Packaging unit
AssigneeMelitta Single Portions GmbH & Co. KG
InventorsKerstin Fernandes De Carvalho, Jan Pahnke, Gerold Schandl, Holger Feldmann
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Abstract
A packaging unit for portioned packaging for the production of drinks, includes a carrier having multiple strips arranged at an angle to one another and on which respective recesses are formed for introducing a respective portioned packaging. The carrier has a tubular shape and the recesses of two neighboring strips are arranged in an offset to one another in a longitudinal direction of the strips. In this way, the portioned packaging can be arranged in a protected manner and in an efficient orientation in the packaging unit.
Claims13
A packaging unit for portion packs for a production of beverages, comprising a carrier having a plurality of strips arranged at an angle to one another, wherein each strip includes receptacles formed therein for the insertion of a respective portion pack and the packaging unit additionally includes a barrier including a plurality of individual layers arranged on the carrier for enclosing a respective one of the portion packs in the receptacles of the packaging unit, and wherein the carrier has a tubular shape and a triangular cross-section, the receptacles of two adjacent strips are arranged offset to one another in a longitudinal direction of the strips, and each receptacle is one of pot-shaped, bowl-shaped, cone-shaped, shaped as a truncated cone, pyramid-shaped and shaped as a truncated pyramid to match a corresponding shape of a respective portion pack to be inserted into the packaging unit.
A packaging unit for portion packs for a production of beverages, comprising:
- a carrier having a plurality of strips arranged at an angle to one another, wherein each strip includes receptacles formed therein for the insertion of a respective portion pack and the packaging unit additionally includes a barrier including a plurality of individual layers arranged on the carrier for enclosing a respective one of the portion packs in the receptacles of the packaging unit, wherein the carrier has a tubular shape, the receptacles of two adjacent strips are arranged offset to one another in a longitudinal direction of the strips, each receptacle is one of pot-shaped, bowl-shaped, cone-shaped, shaped as a truncated cone, pyramid-shaped and shaped as a truncated pyramid to match a corresponding shape of a respective portion pack to be inserted into the packaging unit, and wherein all the receptacles together have a volume that is at least 25% of the total volume of the tubular carrier.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.