AT508587A2 - CUTTING FOR A CONTAINER - Google Patents

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The invention relates to a one-piece blank made of a foldable flat material for folding an open-topped container carrier for setting a group of containers, in particular bottles. Such container carriers are referred to as container carriers of the basket type. The blank has a partition wall part with an engagement opening and a first and a second side wall part and an end wall part and two end wall half parts, each having two in the folded state to be arranged as edges and transverse sides each having two substantially perpendicular thereto longitudinal sides, wherein the side parts for two-sided arrangement are provided parallel to the partition wall part in the folded state of the blank. The transverse sides then form high edges of the container carrier.

Such container carriers are used as packaging of e.g. Used beer bottles. In this case, a group of e.g. six bottles to be packaged in a container unit in the container carrier. The blank is cut or punched out of the flat material. The sheet is usually formed as a cardboard material. The blank of this cardboard material is assembled by folding to the container carrier and is glued together through various splices such that a basket-like carrier is formed, in which the containers are packaged therein. The engagement opening is provided so that the container carrier can be grasped with one hand. The cardboard material must have sufficient strength so that it does not tear at the engagement openings when carrying the packaging unit. Usually, the paperboard material has a grammage of about 500 grams per square meter, e.g. 490 grams per square meter, up. I 1 ··

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From DE 600 15 094 T2 a generic blank and a container carrier folded therefrom are known. In this blank, a transverse side of one of the end wall half-parts and a transverse side of the end wall part are articulated via a respective Abknickkante to one lateral side of the first side wall part, and a further transverse side of the end wall portion and a transverse side of the other Stirnwandhaibteils are each a respective Abknickkante to a transverse side of the second Hinged side wall part. The side wall parts and the end wall parts are thus arranged lined up, so that the blank has an elongated basic shape. The blank has two bottom wall regions, which are articulated in each case over bending edges on longitudinal sides of the side wall parts. The partition wall part is articulated on longitudinal sides of the end wall half-parts or of the end wall part. As a result, the partition wall part has only a small height, in particular in the region of the engagement opening. The stability of the partition wall part is therefore essentially determined only by adhesive tabs, which are hinged to the free ends of the blank forming transverse sides of the end wall half parts of the same. The partition wall part can therefore easily distort and even tear when carrying the container carrier.

Another blank for folding a generic container carrier is proposed in US 3,570,706. In this blank each Stirnwandhalbteil is articulated to both transverse sides of each side wall part. The substructures formed thereby are arranged side by side and connected to each other via each partition wall parts hinged thereto. The partition wall parts are thus arranged between longitudinal sides of the side wall parts. This arrangement results in a blank having substantially a less elongate basic shape. At each partition wall part an adhesive flap for attachment and stiffening of the partition wall parts is hinged, so that a total of four such adhesive tabs are present.

Although such a better attachment of the partition wall parts allows, but also have these partition wall parts only a small amount, so that this -3- I ··· · ·

Container carrier for warping and tearing tends. Further, with such an arrangement, only two blanks can be cut out of a standard 1020 mm wide 1420 mm long card stock. Therefore, there is a large sectional area in the production of such a blank, which makes the production of the folded container carrier relatively complicated and expensive.

The invention has for its object to provide a blank for a container carrier and a container carrier, which avoid disadvantages of the prior art, in particular where a simple and cost-effective production of the container carrier should be possible.

This object is achieved by the blank and the container carrier according to the claims. The dependent claims represent preferred embodiments of the invention.

An inventive container carrier for setting a group of containers, in particular bottles, is folded from a one-piece blank according to the invention of a foldable flat material. The container carrier is open at the top, i. it is a container carrier basket type.

The one-piece blank according to the invention has a partition wall part with an engagement opening and a first and a second side wall part and an end wall part and two end wall half parts, each having two in the folded state to be arranged as a high edges transverse sides and each two substantially perpendicular thereto longitudinal sides. Under pages, i. Transverse sides and longitudinal sides, the edges or edges of the surfaces of said parts in the folded state understood. Next, the blank has bottom wall portions, preferably two bottom wall portions, which are provided for forming a bottom of the container carrier on. The bottom wall regions are articulated on longitudinal sides of the side wall parts and / or the end wall part and / or the end wall half parts via a respective bending edge. The side parts are parallel to the two-sided arrangement. ································································································································································ The Stirnwand- and Stirnwandhalbteile are in the folded state perpendicular to the side wall parts. A transverse side of one of the end wall half-parts and a transverse side of the end wall part are articulated in each case via a Abknickkante to one transverse side of the first side wall part, and a further transverse side of the end wall part and a transverse side of the other Stirnwandhalbteils are hinged via a respective Abknickkante to a respective transverse side of the second side wall part.

According to the invention, a transverse side of the partition wall part and a transverse side of one of the end wall half parts are articulated to one another via a bending edge. The side wall parts, the Stirnwand- and Stirnwandhalbteile and the partition wall part are therefore all arranged in a row successively, so that there is an elongated basic shape of the blank. Under hinged is understood that the hinged parts together, i. E. the flat material of the parts is materially coherent and not, e.g. only glued.

By arranging the dividing wall part on a lateral side of the end wall holding part, the dividing wall part can be made such that in the folded state of the blank, the height of the dividing wall part, i. the lateral side length of the partition wall part is so large that the partition wall part substantially covers the entire area of the side wall parts. The partition wall part then runs essentially over the entire cross-sectional area of the container carrier up to its bottom area. This results in a good stiffening of the container carrier. The located within the container carrier partial surfaces of the partition wall part can be printed as additional advertising space.

Due to the elongated basic shape of the blank according to the invention, up to four blanks according to the invention can be cut out of a standard cardboard sheet with a width of 1020 millimeters and a length of 1420 millimeters. As a result, only a few sections are incurred and the cutting process is accelerated due to less frequent carton sheet changes.

Particularly preferably, the blank has a first and a second separating structure part, the first separating structure part being hinged to a longitudinal side of the first side wall part via a folding edge and the second separating structure part being articulated via a folding edge to a longitudinal side of the second side wall part. The separation structure parts are provided for arrangement between each of a side wall part and the partition wall part. In the folded state, the separating structure parts form separating structures running perpendicular to the side wall parts, which lead to the formation of cells within the container carrier, so that a single container can be set in each cell.

Such separation structure parts are performed in the blanks for container carrier according to the prior art either as a second blank, or they are hinged to the partition wall part. In the latter case, the separation structure parts are greatly limited by their arrangement between side parts and partition wall part in size and embodiment.

The separating structure parts of the blank according to the invention hinged to the side parts can, without weakening the dividing wall part, be made very strong in their height, so that the containers in the formed cells are very largely separated from one another. The containers can then no longer touch, which avoids in the case of bottles in particular rattling when carrying the container carrier.

It is advantageous hinged to a respective free end of the separation structure parts an adhesive patch for sticking to the partition wall part. The adhesive seams are arranged on a region of the separating structure parts which can be bent in such a way towards the partition wall part that the cells are formed in each case for a container. By gluing the separation structure parts on the adhesive plate to partition wall part an additional stiffening of the entire container carrier is achieved.

Advantageously, the side length of the transverse sides of the partition wall part is greater than the side length of the transverse sides of the side wall parts, so that the partition wall part and thus a partition wall formed therefrom of the container carrier projects beyond the side walls. The engagement opening is arranged in the upper, over the side walls projecting area, so that the container carrier can be easily grasped.

Preferably, a partition wall reinforcement part with an engagement opening is articulated on the engagement opening near longitudinal side of the partition wall part via a Umknickkante, such that the engagement openings after folding over the Umknickkante substantially overlap. The dividing wall which is formed from the dividing wall and dividing wall reinforcing part after the folding edge connecting these by folding over one another is thus doubled and thus particularly stiff. Such a partition wall can be further printed on both sides in one step.

A further stiffening of such a double partition wall can be achieved when hinged in the opening side end portions of the transverse sides of the partition wall Trennwandverstärkungsfalze over Umknickkanten to the partition wall part and / or if at transverse sides of the partition reinforcement part Trennwandverstärkungsfalze hinged over Umknickkanten to the partition reinforcement part, wherein the partition reinforcement ribs for gluing between the partition wall part and the partition wall reinforcement part are provided. By means of such reinforcing structures, the blank according to the invention can be cut out of a cardboard with a grammage of only 300 grams per square meter, without a significant risk of tearing out a container carrier folded therefrom.

Advantageously, in each case an adhesive fold is articulated on a Abknickkante to the transverse sides of one of the Stirnwandhalbteile and the partition wall part free ends of the blank, whereby the partition wall part can be glued at its two transverse sides with the end walls of the Stirnwandhalbteilen and the end wall part end walls of the container carrier.

If at the bottom-side end region of at least one of the adhesive seams a Bodenverhakungsteil is hinged to the adhesive seam, an additional stiffening connection of the bottom wall portions can be made with the Klebefalzen.

The flat material from which the blank according to the invention is cut out preferably consists of cardboard, preferably with a grammage of less than 400 grams per square meter, in particular of 300 grams per square meter.

The invention will be explained in more detail by means of embodiments with reference to the drawings.

1 shows a blank of a container support according to the invention spread flat in a plan view.

FIG. 2 shows a cardboard sheet with contours of three blanks according to FIG. 1 drawn thereon.

3 shows a container carrier according to the invention, which is folded from a blank according to the invention according to FIG.

The figures of the drawings show the subject matter of the invention in a highly schematic manner and are not to scale. The individual components of the article according to the invention are shown so that their structure can be well shown.

In FIG. 1, a blank 1 for forming a container carrier according to the invention is laid out flat in a plan view.

The blank has a partition wall part 2 with an engagement opening 3 and a first and a second side wall part 4, 5, and an end wall part 6 and two end wall half parts 7, 8 each having two transverse sides to be arranged in the folded state as vertical edges and two each substantially perpendicular thereto Have long sides. 9 9 «· * ··» · # · * · *** · - - * * · · · * * * * * * *··· * · 9 9 ··· · ··· «· ··· ··· · · 9 9 9 · · * ··· * -8-

Next, the blank 1 on two bottom wall portions 9, which are articulated on longitudinal sides of the side wall portions 4,5 each have a Abknickkante. The bottom wall portions 9 form after folding the blank 1, the bottom of the container carrier. In the example shown, 9 punched holes are provided in the bottom wall portions, which serve that folded container carrier from the blank 1 with set, as beer bottles pronounced containers in larger boxes, i. Beer crates, which usually have the bottles from each other separating internal structures to be able to adjust.

The respective two longitudinal and two transverse sides of the side wall parts 4, 5, the end wall parts 7, 8 of the end wall part 6 and of the partition wall part 2 lie opposite one another in pairs, so that in each case a substantially cuboidal base surface shape of these parts results. All illustrated flat parts of the blank 1 are cut out of a single sheet of cardboard and hang together.

Common sides between adjacent parts of the blank 1 are indicated by dashed lines in the figure. These lines represent kinking edges or Umknickkanten at which the parts of the blank 1 are bent or folded over to form the container carrier. As Umknickkanten thereby edges are referred to, which are so far bent over that over these edges hinged together parts overlap at least partially flat. As kinking edges edges are called, which are bent only by an angle in the range of about 90 degrees. Both the kinked edges and the kinked edges can be completely or partially defined by imprints and / or perforations on the blank 1 which is spread out flat. However, the kinked edges and / or Umknickkanten can also be defined only by the fact that the corresponding areas of the blank 1 are provided for bending or kinking. * * »* * * *% ♦ • ·« * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * · · · · · · · · · ·. -9-

Connected lines represent in the figure, the edges of the blank 1 or cuts in the flat material.

The parts of the blank 1 hang against one another as follows: A transverse side of one of the end wall half parts 7 and a transverse side of the end wall part 6 are each articulated via a respective bending edge to a respective transverse side of the first side wall part 4. - Another transverse side of the end wall part 6 and a transverse side of the other end wall half-part 8 are hinged via a respective Abknickkante to each one transverse side of the second side wall part 5. - A transverse side of the partition wall part 2 and a transverse side of one of the end wall half-pieces 8 are articulated to each other via a Abknickkante.

The parts, i. End wall half parts 7, 8, end wall part 6, side wall parts 4, 5 and partition wall part 2, are thus arranged one after another in a row, so that the illustrated elongated basic shape of the blank 1 results.

In order to fold out a coherent container carrier from this elongated basic shape and to glue it, an adhesive fold 11, 12 is articulated in each case over an articulation edge to the free ends of the blank 1 formed by transverse sides of one of the end wall half parts 7 and the dividing wall part 2. In the figure, areas on the front side of the blank 1, which is preferably to be printed, which are provided after folding of the blank 1 for bonding to other areas, are shown with dotted borders. The adhesive areas located on the back of the blank 1, to which the last-mentioned adhesive pads 11, 12 are to be stuck, are hatched. The glued on the end wall half 7 glued seam 11 is to be glued to the gluing area on the partition wall part 2 and the hinged on the partition wall part 2 adhesive patch 12 is stuck to the gluing area on the end wall part 6.

The blank 1 has a first and a second separating structure part 20, 21, wherein the first separating structure part 20 is bent over a folding edge to a longitudinal side of the longitudinal axis of the longitudinal axis. Is hinged to the first side wall part 4 and the second separating structure part 21 is hinged via a Umknickkante to a longitudinal side of the second side wall part 5 ····················. The buckling of the latter Umknickkanten is shown symbolically in the figure by curved arrows. The Umknickkanten can be realized very largely by cuts on the blank 1. For example, can be left at the Umknickkanten only at a distance of about one centimeter less than a millimeter wide web of the sheet, i. not be cut through. After or at the buckling of such a Umknickkante the webs can tear off by the kinking itself, so that the separation structure parts 20,21 in the finished folded container carrier then possibly no longer need to materially related to the parts of the remaining blank 1. The separating structure parts 20,21 serve in the container carrier folded from the blank 1 to form partitions between the containers to be set, i. E. to separate the containers in individual cells. The separating structure parts 20, 21 each have two regions 23 (cell separation regions) which can be bent toward the partition wall part 2 in such a way that the cells are formed for one container each. At each free end of the separation structure parts 20,21 each an adhesive patch 24 is hinged for sticking to the partition wall part 20,21. These adhesive salts 24 are glued to the folded container carrier with areas of the partition wall part 2 on both sides of the partition wall part 2. The adhesive area on the front side of the partition wall part 2 with which the adhesive fold 24 of the separating structure part 20, which is articulated on the first side wall part 4, is glued hatched on the partition wall part 2. In each case, a base portion 25 of the respective separation structure part 20,21 is glued to an inside of the side wall portion 4,5 is hinged to it.

The side length of the transverse sides of the partition wall part 2 are greater than the side length of the transverse sides of the side wall parts 4, 5, so that the dividing wall formed by the partition wall part 2 of the container carrier folded out of the blank 1 projects upwards beyond its side walls 4, 5 formed from the side wall parts , On the longitudinal side of the partition wall part 2 close to the engagement opening, a partition wall reinforcement part 30 is articulated with an engagement opening 3 via a bent-over bend-over corner. The partition wall part 2 and the partition wall reinforcement part 30 are designed in such a way that their engagement openings 3 substantially overlap after the folding edge has buckled over, that is to say after the formation of a double-walled partition wall.

In engagement-near end regions of the transverse sides of the partition wall part 2 and on transverse sides of the partition reinforcement part 30, partition wall reinforcement folds 32 are further articulated to the partition wall part 2 and / or the partition wall reinforcement part 30 via folding edges. These partition reinforcing folds 32 are provided for bonding between the partition wall part 2 and the partition wall reinforcing part 30. For this purpose, the partition reinforcement ribs 32 are first folded over in the direction of the engagement opening 2 and subsequently the partition wall reinforcement part 30 is folded over towards the partition wall part 2. Thus, the thus formed partition in the regions of the partition reinforcing seam 32 has four layers of the sheet from which the blank 1 is cut out.

FIG. 2 shows a cardboard sheet 40 with contours of four blanks 1 according to FIG. 1 drawn on it. It can easily be seen that due to the elongated design of the blanks 1, four blanks 1 according to the invention can be arranged well next to one another while minimizing edge portions. The four blanks 1 are arranged side by side in mutually opposite orientation. That in each case the partition wall part 2 of a blank with the first side wall part 4 of the adjacent blank is arranged at a height.

In FIG. 3, a container carrier 50 according to the invention, which is folded out of a blank according to the invention according to FIG. 1, is shown in a perspective illustration. In this illustration, the dashed lines within the container support 50 arranged, so hidden, contours of the blank. Of the hidden contours of the blank only selected parts are shown to illustrate the principle of folding the blank to the container carrier 50 in particular in the region of one of the separating structure parts 20. The -12-

Folding of the separation structure part, not shown, on the back of the partition wall part 2 is designed mirror-symmetrically accordingly.

The side parts 4, 5 are arranged at the container carrier 50, ie in the folded state of the blank, on both sides parallel to the partition wall part 2. Since the length of the lateral sides of the partition wall part 2 is larger than that of the side wall parts 4, 5, the partition wall part 2 is made higher than the side wall parts 4, 5. It is further shown that there is a bent partition reinforcement part 30, whereby the partition wall formed by the partition reinforcement part 30 and the partition wall part 2 is made double-layered. Next, the Kiebefalze 11,12 can be seen, by means of which the partition wall part 2 is glued to one of the end wall half parts 7,8 and the end wall part 6.

In the front part of the container carrier 50 in the figure, the arrangement of the separating structure part 20 for forming individual cells is shown. The bonded to the partition wall part 2 adhesive joint 24 of the separation structure part 20 is shown hatched. The fold over which the parting structure part 20, i. its base part 25, hinged or was on the front side wall part 4 is shown by a double line. The two cell separation regions 23 of the separation structure part 20 are also clearly visible.

Proposed is a one-piece blank 1 made of a foldable flat material for folding an open-topped container carrier 50 for setting a group of containers, in particular bottles, wherein - the blank 1 a partition wall part 2 with an engagement opening 3 and a first and a second side wall part 4,5 and an end wall part 6 and two end wall half parts 7,8, each having two in the folded state as edges to be arranged transverse sides and in each case two substantially perpendicular thereto longitudinal sides, wherein the side parts 4,5 for bilateral arrangement parallel to the partition wall part 2 in the folded state of the blank are provided, and wherein

13 - a transverse side of one of the end wall half-parts 7 and a transverse side of the end wall part 6 are articulated in each case via a Abknickkante to one lateral side of the first side wall part 4, and - another transverse side of the end wall part 6 and a transverse side of the other end wall half part 8 via a respective Abknickkante to each a lateral side of the second side wall part 5 are articulated, and wherein - the blank has at least one bottom wall portion 9 which is articulated on a longitudinal side of the side wall portions 4,5 and / or the end wall portion 6 and / or the end wall half portion 7,8 via a Abknickkante.

In this case, a transverse side of the partition wall part 2 and a transverse side of one of the end wall half parts 7, 8 are articulated to one another via a bending edge.

The invention is not limited to the embodiments given above. Rather, a number of variants are conceivable, which make use of the features of the invention even with fundamentally different type of execution.

Claims (10)

«· · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · ································································ ··· • · * · • · «# # Patent Attorneys Dipl.-Ing. Helmut Hübscher Dipl.-Ing. Karl Winfried Hellmich Dipl.-Ing. Friedrich Jell Spittelwiese 7, A 4020 Linz (36,794) Claims: 1. One-piece blank (1) of a foldable flat material for folding an open-topped container carrier (50) for setting a group of containers, in particular bottles, wherein - the blank (1 ) has a partition wall part (2) with an engagement opening (3) and a first and a second side wall part (4,5) and an end wall part (6) and two end wall half parts (7,8), each two in the folded state to be arranged as a high edges transverse sides and in each case two longitudinal sides substantially perpendicular thereto, wherein the side parts (4, 5) for the two-sided arrangement are provided parallel to the partition wall part (2) in the folded state of the blank, and wherein - a transverse side of one of the end wall half parts (7) and a transverse side the end wall part (6) are each articulated via a respective bending edge to a respective transverse side of the first side wall part (4), and - a further transverse side of the End wall part (6) and a transverse side of the other Stirnwandhalbteils (8) via a respective Abknickkante are each hinged to a transverse side of the second side wall part (5), and wherein - the blank at least one bottom wall portion (9) on one longitudinal side of the side wall parts ( 4, 5) and / or the end wall part (6) and / or the end wall half part (7, 8) is articulated via a bending edge, wherein a transverse side of the dividing wall part (2) and a transverse side of one of the end wall half parts (7, 8) via a bending edge hinged to each other. 2. blank according to claim 1, characterized in that the blank has a first and a second separation structure part (20,21), wherein the first separation structure part (20) via a Umknickkante to a longitudinal side of the first side wall- ··· * ··· ···························································································································································································································· Part (4) is articulated and the second separating structure part (21) is articulated via a folding edge on a longitudinal side of the second side wall part (5). 3. blank according to one of claims 1 or 2, characterized in that at each one free end of the separating structure parts (20,21) an adhesive patch (24) for adhering to the partition wall part (2) is articulated. 4. Blank according to one of claims 1 to 3, characterized in that the side length of the transverse sides of the partition wall part (2) is greater than the side length of the transverse sides of the side wall parts (4,5). 5. blank according to one of claims 1 to 4, characterized in that on the engagement opening near the longitudinal side of the partition wall part (2) a partition wall reinforcement member (30) is articulated with an engagement opening (3) via a Umknickkante such that the engagement openings (3) After overturning the Umknickkante substantially cover. 6. blank according to claim 5, characterized in that in Eingriffrifföffnungsnahen end portions of the transverse sides of the partition wall part (2) Trennwandverstärkungsfalze (32) via Umknickkanten to the partition wall part (2) are articulated and / or that on transverse sides of the partition reinforcement part (30) Trennwandverstärkungsfalze (32) are hinged to the partition wall reinforcement member (30) via fold edges, the partition reinforcement ridges (32) being provided for bonding between the partition wall member (2) and the partition reinforcement member (30). 7. Blank according to one of claims 1 to 6, characterized in that articulated on the transverse sides of one of the end wall half-parts (7,8) and the partition wall part (2) free ends of the blank each an adhesive fold (11,12) over a Abknickkante is. 8. blank according to claim 7, characterized in that at the bottom end portion of at least one of the adhesive seams (11,12) a Bodenverhakungsteil is hinged to the adhesive fold (11,12). 9. Blank according to one of claims 1 to 8, characterized in that the flat material consists of cardboard, preferably with a grammage of less than 400 grams per square meter, in particular of 300 grams per square meter. 10. Container carrier (50) with a blank (1) according to one of claims 1 to 9, wherein the blank (1) to the container carrier (50) is folded. Linz, on July 31, 2009 Karl Knauer KG by: