PACKAGING FOR A WIPER BLADE OF A WINDSHIELD

Abstract

A packaging for a wiper blade (10) and a windshield wiper includes a box (20) having at least one viewing opening (22), at least one viewing window (30), and an insert (30). The viewing window (30) is formed from an at least partially transparent cellulose material and closes the viewing opening (22) of the box (20). The box (20) is configured as a support frame for the viewing window (30). The insert (40) has external dimensions, which substantially correspond to an interior volume of the box (20) and the insert (40) is arranged to receive the wiper blade (10) with an internal shape corresponding to the wiper blade (10) and to be inserted into the box (20) together with the wiper blade (10).

Claims

1. A packaging for a wiper blade (10) of a windshield wiper comprising: a box (20) with at least one viewing opening (22), at least one viewing window (30), and an insert (30), wherein the viewing window (30) is made of an at least partially transparent cellulose material and closes the viewing opening (22) of the box (20), the box (20) is configured as a support frame for the window (30), the insert (40) has outer dimensions, which substantially correspond to an inner volume of the box (20), and is configured to receive the wiper blade (10) with an internal shape corresponding to the wiper blade (10) and to be inserted into the box (20) together with the wiper blade (10).

2. The packaging according to claim 1, wherein the box (20) is made of cardboard and/or is based on natural fibers, and/or is configured as a folding box, and/or in an assembled state, is configured as a cuboid, and/or is configured from a punching part with a provided adhesive tab.

3. The packaging according to claim 1, wherein a distance of the viewing opening (22) from respective edges of the box (20) is at least 0.5 cm.

4. The packaging according to claim 1, wherein the viewing opening comprises at least a first viewing opening (22) and a second viewing opening (24) arranged adjacent to the first viewing opening (22), wherein the two viewing openings (22, 24) are separated from each other by a web (26) provided in the box (20).

5. The packaging according to claim 4, wherein a width of the web (26) between respective adjacent viewing openings (22, 24) is at least 0.5 cm.

6. The packaging according to claim 1, wherein the packaging is configured to package the wiper blade (10) in a biased state of a spring rail of the wiper blade (10), and/or a stiffness of the box (20) ensures that forces (60) acting on the box (20) between 10 N and 20 N do not result in any outwardly visible deformation of the box (20).

7. The packaging according to claim 1, wherein the box (20) and/or the viewing window (30) and/or the insert (40) and/or an adhesive for assembling the box (20) and/or an adhesive for fixing the viewing window (30) in an area of the viewing opening (22) are made of biodegradable materials.

8. The packaging according to claim 1, wherein a length of the box (20) is 55 cm to 100 cm.

9. The packaging according to claim 1, wherein a length of the viewing opening (22) is between 5 cm and 30 cm, and/or a width of the viewing opening (22) is between 1 cm and 5 cm.

10. The packaging according to claim 3, wherein the distance of the viewing opening (22) from respective edges of the box (20) is at least 1 cm.

11. The packaging according to claim 10, wherein the distance of the viewing opening (22) from respective edges of the box (20) is at least 1.5 cm.

12. The packaging according to claim 5, wherein the width of the web (26) between respective adjacent viewing openings (22, 24) is at least 1 cm.

13. The packaging according to claim 12, wherein the width of the web (26) between respective adjacent viewing openings (22, 24) is at least 1.5 cm.

14. The packaging according to claim 6, wherein a stiffness of the box (20) ensures that forces (60) acting on the box (20) between 14 N and 18 N do not result in any outwardly visible deformation of the box (20).

15. The packaging according to claim 9, wherein the length of the viewing opening (22) is between 10 cm and 25, and/or the width of the viewing opening (22) is between 2 cm and 4 cm.

16. The packaging according to claim 15, wherein the length of the viewing opening (22) is between 18 cm and 22 cm, and/or the width of the viewing opening (22) is between 2.5 cm and 3.5 cm.

Description

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

[0022] In the following, exemplary embodiment of the invention are described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. The drawings show:

[0023] FIG. 1A first embodiment of a packaging according to the invention for a wiper blade of a windshield wiper;

[0024] FIG. 2A second embodiment of a packaging according to the invention for a wiper blade of a windshield wiper; and

[0025] FIG. 3 An embodiment of a box of the packaging according to the invention in conjunction with two viewing windows.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION

[0026] FIG. 1 shows a first embodiment of a packaging according to the invention for a wiper blade 10 of a windshield wiper, particularly a windshield wiper for a front windshield and/or a rear windshield of a vehicle, which is configured as a passenger vehicle or truck, for example.

[0027] The packaging comprises a cardboard box 20 with a viewing opening 22, a viewing window 30, and an insert 40, wherein the viewing window 30 is made of a transparent cellulose material and closes the viewing opening 22 of the cardboard box 20. For this purpose, the viewing window 30 is attached to the cardboard box 20 using an adhesive (not shown), wherein the adhesive is applied to the inner side of the cardboard box 20 around the viewing opening 22 during the manufacture of the package to attach the viewing window 30 to the inner side of the cardboard box 20.

[0028] The cardboard box 20, which is preferably designed as a folding box, is configured as a support frame for the viewing window 30, in that the distance of the viewing opening 22 from the respective edges of the cardboard box 20 is 1 cm in this embodiment, in order to ensure the stability and stiffness of the cardboard box 20 necessary for this.

[0029] A length of the viewing opening 22 corresponds to 20 cm here, while a width of the viewing opening 22 corresponds to 3 cm here. A length of the cardboard box 20 corresponds to 55 cm here.

[0030] The insert 40, which is made of a biofiber material here, has external dimensions that substantially correspond to an internal volume of the cardboard box 20. In addition, the insert 40 is configured to receive the wiper blade 10 by means of an internal shape corresponding to the wiper blade 10 and to be inserted into the cardboard box 20 together with the wiper blade 10.

[0031] Based on the configuration described above, the packaging for the wiper blade 10 is designed as a biodegradable packaging, which allows for particularly environmentally friendly disposal.

[0032] FIG. 2 shows a second exemplary embodiment of a packaging according to the invention for a wiper blade 10 of a windshield wiper.

[0033] Compared to the first exemplary embodiment shown in FIG. 1, the box 20, which is also configured here as a cardboard box, has a first viewing opening 22 and a second viewing opening 24 arranged adjacent to the first viewing opening 22, wherein the two viewing openings 22, 24 are separated by a web 26 provided in the box 20, which has an exemplary width of 1.5 cm.

[0034] The viewing openings 22, 24 are closed by means of a viewing window 30 formed continuously on the inside of the box 20, wherein the viewing window 30 is made of a transparent cellulose material.

[0035] Additionally, FIG. 2 shows a wiper blade 10, which is inserted into the box 20 by means of an insert (not shown). The wiper blade 10 has a spring rail, which is accommodated in the packaging in a biased state here. Since the wiper blade 10 is inserted laterally into the box 20, corresponding compressive forces 60 act on the insert and the box 20, which could cause lateral deformation of the box 20. However, this deformation is countered by maintaining the required stiffness of the box 20.

[0036] FIG. 3 shows an exemplary embodiment of a box 20 of the packaging according to the invention in conjunction with two viewing windows 22, 24, into each of which separate windows 30 made of a transparent cellulose material are glued and which are separated by a web 26 of the box 20 to increase the stability of the box 20.

[0037] The box 20, which is designed as a folding box, is shown here in a state where the box 20 has been punched out of a cardboard sheet and is in an unassembled state.

[0038] Using an adhesive tab 50, opposite sides of the box 20 are subsequently glued together and the box 20 is unfolded into a cuboid-shaped solid body, in order to subsequently accommodate an insert 40 with an inserted wiper blade 10, as shown in FIG. 1.