CA1312312C - Wrap for a flower pot - Google Patents

Wrap for a flower pot

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CA1312312C
CA1312312C CA000614891A CA614891A CA1312312C CA 1312312 C CA1312312 C CA 1312312C CA 000614891 A CA000614891 A CA 000614891A CA 614891 A CA614891 A CA 614891A CA 1312312 C CA1312312 C CA 1312312C
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flower pot
ring
wrap
rings
sheet
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Reinier Hill
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AEC Machinery Ltd
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    • AHUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A47FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
    • A47GHOUSEHOLD OR TABLE EQUIPMENT
    • A47G7/00Flower holders or the like
    • A47G7/02Devices for supporting flower-pots or cut flowers
    • A47G7/08Covers for flower-pots, e.g. ornamental pots
    • A47G7/085Covers for flower-pots, e.g. ornamental pots made of flexible sheets of non-resilient material
    • BPERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B29WORKING OF PLASTICS; WORKING OF SUBSTANCES IN A PLASTIC STATE IN GENERAL
    • B29CSHAPING OR JOINING OF PLASTICS; SHAPING OF MATERIAL IN A PLASTIC STATE, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; AFTER-TREATMENT OF THE SHAPED PRODUCTS, e.g. REPAIRING
    • B29C51/00Shaping by thermoforming, i.e. shaping sheets or sheet like preforms after heating, e.g. shaping sheets in matched moulds or by deep-drawing; Apparatus therefor
    • B29C51/16Lining or labelling
    • B29C51/162Lining or labelling of deep containers or boxes
    • BPERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65DCONTAINERS FOR STORAGE OR TRANSPORT OF ARTICLES OR MATERIALS, e.g. BAGS, BARRELS, BOTTLES, BOXES, CANS, CARTONS, CRATES, DRUMS, JARS, TANKS, HOPPERS, FORWARDING CONTAINERS; ACCESSORIES, CLOSURES, OR FITTINGS THEREFOR; PACKAGING ELEMENTS; PACKAGES
    • B65D85/00Containers, packaging elements or packages, specially adapted for particular articles or materials
    • B65D85/50Containers, packaging elements or packages, specially adapted for particular articles or materials for living organisms, articles or materials sensitive to changes of environment or atmospheric conditions, e.g. land animals, birds, fish, water plants, non-aquatic plants, flower bulbs, cut flowers or foliage
    • B65D85/52Containers, packaging elements or packages, specially adapted for particular articles or materials for living organisms, articles or materials sensitive to changes of environment or atmospheric conditions, e.g. land animals, birds, fish, water plants, non-aquatic plants, flower bulbs, cut flowers or foliage for living plants; for growing bulbs
    • BPERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B29WORKING OF PLASTICS; WORKING OF SUBSTANCES IN A PLASTIC STATE IN GENERAL
    • B29LINDEXING SCHEME ASSOCIATED WITH SUBCLASS B29C, RELATING TO PARTICULAR ARTICLES
    • B29L2031/00Other particular articles
    • B29L2031/712Containers; Packaging elements or accessories, Packages
    • B29L2031/7136Vases, pots, e.g. for flowers
    • YGENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y10TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC
    • Y10TTECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER US CLASSIFICATION
    • Y10T428/00Stock material or miscellaneous articles
    • Y10T428/13Hollow or container type article [e.g., tube, vase, etc.]
    • YGENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y10TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC
    • Y10TTECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER US CLASSIFICATION
    • Y10T428/00Stock material or miscellaneous articles
    • Y10T428/13Hollow or container type article [e.g., tube, vase, etc.]
    • Y10T428/1352Polymer or resin containing [i.e., natural or synthetic]
    • YGENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y10TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC
    • Y10TTECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER US CLASSIFICATION
    • Y10T428/00Stock material or miscellaneous articles
    • Y10T428/13Hollow or container type article [e.g., tube, vase, etc.]
    • Y10T428/1352Polymer or resin containing [i.e., natural or synthetic]
    • Y10T428/1397Single layer [continuous layer]

Abstract

ABSTRACT
A wrap for a flower pot comprises a sheet of material formed into the shape of a flower pot and having a pair of matching rings trapping the material between them at a location which, in use, is adjacent the upper marginsof the flower pot. There is also disclosed a method of forming a flower pot wrap in which a first ring is placed on a mandrel having the shape of a flower pot. A sheet of material is placed over the mandrel and a second ring is moved over the sheet about the mandrel to engage the first ring and trap the sheet between the two rings.

Description

~3~23~2 The present invention relates to a wrap for a ~ow~r pot; to a method of making such a wrap; and to an appa~atlls for making the w~ap.

S A well known flower pot wrap comprises a sheet of foil of which the inner and outer surfaces are coated with an adhesive. The sheet is wrapped about a flower pot shaped mandrel and heated so that the overlapping portions of the sheet adhere and the sheet assumes the flower pot shape of the mandrel.
When the shaped sheet is removed from the mandrel, it is self-supporting and ready to receive a flo~ver pot.

This arrangement is limiting in terms of the appearance o~ the flower pot wrap because of the nature of the sheet and the coating applied to it. The present invention seeks to provide a flower pot wrap which may be formed of any sheet material capable of being self-supporting and which need not be coated.

According to one aspect of the present invention there is provided a flower pot wrap comprising a sheet of material formed into the shape of a flower pot and a pair of matching rings for trapping said mateAal therebetween at a location which, in use, is adjacent the upper margins of a ~ower pot, one of said rings having a surface shaped to retain the other ~ said rings thereagainst.

In another aspect, the present invention provides in combination, a flower pot wrap and a flower pot, said flower pot having a first ring integrally formed therewith adjacent the upper margin thereof, said flower pot wrap comprising a sheet of material formed into the shape ~ said ~ower pot and a second Ang matched with said first ring and trapping said mateAal -1- ~

~3~23~2 therebetween, one of said first and second rings having a surface shaped to reta~n the other of said first and second rings thereagainst.

In still yet another aspeet of the present invention, there is S provided in combination, a flower pot wrap and a flower pot, said ~ower pot wrap comprising a sheet of self-supporting material formed into the shape of said flower pot and having inner and outer matching rings, said inner ring having an inner surface f~r surrounding the flower pot, one ~f said inner and outer rings having a surface shaped to provide retaining means for ret~ning the other of said rings thereagainst, said inner and outer rings trapping said material therebetween at a location which in use is adjacent the upper margins of said flower pot.

Still in yet another aspect of the present invention there is provided a method of forming a flower pot wrap comprising the steps of:
placing a first ring on a mandrel having the shape of a flower pot;
placing a sheet of material over said mandrel; and moving a second ring over said sheet about said mandrel to engage said first ~ing and trap said sheet of material between said first and second rings.

In one embodiment, one of the pair of rings may be formed integrally with the flower pot. If that one of the ~ings is the outer ring, thena separate inner ring would tuck the marginal edges of the sheet into the interior of the mouth of the flower pot. If it be the inner ring, then the outer ring would be separable and the ma~ginal edges of the sheet would rise abo~.~e the mouth of the ~o~l.rer pot.
~ 2 3 ~ 2 Preferred embodiments o~ the present invention are illustrated in the accompanying drawings in which:

Figure 1 shows a flower pot within a ~ower pot wrap according S to this invention;
Figur~ 2 is a cross sectional view of a detail of the pot and wrap of Figure l;
Figure 3 shows a simple device for forming the wrap of Figures 1 and 2;
~igure 4 shows the position of the components of Figure 3 as the wrap is formed;
Figure 5 is a partially automated device for forming the wrap of Figures 1 and 2; and Figure 6 is an alternative apparatus for forming the wrap of ~igures 1 and 2.

Figure 1 illustrates a flower pot P with a wrap W about it. The structure is more clearly visible in ~igure 2 which is a detail of the upper edge of the pot and the wrap. The pot is of an entirely conventional form having a collar portion 10 joined to the main body 12 by a shoulder 14. An inner nng 20 is of generally lazy S cross-section and has an outwardly flared upper portion 22 and an inwardly tapering lower section 24 joined by a mid-region 26. An annular bead 28 projects from the mid-region 26 at a location spaced from the union of portions 22 and 26 by a distance slightly greater than the length o~ a second ring 30.

The second ring 30 has an inner diameter somewhat less than the diameter of the bead 28 so that it may be snapped over the bead to lie in the space between the upper edge of the bead and the outwardly ~ared po~tion 22.
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~3~ 2~ ~2 The lower most diameter of the tapered portion 24 is selected to be somewhat less than the upper diameter of the collar of the flower po~ so thatit can resiliently grip the outer surface of the collar.

S Alternatively, one of the pair of rings may be ~ormed integrally with the flower pot. If the inner nng is integral with the flower pot, the outerring 30 is separable from it and trap tlle sheet of material therebetween with the marginal edges of the sheet of material rising above the mouth of the flowerpot. If the outer ring 3û is integral with the flower pot, a separable inner ring tucks the marginal edges of the sheet of material into the interior of the mouthof the ~ower pot.

A simple device for forming a flower pot cover according to this invention is illustrated in Figures 3 and 4. It comprises a male mandrel 40 supported beneath a table T upon which a sheet to fiorm the wrap is 3ain to e~tend across an opening 42 in the table. A simple pot shaped device 44 is provided with a handle 46 and an annular recess 48 at its lower inner edge.

In use, the inner ring 20 is placed about the mandrel 40 and an outer ring 30 is disposed within the recess 48. Thereafter, the pot shaped element 44 is passed through the opening 42 in the table carrying the wrap with it and moved down until the ring 30 engages ring 20 trapping the material of the wrap between the two rings. This situation is illustrated in l~igure 4.

An alternative arrangement for forming wraps according to this invention is illustrated in Figure 5. In that figure, a wheeled truck 60 is movable between a pair of end-stops 62 and car~ies a pair of male mandrel~ 62.
Above the truck is a table 66 with an opening 68 across which a sheet to form b~'`' ~3~2~

a wrap is lain. The left hand one of the mandrels as viewed in Figure 5 is in the position to form a wrap.

Above the opening in the table 68, is a female pot shaped device 70 carried by an air cylinder 72. Actuation ~f the cylinder causes the sheet to be carried forward with the element 70 through the opening 68 and onto the mandrel 64. A ring carried in element 70 is snapped onto a ring plaeed upon mandrel 64. Once the cylinder is retracted, the truck 60 is moved to the left hand stop 62 which brings mandrel 64 to beneath the cylinder. The operation is repeated.

A further embodiment of equipment to forrn the wraps according this invention is illustrated in Figure 6. In that Figure, a four armed capstan has mandrels at positions A, B, C and D. As the mandrel is indexed in a counter-clockwise direction, the mandrel at B picks up an inner ring from a magazine 80 and carries it to a wrap forming location at C. Above the location C is a table 82 with an opening 84 therein. An air cylinder 86 carrying a female flower pot shaped element 88 is disposed above the opening to cause the element 88 to pass through the opening and engage with the mandrel. A
magazine 90 of outer rings is disposed above the table and has an appropriate pusher element (not shawn) to move an outer ring to beneath the element 88.

A roll of wrap material is disposed to the left of the magazine 90 and a portion of the material is driven by drive rolls 92 to a position above the opening 84 in the table 82 and below the element 88. An appropriate length of the material is severed by a knife at 94.

Wlth mandrel at station C, and with an inner ring disposed on it, the cylinder 86 is actuated so that it carries an outer ring through the opening ~3~1 23 ~2 together with the severed sheet of wrap material to cause the outer ring to be snapped over the inner ring. Thereafter the cylinder is withdrawn, the capstan is indexed to position D and a cylinder indicated schematically at 95 is actual~d to displace the formed wIap from the mandrel to be accumulated at table 96.

Claims (16)

1. A flower pot wrap comprising a sheet of material formed into the shape of a flower pot and a pair of matching rings trapping said material therebetween at a location which, in use, is adjacent the upper margins of a flower pot, one of said rings having a surface shaped to retain the other of said rings thereagainst.
2. A flower pot wrap as defined in claim 1 wherein said inner ring has an outer surface shaped to provide said retaining means.
3. A flower pot wrap as defined in claim 2 wherein said retaining means includes an annular bead extending continuously around said outer surface, the outer ring having an inner diameter less than the diameter of said annular bead.
4. A flower pot wrap as defined in claim 3 wherein said retaining means further comprises an outwardly flared portion spaced from said annular bead, said inner ring including a mid-region extending between said annular bead and said outwardly flared portion, said mid-region being dimensioned t receive said outer ring.
5. A flower pot wrap as defined in any one of claims 1 to 4 wherein said inner ring is integrally formed with said flower pot.
6. In combination, a flower pot wrap and a flower pot, said flower pot having a first ring integrally formed therewith adjacent the upper margin thereof, said flower pot wrap comprising a sheet of material formed into the shape of said flower pot and a second ring matched with said first ring and trapping said material therebetween, one of said first and second rings having a surface shaped to retain the other of said first and second rings thereagainst.
7. The combination of claim 6 wherein said first ring has an outer surface shaped to provide said retaining means.
8. The combination of claim 7 wherein said retaining means includes an annular bead extending continuously around said outer surface, said second ring having an inner diameter less than the diameter of said annular bead.
9. The combination of claim 8 wherein said retaining means further comprises an outwardly flared portion spaced from said annular bead, said first ring including a mid-region extending between said annular bead and said outwardly flared portion, said mid-region being dimensioned to receive said second ring.
10. In combination, a flower pot wrap and a flower pot, said flower pot wrap comprising a sheet of self-supporting material formed into the shape of said flower pot and having inner and outer matching rings, said inner ring having an inner surface for surrounding the flower pot, one of said inner and outer rings having a surface shaped to provide retaining means for retaining theother of said rings thereagainst, said inner and outer rings trapping said material therebetween at a location which in use is adjacent the upper margins of said flower pot.
11. The combination of claim 10 wherein said inner ring has an outer surface shaped to provide said retaining means.
12. The combination of claim 11 wherein said retaining means includes an annular bead extending continuously around said outer surface, said outer ring having an inner diameter less than the diameter of said annular bead.
13. The combination of claim 12 wherein said retaining means further comprises an outwardly flared portion spaced from said annular bead, said inner ring including a mid-region extending between said annular bead and said outwardly flared portion, said mid-region being dimensioned to receive said outer ring.
14. The combination of claim 13 wherein said inner ring further includes an inwardly flared portion extending from said mid-region adjacent said bead, said inwardly flared portion resiliently gripping said flower pot in use.
15. A method of forming a flower pot wrap comprising the steps of:
placing a first ring on a mandrel having the shape of a flower pot;
placing a sheet of material over said mandrel; and moving a second ring over said sheet about said mandrel to engage said first ring and traps the said sheet between said two rings.
16. The method of claim 15 wherein four mandrels are equally spaced on a capstan, each one of said mandrels being displaced successfully to a plurality of stations, wherein at a one of said stations, said first ring is positioned on said mandrel, at another of said stations, said sheet is placed onsaid mandrel and said second ring is forced into a mating engagement with said first ring with said sheet trapped therebetween to form said flower pot wrap andat yet another station, said wrap is removed from said mandrel.
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