CZ270194A3 - Container for battles with a top attachment and packing method - Google Patents

Abstract

A bottle carrier includes a main panel (1) to the side edges of which a pair of side panels (8, 9) are foldably joined respectively and a pair of supplementary panels (12, 14) are foldably joined respectively to the side edges of the side panels (8, 9) which are remote from the main panel (1). The main panel (1) and the two supplementary panels (12, 14) include keyhole apertures (2-7, 16-18, 30-32). Cutaway areas (23-25, 33-35) are formed along the side edges of each supplementary panel (12-14) and serve to envelope the necks of bottles following folding of one supplementary panel (12) into overlying relation with respect to the main panel (1) followed by folding of the other supplementary panel (14) into overlying relation with the first supplementary panel (12).

Description

Field of the invention with top fastening and method of packaging

The present invention relates to the packaging of bottles conventionally containing consumer products, wherein the plurality of bottles are assembled in a unitary package and are secured by top fastening structures of one or another type.

Background

U.S. Pat. No. 2,252,235, issued August 12, 1941, discloses an arrangement in which a bottle crate of the type which utilizes a top attachment and applies structures having keyhole-like apertures is disclosed.

U.S. Pat. No. 2,320,440, issued June 1, 1943, discloses a top mount bottle crate whose panels are provided with keyhole-like apertures positioned to hold the neck of packaged bottles.

U.S. Pat. No. 2,337,243, issued December 21, 1943, discloses a top crate bottle crate wherein some of the bottle neck openings are in the form of a keyhole.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

In one embodiment of the invention, the carton is manipulated to grasp the tops of the packaged bottles and comprises a main panel whose side edges are foldably connected to the side panels, wherein a pair of faces of additional panels touching their faces is positioned above the main panel and their the side edges are foldably secured to the upper edges of the side panels. In the main panel, keyhole openings are provided for the bottle necks, and similar openings are provided in each additional panel along with cutout areas located at the edges of the additional panels and extending from these edges of the additional panels that are foldably secured to the side panel. The machine's machine located between the two rows of bottles is kept between them until the additional panels are folded into the overlap relative to the main panel due to the movement of the bottles having their neck portions located in the cut-out areas formed at the side edges of the two additional panels the keyhole portions formed in the two additional panels are shifted to the grip position relative to the bottle necks in each row of bottles. Thereafter, the fastening tabs formed in the uppermost accessory panel are routed through the respective openings in the lower accessory panel and, after being led out and secured by folding to the main panel, are twisted inwardly into the fastening relationship with the fastening tabs. .

Overview of the drawings

Giant. 1 is a plan view of the complex blank formed in accordance with the present invention when viewed from the inside of the blank;

Giant. 2 illustrates a sequence of folding one additional panel into an overlapping position relative to the main panel followed by folding the second additional panel into an overlapping position with respect to the first additional panel;

Giant. 3 shows the blank of FIG. 1, which is manipulated during the lowering process, wherein the group of bottles represented by the dashed lines are sequentially wrapped to form a complete package;

Giant. 4 shows a folded blank with overlapping access panels as viewed from their end edges;

Giant. Fig. 5 shows a pair of bottles separating the machinery in the situation before and after lowering the blank to the position shown in Fig. 6;

Giant. 6 is a cross-sectional view of the preform and associated pairs of bottles following inward movement of the bottles, showing a locking device for guiding the locking tabs to a locked state with locking tabs formed on one additional panel in the openings located on the other additional panel; these locking elements remain in the locked state.

Giant. 8 shows a perfectly assembled pair bottle structure together with a carrier structure; and

Giant. 9 is similar to FIG. 8, but additionally shows locking and retaining tabs that keep the carrier in a fully completed locked state.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

The longitudinal end-side connection comprises openings 16.17

The complex blank shown in Fig. 1 as seen from the inside is made of paperboard and comprises a main panel 7 having keyhole openings 2-7. Of course, these keyhole openings have standard larger and smaller parts. The side panels 8, 9 are foldably connected to the main panel 7 on respective fold lines 10 and 11.

the panel indicated by the numerical reference 12 is foldable with the side panel 8 on the fold line £ 3. On the second blank, the additional panel 14 is foldably connected to the panel 9 on the fold line 15. The additional panel 12 and 18 as well as the fastening holes 19 and 20.

The retaining tabs T1 and T2 also extend from the main panel 7 and are connected thereto at respective fold lines 21 and 22.

For the purpose of securing the neck of the bottles to be distributed, cut-out areas 23, 24 and 25 are formed on the additional panel 12.

At the other end of the blank, the fastening tabs 26 and 27 extend from the additional panel 14. The fastening tab 26 is foldably connected to the additional panel 14 at the fold line 28. while the fastening tab 27 of the additional panel 14 at the panel line 14 is formed by openings 30, 31 and 32. and from the same additional panel cut-out regions 33, 34, and 35 are cut at one side edge thereof.

The initial stages of the packaging procedure are shown in Fig. 2, wherein the additional panel 12 is lifted and folded so that it is foldably connected to the fold 29. On the additional flat, it adjoins the main panel 1 and the side panel 8 assumes the position indicated by arrow n1 in Fig. As shown in FIG. 2 and indicated by the arrow A2, the additional panel 14 is lifted and then folded onto the fold line 15 to 2aa position shown on the left of FIG. 2.

The displacement of the collapsible crate, as shown in Fig. 3, results in the bottle necks B1-B6 being surrounded by larger portions of the respective keyhole apertures of the main panel 7 and the additional panels 12 and 14. The collapsible crate group of the invention is drawn on the left side of Fig. 3.

The two rows of bottles are separated from each other, as shown in FIG. In Fig. 6, the bottles B6 and B3 are shown in combination with the collapsed crate, wherein the main panel 1 and the additional panels 12 and 14 are shown in the collapsed state.

In Fig. 7, the bottles B6 and B3 are shown in their final assembled position, which is delimited inwardly by the operation of the machine line conductors G1 and G2. The inward movement of cylinders such as B3 and B6 is also shown in Fig. 8 by the X and Y arrows. The crate C in Fig. 7 is shown under adjustment conditions and the spoke fastening wheel W, which rotates on the fixed shaft S, is synchronized to introduce fastening tabs 26 and 27 into respective holes 19 and 20.

The operation of the fastening wheel W also activates the retaining tabs T1 and T2 and as a result supports the respective fastening tabs 26 and 27, as shown in Fig. 9, thereby assembling the container in the closing conditions. The operation and operation of the holding tabs is explained in more detail in US Patent 2,786,572.

In the final assembly of the crate, as shown in Figures 8 and 9, the spatial arrangement of the elements is determined by the position of the main panel 7, which is arched upward. The bottle necks are also located in the smaller portions of the respective keyhole apertures and in the respective cut-out regions, as a result of which the bottles are securely fastened in the crate.

When fastening, the bottle necks enter the smaller portions of the keyhole apertures in cooperation with the cut-out areas on the additional panels, thereby achieving a firm grip of the bottles. The cutout areas in one add-on panel cooperate with smaller portions of keyhole apertures in the second add-on panel.

Claims (20)

Portable top-mounted crate for packaging a plurality of bottles lined in at least two rows, comprising a main edge panel and an upper side having opposite side edges, a pair of side panels, each side panel having a lower and an upper edge and foldably connected at the respective lower edges of said main panel, a pair of additional panels, each of said additional panels having opposite side folds joined by a respective lateral edge of the edge of the respective said side panel, said additional panels being disposed so as to contact each other; the panels have at least one keyhole aperture with adjacent larger and smaller portions, and such an aperture is formed in each individual add-on panel and is situated so that a smaller portion thereof is at the upper edge of each a side panel, said small portion of each of said keyhole apertures is adapted to grip the bottle, a cutout region adjacent to said keyhole aperture is operatively ready to receive the neck at each edge of said accessory panels said bottles, further comprising means for urging said bottles and said additional panels inwardly to form a gripping relationship between said bottles and additional panels and fastening means for maintaining the additional panels relative to each other. 2. A top crate container according to claim 1, wherein said fastening means comprises a pair of guide receiving holes and associated fastening tabs cut from one of said additional panels and a pair of fastening holes formed in the other 2 of said additional panels for insertion. of the respective fastening tabs. - '7 3. A top crate container according to claim 2, wherein said fastening tabs are cut from said outer add-on panel and said fastening holes are cut from said inner add-on panel. 4. A top-carrier bottle crate according to claim 2, wherein a pair of retaining tabs is cut from the main panel and located adjacent said pair of guide receiving tabs. 5. A top-tote bottle crate according to claim 4, wherein each of said holding tabs has a rectangular shape. 6. A top crate container according to claim 1, wherein said system for pushing said bottles and accessory panels inwardly comprises spaced guide means for actuating said bottles, providing a guide channel having a pair of transversely spaced paths for introducing a plurality of bottles and having a decreasing space in the direction of movement of said plurality of bottles so that the inward movement of the bottles in different rows is achieved. 7. A top crate container according to claim 6, wherein the portions of said bottles are cylindrical and said spaced guide means operate the bottles on the upper portions of the cylindrical portions. S. A top-carrier bottle crate according to claim 6, wherein said spaced apart means control the tops of the bottles. 9. A container according to claim 2, wherein rotating spokes are disposed above the path of said bottles, wherein said fastening movement of said bottles behind the fastening tabs in which a fastening wheel having a radial wheel operates in synchronization to control said purposes. that said fastening tabs extend through said fastening holes. 10. A top-tote bottle crate according to claim 1, wherein as a result of the first inward movement of the first row of bottles, a portion of the bottles enters the cut-out area in the first additional panel; an additional panel, wherein the cut-out regions, in cooperation with the smaller portions of each keyhole aperture, form generally circular shapes that firmly grip the packaged bottles. 11. A top crate container according to claim 1, wherein said side panels are disposed in generally vertical planes and said main panel is positioned such that its side edges are foldably connected to the lower edges of the respective side panels. 12. A top crate container according to claim 11 wherein said main panel has an upwardly arched shape. 13. A top crate container according to claim 1, wherein said recess areas are delimited by a pair of parallel edges extending at an acute angle to a side edge of the respective access panel. 14. A top-tote bottle crate according to claim 13, wherein said recess areas are arranged to allow cooperation between the bottle necks and the carton. 15. A method of packaging a plurality of bottles lined up in a straightforward manner using a crate means having a main panel and two side panels which are folded 1 connected to opposite edges of said main panel, at distal edges relative to the main panel are folded 1 connected to two additional panels. panels and having overlapping inner portions, an opening, keyhole openings with smaller and larger portions formed in said add-on panels, said apertures being situated such that the smaller portions thereof are at the fold line between said add-on panels and respective side panels, and cutout areas formed at the edges of each said additional panel remote from the respective side panel to functionally insert the bottle necks in one row of said bottles, comprising the step of lowering the crate so that a larger portion each keyhole opening can accommodate the neck in both rows of bottles, the step of moving the bottles in each row inward, resulting in simultaneous entry of the neck of the bottles into the respective smaller portions of the prepared keyhole openings and the cooperating cutout areas so that the group of bottles is gripped and securely fastened both in relation to the carrier and the individual bottles. 16. A method of securing a neck of a plurality of bottles in a crate having a main panel to which the respective side panels are foldably attached and opposite two panels foldingly connected to respective edges of the side panels on their distal sides relative to the main panel and forming overlapping portions from said respective side panels, wherein in said main panel and overlapping portions of said additional panels a plurality of keyhole apertures having a major portion and a smaller portion are formed and cutout regions on the additional panels are cut at their distal edges relative to the respective side panels characterized in that it assembles said main panel and said side panels in a common plane, manipulates one of said additional panels in relation to the contact of the surfaces with said head perceiving the panel and the respective side panel, folding the second panel into contact of the overlapping surfaces with the first panel, depositing the crate down on a group of bottles, resulting in bottle neck entry into the cutout areas in said panel panels and into larger key-shaped openings holes in said main panel and said add-on panels, exerting force on opposite sides of the groups of bottles to move these bottles inwards, resulting in the bottle necks entering smaller portions of the keyhole apertures in said main panel and said add-on panels and secures means for securely keeping the additional panels in contact with each other of their surfaces. 17. The method of claim 16, wherein the at least one fastening tab is cut from said upper access panel and the at least one fastening aperture is cut on said lower access panel to secure the accessory panels together. 18. The method of claim 16, wherein the at least one retaining tab is cut from said main panel and is arranged to keep said fastening tab in tension. 19. The method of claim 15 wherein said cutout regions have parallel edges and semicircular inner portions. 20. The method of claim 18 wherein said parallel edges extend at an acute angle to the edges of said additional panels, said edges being spaced from respective fold lines. 21. The method of claim 18, wherein the angle of said parallel edges of said cutout regions is designed to allow smooth functional cooperation between bottle necks and keyhole apertures.