CONTAINER

• Main Authors: ASIT MOHDA, WILLIAM JOHN DAVIS
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; Spanish
• Published: 08.06.2009
• Subjects: ACCESSORIES, CLOSURES, OR FITTINGS THEREFOR; CONTAINERS FOR STORAGE OR TRANSPORT OF ARTICLES OR MATERIALS,e.g. BAGS, BARRELS, BOTTLES, BOXES, CANS, CARTONS, CRATES,DRUMS, JARS, TANKS, HOPPERS, FORWARDING CONTAINERS; CONVEYING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL; MAKING ARTICLES OF PAPER, CARDBOARD OR MATERIAL WORKED IN A MANNERANALOGOUS TO PAPER; MAKING CONTAINERS OF PAPER, CARDBOARD OR MATERIAL WORKED IN AMANNER ANALOGOUS TO PAPER; PACKAGES; PACKAGING ELEMENTS; PACKING; PERFORMING OPERATIONS; STORING; TRANSPORTING; WORKING PAPER, CARDBOARD OR MATERIAL WORKED IN A MANNER ANALOGOUSTO PAPER

A confectionery container (11 ) is constructed from one or more pieces of foldable material (10, Figure 1). A first end is closed by a wall (32) incorporating at least part of a dispensing chute (35) movable between an open position for the dispensing of items and a closed position for the containment of items within the container. The first end wall (32) comprises two or more end closure flaps (28, 29) arranged such that they can be assembled into the first end wall after the items have been introduced into a partially formed container through the first end (32). The chute (35) may have a base (36) and a pair of side walls (12a, 14a), at least one of the side walls (12a, 14a) having a leading edge (39) which contacts a side wall (55) of the container to limit opening movement of the chute. The container (11) is preferably formed from a unitary blank (10, Figure 1) and the container side walls may have inner panels (12, 13, 14, and 15) and outer panels (16, 17, 18, and 19). A method of constructing the container is also disclosed. Un recipiente para confitería (11) se construye a partir de una o más piezas de material plegable (10, Figura 1). Un primer extremo se cierra por una pared (32) que incorpora al menos parte de un canal de descarga para distribución (35) movible entre una posición abierta para la distribución de artículos y una posición cerrada para el confinamiento de artículos dentro del recipiente. La pared del primer extremo (32) comprende dos o más solapas de cierre de extremo (28, 29) dispuestas de tal manera que puedan ensamblarse en la pared del primer extremo después de que los artículos se han introducido a través del primer extremo (32) en un recipiente parcialmente formado. El canal de descarga (35) puede tener una base (36) y un par de paredes laterales (12a, 14a), al menos una de las paredes laterales (12a, 14a) teniendo un borde anterior (39) que contacta una pared lateral (55) del recipiente para limitar el movimiento de apertura del canal de descarga. El recipiente (11) preferiblemente se forma a partir de una plantilla unitaria (10, Figura 1) y las paredes laterales del recipiente pueden tener paneles internos (12, 13, 14, y 15) y paneles externos (16, 17, 18, y 19). También se da a conocer un método para construir el recipiente.