging parts 104, 104 ', 105. Two of the wedging parts 104, 104 'are pivotable and delimited each by the two notches 103, 103' extending from said openings.
  • the third wedging part is a fixed central part 105 comprised between the two openings 103, 103 '.
  • the cushion 100 has at the center of the central wedging part 105 two circular holes 117 which, as has already been explained, makes it possible to limit the thickness of the inflated cushion and to act as a shock absorber. In the same way as the cushion in FIG. 4, the four corners of this cushion have a cutaway.
  • FIG. 10 there is shown another airbag 200 according to the invention.
  • This other airbag 200 is in particular intended to be inserted in a package according to the invention shown in FIG. 10 and comprising, in particular, a box 10 provided with closure flaps articulated adjacent by one of their edges to a corner of the body, and an airbag 100 of the type shown in Figures 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5.
  • Two of the flaps are designated by the references 303 and 304.
  • the airbag 200 consists of two sheets 220 of flexible plastic, for example polyethylene vinyl acetate, welded together at their edges along the weld line LS.
  • the airbag 200 has a rectangular shape adapting to the shape and size of the body 10. This cushion shape is the preferred form knowing that most of the receptacles packaging has essentially rectangular shapes.
  • the airbag 200 advantageously comprises a self-sealing inflation valve 210 located in a corner region of said cushion 200.
  • said inflation valve 210 is placed in the region of a corner 300 of the body, which makes it possible to inflate said cushion 200 from the outside, after the closing of the articulated flaps, by means of a flexible inflation hose 400 introduced into said valve 210 and passing by a spacing located between the flaps 303 and 304 and the faces 301, 302 of the box adjacent to said corner 300.
  • This inflation characteristic is very advantageous because it makes it possible to use a packaging box with flaps devoid of any particular arrangement for letting said flexible pipe pass.
  • the self-sealing inflation valve 210 comprises two thin sheets 211 of plastic material, juxtaposed and welded together in two parallel lines so as to form a conduit for passage of the inflation hose 400 open at both ends.
  • the inflation valve 210 is located between the two sheets 220 forming said cushion 200 in the corner region of said cushion.
  • said valve as shown in FIG. 6, extends from a corner of the cushion over only part of the length of a diagonal of the cushion, which makes it possible to deflate the cushion by introducing the flexible hose 400 in the valve beyond the free end of the passage duct.
  • the parallel weld lines of the two thin sheets 211 deviate locally from each other so that the passage conduit of the inflation hose created by said lines has a widening located at a distance from the free end of said conduit placed inside the cushion 200.
  • the two thin sheets 211 are applied mutually against each other by means of a sheeting which causes proximity of the free end of said duct by said widening, so as to immediately obstruct the duct and then avoid partial deflation of said cushion.
  • the sheets 211 are welded at one of their ends to each other and to the two sheets 220 forming the cushion along a weld line 212a extending along a cutaway 212 from the corner of the cushion, leaving an unwelded zone in line with an opening 215 adjacent to the duct, to leave the duct open on the outside for the introduction of the flexible inflation hose 400.
  • the airbag comprises two flexible guide tabs 213 each of which is constituted by the extension, in superposition, of a sheet 220 of the cushion and of a sheet 211 of the valve.
  • a peripheral weld 212b distinct from the welding line 212a along the cutaway 212, ensures the joining thereof and have edges situated in the extension of the edges adjacent to the cushion 200. More specifically, it can be seen in FIGS.
  • the airbags 100 according to the invention represented in FIGS. 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 can also, if necessary, include a self-sealing wedge inflation valve according to the embodiments shown. more particularly in FIGS. 7, 8a, 8b and 9.
  • the airbag 200 has a central hole 216 produced by cutting the two sheets 220 forming the cushion and welding the cut edges of said sheets along the welding line LS.
  • This central hole here of rectangular shape, advantageously allows the cushion to participate in the setting of the objects to be packaged.
  • the airbag 200 comprises four circular holes 217 produced by cutting said sheets 220 and welding along welding lines LS.
  • these circular holes 217 make it possible to limit the thickness of the cushion in the inflated state and play a role of shock absorbing pads when said cushion is placed between the face of a packing case and an object to be packed.
  • the packaging of the type shown in FIG. 10 comprises only two airbags 100 of the type shown in FIG. 4 in the inflated state, each airbag 100 being positioned in such a way that each fixed central wedging part 110 is placed against a lateral face of the object 500 to be packaged, each associated opening 102, 102 ′ being positioned obliquely with respect to said corresponding fixed central wedging part 110 so that each corner of said object 500 is engaged in a opening 102, 102 ', the four wedging parts 104, 105, 106, 107, 104', 105 ', 106', 107 'associated with each opening 102, 102' pivoting so that one of the wedging parts either positioned against the upper face of the object 500, another wedging part is positioned against the underside of said object 500 and the two other wedging parts are positioned against two adjacent lateral faces your said object.
  • the packaging of the type shown in FIG. 10 only comprises two airbags 100 of the type shown in FIG. 5, a first airbag 100 being positioned in the inflated state below the object 500 to be packaged so that said fixed central wedging part 105 is placed against the underside of said object 500, said wedging parts 104, 104 ′ associated with the two openings 102, 102 ′ pivoting so as to come to be placed against each of two lateral faces opposite of said object 500 so that the parallel lower transverse edges of said object engage in said openings 102, 102 ', the second airbag 100 being positioned in the inflated or semi-inflated state above the object to be packaged in such a way that the fixed central wedging part 105 is positioned against the upper face of said object 500, said wedging parts associated with the x two openings pivoting so as to be placed against each of the other two opposite lateral faces of the object so that the parallel upper longitudinal edges of the latter come to engage in each of said openings of said cushion.
  • the invention advantageously applies to the transport and handling of all fragile goods, and in particular electronic, computer devices, etc., with the option of using a single type of packaging for a whole range of products and be able to reuse it several times.

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