CA1231678A - Article carrier - Google Patents

Article carrier

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CA1231678A
CA1231678A CA000426544A CA426544A CA1231678A CA 1231678 A CA1231678 A CA 1231678A CA 000426544 A CA000426544 A CA 000426544A CA 426544 A CA426544 A CA 426544A CA 1231678 A CA1231678 A CA 1231678A
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Roberto Tomassi
Claude Martin
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WestRock Packaging Systems LLC
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Mead Corp
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Abstract

ARTICLE CARRIER
ABSTRACT
A wraparound type article carrier for use in connection with a plurality of articles comprising top, bottom and side walls interconnected to form a sleeve, a closure element preferably in the form of a sleeve enveloping one or more articles at one end of the carrier, the closure sleeve comprising a main panel and an auxiliary panel foldably joined along the upper edge thereof, and the auxiliary panel being angularly related to the main panel and extending inwardly of the carrier.

Description

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ARTICLE CARRIER
TECHNICAL FIEND
This invention relates to carriers for the pacts aging of multiple articles such as bottles and which is portico-laxly suitable for protecting bottled beverages whose organoleptic properties can be affected by ultraviolet light.
BACKGRO~MD ART
Article carriers which are similar to this invention are known in the prior art, for example, such as those disclosed in US. patents 1,888,555; 2,205,~37; aye;
3,337,0~5; and ~,119,902.
SUMMARY OF THY INVENTION
According to this invention there is provided a wraparound type article carrier having a plurality of articles disposed in a side by side rectilinear arrange-mint and secured therein by article retaining apertures formed in said carrier for receiving parts only of heels and tops of the packaged articles and comprising a pair of side walls, a unitary top wall overlying the tops of the packaged articles, and a bottom wall interconnected to form a sleeve, and a pair of unitary end panels foldable joined respectively to the ends of said top wall, a separate tubular closure element telescoped over at least one article disposed at one end of the carrier and secured in place by said article, said closure element comprising a main panel of a size and configuration to substantially close an end of the carrier, an auxiliary panel foldable joined directly to the upper edge of said main panel, a pair of side panels joined respectively to the end edges of said main panel, and a back panel joined to the edges of said side panels remote from said main panel to form said tubular closure element, said auxiliary panel extending inwardly of said carrier at an angle greater than 90 to the inner surface of said main panel, and one :`

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lo -of said end panels being disposed in overlapping face contacting relationship with said auxiliary panel to form a substantially complete closure for the adjacent end of the carrier, said closure element being retained within Seiko' sleeve by the article disposed at said one end and the end article being retained in Seiko carrier ho said article retaining apertures formed in the earriex.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF me DRAWINGS
In the drawings FIG. 1 is a perspective view of an article corkscrew formed according to this invention;
Fig. 2 is a perspective view owe one form of the closure sleeve formed according to this invention.

Jo Docket D-7174 -2-FIGS. 3 and 4 depict intermediate stages of the formation of the carrier; FIGS. 5 and 6 are side views of a portion of the carrier with part of one side wall broken away; FIG. 7 is a plan view of a pair of closure sleeve blanks shown in a nested condition; FIG. 8 is a perspective view of a modified form of the closure sleeve; and FIG, 9 is a plan view of the blank from which the closure ~leeve'of FIG. 8 is formed.
BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION
lo In the drawings and with particular reference to FIG. 3 the basic blank for the carrier is shown.
~re'sp'ecifically the numeral 1 designates the top wall of the carrier to the side edges of which sloping panels
2 and 3 are joined respectively along fold lines 4 and 5. At each end of top wall 1, an end panel lo is joined thereto along fold line lb. End panes lo are further joined to the sloping panes be means of web panels to.
Side walls 6 and 7 are joined to lower edges of sloping panels 2 and 3 along fold lines 8 and 9. To complete the basic elements of the carrier, bottom wall panels 10 and if are foldable joined to the lower edges of side walls 6 and 7 respectively along fold lines-12 and 13.
As is well known, multiple neck receiving apertures a are formed in sloping panels 2 and 3 and, in similar fashion, multiple heel receiving apertures b are formed in the lower portions of side walls 6 and 7. Also as is well known, machine tightening apertures c are formed in bottom wall panels 10 and 11; locking tabs d are formed in bottom wall panel 11 and locking apertures e are formed in bottom wall panel 10.
According to this invention, a closure sleeve is provided and comprises main panel Lo. To the top edge of main panel 14, auxiliary panel 15 is joined whereto along fold line 16. Similarly side pane 17 is joined to a side edge of main panel 14 along fold line 18. Back panel 19 is joined to side panel 17 along fold line 20 and a nesting Nash is formed along the upper portion do 3 Docket D-7174 I
thereof. Composite panel 21 is joined to main panel 14 along fold line 22 and composite panel 23 is joined to back panel 19 along fold Lyon. Composite panels 21 and 23 combine to form the side panel of the closure 5 sleeve opposite side panel 17. In order to accomplish economy of material, the closure sleeve shown in FIG. 7 can be nested with an adjacent closure sleeve by means ' of the cooperation between auxiliary panel 15 of one blank and nesting notch aye of an adjoining blank , 10 as shown by the phantom lines in FIG. 7.
In order to form the closure sleeve from the blank shown in FIG. 7, it is necessary to make an application of glue to composite panel 23 as shown by stippling in FIG. 7. Then the blank of FIG. 7 is manipulated to a position whereby composite panel 23 us adhered Jo composite panel 21 and the elements of the blank are disposed in positions whereby main panel 14 and back panel 19 are parallel and, similarly, side panel 17 is parallel Jo side panel 21, 23.
To complete formation of the carrier, the angles to be packaged are placed on a carrier blank as shown in FIG. 3. Following this operation a closure sleeve as shown in FIG. 2 is simply slipped over the end two articles at each end of the carrier as shown in FIG. 4. Then the elements of the main blank are simply wrapped around the articles whereby the necks of the articles are inserted into neck receiving apertures a and the heels Of the articles are inserted into heel receiving apertures b. The the blank is simply locked in position by the known cooperation between locking tabs d and locking apertures e.
In order to complete the carrier, auxiliary panel 15 is folded inwardly of the carrier along fold line 16 and the end panels lo are folded downwardly respectively in overlapping face contacting relation with the outer surface of auxiliary panels 15. This operation is best shown in FIGS. and 6. The carrier when appears as shown in FIG. 1 and the contents thereof are protected ,1? 3~6 713 Docket D-7174 -from the damaging effects. of light.. This invention would also be well adapted for use in connection with a wraparound carrier. of the shrink film variety.
The modified form of the closure sleeve is shown in FIGS. 8 and 9. More specifically this version of the closure 61eeve'comprises dual' main panels 25 and 26.
Auxiliary panels 27. and I are'foldably joined reRpectiveIy to main panels 25 and 26 along fold lines 29 and 30. Also side pane 31 is joined to main panels '10 25 and 26 respectively along fold lines 32 and 33. The opposite wide panel' comprises composite panels 34 and 35 wisher joined respectively to main panels 25 and 26 along fold lines 36 Andy. To form the closure sleeves shown in FIG. 8, it is simply necessary to , 15 adhere composite panel 34 to composite panel 35 as described in connection with the closure sleeve shown in FIG. 7.
Wylie sleeve is shown and described as end closure means it will be understood that for some application of the invention some sleeve panel elements may be omitted and-other suitable means could be employed to hold the closure pane in attached relation to one or more end articles.
INDUSTRIAL APPLICABILITY
By this invention an article carrier is provided which it especially well adapted for the packaging of bottled products such as beer which are extremely sensitive to the effects of light.

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Claims (2)

THE EMBODIMENTS OF THE INVENTION IN WHICH AN EXCLUSIVE
PROPERTY OR PRIVILEGE IS CLAIMED ARE DEFINED AS FOLLOWS:
1. A wraparound type article carrier having a plurality of articles disposed in a side by side rectilinear arrangement and secured therein by article retaining apertures formed in said carrier for receiving parts only of the heels and tops of the packaged articles and comp-rising a pair of side walls, a unitary top wall overlying the tops of the packaged articles, and a bottom wall inter-connected to form a sleeve, and a pair of unitary end panels foldably joined respectively to the ends of said top wall, a separate tubular closure element telescoped over at least one article disposed at one end of the carrier and secured in place by said article, said closure element comprising a main panel of a size and configuration to substantially close an end of the carrier, an auxiliary panel foldably joined directly to the upper edge of said main panel, a pair of side panels joined respectively to the end edges of said main panel, and a back panel joined to the edges of said side panels remote from said main panel to form said tubular closure element, said auxiliary panel extending inwardly of said carrier at an angle greater than 90° to the inner surface of said main panel, and one of said end panels being disposed in overlapping face contacting relationship with said auxiliary panel to form a substantially complete closure for the adjacent end of the carrier, said closure element being retained within said sleeve by the article disposed at said one end and the end article being retained in said carrier by said article retaining apertures formed in the carrier.
2. An article carrier according to claim 1, wherein a nesting notch is formed in said back panel along the upper portion thereof.
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