DE8611928U1 - Folding box blank and carrying package erected from it - Google Patents

Description

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Henkel KGaA
10,12.1906
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Utility model application

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"Carrying package"

The invention relates to a carrying package for holding powdered or granulated products with at least one closure flap in the lid area which is formed on a side wall via a lid flap groove.

Folding boxes made of cardboard, corrugated cardboard, plastic and the like are used to package bulk products such as washing powder. These containers often have a plastic handle to help with carrying, which can be riveted to two opposite side walls of the container. Such a handle is not only expensive to manufacture and assemble, but it also gets in the way when stacking and shrinking the individual packages. Furthermore, torn rivets can lead to injuries .

The invention is based on the task of creating a carrying package, while minimizing costs, that does not require a separate carrying handle and in which the carrying aid does not affect the stackability and shrink-wrapping. For the carrying package of the type mentioned at the beginning with at least one closure cap in the lid area that is molded onto a side wall via a lid flap groove, the solution according to the invention consists in one of the side walls near the lid having a handle hole at a distance from the lid flap groove of a closure flap and in the

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Lid flap grooves on the side wall containing the handle hole hinged closure flap is divided into four individual fields by three chamber grooves Sn parallel to each other and to the associated lid flap grooves, whereby the first three of the four individual fields of the divided closure flap are folded inwards by preferably approximately 90° to form a, preferably cuboid-shaped, handle chamber behind the handle hole and the outermost or fourth TeMfe'd is folded in the opposite direction by preferably approximately 90° and on the inner surface of the associated side wall below the handle hole

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Handling can be advantageous if the distance between the handle hole and the groove is only slightly smaller or at least equal to the width of the handle hole. Furthermore, the handle chamber is roughly cuboid-shaped, but not larger than absolutely necessary, if the width of the second individual field is at least roughly equal to the distance between the groove and the perforated edge of the lid or handle hole furthest away from it, in such a way that the opening of the handle hole is not hindered by the carrying chamber formed. Finally, to set a cuboid shape and carrying or handle chamber, the first and third individual fields should be essentially parallel to the groove in a direction perpendicular to the groove.

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The invention creates a handle integrated into the carrying package, which replaces all current externally attached handle designs. The handle chamber according to the invention is usually closed until it is used by the consumer until it is opened with the fingers at a perforation or the like. The handle hole is created by pressing a specially perforated handle flap into the side wall. By dimensionally designing the closure flaps of the package, the handle chamber can be made powder-tight.

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It can be produced largely cost-neutrally, since it only requires a few additional grooves and folds on a closure flap as well as a perforation or other type of punching to form the handle hole or handle flap in a side wall. The shape and design of the handle hole is inventively

variable within wide limits; on the one hand, very different geometries are possible, on the other hand, a "finger hole" can also be made by several

Individual holes are formed.

Preferably, the handle hole is designed to be so wide in the direction parallel to the lid flap groove, to which the multi-grooved closure flap is hinged, that it offers space for reaching in with the four fingers of one hand. It is advantageous if the perforation of the handle hole is provided everywhere on the intended handle hole circumference, but not on the handle hole edge closest to the groove, so that the handle flap that originally filled the handle hole is deflected upwards when pressed in and the fold line of the handle flap together with this is designed as a relatively stable carrying handle that does not injure the hand.

Finally, to stabilize and seal the handle chamber, it can be beneficial if the first partial field adjacent to the groove is attached, in particular glued, to the lid surface above it. This results in a package that is largely powder-tight even after the handle hole flap has been pressed in.

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The details of the invention are explained using the schematic drawing of an embodiment. They show:

Fig. 1 a flat cut of a carrying package with integrated carrying handle; and

Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the part of a carrying package containing the integrated carrying handle from the erected blank according to Figure 1.

The cut according to Fig. 1 consists of the wide side walls 1, the narrow side walls 2, an adhesive flap 3, the bottom closure flaps 4 and 5 attached to the narrow and wide side walls 1 and 2, as well as the lid closure flaps 6 and 7. The lid closure flaps 6 and 7 are hinged to the corresponding side wall 1 and 2 via a lid flap groove 8 and 9. The lid closure flap 6, which is on the outside when erected, can be equipped with an externally hinged insertion flap 10.

In the exemplary embodiment, one of the side walls 1 or 2, preferably one of the narrow side walls 2, is provided with a handle hole 11 (Fig. 2) adjacent to the lid area at a distance from the groove 9. The handle hole 11 should have a handle flap 12 which, except for the handle hole edge 13 closest to the edge groove 9, is surrounded by a perforation line 14 that can be pressed in with the fingers of one hand, such that the preferably grooved but not perforated handle hole edge 13 acts like a hinge when the handle flap 12 is pressed in and the handle flap 12 can be folded inwards by up to 180°.

The closure flap 7, which is hinged to the side wall 2 containing the handle hole 11 via the lid edge groove 9, is closed by chamber

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grooves 15, 16 and 17, which run parallel to each other and to the cover edge groove 9, into four individual fields 18, 19, 20 and 21.

Preferably, the grip hole 11 should have a width B in the direction parallel to the lid flap groove 9 that is sufficient to allow the four fingers of one hand to reach through it. This grip hole width B corresponds to

the width of the handle flap 12. If the distance a between the non-perforated fold edge 13 of the handle hole 11 and the groove 9 is at least equal to

the maximum handle hole width b measured perpendicular to the groove 9, it is achieved that the handle flap 12 can be opened inwards by 180° around its edge 13 in the direction of the lid area of the package and the edge 13 forms a reinforced handle edge. However, it can also be advantageous to make the handle flap 12 wider than a in the direction perpendicular to the groove 9. When pressed in, the handle flap then hits

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Fig.2 shows an upright corner area of a folding box containing the integrated carrying handle with a blank according to Fig. 1. To form a cuboid-shaped handle chamber 22, the first three

(18, 19, 20) of the four individual fields 18 to 21 of the closure flap 7, which is undivided by the chamber grooves 15 to 17, are folded inwards by 90° behind the handle hole 11; in addition, the outermost or fourth partial field 21 is folded in the opposite direction by 90° and attached to the inner surface of the associated side wall 2 below the handle hole 11, preferably glued to the surface 23. For stabilization, it can be advantageous if the first partial field 18 immediately adjacent to the groove 9 is also attached or glued to the lid surface 6 which lies above it after it has been erected. The latter gluing or fastening can, however, be dispensed with if a resealable package with a lid closure provided with an insertion tab 10 is to be used.

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flap 6 is provided. In this case, the two narrow closure flaps 7 can be provided with a punched-out 24 on the edge corresponding to the insertion flap 10. From Fig. 2 it can be seen that, calculated from the cover flap groove 9 of the folded closure cap 7, the first and third individual fields 18 and 20 extend in the direction perpendicular to

the groove 9 should be essentially the same width and that the width of the second individual field 19 should be greater than the distance a + b between the groove 9 and the perforated grip hole edge 14 furthest away from it. In this way it is achieved that the 22 has a cuboid shape and can be attached to the inner surface of the narrow side wall 2 (below the grip hole 11) with the fourth individual field 21 formed after an adhesive tab.

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Reference symbol I J__s te

1 = wide side wall

2 = narrow side wall

3 = Adhesive tab

4 = Bottom locking cap (1)

5 = Bottom locking cap (2)

6 = Lid closure flap (1)

7 = Lid closure flap (2)

8 = Lid flap groove (6)

9 = Cover flap groove (7)

10 = Insert tab (6)

11 = Grip hole

12 = Handle flap

13 = Grip hole edge

14 = Perforation

15 = Chamber riMung (18/19)

16 = chamber groove (19/20)

17 = chamber groove (20/21)

18 = first egg field

19 = second single field

20 = third single field

21 = fourth single field

22 = Handle chamber

23 = Adhesive surface

24 = Punching

B = width (11) a = distance (9/13) b = handle hole width

Claims (1)

D 7466 a - 7 - Expectations T. Carrying package for holding powdered or granulated products with at least one closure flap (7) in the lid area formed on a side wall (2) via a lid flap groove (9), characterized in that one of the side walls (2) in the vicinity of the lid at a distance from the lid flap groove (9) of a closure flap (7) has a handle hole (11) and that the closure flap (7) hinged via the lid flap groove [9] to the side wall (2) containing the handle hole (11) is divided into four individual fields (18 to 21) by three chamber grooves (15, 16, 17) parallel to one another and to the associated lid flap groove (9), the first three (18 to 20) of the four individual fields (18 to 21) of the divided closure flap (7) being arranged to form a preferably cuboid-shaped handle chamber (22) behind the handle hole (11) by each preferably folded inwards by about 90° and the outermost or fourth partial field (21) is folded in the opposite direction by preferably about 90° and is fastened, in particular glued, to the inner surface of the associated side wall (2) below the handle hole [11] . 2. ^Carrying package according to claim 1, characterized in that the first partial field (18) adjacent to the groove (9) is fastened, in particular glued, to the cover surface (6) lying thereabove. 3. Carrying package according to claim 1 or 2, characterized in that the handle flap (12) of the handle hole (11) is to be folded inwards after being pressed in around the handle hole edge (13) which is parallel to the groove (9) and closest to it. fl. Carrying package according to one or more of claims 1 to 3, characterized in that the distance (a) of the handle hole (11) from the RHIüng (9) is at least equal to the handle hole width (b). t .«Mia» p« iwjm». -CWSBH* -"' &bull; ■ > ft · · &bull; a i &igr; D 7466 a - 8 - 5. Carrying package according to one or more of claims 1 to 3, characterized in that, calculated from the groove (9), the first and third individual fields [18, 20} are essentially of the same width in the direction perpendicular to the groove (9). 6. Carrying package according to one or more of claims 1 to 5, characterized in that the width of the second individual edge (19) is at least equal to the distance (a + b) between this groove (9) and the perforated lid or handle hole edge (CR) furthest away from it. 7. Carrying package according to one or more of claims T to 6, characterized in that the handle hole (TT) is originally closed with a handle flap (T2) which can be pressed in. 8. Carrying package according to one or more of claims T to 7, characterized in that the handle hole (TT) is elongated parallel to the groove (9). 9. Carrying package according to one or more of claims T to 8, characterized in that the grip hole (TT) in the direction parallel to the groove (9) has a groove for gripping with the four ."\ fingers of one hand have sufficient width (B). TO. Carrying package according to one or more of claims T to 9, characterized in that the handle flap (T2) of the handle hole (TT) is surrounded by a perforation or the like (TI) to be pressed in, except at the handle hole edge (T3) closest to the groove (9).