Household appliance packaging with a base plate and a cover provided with a predetermined breaking point for the feet of a household appliance, and household appliance system

Abstract

One aspect of the invention relates to a household appliance packaging (3) comprising a base plate (4) which is at least partially paper-based, wherein the base plate (4) has a paper-based cover layer (6) and at least one paper-based additional layer (7, 8) arranged underneath, wherein the additional layer (7, 8) has a recess (7a, 8a, 7b, 8b, 7c, 8c, 7d, 8d) for a centering, in particular precisely fitting, reception of a base part (11) of a household appliance (2), wherein the recess (7a, 8a, 7b, 8b, 7c, 8c, 7d, 8d) is covered by the cover layer (6) with a cover region (6a, 6b, 6c, 6d) when the household appliance (2) is not yet loaded therein, wherein the cover region (6a, 6b, 6c, 6d) has at least one predetermined separation point (12).

Description

[0001] One aspect of the invention relates to a household appliance packaging. Another aspect of the invention relates to a household appliance system comprising a household appliance and a household appliance packaging.

[0002] Such household appliance systems are well known. Packaging can be made from a wide variety of materials. For example, packaging made from expanded polystyrene is known. However, packaging made from this material can be very stiff and bulky. Furthermore, there is a disadvantage regarding the recyclability of such packaging, which is made entirely of expanded polystyrene, for environmental reasons. Furthermore, they also contain microplastics.

[0003] In this respect, paper-based packaging is more advantageous.

[0004] It is known that the base parts of household appliance packaging also contain specific recesses into which parts of the appliance placed on them can be lowered. However, these are usually only intended to accommodate elements that protrude downwards.

[0005] Especially in the case of such bottom packaging made of foamed polystyrene, these holders are rigidly fixed and open at the top.

[0006] It is an object of the present invention to provide a household appliance packaging which has an improved material structure and is furthermore designed for specific use as a base part, so that the household appliance which can be attached thereto can be arranged in a stable and precisely positioned manner.

[0007] This object is achieved by a household appliance packaging and a household appliance system according to the independent claims.

[0008] One aspect of the invention relates to household appliance packaging. The household appliance packaging has a base plate which is at least partially, in particular entirely, paper-based. The base plate has a cover layer, in particular a paper-based cover layer. Furthermore, this base plate has at least one additional layer, in particular a paper-based cover layer, arranged underneath. The additional layer has a recess or a hole. This recess is intended to accommodate a centering, in particular precisely fitting and thus position-fixed, receptacle for a base part of a household appliance. This base part is in particular a part that is only arranged locally and extends downwards in a raised manner. This recess is covered by the cover layer with a covering region of this cover layer when the household appliance is not yet installed. The covering region has at least one predetermined separation point.Such household appliance packaging features a specific base plate designed for the placement of a household appliance. The design, comprised of multiple specific layers and a corresponding recess in a specific layer—namely, the additional layer—allows for specific recessed areas of the household appliance to be positioned in a defined manner when the appliance is in its installed state. A particularly advantageous feature in this context is that this recess is not accessible until the household appliance has been placed on the base plate, meaning it is positioned on it in its packaging. This covering area also ensures that this recess does not become undesirably filled with other material when the appliance is empty.This ensures that neither the shape nor the depth of this recess are undesirably impaired before the household appliance is placed on it for packaging. In order to avoid impairing the installation process of the household appliance on this base plate and to be able to locate the position of this recess precisely, at least one predetermined separation point is formed in the cover area. This makes it easy to identify the recess located underneath and to separate the cover area easily and in a defined manner. It is therefore possible that when the household appliance is placed on this base plate and the base part of the household appliance, which can be a foot or a stand of the household appliance, for example, is positioned, the cover layer can be automatically severed or pierced in a targeted and defined manner.This prevents unwanted deformation or tearing of the top layer in other areas and the additional layer. The predetermined separation point allows the top layer to be severed locally with relatively little force and in a very targeted manner, allowing the base of the household appliance to be easily lowered into this recess.

[0009] This recess is therefore particularly advantageous as it also serves as a centering aid, allowing the household appliance to be positioned precisely on the base plate and held in place. This makes it easier to prevent the household appliance from slipping undesirably relative to the base plate when it is placed on it. By precisely accommodating the base part, this at least one recess also enables a certain degree of positional fixation of the household appliance on the base plate. In particular, this also ensures that not only does the additional layer determine the depth of the recess, but that even when the cover layer is torn open, the height of this cover layer is still available in the area of ​​the recess, allowing the recess to be dimensioned accordingly larger.The cover layer is therefore designed to be multifunctional in this respect: on the one hand, it serves as a cover for this recess, and on the other hand, when the base part is inserted into the recess, the height of this recess is also determined by the thickness of the cover layer.

[0010] When the household appliance is packaged, the entire recess is formed by the partial recesses in the additional layer and the cover layer.

[0011] Paper-based packaging can be made entirely of paper or, for example, cardboard or carton. These can be single-layer or multi-layer, or they can contain hollow spaces.

[0012] In one embodiment, the intended separation point has at least one line along which the material of the cover layer is at least weakened. This is such that, when a force is applied by the raised, downwardly projecting base part of the household appliance during packaging, the cover layer can be separated in a defined manner, in particular only at the intended separation point.

[0013] In one embodiment, the intended separation point has at least one line that completely separates the cover layer. In such an embodiment, the intended separation point is already severed, in particular cut, in a linear manner before the action of the raised, downwardly projecting base part of the household appliance. However, due to the preferably provided stability of the cover layer, the recess can still be completely covered. The geometric parts of the cover layer defined by the intended separation point, which covers the recess from above, are correspondingly stable. These parts have an inherent stability, so that they are spanned in the plane of the cover layer despite the separation by at least one cutting line.

[0014] In one embodiment, the predetermined separation point has at least one line perforating the cover layer. This also offers a possibility to create a defined tear line or separation line upon application of force by appropriately weakening the material.

[0015] In one embodiment, the predetermined separation point has several lines that intersect at least once. For example, the lines can form a cross or a star. This further improves the separation and pushing away of those partial areas of the cover area that conceal the recess when a force is applied at this point. This enables a very uniform release of the entire surface of the entire recess. This is because several very defined partial areas or partial flaps of the cover layer can then be formed in the area of ​​the recess, which can then be very easily pressed downwards and pressed into the recess in the additional layer.

[0016] In one embodiment, a center point of this intended separation point, in particular an intersection point of several lines forming the intended separation point, is arranged centrally or substantially centrally to the surface of the recess or partial recess in the additional layer. This enables a very symmetrical tearing open of this intended separation point, allowing the raised, downward-standing base part of the household appliance to be lowered very evenly into this recess. In particular, the passage through the cover layer itself is then enabled very evenly and linearly downward, without any tilting or the like occurring.

[0017] In one embodiment, the cover layer comprises at least one layer with cavities. For example, such a layer can be corrugated cardboard or a sandwich panel. This sandwich panel can, for example, have a honeycomb core. The cavities can be covered by a base layer and a cover layer, thereby forming the cavities or chamber structure of this layer.

[0018] In one embodiment, the cover layer comprises at least bases, each of which has cavities. These bases can then also be corrugated cardboard or sandwich panels as described above.

[0019] In particular, when the cover layers of the additional layer are each formed from corrugated cardboard, it can be provided in one embodiment that the orientation of the wave patterns of at least one layer, in particular a base layer, of the cover layer is different, in particular offset by 90°, to the orientation of the wave patterns in at least one layer, in particular a base layer, of the additional layer.

[0020] This creates a very advantageous stiffening of this wall, consisting of the cover layer and the additional layer.

[0021] In one embodiment, the base plate can have a plate-like base, particularly separate from the cover layer and the additional layer. The cover layer and the additional layer are applied to this base. This base thus forms a stable and mechanically resilient substructure on which these two separate layers can be arranged. In particular, this base makes the entire base plate very rigid and thus mechanically stable. Furthermore, it also advantageously serves as a support for this cover layer and this at least one additional layer.

[0022] In one embodiment, the base is paper-based, in particular entirely paper-based. This allows for a highly sustainable packaging concept. Especially if the cover layer and at least one intermediate layer are also paper-based, the entire household appliance packaging can also be constructed entirely paper-based, including the base plate. This ensures sustainable production, recyclability, and yet high mechanical stability.

[0023] In one embodiment, the cover layer and the additional layer have an additional recess separate from the recess, which is designed for the precise, in particular accurate, sinking of a base assembly of the household appliance. This allows not only a locally small, downwardly extending raised base part, such as the base of a household appliance, to be precisely accommodated in a recess, but also a larger area, namely this base assembly, to be separately accommodated in such an additional recess, in particular also to be precisely accommodated. The centered positioning and position-fixed mounting of the household appliance on this base plate are thereby further improved.

[0024] In one embodiment, the base plate has a border, in particular a paper-based border, in particular a solely paper-based border. This border is preferably trough-like or box-like. In particular, the border is formed in a single layer. This means that it also has no cavities. With this border, which is separate from the cover layer and the at least one additional layer, the cover layer can be covered laterally and in regions from above, and the additional layer can be covered from the side when the packaging is fully formed in its assembled final state. Furthermore, this border can form a lower, in particular full-surface closure of the base plate. In this context, the border can also form a box-like lower and lateral casing for the cover layer and the at least one additional layer and the optionally preferably present base.

[0025] A further aspect of the invention relates to a household appliance system comprising at least one household appliance and a household appliance packaging according to the above-mentioned aspect or an advantageous embodiment thereof. In particular, the household appliance is packaged with this household appliance packaging.

[0026] Embodiments of the invention are explained in more detail below with reference to schematic drawings. They show: Fig. 1 shows a simplified perspective view of an embodiment of a household appliance system according to the invention with a household appliance and an embodiment of a household appliance packaging according to the invention; Fig. 2 shows an exploded view of an embodiment of a household appliance packaging according to the invention; Fig. 3 shows a perspective view of a partial area of ​​the packaging according to Fig. 2 in a state in which no household appliance has been placed on the base plate of this household appliance packaging; Fig. 4 a perspective sectional view of the representation in Fig. 3 ; Fig. 5 a perspective sectional view corresponding Fig. 4 , where Fig. 5 a downwardly projecting base part of the household appliance, in particular a base of the household appliance, is inserted at least partially into a cover layer of the packaging in the region of a cover area which covers a recess in the additional layer located thereunder; Fig. 6 a representation according to Fig. 4 and Fig. 5 , in which this base part is sunk further down into the recess and the cover layer is completely severed at a predetermined separation point; and Fig. 7 a perspective sectional view through the base plate according to Fig. 3 bis Fig. 6 and a base area of ​​a household appliance which is arranged in the fixed end position on this base plate.

[0027] In the figures, identical or functionally identical elements are provided with the same reference symbols.

[0028] In Fig. 1 a schematic perspective view of a household appliance system 1 is shown. The household appliance system 1 has at least one household appliance 2. The household appliance 2 can, for example, be designed for the care of laundry items. It can, for example, be a washing machine or a tumble dryer or a washer-dryer. However, the household appliance 2 can also, for example, be designed for cleaning dishes and can be a dishwasher. It is also possible for the household appliance 2 to be designed for storing and preserving food. In this regard, it can be, for example, a refrigerator or a freezer or a refrigerator-freezer combination appliance. It is also possible for the household appliance 2 to be designed for preparing food. It can, for example, be a cooking appliance. In this regard, it can be an oven or a microwave cooking appliance or a steam cooking appliance.

[0029] The household appliance system 1 further comprises a household appliance packaging 3. This can completely surround the household appliance 2 or only partially surround it. In the schematic representation in Fig. 1 The household appliance packaging 3 has at least one base plate 4. The household appliance 2 is placed on this base plate 4 when packaged. However, the household appliance packaging 3 can additionally or instead have further packaging parts that, for example, cover at least some areas of the household appliance 2 from the side and / or from the front and / or from the back and / or from above.

[0030] The household appliance packaging 3, in particular with regard to the base plate 4, is paper-based, in particular purely paper-based.

[0031] In Fig. 2 An exploded view of an embodiment of a household appliance packaging 3 is shown. In particular, this household appliance packaging 3 has the already explained base plate 4. The household appliance packaging 3 can also have additional other components. In particular, this base plate 4 in the embodiment is completely paper-based and thus has a paper-based construction only. In the embodiment, the base plate 4 has a wall 5. The wall 5 here has a cover layer 6 and a first additional layer 7 arranged underneath. In the embodiment, it can be provided that a further, second additional layer 8 is arranged and is a component of the wall 5. This is arranged in particular underneath the first additional layer 7. Preferably, these three layers, namely the cover layer 6 and the additional layers 7 and 8, are stacked congruently on top of one another. They can, as shown in Fig. 2 As shown, they can be separate and distinct individual layers. However, they can also be formed as a single piece, joined by bend lines at adjacent side edges.

[0032] The cover layer 6 is preferably formed with cavities. In particular, it can be corrugated cardboard. In one embodiment, the additional layers 7 and 8 can also be formed with cavities. These can also be corrugated cardboard.

[0033] In the exemplary embodiment, the base plate 4 also has a base 9. This base is plate-like. It is particularly solid and therefore not made of corrugated cardboard or the like. However, it is also possible for this base 9 to be formed with cavities and, for example, be a sandwich plate with a honeycomb core.

[0034] This base 9 is designed here as a flat plate. It is separate from the cover layer 6 and the two additional layers 7 and 8 preferably provided here. In the assembled state of the base plate 4, the ensemble of the cover layer 6 and the additional layers 7 and 8 rests on this base 9, in particular, is arranged directly on it.

[0035] In the exemplary embodiment, the base plate 4 further comprises a trough-like or box-like enclosure 10. In the assembled state, the preferably present base as well as the cover layer 6 and the additional layers 7 and 8 are accommodated in this enclosure. This enclosure 10 has a bottom 10a and side walls 10b. Furthermore, this enclosure 10 has strip-like covers 10c. These strip-like covers 10c have a width b of between 30 mm and 50 mm, in particular between 35 mm and 45 mm, in particular between 38 mm and 42 mm. This also enables stable mounting of the elements of the base plate 4 accommodated in this trough-like enclosure 10.

[0036] In addition, Fig. 2 It can be seen that the additional layers 7 and 8 have hole-like recesses 7a, 7b, 7c, and 7d, as well as 8a, 8b, 8c, and 8d. These are intended to accommodate a respective local base part of the household appliance 2 that extends downwards in a raised manner. These local base parts can, for example, be feet or supports of the household appliance 2. These recesses 7a to 8d are preferably geometrically designed so that these feet can be accommodated with a precise fit.

[0037] In addition, Fig. 2 shown that the cover layer 6 also has local areas formed as cover areas 6a, 6b, 6c and 6d. When placed on top of each other, these cover areas 6a to 6d are located directly above the recesses 7a, 8a, 7b, 8b, 7c, 8c and 7d, 8d, which are arranged congruently and in alignment with each other. Fig. 2 An enlarged view of a portion of the enclosure 10 is also shown, depicting a corner area. It is possible that the covers 10c are connected to each other at this corner area, for example, by plug-in connections. This allows a purely paper-based connection to be created at this corner area as well.

[0038] In Fig. 3 is a perspective view of a portion of the base plate 4 according to Fig. 2 shown in assembled condition. As already shown in Fig. 2 As can be seen, the top layer 6 and the additional layers 7 and 8 have additional holes 6e, 7e, and 8e that are completely enclosed or completely circumferentially delimited. These can also be referred to as additional recesses. They can be through-holes or perforations, as shown here. It is also possible that the recess formed in the lowest additional layer 8, for example, is not designed as a through-hole 8e, but as a blind hole.

[0039] These holes 6e, 7e, and 8e are also arranged congruently with each other when the cover layer 6 is placed on the additional layers 7 and 8 and these three layers are stacked. This allows a base assembly of the household appliance 2, additional to the base parts, to be accommodated in a countersunk manner.

[0040] In Fig. 3 An example of a locally downwardly projecting base part 11 is shown, which here is a foot or a base. In Fig. 3 It can also be seen that the cover area 6b has a predetermined separation point 12. In the exemplary embodiment, this is formed by two lines 13 and 14, which are particularly straight here and particularly perpendicular to one another. They therefore form a cross here. These lines 13 and 14 can be completely severed lines. However, they can also be perforated lines. They therefore represent defined weak points in the material at which a directed or defined separation occurs when a force is applied from above, in particular when the base part 11 is placed on from above and pressed downwards with a force. As a result, the cover area 6b is opened in a defined manner, in particular over the size of the area of ​​the holes formed underneath according to the recesses 7b and 8b. The base part 11 can thus be countersunk with precision.Due to the cover area 6b then being pushed through and severed, the thickness of this cover layer 6 additionally contributes to the depth of the entire recess, which is then formed here by the recesses 7b, 8b and the thickness or height of the cover layer 6.

[0041] In Fig. 4 is the representation in Fig. 3 shown, but in a perspective sectional view along section line IV-IV. As can be seen, the cover layer 6 here is designed with cavities, as already explained above. In particular, the cover layer 6 here is corrugated cardboard.

[0042] In Fig. 4 It can also be seen that the wave patterns of the corrugated cardboard are oriented differently according to the cover layer 6, compared to the wave patterns of the additional layers 7 and 8 located underneath. In particular, the wave patterns are oriented at an angle of 90° to each other.

[0043] In Fig. 5 the representation is in accordance with Fig. 4 shown, however, in a situation in which the base part 11 is already pressed into the cover layer 6 in the area of ​​the cover region 6b. The predetermined separation point 12 is already partially severed and thus torn open.

[0044] Based on the Fig. 5 Once the packaging state has been reached, further lowering of the household appliance 2 and thus further pressing in of the base part 11 will result in a state according to Fig. 6 reached. Here, the predetermined separation point 12 has already been completely severed, and the base part 11 has been sunk into the recesses 7b and 8b. The final, packaged, position-fixed state of the household appliance 2 on the base plate 4 is then achieved.

[0045] The base part 11 is in Fig. 4 , 5 and 6 as well as in the following Fig. 7 not shown cut. In Fig. 6 The cover area 6b is therefore no longer present and the cover layer 6 is thus completely pushed through at this point. The partial elements or partial tabs of this cover area 6d formed by the severed predetermined breaking point 12 are pushed to the side and pressed against the boundary edges of the recesses 7b and 8b. They can also be pressed together as a result. The entire recess is therefore formed by the recesses 7b, 8b and then by the thickness of the cover layer 6 in the area of ​​the now removed cover area 6b. Thus, for the entire height of the overall recess, the holes in the cover layer 6 and the two additional layers 7 and 8 represent partial recesses which, when added together, contribute to the overall recess.

[0046] In Fig. 7 the arrangement is in accordance with Fig. 6 shown, whereby a base group 15 of the household appliance 2 is also shown here. This base group 15 is partially recessed into the additional recess already explained.

[0047] The explanations explained here for the corner area with the recesses 7b and 8b and the cover area 6b apply accordingly to the preferably present additional recesses 7a, 8a and the cover area 6a, the recesses 7c and 8c and the cover area 6c, and the recesses 7d and 8d and the cover area 6d. This configuration is provided particularly for four such base parts 11, in particular four such feet. Bezugszeichenliste

[0048] 1Household appliance system 2Household appliance 3Household appliance packaging 4Base plate 5Wall 6Cover layer 6aCover area 6bCover area 6cCover area 6dCover area 6eHole 7Additional layer 7aRecess 7bRecess 7cRecess 7dRecess 7eHole 8Additional layer 8aRecess 8bRecess 8cRecess 8dRecess 8eHole 9Base 10Fender 10aFloor 10bSide walls 10cCovers 11Base section 12Predetermined breaking point 13Line 14Line 15Base assembly

Claims

1. Household appliance packaging (3), with a base plate (4) which is at least partially paper-based, wherein the base plate (4) has a paper-based cover layer (6) and at least one paper-based additional layer (7, 8) arranged underneath, wherein the additional layer (7, 8) has a recess (7a, 8a, 7b, 8b, 7c, 8c, 7d, 8d) for a centering, in particular precisely fitting, reception of a base part (11) of a household appliance (2), wherein the recess (7a, 8a, 7b, 8b, 7c, 8c, 7d, 8d) is covered by the cover layer (6) with a cover region (6a, 6b, 6c, 6d) when the household appliance (2) is not yet loaded, wherein the cover region (6a, 6b, 6c, 6d) has at least one predetermined separation point (12).

2. Household appliance packaging (3) according to claim 1, wherein the predetermined separation point (12) is at least one line in which the material of the cover layer (6) is at least weakened, so that when force is applied by a base part (11) of the household appliance (2) during packaging, the cover layer (6) can be severed in a defined manner at the predetermined separation point (12).

3. Household appliance packaging (3) according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the predetermined separation point (12) has at least one line (13, 14) which completely severes the cover layer (6).

4. Household appliance packaging (3) according to one of the preceding claims, wherein the predetermined separation point (12) has at least one line (13, 14) perforating the cover layer (6).

5. Household appliance packaging (3) according to one of the preceding claims, wherein the predetermined separation point (12) has a plurality of lines (13, 14) which form a cross or a star.

6. Household appliance packaging (3) according to one of the preceding claims, wherein a center point (M) of the intended separation point (12), in particular one of several lines (13, 14) forming the intended separation point (12), is arranged centrally or substantially centrally to the surface of the recess (7a, 8a, 7b, 8b, 7c, 8c, 7d, 8d).

7. Household appliance packaging (3) according to one of the preceding claims, wherein the cover layer (6) has at least one layer which is a corrugated cardboard.

8. Household appliance packaging (3) according to claim 7, wherein the cover layer (6) has at least two non-detachably connected supports, each of which is a corrugated cardboard.

9. Household appliance packaging (3) according to one of the preceding claims, wherein the at least one additional layer (7, 8) has at least one layer which is a corrugated cardboard.

10. Household appliance packaging (3) according to one of the preceding claims 7 to 9, wherein the orientation of the wave patterns in at least one layer of the cover layer (6) is different from the orientation of the wave patterns in at least one layer of the additional layer (7, 8).

11. Household appliance packaging (3) according to one of the preceding claims, wherein the base plate (4) has a plate-like base (9) on which the cover layer (6) and the at least one additional layer (7, 8) are applied.

12. Household appliance packaging (3) according to one of the preceding claims, wherein the base (9), in particular only, is paper-based.

13. Household appliance packaging (3) according to one of the preceding claims 11 or 12, wherein the cover layer (6) and the additional layer (7, 8) have an additional recess (6e, 7e, 8e) which is separate from the recess (7a, 8a, 7b, 8b, 7c, 8c, 7d, 8d) and which is designed for, in particular, a precisely fitting, countersinking of a base group (15) of the household appliance (2), wherein this additional recess (6e, 7e, 8e) is covered from below by the base (9).

14. Household appliance packaging (3) according to one of the preceding claims, wherein the base plate (4) has a, in particular only paper-based, in particular single-layer, border (10), with which at least the cover layer (6) is covered laterally and in regions from above, and the additional layer (7, 8) is covered from the side, in particular the border (10) forms a lower flat closure of the base plate (4).

15. Household appliance system (1) with a household appliance (2) and with a household appliance packaging (3) according to one of the preceding claims, with which the household appliance (2) is packaged.

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