Classifications

• • 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
  • B65D15/00—Containers having bodies formed by interconnecting or uniting two or more rigid, or substantially rigid, sections made of different materials
  • B65D15/22—Containers having bodies formed by interconnecting or uniting two or more rigid, or substantially rigid, sections made of different materials of polygonal cross-section
• • 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
  • B65D5/32—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 having bodies formed by folding and interconnecting two or more blanks
  • B65D5/322—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 having bodies formed by folding and interconnecting two or more blanks at least one container body part formed by folding a single blank to essentially U-shape with or without extensions which form openable lid elements
  • B65D5/324—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 having bodies formed by folding and interconnecting two or more blanks at least one container body part formed by folding a single blank to essentially U-shape with or without extensions which form openable lid elements at least two container body parts, each formed by folding a single blank to essentially U-shape
  • B65D5/325—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 having bodies formed by folding and interconnecting two or more blanks at least one container body part formed by folding a single blank to essentially U-shape with or without extensions which form openable lid elements at least two container body parts, each formed by folding a single blank to essentially U-shape whereby one blank forms three sides of the body, and the other blank forms the remaining sides, a hinged lid, and the opposite end closure
• • Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
  • Y10—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC
  • Y10S—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
  • Y10S220/00—Receptacles
  • Y10S220/25—U-shaped sectional

Definitions

• the invention relates to a packaging box for products, in particular food products such as pastries.
• the packaging boxes traditionally used by artisans, in particular bakers, pastry chefs and confectioners, are generally made of cardboard in a blank cut, folded and glued. These traditional boxes
• packaging boxes made entirely of transparent or translucent material, which allows a global and direct vision of the product contained therein.
• boxes usually made of a single piece of thermoformed plastic are usually used.
• a first part of this part has a hollow compartment or bottom for receiving the product and the second part serves as a cover, this second part being folded over the first to close it by folding the plastic material in between. parts with possibly a snap between cover and bottom.
• these packages are practically limited to labels affixed to the transparent box or printed sheets o obstructing at least partially the view of the content.
• the invention proposes a new type of packaging box comprising two separate elements which, before mounting the box itself, have a small thickness allowing storage of reduced size by nesting, separation easy 5 by disengaging and at least one of the elements of which can serve as an information carrier.
• the subject of the invention is a box of the type comprising a bottom surrounded by a peripheral wall and a cover articulated on said peripheral wall and capable of being closed and open, said peripheral wall i comprising a crown, the cover and the base comprising two surfaces each articulated on a connecting piece so as to form a triptych, characterized in that said surfaces comprise abutment members against the internal and / or external periphery of the respective edge of said crown, holding means in the closed position of the box being integral with said triptych and / or with the crown; or being reported after the box is closed.
• GB-A-434.530 discloses a box comprising a bottom I-> surrounded by a peripheral wall and a cover hinged to this peripheral wall and capable of being opened and closed, the cover and the bottom comprising two articulated surfaces each on a connecting piece so as to form a triptych.
• a peripheral band 0 surrounds a rim of the folded and recessed bottom, in order to keep the assembly thus folded.
• This peripheral strip only has the role of retaining the folded periphery of the bottom in a complicated construction box, moreover requiring an assembly by stapling or the like.
• the lateral strip does not cooperate with stop members of the cover and the bottom, but only with the peripheral wall which it completely covers.
• stops against which the internal or external periphery of the respective edge of the crown rests are advantageously formed by continuous and / or discontinuous projections and / or by points directed towards the interior of the crown from the surfaces of the triptych. s
• the triptych thus produced has a small thickness and is stored by nesting in a reduced storage volume and can be easily extracted from the stack thus formed.
• the crown can be fixed on the connecting piece by any means known per se and can be advantageously folded so as not to interfere with stacking.
• crown and the second surface of the triptych extends parallel to the first surface on which the product rests, the abutment members of said second surface being housed against the periphery of the upper edge of the crown, said crown thus ensuring resistance
• the crown has a tubular shape, its lower end resting against the first surface of the triptych constituting the bottom of the box and its end.
• said crown may be cylindrical, in particular cylindrical of revolution, frustoconical, in truncated pyramid or of any shape.
• the edges of the crown can be cylindrical, in particular cylindrical of revolution, frustoconical, in truncated pyramid or of any shape.
• Said crown may also have at least one edge of any shape such as crenellated or wavy for decoration and / or ventilation purposes.
• the crown can be continuous but open, possibly with partial overlapping.
• the crown can be discontinuous i "i opposite at least part of the connecting piece.
• said crown is made of cardboard or plastic and it can serve as a medium for information and / or any decorative patterns.
• Said crown can, in addition, comprise at least one recess which can then be partially or completely obstructed by a transparent or translucent film.
• the obturation of the recess of the crown can be achieved by the connecting piece resting against said crown and which includes an embossing cooperating with said recess.
• At least one of the surfaces constituting the triptych may comprise at least one end extension and / or at least one lateral flap.
• Said end extension or the lateral flap may then include an embossing which cooperates with a corresponding recess in the crown.
• the cooperation of the embossings with the respective opening can be carried out from the outside or from the inside of the corresponding face of the triptych.
• the two surfaces and the connecting piece forming the triptych and, optionally, the end extensions and / or the side flaps are made in one piece, preferably made of transparent plastic.
• the part is thus produced by thermoforming and is easily stored in a reduced size by nesting thanks to the fact that thermoforming involves spoils for the raised parts.
• the closing means of said box can be attached and of any type known per se, such as adhesive tapes, elastic bands, tapes or staples.
• integrated closing means of a type known per se, such as pins cooperating with holes, tabs adapted to corresponding slots, etc.
• integrated closure means these can be carried by the two faces and / or on end flaps and / or on tabs.
• Another way of closing can consist of points, lines or surfaces pre-glued on the triptych and / or the crown.
• Figure 1 shows an exploded perspective view of a box according to an exemplary embodiment of the invention
• FIGS 2 to 5 schematically show in partial section various forms of cooperation of the crown with the stops of the two surfaces of the triptych;
• FIG. 6 represents a schematic plan view of a triptych according to a second embodiment of the invention.
• Figure 7 shows a schematic perspective view of a crown usable with the triptych of Figure 6;
• FIG. 8 schematically represents a variant of a discontinuous projection of the triptych.
• Figures 9 to 15 schematically show, in exploded perspective, various embodiments of a box according to the invention.
• the box shown in Figure 1 consists of a triptych 1 and a crown 2.
• the triptych 1 consists of a piece substantially rectangular in plastic and which consists of two surfaces 3 and 4 articulated on a connecting piece 5.
• the surface 3 constitutes the bottom of the box while the surface 4 forms the cover.
• each of the surfaces 3 and 4 of the triptych On the outer face of each of the surfaces 3 and 4 of the triptych are formed ribs or projections 6 and 7 respectively which, projecting on the opposite face of said surfaces 3 and 4, constitute abutment members against the periphery of the respective edges of the crown 2.
• the ring 2 is discontinuous, its face opposite the connecting piece 5 does not exist. Such a deletion may be only partial, with one or two end returns from the crown 2 opposite the edge or corresponding edges of the connecting piece.
• the crown 2 can be open, for example at a corner or even include an overlap zone.
• the crown is tubular, that is to say continuous and closed, as is the case for example of the crown shown in FIGS. 7 and 9 to 15.
• At least one of the lateral faces of the box, apart from the face including the connecting piece 5, consists exclusively of a portion of the crown 2.
• the connecting piece 5 and the edges 5 ′ formed by said piece 5 make it possible to increase the compressive strength of the box thus obtained.
• the ribs 6 and 7 form reinforcement beams of the box which, due to their abutment against the edges of the crown 2, constitute a self-locking system of high rigidity in compression as well vertical as transverse.
• the returns 6b and 7b are extended substantially at the height of the respective rib 6, 7.
• the stops are formed by returns 6c and
• Figures 6 and 7 show an embodiment of the box according to the invention in which the crown 2 ( Figure 7) has a rectangular recess 21 on each of its side walls and the bottom 3 has an end flap
• 32 and 33 includes an embossing suitable for engaging in one of the recesses 21 in the crown 2.
• the crown 2 having a rectangular recess 21 on each of its walls is placed on the bottom 3, its periphery of the lower edge being in abutment against the rib 6 of the bottom 3.
• the connecting piece 5 provided with an embossing corresponding to a recess 21 in the crown 2 is folded back so that said embossment engages in the corresponding recess 21 in the crown 2 while the embossments of the side flaps 32 and 33 and of the end flap 31 engage in the corresponding recesses 21 of the crown 2.
• the cover 4 is then lowered on the periphery of the upper edge of the crown 2 and the end flap 41, also provided with an embossing, is lowered on the end flap 31 of the bottom 3, the embossing of the flap 41 being housed in one embossment of the flap 31.
• the flap 31 has snap-fastening holes 34 in which engage complementary studs 42 provided on the flap 41 so as to close the box thus produced.
• closure means are carried by tongues extending the bottom and / or the cover, or directly on the bottom and the cover.
• triptych and / or the crown can also be provided, in addition to or as a variant of the preceding closing means, for the triptych and / or the crown to include points and / or surfaces and / or pre-glued lines which allow or facilitate the mounting and closing of the box. .
• the connecting piece 5 can have any shape and dimensions. It can, for example, be formed by a narrow rectangular, trapezoidal band, with straight or curved lateral edges.
• the crown 2 can be of any material such as cardboard or plastic.
• the crown 2 can have any shape, for example cylindrical, with a square section in the examples shown, or else cylindrical of revolution, frustoconical, in truncated pyramid, etc.
• edges of the crown 2 intended to cooperate with the projections 6, 7, 6a, 7a, 6b, 7b and / or 6c, 7c may be in planes, parallel or not. At least one of the edges may not be in a plane and have any shape, for example crenellated or wavy.
• the bottom 3 and / or the cover 4 are generally stopped in the vicinity of the outside of the crown 2. They can however be extended outside the crown 2, in particular to facilitate gripping of the cover 4. It is possible to also consider that the crown 2 is completely inscribed inside a triptych of different shape, for example with a cylindrical crown of revolution and a parallelepiped triptych.
• the flaps 51 and 61 extending respectively the surfaces 3 and 4 do not overlap after closing and include locking means, such as tabs 52 and 62 respectively, cooperating respectively with complementary members, such as slots 52 ′ and 62 ′, formed in the crown 2.
• the box is similar to that of Figures 6 and 7, except that the side flaps 32 and 33 have been removed and that the means for interlocking the end flaps 31 and 41 are of the tab and slot type.
• FIG. 11 An embodiment of one invention in which the entire outer surface of the box is formed, as in the case of Figures 6 and 7, by the triptych 3, 4, 5 and flaps.
• the surface 4 of the triptych instead of the bottom surface 3, has two lateral flaps 71 and 72 while the bottom surface 3 is extended by an end flap 73 provided with lateral tabs 74.
• the tabs 74 include a means locking, such as a tongue 75, cooperating with complementary means, such as a slot 76, of the side flap II
• the lateral flaps 71 and 72 comprise, at a corner, an oblique tongue 100 which, after assembly of the assembly, will be housed under the corresponding corner 101 of a recess 21 in the crown 2, thereby strengthening the locking provided by the embossments.
• the side flaps 71 and 72 of the surface 4 are provided with end tabs 77 provided with tongues 78 for locking in slots 79 of the connecting piece s, other end tabs 80 of the side flaps 71 and 72 being provided with tongues 81 cooperating with slots 82 of the end flap 73 of the surface 3 of the bottom.
• end tabs 82 of the end flap 73 of the surface 3 cooperate with lateral extensions 83 of the connecting piece 5, these lateral extensions 83 occupying a side face of the box after assembly.
• the locking is effected by tongues 84 of the tabs 82 cooperating with slots 85 of the extensions 83.
• FIG. 14 represents a variant of FIG. 11 in which the tabs 74, the tongues 75 and the slots 76 have been eliminated, the locking being ensured by oblique tongues 102, similar to the oblique tongues 100 of FIG. 11, also present in that case.
• the oblique tongues 102 cooperate with a corner 103 of 1 : window recess 21 in the crown 2. It will also be noted that the end flap 73 is extended by a tab 104 sliding under the front edge of the surface 4 and allowing folding the flap 73 before unlocking.
• the end flap 41 of the surface 4 which has a height corresponding to that of the crown 2, is provided at its two free corners tabs obliques 105, similar to the tongues 100 of FIG. 11 and 102 of FIG. 14, which cooperate respectively with the lower corners 106 of the corresponding recess 21 in the crown 2.
• the lateral extensions 32 and 33 of the surface 3 of the bottom which can be omitted, each have a tab 107 similar to tab 104 in FIG. 14.

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