Combination for transporting spacers for cigarette packs

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11753207-B2
Application number	US-202117452421-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Oct 27, 2021
Priority date	Feb 19, 2018
Publication date	Sep 12, 2023
Grant date	Sep 12, 2023

Abstract

A pallet for transporting spacers for cigarette packs is disclosed, in which each spacer comprises a substantially rectangular flat body on which at least one through hole is obtained, the spacers being insertable in cartons for cigarette packs for spacing out packs with dimensions smaller than the standard dimensions, the pallet comprising vertical elements configured to insert the through holes of the spacers stacked on one another, the holes of the spacers of a stack being vertically aligned with each other so that each vertical element is inside the aligned holes of the spacers.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A combination of spacers and pallet including:
a pallet including a base;
two or more stacks of spacers supported by said base, said stacks being arranged alongside one another, each spacer comprising a substantially rectangular flat body, the spacers being configured to be inserted in cartons for cigarette packs to space out packs with dimensions smaller than the standard dimensions, each spacer having at least two through holes that are aligned in parallel with a side of said rectangular flat body;
vertical elements emerging from said base and extending vertically, said vertical elements being inserted through said through holes, the through holes of the spacers of each stack being aligned vertically with each other so that each vertical element is inserted inside the through holes of the spacers of the stack, said vertical elements comprising a plurality of pairs of pegs in which each pair of pegs is configured to be inserted into a corresponding pair of through holes obtained in each spacer.

2. The combination of claim 1 , wherein each of said through holes has an oblong shape.

3. The combination of claim 2 , wherein said oblong shape is elongated in a direction that is parallel to the long sides of said rectangular flat body.

4. The combination of claim 1 , wherein each of said spacers has at least two recesses arranged on the two opposite short sides of said rectangular flat body.

5. The combination of claim 1 , wherein each of said spacers is made of cardboard.

6. The combination of claim 1 , wherein each of said spacers is made of plastics.

7. The combination of claim 1 , wherein said two or more stacks of spacers comprise at least four stacks of spacers, wherein said stacks are arranged on said base in at least two rows and at least two columns.

8. The combination of claim 4 , wherein for each of said spacers, said two recesses are aligned with said through holes.

9. A combination of spacers and pallet including:
a pallet including a base;
two or more stacks of spacers supported by said base, each spacer comprising a substantially rectangular flat body, the spacers being configured to be inserted in cartons for cigarette packs to space out packs with dimensions smaller than the standard dimensions, on each spacer being made at least two through holes;
vertical elements emerging from said base and extending vertically, said vertical elements being inserted through said through holes, the through holes of the spacers of each stack being aligned vertically with each other so that each vertical element is inserted inside the through holes of the spacers of the stack, said vertical elements comprising a plurality of pairs of pegs in which each pair of pegs is configured to be inserted into a corresponding pair of through holes obtained in each spacer;
wherein each of said through holes has an oblong shape.

10. The combination of claim 9 , wherein said oblong shape is elongated in a direction that is parallel to the long sides of said rectangular flat body.

11. The combination of claim 9 , wherein each of said spacers has at least two recesses arranged on the two opposite short sides of said rectangular flat body.

12. The combination of claim 9 , wherein each of said spacers is made of cardboard.

13. The combination of claim 9 , wherein each of said spacers is made of plastics.

Assignees

• Gd Spa

Inventors

• Parazza Davide
• Federici Luca

Classifications

• B65H1/04 Primary

  adapted to support articles substantially horizontally, e.g. for separation from top of pile · CPC title

• B65D19/44 Primary

  Elements or devices for locating articles on platforms · CPC title

• B65H1/28

  compartmented to receive piles side-by-side · CPC title

• B65H2301/4222

  Squaring-up piles · CPC title

• B65H2301/42256

  Pallets; Skids; Platforms with feet, i.e. handled together with the stack · CPC title