DE10015710A1 - Packing box for cylindrical goods - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a packaging carton for cylindrical goods, in particular beverage cans. It is basically a box-shaped packaging box (1) with a basic shape, which has a pre-punched perforation in the area of at least one of its side walls (15), which can be opened by pressure, so that a beverage can (11) can be opened through this opening (10) can be removed without opening the packaging box (1) itself in the area of its upper box wall (12). This has the advantage that the packaging carton (1) remains undamaged even after beverage cans (11) have been removed and the remaining beverage cans are completely surrounded by cardboard.

Description

The present invention relates to a packaging carton for cylindrical goods, especially beer cans. For some Packaging boxes for beer cans are currently used. For example, there are such can boxes for Storage of 12 or 24 cans with one each Contents of 0.33 liters. The conventional packaging boxes for beer cans have the disadvantage that one has to remove one open the packaging box of each beer can completely got to. The conventional packaging box is used in the Usually torn open on the top and the single can is taken from above. This has the disadvantage that the packaging unit is destroyed and the remaining ones Cans are no longer completely surrounded by cardboard. A there is no such opened packaging aesthetic sight.

This is where the present invention comes in. Task of Invention it is a packaging box for cylindrical Good, especially beer cans or other beverage cans too create a single removal of the cylindrical good is possible without completely removing the packaging box itself, that is, in the area of at least one of its side faces to open. The solution to this problem is one packaging carton according to the invention for cylindrical goods, in particular beer cans with the characteristic features of the Main claim. According to the invention it is provided that the Packaging carton in the area of a wall has essentially circular perforation or opening, whose dimensions are such that they can be removed from the allow cylindrical goods without the packaging box too to open. In the packaging boxes according to the invention these are generally those with an approximately cuboid shape Basic form. Conventional packaging boxes with cuboid Basic form were therefore opened so disadvantageously that they have been torn open on one side, preferably on the Top. In contrast, the invention Carton when removing one of the cylindrical Goods, for example a beer can or other  Beverage can not torn open from the inside. The existing opening or a corresponding perforation, the is pre-punched, is only used there, a can push out or pull. The packaging box otherwise remains undamaged. The packaged cylindrical goods are still everywhere on cardboard surround.

It is of course particularly advantageous, according to one preferred variant of the invention a circular To use perforation so that when transporting the Packaging box is initially completely closed. This Pre-punched perforation can then be made by the user be pushed out so that the can can be removed.

If it is a cuboid packaging box, then this usually has six cardboard walls. The perforation or opening according to the invention is then brought preferably in the area of one of the side walls or one of the End walls. Is the packaging box according to the invention so positioned that the top carton wall is on top, then the invention is preferably located Perforation or opening in the lower area of one of the Side walls and / or the end walls.

It is particularly advantageous to have at least two to use opposite perforations or openings, that in two opposite side walls and / or End walls are at approximately the same height. This has the Advantage that you can then first of all through the cylindrical material Perforation or opening on one side a bit Push out the opposite side of the packaging box can and then from the other side the cylindrical good, that is, pull out the beer can or other beverage can can.

Because, as this is preferred, the perforations or openings preferably in the lower region of one of the  Side walls or end walls are one filled packaging carton the further advantage that after the Removing one of the cans by itself slide again, so that afterwards in the area of the opening again a can is lying, which later through in the same way Pushing out or pulling can be easily removed. Then another can slips again, whereby depending on the arrangement of the opening and the packaging box itself the packaging box almost this way completely emptied.

The present invention has another advantage. The fact that the packaging box even after the Removal of the cylindrical material largely undamaged remains, empty cans can be put back in after emptying the packaging box is returned and disposed of, by pushing them through said opening.

A preferred development of the invention provides that the otherwise circular perforation or opening at least one point in its peripheral area a smaller one Has bulge. This brings another advantage handling with itself. This bulge can be through the Thumbs are pressed in, so that the operator can grab next to the can, reducing the handling of the can when removing, that is, pushing out or Pulling out is simplified.

Another preferred embodiment of the invention provides that the perforation or opening approximately in the corner area of a Side wall or a top wall or the carton bottom is arranged. This makes it easier to slide further Cans after removal of the can, taking it with the arrangement the opening depends on how you get the packaging box even when the can is removed. If the Packaging box is roughly cuboid, then you put this to remove the can on that of his Outer surfaces that the perforation or opening in one  lower corner area near the base of the box, to keep the further doses from sliding after removal facilitate.

The subclaims relate to preferred further developments of Invention. Further advantages of the invention result from the following detailed description.

The present invention is described below with reference to Embodiments with reference to the accompanying Drawings described in more detail. Show

Figure 1 is a schematically simplified perspective view of a packaging box according to the invention.

Fig. 2 is a view of an exemplary blank of a packaging carton according to the invention;

Fig. 3 is a perspective view of a packaging box according to the invention, which demonstrates the removal of a beverage can.

First, reference is made to FIG. 1.

The illustration shows a packaging box according to the invention for cylindrical goods, which is designated by 1. Inside the packaging carton there are, for example, beverage cans, preferably beer cans. The packaging box 1 has in principle an approximately cuboid basic shape and is arranged in FIG. 1 so that it stands on the box bottom 14 . In the area of the upper carton wall 12 , which lies opposite the carton bottom 14 , a carrying device 13 is attached, so that the packaging carton 1 with the full beverage cans can be easily transported after purchase. The packaging carton 1 is thus in the position shown in FIG. 1 during transport. The cuboid packaging carton 1 also has two opposite side walls 15 , 16 and two opposite end walls 17 , 18 . This packaging box 1 can accommodate the beverage cans, for example, in such a way that their axis extends in the transverse direction of the packaging carton and the beverage cans lie parallel next to one another and several layers of the beverage cans are stacked one on top of the other. Such a packaging box 1 is predominantly commercially available as a box for 12 beverage cans or 24 beverage cans, each with a content of 0.331.

Of course, the invention is not based on such Limited number of beverage cans.

According to the invention, the packaging carton 1 preferably has an approximately circular perforation 10 in the area of one of its side walls 15 , 16 or one of the end walls 17 , 18 , which is pre-punched. A corresponding perforation 10 is preferably located on the opposite side of the packaging carton 1 in the corresponding side wall. This can be seen quite well in FIG. 2, which shows a cut of such a packaging box 1 . There, the two opposite side walls 15 and 16 each have the pre-punched perforations 10 . These perforations are approximately circular and have a diameter such that they enable one beverage can to be removed from the closed packaging box. In order to facilitate the removal of a beverage can, the perforation 10 has a smaller bulge 19 in at least one point in its circumferential area, as can be seen in FIG. 1 and also in FIG. 2, which is approximately the size of a thumb tip. This makes it possible, after the pre-punched perforation 10 has been pressed in, to push out a beverage can to be removed to the opposite side of the packaging carton or, if appropriate, to pull it out to the side of the opened perforation.

The removal of the beverage cans 11 from the packaging box 1 according to the invention can be better explained with reference to the drawing in FIG. 3. As can be seen, the packaging carton 1 was brought into a different position compared to the transport position shown in FIG. 1. In the position according to FIG. 3, the packaging box rests on one of its end faces 17 . The packaging box 1 was thus placed upright, so that the removal of the beverage cans 11 is made even easier. It can be seen in FIG. 3 that the pre-punched perforation 10 on a side wall 15 of the packaging carton has been removed and a beverage can 11 has been pressed out through the approximately circular opening that then arises. For this purpose, the perforation 10 on the opposite side wall 16 is preferably also pressed in, so that the beverage can 11 can first be advanced somewhat from this side wall, for example into the position shown in FIG. 3, and then the beverage can 11 can be pulled out from the side of the side wall 15 can.

After pulling out the beverage can 11 , a beverage can automatically slips down from its position by its own weight as shown by arrows in FIG. 3, so that this beverage can 11 is then in the position of the removed beverage can and thus in front of the opening 10 lies. This further beverage can 11 can then be removed in the same way by pushing it from one side of the packaging box 1 and then pulling it out of the packaging box. Then another beverage can 11 slips out of the overlying position. If all beverage cans 11 are removed from a row one above the other, then one can optionally position the packaging box 1 somewhat obliquely, so that again a beverage can from the row next to it slips into the position for removal in which it lies in front of the opening 10 . In this way, the packaging box 1 can be completely emptied. Empty beverage cans 11 can also be put back through the opening 10 into the packaging carton if necessary. This is particularly interesting if a can return is provided.

Claims (8)

1. Carton for cylindrical goods, in particular beer cans, characterized in that it has a substantially circular perforation ( 10 ) or opening in the area of a wall, the dimensions of which are such that they allow removal of the cylindrical goods ( 11 ) without the Open packaging box ( 1 ). 2. Packaging box for cylindrical goods, in particular beer cans, according to claim 1, characterized in that the packaging box ( 1 ) has an approximately cuboid basic shape. 3. Packaging carton for cylindrical goods, in particular beer cans according to claim 1 or 2, characterized in that the packaging carton ( 1 ) has six carton walls, namely an upper carton wall ( 12 ) optionally with a carrying device ( 13 ), a carton bottom ( 14 ), two side walls ( 15 , 16 ) and two end walls ( 17 , 18 ) and the approximately circular perforation or opening ( 10 ) is located in the region of one of the side walls ( 15 , 16 ) and / or one of the end walls ( 17 , 18 ). 4. Packaging carton for cylindrical goods, in particular beer cans according to one of claims 1 to 3, characterized in that the perforation or opening ( 10 ) in the lower region of one of the side walls ( 15 , 16 ) and / in the upper cardboard wall ( 12 ) or the end walls ( 17 , 18 ). 5. Packaging carton for cylindrical goods, in particular beer cans according to one of claims 1 to 4, characterized in that at least two opposite perforations or openings ( 10 ) are provided, which in two opposite side walls ( 15 , 16 ) and / or end walls ( 17 , 18 ) are approximately the same height.

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6. Packaging carton for cylindrical goods, in particular beer cans according to one of claims 1 to 5, characterized in that the otherwise approximately circular perforation or opening ( 10 ) has at least one point in its peripheral region a smaller bulge ( 19 ). 7. Cardboard packaging for cylindrical goods, in particular beer cans according to one of claims 1 to 6, characterized in that the perforation or opening ( 10 ) approximately in the corner region of a side wall ( 15 , 16 ) or an upper wall ( 12 ) or the carton bottom ( 14 ) is arranged. 8. packaging carton for cylindrical goods, in particular beer cans according to one of claims 1 to 7, characterized in that at least two opposite perforations or openings ( 10 ) are each arranged approximately in the corner region of two surfaces of larger side walls ( 15 , 16 ) of the packaging carton ( 1 ) .