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WO1989005270A1
WO1989005270A1 PCT/DK1988/000198 DK8800198W WO8905270A1 WO 1989005270 A1 WO1989005270 A1 WO 1989005270A1 DK 8800198 W DK8800198 W DK 8800198W WO 8905270 A1 WO8905270 A1 WO 8905270A1
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Hans Jørgen SEJER-HANSEN
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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
    • B65D85/00—Containers, packaging elements or packages, specially adapted for particular articles or materials
    • B65D85/50—Containers, packaging elements or packages, specially adapted for particular articles or materials for living organisms, articles or materials sensitive to changes of environment or atmospheric conditions, e.g. land animals, birds, fish, water plants, non-aquatic plants, flower bulbs, cut flowers or foliage
    • B65D85/505—Containers, packaging elements or packages, specially adapted for particular articles or materials for living organisms, articles or materials sensitive to changes of environment or atmospheric conditions, e.g. land animals, birds, fish, water plants, non-aquatic plants, flower bulbs, cut flowers or foliage for cut flowers

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  • the invention relates to a flower container, primarily a disposable container, comprising a water ⁇ tight tray situated in the bottom area of the container and being open at the top, supporting means which ensure that the flowers are held in a substantially upright position having their stalk or root ends extending down into the tray, and a vertical casing surrounding the flowers in their entire length.
  • Flower containers of this type are being increasingly used for transportation of flowers from the producers of large quantities of flowers, mainly cut flowers such as carnations and roses, to wholesalers and on to retailers.
  • Containers of this type are known from among others German published specification no. 27 05 086 which describes such a container whose casing is produced with a weakening line along its perifery, such as a perforation at a distance above the supporting members and below the level at which the buds or heads of the flowers are.
  • the tearing line makes it possible to easily remove the upper part of the casing so that the flowers in the container become visible and can be displayed in the sales rooms.
  • a different flower container of the same type is known from European patent application no. 0 164 795.
  • the container described herein consists of a box part being folded from a piece of square water-tight card ⁇ board in such a manner that the produced box forms a water-carrying tray as well as the supporting member, whereas the other part is a cover part which forms the casing and a covering lid. Both the mentioned containers are provided with holes at the same level in their opposite sides which serve as carrying handles.
  • the container must be able to keep the flowers fresh for several days, preferably approx. five days. b) the container must be able to stand being stacked in several layers c) the container must be able to stand moist surroundings for a long time, and at least its bottom area must be able to withstand water. d) the container must admit a certain small amount of air to the flowers during long hours of transport ⁇ ation. e) the container must support the flowers, also horizontally. f) the container should be easily opened for inspect ⁇ ion of the flowers and easily closed again. g) one man must easily be able to lift the container. h) the container should be able to be transformed ea ⁇ sily and quicly into a sales stand displaying the flowers in the retail shop.
  • the container i) prior to use, the container must be storable in a limited space, it must be made ready for use in a simple and quick manner, must be closed in a reliable and quick manner with no risk of damaging the flowers, and j) when no longer used, the container must easily be discarded without taking up much space.
  • a flower container of the mentioned type when this container is characteristic in that the inner surface of the casing is a cylinder face being completely open at both ends, said cylinder face surrounding the tray and the supporting member, and in that the container comprises holding means which prevent the tray and supporting member from sliding down underneath the casing, and whose holding capacity can be removed and perhaps restored.
  • Such a container is advantageous in that the tray filled with water (possible of a water absorbing material) and the supporting member packed with flowers whose root or stalk ends project down into the water can easily be placed in the casing without risking to damage the flowers.
  • the casing can be placed around a pedestal or the like on which the inner container with flowers is placed, whereafter the casing is pulled up around the flowers, or the tray with the supporting member, water and flowers can be lowered into the casing which is advantageous ⁇ ly situated on the floor. Because the upper edge of the casing can be lifted from beneath, the flowers are not damaged, and the inner smooth cylinder- face makes sure that no flowers are pulled out of the water tray and the supporting member.
  • the flowers When the flowers are to be removed from the casing, they may be taken out from beneath for instance by lifting the casing the reason being that the holding means can be removed or released.
  • the container If flowers are to be stored for a longer period of time in the container or, if they must be transported in several layers of containers stacked on top of each other, it is expedient to design the container with a lid for the casing.
  • the holding means is one or more tension straps which surround the container ver ⁇ tically in that the lid and the tray and/or the supporting member can then be designed to absorb the horizontal forces exerted by the holding means on the top and bottom portions of the casing, respectively.
  • Tension straps are expedient because they are in ⁇ expensive, quick and safe and to some extent will further reinforce the container.
  • the supporting member is designed as a box which is open at the top, such advantages are obtained as are known from hitherto known containers, i.e. as known from the above European patent application; at the same time such a container construction can easi- ly be made so that it can absorb horizontal forces from the tension straps surrounding the container.
  • a box is coated on both sides with a water-tight material it may per se serve the purpose of being water tray and supporting member at one and the same time; similarly, if a separate water tray is pro ⁇ vided, it is expedient -that such an inner box element will remain absolutely rigid.
  • Claim 7 describes an inexpensive and expedient manner, of re ⁇ inforcing the container in the required direction in that the degree of the reinforcement can be calcul ⁇ ated by experts when the load is known.
  • the flower container according to the invention is stacked in many layers in the height, for instance in four or perhaps even five layers, and if such a stack is subjected to vibrations as it might be during transportation by lorry where normally rather strong vertical impacts can be expected, it is necessary that the stack of containers can tolerate a hori ⁇ zontal displacement of a container unit relative to the supporting container unit.
  • the walls of the casing are narrow, and thus even a very small dis- placement means that considerable forces are trans ⁇ mitted by means of the holding means.
  • the invention teaches an embodiment according to claim 10 which is expedient since it has proven to be inexpensive compared to the tested alternative options, and, additionally, this embodi ⁇ ment gives the flower container according to the invention extra strength for it to withstand handling, prior to, during, and following the stack ⁇ ing.
  • the entire flower container except from the dimensioned ventilating and grip holes, is water and air-tight. Consequently, it may be expedient to apply a coating of wax or plastic onto the container material of the casing and lid.
  • Fig. 1 is perspective view of a closed flower con ⁇ tainer according to the invention
  • Fig. 2 is a perspective view of four elements of the embodiment of the container according to the invention as shown in fig. 1
  • Fig. 3 is a section through the container accord ⁇ ing to fig. 1 across the tension straps.
  • Fig. 4 is a perspective view of a second embodi- ment of the casing and lid for the contain ⁇ er according to the invention.
  • Fig. 5 shows a detail of a section at right angles to a side of the container through the bottom area corresponding to the lower part of fig. 3 but shown on a larger scale and illustrating a different embodiment.
  • Fig. 1 shows the closed container 1 according to the invention so that only one casing 4, one lid 6 and two tension straps, so-called container straps 5, are visible.
  • the tension straps 6 serve as holding means and make sure that the water tray, the supporting member and flowers do not fall out underneath the container 1 when this is lifted.
  • the tension straps also make sure that the lid 6 is kept -in place per ⁇ manently.
  • Fig. 2 shows a water tray 2, a supporting member de- signed as a box 3, a casing 4 and a lid 6 inter- distanced above each other.
  • the tray 2 is preferably made by vacuum shaping of a thermoplastic sheet material or by injection and compression casting of a thermoplastic material.
  • the tray 2 has inside measures in order for it to fit into the supporting member designed as a box 3 with no possibility of shifting horizontally.
  • the side- walls of the tray 2 are so high that it will contain the necessary water supply, and leave a certain margin for security reasons, and perhaps a water ab ⁇ sorbing material, such as a rockwool mat which will prevent splashing, as well as the plant parts which are lowered into the water to the bottom of the tray 2.
  • the supporting member of the container 1 is designed as a box 3 having a bottom and four walls.
  • a horizontally elongated hole 7 is provided at the centre in the upper half of each wall. This serves partly as grip 7 and partly as a ventilating hole which is necessary in order to ensure a suitable supply of fresh air to the flowers in the container during a longer period of storing in the- container 1.
  • the box is made of 'cardboard which is treated with wax on both sides similarly to milk cartons so that its strength is preserved even if it is wetted by water from outside or from within.
  • the casing 4 which is made of waxed cardboard, waxed corrugated cardboard or the like.
  • a grip and ventilating hole 8 which, when the con- tainer 1 is assembled, flushes with each a grip and ventilating hole 7 in the corresponding- wall of the box 3.
  • An upper grip and ventilating hole 9 is situated above the grip and ventilating hole 8 in each of the walls of the casing 4. With two holes situated above each other, sufficient ventilation is provided for even long-time storing of the flowers in the container according to the invention.
  • the upper holes also ensure a more convenient manual transport ⁇ ation of a single closed flower container than has so far been possible.
  • a suitable size of a container can be a surface measure of approximately 39 x approximately 39 cm so that six container units can be placed on one Euro-pallet, and the height varies from approximately 50 cm up to twice that height, depending on the length of the flowers.
  • the casing 4 consists of one or more pieces of flat cardboard or corrugated cardboard with a wax or plastic coated surface. It is joined in a seam along at least one corner in the prism, and overlap ⁇ ping of material on one or both sides of such a corner may occur. The degree of overlapping and the number of corners with joints is largely determined by the demands on the casing 4 in terms of vertical carrying capacity.
  • the joint can be performed as a fastening for instance by means of - staples or by means of an adhesive.
  • adhesion must be made by a water-proof covering adhesive in order to improve the carrying capacity, and a joint by means of staples must be carried out with fairly densely positioned staples in order to produce this effect; this method is well known among experts within the container industry.
  • the lid 6 is made of the same material as the casing 4 and preferably assembled from its flat shape by the same method as the casing. It should be noted that, if necessary, the lid can be reinforced in a general ⁇ ly known manner in order to be able to stand up to impacts exerted by the straps 5. The lid makes it possible for e.g. the wholesaler to easily inspect the flowers without risking to damage the flowers if these must be removed from and later put back into the casing. Following any inspection the holding means being designed as surrounding straps would of course have to be re-applied prior to further transportation.
  • Fig. 3 shows a section through the container accord ⁇ ing to figs. 1 and 2. This illustration shows how flowers 11 - of which for practical purposes only a few are shown - are kept in the closed container 1 with their stalk or root ends projecting down into the water tray 2, the stalk is supported sidewards by the box 3 to a point some distance below the bud or the full-blown flower, and the height of the casing 4 has been chosen so as to produce a small free air- filled space above the highest part of the stored flowers and below the lid 6 in that this and the box 3 .are secured relative to the casing 4 by means of two surrounding straps or tension straps 5.
  • Fig. 4 shows an alternative embodiment of the casing 4 and the lid 5.
  • the lid 4 On each of its four sides and arranged with a semi-circle on each side of the folded line forming the passage from the lid surface to a sidewall of the lid, the lid 4 according to this embodiment is provided with punched round ventilating holes 11. These holes can of course be differently designed, but the chosen shape is partly inexpensive and partly expedient in terms of strength.
  • the casing 4 In the top edge of each wall the casing 4 is provided with cut ⁇ outs in the shape of semi-circular recesses 12 which, once the container is assembled, will flush with that part of the ventilating holes 11 which are positioned in the sidewalls of the lid.
  • the assembled flower container according to this embodi ⁇ ment has a natural horizontal ventilation of the air- filled space above the heads of the stored flowers. It has turned out that this horizontal ventilation eliminates the tendency to condensation within the container which might otherwise tend to occur inside flower containes of this type during storing under varying humidity and/or temperature conditions.
  • Fig. 5 shows a detailed section through another embo ⁇ diment of the container according to the invention.
  • this embodiment comprises a further container element in the form of a transport bottom 13 which is made of the same material as the container casing 4 and the container lid 6.
  • the transport bottom is suitably shaped identically to the container lid 6 but without any -ventilating holes 11.
  • This additional container element has surprisingly turned out to be a highly economical measure for producing the necessary strength for absorbing such forces as occur in connection with particularly car transportation of flower containers stacked on top of each other in many layers.
  • the water tray and the supporting member can be designed in one piece which can be delivered by the container manufacturer as a flat blank and prior to use be set-up to form a box, for instance as shown in the European patent no. 0 164 795 mentioned above.
  • the supporting member can have partition walls which divide the flower area into several compart- ments so that in an only partially filled container flowers are also fairly well supported horizontally.
  • Such sidewalls can be folded walls as shown in the mentioned European patent, or they can be separate partition walls such as are generally used in for instance wine bottle cartons, the supporting members may comprise special construction elements with holes, as shown in German published specification no. 27 05 086 mentioned in the introduction, or other constructions selected according to economical and/or technical and/or sales technical criteria.
  • the casing or lid might be designed of other materials than those mentioned, under special circumstances for instance of a transparent plastic sheet material.
  • the holding means need not be surrounding tension straps but could for instanc'e be one or more pins each stuck through the lower part of two of the walls of the casing in that such pins can be pulled out when the casing is pulled off the inside container and stuck back in before the inside container is again placed in the casing.
  • Such an embodiment might prove useful when packing smaller consignments to be stored for a shorter period of time when the lid is perhaps not required.

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Abstract

Un récipient servant au transport de fleurs, tel que notamment un récipient jetable, comprend un plateau étanche (2), qui est situé dans le fond du récipient (1) et dont le haut est ouvert, un organe de support (3) servant à assurer le maintien des fleurs dans une position sensiblement verticale avec l'extrémité de leur tige ou de leurs racines descendant dans le plateau (2), ainsi qu'un logement vertical (4) qui entoure les fleurs sur toute leur longueur et qui est conçu pour que la surface interne du logement (4) forme une face de cylindre ouverte aux deux extrémités et entourant le plateau (2) et l'élément de support (3). Le récipient (1) comprend en outre un organe de fixation (5) qui sert à empêcher le plateau (2) et l'élément de support (3) de glisser vers le bas et de se détacher du logement (4). Un tel récipient rend les opérations d'emballage et de déballage des fleurs plus aisées et plus rapides par rapport aux récipient du même type connus jusqu'ici, sans qu'on risque d'endommager les bourgeons ou les têtes des fleurs.
PCT/DK1988/000198 1987-12-02 1988-11-30 Recipient servant au transport de fleurs Ceased WO1989005270A1 (fr)

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Cited By (5)

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US4936046A (en) * 1990-01-04 1990-06-26 Miller Suzanne L Horticultural transport receptacle
EP0319445A3 (fr) * 1987-12-02 1990-06-27 Los Quemados, S.A. Récipient pour le transport de fleurs
WO2003037751A1 (fr) * 2001-10-29 2003-05-08 Flowers Direct Ltd. Emballage destine a l'expedition de fleurs
WO2004013019A1 (fr) * 2002-07-26 2004-02-12 Practiservicios S.C.C. Boite ou emballage presentant un compartiment etanche pour le transport et la presentation de fleurs mises dans l'eau
AT500817B1 (de) * 2004-10-12 2007-03-15 Model Ag Aufnahmebehälter und zuschnitt sowie damit gebildete kombiverpackung

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DE2705086A1 (de) * 1976-02-09 1977-08-18 Yves Marie Elsie Ign Hendrickx Verpackung zum einmaligen gebrauch fuer den versand, die lagerung und die zurschaustellung von blumen
FR2463075A3 (fr) * 1979-08-13 1981-02-20 Bobo Jean Pierre Emballage pour le transport et la presentation de fleurs coupees, notamment sous forme de bouquets composes
US4331235A (en) * 1980-09-02 1982-05-25 Champion International Corporation Container with vent and blanks for forming same
EP0164795A1 (fr) * 1984-05-29 1985-12-18 Van Meurs' Golfcartonfabrieken B.V. Boîte pour l'emballage et le transport maritime de fleurs et similaires

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DE2705086A1 (de) * 1976-02-09 1977-08-18 Yves Marie Elsie Ign Hendrickx Verpackung zum einmaligen gebrauch fuer den versand, die lagerung und die zurschaustellung von blumen
FR2463075A3 (fr) * 1979-08-13 1981-02-20 Bobo Jean Pierre Emballage pour le transport et la presentation de fleurs coupees, notamment sous forme de bouquets composes
US4331235A (en) * 1980-09-02 1982-05-25 Champion International Corporation Container with vent and blanks for forming same
EP0164795A1 (fr) * 1984-05-29 1985-12-18 Van Meurs' Golfcartonfabrieken B.V. Boîte pour l'emballage et le transport maritime de fleurs et similaires

Cited By (5)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
EP0319445A3 (fr) * 1987-12-02 1990-06-27 Los Quemados, S.A. Récipient pour le transport de fleurs
US4936046A (en) * 1990-01-04 1990-06-26 Miller Suzanne L Horticultural transport receptacle
WO2003037751A1 (fr) * 2001-10-29 2003-05-08 Flowers Direct Ltd. Emballage destine a l'expedition de fleurs
WO2004013019A1 (fr) * 2002-07-26 2004-02-12 Practiservicios S.C.C. Boite ou emballage presentant un compartiment etanche pour le transport et la presentation de fleurs mises dans l'eau
AT500817B1 (de) * 2004-10-12 2007-03-15 Model Ag Aufnahmebehälter und zuschnitt sowie damit gebildete kombiverpackung

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