CN101891029B

CN101891029B - Carton and carton blank

Info

Publication number: CN101891029B
Application number: CN2010101090609A
Authority: CN
Inventors: P·赫廷格
Original assignee: Meadwestvaco Packaging Systems LLC
Current assignee: WestRock Packaging Systems LLC
Priority date: 2009-01-30
Filing date: 2010-02-01
Publication date: 2012-06-13
Anticipated expiration: 2030-02-01
Also published as: NZ582967A; CN101891029A; AT507810A2; DE102010006138B4; TW201033088A; AT507810A3; GB0901523D0; DE102010006138A1; AT507810B1

Abstract

The invention relates to a carton and a carton ingot, especially a carton for packaging the article, comprising a plurality of main panels (12,14,16,18,20), wherein the main panels comprise: a first panel and a second panel (20,12) which are laminated with each other and the first panel (20) comprises a first part of a locking mechanism and the second panel (12) comprises a second part of the locking mechanism and the first part and the second part respectively comprise: hole ports partly limited by a pair of tongue pieces (64,64,60,60) pressed from the corresponding panel in the panels (20,12) and the tongue piece (64,64) of the first part comprises a pair of first shoulder parts (68) and a pair of second shoulder parts (69) and are inserted to the carton through the hole port of the second part therefore the first shoulder parts (68,68) are partly jointed with second panel (12) and thus the first panel and the second panel (20,12) are fixed together. The first end of the first tongue piece (60) of the paired tongue pieces (60,60) of the second part is jointed with the second shoulder part (69) in the tongue piece (64,64) of the first part and the second end of the second tongue piece (60) of the paired tongue piece (60,60) of the second part opposite to the first end is jointed with the second shoulder part (69) of the tongue piece (64,64) of the first part.

Description

Carboard and carton blank

Technical field

The present invention relates to a kind of carboard and the carton blank that is used to form this carboard that is used to pack one or more article.More specific, but nonexcludability ground the present invention relates to a kind of carboard that dashes lock (punch lock) that has, and it can hold the post that is formed in the crate.

Background technology

At packaging field, usually need be below the customer provides such packing: it comprises a plurality of major product containers, hopes that this many bags are used for shipment and distribute and be used to show sales promotion information.

With article packing is known in carboard, and carboard is placed in the crate then, and crate comprises one or more carboard.This crate can comprise from the upwardly extending post of the inner face of substrate wall.The carboard of therefore hoping this carboard or being positioned in the crate can hold this post.

Such carboard below being desirable to provide, it is used to pack one or more article, and particularly those packaging type article have blocking device and are used for a pair of overlapping panel is fixed together.

Summary of the invention

According to a first aspect of the invention; A kind of carboard is provided; It is used to pack one or more article; Comprise a plurality of main panels that form carboard; These a plurality of main panels comprise outside overlapping panel and inner overlapping panel, and outside overlapping panel comprises the first of complementary lockout mechanism and the second portion that inner overlapping panel comprises complementary lockout mechanism, and the first of complementary lockout mechanism and each in the second portion comprise a pair of tongue piece that is suppressed the corresponding panel from overlapping panel and the aperture that limits at least in part; Thereby the tongue piece of first has a pair of first shoulder and second shoulder and the aperture through second portion to be inserted into carton interior the shoulder of winning is engaged with inner overlapping panel, thus overlapping panel in outside and inner overlapping panel is fixed together; And wherein first tongue piece in the paired tongue piece of second portion is engaging in the tongue piece of first second tongue piece in each the paired tongue piece of one of paired second shoulder and second portion another in each second shoulder in the tongue piece that is engaging first with the opposed second end place of first end at its first end place, thus with the tongue piece fix in position of first.

Preferably, the tongue piece of second portion serves as the support part (brace) between the tongue piece of second portion, makes the tongue piece of first keep and outside overlapping panel and the angled relation of inner overlapping panel.

Preferably, the tongue piece of second portion is positioned partially at the tongue piece top of first.

Preferably, the tongue piece of second portion is " T " shape.

Preferably, the tongue piece of second portion comprises at least one arm or a pair of arm, and the bottom side of each arm engages with the tongue piece of first.

Preferably, complementary lockout mechanism provides the aperture in the first overlapping panel and the second overlapping panel, and the pillar or the post of crate can be admitted in the aperture.

According to a second aspect of the invention; Be provided for forming the blank of carboard; It comprises a plurality of main panels that are used to form carboard; Wherein a plurality of main panels comprise outside overlapping panel and inner overlapping panel; Outside overlapping panel comprises the first of complementary lockout mechanism and the second portion that inner overlapping panel comprises complementary lockout mechanism; The first of complementary lockout mechanism and each in the second portion comprise a pair of tongue piece that is suppressed the corresponding panel from overlapping panel and the aperture that limits at least in part; The tongue piece of first has a pair of first shoulder and second shoulder and can be inserted into set carton interior through the aperture of second portion; Double-type first shoulder can engage with the overlapping panel in inside being used for and at set carboard overlapping panel in outside and inner overlapping panel is fixed together; And wherein first tongue piece in the paired tongue piece of second portion can be in the tongue piece of its first end place and first each one of second shoulder engage and the paired tongue piece of second portion in second tongue piece can with the tongue piece of the opposed second end place of first end and first in each another shoulder of second shoulder engage, thus with the tongue piece fix in position of first.

Preferably, the tongue piece of second portion provides the support part between the tongue piece of second portion in set carboard, thereby makes the tongue piece of first keep and outside overlapping panel and the angled relation of inner overlapping panel.

Preferably, the tongue piece of second portion is positioned partially at above the tongue piece of first when upright.

Preferably, the tongue piece of second portion is " T " shape.

Preferably, the tongue piece of second portion comprises at least one arm or a pair of arm, and the bottom side of each arm can engage with the tongue piece of first.

Preferably, complementary lockout mechanism provides the aperture, and the aperture can be registered to admit the pillar or the post of crate.

Description of drawings

To example embodiment of the present invention be described referring to accompanying drawing at present, in the accompanying drawings:

Fig. 1 is the planar view of observing from according to the blank top that is used to form carboard of first embodiment of the invention;

Fig. 2 is the transparent view of observing from the carboard top that the blank by Fig. 1 forms;

Fig. 3 is the transparent view from the carboard beneath, shows the blocking device before launching;

Fig. 4 is the transparent view from the carboard beneath, shows the blocking device after launching;

Fig. 5 is the transparent view of observing from the carton interior top, blocking device is shown is in the state of setting; And

Fig. 6 is the enlarged perspective of observing from the carton interior top, blocking device is shown is in the state of setting.

The specific embodiment

Referring to Fig. 1, show the planar view of the blank 10 that is used to form carboard 80, carboard 80 to shown in Figure 5, is used to pack major product like Fig. 2, such as, but be not limited to, bottle or jar are known as article hereinafter.

Blank 10 comprises a series of

main panels

12,14,16,18,20, and it forms first panel 12, the first side wall 14, top panel 16, second sidewall 18 and second diapire 20 in set carboard 80.

First panel 12 is connected to the first side wall panel 14 by first broken line 22.The first side wall panel 14 is connected to top panel 16 by second broken line 24.Top panel 16 is connected to second sidewall panel 18 by tri linear 26.Second sidewall panel 18 is connected to second panel by the 4th broken line 28.According to circumstances, other

broken line

22a, 28a can be located at respectively in the first side wall panel 14 and second sidewall panel 18, thereby make the part of each panel between panel and respective side walls, form the panel of cutting sth. askew.

First panel 12 and second panel 20 are being provided with formation composite substrate wall under the state, and wherein 20 one-tenth faces of first panel 12 and second panel contact overlapping relation.Second panel 20 is placed in outermost, and first panel 12 is placed in the inside.

The first side wall panel 14 and second sidewall panel 18 comprise upper opening 46 separately, in a preferred embodiment, are provided with aperture, three top 46 in each in the first side wall 14 and second sidewall 18.The size of each in the aperture, top 46 is determined to be the top that is suitable for admitting article with arranging.Aperture, top 4 also can partly suppress from top panel 16.

The first side wall panel 14 and second sidewall panel 18 comprise that separately a pair of heel engages (heelengagement) member 30, and heel engagement member 30 comprises aperture 34 and a pair of

tongue piece

32a, 32b;

Tongue piece

32a, 32b partly are hinged to the first side wall 14 or second sidewall 18 respectively, and also partly are hinged to panel 12 or panel 20.

Tongue piece

32a, 32b are inwardly folding and partly limiting aperture 34, and article are receivable in the aperture 34 and are engaged by

tongue piece

32a, 32b at least in

part.Tongue piece

32a, 32b comprise

broken line

36 and 38 separately, thereby but

tongue piece

32a, 32b can be around

broken line

36 and 38 folding

tongue piece

32a, 32b joiner article basal part and the article sidepieces that are close to said basal part of making.Be essentially triangle or " U " shape from the shape of the part in the aperture 34 that first panel 12 and second panel 20 suppress; This part be positioned to make vertex of a triangle perhaps the groove of " U " shape point to the direction of free lateral edges, this edge is opposed with the corresponding the first side wall panel 14 or being articulated and connected of second sidewall panel 18 of leading to basal part.The triangle in aperture 34 or U-shaped part can be engaged by the finger of wrapping machine so that 20 one-tenth overlapping relations of first panel 12 and second panel, tightens up carton blank 10 in order to surround one or more article and in order to guarantee first panel 12 and second panel 20 correct aligning the relative to each other.

Aperture 40 is placed in each in the first side wall 14 and second sidewall 18, between double-type heel engagement member 30.The shape in aperture 40 is suitable for admitting the bottom that will be packaged in the article in the carboard 80 with arranging to be determined to be.

Panel 12 comprises two recesses 42 that are placed on its opposed end edge, and recess forms the first of complementary blocking device, concave portions.Recess is shaped as has waist, narrower part, thus form shoulder.Panel 20 comprises two locking tongues 44, and these two locking tongues 44 form the second portion of complementary blocking device, convex part.Locking tongue 44 is placed on the opposite side of panel 20, and this locking tongue 44 is arranged to and recess 42 registrations when making 12 one-tenth overlapping relations of panel 20 and panel.

First panel 12 and second panel 20 respectively comprise assembling aperture 54, and assembling aperture 54 also can be engaged by the finger of wrapping machine to facilitate the assembling to carboard 80.

Blank 10 comprises grip structure; Grip structure suppresses from top panel 16; This grip structure comprises handle flap 48, and handle flap 48 is partly limited line of cut 52b or crosses top panel 16 and the defiber (line of severance) of the reduction of extending limits traverse.Handle flap 48 is also partly limited in broken line 50, and broken line 50 was partly crossed over top panel 16 and extended and be arranged essentially parallel to line of cut 52b and settle.Handle flap 48 is partly limited line of cut 49a, 49b, and line of

cut

49a, 49b extend between the corresponding opposite end of broken line 50 and line of cut 52b.In a preferred embodiment, line of

cut

49a, 49b intersect at the respective hinge junction and the line of cut 52b of top panel 16 with the first side wall 14 and second sidewall 18 basically.

Panel 12 comprises the first 56 of complementary lockout mechanism, and complementary lockout mechanism comprises a pair of inner tongue 60, and inner tongue 60 each free broken line 62 are hinged to panel 12.Inner tongue 60 is essentially " T " shape, thereby makes formation trip edge 70.Inner tongue 60 suppresses from square aperture 61, thereby makes when inner tongue 60 when 61 plane is folded from the aperture, and aperture 61 can hold and is formed at crate interior square post or pillar.Be susceptible to therein among variform other embodiment of pillar, aperture 61 will be shaped as and the pillar shape complementarity.

First panel 20 comprises the second portion 58 of complementary lockout mechanism, and it comprises pair of outer tongue piece 64, and said pair of outer tongue piece 64 is hinged to second panel 20 by broken line 66.Outside tongue piece 64 is taper, is being close to broken line 66 and also in the narrower part of settling with broken line 66 opposed free edge places thereby make them have.Therefore outside tongue piece 64 be so shaped that they with broken line 66 spaced apart but near the some place of broken line 66 for the wideest.Therefore; Outside tongue piece 64 comprises first shoulder 68 and second shoulder 69; First shoulder 68 is placed on the either side of the wideest point and the outside tongue piece 64 between the broken line 66, and second shoulder 69 is placed on the either side of the outside tongue piece 64 between the free distal end edge of the wideest point and tongue piece 64.

Go to structure like Fig. 2, Fig. 3, Fig. 4 and carboard 80 shown in Figure 5; Being susceptible to carboard can be able to form through a series of order folding operations in straight line machine (straight line machine), thereby need not rotation or be inverted carboard to accomplish its structure.Folding process is not limited to process hereinafter described and can requires to make alterations according to specific manufacturing.

Blank 10 surrounds one or more article B and folds; In a preferred embodiment; Blank 10 surround six such as jar or the bottle article B and fold; Top panel is positioned over the topmost of article B in groups, thereby the first side wall panel 14 and second sidewall panel 18 fold the respective side walls that makes their formation surround the sidepiece of group products B around second broken line 24 and tri linear 26.Thereby first panel 12 is folding to become overlapping relation to make second panel 20 in first panel, 12 outsides each other with the 4th broken line 28 around first broken line 22 then with second panel 20.Surround in groups article B and tighten up blank 10, use aperture 34 and/or assembling aperture 54.Thereby locking tongue 44 is stamped in the inside of carboard 80 and makes them be accepted in the respective notches 42, and is extremely shown in Figure 5 like Fig. 3.

Outside tongue piece 64 is stamped out on the plane of carton interior from second panel 20 through aperture 61.Thereby first shoulder 68 extends beyond aperture 61 makes it that first panel 12 and second panel 20 are locked together.The trip edge 70 of inner tongue 60 engages with corresponding second shoulder 69 of outside tongue piece 64 separately, thereby makes each inner tongue 60 engage with two outside tongue pieces 64; In the double-type inner tongue 60 first engages with each outside tongue piece 64 at its first end place, and second of double-type inner tongue 60 is engaging with each outside tongue piece 64 with the first end second opposed end place, like Fig. 4 and shown in Figure 5.In this way, outside tongue piece 64 is kept in place by inner tongue 60.Outside tongue piece 64 is kept and overlapping

panel

12,20 angled relations.This is keeping the opening that passes first panel 12 and second panel 20, is used to admit the post or the pillar of crate.In addition, locking is arranged as the basal part of keeping these article B in place.Inner tongue 60 has also reduced owing to extract the possibility that carboard breaks away from the outside tongue piece 64 and first panel 12 out from crate, for example the part through reducing outside tongue piece 64 and insertion in it post or pillar frictionally engages or the possibility that engages with other mode or prevent this joint.

Fig. 6 illustrates the enlarged perspective of the complementary lockout mechanism that is in the state of setting.Inner tongue 60 has arm, and arm comprises that trip edge 70 is to engage with outside tongue piece 64.Extend along the bottom side of inner tongue 60 and pivoting/folding moving in the aperture 61 that is defined in first bottom panel 12 to allow outside tongue piece 64 to make progress for arch or bending trip edge 70.First shoulder 68 and second shoulder 69 have the sloping edge that engages with the trip edge 70 of inner tongue 60.

Should be appreciated that in category of the present invention and can make various variations that for example, the size that can adjust panel and aperture and shape are to hold the article of different sizes or shape.

Will be appreciated that direction as used herein to refer to speech such as " top ", " bottom ", " preceding ", " back ", " end ", " sidepiece ", " inside ", " outside ", " top " and " bottom " not limit the corresponding panel be this orientation, and just be used to make these panels to be distinguished from each other.Any mentioning to being articulated and connected should not be understood that only to refer to single broken line; In fact, under the situation that does not depart from category of the present invention, being susceptible to is articulated and connected can be formed by in the following characteristics one or more: short slit, fragility line or broken line.

Claims

1. carboard that is used to pack one or more article; It comprises a plurality of main panels that form said carboard; Said a plurality of main panel comprises outside overlapping panel and inner overlapping panel; The overlapping panel in said outside comprises that the overlapping panel of first and said inside of complementary lockout mechanism comprises the second portion of complementary lockout mechanism; The first of said complementary lockout mechanism and each in the second portion comprise in a corresponding aperture that a pair of tongue piece that suppresses limits at least in part from said overlapping panel; The tongue piece of first has a pair of first shoulder and a pair of second shoulder and the aperture through said second portion is inserted in said carton interior, thereby makes said first shoulder engage with inner overlapping panel, thus overlapping panel in outside and inner overlapping panel is fixed together; And wherein first tongue piece in the double-type tongue piece of second portion is engaging each one of double-type second shoulder in the tongue piece of first at its first end place; And second tongue piece in the double-type tongue piece of second portion is another in each second shoulder in the tongue piece that is engaging first with the said first end second opposed end place, thus with the tongue piece fix in position of first.

2. carboard according to claim 1, wherein the tongue piece of second portion serves as the support part between the tongue piece of first, thereby makes the tongue piece of first keep and outside overlapping panel and the angled relation of inner overlapping panel.

3. carboard according to claim 1 and 2, wherein the tongue piece of second portion is positioned partially at the tongue piece top of first.

4. carboard according to claim 1 and 2, wherein the tongue piece of second portion is " T " shape.

5. carboard according to claim 1 and 2, wherein the tongue piece of second portion comprises at least one arm, the bottom side of each arm engages with the tongue piece of first.

6. carboard according to claim 1 and 2, wherein carton design becomes to be placed in the crate, and in externally overlapping panel in said aperture and the inner overlapping panel, the post of crate can be admitted in said aperture.

7. blank that is used to form carboard; It comprises a plurality of main panels that are used to form said carboard; Wherein said a plurality of main panel comprises outside overlapping panel and inner overlapping panel; The overlapping panel in said outside comprises that the overlapping panel of first and said inside of complementary lockout mechanism comprises the second portion of said complementary lockout mechanism; The first of complementary lockout mechanism and each in the second portion comprise the aperture that a pair of tongue piece that suppressed the corresponding panel from said overlapping panel limits at least in part; The tongue piece of first has a pair of first shoulder and a pair of second shoulder and can be inserted into the inside of set carboard through the aperture of second portion, and double-type first shoulder can engage with the overlapping panel in said inside in order in set carboard, overlapping panel in said outside and inner overlapping panel are fixed together; And one of second shoulder of each that wherein first tongue piece of the double-type tongue piece of second portion can be in the tongue piece of its first end place and first engages; And second tongue piece in the double-type tongue piece of second portion can with the tongue piece of the said first end second opposed end place and first in each second shoulder in another shoulder engage, thus with the tongue piece fix in position of first.

8. blank according to claim 7; Wherein the tongue piece of second portion provides the support part in set carboard, between the tongue piece of first, thereby makes the tongue piece of first keep and outside overlapping panel and the angled relation of inner overlapping panel.

9. according to claim 7 or 8 described blanks, wherein the tongue piece of second portion is positioned partially at the tongue piece top of first when upright.

10. according to claim 7 or 8 described blanks, wherein the tongue piece of second portion is " T " shape.

11. according to claim 7 or 8 described blanks, wherein the tongue piece of second portion comprises at least one arm, the bottom side of each arm can engage with the tongue piece of first.

12. according to claim 7 or 8 described blanks, wherein blank design becomes to make: the carboard that is formed by blank can be received in the crate, and said aperture can be registered to admit the post of crate.