Sheet packaging arrangement

Claim 1

An arrangement for packaging sheets, characterized in that the arrangement includes a container for accommodating a predetermined number of sheets to form a stack of sheets, said container surrounds and is adapted to the contour of the stack of sheets and includes a top wall member, bottom wall member, a pair of spaced side wall members, and a pair of spaced end wall members, said top wall member terminating in a free edge spaced from one of said end wall members, a fishplate means is arranged on one of said end wall members which extends over the space between said one of said end wall members and said free edge, said fishplate means being insertable beneath said free edge of said top wall member so as to close the container, at least one notch is provided in each side wall member for uncovering lateral side portions of a stack of sheets, each of said notches extends from one of said end wall members over a distance at least corresponding to the space between said one of said end wall members and said free edges, at least one further notch is provided in said bottom wall member for uncovering a portion of an underside of a stack of sheets, and in that separating means are arranged on and extend transversely of the bottom wall member at a predetermined distance from said last-mentioned end wall member such that, upon a separation of the container along the separating means, said fishplate means, said last-mentioned end wall member, and a strip of said bottom wall member are removed from the container such that a portion of an upper side of a stack of sheets, lateral side portions of a stack of sheets adjacent the at least one notch provided in each of said side wall members, an underside of a stack of sheets adjacent the at least one further notch in said bottom wall member, and the forward edges of a stack of paper are exposed.