EP0737623B1 - Corrugated cardboard package for motor vehicle body sheets or platelike elements in general - Google Patents

Corrugated cardboard package for motor vehicle body sheets or platelike elements in general Download PDF

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EP0737623B1
EP0737623B1 EP19960830170 EP96830170A EP0737623B1 EP 0737623 B1 EP0737623 B1 EP 0737623B1 EP 19960830170 EP19960830170 EP 19960830170 EP 96830170 A EP96830170 A EP 96830170A EP 0737623 B1 EP0737623 B1 EP 0737623B1
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Angelo Cavallin
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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
    • B65D5/00—Rigid or semi-rigid containers of polygonal cross-section, e.g. boxes, cartons or trays, formed by folding or erecting one or more blanks made of paper
    • B65D5/42—Details of containers or of foldable or erectable container blanks
    • B65D5/44—Integral, inserted or attached portions forming internal or external fittings
    • B65D5/50—Internal supporting or protecting elements for contents
    • B65D5/5002—Integral elements for containers having tubular body walls
    • B65D5/5007—Integral elements for containers having tubular body walls formed by inwardly protruding of folded parts of the body
    • 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
    • B65D85/00—Containers, packaging elements or packages, specially adapted for particular articles or materials
    • B65D85/30—Containers, packaging elements or packages, specially adapted for particular articles or materials for articles particularly sensitive to damage by shock or pressure
    • B65D85/48—Containers, packaging elements or packages, specially adapted for particular articles or materials for articles particularly sensitive to damage by shock or pressure for glass sheets

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  • the present invention is related to a package containing plate-like elements in general, such as motor vehicle body sheets (engine compartment hoods, doors, trunk covers etc.), glass plates and the like.
  • a package according to the preamble of claim 1 is known from US-A-3896932, disclosing a fender carton whose larger walls have each a single die-cut portion defining one respective wing forming a supporting saddle for the lower fender edge.
  • the upper fender edge is bearing against spacer and cushioning wings defined by respective die-cut portions of the carton top wall. Holding straps run through the cuts of the larger walls under the saddle wings, and over the top wall. Accordingly, the fender is in practice suspended to the carton top in a somehow pendulum fashion. When handling the so packaged fender, damaging may occurr due to any swinging thereof relative to the carton. Moreover, in case the carton is laid top-down, i.e. with the fender upper edge placed downside, this edge may be subject to damaging.
  • a similar package is also known from US-A-3403778, comprising a cardboard box and a paperboard interliner member, having an I-shaped configuration and tab elements die-cut therein, provided within the box to support, through restraining bands, a windshield or like article.
  • the article is thus held in spaced relation to all of the box walls. Accordingly this package, besides involving a two-piece cumbersome construction, does not afford proper stability and steadiness of the article within the box which, owing to the interliner member deformability, may be subjected to undesired motion relative to the box walls and to risks of damage.
  • the object of the invention is to provide a particularly simple and cheap package, which is however capable to ensure an efficient protection of the packaged sheet element during transportation, storage and handling operations.
  • this object is achieved by a package the primary feature of which is set forth in the characterising portion of claim 1.
  • At least one of said folded wings is formed with bent limbs for the containment and constraint of the corresponding area of the respective edge of the plate-like element.
  • the number and the arrangement of the above die-cut portions, and thus of the wings defined thereby astride of the opposite edges of the plate-like element may vary as a function of the design and shape of the plate-like element to be packaged.
  • Said annular retaining means may be constituted by straps or cables or ropes under tension.
  • these annular retaining means may be formed by annular heat shrinkable plastic material elements.
  • reference numeral 1 generally designates a package according to the invention containing sheet elements in general, and more particularly the hood of a motor vehicle engine compartment.
  • the package 1 is designed as a flat box with two larger walls 2,3 whose area is slightly greater than that of the sheet element C and between which this sheet element C is interposed.
  • the box 1 is formed starting from a single die-cut and creased member, indicated by reference numeral 1a in figure 3.
  • the larger wall 2 is connected laterally, through respective creasing lines, to two smaller lateral walls 4,5, which in turn are connected through corresponding creasing lines to respective larger and smaller portions 3a, 3b intended to constitute the other larger wall 3 of the box 1.
  • the portions 2, 4, 5, 3a and 3b are provided, parallely to the longitudinal edges of the cardboard member 1a, with respective creasing lines from which limbs 2', 4', 5', 3a' and 3b' are projecting, which are intended to form the remaining lateral walls 6,7 of the box 1.
  • a partially die-cut portion 8 defining a wing 9 is formed in the larger wall 2, at a relatively short distance from the wall 6.
  • a die-cut portion 10 is formed, which defines a wing 11.
  • the larger wall 2 is formed with a recess 12 and with a partially die-cut portion 13 defining a wing 14.
  • a partially die-cut portion 13 defining a wing 14.
  • two opposite limbs 15 are further defined, through respective creasing lines.
  • the larger portion 3a of the other larger wall 3 is formed, near to the wall 7, with a recess 16 and a partially die-cut portion 17 defining a wing 18.
  • the wings 11 and 18 are conveniently formed with respective parallel creasing lines, whose function will be clarified in the following.
  • the corrugated cardboard member 1a is folded so as to partially overlap the portions 3a, 3b, which are joined together by glueing so as to form the larger wall 3, parallely to the larger wall 2.
  • the limbs 15 are bent inwardly and, following insertion of the sheet element C and retention thereof such as clarified here below, the limbs 2', 4', 5', 3a' and 3b' are folded and glued so as to form the walls 6 and 7 of the box 1.
  • the sheet element C has respective opposite edges C1, C2 located substantially at the level of the wings 9, 11 and 14, 18 of the walls 2 and 3.
  • the wing 11 is folded astride of the substantially central area of the edge C1 and the wing 18 is likewise folded astride the corresponding substantially central area of the other edge C2, such as depicted in figure 2.
  • the wing 9 is folded beneath the wing 11, and the wing 14 is likewise folded over the wing 18, such as also shown in figure 2.
  • the central areas of the edges C1 and C2 of the sheet element 2 are restrained between the wings 9,11 and 14,18, respectively, of the walls 2 and 3.
  • the wings 9,11 and 14,18 are forcedly tightened against the edges C1, C2 of the sheet element C, by means of outer annular retaining members wound such as depicted in figure 1.
  • outer annular retaining members wound such as depicted in figure 1.
  • a plurality of plastic-material straps 19 under tension is employed.
  • metal straps or plastic-material or metal bands or cables, or ropes or any other functionally equivalent system may be employed.
  • Heat shrinkable plastic-material annular elements of a conventional type, wrapped round the wings 9,11 and 14,18 and stretched following heat shrinkage, may also be used.
  • the sheet element 10 is thus firmly constrained relative to the walls 2 and 3, and is substantially suspended within the box 1, with a slight play between its perimeter and the smaller walls 4,5,6 and 7 of the box itself.
  • apertures 20 acting like handles may be conveniently provided on the walls 2,3,4 and 5.
  • figure 4 shows a variant of the box 1, which can be for example employed for the hood C' of a motor vehicle engine compartment having the configuration illustrated therein, with respective opposite edges C1' and C2'.
  • parts which are identical or similar to those previously disclosed with reference to figures 1 through 3 are indicated by the same reference numerals.
  • the wings 14 and 18 are divided such as shown, whereby the straps 19 (or equivalent tightening element) are in turn splitted in two distinct groups.
  • the package might have an open configuration, instead of a closed box arrangement.

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  • Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • Mechanical Engineering (AREA)
  • Packaging Of Machine Parts And Wound Products (AREA)
  • Cartons (AREA)
  • Machines For Manufacturing Corrugated Board In Mechanical Paper-Making Processes (AREA)
  • Laminated Bodies (AREA)
  • Buffer Packaging (AREA)
EP19960830170 1995-04-14 1996-03-29 Corrugated cardboard package for motor vehicle body sheets or platelike elements in general Expired - Lifetime EP0737623B1 (en)

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ITTO950093U 1995-04-14
ITTO950093 IT235837Y1 (it) 1995-04-14 1995-04-14 Imballo di cartone ondulato per lamierati di autoveicoli ed elementilastriformi in genere.

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FR2760729B1 (fr) * 1997-03-13 1999-05-28 Groupe Volkswagen France Sa Emballage pour un element vitre et chariot de transport d'elements vitres places dans de tels emballages
FR2765197B1 (fr) * 1997-06-25 1999-09-10 Smurfit Socar Sa Emballage pour piece rectangulaire et plate, telle qu'un capot de vehicule
DE29919042U1 (de) 1999-10-29 2000-01-05 Brakemann Verpackungen GmbH & Co. KG, 32257 Bünde Einen quaderförmigen Umkarton aufweisende Verpackung für eine Glasscheibe
DE20103055U1 (de) * 2001-02-21 2001-05-17 Brakemann Verpackungen GmbH & Co. KG, 32257 Bünde Verpackungskarton für ein im wesentlichen flächenförmiges Verpackungsgut
US9238517B2 (en) * 2012-09-25 2016-01-19 Pratt Corrugated Holdings, Inc. Method of packaging a fragile item

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US2873024A (en) * 1957-01-02 1959-02-10 Libbey Owens Ford Glass Co Shipping container for glass sheets
US2917166A (en) * 1957-10-07 1959-12-15 Flotepak Corp Packaging device for the individual window or the like
US3403778A (en) * 1967-04-06 1968-10-01 West Virginia Pulp & Paper Co Windshield carrier pack
US3896932A (en) * 1973-11-12 1975-07-29 Union Camp Corp Fender carton
IT220755Z2 (it) * 1990-12-14 1993-11-08 Ilmed Magazzini S.R.L. Sistema di confezionamento di cristalli per autoveicoli

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EP0737623A1 (en) 1996-10-16
ITTO950093U1 (it) 1996-10-14
DE69600360T2 (de) 1998-10-15
ITTO950093V0 (it) 1995-04-14
IT235837Y1 (it) 2000-07-18
ES2120280T3 (es) 1998-10-16

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