EP0545978B1 - Corrugated-carboard packaging for the transport and display of items for sale with closures designed for the items to stand on - Google Patents

Abstract

Described is corrugated-cardboard packaging (1) for the transport and configured display of items for sale (5), such as dispensers, bottles, tubes, etc., with closures (6) designed to enable the items to be stood on their heads. The packaging consists of a tray (2) forming the floor of the packaging, the tray (2) having a flat bottom (7) and, jointed to the bottom at its edges, short side and end walls (8, 9, 10) pointing vertically upwards, plus a hood (4) designed to be placed over the tray (2) to form a closed box, the hood (4) having a roof (11) and four walls (12, 13, 14). The aim of the invention is to enable packaging of this kind to be used for the safe transport of a multiplicity of items for sale, in the form of dispensers, tubes, bottles, etc., as well as for displaying the items in an appropriate configuration in the sales area and allowing the customers to remove items easily, without the need for additional, separate, individual packaging for each item in folding boxes. This aim is achieved by locating a double liner (3) made of double-corrugated cardboard flat on the inside of the floor (7) of the tray (2), the liner being formed by folding a cut-out piece of double-corrugated cardboard over at a scored line (15) and having at least one row of stamped-out holes (22, 23, 24, 25) passing through both layers so that they are superimposed over each other in the two layers (16, 17) of the liner (3) and shaped to match the outside shape of the closures (6) of the items.

Description

The invention relates to a packaging made of corrugated cardboard for transport and for the orderly presentation of sales items with closures, such as dispensers, bottles, bottles, tubes or the like, in an overhead position, consisting of a tray forming the bottom of the packaging with a flat bottom wall and at the edges thereof articulated and vertically erected short side and end walls and with two cardboard layers arranged one above the other on the inside of the packaging of the bottom wall of the tray, each of which has at least one row of congruent punched-outs in both cardboard layers with a design adapted to the outer contour of the sales item, and one to be put over the tray and the tray to a closed box-closing hood with top wall and four side walls.

Up to now, sales items made from products filled in dispensers, bottles, bottles, tubes or the like have first been packed in a folding box and then put into a corrugated cardboard transport container for transport to the sales outlets. At the points of sale, the folding boxes are then removed from the transport container and presented for sale on the store shelves. The current discussion about the reduction in packaging expenditure now leads to considerations to dispense with the additional folding boxes and to put several of the sales items filled in dispensers, tubes, bottles or the like in a packaging which serves to transport the sales items to the sales outlets and there for performance the sales item can continue to be used. The customer should then be able to remove individual sales items from the packaging. The packaging forms to be provided must be able to be handled once on the existing production lines, must enable the safe and damage-free transport of the sales items and must enable the sales items to be presented in an attractive manner in the trade, ie at the points of sale. In addition, such packaging should not have any plastic parts.

A generic packaging is known from EP-A-0269761. This known packaging has two disadvantages in particular. On the one hand, it is characterized by a relatively high consumption of cardboard, since the two punched layers are at a distance from the bottom wall and, with their side walls causing the respective distance, which are components of the blank or packaging, lie on the bottom wall. The side walls, which do not simultaneously serve to form the side walls of the tray, cause a cardboard box to be used which is not necessary for the safe arrangement of the sales items. On the other hand, in the known packaging there is a risk that, when the sales items, for example tubes, tilt, movements act on the edges of the punched-out areas, which can lead to tearing or deformation of the punched-out areas or the layers provided with the punched-out areas. This danger is particularly present because the previously known packaging consists of cardboard or cardboard and is therefore of relatively thin-walled design. This danger is particularly pronounced in the case of sales items which protrude over the upper, punched-out layer with a considerable part of the length. In a packaging damaged by cracks or deformations, however, the initially transported sales items are no longer arranged in the sales outlets and in the end consumers to present in an appealing way. The problem-free removal of sales items by the end consumer is then no longer ensured.

Furthermore, from US-A-24774 a folding box with a removable bottom area is known, in which the bottom area is formed in three layers from corrugated cardboard and is provided with rows of individual, spaced, triangular punched-outs.

The object of the invention is to provide a packaging which enables a safe and damage-free transport of a plurality of sales items filled in dispensers, tubes, bottles or the like, as well as their orderly and appealing presentation in the sales outlets and problem-free removal by the customers.

In a packaging of the type mentioned, this object is achieved according to the invention in that the two cardboard layers are part of a flat, double-layered insert made of corrugated corrugated cardboard lying on the bottom wall of the tray, which is formed by folding a double-corrugated blank along a scratch and the has in each layer at least one row of continuously interconnected punched-outs with a design adapted to the outer contour of the standing surfaces.

The sales items consisting of products filled in dispensers, bottles, bottles, tubes or the like with closures having stand surfaces can thus be placed on the bottom wall of the tray, without the need for a folding box, directly in the overhead position of the insert. On the one hand, the footprint of the closures and on the other hand, the closures double-layered corrugated cardboard insert at a sufficient height for stability and securing of the sales items in the tray, which is also sufficiently secure against slipping and tipping over during transport. The hood of the packaging is put over the tray, so that a closed box is obtained for transport. The hood can be designed so that it ends with its top wall slightly above the sales items. To stabilize and further fix the sales items, it can also be provided that the cover wall of the hood rests on the sales items. In this way, the desired number of items in the packaging can be brought to the store safely and free of damage and transported to the points of sale. In the sales outlets, the hood is removed and the tray with the sales items placed on it is placed on the store shelves and presented to the customer. The sales items are fixed in the double-layer insert made of double-corrugated corrugated cardboard so that they do not slip or tip over and are lined up in the order specified before transport. In this arrangement, the sales items are now presented to the customer and can easily be removed individually from the tray. Due to the special design of the insert, the packaging is both transport packaging and shelf insert for the presentation of the sales items. Overall, the invention creates a packaging which makes it possible to dispense with additional folding box packaging for each individual sales item and which nevertheless enables an orderly and appealing presentation of the sales items and a problem-free removal by the customers in the sales outlets. In the sales outlets there is no greater waste waste than with known and usual transport packaging in which the items to be sold are delivered to the dealers. Only recyclable cardboard waste is generated in the sales outlets and no plastic waste, for example. The customer creates less waste, since only the sales item, ie the dispenser, the tube, the bottle or the like, is to be disposed of and no longer the previously usual folding box, which separately envelops the sales item.

The insert is made of double-layered corrugated cardboard in order to achieve a sufficient height for the secure and stable encasing of the closures of the sales items. With a lower height or thickness of the insert, sufficient security against tipping over of the sales items is not guaranteed. In addition, it is important that the double-layer insert rests on the bottom wall of the tray. If, for example, there was a distance between the insert and the bottom wall, such forces would be exerted on the edges of the punched-out portions in a tilting movement of the sales items that they could tear in and tear out. Furthermore, it is important and advantageous that the insert is formed from a blank that is folded along a score to form the double layer. This makes it possible to easily and securely bring the individual punched-outs into alignment with one another in the double position. If you wanted to bring two individual blanks congruently over one another so that they would not slip, they would have to be glued together and aligned exactly. However, this would only be possible with increased technical and mechanical effort or by hand with a very careful procedure. Furthermore, the punched-outs are adapted to the outer contour of the closures of the sales items, so that they fit tightly on the edges of the punched-outs. The punched-out sections are not single, but continuous, because they are smaller than the single punched section Punching force is necessary and there is correspondingly less wear on the punching knife.

In an embodiment, the invention provides that the insert is held on the bottom wall by clamping between the front and / or side walls of the tray. In this way it is easy to fix the insert to the bottom wall of the tray. The appropriate dimensioning of the insert presents no problem for the person skilled in the art.

In order to additionally fix the items to be transported in the packaging and to increase the stability during transport, it is expedient according to another invention that the cover wall rests on the items in the packaging when the hood is placed over the tray.

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einen Schnitt durch die erfindungsgemäße Verpackung,

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eine Aufsicht auf einen Zuschnitt für die Einlage,

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einen Längsschnitt durch die Einlage während des Umfaltens und in

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einen Schnitt durch die Einlage in Doppellage.

The invention is explained below with reference to the drawing, for example. This shows in

Figure 1

a section through the packaging according to the invention,

Figure 2

supervision of a blank for the insert,

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a longitudinal section through the insert during folding and in

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a section through the insert in double layer.

FIG. 1 shows a section through the packaging, designated overall by 1. The packaging 1 consists of a tray 2, an insert 3 arranged in the tray 2, the cut of which can be seen in FIG. 2, and a hood 4 slipped over the tray 2 and closing the packaging. The tray 2, the insert 3 and the Hood 4 are made of corrugated cardboard, the insert 3 consisting of double layers of double-corrugated cardboard. Inside the packaging 1, tubes 5 are arranged in several rows next to and behind one another in the insert 3 and standing on the inner surface of the tray. The tubes 5 have closures 6, which are designed as a base for the respective tube 5.

The tray 2 consists of a rectangular bottom wall 7 with hinged side walls 8, 9 and hinged end walls, of which the end wall 10 can be seen in FIG. 1. The double-layer insert 3, which essentially has a base area corresponding to the surface of the bottom wall 7 of the tray 2, is inserted into the tray 2. The lower layer of the insert 3 lies on the bottom wall 7. It is due to clamping or friction between the side walls 8, 9 held fixed in this position. In addition, the insert 3 can also be clamped against the end walls of the tray 2.

The bottom wall 7 of the tray 2 forms the bottom of the packaging 1. Slipped over the tray 2 and lying on the outside against the short side and end walls 8, 9, 10 relative to the height of the hood 4, the tray 2 becomes the hood 4 Packing 1 added. The hood 4 has a cover wall 11 and four side walls, two side walls 12, 13 of which are shown in section and one side wall 14 in the top view in FIG. 1. When the hood 4 is put over, the packaging 1 forms a box which is closed on all sides. The side walls of the hood 4 can be glued to the front and side walls of the tray 2 or, for example, connected to one another by means of strips of adhesive tape placed around the outer edges of the box and thus held together for transport. The length of the side walls of the hood 4 is such that, when the hood 4 is slipped over the tray 2, it is flush on one side with the outside of the bottom wall 7 of the tray 2 and the cover wall 11 articulated on the other side with the cover wall their inside comes to lie at a short distance from the tubes 5. In an embodiment not shown, it can also be provided that the inside of the lid wall 11 rests on the sales items 5 in the packaging.

FIG. 2 shows a top view of a blank of the insert 3. This is halved by a scoring 15 which cuts through the upper cover sheet of the corrugated cardboard into two partial areas 16 and 17, which later form the lower 16 and upper 17 layers of the double-layer insert 3. There are two in each of the two halves 16 and 17 Rows of punched holes 18, 19, 20, 21 of the same design are formed which, after the insert 3 has been folded over, lie congruently along the score 15. The punched holes 18, 19, 20, 21 each have three circular segment punched holes 22, 23, 24, 25, which are continuously connected to one another to form the punched holes 18, 19, 20 and 21. The individual punchings 22, 23, 24 and 25 are designed to match the outer contour of the closures 6. That is, they are so large that the closures 6 can be inserted into them and then areas of the outer surface of the closures 6 rest against the edges of the punched-outs 22, 23, 24, 25, as can be seen from FIG. The halves 16 and 17 of the insert 3 have a base area, the size of which essentially corresponds to the packaging inner surface of the bottom wall 7 between the end and side walls of the tray, so that the insert 3 is clamped to the end and side walls 8, 9, 10 - And is held lying on the bottom wall 7 in the tray after the halves 16 and 17 of the insert 3 have been folded together and the insert 3 has been inserted into the tray 2. In order to form the double-layer insert 3, the halves 16 and 17 of the blank made of double-layer corrugated cardboard are folded over towards one another in the direction of the arrow 26 shown in FIG. 3 until they lie on one another, as can be seen from FIG. In the state shown in FIG. 4, in which the punched-outs 18, 19, 20 and 21 are congruent in both layers 16, 17 of the insert 3, the insert 3 is inserted into the tray 2.

In the closed configuration shown in FIG. 1, the packaging 1 serves to transport the tubes 5. The tubes 5 are sufficiently stable and non-slip in the packaging 1 due to the fixation in the punched-outs 18, 19, 20, 21 for transport stored. In the sales outlets, the hood 4 is removed from the tray 2 and the tray 2 with the tubes 5 thereon is inserted as a shelf insert into a sales shelf for the presentation of the sales items 5. Due to the double layer of double-wall corrugated cardboard and the resulting height or thickness of the insert 3, slipping or tipping over of the tubes 5 after removal of the hood 4 is prevented and an adequate fixation of the tubes 5 is also ensured in this state. In the tray 2, the tubes 5 are presented to the customer in an ordered order and can easily be removed individually from the tray by the customer. After all tubes 5 have been removed, the tray 2 must then be disposed of. In the sales outlets there is therefore no greater waste generation than with known and usual transport packaging, in which the items to be sold have so far been delivered to the dealers. The customer generates less waste, since only the sales item, in the example described here, the tube 5, is to be disposed of and no longer an additional folding box that envelops the sales item.

Claims (3)

1. Packaging (1) of cardboard for the transport and the orderly presentation of articles (5) for sale, with closures (6), such as dispensers, flagons, bottles, tubes or the like, in inverted setting and consisting of a tray (2), which forms the base of the packaging (1), with a planar base wall (7) and short side and end walls (8, 9, 10), which are hinged at the rims thereof and erected perpendicularly, and with two cardboard layers (16, 17), which are arranged one above the other above the inward packaging surface of the base wall (7) of the tray (2) and each display at least one respective row of punched-out holes (22, 23, 24, 25), which lie one congruently above the other in both cardboard layers (16, 17) and have a structure adapted to the external outline of the articles (5) for sale, as well as with a hood (4), which is to be inverted over the tray (2) and closes the tray (2) to form a closed box, with a lid wall (11) and four side walls (12, 13, 14), characterised thereby, that both cardboard layers (16, 17) are component of a double-layered insert (3), which lies areally on the base wall (7) of the tray (2), of doubly corrugated cardboard which is formed by folding a doubly corrugated blank over along a scored line (15) and in each layer (16, 17) has at least one respective row of punched-out holes (22, 23, 24, 25), which are continuously connected together and have a structure adapted to the external outline of the closures (6) displaying base surfaces.
2. Packaging according to claim 1, characterised thereby, that the insert (3) is retained to rest on the base wall (7) by clamping between the end and/or side walls (8, 9, 10) of the tray (2).
3. Packaging according to claim 1 or 2, characterised thereby, that the lid wall (11), when the hood (4) is inverted over the tray (2), rests on the articles (5) for sale, which are disposed in the packaging (1).

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