[0001] The present model relates to a package for flexible tubing or sheathing or the like,
especially tubing, sheathing or wires for the installation of electrical systems.
[0002] Flexible tubing and sheathing are usually packed in cardboard boxes or cartons or
wound in rolls and secured in some way, or wound in rolls and then packed in cardboard
boxes. One problem with known packages is that it is often difficult to find the end
of the roll inside the container, making for difficulty in the use of the tubing or
sheathing. Attempts to solve this problem by providing holes or slots in the container
of the roll through which the end of the roll can be fed have been made. However,
this approach still presents problems inasmuch as the end may drop back inside the
container and cannot then be found without destroying the actual package; furthermore,
this arrangement also creates problems for the manufacturer and retailer from the
point of view of storing the material, because the ends projecting out of the packages
make for irregular package shapes; and moreover the ends may be broken or damaged
while in store.
[0003] The object of the model is to provide a package which will enable the end of a roll
of flexible tubing or sheathing contained inside the package to be conveniently and
quickly found, the external shape of the package at the same time being easily storable.
[0004] The subject of the present model is therefore a package for flexible tubing or sheathing
and the like, consisting of a container of generally rectangular parallelepipedal
form for containing a roll of flexible tubing or sheathing, the package being characterized
in that one face of said container comprises an aperture cut in the blank and forming
a flap that can be shut and that is cut from that face of the container and in that
three sides of a tab containing a central hole for the insertion and retention of
one end of the rolled flexible tubing or sheathing is cut into said flap, said tab
being bent towards the interior of the package.
[0005] Further advantages and features will be apparent from the following detailed description
of one embodiment of the present model. This description is provided purely by way
of a non-restricting example and refers to the accompanying drawings in which:
Figure 1 is a perspective view of a package for flexible tubing or sheathing according
to the present model; and
Figure 2 is a detail from Figure 1 on an enlarged scale.
[0006] In Figure 1, the numeral 1 denotes the packaging container according to the present
model. This container 1 is a cardboard or similar package in the form of a rectangular
parallelepiped having a square base and containing the approximately circular roll
2 of flexible tubing 102. The top face 101 of the container 1 contains in its centre
an aperture 301 formed by detaching the three precut sides of the flap 311 from said
face 101. In the centre of this flap 311 is another aperture 321 (see Fig. 2) produced
by detaching the tab 331, which tab contains a through hole 341 in which to retain
the inserted end 112 of the tubing 102.
[0007] The package according to the model is used as follows: during the packaging process,
the package is prepared with the flexible tubing or sheathing inserted through the
hole 341 of the tab 331, with said tab pointing into the interior of the container
1. For use, the user will raise the flap 311 by inserting a finger through the aperture
321, revealing the end 112 of the tubing 102 which can then easily be taken hold of.
The user can draw it out of the hole 341 of the tab 331 and cut off the required length,
after which the end 112 of the tubing 102 will be passed back through the hole 341
of the tab 331.
[0008] In this way, not only does the user have a package in which the end of a roll of
flexible tubing or sheathing or the like can quickly be found, but also the retailer
can offer the user the above service while yet having packages of regular shape that
creates no storage problems, and that eliminates the possibility of breakage to the
tubing or sheathing owing to the fact that the latter is not left trailing outside
the package.
1. Package for flexible tubing or sheathing and the like, consisting of a container of
generally rectangular parallepipedal form for containing a roll of said flexible tubing
or sheathing, the package being characterized in that one face of said container comprises
an aperture containing a flap that can be shut and that is formed by detaching three
sides of said flap from said face, and in that a tab containing a hole for the insertion
of one end of the rolled flexible tubing or sheathing is cut in the middle of said
flap.
2. Package according to Claim 1, characterized in that said container is a rectangular
parallelepiped having a square base and in that said aperture containing the flap
is formed in the centre of one of the two square bases of said container.