Abstract: The invention relates to a corner guard (1) for box-type containers (4), such as cases, transport boxes and the like. The corner guard (1) comprises a caplike corner-protecting element (8) to be fitted externally over a container corner (2), at least one elastic intermediate corner element (10) for impact-absorbing arrangement between the corner-protecting element (8) and the container corner (2) being provided. Here, the corner-protecting element (8) is to be fastened to the container corner (2) in such a way that it is disconnected from the container (4) in terms of elastic impact absorption by way of the intermediate corner element (10).

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for automatically packaging empty collapsible tubes (1), that are supplied by a conveyor belt, into a plurality of packaging containers that take up collapsible tubes (1). According to the invention, the supplied collapsible tubes (1) are collected in a row without gaps, supplied in this row to an intermediate storage (13) and then jointly transferred into a packaging container; thereafter the packaging container is conveyed further on. The empty collapsible tubes (1) are arranged in conveyor trays (3) of a feeder belt (2) and are collected continuously in a row or partial row by means of separately driven and adjustable suction vees (5).