EP0959018A1 - System for packaging batches of filled, flanged containers stacked upon each other in a tray made of semi-rigid material - Google Patents
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- the present invention relates to a system for packaging, in a tray of semi-rigid material such as cardboard or corrugated cardboard, lots of stacked full containers with part thereof upper a flange which projects laterally and on which is fixed a sealing cap.
- the invention also relates to a method of implementing places such batches of containers in this tray.
- the invention finally relates to the grouping on a pallet handling stacks of trays containing lots of such containers thus conditioned.
- Containers of this type are, for example, jars of yogurts or other dairy products, as well as other various pasty foods, especially for young children, and they usually include a cylindrical body or frustoconical in plastic material, closed at its part upper by a cover, which is sealed on a body flange protruding laterally towards outside.
- various pots are attached laterally by these flanges, in which are provided for primers of rupture allowing the consumer to separate the individual pots, and several plates of such pots are generally stacked and held assembled by a flexible belt, for example, made of cardboard, to form a batch, which is offered for sale under this form in stores.
- the belt flexible usually goes above and below the lot of superimposed pots and grips laterally along two sides parallel, while the pots are visible according to the two other sides, with their protruding flanges laterally.
- the rims of the pots that make laterally protruding abut against the face internal of the adjoining wall of the tray, which limits the useful volume thereof.
- the dimensions usual pot collars are such that even in optimally choosing the number of pots of each layer of a batch, the trays used do not cover the entire surface of the handling pallets.
- the first object of the invention is a set comprising a tray of semi-rigid material such as cardboard or corrugated cardboard, with rectangular bottom and with side walls erected perpendicular to this bottom and adjoining each other and to this one by lines of folding, and, housed in adjoining positions in this tray, lots each consisting of superimposed layers of full containers, each container having a outwardly projecting collar, by which it is attached to the adjoining containers and on which is attached a shutter, the different layers of a lot being assembled using a flexible belt which pass above and below the lot and which surrounds it laterally along two opposite sides, this assembly being characterized in that the parts of the flanges of the containers in the bottom layer of each batch not belt contact of this lot and contiguous to a wall side of the tray protrude above this side wall and preferably rest on it.
- a tray of semi-rigid material such as cardboard or corrugated cardboard
- each batch could possibly be consisting of a single layer of containers, naturally without belt in this case, including the adjacent flanges the four side walls of the tray are supported on these.
- the invention also relates to a method of realization of the set which has just been defined, this process being characterized in that one of the the other the upper parts of at least two walls opposite of the empty tray intended to be engaged under the container flanges of the first layer of different lots, in that we go down towards the inside of the tray said lots in the position they must occupy in this tray, in that we release the walls separated from each other when the bottom of containers from the bottom layer of each batch arrived below the edge of these walls, but has not yet reaches the bottom of the tray, so that the walls previously discarded return to their original position by elasticity and come to engage under the flanges contiguous containers from the bottom layer, and in that that we bring the batches of containers in their position final in the tray.
- the opposite walls of the empty tray coming from engage under the flanges, when they are not separated from each other, may be parallel between them or be inclined towards the inside of the tray, so as to come and then firmly grip the body of the containers in the bottom layer of each batch.
- the bodies of the containers may have a cylindrical or frustoconical shape, with circular section, square or whatever.
- the trays used have a bottom of dimensions smaller than those of the bottom of usual trays used for the same purpose, since the flanges of the containers, instead of coming up against the inner side of the side walls, protrude above these.
- the gain in surface area of the bottom of the tray is such that it becomes possible to stack the trays on a handling pallet of usual dimensions (1200 cm x 800 cm) by perfectly covering the surface top of this pallet, without recessed trays or overflowing, with the stacks of trays in mutual contact.
- batches of containers filled with the type of yoghurt pots having, in their part upper, a flange, which projects towards the exterior and of which a cover is integral are generally housed in cardboard packaging or corrugated cardboard, such as packaging 1 of figures 1 and 2, which have a rectangular section, include side walls of height at least equal to that of the lots packaged and are eventually closed in part superior.
- the batches do not are more grouped in packaging, the side walls completely wrap them, but in trays with rectangular bottom, against the side walls from which the flanges of the containers no longer come in abutment, but on the edges of which they take support.
- the trays used can be of different types, for example of the type from the blank 3 of corrugated cardboard precut and repressed shown in Figure 3.
- This blank has a rectangular bottom portion 4, with which are adjoining, by two fold lines parallel, two transverse walls 5, intended to be erected perpendicular to the bottom 1, and by two lines folding perpendicular to the previous ones, two walls longitudinal 6, also intended to be upright perpendicular to the bottom 1. These walls 6 extend by shutters 7 adjoining these walls by lines of folding intended to be perpendicular to the bottom 4, these flaps 7 coming to be fixed against the internal face of the walls 5, for example by gluing.
- lots 10 of full containers 11 to be packaged here have three stacked layers of containers but that number could naturally be different.
- the containers of each layer have at their upper part a collar 12 protruding laterally, by which they are adjacent to and to which adjoins the closure for closing the containers.
- Layers superimposed full containers are encircled so known by a flexible belt 13, here made of thin cardboard, which passes above and below the batch of containers and the grips laterally along two parallel sides.
- the different lots 10 of containers are housed in adjoining positions in the trays, against internal face of two walls of which, here the walls transverse 5, apply the belts 13 of the lots, while the other two walls, here the walls longitudinal 6, are engaged below the flanges 12 containers from the bottom layer of each batch, these flanges 12 resting on the edge of the wall 6 contiguous, preferably without overflowing outside.
- the walls 6 of the empty tray are perpendicular to the bottom 4 of the tray, but, as it was stated above, they can also be inclined towards the inside of the tray, to be straightened outward when the lots of containers.
- a first advantage of this packaging method is that we considerably reduce the amount of cardboard corrugated used to group lots of containers, this which lowers costs.
- a second advantage is above all that by reducing the lateral dimensions of the walls of the tray used, in overflowing the flanges of the containers above walls 5 or 6, it is possible to adjust these dimensions in such a way that the full stacks of trays occupy the entire upper surface of the pallets 2 of handling, resulting in much better stability of these batteries, which wedge each other.
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Abstract
Selon l'invention, les parties des collerettes (12) des récipients de la couche inférieure de chaque lot non au contact de la ceinture de ce lot et contiguës à une paroi latérale (6) de la barquette font saillie au-dessus de cette paroi latérale et prennent de préférence appui sur celle-ci.According to the invention, the parts of the flanges (12) of the containers of the lower layer of each batch not in contact with the belt of this batch and contiguous to a side wall (6) of the tray protrude above this wall side and preferably lean on it.
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La présente invention concerne un système de conditionnement, dans une barquette en un matériau semi-rigide tel que le carton ou le carton ondulé, de lots de récipients pleins superposés, comportant à leur partie supérieure une collerette qui fait saillie latéralement et sur laquelle est fixé un opercule d'obturation.The present invention relates to a system for packaging, in a tray of semi-rigid material such as cardboard or corrugated cardboard, lots of stacked full containers with part thereof upper a flange which projects laterally and on which is fixed a sealing cap.
L'invention concerne également un procédé de mise en place de tels lots de récipients dans cette barquette.The invention also relates to a method of implementing places such batches of containers in this tray.
L'invention concerne enfin le regroupement sur une palette de manutention de piles de barquettes contenant des lots de tels récipients ainsi conditionnés.The invention finally relates to the grouping on a pallet handling stacks of trays containing lots of such containers thus conditioned.
Des récipients de ce type sont, par exemple, des pots de yaourts ou d'autres produit lactés, ainsi que d'autres aliments pâteux divers, notamment pour jeunes enfants, et ils comprennent habituellement un corps cylindrique ou tronconique en matière plastique, fermé à sa partie supérieure par un opercule, qui est scellé sur une collerette du corps faisant saillie latéralement vers l'extérieur. Dans la pratique, divers pots sont attenant latéralement par ces collerettes, dans lesquelles sont prévues des amorces de rupture permettant au consommateur de séparer les pots individuels, et plusieurs plaquettes de tels pots sont généralement superposées et maintenues assemblées par une ceinture souple, par exemple, en carton, pour former un lot, qui est proposé à la vente sous cette forme dans les magasins. Dans de tels lots, la ceinture souple passe généralement au-dessus et au-dessous du lot de pots superposés et l'enserre latéralement suivant deux côtés parallèles, tandis que les pots sont apparents suivant les deux autres côtés, avec leurs collerettes faisant saillie latéralement.Containers of this type are, for example, jars of yogurts or other dairy products, as well as other various pasty foods, especially for young children, and they usually include a cylindrical body or frustoconical in plastic material, closed at its part upper by a cover, which is sealed on a body flange protruding laterally towards outside. In practice, various pots are attached laterally by these flanges, in which are provided for primers of rupture allowing the consumer to separate the individual pots, and several plates of such pots are generally stacked and held assembled by a flexible belt, for example, made of cardboard, to form a batch, which is offered for sale under this form in stores. In such lots, the belt flexible usually goes above and below the lot of superimposed pots and grips laterally along two sides parallel, while the pots are visible according to the two other sides, with their protruding flanges laterally.
Ces lots de pots sont eux-mêmes regroupés dans des barquettes en un matériau semi-rigide tel que le carton ou le carton ondulé, qui, pour leur manutention et leur transport, sont assemblées et superposées sur des palettes de manutention. Les barquettes sont d'un type classique, avec un fond sensiblement rectangulaire, auquel sont attenantes par des lignes de pliage quatre parois latérales articulées entre elles par des lignes de pliage perpendiculaires au fond. Ces parois s'élèvent suivant toute la hauteur du lot de récipients, de manière que les différentes barquettes d'une même pile puissent prendre appui les unes sur les autres lors du gerbage sur palette.These batches of pots are themselves grouped into trays of semi-rigid material such as cardboard or corrugated cardboard, which for handling and transport, are assembled and stacked on pallets Handling. The trays are of a classic type, with a substantially rectangular bottom, to which are adjoining by fold lines four side walls hinged together by fold lines perpendicular to the bottom. These walls rise according to all the height of the batch of containers, so that the different trays of the same stack can take support each other during stacking on a pallet.
Dans les barquettes, les collerettes des pots qui font saillie latéralement viennent en butée contre la face interne de la paroi contiguë de la barquette, ce qui limite le volume utile de celle-ci. En outre, les dimensions usuelles des collerettes des pots sont telles que, même en choisissant de façon optimum le nombre de pots de chaque couche d'un lot, les barquettes utilisées ne recouvrent pas en totalité la surface des palettes de manutention.In the trays, the rims of the pots that make laterally protruding abut against the face internal of the adjoining wall of the tray, which limits the useful volume thereof. In addition, the dimensions usual pot collars are such that even in optimally choosing the number of pots of each layer of a batch, the trays used do not cover the entire surface of the handling pallets.
Il en résulte deux inconvénients majeurs :
- d'une part, le volume total des lots palettisés est inférieur d'au moins 30 % à ce qu'il pourrait être, si les piles de barquettes recouvraient la totalité de la surface de la palette ;
- d'autre part, du fait qu'elles ne recouvrent pas toute la surface des palettes en se calant mutuellement, les piles de barquettes sont en équilibre instable et ont tendance à s'effondrer au cours du transport de la palette.
- on the one hand, the total volume of the palletized batches is at least 30% lower than it could be, if the stacks of trays covered the entire surface of the pallet;
- on the other hand, because they do not cover the entire surface of the pallets by wedging each other, the stacks of trays are in unstable equilibrium and tend to collapse during transport of the pallet.
La présente invention vise à remédier à ces inconvénients en proposant un système de regroupement sur une palette de manutention de piles de barquettes contenant des lots de tels pots, qui permet :
- d'utiliser des barquettes à section réduite par rapport à celle des barquettes utilisées usuellement dans le même but ;
- de réduire la hauteur des parois latérales de ces barquettes et par conséquent de minimiser la quantité de carton ou de carton ondulé utilisée pour leur réalisation ;
- de constituer des piles de telles barquettes qui occupent sensiblement toute la surface des palettes de manutention, en augmentant ainsi notablement le volume de la charge palettisée et en assurant un bien meilleur équilibre des piles de barquettes ;
- de gerber les différentes barquettes d'une même pile en appui respectivement sur les pots des lots contenus dans la barquette immédiatement inférieure et non plus sur cette barquette.
- to use trays with a reduced section compared to that of trays usually used for the same purpose;
- reduce the height of the side walls of these trays and therefore minimize the amount of cardboard or corrugated cardboard used for their production;
- to constitute stacks of such trays which occupy substantially the entire surface of the handling pallets, thereby notably increasing the volume of the palletized load and ensuring a much better balance of the stacks of trays;
- to stack the different trays of the same stack by pressing respectively on the pots of the batches contained in the tray immediately below and no longer on this tray.
A cet effet, l'invention a pour premier objet un ensemble comprenant une barquette en un matériau semi-rigide tel que le carton ou le carton ondulé, à fond rectangulaire et à parois latérales dressées perpendiculairement à ce fond et attenantes entre elles et à celui-ci par des lignes de pliage, et, logés en positions contiguës dans cette barquette, des lots constitués chacun de couches superposées de récipients pleins, chaque récipient comportant une collerette faisant saillie vers l'extérieur, par laquelle il est attenant aux récipients contigus et sur laquelle est fixé un opercule d'obturation, les différentes couches d'un lot étant assemblées à l'aide d'une ceinture souple qui passe au-dessus et au-dessous du lot et qui l'enserre latéralement suivant deux côtés opposés, cet ensemble étant caractérisé en ce que les parties des collerettes des récipients de la couche inférieure de chaque lot non au contact de la ceinture de ce lot et contiguës à une paroi latérale de la barquette font saillie au-dessus de cette paroi latérale et prennent de préférence appui sur celle-ci.To this end, the first object of the invention is a set comprising a tray of semi-rigid material such as cardboard or corrugated cardboard, with rectangular bottom and with side walls erected perpendicular to this bottom and adjoining each other and to this one by lines of folding, and, housed in adjoining positions in this tray, lots each consisting of superimposed layers of full containers, each container having a outwardly projecting collar, by which it is attached to the adjoining containers and on which is attached a shutter, the different layers of a lot being assembled using a flexible belt which pass above and below the lot and which surrounds it laterally along two opposite sides, this assembly being characterized in that the parts of the flanges of the containers in the bottom layer of each batch not belt contact of this lot and contiguous to a wall side of the tray protrude above this side wall and preferably rest on it.
En variante, chaque lot pourra éventuellement être constitué d'une unique couche de récipients, naturellement sans ceinture dans ce cas, dont les collerettes contiguës aux quatre parois latérales de la barquette prennent appui sur celles-ci.As a variant, each batch could possibly be consisting of a single layer of containers, naturally without belt in this case, including the adjacent flanges the four side walls of the tray are supported on these.
L'invention a également pour objet un procédé de réalisation de l'ensemble qui vient d'être défini, ce procédé étant caractérisé en ce que l'on écarte l'une de l'autre les parties supérieures d'au moins deux parois opposées de la barquette vide destinées à être engagées sous les collerettes de récipients de la première couche des différents lots, en ce que l'on descend vers l'intérieur de la barquette lesdits lots dans la position qu'ils doivent occuper dans cette barquette, en ce que l'on relâche les parois écartées l'une de l'autre lorsque le fond des récipients de la couche inférieure de chaque lot est parvenu au-dessous de l'arête de ces parois, mais n'a pas encore atteint le fond de la barquette, de manière que les parois précédemment écartées reprennent leur position initiale par élasticité et viennent s'engager sous les collerettes contiguës des récipients de la couche inférieure, et en ce que l'on amène les lots de récipients dans leur position définitive dans la barquette.The invention also relates to a method of realization of the set which has just been defined, this process being characterized in that one of the the other the upper parts of at least two walls opposite of the empty tray intended to be engaged under the container flanges of the first layer of different lots, in that we go down towards the inside of the tray said lots in the position they must occupy in this tray, in that we release the walls separated from each other when the bottom of containers from the bottom layer of each batch arrived below the edge of these walls, but has not yet reaches the bottom of the tray, so that the walls previously discarded return to their original position by elasticity and come to engage under the flanges contiguous containers from the bottom layer, and in that that we bring the batches of containers in their position final in the tray.
Les parois opposées de la barquette vide venant s'engager sous les collerettes, lorsqu'elles ne sont pas écartées l'une de l'autre, pourront être parallèles entre elles ou être inclinées vers l'intérieur de la barquette, de manière à venir enserrer ensuite fermement le corps des récipients de la couche inférieure de chaque lot. Comme indiqué ci-dessus, les corps des récipients pourront avoir une forme cylindrique ou tronconique, à section circulaire, carrée ou autre.The opposite walls of the empty tray coming from engage under the flanges, when they are not separated from each other, may be parallel between them or be inclined towards the inside of the tray, so as to come and then firmly grip the body of the containers in the bottom layer of each batch. As indicated above, the bodies of the containers may have a cylindrical or frustoconical shape, with circular section, square or whatever.
Avec le mode de conditionnement des lots de récipients qui vient d'être décrit, les barquettes utilisées ont un fond de dimensions inférieures à celles du fond des barquettes usuelles utilisées dans le même but, puisque les collerettes des récipients, au lieu de venir buter contre la face interne des parois latérales, font saillie au-dessus de celles-ci. Le gain de surface du fond de la barquette est tel qu'il devient possible d'empiler les barquettes sur une palette de manutention de dimensions usuelles (1200 cm x 800 cm) en recouvrant parfaitement la surface supérieure de cette palette, sans barquettes en retrait ou en débord, avec les piles de barquettes en contact mutuel.With the method of packaging batches of containers which has just been described, the trays used have a bottom of dimensions smaller than those of the bottom of usual trays used for the same purpose, since the flanges of the containers, instead of coming up against the inner side of the side walls, protrude above these. The gain in surface area of the bottom of the tray is such that it becomes possible to stack the trays on a handling pallet of usual dimensions (1200 cm x 800 cm) by perfectly covering the surface top of this pallet, without recessed trays or overflowing, with the stacks of trays in mutual contact.
L'invention a par conséquent aussi pour objet un ensemble de regroupement sur une palette de manutention de piles de barquettes contenant des lots de récipients conditionnés comme défini ci-dessus, cet ensemble étant caractérisé en ce que :
- les parois contiguës des barquettes disposées à la base de piles contiguës sont en contact mutuel et les fonds des barquettes des différentes piles occupent la totalité de la surface supérieure de la palette ;
- les barquettes des différentes piles prennent appui sur les lots de récipients conditionnés dans la barquette immédiatement inférieure et non sur cette barquette.
- the adjoining walls of the trays arranged at the base of adjoining stacks are in mutual contact and the bottoms of the trays of the different stacks occupy the entire upper surface of the pallet;
- the trays of the different stacks are supported on the batches of containers conditioned in the immediately lower tray and not on this tray.
En effet, il s'est avéré, de façon surprenante, qu'il n'est nullement nécessaire que les barquettes prennent appui au gerbage les unes sur les autres, mais qu'elles peuvent reposer directement sur les lots d'objets des barquettes inférieures.Indeed, it turned out, surprisingly, that it there is no need for the trays to rest stacking on top of each other, but that they can rest directly on batches of trays lower.
C'est pour cette raison, qui va à l'encontre des enseignements de la technique antérieure, qu'il est possible d'utiliser des barquettes dont les parois latérales sont suffisamment basses pour que les collerettes des récipients de la couche inférieure des lots de récipients conditionnés prennent appui sur ces parois.It is for this reason, which goes against the teachings of the prior art, that it is possible to use trays whose side walls are low enough that the flanges of the containers of the lower layer of batches of conditioned containers are supported on these walls.
On notera que ce mode de conditionnement des lots de récipients et de palettisation des barquettes de conditionnement a pour conséquence une réduction très sensible de la quantité de carton utilisée et, par conséquent, du coût du conditionnement.Note that this method of packaging batches of containers and palletizing trays conditioning results in a very reduced sensitive to the quantity of cardboard used and, by therefore, the cost of packaging.
Il résulte en outre de l'utilisation optimale de la surface de la palette un accroissement considérable, pouvant dépasser 30 %, du nombre de récipients stockés sur une palette, et une réduction concomitante du nombre des palettes à utiliser.It also results from the optimal use of the pallet surface a considerable increase, which can exceed 30% of the number of containers stored on one palette, and a concomitant reduction in the number of pallets to use.
Enfin, les piles de palettes se calent mutuellement sur les palettes et il en résulte une stabilité très supérieure des charges palettisées dans les véhicules de transport.Finally, the stacks of pallets wedge each other on the pallets and this results in a much higher stability palletized loads in transport vehicles.
D'autres caractéristiques et avantages de l'invention
apparaítront dans la description détaillée qui va suivre,
dans laquelle on se réfèrera aux dessins annexés, sur
lesquels :
Comme il a été exposé ci-dessus, les lots de récipients pleins du type des pots de yaourt comportant, à leur partie supérieure, une collerette, qui fait saillie vers l'extérieur et dont est solidaire un opercule, sont généralement logés dans des conditionnements en carton ou carton ondulé, tels que les conditionnement 1 des figures 1 et 2, qui ont une section rectangulaire, comportent des parois latérales de hauteur au moins égale à celle des lots conditionnés et sont éventuellement fermés à leur partie supérieure.As discussed above, batches of containers filled with the type of yoghurt pots having, in their part upper, a flange, which projects towards the exterior and of which a cover is integral, are generally housed in cardboard packaging or corrugated cardboard, such as packaging 1 of figures 1 and 2, which have a rectangular section, include side walls of height at least equal to that of the lots packaged and are eventually closed in part superior.
Dans ces conditionnements, les collerettes des récipients d'une même couche des différents lots sont attenantes et les collerettes contiguës aux parois latérales viennent au contact de celles-ci.In these packages, the collars of the containers of the same layer of different batches are adjoining and the flanges adjoining the side walls come into contact with them.
Les dimensions usuelles des collerettes des récipients
et celles des palettes 2 de manutention sont malheureusement
telles que, jusqu'à présent, il n'a pas été possible de
réaliser des conditionnements 1, qui empilés, recouvrent
exactement la surface supérieure des palettes 2. Il en
résulte que, quelle que soit la disposition relative des
piles (voir figures 1 et 2), ces piles forment des ensembles
en équilibre instable, qui, dans les véhicules de transport,
ont tendance à s'effondrer.The usual dimensions of container flanges
and those of the 2 handling pallets are unfortunately
such that, to date, it has not been possible to
make packages 1, which stacked, overlap
exactly the upper surface of the
C'est pour remédier à cet inconvénient, pour accroítre le volume des charges palettisées et pour réduire simultanément les quantités de carton ou de carton ondulé utilisées pour réaliser les emballages, que la présente invention propose le nouveau mode de conditionnement qui fait l'objet de la présente invention.It is to remedy this drawback, to increase the volume of palletized loads and to reduce simultaneously the quantities of cardboard or corrugated cardboard used to make the packaging, that this invention proposes the new mode of packaging which is the subject of the present invention.
Dans ce but, conformément à l'invention, les lots ne sont plus regroupés dans des conditionnements dont les parois latérales les enveloppent complètement, mais dans des barquettes à fond rectangulaire, contre les parois latérales desquelles les collerettes des récipients ne viennent plus en butée, mais sur les tranches desquelles elles prennent appui.For this purpose, in accordance with the invention, the batches do not are more grouped in packaging, the side walls completely wrap them, but in trays with rectangular bottom, against the side walls from which the flanges of the containers no longer come in abutment, but on the edges of which they take support.
Les barquette utilisées peuvent être de différents types, par exemple du type issu du flan 3 de carton ondulé prédécoupé et refoulé représenté sur la figure 3.The trays used can be of different types, for example of the type from the blank 3 of corrugated cardboard precut and repressed shown in Figure 3.
Ce flan comporte une partie de fond 4 rectangulaire, à
laquelle sont attenantes, par deux lignes de pliage
parallèles, deux parois transversales 5, destinées à être
dressées perpendiculairement au fond 1, et, par deux lignes
de pliage perpendiculaires aux précédentes, deux parois
longitudinales 6, destinées également à être dressées
perpendiculairement au fond 1. Ces parois 6 se prolongent
par des volets 7 attenants à ces parois par des lignes de
pliage destinées à être perpendiculaires au fond 4, ces
volets 7 venant se fixer contre la face interne des parois
5, par exemple par collage.This blank has a
Comme on le voit sur les figures 4 à 6, les lots 10 de
récipients pleins 11 à conditionner comportent ici trois
couches superposées de récipients, mais ce nombre pourrait
naturellement être différent. Les récipients de chaque
couche comportent à leur partie supérieure une collerette 12
faisant saillie latéralement, par laquelle ils sont
attenants aux récipients contigus et à laquelle adhère
l'opercule d'obturation des récipients. Les couches
superposées de récipients pleins sont cerclées de façon
connue par une ceinture souple 13, ici en carton mince, qui
passe au-dessus et au-dessous du lot de récipients et les
enserre latéralement suivant deux côtés parallèles.As seen in Figures 4 to 6,
Conformément à l'invention, comme représenté sur les
figures 5 et 6, les différents lots 10 de récipients sont
logés en positions contiguës dans les barquettes, contre la
face interne de deux parois desquelles, ici les parois
transversales 5, viennent s'appliquer les ceintures 13 des
lots, tandis que les deux autres parois, ici les parois
longitudinales 6, sont engagées au-dessous des collerettes
12 des récipients de la couche inférieure de chaque lot, ces
collerettes 12 reposant sur la tranche de la paroi 6
contiguë, de préférence sans déborder à l'extérieur.In accordance with the invention, as shown in the
Figures 5 and 6, the
Pour mettre en place les lots 10 de récipients dans la
barquette, on amène au-dessus de celles-ci les différents
lots (voir figure 4, sur laquelle un unique lot a été
représenté pour plus de clarté), en repoussant simultanément
les parois 6 (et éventuellement les parois 5) vers
l'extérieur, suivant la flèche F, à l'aide d'un embossoir.
On abaisse alors l'ensemble des lots 13 vers le fond 4 de la
barquette et l'on relâche les parois 6 lorsque les fonds des
récipients de la couche inférieure sont arrivés à un niveau
inférieur à celui de la tranche de ces parois 6, sans avoir
encore atteint le fond 4 de la barquette. Les parois 6,
reviennent alors par élasticité à leur position initiale et
viennent s'appliquer latéralement contre le corps 11 des
récipients contigus de la couche inférieure des différents
lots, au-dessous de leur collerette 12.To set up
Dans le cas du dessin, les parois 6 de la barquette vide
sont perpendiculaires au fond 4 de la barquette, mais, comme
il a été indiqué ci-dessus, elles peuvent aussi être
inclinées vers l'intérieur de la barquette, pour être
redressées vers l'extérieur lors de la mise en place des
lots de récipients.In the case of the drawing, the
Un premier avantage de ce mode de conditionnement est que l'on réduit considérablement la quantité de carton ondulé utilisée pour regrouper les lots de récipients, ce qui permet d'abaisser les coûts.A first advantage of this packaging method is that we considerably reduce the amount of cardboard corrugated used to group lots of containers, this which lowers costs.
Un second avantage est surtout qu'en réduisant les
dimensions latérales des parois de la barquette utilisée, en
faisant déborder les collerettes des récipients au-dessus
des parois 5 ou 6, il est possible d'ajuster ces dimensions
de façon telle que les piles de barquettes pleines occupent
la totalité de la surface supérieure des palettes 2 de
manutention, avec pour conséquence une bien meilleure
stabilité de ces piles, qui se calent mutuellement.A second advantage is above all that by reducing the
lateral dimensions of the walls of the tray used, in
overflowing the flanges of the containers above
Il résulte également de cette occupation optimum de la surface de la palette un accroissement notable, dépassant 30 % du volume des lots palettisés, et une réduction d'au moins 25 % du nombre de palettes utilisées pour acheminer un même volume de lots de récipients.It also results from this optimum occupation of the pallet surface a significant increase, exceeding 30 % of the volume of palletized lots, and a reduction of at least 25% of the number of pallets used to transport the same volume of batches of containers.
On notera enfin que les différentes barquettes reposent directement sur les lots de récipients conditionnés dans la barquette immédiatement inférieure de la pile, ce qui diffère complètement de la technique antérieure et assure une bien meilleure circulation d'air entre les récipients.Finally, note that the different trays rest directly on the batches of containers packed in the immediately lower tray of the stack, which differs completely from the prior art and ensures much better air circulation between the containers.
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