CN1293638A - Wrap-around article carrier - Google Patents

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CN1293638A
CN1293638A CN99804117A CN99804117A CN1293638A CN 1293638 A CN1293638 A CN 1293638A CN 99804117 A CN99804117 A CN 99804117A CN 99804117 A CN99804117 A CN 99804117A CN 1293638 A CN1293638 A CN 1293638A
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P·布林
A·索拉斯
J·M·奥克莱尔
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    • B65D71/12Packaging elements holding or encircling completely or almost completely the bundle of articles, e.g. wrappers the packaging elements, e.g. wrappers being formed by folding a single blank
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    • BPERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
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    • B65DCONTAINERS FOR STORAGE OR TRANSPORT OF ARTICLES OR MATERIALS, e.g. BAGS, BARRELS, BOTTLES, BOXES, CANS, CARTONS, CRATES, DRUMS, JARS, TANKS, HOPPERS, FORWARDING CONTAINERS; ACCESSORIES, CLOSURES, OR FITTINGS THEREFOR; PACKAGING ELEMENTS; PACKAGES
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    • B65D2571/00259Locating elements for the contents integral with the wrapper inwardly folded tabs, i.e. elements substantially narrower than the corresponding package dimension
    • B65D2571/00265Locating elements for the contents integral with the wrapper inwardly folded tabs, i.e. elements substantially narrower than the corresponding package dimension extending from the upper or lower wall
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    • B65DCONTAINERS FOR STORAGE OR TRANSPORT OF ARTICLES OR MATERIALS, e.g. BAGS, BARRELS, BOTTLES, BOXES, CANS, CARTONS, CRATES, DRUMS, JARS, TANKS, HOPPERS, FORWARDING CONTAINERS; ACCESSORIES, CLOSURES, OR FITTINGS THEREFOR; PACKAGING ELEMENTS; PACKAGES
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    • B65DCONTAINERS FOR STORAGE OR TRANSPORT OF ARTICLES OR MATERIALS, e.g. BAGS, BARRELS, BOTTLES, BOXES, CANS, CARTONS, CRATES, DRUMS, JARS, TANKS, HOPPERS, FORWARDING CONTAINERS; ACCESSORIES, CLOSURES, OR FITTINGS THEREFOR; PACKAGING ELEMENTS; PACKAGES
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Abstract

An article carrier and blank for forming an article carrier for containing a plurality of necked articles (A) comprising a top, bottom and opposed side panels (24, 14, 32, 18, 26) interconnected together, wherein the top panel (24) comprises article receiving and retaining means (12) including an article retaining flap (56, 58) formed from the top panel (24), which article retaining flap (56, 58) is being adapted to be folded inwardly of the top panel (24) thereby to define an aperture (54) for receiving a neck portion of the article (A) and wherein the article retaining flap (56, 58) abuts said neck portion to engage and retain said article (A).

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The article carrier that holds
Background of invention
The present invention relates to load member and half-blank, they are specially adapted to bearing article, for example bottle.Particularly, the load member that the present invention relates to hold, and relate to the fixing and load member strengthening part of a kind of improved article, these article are fixing to hold the neck that is contained in the bottle in the load member with the load member strengthening part.
Cervical fixation device in the load member that holds is known.For example, US Patent 5,549,197 (Riverwood) have illustrated a kind of load member that holds, this load member that holds adopts folding retainer flap outstanding from the side plate of load member and that be attached thereto downwards.Retainer flap is used for the neck of holding articles.
Invention and preferred embodiments thereof are sought to overcome or are attempted to alleviate the problem relevant with prior art.
Brief summary of the invention
An aspect of of the present present invention provides a kind of load member, it is used for holding a plurality of article that neck is arranged, this load member comprises top board, base plate and the opposing sideplates that interconnects, wherein, top board comprises that article receive and anchor fitting, this reception and anchor fitting comprise the article engagement tabs that is formed by top board, wherein the article retainer flap is fit to from top board inwardly folding, therefore define a hole, this hole is used for receiving the neck of article, and wherein the article retainer flap is against described neck, so that engage and fixing described article.
A selectivity characteristic according to this aspect of the invention, it also comprises a fold line, and this fold line extends through the article retainer flap, and is like this that this flap is folding, be adapted at the adjacent flap part of two positions thereby define, therefore improved the fixing of article against neck.
Another selectivity characteristic according to this aspect of the invention, article reception and anchor fitting can comprise the retainer flap of a pair of complementation, the opposite edges in each retainer flap and described hole are hinged.
Another selectivity characteristic according to this aspect of the invention, this or each pivotally attached flap link together with the edge of relevant neck receiver hole collapsibly along a fold line, and this fold line comprises two angled relevant portions.
Selectively, angled relevant portion is eliminated the fold line place at stress and is intersected, and defines an intermediate plate near an end margin of described top board between them.
Another selectivity characteristic according to this aspect of the invention, it also comprises an outside near the base portion of top board, and this outside is that adjacent article receive and the middle part of anchor fitting, wherein, the outside structure like this of top board flushes so that be folded into not with adjacent base portion.
A second aspect of the present invention provides the used article of load member to receive and anchor fitting, it is used for packing the article with neck, described article reception and the anchor fitting outstanding from the top board of load member comprise a hole, this bore portion is formed in the top board, with a flap, this flap is outstanding and can hingedly be connected with the edge in hole from top board, this flap is fit to be placed on operating position around its pivotally attached junction, so that a part to be provided, this part is extended in load member, this load member be fit to be fixed on the hole in the neck of article engage.
A third aspect of the present invention provides a kind of half-blank, this half-blank comprises a relative sidewall paneling and an interconnective collapsibly top board, article receive and anchor fitting is formed by top board, described device comprises a hole, in use this hole is fit to receive the part of article, with a flap, this flap is outstanding and can hingedly be connected with an edge in described hole from top board, this flap in use is fit to be resisted against the article that receive in the hole, wherein, flap is fit to rotate to operating position around its pivotally attached junction, so that a part to be provided, this part is in use extended through via hole, and the part of described flap is fit to engage with the neck of article.
Advantage according to any one described load member in aspect of the present invention can be, provide a carton, this carton can the unrestricted two row or multi-row of packing measurement carton and/or top board, therefore improve the load-carrying capacity of these load members that have door handle device.Advantageously, the big zone of side plate can be used as billboard.
With reference now to accompanying drawing,, only embodiments of the invention are described by example, in the accompanying drawings:
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Fig. 1 is as the article reception of the unified semi-finished first embodiment of the present invention and the planar view of anchor fitting;
Fig. 2 be the article shown in Fig. 1 receive and anchor fitting with shaped state that article A engages under transparent view;
Fig. 3 is that according to a second embodiment of the present invention article receive and the planar view of anchor fitting;
Fig. 4 is the transparent view of load member shown in Figure 3;
Fig. 5 is the article reception of a third embodiment in accordance with the invention and the planar view of anchor fitting; With
Fig. 6 is that article shown in Figure 5 receive and the transparent view of anchor fitting.
Detailed description of preferred embodiment
With reference to the accompanying drawings, Fig. 1 and 2 particularly, article carrier is formed by one or more cardboards or other folding sheet material half-blank that is fit to.Article carrier is suitable for holding many article, for example is arranged in three bottles of every row six bottles of totally two rows.The imagination cardboard case is fit to the needs according to the user, holds the article of varying number and/or structure.
In this embodiment, half-blank comprises one first substrate 14, inclination heel (or the face that inclines) plate 16, first side plate 18, this first side plate comprise down, in and epipleural 20,21,22, top board 24, second side plate 26, this second side plate comprise, in and lower side panel 27,28,29, the inclination heel plate 30 and second substrate 32, these plates are respectively along fold line 34,36,38,40,42,44,46,48,50 hingedly are connected one by one with 52.Form article and receive and anchor fitting 12 in the roof 24 of the load member that holds, this device has any known form as shown in Figure 1.Article receive and anchor fitting 12 can be in the end formation of the tubular structure of the carton that holds, and for example fixed end turning article (as shown in Figure 1) perhaps can be supplied with the one or more article that are fixed in the load member in addition.
Article receive and anchor fitting 12 comprises a fixed orifice 54, and in this example, as shown in Figure 2, this fixed orifice 54 is admitted the neck of bottle.Article receive and anchor fitting 12 also can comprise one or more retainer flap 56,58, and this retainer flap provides the inside flap part against the part of the neck of article A in the moulding carton.
The article that are described in detail in now in this specific embodiment receive and anchor fitting 12, and this device 12 comprises one first flap 56, and this flap 56 comprises outer and inner flap part 60,62.Outer flap part 60 is hinged along fold line 64 and roof 24, and hinged along fold line 66 and invagination alar part 58.Invagination alar part 62 is hinged along fold line 68 and top board 24.
Selectively, line of cut 70 is outstanding from interconnecting of fold line 64 and fold line 68, so that folding easier, and can be limited to a upwardly extending part on the top board, this is as shown in Figure 2.First flap 56 can be outstanding from top board 24, and to limit an outer ledge 72 and an inside edge 74, this outer ledge and inside edge interconnect by line of cut 76, and this line of cut defines the end margin of first flank 56.First flank 56 is around fold line 64 and 66 rotations, and so as shown in Figure 2, in use, these fold lines 64,66 and optional line of cut 70 define the transverse edge 71 in hole 54 together.
Equally, Hu Bu second flap 58 comprises outside and inner flap 78,80 respectively.In the present embodiment, second flap, 58 to the first flaps 56 have bigger zone.Can expect not necessarily size difference of first and second flaps 56,58, and can be structurally identical.Selectively, can receive and anchor fitting 12 only provides a flap for article.Imagination provides the situation of two flaps, for example they do not need along line of cut 76 against, and in fact, between flap, need to provide tangible gap.
Referring to the structure of second flap 58, outside 78 are connected with roof 24 collapsibly along fold line 82, and are connected collapsibly with inside 80 along fold line 86.Inner 80 can hingedly be connected with top board 24 along fold line 88.Equally, selectively provide second line of cut 90, so that fold line 82 and fold line 86 are separated.Second flap 58 is outstanding from top board 24, and to limit outer ledge 92 and inside edge 94, this outer ledge and inside edge interconnect by line of cut 76, and this line of cut limits an end margin of second flap 32.Second flap 58 is around fold line 82,88 rotation, thereby these fold lines 82,88 and line of cut 90 define the relative transverse edge 73 in hole 54 together, and this as shown in Figure 2.When flap 56,58 coplanar flat, for example when load member was as described in Figure 1 half-blank form, hole 54 was closed substantially.Selectively, hole 54 may extend in the sidewall 18.
In this embodiment, form load member and totally two arrange article to pack three of every rows.Half-blank 10 as shown in Figure 1 comprises that another the used article of row's article that formed by roof 24 receive and anchor fitting 12.In addition, the used article of second series article receive and anchor fitting 13 is also formed by roof 24.Article receive identical with anchor fitting 12 basically with anchor fitting 13, therefore do not do any further description at this.
In the embodiment shown in fig. 1, also comprise pair of holes 94, they are fit to receive article, and these article are positioned at the centre of end article.But the neck of these hole holding articles, and selectively comprise a pair of basic " V " shape line of cut 96,98, this is outstanding from side plate 18,26 to line of cut, supports from the fold line of sidewall 18 to the fin of outer process to limit.Carton also comprises the article heel anchor fitting 99 that is formed by plate well known in the art.Handle flap 93 can be outstanding from top board 24.Provide suitable known anchor fitting so that substrate is secured together.In this embodiment, well-known, provide locking and fixed tab 95,97.
Referring to the second and the 3rd embodiment that describes respectively among Fig. 3,4 and 5,6, they comprise the additional or alternative modified to article reception of the present invention and anchor fitting and/or carton.Each embodiment can hold carton as described earlier in this article this class basically, and will further only describe the difference of the load member of the second and the 3rd embodiment.
The article that second embodiment explanation forms in top board 124 receive and anchor fitting 112, and this device 112 is corresponding with described article reception of Fig. 1 and anchor fitting 12, and appropriate section is made prefix with numeral " 1 " in Fig. 3.Like this, second embodiment has illustrated that article receive and anchor fitting 112, this device comprises that also these fold line 111,113 intersection points from fold line 164 and 166 extend outwardly into the end margin of top board 124 from the fold line 111,113 of the outstanding a pair of bifurcated of top board 124, to limit intermediate plate 115.Fold line 111,113 plans to eliminate as stress folding.Intermediate plate 115 another kind of or that substitute can outwards move from the plane of top board, so that top board 124 is undesirable crooked minimum, therefore improves the hardness of the end of top board.
Referring to the 3rd embodiment that is fit to carboy, in top board 224, form described article and receive and anchor fitting 212, this top board 224 is corresponding with as shown in Figure 1 article reception and anchor fitting 12, and appropriate section is made prefix with numeral " 2 " in Fig. 5.Like this, the 3rd embodiment has illustrated that this or each article receive and anchor fitting 212, this device 212 also comprises from the fold line 211,213 of the outstanding a pair of bifurcated of top board 224, fold line 211,213 intersection points from fold line 264 and 266 extend outwardly into the end margin of top board 224, to limit intermediate plate 215.Fold line 211,213 plans to eliminate as stress folding.Intermediate plate 215 another kind of or that substitute can outwards move from the plane of top board, so that top board 224 is undesirable crooked minimum.Also comprise an additional fold line 217, this fold line 217 receives with adjacent article and links to each other with anchor fitting 212, to limit top plate portion 219, this top plate portion 219 is arranged to not concordant with the base portion 223 of top board 224, therefore make the undesirable crooked minimum of top board 224, thereby improve the hardness of top board.
Selectively, article receive and anchor fitting 212 also can comprise a pair of flap 231,233, connection diagram 5 described each epipleural 222,227 are also from then on outstanding collapsibly to flap for this, this is fit to be folded into not with relevant epipleural 222,227 flap and flushes, to receive and the fixing shoulder of article A.
Comprise that in order to hold up article receive and the load member that holds of anchor fitting 12, flap 56,58 is moved inward by suitable device, this suitable device can be at least on function with those known devices, for example the device of WO94/25363 is similar.In first embodiment, the top board 24 of load member half-blank 10 is applied to the top of one group of article A, so that pack in load member, and sidewall 18,26 is folding downwards, to be arranged to becoming the side relation of joining along the article sidewall.The neck of article A thereby be bonded in the hole 54, and receive and flap 56,58 admittances of anchor fitting 12 by article.Best, article receive and anchor fitting respectively around fold line 64,66,68; 82,86,88 erect during folding each flap so that inequal mobile outside and inner flap part, and the neck that makes itself and article A against, as shown in Figure 2.
Then, form the heel retainer flap of article heel anchor fitting 99, to receive and the fixing heel of article as known.Then, substrate 14 inwardly and upwards is folded into the base portion of article A and engages, as shown in Figure 2.Another side at these group article carries out similar operations, and can utilize method well known in the art for example by gluing or preferably by known locking and fixed tab 95,97, by overlapping substrate 14,32 is secured together, constitutes the load member that holds.
Like this, load member is in upright state, as shown in Figure 2, and has formed article reception and anchor fitting 12, and internal fixation flap part 60,62 is set like this; 78,80 so that engage with the neck of article A, and closely consistent with the neck of article, thereby prevent that the undesirable of article in the load member from moving, and reduced the danger of tearing.
Second is identical with first embodiment basically with the structure of the 3rd embodiment, to produce the load member shown in Fig. 4 and 6 respectively, therefore their difference only is described in further detail.Fig. 4 and 6 has shown intermediate plate 115,215, and this intermediate plate 115,215 is not folded into respectively and flushes with top board 124,224.
As can be seen from Fig. 6, the 3rd embodiment comprises and is folded into the flap 231,233 that does not flush with epipleural 222,227, to receive the shoulder of article.The outside 219 of top board is not folded into and flushes with base portion 223, to form load member shown in Figure 6.
Obviously, a large amount of cardboards can contacts with the article that are fixed that use fixed sturcture of the present invention, therefore provide the protection of article and fix.Preferably use two-part article to engage flap, promptly interior and outer part 60,62; 78,80, they are folding around fold line 66,86 respectively like this, thereby limit two angled relevant portions.Each part is preferably against the part of the neck of article, to improve the fixing of article.In addition, retainer flap and those improved conformability with embodiment of intermediate plate 115 and/or top plate portion 219 can make packing become tight quite doughtily, meanwhile, make the danger of tearing reduce to minimum.
And the present invention is not limited only to said structure, and imagination, may provide according to article fixing device of the present invention, and each retainer flap comprises one or more articulated mountings in this device, and they are located in the load member that assembles.
Should be appreciated that as used herein, about term " top ", " end " of the plate of carton (or carton half-blank) be relative term with " side ", and carton (being formed by half-blank) can be reorientated as required or as described.
Should be appreciated that carton not only is provided with many article receiver holes, and can only establish a receiver hole.
The present invention and its preferred embodiment relate to load member, and the shape of this load member is enough to the intensity that provides satisfied, thereby securely but the bottle that maintains with suppleness, the load that is delivered to anchor fitting is like this absorbed by load member.Semi-finished shape makes required cardboard amount minimum.Load member can be used to arrange bottle by hand or automation.Can expect that the present invention can be applied to different load members, and be not limited to those load members of the type of holding.

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1. load member, this load member is used for holding a plurality of article that neck is arranged, this load member comprises top board, base plate and the relative side plate that interconnects, wherein, top board comprises that article receive and anchor fitting, and this device comprises the article retainer flap that is formed by top board, this article retainer flap is fit to by top board inwardly folding, therefore define a hole, this hole is used for receiving the neck of article, and wherein the article retainer flap against described neck so that engage and fixing described article.
2. load member as claimed in claim 1 is characterized in that, it also comprises a fold line, this fold line extends through the article retainer flap, this flap is adapted at the adjacent flap part of two positions against neck through folding thereby define like this, has therefore improved the fixing of article.
3. load member as claimed in claim 1 or 2 is characterized in that, article reception and anchor fitting comprise the retainer flap of a pair of complementation, and the opposite edges in this retainer flap and described hole are hinged.
4. as any one the described load member in the claim 1 to 3, it is characterized in that, this or each pivotally attached flap link together with the edge of relevant neck receiver hole collapsibly along a fold line, and this fold line comprises two angled relevant portions.
5. load member as claimed in claim 4 is characterized in that, angled relevant portion is eliminated the fold line place at stress and intersected, thereby defines an intermediate plate near an end margin of described top board between it.
6. as any one described load member in the above-mentioned claim, it is characterized in that, it also comprises an outside near the base portion of top board, this outside is that adjacent article receive and the middle part of anchor fitting, the outside structure like this of top board flushes so that be folded into not with adjacent base portion.
7. the article used of a load member receive and anchor fitting, it is used for packing the article with neck, described article receive and anchor fitting is given prominence to and comprised a hole from the load member top board, this bore portion forms in top board, with a flap, this flap is outstanding and can hingedly be connected with the edge in hole from top board, this flap is fit to be placed on operating position around its pivotally attached junction, so that a part to be provided, this part is extended in load member, this load member be fit to be fixed on the hole in the neck of article engage.
8. half-blank, this half-blank comprises interconnective collapsibly relative sidewall paneling and a top board, article receive and anchor fitting is formed by top board, described device comprises a hole, in use this hole is fit to receive the part of article, with a flap, this flap is outstanding and can hingedly be connected with an edge in described hole from top board, this flap in use is fit to be resisted against the article that receive in the hole, wherein, flap is fit to rotate to operating position around its pivotally attached junction, so that a part to be provided, this part is in use extended through via hole, and the part of described flap is fit to engage with the neck of article.
9. half-blank, this half-blank are used for forming as any one of claim 1 to 6 or the described load member of claim 7.
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