ARTICLE HANGER, SALES PRODUCTS AND PRODUCTION METHOD

Abstract

The invention relates to an article hanger having a receiving region, wherein, by means of the receiving region, a receiving space for receiving an article 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. The receiving region is formed from a wound tube and/or comprises a wound tube. An environmentally friendly material can be used as the raw material for the wound tube. Risks to the environment as a result of carelessly discarded article hangers can therefore be avoided or at least reduced.

Claims

1. An article hanger having a receiving region, wherein, by means of the receiving region, a receiving space for receiving an article of at least one article type is formed in the interior of the receiving space wherein the receiving region is formed from a wound tube and/or comprises a wound tube, wherein the wound tube is formed from a biodegradable material.

2. The article hanger as claimed in claim 1, wherein the wound tube is parallel-wound.

3. The article hanger as claimed in claim 1, wherein the wound tube is formed from paper and/or paperboard.

4. The article hanger as claimed in claim 1, wherein a narrowing of the receiving region is formed in the receiving space.

5. The article hanger as claimed in claim 1, wherein the article hanger has a hanging region having a hanging opening.

6. The article hanger as claimed in claim 5, wherein the hanging opening is circular.

7. The article hanger as claimed in claim 5, wherein the hanging region is flattened in at least one region.

8. The article hanger as claimed in claim 1, wherein the receiving region is designed for receiving an article of at least 0.1 kg in a suspended manner.

9. A sales product, comprising an article and the article hanger as claimed in claim 1, wherein the article is arranged at least partially in the receiving region of the article hanger.

10. The sales product as claimed in claim 9, wherein a narrowing of the receiving region is formed in the receiving space of the article hanger and the article hanger has an indentation in which the narrowing engages.

11. The sales product as claimed in claim 9, wherein the article comprises at least one tool for a mobile machine tool, or at least one building product.

12. The sales product as claimed in claim 11, wherein the article comprises at least one building product.

13. A production method for producing a sales product as claimed in claim 9, the method comprising: a) arranging a holding portion of the article in a free end of the wound tube, b) producing a friction fit and/or a form fit between the wound tube and the holding portion.

14. The production method as claimed in claim 13, the method including pressing the wound tube at least in one region.

15. The production method as claimed in claim 13, the method including flattening the wound tube in one region.

16. The article hanger of claim 1, wherein the receiving region comprises the wound tube.

Description

[0045] In the drawing:

[0046] FIG. 1 shows a sales product and

[0047] FIG. 2 shows a production method for producing the sales product.

[0048] In order to make it easier to understand the invention, the same reference signs are used in each case for identical or functionally equivalent elements in the following description of the figures.

[0049] FIG. 1 shows a sales product 10 with an article 12 which is arranged in an article hanger 14. The article 12 is a rock auger. It can be designed for use with a mobile machine tool, in particular a hammer drill.

[0050] The article hanger 14 has a receiving region 16 and a hanging region 18.

[0051] The receiving region 16 has an at least substantially cylindrical form.

[0052] A tab 19 with a label is affixed in the region of the receiving region 16.

[0053] The hanging region 18 is flattened at least in one region. It has a receiving opening 20. The receiving opening 20 is elliptical, in particular circular.

[0054] The receiving region 16 forms a receiving space 22, in particular at the remaining free end of the article hanger 14.

[0055] The article 12, i.e. the rock auger, is received in the receiving space 22 by means of a holding portion 24. The holding portion 24 here can correspond to a shaft of the article 12, i.e. of the rock auger. The shaft can have a form which is conventionally described as SDS Plus or as SDS max. The article 12 can therefore have at least one indentation (not shown in FIG. 1).

[0056] The external diameter of the article 12 in the region of its holding portion 24 corresponds at least substantially to an internal diameter of the receiving space 22.

[0057] A friction fit is therefore established between the article 12 and the article hanger 14, in particular in the region of its receiving region 16 and, in particular, in the region of the receiving space 22 thereof.

[0058] The article hanger 14 is formed from a wound tube 26. The receiving region 16 and the hanging region 18 therefore comprise a wound material.

[0059] The wound tube 26 and therefore the wound material is paperboard, in particular a cardboard material. It may be a fully recycled and/or biodegradable cardboard material. The cardboard material, in particular a single layer of the cardboard 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 in the range of 5 to 10 percent. Its grammage can be in the range of 100 to 300 g/m.sup.2, for example in the range of 190 to 210 g/m.sup.2, in particular 200 g/m.sup.2.

[0060] The wound tube 26 and therefore the wound material are parallel-wound. The wound tube 26 has seven windings.

[0061] Adjacent windings are glued together, in particular glued over their full surface. The glue can be water-soluble. The glue can be based on polyvinyl alcohol and/or polyvinyl acetate, for example. It preferably corresponds to an environmental safety standard. The glue can preferably also be biodegradable.

[0062] A biodegradability can correspond to a degradation of at least 80 percent in less than 5 years, in particular in less than 3 years, for example in less than 1 year, in natural surroundings with a Central European climate.

[0063] The article hanger 14 is splash-resistant.

[0064] Internal tests have shown that the article hanger 14 can at least receive articles 12 with a weight of 0.5 kg in a secure manner.

[0065] FIG. 2 shows a production method 1000 for producing the sales product 10. To illustrate individual aspects, elements of the sales product 10 and preliminary stages of the sales product 10 are depicted multiple times in FIG. 2 and are not true to scale. Their depiction in FIG. 2 may therefore differ in terms of their enlargement or reduction factors.

[0066] The wound tube 26 can be provided in a preparation phase 1010. At this time, the wound tube 26 can still be cylindrical overall. To provide the wound tube 26, an initially flat or rolled raw material, in particular the cardboard material described above, can be parallel-wound and glued.

[0067] The wound tube 26 is pushed onto a holding portion 24 of the article 12 to be receivedin this case the above-described tool with its shaft, which has a plurality of indentations 25. The holding portion 24 of the article 12 is therefore arranged in the free end of the wound tube 26. This region corresponds to the subsequent receiving region 16 (see FIG. 1) with its receiving space 22 (likewise, see FIG. 1).

[0068] At least one internal diameter of the receiving region 16 is preferably selected to correspond to at least one diameter of the holding portion 24, so that, with the arrangement of the holding portion 24 in the receiving region 16, a friction fit is produced between the wound tube 26 and the holding portion 24.

[0069] In a following molding phase 1020, the wound tube 26 is molded, in particular pressed, with the aid of a molding tool 28.

[0070] To this end, the molding tool 28 can comprise two half shells 29.

[0071] The half shells 29 can have projections 30 in the region of the receiving region 16. The projections 30 can be designed to press into the wound tube 26 and to therefore generate an inward protrusion 32 on its inside (as indicated schematically with the aid of arrowheads in FIG. 2).

[0072] Prior to generating the protrusions 32, it is also conceivable to align and/or arrange the article 12 such that at least one of the indentations 25 is aligned with at least one of the projections 30, so that, after the pressing procedure, at least one of the generated protrusions 32 engages in the at least one of the indentations 25. To this end, the article 12 can already be aligned and/or arranged accordingly in the preparation phase 1010. Alternatively or additionally, this can also take place during the molding phase 1020.

[0073] Therefore, a form fit between the wound tube 26 and the holding portion 24 is produced by pressing.

[0074] The molding tool 28 can have at least one punching projection 34 in the region of the hanging region 18. The at least one punching projection 34 can be designed to generate the hanging opening 20 by punching.

[0075] After removing the molding tool 28, the sales product 10 can then be removed in a use phase 1030.

[0076] It is also conceivable to identify the generated tool hanger 14. For example a tab 19 (see FIG. 1) can be affixed.

[0077] The sales product 10 can then be used. For example, it can be hung an a hook of a sales stand (not shown in FIG. 2).

LIST OF REFERENCE SIGNS

[0078] 10 Sales product [0079] 12 Article [0080] 14 Article hanger [0081] 16 Receiving region [0082] 18 Hanging region [0083] 19 Tab [0084] 20 Receiving opening [0085] 22 Receiving space [0086] 24 Holding portion [0087] 25 Indentation [0088] 26 Wound tube [0089] 28 Molding tool [0090] 29 Half shells [0091] 30 Projections [0092] 32 Inward protrusion [0093] 34 Punching projection [0094] 1000 Production method [0095] 1010 Preparation phase [0096] 1020 Molding phase [0097] 1030 Use phase