Note: Descriptions are shown in the official language in which they were submitted.
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The presentinvention relatesto astackable container which can be
foldc~ from a blan!c, compririn" a botto~ rurrounded on all ride. by
an u?~J.~dly ~ enin conical \~all, the container alro comprisin~
t-i~n~ular foldin part. havinL four co~r~on tips dir~po.ed at the
co-rer~ of the botto~ and at the connectin~ point bct~:een the botto~
and t~o wall co~.partMentO, the tip~ beinr folded over one another in
three layerO of r~aterial for.ing the tra..ition bet~een ~!all co~part-
~entr.
Containers of thi~ kind u~;ually have three trianular foldin~
partrt at each corner. ~o~Jever, three folding parts of the aforeMentioned
kind cannot of course en~ure high stability. At all e~ent6, the prior-
art containers of thi~, ~ind u6ually have a fold or s.imilar reinforcement
at the ed~e. ~or e~ample, in the de~cription of a kno~m container (Ger~.an
OS 18 10 600, US PS 35 36 248), the poriribility of doing ~ithout an
aforementioned folded edge ir. mentioned but the only embodiment r.ho~m
and deOcribed in detail har an aforementioned folded ed~e. Of cour~.e,
the folded ed~e increares the co~plexity of the conrtruction and
~nufacture of the container. In addition, the ~:no~m container har. to
be Omall (it ~urt be posOible to eat it from it directly). It i~ clear
that, aO a re~.ult of its con6truction~ itô dinenrionO cannot exceed a
certain ~mall value.
The object of the invention ir. to conrtruct a container of the
initially-~entioned kind w]lich io r7iMple in con6truction and, even if
made relatively la~e, ir r.ufficiently ~table to store liquidr and other
ca~ily-flo~in~ bu~s rubr.tancer..
To thi~ end, accordin~ to the invention, ~.even folding partr are
dir-por^d at each tip, and foldin~ ed~es on the ra~e side of the ~a~e
foldinD part are in contact ~ith one another after being foldcd.
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t~ t:~C of t~ (rlt;~,n, ~ fr, J c ~ i; 1 1 i c
-~cco-l-lition ~hat the ;ta`i'it~ of thc containel can he ir~crc;l^ct3 to a
cr;t~eal e~tent b-~ n~ing ~evcn fol~ing ?art~. h.ili~itte(lly, o~1y three
~a~er~ of mat-rial aYre cuperpoced at the edgec~ a~ in the kno~rn eontainer.
'~he ~tability, however, ie mueh ~reater, rnainly becau~e of the larber
n~mber of bent edgec. The ~reater ~tability of the eorner~ i~. of eource
very ;~portærlt for filled contairler~. r~ a re~ult of the bent ed~ec
rnd the thIee la~erc sure~osed at the edei of ~he ~aterial, the pre~cure
e~erted on ~he eorner by full eonta-ners staekc-d on the first eontainer
i~ cistributed over the adjaeent side urfree~ if it Cr~rlnGt be borne
b~r the eGrner re~ion~ therr~elves. It has rlco rcer ~ho~m that the
cGrner regior ic also Made more recilient by ineYeac-in~ the number of
folds. Cf ecurce, the eorner reOion must be ~table, but it muct al~o
have corrle re~ilienee _o that it is not dr~r,a,re~ `uy a ~ all impaet.
Recilienee ic provided in that the folds at the corner open ~lightly
if subjeeted te a eorrespondinO foree.
The c-dge~ of the folding par~s are folded on one ¬her at t~/o
plaeec on the inside and at one plaee on the out;ide. The folded ed~ec
oi folded-over re~ionc toueh. Accordingly~ onlywith greatdiffieultiesDIaterial~
if ~y, ean penetrate behind the fold at thi~ plaee. 'rhic accordingly
prevents the fold fro~ yieldinO or being other~ice damra~ed. It has
been found that the container according to the invention can be made
relatively laree, even if made of paper or eardboard. Sinee paper or
eardboard is permitted a~ a eontainer material for stoIing any ehemieals
in ea~e~ ~:here pla~tie~ or metal are l~lcuitable, the invention providec.
a container ~ahich is ~imple if prefer,ably made of paper or eardboard,
~hich ir, al~o suitable for ~torin~ corrooive che,icalr. The conta;ncr,
ho~:cver, ic Y y ftable and reliable, ~hich of cou~rc ir requircd ~rhen
~torin~r the afore?nentioned cher~icalf,. The cGntainer, ho~i ver,ha5 the
advantage that the fold can be rade in a relatively si?~le r~lner alon~
ctraiOht line~, co that the contail-ler can be foldcd r-!cc}~ ically.
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hlthollgh prcfclab]y r,a~c of pa?cr o~ card:Joa~, the cGnt~iner can
of cour~e be rla~e of other rnateria~ uch a~ ~lactics or ric-ta].
If the container i~ rrade of cardboard~ the ~itability rnay a~ivan-
taceously be ~reatly increased if multi-layer cardboard io u~ed.
The container can be folded after the ~i~e in the r~ulti-layer cardboard
has hardened. If, however, it i~ folded before the ~,ize harden~,
no additional ~izinr i~ needed for r~aintaining à ~table fold after the
folding pre~ure or tool has been removed. It ha~ been found
particularly advantageou~ to make the container of five-layer cardboard.
A particularly ~uitable rDaterial is Scandinavian quality Kraftboard
or soda paper. The thic!-ne~r, of each layer of rnaterial should be about
300 g/m and 0.5 r~n, in order to have a container ~hich iz particularly
~uitable for the de~ired purpor;e. The layers can be ~i~ed with
polyvinyl alcohol ~,ize or di~per~ion or fu~ion ac7hesive; the~e r~aterial~
have been foun~ particularly ~uitable. -Of course1 other kinds of ~ize
r1ay alr/o be u~ed.
The advantage~ of the cont~iner according to the invention can be
fully u~.ed if the capacity i8 at leaOt 56 litrer,. A cap~city of 56
litrer rnaker, full use of the advantager, of the container according
to the invention and ir, al~o comatible ~ith the Otandard~ for
packa~in~. ~arer-capacity container~ ray al~o advantageou~ly be u~ed,
and of course container~ can also be r~anufactured for sr3aller capacities.
In order further to increase the ~,tability of the container and protect
its top ed~e, the edge can be provided l!ith a flanged r3etal strip
preferably about o.8 rrr, thic~. The r;letal ~trip of course also
prevents the fold re-opcnin~.
The container can have an in~ardly projecting bead or corrugation
parallel to and under the edge. ~hi~ fcat-lre further increa~e~
~tability. In addition, if the container ha~ a cover, the projection
can forr3 a bearin~ ~urface for the cover, ~:hich can tilen bc ~ccured on
the container and prevcnted from r~oving. A ~.eal can al~o be provided
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b~ n t~l~ c,~ rl t~t~c,~c~ ,o ~o~ g~ti!)r~,
If the co~er i~ r,ccllrcd l,y a cl~ ing rin,,, the CGntC.-t~` (,a~ C
cacloocd in t!~ief-proof ranner, Tt;c con'aincr cen al~o ~c ~,e~aled by
the Cu~to~D~,.
The coverO in question are mainly made of l~ood~ board, metal,
plastic~, pa)er or similar matcrial~, Alternati~,ely, the cover can
be a ~econd, some~hat ~maller container ~hich fits into the top edGe
of the larger container and rests on the projectin corrugation. This
of cour~e ~ill greatly increa~,e the capacity of the container.
The contziner according to the inver.tion ha been founcl vcry
r,table. If it is rnade of five-layer Scandinavian qu,tlity Kraftboard h~ving
the previou~iy-given thic~nes6~ it can bear th~ee timefi it~ o~m weight
and the ~!eigttt of the fi1lin.
By ~ay of exam?le, advantagecus embodirtetlts cf the invention
nol~ be de~cribed ~ith reference to the dra~ings, in ~hich:
~ i. 1 i~ a per~pective vie;J of an embodiment of thc container
according to the invention;
rig. 2 i~ a plan view of the cardboard uc,ed to ma~e the container,
~ho~in6 the foldin~ lineO;
FiC. 3 is a cro~-Oection along plane III in Fig. 1, and
Fig, 4 i~ a cro~-~ection along plane IV in Fig. 1,
A container 1 ha~ a bottom 2 and four ~all co~partments 3 - 6,
Folding parts 8 - 14, shaped as narrolJ triangles extend from the corners
7 of the container bottom 2 and ~iden upwardly to the edge.
The folding part6 8 - 14 are ~ho~m in ~ig. 2, ~hich reprcscnt~ a
blan~ containing the fold;n~ lines. The folding linc~ are rcpre~ented
by continuouO line~ hereas after folding they lie on the brol;en
line~, In thc folded state~ the t~all compartrtent 3 i~ folded arotL~td
line 15 through almo~t 90 out of the plare of the dra~in,g tow~rdO the
ob~erver. The Oame applies to ~all compartment~ 4, 5 and 6. Parts
8 - 14 are folded as follo~rs. Part 8 is folded bac~ards around line
17 ~o that it6 edge 18 lie6 behind line 16. Next, part 9 io folded
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forwn~ a~-ound e~,-c 1~" ~o thnt lirlc 19 lic~ un(le~ 1jhc folr'il1g
ed~,c 17. Ilc}tl p~t l~ fol~eA forward~, aro~m~ ed,( 20, until it~,
en~e 21 lie~, on linc l9 of ~-t g, 1;ext, part ll ic, fol~ed in th other
direction around edge 21, ~io that it~i line 22 lie~i abovc line 20. Next,
part l~ ic, folded bacX\~ard~i around ed6e 23~ ~,o tha~ it~ line 24 lie~
behind line 22 of part ll, immediately adjacerlt ed~e 20, Next, part
13 i~. iolded forwardc, æ-ound ed"e 24, ~o that ito line 25 lie~ behind
line 23, l~ext, part 14 i6 foldetl for~tard~ aroi~ld line 26, ~o that its
edge 27 liez on line 25, ~ext, ~lall eler~,ent 6 io folded around line
27~ ~o that line 28 lie~ over the folding line 26.
The re~iult of folding is ~.ho~m in zection in ~ig. 3. The illuc~trclted
material i6 in four layerz, A~ entionedt a five-layer r,aterial ha~
becn found ?articularly advantageou6, but the n~mber of l~yers can be
Omaller or ~reater, In all ca~e6, three thic~ne~Oe~ of multi-layer
rlaterial zre ~uperpoced at the fold, ~i 6ho~m at 29, 30 and 31, the
foldin~ edge~ on the zarne ~,ide of the ~,ame folding part abut one another
after being folded. Thi6 prevent6 the Otored r,a'erial penetratin~
into the fold6 at thi~, place.
A~i Oho~m in ~ig. 4, a rletal ztrip 32 i~ ~-ecured to the top edse
of the container and bent in a U around the edse, An inward corru~ation
i6 formed in the metal ~trip and the container wall at 33 and extend6
parallel to and aAound the entire edge~. The corrugation provideO a
bearing Oiurface for a cover 34, At it~ edge, the cover alio ha~i a
Oieal 35, ~rhich i~,~ituck to cover 34 at 35, A cla~ping ring 37 iôi
placed all around the cdge and en~age~ in the corru~ation and e~tend~i
over the cover, o6c that the cover i~i fi2mly held. Thi~i form of clo~ure
can prcvent the content~i from flolrin~ out or being itolen. It ccm
al60 be ~eale~ for Cu~atom~i or other purpo~ie6,
