Packaging a wiper blade

Abstract

Title: Packaging for a windshield wiper blade The packaging comprises a box (20) having at least one viewing opening (22), at least one viewing window (30) and an insert, the viewing window (30) being made of a transparent cellulosic material at least in part and closing the viewing opening (22) of the box (20), the box (20) being formed as a support frame for the viewing window (30), the insert having external dimensions which essentially correspond to the internal volume of the box (20). A windshield wiper blade is inserted into the box (20). Figure for abstract: Fig. 1

Description

Title of the invention: Packaging for a windshield wiper blade State of the art

[0001] The present invention relates to a packaging for a windshield wiper blade.

[0002] Known in the prior art are wiper blade packages which have a box and an insert, the insert being arranged to receive a wiper blade and to be inserted into the box.

[0003] The boxes are often in the state of the art such that they completely surround the part to be inserted and the brush in the packaged state.

[0004] Also known in the state of the art are so-called blister packs, in which the broom is, for example, completely surrounded by a transparent plastic material. Alternatively, blister packs are known in which one rear side of the pack is made of cardboard and the other sides of the pack are made of a transparent plastic material. Statement of the invention

[0005] The present invention provides a packaging for a windscreen wiper blade in which the windscreen wiper may be in particular a windscreen wiper for a window of a vehicle (e.g. for a rear window or a front windscreen). The blade is for example a blade which consists of a spring blade and a wiping rubber and, if appropriate, other components.

[0006] The packaging has a box having at least one viewing opening, at least one viewing window and an insert, also referred to in English as a "tray", in which the viewing window is made of a transparent cellulosic material at least in part and the viewing opening closes the box. For this purpose, the viewing window is connected to the box in a material-cooperative manner, for example by means of an adhesive.

[0007] A stamping of the viewing opening of the box is advantageously fixed depending on the need for rigidity of the box and depending on the desire to see the wiper through the viewing opening. The need for rigidity is prescribed for example by a minimum rigidity of the box which is necessary for an assembly of the box in a machine and / or manual manufacturing stage.

[0008] It will be noted that the necessary rigidity of the box can be provided completely by the box itself or in combination with the viewing window in the mounted state of the viewing window on the box.

[0009] The necessary rigidity of the box can be achieved for example by appropriate fixing of an opening surface and / or a shape and / or a position arrangement and / or a distance from the viewing opening to respective edges of the box.

[0010] The box is further formed as a support frame for the viewing window so that the viewing window does not have to be self-supporting and can be made flexible with respect to thickness and / or rigidity.

[0011] The insert has external dimensions which essentially correspond to an internal volume of the box. Furthermore, the insert is arranged to receive the brush by means of an internal shape corresponding to the brush and to be inserted into the box together with the brush.

[0012] The packaging according to the invention for a windscreen wiper blade offers the particular advantage that, by using a transparent cellulosic material at least in part for the viewing window, due to its possibility of biological decomposition, a particularly environmentally friendly disposal of at least the viewing window is made possible, while at the same time a view of at least part of the blade housed in the packaging is made possible. It is particularly advantageous if the entire packaging or at least a large part of the packaging is made of biologically decomposable materials so as to provide a particularly environmentally friendly overall packaging for a windscreen wiper blade.

[0013] By the fact that the box according to the invention is constituted as a support frame for the viewing window, a particularly great flexibility of the conformation of the viewing window is obtained which can have, by the constitution in cellulose material, if necessary a fairly small rigidity, thanks to which the viewing window itself can not contribute or contribute only to a small extent to an overall stability of the packaging.

[0014] In a particularly advantageous manner, the box is made of cardboard and / or natural fibers to enable particularly environmentally friendly disposal of the packaging. Furthermore, the box is preferably formed as a fold-over box and / or as a stamped part with a glue tab. It is even more preferred to form the box in the assembled state as a parallelepiped. Particularly in connection with a conformation of the box in the form of a fold-over box, the minimum rigidity of the box described above takes on particular importance, since the minimum rigidity advantageously ensures that the box, during manufacture, can be transformed sufficiently quickly and / or with the smallest possible deformation of the box into a state, for example, a parallelepiped.In other words, by means of an appropriate minimum rigidity of the box, reliable manual and / or automated folding of the folding box into the intended state of the box is made possible.

[0015] In an advantageous embodiment of the present invention, the distance from the viewing opening to the respective edges of the box is at least 0.5 cm, preferably 1 cm and even more preferably 1.5 cm. This can ensure, among other things, the function of the box as a support frame for the viewing window and / or the rigidity necessary for the assembly of the box.

[0016] In another advantageous embodiment of the present invention, the viewing opening has at least a first viewing opening and a second viewing opening arranged at a distance from the first viewing opening, in which the two viewing openings are separated from each other by a solid part provided in the box. The solid part advantageously has a predefined minimum width, which is set according to a necessary rigidity of the box and / or the packaging. The use of neighboring viewing windows consequently makes it possible to have a better view of the entire wiper blade in the packaging, while at the same time the supporting frame function of the box remains preserved. It should be noted that the viewing window can in such a case be a single viewing window, which covers two viewing openings. Alternatively, it is also possible to close each viewing opening with a respective individually produced viewing window..

[0017] A width of the solid part between respective neighboring viewing openings is at least 0.5 cm, preferably at least 1 cm and even more preferably at least 1.5 cm. It is also possible to consider additionally reinforcing the solid part, preferably on an inner face of the box, by means of a material of the box and / or a material different therefrom.

[0018] It is particularly preferred that the packaging is arranged in such a way as to package the wiper in a pre-stressed state of a spring blade of the wiper and / or to ensure by a rigidity of the box that forces, in particular applied to the box, which are produced by the pre-stressed state of the spring blade, of between 10 N and 20 N, preferably between 14 N and 18 N, do not cause substantially any deformations visible from the outside of the box. By does not cause substantially any deformations visible from the outside is meant that the box can undergo small deformations, for example lateral surface pre-bendings, which do not impair the basic stability of the packaging and / or impair only to a permissible extent the optical requirements imposed on the packaging and / or do not impair a stacking possibility and / or a transport possibility etc. of the packaging.An admissible deformation of the packaging may be, for example, a pre-bending of one or more side surfaces of up to 2 mm, preferably up to 1 mm and even more preferably up to 0.5 mm without being limited to the values ​​mentioned.

[0019] In another advantageous embodiment of the present invention, the box and / or the viewing window and / or the insert and / or an adhesive for assembling the box and / or an adhesive for fixing the viewing window in the area of ​​the viewing opening is made of biologically decomposable materials. In a particularly advantageous embodiment, all of the above-dimensioned parts of the packaging are made of biologically decomposable materials, so that the packaging as a whole can advantageously be sent for disposal such as composting without having to separate individual components in advance.

[0020] A length of the box is advantageously in the range of 55 cm to 100 cm without being limited to such a length.

[0021] A length of the opening between 5 cm and 30 cm, preferably between 10 cm and 25 cm and even more preferably between 18 cm and 22 cm is further advantageous. Alternatively or additionally, a width of the viewing opening is between 1 cm and 5 cm, preferably between 2 cm and 4 cm and even more preferably between 2.5 cm and 3.5 cm. By the above values ​​of the length and width of the viewing opening, a particularly advantageous overall stability of the packaging and a sufficient view of the packaged wiper blade can be achieved.

[0022] Brief description of the drawings

[0023] Exemplary embodiments of the invention are described in detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings. In the drawing:

[0024] [Fig. 1] represents a first example of embodiment of a packaging according to the invention for a windshield wiper blade;

[0025] [Fig.2] represents a second example of embodiment of a packaging according to the invention for a windshield wiper blade and;

[0026] [Fig. 3] represents an exemplary embodiment of a box of the packaging according to the invention in connection with two viewing windows.

[0027] Embodiments of the invention

[0028] [Fig. 1] represents a first example of embodiment of a packaging according to the invention for a blade 10 of a windscreen wiper and in particular of a windscreen wiper for a windscreen and / or a rear window of a vehicle, which is for example a passenger vehicle or a truck.

[0029] The package has a cardboard box 20 having a viewing opening 22, a viewing window 30 and an insert 40, wherein the viewing window 30 is made of a transparent cellulosic material and closes the viewing opening 22 of the cardboard box 20. For this purpose, the viewing window is fixed to the cardboard box 20 by means of an adhesive (not shown), the adhesive being deposited during the manufacture of the package on one side inner side of the cardboard box 20 around the viewing opening 22, in order to fix the viewing window 30 to the inner face of the cardboard box 20.

[0030] The cardboard box 20, which is preferably formed in the form of a foldable box, is formed as a support frame for the viewing window 30, by the fact that the distance from the viewing opening 22 to the respective edges of the cardboard box 20 is in this embodiment exemplary 1 cm in order to ensure the stability or rigidity necessary for this purpose of the cardboard box 20.

[0031] A length of the viewing opening 22 here corresponds to 20 cm, while a width of the viewing opening 22 here corresponds to 3 cm. A length of the cardboard box 20 here corresponds to 55 cm.

[0032] The insert 40, which is made of a bio-fiber material, has external dimensions that essentially correspond to an internal volume of the cardboard box 20. Furthermore, the insert 40 is arranged to receive the wiper blade 10 by means of an internal shape corresponding to the wiper blade 10 and to be inserted together with the wiper blade 10 into the cardboard box 20.

[0033] Based on the configuration described above, the packaging of the broom 10 is made of biologically decomposable packaging, which makes particularly environmentally friendly disposal possible.

[0034] [Fig.2] represents a second example of embodiment of a packaging according to the invention for a blade 10 of a windshield wiper.

[0035] Compared to the first embodiment shown in [Fig. 1], the box 20, which is also formed here in the form of a cardboard box, has a first viewing opening 22 and a second viewing opening 24 arranged in the vicinity of the first viewing opening 22, in which the two viewing openings 22, 24 are separated by a solid part 26 of the box 20, for example 1.5 cm wide.

[0036] The viewing openings 22, 24 are closed by means of a viewing window 30 formed continuously on the inner face of the box 20, the viewing window 30 being made of a transparent cellulosic material.

[0037] [Fig. 2] further shows a brush 10 which is inserted by means of an insert (not shown) into the box 20. The brush 10 has a spring blade, which is housed here in a prestressed state in the packaging. Since the brush 10 is inserted laterally into the box 20, pressure forces 60, which could cause deformation of the box 20, are applied to the insert and the box 20. By maintaining a rigidity of the box 20, however, this deformation is prevented.

[0038] [Fig. 3] shows an exemplary embodiment of a box 20 of the packaging according to the invention in connection with two viewing windows 22, 24, in which respectively separate viewing windows 30 made of a transparent cellulosic material are glued and which are separated by a solid part 26 of the box 20 to increase the stability of the box 20.

[0039] The box 20 which is formed in the form of a fold box is here shown in a state in which the box 20 has been stamped from a cardboard sheet and is in an unassembled state.

[0040] By means of a tab 50 of glue, opposite sides of the box 20 are then glued and the box 20 is folded into a parallelepiped body forming a volume, to then be able to receive a part 40 to be inserted shown in [Fig.l] with a wiper blade 10 inserted.

Claims

Claims

1. Packaging for a windscreen wiper blade (10) comprising: - a box (20) having at least one viewing opening (22), - at least one viewing window (30) and - an insert (40) in which - the viewing window (30) is made of an at least partially transparent cellulosic material and the viewing opening (22) closes the box (20) - the box (20) is formed as a support frame for the viewing window (30) - the insert (40) - has external dimensions which essentially correspond to an internal volume of the box (20) and - is arranged to receive the blade (10) by means of an internal shape corresponding to the blade (10) and to be inserted together with the blade (10) into the box (20).

2. Packaging according to claim 1, wherein the box (20) - is made of cardboard and / or - made of natural fibers and / or - in the form of a pleated box and / or - is in the assembled state in the form of a parallelepiped and / or - is made in the form of a stamped part having a glue tab which is provided.

3. Packaging according to one of the preceding claims, wherein a distance of the viewing opening (22) from the respective edges of the box (20) is at least 0.5 cm, preferably 1 cm and even more preferably 1.5 cm.

4. Packaging according to one of the preceding claims, wherein the viewing opening has at least a first viewing opening (22) and a second viewing opening (24) arranged at a distance from the first viewing opening (22), wherein the two viewing openings (22, 24) are separated from each other by a solid part (26) provided in the box (20).

5. A package according to claim 4, wherein a width of the solid portion (26) between the respective adjacent viewing openings (22, 24) is at least 0.5 cm, preferably at least 1 cm and even more preferably at least 1.5 cm.

6. Packaging according to one of the preceding claims, wherein - the packaging is designed to package the wiper (10) in a prestressed state of a spring leaf of the wiper (10) and / or - it is ensured by a rigidity of the box (20) that forces (60) applied to the box (20) of between 10 N and 20 N, preferably between 14 N and 18 N, essentially do not cause any visible deformation towards the outside of the box (20).

7. Packaging according to one of the preceding claims, wherein the box (20) and / or the viewing window (30) and / or the insert (40) and / or an adhesive for assembling the box (20) and / or an adhesive for fixing the viewing window (30) in the part of the viewing opening (22) are made of a biologically decomposable material.

8. A package according to one of the preceding claims, wherein a length of the box (20) is in the range of 55 cm to 100 cm.

9. Packaging according to one of the preceding claims, wherein - a length of the viewing opening (22) is between 5 cm and 30 cm, preferably between 10 cm and 25 cm and even more preferably between 18 cm and 22 cm and / or - a width of the viewing opening (22) is between 1 cm and 5 cm, preferably between 2 cm and 4 cm and even more preferably between 2.5 cm and 3.5 cm.

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