EP4311793B1 - Merchandise hanger, sales product and method of manufacture - Google Patents

Description

The invention relates to a product hanger for hanging products on, for example, a sales stand. Furthermore, the invention relates to a sales product and a manufacturing method.

From the WO99/30982 A1 is a product hanger made of a shrinkable material for hanging goods on a sales stand. WO 2023/099216 A1 (State of the art according to Article 54(3) EPC) discloses a merchandise hanger made of a paper material.

Goods, for example tools for mobile machine tools such as drills, in particular rock drills, chisels, construction consumables such as screws, dowels, nails, fastening elements, packaged construction chemicals or the like, are often hung on sales stands for presentation in sales rooms. For this purpose, the goods are provided with a goods hanger. The goods hanger has a hanging opening, for example in the form of a so-called "Euro hole". Using the hanging opening, the goods hanger and thus the goods can be attached to a hook on the sales stand, for example.

On construction sites, such as building construction sites or civil engineering sites, goods must be separated from the product hanger before first use. Product hangers are often disposed of improperly when goods are unpacked, for example carelessly thrown to the side or on the ground. Given the sheer volume of such goods on construction sites, this results in a significant environmental impact.

The object of the present invention is therefore to provide a way of presenting goods, in particular goods for use on construction sites, on sales stands, whereby environmental risks associated with the packaging of the goods are reduced.

The task is solved by a product hanger with a receiving area, whereby through the receiving area, a receiving space for receiving a product of at least one type of product, for example at least one type of tool for a mobile machine tool or at least one type of construction consumable, is formed in the interior of the receiving space, wherein the receiving area is formed from a winding tube and/or comprises at least one winding tube. According to the invention, the winding tube is formed from a biodegradable material, in particular a cellulose-based material, for example a material containing wood or grass, preferably paper and/or cardboard, and a constriction, for example an inner bulge of the receiving area, is formed in the receiving space.

For this purpose, a winding sleeve can be made from a raw material, in particular a sheet-shaped one. For this purpose, the raw material can be wound so that a sleeve, in particular a tubular one, is formed.

One idea underlying the invention is that winding tubes can be made from a fundamentally environmentally friendly material. However, such environmentally friendly materials often do not have sufficient mechanical properties, at least by nature, to attach goods to them. However, a winding tube offers design parameters through which the mechanical properties of the goods hanger can be adapted to the respective goods to be accommodated in the goods hanger. In particular, the rigidity of the winding tube can be adapted, for example, by the thickness and/or the number of layers, i.e. the windings, of the winding tube.

Another idea is to accommodate the goods in an interior of the winding tube. The goods can be pushed into the winding tube. Preferably, at least one diameter of the goods corresponds to an inner diameter of the winding tube. In this way, at least in sections, a frictional connection and/or a positive connection can exist between the winding tube and the goods.

While previously roll-up goods such as toilet paper were provided using roll-up tubes, the plan is to hold the goods, preferably only partially, in the interior of the roll-up tube. With suitable dimensions and suitable choice of design parameters, a frictional connection and/or a positive connection can be created between the goods hanger and the goods to be held.

Our own investigations have shown that winding cores can surprisingly develop strong holding forces through friction alone.

A particular advantage is that the product hanger can be removed from the product without tools. can be separated. The goods can be pulled out of the receiving area by pulling firmly. This can be particularly efficient on construction sites, for example if a worker does not have to take gloves off and put them on every time or look for a special tool to separate goods, such as a consumer product, from their hanger.

Particularly high levels of rigidity and thus strong holding forces can be achieved if the winding tube is wound in parallel. For example, seven windings, especially parallel ones, can be enough to achieve holding forces of 10 N or more. This means that a product hanger with such a winding tube can safely hold goods weighing around 1 kg or even more.

For example, but not exclusively, if only low holding forces are required, for example for hanging relatively light goods, it is also conceivable that the winding sleeve is wound at an angle, i.e. similar to the usual winding sleeves for toilet paper or the like. Such a winding sleeve can thus be designed as a spiral winding sleeve. A rock drill or a chisel with a small diameter, for example less than 10 millimeters, for example 6 millimeters, and a length of a few centimeters can have a weight of, for example, less than 100 grams, for example between 35 and 45 g. For such a rock drill or chisel, it is therefore also conceivable to use a winding sleeve wound at an angle.

As an environmentally friendly material, the winding tube can be made of a biodegradable material, in particular a cellulose-based material, for example a material containing wood or grass, preferably paper and/or cardboard. The material can generally contain cellulose. It can also comprise material that has already been recycled and/or can be recycled.

In our own investigations, we have not been able to produce a product hanger for goods of at least higher weight, for example for goods weighing 500 g or more, by folding paper or cardboard alone, which remains securely attached to the goods even under the expected rough transport conditions and can permanently provide the necessary holding forces. By using such material in the form of a winding tube, Surprisingly, this was successful.

The goods can be arranged even more securely on the goods hanger if there is a narrowing in the receiving area. For this purpose, the receiving area can have an inner bulge. If, for example, the goods themselves have a narrowing, a particularly stable form fit can form in a contact area between the narrowing and the narrowing.

In order to be able to attach the product hanger and thus the product to standard sales stands or their hooks, the product hanger can have a hanging area with a hanging opening.

Goods, such as the tools mentioned above, can have comparatively small diameters. Since the winding tubes used to produce the product hangers preferably have a similar diameter to these goods, it is recommended that the hanging opening is circular. For larger diameters, however, it is alternatively or additionally conceivable that the hanging opening has an elongated hole. In such cases, the hanging opening can, for example, have a so-called "Euro hole".

The hanging area can be flattened in at least one area. To do this, the hanging area in this area can be pressed together from two opposite sides, for example. In this area, it is then particularly easy to apply a label, for example in the form of an adhesive label.

By selecting one or more design parameters as described above, the receiving area can be designed to accommodate hanging goods weighing at least 0.1 kg, in particular at least 0.5 kg, for example at least 1 kg.

This means that even heavier tools and/or consumables, for example long nails or screws or packaging for several such consumables, or tools with a large diameter and/or a large length, for example more than 30 cm, e.g. at least 50 cm in length, can be hung on the sales stand using the product hanger without the goods slipping out of the product hanger and thus falling off the sales stand. In other words, a particularly Safe holding of the goods, even if they have an increased weight, must be ensured.

The windings of the winding tube can be glued together. In particular, they can be glued over a large area. For example, mutually contacting areas of the windings can be glued to at least 50 percent of the common contact area, in particular to at least 70 percent.

The specific design as a winding sleeve helps to protect the product hanger against external environmental influences, such as high humidity, extreme dryness, high or low ambient temperatures. In particular, the winding sleeve can be designed not to swell or only to swell slightly, even at high humidity, for example more than 80%. Likewise, the winding sleeve can be designed not to shrink or only to shrink slightly, even at extreme dryness.

Gluing the winding core can also improve such environmental resistance.

Thus, the goods hanger can be designed to carry goods permanently, in particular for more than 3 months and, for example, with a weight of at least 0.5 kg, in particular at least 1 kg, at a constant air humidity of at least 80 percent and/or at a constant air humidity of less than 40 percent, in particular by choosing a suitable glue, a sufficiently large gluing surface and/or by choosing the number of layers and the wall thickness of the winding tube. Such a goods hanger can be used in a wide variety of regions, in particular worldwide or at least with the exception of the polar regions.

The scope of the invention further includes a sales product comprising a product and a product hanger which is designed according to a type described above and/or below, wherein the product is at least partially arranged in the receiving area of the product hanger.

For this purpose, the product can be elongated. At least it can have a section that has an elongated shape. The product can, for example, be cylindrical or at least essentially cylindrical. Essentially cylindrical can be understood to mean that the product has at least one section that has a cylindrical This is often the case with tools such as the drills or chisels mentioned above with their standardized shank ends. For example, the shank end can follow a standard that is usually referred to as "SDS plus", "SDS Max" or the like.

The product can have at least one indentation. For example, the shanks according to "SDS Plus" have several recesses or notches, which can be regarded as indentations here.

The receiving area of the goods hanger can engage with its narrowed section in these indentations. This creates a particularly stable form fit between the goods and the goods hanger.

In view of the large quantities and the resulting considerable environmental risks when disposing of the product hangers, it is particularly advantageous if the product comprises at least one tool for a mobile machine tool, in particular a drilling tool, a chiseling tool or a grinding tool and/or at least one construction consumable product.

1. a) Anordnen eines Halteabschnitts einer Ware in einem freien Ende einer Wickelhülse,
2. b) Herstellen eines Reibschlusses und / oder eines Formschlusses zwischen der Wickelhülse und dem Halteabschnitt.

Furthermore, the scope of the invention includes a manufacturing process for producing a sales product of the type described above and/or below. The manufacturing process can comprise the following phases:

1. a) arranging a holding section of a product in a free end of a winding tube,
2. b) Establishing a frictional connection and/or a positive connection between the winding core and the holding section.

The frictional connection can be achieved simply by choosing the dimensions of the winding tube in comparison to the goods to be accommodated in it.

To create the positive connection, the winding tube can be deformed before and/or after the holding section is inserted. For example, the winding tube can be pressed in at least one area. The constriction can be created easily by pressing it in.

The holding section can correspond to a part of the goods. In the cases mentioned above For tools, the holding section can, for example, correspond to the insertion end or a part of the insertion end.

To arrange the holding section in the winding tube, the holding section can be inserted into the free end of the winding tube.

Alternatively, it is conceivable to wind raw material for the winding tube around the holding section and thus create the receiving area and/or the hanging area.

The winding tube can be flattened in one area, for example to create the flattened hanging area.

A hanging opening can be incorporated into the hanging area. For example, a hole can be punched into the hanging area. The hole can be elliptical, in particular circular.

It is particularly conceivable to incorporate the suspension opening into the suspension area, to create the flattened suspension area and/or to establish the positive connection in a single operation. To do this, the winding tube can be pressed and/or punched from the outside using a forming tool and/or a punching tool, preferably when the holding area is already in the winding tube.

It is also conceivable to apply a label to the product hanger, for example to the flattened area and/or the receiving area. For this purpose, a label can be stuck on, for example.

Further features and advantages of the invention emerge from the following detailed description of embodiments of the invention, based on the figures of the drawing, which show details essential to the invention, and from the claims. The features shown there are not necessarily to scale and are shown in such a way that the special features of the invention can be made clearly visible. The various features can be implemented individually or in groups in any combination in variants of the invention.

Embodiments of the invention are shown in the schematic drawing and explained in more detail in the following description.

Show it:

Fig.1

a sales product and

Fig.2

a manufacturing process for producing the product for sale.

In the following description of the figures, the same reference numerals are used for identical or functionally corresponding elements in order to facilitate understanding of the invention.

Fig.1 shows a sales product 10 with a product 12 that is arranged in a product hanger 14. The product 12 is a rock drill. It can be set up for use with a mobile machine tool, in particular a hammer drill.

The goods hanger 14 has a receiving area 16 and a hanging area 18 .

The receiving area 16 has an at least substantially cylindrical shape.

A label 19 with an inscription is stuck on the receiving area 16.

The suspension area 18 is flattened in at least one area. It has a receiving opening 20. The receiving opening 20 is elliptical, in particular circular.

The receiving area 16 forms a receiving space 22, in particular at the remaining free end of the goods hanger 14.

The product 12, i.e. the rock drill, is received in the receiving space 22 with a holding section 24. The holding section 24 can correspond to an insertion end of the product 12, i.e. the rock drill. The insertion end can have a shape that is usually referred to as "SDS Plus" or "SDS max". The product 12 can thus have at least one indentation (in Fig.1 not representable).

The outer diameter of the product 12 in the region of its holding section 24 corresponds at least substantially to an inner diameter of the receiving space 22.

Thus, a frictional connection is formed between the goods 12 and the goods hanger 14, in particular in the region of its receiving area 16 and in particular in the region of its receiving space 22.

The goods hanger 14 is formed from a winding tube 26. Therefore, the receiving area 16 and the hanging area 18 have a wound material.

The winding tube 26 and thus the wound material is a cardboard, in particular a paperboard material. It can be completely recycled and/or biodegradable paperboard material. The paperboard material, in particular a single layer of the paperboard material, can have a thickness in the range of 0.2 to 0.3 mm, for example 0.27 mm. It can have a residual moisture content in the range of 5 to 10 percent. Its basis weight can be in the range of 100 to 300 g/m ² , for example in the range of 190 to 210 g/m ² , in particular 200 g/m ² .

The winding tube 26 and thus the wound material are wound in parallel. The winding tube 26 has seven windings.

Adjacent windings are glued together, in particular glued over the entire surface. The glue can be water-soluble. The glue can be based on polyvinyl alcohol and/or polyvinyl acetate, for example. It preferably complies with an environmental compatibility standard. The glue can also preferably be biodegradable.

Biodegradability can correspond to a degradation of at least 80 percent in the wild in a Central European climate within less than 5 years, in particular within less than 3 years, for example within less than 1 year.

The product hanger 14 is splash-proof.

Our own investigations have shown that the goods hanger 14 can safely hold at least goods 12 with a weight of 0.5 kg.

Fig.2 shows a manufacturing process 1000 for producing the sales product 10. To clarify individual aspects, elements of the sales product 10 and precursors of the sales product 10 are shown in Fig. 2 shown multiple times and not to scale. Their illustrations in Fig. 2 can therefore differ in their magnification or reduction factors.

In a preparation phase 1010, the winding tube 26 can be prepared. At this point, the winding tube 26 can still be cylindrical in shape. To prepare the winding tube 26, flat or rolled-up raw material, in particular the cardboard material described above, can first be wound in parallel and glued.

The winding tube 26 is pushed onto a holding section 24 of the product 12 to be picked up, here the tool described above with its insertion end, which has several indentations 25. Thus, the holding section 24 of the product 12 is arranged in a free end of the winding tube 26. This area corresponds to the later receiving area 16 (see Fig.1 ) with its recording room 22 (see also Fig.1 ).

Preferably, at least one inner diameter of the receiving area 16 is selected to correspond to at least one diameter of the holding section 24, so that the arrangement of the holding section 24 in the receiving area 16 creates a frictional connection between the winding tube 26 and the holding section 24.

In a subsequent forming phase 1020, the winding tube 26 is formed, in particular pressed, with the aid of a forming tool 28 .

For this purpose, the molding tool 28 can, for example, have two half-shells 29 .

In the area of the receiving area 16, the half-shells 29 can have projections 30. The projections 30 can be designed to press into the winding tube 26 and thus form an inner bulge 32 (in Fig.2 schematically marked with arrowheads).

It is conceivable, before producing the bulges 32, to align and/or arrange the product 12 in such a way that at least one of the indentations 25 is aligned with at least one of the projections 30 is aligned so that after pressing at least one of the bulges 32 produced engages in at least one of the indentations 25. The product 12 can be aligned and/or arranged accordingly in the preparation phase 1010. Alternatively or additionally, this can also be done during the forming phase 1020.

Thus, a positive connection is produced between the winding tube 26 and the holding section 24 by pressing.

In the area of the suspension area 18, the forming tool 28 can have at least one punching projection 34. The at least one punching projection 34 can be configured to produce the suspension opening 20 by punching.

After removing the mold 28, the sales product 10 can then be removed in a usage phase 1030 .

It is conceivable to label the product hanger 14. For example, a label 19 (see Fig.1 ) can be glued on.

The sales product 10 can then be used. For example, it can be hung on a hook on a sales stand (in Fig.2 not shown).

List of reference symbols

10

Sales product

12

Goods

14

Product hangers

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Recording area

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Hanging area

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label

20

Receiving opening

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Recording room

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Holding section

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indentation

26

Winding tube

28

Forming tool

29

Half shells

30

Projections

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inner bulge

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Punching projection

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production method

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Preparation phase

1020

Formation phase

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Usage phase

Claims (13)

1. Article hanger (14) having a receiving region (16), wherein, by means of the receiving region (16), a receiving space (22) for receiving an article (12) of at least one article type, for example at least one type of tool for a mobile machine tool or at least one type of building product, is formed in the interior of the receiving space (22), wherein the receiving region (16) is formed from a wound tube (26) and/or comprises a wound tube (26),
   characterized in that
   the wound tube (26) is formed from a biodegradable material, in particular a pulp-based material, for example a wood- or grass-containing material, preferably paper and/or paperboard and wherein a narrowing, for example an inward protrusion (32) of the receiving region (16), is formed in the receiving space (22).
2. Article hanger according to the preceding claim, characterized in that the wound tube (26) is parallel-wound.
3. Article hanger according to either of the preceding claims, characterized in that the article hanger (14) has a hanging region (18) having a hanging opening (20).
4. Article hanger according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the hanging opening (20) is circular.
5. Article hanger according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the hanging region (18) is flattened in at least one region.
6. Article hanger according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the receiving region (16) is designed for receiving an article (12) of at least 0.1 kg, in particular at least 0.5 kg, for example at least 1 kg, in a suspended manner.
7. Sales product (10), comprising an article (12) and an article hanger (14) according to one of the preceding claims, wherein the article (12) is arranged at least partially in the receiving region (16) of the article hanger (14).
8. Sales product according to the preceding claim, characterized in that the article (12) has an indentation (25) in which the narrowing engages.
9. Sales product according to one of the two preceding claims, characterized in that the article (12) comprises at least one tool for a mobile machine tool, in particular a drilling tool, a chiselling tool or a grinding tool.
10. Sales product according to one of Claims 7 to 9, characterized in that the article comprises a building product.
11. Production method (1000) for producing a sales product (10) according to one of Claims 7 to 10, comprising:

    a) arranging a holding portion (24) of an article (12) in a free end of a wound tube (26) according to one of Claims 1 to 6,

    b) producing a friction fit and/or a form fit between the wound tube (26) and the holding portion (24).
12. Production method according to the preceding claim, characterized in that the wound tube (26) is pressed at least in one region.
13. Production method according to one of the preceding Claims 11 or 12, characterized in that the wound tube (26) is flattened in one region.

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