Domestic appliance system having a domestic appliance and packaging with local Anti-slip regions

Abstract

One aspect of the invention relates to a domestic appliance system (1) having a domestic appliance (2) and packaging (3) in which the domestic appliance (2) is packed, wherein the packaging (3) is paper-based, wherein the packaging (3) has a paper-based base material (8) on the inner side (8a) of which, which faces the domestic appliance (2), an additional material is applied only to local regions (9) of said inner side (8a), the additional material having a higher coefficient of friction than the base material (8).

Description

[0001] Household appliance system with a household appliance and packaging with local anti-slip areas

[0002] One aspect of the invention relates to a household appliance system comprising at least one household appliance and a packaging in which the household appliance is packaged. The packaging is made of paper. The packaging surrounds the household appliance on the outside, at least in some areas.

[0003] 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 such materials is typically very stiff and bulky. Furthermore, there is a disadvantage regarding the recyclability of such packaging, which contains expanded polystyrene throughout, also for environmental reasons.

[0004] Paper-based packaging is more advantageous in this regard. It can also be thinner, thus reducing the bulkiness of such a household appliance system. With paper-based packaging, the inherent rigidity can be reduced, particularly compared to expanded polystyrene. Furthermore, paper-based packaging allows for greater relative mobility of the household appliance in its packaged state to this packaging. This can lead to undesirable relative movements of the household appliance to the packaging, for example, during transport and / or loading of the household appliance system. With paper-based packaging, the surface properties of the packaging can differ from those of other materials, particularly compared to expanded polystyrene.

[0005] It is an object of the present invention to provide a household appliance system in which a positionally secure arrangement of a household appliance is possible in a paper-based packaging.

[0006] This object is achieved by a household appliance system according to the features of claim 1. One aspect of the invention relates to a household appliance system comprising at least one household appliance and a packaging in which the household appliance is packaged. The packaging is paper-based. The packaging surrounds the household appliance on the outside, at least in some areas.

[0007] The packaging comprises a paper-based base material. On the inside of the base material, which faces the household appliance, an additional material is applied, in particular only in localized areas of the inside, which additional material has a higher coefficient of friction than the base material. Such a household appliance system now makes it possible to provide relatively environmentally friendly packaging that is also particularly easy to recycle. Furthermore, with this paper-based packaging, it can be ensured that the household appliance is securely held in the packaging. It is precisely this additional material, which is different from the paper material and is then only locally fixed and applied directly to the base material, that can significantly reduce any undesirable relative movement of the household appliance to the packaging.This ensures that the household appliance is positioned more securely in such paper-based packaging, even when the household appliance system is moved, for example during loading or transport.

[0008] In one embodiment, the additional material is applied in local areas that, at least in part, directly touch the household appliance in its packaged state. This enables the household appliance to be particularly slip-resistant. Nevertheless, such local areas of additional material are sufficient, allowing the additional material to be used very sparingly. Precisely those areas where there is direct contact between the packaging and the household appliance can thus be partially covered with this additional material, ensuring that the household appliance remains securely in place and is particularly slip-resistant within the packaging.

[0009] In one embodiment, the additional material is designed as a hot-melt adhesive. This is a very advantageous embodiment. A hot-melt adhesive is, on the one hand, simple and quick to apply in terms of production technology. Furthermore, it can be applied very precisely to the base material. Furthermore, when solidified, it exhibits a very high coefficient of friction. Furthermore, this material is particularly gentle on the household appliance. This, in turn, has advantages when the hot-melt adhesive is in direct contact with the household appliance, achieving particularly high slip resistance. This also makes it particularly advantageous to prevent unwanted damage to the exterior of the household appliance caused by the additional material.Furthermore, the recyclability of the packaging is particularly advantageous due to this type of additional material, since the solidified hot melt adhesive can be easily separated from the base material.

[0010] Such a specific additional material is also advantageous because it is very small, especially compared to the base material. The additional material therefore only minimally increases the packaging size.

[0011] In one embodiment, the additional material comprises an adhesive based on ethylene-vinyl acetate. This also supports the aforementioned advantages. It is particularly advantageous if the additional material is a hot-melt adhesive based on ethylene-vinyl acetate.

[0012] In one embodiment, the additional material is formed in a local area as a pattern with multiple additional material elements. Such structuring can significantly minimize the amount of additional material required, while at the same time achieving particularly high slip resistance of the household appliance on the packaging. However, by using several smaller additional material elements, a larger local area can be covered with the additional material. This also supports the slip resistance of the household appliance in the packaging in specific local areas.

[0013] In one embodiment, the filler material elements are arranged separately from one another in a local area. Thus, the filler elements are separate, self-contained pieces of the overall structure that are not in contact with each other. This allows for the creation of a wide variety of such patterns, and the need for filler material can be further reduced. Furthermore, the application of such filler material in several separate filler material elements is also particularly easy. This allows for a very simple pattern of the filler material.

[0014] In one embodiment, the additional material elements are of equal size and / or have identical geometries in a local area. This allows for a very uniform pattern. The additional material elements then preferably each have the same effect with regard to slip resistance.

[0015] In another embodiment, it can be provided that the additional material elements are of different sizes and / or have different geometries when viewed in a local area. This allows for individual packaging situations, in particular the individual geometries of the exterior of a household appliance, to be taken into account in order to achieve the most homogeneous possible application of the additional material to the exterior of the household appliance, even across the entire local area, and to then also be able to provide these additional material elements with the most uniform possible functionality with regard to slip resistance between the packaging and the household appliance.

[0016] In one embodiment, the additional material elements can comprise lines and / or dots. Lines can be straight or curved without corners. In other embodiments, the lines can also be non-straight and jagged or have another angular shape. This type of additional material element design can be realized very precisely and in a variety of ways using the aforementioned hot melt adhesive. This also allows for the additionally minimal use of additional material to be achieved very advantageously.

[0017] In one exemplary embodiment, at least one local region is formed on a side wall of the packaging and / or at least one local region is formed on a bottom wall of the packaging. By attaching it to a side wall, a relative movement of the household appliance to the packaging in the vertical direction can be at least significantly reduced in a particularly advantageous manner. When attached to the inside of the bottom wall, a horizontal displacement, in particular in a horizontal plane and thus in the width direction and in the height direction of the household appliance system, can be at least significantly reduced. By means of the corresponding configuration, a significantly improved slip prevention of the household appliance relative to the packaging in the packaged state is achieved, in particular in all three spatial directions.

[0018] In one embodiment, a layer thickness of the additional material on the base material can be less than or equal to 3 mm, in particular between 0.1 mm and 3.0 mm. In particular, all intermediate values ​​in 0.1 mm increments and all thus possible upper and lower interval limits are also to be considered disclosed. Especially when the additional material is a hot melt adhesive, such low and thin layers of the additional material can be produced, which nevertheless enable very high slip resistance of the household appliance in the paper-based packaging due to the high coefficient of friction.

[0019] The additional material is preferably fixedly attached to the base material. This means in particular that the additional material is firmly bonded, particularly mechanically, to the base material. For example, in the case of the hot melt adhesive mentioned, this is achieved by applying the material of the hot melt adhesive in a molten state locally to the surface of the base material, in particular the paper material, and upon solidification, this strong mechanical bond forms between the hot melt adhesive and the paper material. A paper-based base material can be pure paper or, for example, also cardboard. Furthermore, the base material can also be multi-layered, with individual layers having a corrugated and / or honeycomb shape. For example, the base material can be made of corrugated cardboard or honeycomb panels.

[0020] Embodiments of the invention are explained in more detail below with reference to schematic drawings. They show:

[0021] Fig. 1 is a schematic perspective view of an embodiment of a household appliance system according to the invention;

[0022] Fig. 2 is a schematic representation of a sub-element of a paper-based

[0023] Packaging with applied additional material; and Fig. 3 is a perspective view of another part of a packaging in which an additional material is applied to the paper-based base material.

[0024] In the figures, identical or functionally identical elements are provided with the same reference symbols.

[0025] Fig. 1 shows a perspective schematic representation of an embodiment of a household appliance system 1. The household appliance system 1 has a household appliance 2. This can be, for example, a household appliance for caring for laundry items, such as a washing machine or a tumble dryer or a washer-dryer. However, it is also possible for the household appliance 2 to be, for example, a dishwasher or a cooling appliance, such as a refrigerator or a freezer or a fridge-freezer combination appliance. However, the household appliance 2 can also be designed for preparing food and can be, for example, a cooking appliance. In this context, it can be, for example, a steamer or a microwave oven or an oven. The examples of household appliances listed here are not to be understood as exhaustive.

[0026] The household appliance system 1 further comprises packaging 3 which is separate from the household appliance 2. In the packaged state shown in Fig. 1, the packaging 3 at least partially surrounds the household appliance 2. The packaging 3 is paper-based here. The packaging 3 can, for example, have a top wall 4, a bottom wall 5 and side walls 6, 7 and 13. As can be seen, the top wall 4 is trough-shaped and completely covers the top side of the household appliance 2 from above. In addition to or instead of this, the bottom wall 5 can also be trough-shaped or plate-shaped. In terms of surface area, the bottom wall 5 in one embodiment can be as large as the bottom surface of the household appliance 2. Thus, the surface of the bottom of the household appliance 2 is preferably completely covered from below by the bottom wall 5. In the exemplary embodiment, the side walls 6, 7 and 13 are designed as strip elements.Therefore, in one embodiment, they do not completely cover the side walls of the household appliance 2. However, this can also be provided. Fig. 2 shows a schematic representation of an embodiment of such a side wall 7 of the packaging 3. This side wall 7 has a paper-based base material 8. On an inner side 8a of this base material 8, an additional material 10 is applied to local areas 9. For the sake of clarity, this reference symbol of the additional material 10 is assigned only to the upper first local area 9.

[0027] The number, position, and arrangement of the local areas 9 relative to one another are merely examples. In this context, local areas 9 are zones of the inner side 8a that are smaller in area than the entire inner side 8a.

[0028] The inner side 8a faces the household appliance 2 in the packaged state. In particular, it is provided that the side wall 7, which is to be understood here as an example of a packaging part of the packaging 3, rests directly against the household appliance 2. In the example, this side wall 7 rests against an outer side of a side wall 11 of the household appliance 2.

[0029] The additional material 10 has a higher coefficient of friction than the base material 8. The base material 8 is paper-based. This means, in particular, that it can comprise, for example, one layer of paper or even multiple layers of paper. It can therefore also be cardboard or paperboard.

[0030] The additional material 10 is, in particular, a hot-melt adhesive. It may be an adhesive based on ethylene-vinyl acetate. In particular, the hot-melt adhesive may be based on ethylene-vinyl acetate.

[0031] As can be seen in the non-exhaustive examples in Fig. 2, the additional material 10 can be formed as an individual pattern in a local area 9. Such a pattern 12 can have a plurality of additional material elements 10a. The additional material elements 10a can be lines or dots, for example. The lines can be straight or non-straight. Furthermore, an embodiment of the bottom wall 5 is shown in a perspective view in Fig. 3. Here, lines are also applied as additional material 10 to the base material 8 in various local areas 9. By configuring the packaging 3 with the base material 8 and the only locally applied additional material 10 with the higher coefficient of friction, undesired deformations of this base material 8 can be better avoided or at least significantly reduced.

[0032] List of reference symbols

[0033] 1 household appliance system

[0034] 2 household appliances

[0035] 3 Packaging

[0036] 4 Ceiling wall

[0037] 5 floor wall

[0038] 6 Side wall

[0039] 7 Side wall

[0040] 8 Basic material

[0041] 8a inside

[0042] 9 Local area

[0043] 10 Additional material

[0044] 10a Additional material element

[0045] 11 Side wall

[0046] 12 patterns

[0047] 13 Side wall

Claims

Patent claims 1. Household appliance system (1) with a household appliance (2) and with packaging (3) with which the household appliance (2) is packaged, wherein the packaging (3) is paper-based, characterized in that the packaging (3) has a paper-based base material (8), on the inside (8a) of which, which faces the household appliance (2), an additional material (10) is applied only in local areas (9) of the inside (8a), which additional material has a higher coefficient of friction than the base material (8).

2. Household appliance system (1) according to claim 1, characterized in that the additional material (10) is applied in local areas (9) which at least partially lie directly against the household appliance (2).

3. Household appliance system (1) according to claim 1 or 2, characterized in that the additional material (10) is designed as a hot melt adhesive.

4. Household appliance system (1) according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the additional material (10) is an adhesive based on ethylene vinyl acetate.

5. Household appliance system (1) according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the additional material (10) is formed in a local area (9) as a pattern with a plurality of additional material elements (10a).

6. Household appliance system (1) according to claim 5, characterized in that the additional material elements (10a) are arranged separately from one another in a local area (9).

7. Household appliance system (1) according to claim 5 or 6, characterized in that the additional material elements (10a) in a local area (9) are of the same size and / or have the same geometry.

8. Household appliance system (1) according to claim 5 or 6, characterized in that the additional material elements (10a) in a local area (9) are of different sizes and / or have different geometries.

9. Household appliance system (1) according to one of the preceding claims 5 to 8, characterized in that the additional material elements (10a) have lines and / or dots.

10. Household appliance system (1) according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that at least one local area (9) is formed on a side wall (6, 7, 13) of the packaging (3) and / or at least one local area (9) is formed on a bottom wall (5) of the packaging (3).

11. Household appliance system (1) according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that a layer thickness of the additional material (10) on the base material (8) is less than or equal to 3 mm, in particular between 0.1 mm and 3.0 mm.

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