EP0725586B1 - Paquet d'elements de couverts jetables - Google Patents

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EP0725586B1
EP0725586B1 EP94927537A EP94927537A EP0725586B1 EP 0725586 B1 EP0725586 B1 EP 0725586B1 EP 94927537 A EP94927537 A EP 94927537A EP 94927537 A EP94927537 A EP 94927537A EP 0725586 B1 EP0725586 B1 EP 0725586B1
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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A47—FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
    • A47G—HOUSEHOLD OR TABLE EQUIPMENT
    • A47G21/00—Table-ware
    • A47G21/06—Combined or separable sets of table-service utensils; Oyster knives with openers; Fish servers with means for removing bones
    • 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
    • B65D71/00—Bundles of articles held together by packaging elements for convenience of storage or transport, e.g. portable segregating carrier for plural receptacles such as beer cans or pop bottles; Bales of material

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  • the invention relates to a bundle of cutlery parts, such as a spoon, fork or knife, of a disposable cutlery.
  • GB-A-2 177 894 is a bundle of one of three different cutlery parts (knife, fork, spoon) existing cutlery known, in which, for example, the handle of the knife on its top and bottom each has a series of successive profiles in the longitudinal direction of the handle, which have the shape of knobs or buttons.
  • the profiles engage in recesses, which are each formed on the handle of the spoon and the fork and are complementary to the profiles of the knife, so that the cutlery consisting of spoon, fork and knife can be plugged together.
  • a stable stacking of similar cutlery items is not provided with this known cutlery and is also not possible.
  • a cutlery consisting of a spoon, fork and knife
  • the cutlery parts have flat handles and are designed to be placed one on top of the other, with elevations formed on the handle of a cutlery part engaging in recesses formed on the cutlery part lying thereon .
  • the three pieces of cutlery can be connected to each other with a resilient sleeve. A stable stacking of similar cutlery items is not provided with this cutlery and is also not possible.
  • the object of the present invention is to provide a container made up of parts of a disposable cutlery, can be reduced by the stack volume and packaging material, in particular large packs, and at the same time stable stacking and simple removal of partial quantities can also be achieved from large packs by simple means.
  • the present invention enables stable stacking and combining of a large number of similar cutlery items into large containers.
  • a simple banderole or band is sufficient to combine a stack.
  • the cutlery items specially designed for this purpose are therefore particularly suitable for bulk consumers and dispensers.
  • the drawing shows cutlery parts, namely a spoon 2, a knife 4 and a fork 6, each consisting of a handle part 8 and a working part 10.
  • the grip part 8 is formed over its entire length in cross section as a U-profile 12, the two legs 14 and 16 of which form an obtuse angle with its profile web 18.
  • a wall part 20 which is also connected at an obtuse angle to the profile web, connects both legs.
  • the legs 14 and 16 are extended beyond the transitions 22 to the working part 10 24, 26 and, following the shape of the working part, gradually tapering, into the edge of the working part, in such a way that the cutlery parts of the same type are stacked (see Fig 8) not only overlap each other in the handle part, but also in the area of the leg extensions 24 and 26, whereby a great stability of the stack is achieved.
  • the extension 24 of the leg 14 facing away from the knife edge 28 is designed as a knife back, as a result of which the knife is also given particular stability in the area of the knife.
  • the extension 26 ends, tapering, at the knife tip 30.
  • the knife edge 28 consists of a part 32 formed on the leg 14 on the cutting side and gradually transitioning towards the knife tip 30 into the web part 18 of the U-shaped profile 12 of the handle and a part 36 connected to it by a slight bend and provided with teeth 34.
  • the profile web 18 ends in the toothed cutting part 36 at the end 16 facing away from the cutting edge.
  • the handle parts of the cutlery parts spoon, knife, fork are somewhat wider in the central area 38 than in the end areas.
  • Similar cutlery items are, as shown in FIGS. 8 and 9 by way of example for forks, nested, stacked and combined into larger, stable containers 40.
  • the stacked container is simply held together with only one loop (banderole) 42 or a band.
  • the containers according to the invention require less volume, are stable with the aid of simple binders, so that complex packaging can be dispensed with, and facilitate use in automatic dispensers.

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  1. Paquet de pièces de couvert, telles que cuiller, fourchette ou couteau, d'un couvert jetable, dans lequel les pièces de couvert (2,4,6) présentent chacune une partie de manche (8) et une partie travaillante (10),
    caractérisé en ce que la partie de manche (8) de chaque pièce de couvert est conformée, sur toute sa longueur, en section transversale, sensiblement en forme d'un profilé en U dont les deux côtés latéraux (14, 16) forment, avec une entretoise de profilé (18), un angle obtus et sont reliés, à l'extrémité du manche à une portion de paroi (20) formant également un angle obtus avec l'entretoise de profilé (18) et que les deux côtés latéraux (14, 16) de la partie de manche (8) sont prolongés sur la transition à la partie travaillante (10) et réalisés se réduisant progressivement en se convertissant en le bord de la partie travaillante (10), de telle sorte que des pièces de couvert (2; 4; 6) du même type sont réalisées emboîtables les unes dans les autres et forment une pile (40) stable réunie à l'aide d'un moyen de serrage ou de liaison (42).
  2. Paquet selon la revendication 1,
    caractérisé en ce que le moyen de serrage ou de liaison est disposé autour des manches des pièces de couvert.
  3. Paquet selon la revendication 2,
    caractérisé en ce que le moyen de serrage ou de liaison (42) est une bande, une bandelette, une ficelle, une bande élastique, un fil ou une pince.
  4. Paquet selon la revendication 1,
    caractérisé en ce que, dans le cas de la pièce de couvert réalisée sous forme de couteau (4), le prolongement (26) du côté latéral (16) écarté de la lame (28) du couteau est réalisé sous forme de dos du couteau et se termine, en se réduisant, en la pointe (30) du couteau.
  5. Paquet selon la revendication 4,
    caractérisé en ce que la lame (28) du couteau est constituée par une partie (32) formée sur le côté latéral (14) du côté coupe et se convertissant progressivement, en direction de la pointe du couteau ; en la partie d'entretoise (18) du profilé en U (12) et par une partie coupante (36) dentée s'y raccordant.
  6. Paquet selon la revendication 4 ou 5,
    caractérisé en ce que l'entretoise (18) du profilé se termine à angle aigu sur le côté latéral (16) écarté de la partie coupante dans la partie coupante (36) dentée.
  7. Paquet selon l'une des revendications précédentes,
    caractérisé en ce que la surface de la partie de manche (8) est rendue rugueuse.
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