EP0325070A1 - Verpackung mit aufblasbaren Kissen - Google Patents

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EP0325070A1
EP0325070A1 EP88403288A EP88403288A EP0325070A1 EP 0325070 A1 EP0325070 A1 EP 0325070A1 EP 88403288 A EP88403288 A EP 88403288A EP 88403288 A EP88403288 A EP 88403288A EP 0325070 A1 EP0325070 A1 EP 0325070A1
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Alain Pivert
Michel Lucien Pozzo
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Ateliers de Conceptions et D'innovations Industrielles
Apple France SARL
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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
    • B65D81/051—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 packaging, and relates more particularly to a packaging comprising an essentially rigid outer box inside which is provided an inflatable flexible structure intended to closely trap the object or objects to be packaged.
  • patent FR-A-2,063,701 teaches packaging conforming to the preamble of claim 1.
  • Each cushion comprises an inflation pipette which passes through a perforation formed in the homologous face of the body, for the purpose of inflation 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 of said object.
  • such packaging can be used to package articles of very different sizes and shapes, by wedging them each time suitably.
  • the object can thus in particular be transported and exposed to severe conditions while minimizing the risks of deterioration.
  • the cushions provide shock absorption greater than that offered by rigid wedging means.
  • such cushions provide thermal insulation and, for certain applications, are advantageous in that they make the body unsinkable.
  • such packaging requires optimal inflation, with a determined air pressure, of each cushion. More precisely, if the inflation is not sufficient, the setting of the object and the absorption of shocks are carried out imperfectly and, conversely, excessive inflation risks causing the bursting of a cushion.
  • the present invention proposes to overcome the drawbacks of the prior art and to provide a packaging of the type described in the introduction, in which the inflation of the various cushions is easy and rapid.
  • Another object of the invention is to provide a packaging comprising a cardboard box or the like which does not require closing means by adhesive tape or stapling, which avoids any risk of piercing of the cushions by a tool when opening.
  • the object of the invention is to provide a packaging in which the inflation of the inflatable lower structure ensures, or at least reinforces the inviolable closing of the cardboard box or the like, the normal opening of the cardboard being able to only after at least partial deflation but without requiring the aid of a tool or the like.
  • the invention aims to provide a package in which optimal inflation can be obtained in an extremely simple manner, without using any pressure measurement.
  • the present invention relates to a packaging as defined in claim 1.
  • the invention also relates to a packaging method as defined in claim 14.
  • a package according to the present invention mainly comprises a box 100 and two inflatable assemblies 200, 300 intended to be received intimately inside the box.
  • the box 100 is made in one piece from corrugated cardboard or the like, and is here in the form of a parallelepiped, with four lateral sides 111, 112, 113 and 114 and, in one piece with these, two closure assemblies 120 and 130, respectively lower and upper.
  • each closure assembly 120, 130 is of the semi-automatic type, for example according to one of the three models illustrated.
  • the upper assembly comprises a first trapezoidal flap 131 comprising at its end opposite to its articulation a main locking tab 131a.
  • the opposite flap 133 substantially of the same shape, comprises a slot 133a intended to receive the tongue 131a for the complete closure of the assembly.
  • These first two flaps further comprise on their inclined edges secondary tabs, respectively 131b, 131c and 133d, 133e.
  • Two lateral flaps 132, 134 are rectangular in shape and each have two slots, respectively 132b, 132d and 134c, 134e intended to receive said secondary tabs.
  • the lower closure assembly 120 has an identical configuration to four flaps 121 to 124 respectively comprising the same arrangements.
  • a so-called "semi-automatic" closure assembly is in principle provided as the bottom closure of a cardboard box, while the top closure consists of rectangular flaps intended to be joined by adhesive tape or staples.
  • a first feature of the invention lies in the fact that the box has two semi-automatic closings, at the top and at the bottom, for the purposes explained below.
  • FIGS. 6 and 7 in the open position, two other boxes which can be used, the shapes of which as shown must be considered to be included in the present description.
  • parts identical or similar to those of FIG. 1a are designated by the same reference numbers, the order of folding of the flaps being however different.
  • the packaging also comprises a first inflatable assembly 200 produced in one piece and defining three inflatable cushions 220, 211, 213 which are hinged to each other as shown so as to be able to take in section the general shape d 'a "U" and come to be housed relatively tightly at the bottom of the body 100, the lower closure 120 of which has been previously closed to define a bottom wall designated by the same reference number.
  • the cushions 220, 211 and 213 are applied respectively against the interior surfaces of the walls 120, 111 and 113 of the body, having dimensions identical or slightly smaller than those of said walls.
  • the assembly 200 is preferably produced by peripheral welding of two sheets of transparent flexible plastic material; weld lines 250 are also provided in the connection zones between two adjacent cushions, their ends being however spaced from the respective peripheral weld lines so as to define two communication passages. In this way, the three cushions 220, 211 and 213 communicate with each other.
  • the outer face of the structure 200 is defined by a sheet of essentially flat plastic material, so that it can be applied closely against the homologous inner faces of the cardboard.
  • each cushion can be either flat or curved, as illustrated, for the purposes explained below.
  • the convexity is obtained before peripheral welding, by pinching the sheet on itself and by welding it over a determined length, diagonally from the four corners, the nip lines being indicated in 260.
  • each cushion has approximately the shape of a truncated pyramid, the thickness of which is determined by the length given to the pinch lines 260.
  • the cushions can be given any other domed configuration, obtained for example by hot deformation of the inner plastic sheet, or by the addition of one or more internal tension bands, such as we will see it later.
  • the single interior space defined by the three cushions communicates with the outside by means of a flexible pipe 270 connected to the inflatable assembly 200 in a sealed manner at 272 and the free end of which is fitted with a valve 274 provided with an inflation nozzle, a pusher or the like being provided for opening the valve and deflating the structure when desired.
  • the packaging according to the invention finally comprises a second inflatable assembly 300 of constitution identical to that of the first assembly 200.
  • this assembly is produced by peripheral welding of two sheets of flexible plastic material which may be transparent. Double welding lines 350 closed on themselves at the ends are provided at the transition between two cushions and ensure their articulation as well as the air communication between them, between the ends of said transverse welds and the peripheral weld.
  • the cushions also have the essentially pyramidal shape as shown, obtained using lines 360 along which the inner plastic sheet is folded and welded on itself.
  • flat interior faces can also be considered here.
  • a flexible hose 370 connected at 372 to the inflatable structure and provided with an inflation valve / end fitting assembly 374 at its free end allows the assembly 300 to be inflated from outside the body, as will be seen. further, as well as its deflation.
  • the two inflatable assemblies 200, 300 each have, in two vertical planes perpendicular to each other, a section in the general shape of "U”, inverted with respect to each other , so as to be able to nest one inside the other and, once put in place in the box 100, define six cushions opposite the six internal faces of the latter.
  • FIG. 1b shows the box 100 in the closed state; it is observed in particular that the tabs 131a, 131b, 131c, 133d, 133e are inserted in their respective slots 133a, 132b, 134c, 132d, 134e.
  • the bottom closure system 120 is closed identically.
  • the inflation pressure of the cushions 220, 330 located inside the body by exerting respectively on the closures 120, 130 a certain degree of pressure directed towards the outside, ensures locking effective of the two closures.
  • FIGS 2a and 2b there is shown in Figures 2a and 2b, in vertical section, packages according to the present invention used with two articles, respectively 400a, 400b, of different dimensions. As can be seen, during inflation, each cushion fits tightly against the wall opposite the packaged article.
  • articles of very diverse dimensions can be packaged, the minimum size thereof being determined by the thickness that the inflation can impart to the cushions.
  • the cushions can be designed to take a practically pyramidal shape, their tip end being able to reach a region close to the geometric center of the interior space of the body.
  • the article 400 was placed in the packaging, then covered with the upper inflatable assembly 300, initially deflated. This allows the upper closure assembly 300 to be easily locked, allowing a slight depression of the flaps 131 to 134 in the interior space of the box without the opposite cushion offering resistance.
  • the inflatable assembly 300 is inflated, which has the effect of exerting on the assembly of the walls of the closure 130 an upwardly directed pressure, which reinforces the locking by tightly trapping the tabs between the flaps and the outside face of the cushion, as shown in FIG. 3b for the tab 131a.
  • the inflatable assembly 200 previously introduced at the bottom of the box and inflated after the article to be packaged has been put in place, once inflated, it acts to reinforce the lower closure 120.
  • the closures 120 and 130 act in a certain way as inflation indicators for the inflatable assemblies 200 and 300. More precisely, when the upper closure has taken the profile as shown in FIG. 3b, practically flat, this attests that a minimum level of inflation has been reached, not only for the cushion 330, but also for the cushions 312, 314 in communication with it.
  • the closure 120 makes it possible to attest that a minimum inflation pressure has been reached for the cushions 220, 211 and 213 of the lower assembly 200.
  • the user is able to verify that the inflation pressures of the two sets of cushions 200, 300 are suitable by ensuring, for example by pressing on the two closures 120, 130 using the hand, that their resistance to penetration, and consequently the resistance to penetration of the central cushions 220, 330, are suitable.
  • peripheral weld line 240 the transverse weld line 250 provided in duplicate and closed on itself at 250a. They define between them a communication passage 255 between the two adjacent cushions, such a passage also being provided at the opposite end.
  • the pinched and welded lines 260 of the two neighboring cushions extend to the peripheral weld line 240 in line with the transverse weld 250, as illustrated.
  • a section of semi-rigid pipe 256 can be provided in passage 255.
  • the completely enclosed space delimited by the transverse weld 250 closed on itself can advantageously be used to receive irremovable, during the assembly of the inflatable assembly considered.
  • an information medium 280 for example of cardboard paper, flexible plastic sheet, etc. on which information of any desired type, in particular identifying or advertising material, will have been previously carried.
  • at least one of the plastic sheets constituting the considered inflatable assembly is transparent.
  • a window 150 in the region of a vertical edge of the box 100 is advantageously formed a window 150, preferably obtained by cutting one or two adjacent faces of the box according to two relatively short horizontal lines.
  • the region located between these two cutouts is pressed into the interior space of the carton to define, as well shown in FIG. 5, a rectangular cavity 152.
  • This cavity is capable of receiving and holding in place, after the inflation of the upper cushion assembly 300, the end piece 374.
  • An adhesive adhesive strip 160 (see FIG. 1b) can then be applied to the body 100 of so as to completely cover the window 150, for the purposes explained below.
  • the box 100 being empty, its lower closure 120 is closed and locked by assembling the flaps and inserting the locking tab or tabs in the corresponding notch (s), as described above in detail.
  • the inflatable assembly 200 deflated, is then placed at the bottom of the box and prepositioned to receive an article to be packaged, its side cushions 211, 213 being vis-à-vis respectively of the interior surfaces of the side faces 111, 113 from the cash register. Care is taken at this stage that the inflation tip 274 is easily accessible.
  • the article being placed on the inflatable assembly 200 the inflation is then carried out, at a pressure either controlled by a manometer, or checked by hand.
  • the locking of the lower closure 120 of the box 100 is at this instant comforted by the pressure exerted on it from the inside by the central cushion 220.
  • the pipe 270 and the end piece 274 can be stored, for example along a bottom edge of the box.
  • the inflatable assembly 300 initially deflated, is then put in place, its central cushion 330 coming to cover the article and its side cushions 312, 314 coming to apply against the interior side walls 112, 114 of the body, left free by the lower inflatable assembly 200.
  • the pipe 370 is then introduced into the cavity 152 and through the window 150 so that the end piece 374 is accessible from the outside, and the upper closure 130 of the box is then closed and locked as described above.
  • the deflated state of the cushion 330 allows a slight depression of the flaps, which authorizes the locking operation.
  • the assembly 300 is then inflated from the outside by the end piece 374, the upper closure 130 taking place itself, as described above, of inflation control.
  • the pipe 370 is then pushed back into the box (it is advantageously designed in this respect semi-rigid), until the end piece 370 is contained in the cavity 152.
  • the guarantee strip 160 can then be put in place.
  • FIGS. 8a and 8b a double valve inflation nozzle 500 has been illustrated, which has an inlet 502 for the air under pressure and two outlets 504, 506 respectively connected to the inflation pipes 270, 370 of the two. assemblies 200, 300.
  • a drawer 508 urged for example by a return spring can take two positions: during the application of pressurized air (FIG. 8a) at 502, it is pushed back by the air pressure of arrival and puts the input 502 into communication with the outputs 504, 506 by two orifices 508a; the two assemblies 200, 300 are therefore inflated with the same pressure.
  • the drawer 508 is not only a shutter, but it allows, once inflation is complete, to isolate from one another the two sets of cushions.
  • a nozzle with one inlet and six outlets individually connected to the six cushions, the interior volumes of which will in this case be isolated from one another by construction.
  • FIG. 9 in cross section an alternative embodiment of the cushions.
  • a number of tension bands are provided (here 211a, 213a, 330a) between said faces of the cushions and their inner face in contact with the object 400.
  • These bands fixed to said faces for example by welding and preferably made of the same material, are here two in number per cushion.
  • all or part of the cushions are advantageously equipped in this way.
  • this avoids that, during excessive inflation of the cushions, the external faces, and in particular the upper and lower ones, closed cases do not take on a too domed shape, for example during excessive inflation pressure, which in particular would prevent their stacking and generally limit the flexibility of handling.
  • the box can be made of any suitable material allowing the implementation of the type of closure considered, and in particular of corrugated cardboard, of plastic material of suitable flexibility.
  • Cardboard boxes intended in accordance with the invention to be used several times as opposed to conventional packaging boxes, will advantageously be plasticized, in particular to allow the repeated laying and removal of adhesive labels without damaging the surface.
  • the invention advantageously applies to the transport and handling of all fragile goods, and in particular electrical, electronic, computer equipment, 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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