EP1112941A2 - Arrangement de récipients empilés et procédé pour les fabriquer - Google Patents

Arrangement de récipients empilés et procédé pour les fabriquer Download PDF

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EP1112941A2
EP1112941A2 EP00204298A EP00204298A EP1112941A2 EP 1112941 A2 EP1112941 A2 EP 1112941A2 EP 00204298 A EP00204298 A EP 00204298A EP 00204298 A EP00204298 A EP 00204298A EP 1112941 A2 EP1112941 A2 EP 1112941A2
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Edgar G. Eastman Kodak Company Earnhart
Parker J. Eastman Kodak Company Burns
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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
    • B65D21/00—Nestable, stackable or joinable containers; Containers of variable capacity
    • B65D21/02—Containers specially shaped, or provided with fittings or attachments, to facilitate nesting, stacking, or joining together
    • B65D21/0209—Containers specially shaped, or provided with fittings or attachments, to facilitate nesting, stacking, or joining together stackable or joined together one-upon-the-other in the upright or upside-down position
    • B65D21/0217—Containers with a closure presenting stacking elements
    • B65D21/0219—Containers with a closure presenting stacking elements the closure presenting projecting peripheral elements receiving or surrounding the bottom or peripheral elements projecting from the bottom of a superimposed container
    • 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
    • B65D43/00—Lids or covers for rigid or semi-rigid containers
    • B65D43/02—Removable lids or covers
    • B65D43/0202—Removable lids or covers without integral tamper element
    • B65D43/0225—Removable lids or covers without integral tamper element secured by rotation
    • B65D43/0231—Removable lids or covers without integral tamper element secured by rotation only on the outside, or a part turned to the outside, of the mouth of the container
    • 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
    • B65D2251/00—Details relating to container closures
    • B65D2251/02—Grip means
    • B65D2251/023—Ribs or recesses
    • 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
    • B65D2543/00—Lids or covers essentially for box-like containers
    • B65D2543/00009—Details of lids or covers for rigid or semi-rigid containers
    • B65D2543/00018—Overall construction of the lid
    • B65D2543/00064—Shape of the outer periphery
    • B65D2543/00074—Shape of the outer periphery curved
    • B65D2543/00092—Shape of the outer periphery curved circular
    • 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
    • B65D2543/00—Lids or covers essentially for box-like containers
    • B65D2543/00009—Details of lids or covers for rigid or semi-rigid containers
    • B65D2543/00018—Overall construction of the lid
    • B65D2543/00259—Materials used
    • B65D2543/00296—Plastic
    • 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
    • B65D2543/00—Lids or covers essentially for box-like containers
    • B65D2543/00009—Details of lids or covers for rigid or semi-rigid containers
    • B65D2543/00444—Contact between the container and the lid
    • B65D2543/00481—Contact between the container and the lid on the inside or the outside of the container
    • B65D2543/0049—Contact between the container and the lid on the inside or the outside of the container on the inside, or a part turned to the inside of the mouth of the container
    • B65D2543/00527—NO contact
    • 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
    • B65D2543/00—Lids or covers essentially for box-like containers
    • B65D2543/00009—Details of lids or covers for rigid or semi-rigid containers
    • B65D2543/00444—Contact between the container and the lid
    • B65D2543/00481—Contact between the container and the lid on the inside or the outside of the container
    • B65D2543/00537—Contact between the container and the lid on the inside or the outside of the container on the outside, or a part turned to the outside of the mouth of the container

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  • the invention relates generally to the field of packaging, and in particular to packaging for long rolls of photosensitive web material. More specifically, the invention relates to a container with a nesting feature allowing the stacking of multiple containers.
  • photosensitive web material e.g., photographic film used for surveillance, social/portrait, and commercial imaging
  • containers ensuring light tightness during shipment from the manufacturer to the film processor.
  • the width of the photosensitive web used for such applications is typically 35mm, 46mm, 70mm or 105mm.
  • Rolls of photographic film are generally wound onto cores with or without light protecting flanges.
  • Light-tight containers suitable for storing and shipping photosensitive film have a film compartment and a closure adapted to fit rather snugly about the film compartment. Most often, the containers are fabricated of metal or plastic materials.
  • the photographer After using the film, the photographer generally stores it in the light-tight container and then sends the film to a photoprocessing lab where it is developed.
  • technicians at the photoprocessing lab will carry several stacked containers containing exposed film into a dark room to open the containers and prepare the film for processing.
  • existing containers for storing and transporting rolls of photographic film are stackable, the containers do not have nesting features.
  • technicians to accidentally drop containers onto the floor as the stack is unstable. Such accidents are known to result in damaged film reels, possible damage to the exposed film, and unnecessary exposure to liability to the photoprocessing lab.
  • Yet another object of the invention is to provide a method of facilitating the stacking of one container about another in a stacked container array.
  • a closure of either of the containers in the stacked array has a recess for receiving the closed base of another container in the stacked array.
  • a stacked container array comprises a first container and at least a second container.
  • the first container and second container each has an interior compartment comprising a closed base, upright standing side walls surrounding the closed base, and an opening formed by the side walls opposite the closed base for accessing the interior compartment.
  • a closure for closing the opening includes a recess having an upwardly extending outer wall structure at least partially surrounding the recess.
  • the recess has a diameter for receiving both the closed base and a portion of the upstanding side walls of the container.
  • the outer wall structure or stacking rib eliminates translation movement of the container seated on the recess.
  • a method of forming a stacked container array comprises the steps of providing the containers described above each being fitted with a closure as described. The closed base of either of the first and second containers is then stacked onto the recess of the closure of the other of the first and second containers thereby forming a stacked array.
  • the present invention has the following advantages: the containers comprising the stacked array are easier to stack; the containers have limited translation movement in the stacked array; the container base and closure can be easily adapted to various sizes and configurations.
  • a stacked container array 10 of the invention may contain, for instance, rolls of photosensitive web material (e.g., film) which require storage and shipment in light-tight containers.
  • the inventors have developed a design for multiple-sized light-tight containers that can be nested and, therefore, solve the problem with existing containers for film product.
  • the invention includes a variable taper (as described below) on the stacked containers 12, 14 to facilitate nesting.
  • stacked container array 10 includes a first container 12 and at least a second container 14 for stacking with the first container 12. It should be apparent that any number of containers 12, 14 of the invention can be safely stacked in the container array 10.
  • first container 12 and at least second container 14 each includes a closed base 16 and upright standing side walls 18 surrounding closed base 16 forming a container body.
  • closed base 16 is generally planar for more stable stacking although it need not be.
  • An opening 20 opposite the closed base 16 provides access to an interior compartment for storing articles therein such as a roll of photographic film.
  • first and second containers 12, 14 are generally circular although other geometric shapes may be used, such as any generally polygonal shape.
  • closure 22 is provided for closing the opening 20.
  • a plurality of cooperating threads 27 arranged both in the interior of the closure 22 and about the circumference of the first and second containers 12, 14 provide means for fastening the closure 22 to a respective container 12, 14.
  • closure 22 has a generally circular shape and is configured to conform to the shape of either of the first and second containers 12, 14.
  • closure 22 includes a recess 24 and an upwardly extending outer wall (or stacking rib) 26 at least partially surrounding the recess 24.
  • recess 24 has a generally planar surface and an interior diameter for receiving both the closed base 16 and a portion 18 p of the upstanding side walls 18 surrounding the closed base 16 of the other of the first container and second container.
  • the upright standing side walls 18 of closure 22 form a slight acute angle to the closed base 16 although the sidewalls 18 may very well be oriented at a right angle to the closed base 16.
  • the advantages of the acute angle orientation or variable taper is that it enables the containers 12, 14 to be easily stacked and removed from the stacked array. Further, the variable taper with each size container tends to facilitate nesting, so that the diameter of the closed base 16 is similar but independent of depth. The stacked container array 10 of the invention is thereby formed.
  • recess 24 is formed by a bead of molten resin during the injection molding process protruding from the closure 22 at least partially forming the upwardly extending outer wall 26 or stacking rib.
  • This stacking rib limits translation movement of the closed base 16 seated in the recess 24.
  • the outer wall 26 or stacking rib extends continuously around the circumference of recess 24 (shown in Fig. 3).
  • outer wall 26 may include minimally three wall stacking rib portions (not shown) that are arranged along the circumference of the recess 24 to limit translation movement of the closed base 16 seated thereon.
  • first and second containers 12, 14 are made of a rigid thermoplastic material, such as high-density polyethylene. Those skilled in the art will appreciate that other materials may be used with equal results including polystyrene and polypropylene.

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US09/464,545 US20010013482A1 (en) 1999-12-15 1999-12-15 Stacked container array and method of forming same

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