CN101815656A

CN101815656A - Carton and carton blank

Info

Publication number: CN101815656A
Application number: CN200880103445A
Authority: CN
Inventors: A·索拉
Original assignee: Meadwestvaco Packaging Systems LLC
Current assignee: WestRock Packaging Systems LLC
Priority date: 2007-08-15
Filing date: 2008-08-15
Publication date: 2010-08-25
Also published as: EP2176136A1; AU2008286738A1; KR20100068338A; GB0715917D0; RU2497736C2; WO2009023822A1; CL2008002438A1; RU2010109406A; AR070645A1; JP2010536668A

Abstract

A carton (50) of the top gripping type for receiving and retaining a group of cylindrical articles (C) said carton comprising a main panel (16) comprising apertures (22a, 22b, 22c, 22d, 22e, 22f) each for receiving and retaining an upper portion of a cylindrical article (C) wherein said apertures comprise a pair of opposing curved sections (80, 82) for forming curved edges of said main panel to engage with curved portions of a cylindrical article, said aperture also comprising at least one U-shaped section (84, 86), said U-shaped section being struck at least in part from a first portion (24a, 24b) of said main panel, said first portion of said main panel being foldable such that edges of said U-shaped section is engageable with an article receivable in said aperture, the carton further comprising an end retention structure (90a,90b) for retaining end most articles in a group of article within the carton.

Description

Carboard and carton blank

Technical field

The invention provides a kind of carboard that is used to hold one or more article, more specifically but exclusively non-, this carboard provides a kind of top clamp-type carriage that is used to hold and keep described one or more article.

Background technology

The carboard that is used to engage a plurality of article is useful for the Individual Items (for example soft drink or other beverage or food) that make the customer can obtain and transport requirement.

The well-known top clamp-type product carrier that provides wherein forms the hole in the panel of carriage; Wherein go out tab from described hole.When article container was in the hole, tab shifted out the plane of described panel: wherein said tab engages this article around the flange of article or antelabium usually.

At the US 2,936,070 that authorizes Poupitch with authorize among the US 5,188,225 of Jorbin and disclose this carriage.Under the condition of not damaging carboard, can be difficult to from this carriage, take article away.

Therefore need provide a kind of reusable product carrier, make and the article of sky can be put back in the carriage, so that the empty article of transportation for example are transported to recycle bin or are used to return to retail trader.

Also need to reduce to greatest extent needed material quantity for ecological and economic cause, provide a kind of failure-free carriage for article simultaneously.

Summary of the invention

A first aspect of the present invention provides a kind of top clamp-type carboard that is used to hold and keep one group of cylindrical articles, described carboard has main panel, this main panel comprises the hole on the top that respectively is used to hold and keep cylindrical articles, wherein said hole comprises a pair of relative bending area, be used to form the curved edge of the described main panel that engages with the sweep of cylindrical articles, described hole also comprises at least one U-shaped zone, described U-shaped zone is gone out from the first of described main panel at least in part, the described first of described main panel is folding, make the edge in described U-shaped zone to engage with the article that are contained in wherein, described carboard also comprises the terminal structure that keeps, and this end maintenance structure is used for the article of the extreme end of one group of article are remained in the carboard.

Preferably, the hole comprises the second U-shaped zone; Described second U-shaped zone is relative with described at least one U-shaped zone.

Preferably, main panel comprises and forms the second portion at the second U-shaped edge that the described second U-shaped edge can engage with article, and the wherein said second U-shaped zone is gone out from described second portion at least in part collapsible.

Preferably, second portion forms the part of the collapsible v-shaped structure between first article and second article, forms pillar thus between described first article and described second article.

Preferably, terminal maintenance structure comprises the ribbon between a pair of relative side panel that is hinged on carboard.

A second aspect of the present invention provides a kind of carboard that is used for one group of article, it comprises first panel and bandage part, first panel comprises the hole that respectively is used for holding and keeping described group of respective articles, bandage partly is used for the lower region of group article is kept together, wherein in use, bandage partly be arranged on described first panel below.

Preferably, described first panel of bandage partial sum is formed by the mono-blank.

Preferably, the bandage part is formed by a pair of end portion that is hinged on a pair of side panel on described first panel and be hinged on each end, and each end portion is hinged on the corresponding side panel of described a pair of side panel.

Preferably, each end of each end portion is hinged on the corresponding side panel of described a pair of side panel by at least one corner plate panel.

Preferably, the corner plate panel is fixed on the correct position between sides adjacent panel and the adjacent end part.

A third aspect of the present invention provides a kind of carboard that comprises main panel, and described main panel comprises the non-circular hole that is used to hold and keep article.

Preferably, described hole defines at least one trip edge of described main panel, and wherein in use, described at least one trip edge is arranged in the plane of main panel, and engages with the part of article, thereby described article are remained in this hole.

Preferably, described hole comprises at least one linear segment, is used to form one or at least one trip edge being used to engage article.

Preferably, the hole comprises arcuate region.

Preferably, arcuate section is suitable for being formed for engaging or at least one trip edge of article, and the periphery of described arcuate section and described article is complementary.

Preferably, this hole shape becomes and makes described main panel to engage with described article at least two discrete positions around the article.

Preferably, this hole shape becomes and makes described main panel to engage with described article at least four discrete positions around the article.

Preferably, this hole is being octagon substantially in shape.

Preferably, this hole comprises the arc outshot of arcuate depression partial sum, and wherein each described arc outshot all can engage article in the discrete position around the article periphery.

Preferably, this main panel can engage with article on eight discrete positions around the article periphery.

A fourth aspect of the present invention provides a kind of packing that comprises aforementioned carboard and at least one article, and this is packaged in carboard and has circular cross section with the position that described article engage.

Preferably, wherein said article comprise flange, and carboard engages article under this flange.

A fifth aspect of the present invention provides the blank that is used to form arbitrary aforementioned carboard.

Description of drawings

Now with reference to accompanying drawing exemplary embodiment of the present invention is described, wherein:

Fig. 1 has shown the planar view of the blank of the carboard that is used to form Fig. 3;

Fig. 2 has shown the transparent view in a zone of the carboard shown in Fig. 3;

Fig. 2 A has shown the lateral plan in the direction of arrow A of zone shown in Fig. 2;

Fig. 2 B has shown the lateral plan in the direction of arrow B of zone shown in Fig. 2;

Fig. 3 has shown the packing according to first embodiment of the invention;

Fig. 4 has shown the planar view according to the blank of the packing that is used for following Fig. 7 of second embodiment of the invention;

Fig. 5 has shown the planar view according to the blank of third embodiment of the invention;

Fig. 6 has shown the planar view of the blank of the packing that is used to form Fig. 7;

Fig. 7 has shown the transparent view according to the packing of second embodiment of the invention.

The specific embodiment

With reference to accompanying drawing, in Fig. 1, shown the blank 10 of the carboard 50 that is used to form shown in Fig. 3.Blank 10 comprises having

hole

22a, 22b, 22c, 22d, 22e, the top panel 16 of 22f.Each

hole

22a, 22b, 22c, 22d, 22e is identical substantially with 22f; A reference opening 22a is described them.

Hole 22a comprises the first and second

relative bending area

80,83 and the first and second opposed U-shaped

zones

84,86 respectively.

Top panel 16 comprises

multiple folding lines

11,13,15a, 15b, 17a, 17b and 19.

Fold line

11,13 hingedly is connected top panel 16 on

side panel

12 and 14 respectively.

As shown in Fig. 2 and Fig. 2 A,

fold line

15a and 15b partly define outer shoulder portion 24a respectively with

fold line

11 and 13, and 24b is used for folding around the oblique shoulder portion of the article C that is contained in hole 22a.Fold line 17a, 17b and 19 define

interior shoulder portion

26a, 26b at least in part.

Interior shoulder portion

26a, 26b folds around the shoulder that is contained in the article C among the 22a of hole; Thereby between two row's article C, form " V " shape zone.Blank 10 comprises a pair of terminal structure 90a, the 90b of keeping that hingedly is connected on each

side panel

12,14.

Fold line 17a, 17b and

fold line

15a, 15b define shoulder portion 24a outside together respectively at least in part, 24b and interior shoulder portion 26a, the centre portion 35a that extends between the 26b,

35b.Fold line

15a, 15b are with

centre portion

35a, and 35b hingedly is connected outer shoulder portion 24a respectively, on the 24b, and provide outer shoulder portion 24a, the corresponding upper limb of 24b.Fold line 17a, 17b are with

centre portion

35a, and 35b hingedly is connected interior shoulder portion 26a respectively, on the 26b, and provide interior shoulder portion 26a, the corresponding upper limb of 26b.Fold line 19 is with

interior shoulder portion

26a, and 26b is hingedly connected together, and provides interior shoulder portion 26a, the public lower edge of 26b.

The terminal structure 90a that keeps comprises

end panel

18,20, each end of

panel

18,20 endways,

corner panel

28a, 28b; 30,30b is respectively along

fold line

21a, 21b; 23a, 23b hingedly connects.Each

corner panel

28a, 28b; 30,30b also is hinged on the first

corner plate panel

32a, 32b; 34a is on corresponding one among the 34b.

The first

corner plate panel

32a, 32b; 34a, 34b hingedly are connected the second

corner plate panel

36a, 36b respectively; 38a is on the 38b.The second

corner plate panel

38a, 36a hingedly is connected on the end relatively of side panel 12, and the second

corner plate panel

36b, 38b hingedly is connected on the end relatively of side panel 14.

Forward Fig. 3 now to, shown around one group of carboard 50 that the article stack-mounted is constructed, in this specific embodiment, these group article C is made up of six columniform substantially article C (for example beverage can), is arranged to three article C of two rows.

Fig. 3 has shown the side panel 12 that has folded around fold line 11.The second corner plate panel 38a has been folded into and has made it be placed between the side panel 12 and the first corner plate panel 34a.

Corner panel 30a is folding around article C substantially, makes the terminal structure 90a that keeps be assemblied in around the end of these group article C.The terminal structure 90a that keeps has formed bandage around the end of these group article C.

Be also shown in outer shoulder portion 24a and fold up, thereby be formed on around the shoulder of article C around

fold line

11 and 15a.

Around fold line 17a, 17b and 19 folds up for

interior shoulder portion

26a, 26b, so that form " V " shape structure between two row's article C.

Forward Fig. 2 now to, shown the part figure of the carboard 50 of being constructed.Can see article C and be inserted into hole 22 in the carboard 50, wherein only show the regional area around the hole 27.

Outer shoulder portion 24a is folding around the shoulder of article C.

The U-shaped zone 84 of the hole 22a that goes out from outer shoulder portion 24a has formed the U-shaped trip edge of outer shoulder portion 24a at least in part, and carboard 50 can engage article C by this trip edge.Similarly, the U-shaped zone 86 of the hole 22a that goes out from interior shoulder portion 26a (showing Fig. 2) has formed the U-shaped trip edge at least in part, and carboard 50 can engage article C by this trip edge.These U-shaped

trip edges

84,86 are connected on the

curved edge

80,83 with limiting hole 22a.Preferably, U-shaped

trip edge

84,86 respectively comprises linear segment.

Referring to Fig. 2 A and 2B, can see outer shoulder portion 24a and interior shoulder portion 26a and under the antelabium of article C or flange F, engage.

Outer shoulder portion 24a and interior shoulder portion 26a partly are out of shape around the shoulder of article C.The

bending area

80,83 of hole 22a defines the crooked trip edge of centre panel 35a, and this trip edge is joint article C below flange F.The U-shaped

zone

84,86 of hole 22a defines outer shoulder and interior shoulder portion 24a, the re-spective engagement edge of 26a, and it is joint article C below flange F also.In certain embodiments, centre panel 35a can be out of shape owing to article C is contained in the hole 22.

Carboard 50 thereby form by blank 10, as shown in Figure 3, blank 10 comprises shaped hole 22, this hole is used to hold the columniform in essence top that has the article C of flange or antelabium.Each hole 22 all has a pair of

relative bending area

80,83, and these

relative bending area

80,83 end wises are arranged in the carboard 50.Hole 22 also comprises the opposed U-shaped zone of the

linear segment

84,86 with elongation, and described opposed U-shaped zone is horizontally sets with respect to carboard 50.

Bending area

80,83 holds the wall of the bending of article C, thereby provides bearing fit between article C and carboard 50.The U-shaped zone is charged into and is defined and is arranged at hang down groove in the

plate

12,14 of shoulder or side, this

shoulder

24a, 24b, 26a, 26b or the

side plate

12,14 that hangs down is folded up, make the U-shaped zone preferably below the described flange of article or antelabium side direction engage article C.Be attached at side hang down ribbon or bandage part 90a on the end of plate, 90b offers help terminal article C is remained in the carboard 50 with the form of the packing of final formation.

Forward Fig. 4 to Fig. 7 now to, shown the second embodiment of the present invention.

Fig. 4 has shown the planar view of the blank 110 of the carboard 150 that is used to form Fig. 7.Blank 110 comprises main panel 116; Hole 122 is gone out from this main panel 116.

Hole 122 is being octagon roughly in shape.Main panel 116 comprises that part is by line of cut or cut off line of weakness and finger tabs 140 that part is limited by fold line 142.Finger tabs 140 can be used for grasping carboard 150.

Hole 122 comprises sunk part 146 and outshot 144.Outshot 144 is wider than sunk part 146.Outshot 144 in the radial direction size fully less than the size on its tangential direction.

Fig. 5 has shown the alternative blank 210 that is used for for blank 160 uses of Fig. 6.Blank 210 has been removed finger tabs with the relatively demonstration of blank 120.In addition, rotate the angle between 0 to 45 ° of degree in identical with hole 122 in shape hole 222, and be preferably the angle of about 22.5 ° of degree.

Forward Fig. 6 now to, shown the planar view of the blank 160 of the ribbon that is used to form around these group article C as shown in Figure 7 or bandage.

Blank 160 comprises respectively by fold line 163,165,167 and 169 and sequentially hinged five main panels 162,164,166,168 and 170.

Panel

164 and 166 has formed the bandage part, and wherein panel 162,164, and 166,168 and 170 extend around the article C of each row's end.

Panel 166 has formed the part of described bandage, and this part is extended along the side of the article C of row in the described article C wherein.

Panel

162 and 170 and fixed panel 172,174 formed recombination region together, this zone along another arrange described article C article C the side and extend.Fixed panel 172,174 is respectively along corresponding folding

line

161 and 171 and be hinged on

panel

162 and 170.

Recombination region is fixed together by tab 176 is engaged with hole 178.Hole 178 is gone out from an end of panel 162, and tab 176 is gone out from panel 170.Tab 176 is combined as a whole with fixed panel 174.

Forward Fig. 7 now to, can see article C and be inserted in the hole 122; The top that hole 122 keeps article.Engage the position below the point of article C at panel 116, blank 160 be wrapped in these group article C around.Blank 160 has formed the tight bandage that keeps in the bottom of article C.

The invention provides a kind of carboard that needs minimal of materials that the economy of packaging of multi-pieces is provided, wherein main panel comprises the hole and the bandage part that is used for the tight maintenance in bottom of a plurality of article that is used to engage article.

To understand that also the hole that provides for the joint article is non-circular shape, each hole engages the article that have cylinder form or have circular cross section at least at junction point.

Because the non-circular shape in hole, the carboard discrete position around the article periphery engages article.In addition, can see this hole is provided as to be between carboard and the article in the position that carboard does not engage article and forms the gap.

In addition, the hole engages with article, but the tab that is folded out the plane of main panel when carboard engages with article is not provided.In this way, article are engaged in the plane of the main panel of carboard or top panel substantially.The hole forms the trip edge in the material that forms top panel, this trip edge is arranged in the plane of top panel, and this trip edge engages with article.

In certain embodiments, when article were accommodated in the carboard, article were introduced application force in the material that forms top panel or main panel basically.

These application forces may be in nature stretch or compression.These application forces also may cause some distortion of main panel or top panel.These application forces also are used for keeping article with group's form of article.When article container was in carboard, the introducing of article had increased the rigidity of the top panel or the main panel of carboard.

Can understand, can make various variations without departing from the scope of the invention, for example can adjust the size and dimension of panel, to adapt to article with different size or shape.

Alternatively, the hole can be arranged in around the article periphery two, three or any other integer position and engages with article.

Will understand, about one embodiment of the present of invention described and/or shown in feature can make up with the feature of another embodiment or replace.

Will recognize that, used herein such as " top ", " bottom ", " end ", " side ", " interior ", " outward ", " on " and the D score isotropy do not quote corresponding panel be limited to this direction, but only be used to make these panels to be distinguished from each other.Without departing from the scope of the invention, anyly can be considered to line of cut, line, perforation line or otch to quoting also of frangible lines.In addition, any quoting of being articulated and connected only be should not be construed as must refer to single fold line; In fact, be articulated and connected and form by following wherein one or more lines can imagining without departing from the scope of the invention: demarcation line or line of weakness, line, frangible lines or fold line.

Claims

1. top clamp-type carboard that is used to hold and keep one or more cylindrical articles, described carboard comprises the main panel with one or more holes, each described hole is used for holding and keeping the top of the corresponding article of described one or more cylindrical articles, wherein each hole includes a pair of relative bending area, be used to form the curved edge of described main panel, the sweep of the described corresponding article in described curved edge and the described one or more cylindrical articles engages, described bending area is gone out from the first of described main panel, each hole also comprises at least one U-shaped zone, be used to form the U-shaped edge of described main panel, described U-shaped zone is gone out from the second portion of described main panel at least in part, described second portion hingedly is connected in the described first, make described U-shaped edge to engage with the article in being contained in described each hole, described carboard also comprises the terminal structure that keeps, and is used for the article of the extreme end of described one or more cylindrical articles are remained in the described carboard.

2. carboard according to claim 1 is characterized in that, each hole includes the second U-shaped zone, and described second U-shaped zone is relative with described at least one U-shaped zone.

3. carboard according to claim 1 and 2, it is characterized in that, described main panel comprises third part, described third part hingedly is connected in the described first, so that the second U-shaped zone in described each hole to be provided, the described second U-shaped zone can engage with the described corresponding article in described one or more cylindrical articles, and the wherein said second U-shaped zone is gone out from described third part at least in part.

4. carboard according to claim 3, it is characterized in that, described third part forms and is arranged on the part of the v-shaped structure between first cylindrical articles and second cylindrical articles, thereby forms pillar between described first cylindrical articles and described second cylindrical articles.

5. according to each the described carboard in the claim 1 to 4, it is characterized in that described terminal maintenance structure comprises the ribbon between a pair of relative side panel that hingedly is connected described carboard.

6. blank that is used to form according to each the described carboard in the claim 1 to 5.

7. carboard that comprises main panel, described main panel comprises the non-circular hole that is used to hold and keep article, wherein said hole defines at least one trip edge of described main panel, wherein in use, described at least one trip edge is arranged in the plane of described main panel, and engage, thereby described article are remained in the described hole with the part of article.

8. carboard according to claim 7 is characterized in that described hole comprises at least one linear segment, is used to form one or at least one and is used to engage the trip edge of article.

9. according to claim 7 or 8 described carboards, it is characterized in that described hole comprises bending area.

10. carboard according to claim 9 is characterized in that, described bending area is suitable for being formed for engaging or at least one trip edge of article, and the periphery of described bending area and described article is complementary.

11. each the described carboard according in the claim 7 to 10 is characterized in that, described hole shape becomes makes described main panel to engage with described article at least two discrete positions around article.

12. each the described carboard according in the claim 7 to 10 is characterized in that, described hole shape becomes makes described main panel to engage with described article at least four discrete positions around article.

13. carboard according to claim 7 is characterized in that, described hole is being octagon substantially in shape.

14. according to each the described carboard in the claim 7 to 13, it is characterized in that, described hole comprises the arc outshot of arcuate depression partial sum, and wherein each described arc outshot all can engage with described article the discrete position around the article periphery.

15. each the described carboard according in claim 13 or 14 is characterized in that, described main panel can engage with described article eight discrete positions around the article periphery.

16. one kind comprises according to each the described carboard in the claim 7 to 15 and the packing of at least one article, describedly is packaged in the position that described carboard engages with described article and has circular cross-sectional plane.

17. packing according to claim 16 is characterized in that, described article comprise flange, and described carboard engages described article under described flange.

18. blank that is used to form according to the described carboard of claim 7 to 17.