DE2032543A1 - Container packaging and method and apparatus for assembling the same - Google Patents

Description

Container packing as well as method and "

Device for assembling the same

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The invention "relates to a novel pack and a Method and device for assembling the same, to be more precise, a new type of pack that contains several hashes or bottle-like containers and a carrier for them having.

The invention particularly relates to the packing of fragile Glass bottles, although it will be apparent that certain features can be applied to various other types of containers. ,

Up to now, Hasflasohen was often in Seohserpaokungen in cardboard boxes verpaoktj the subdivided or at least partially

divided compartments or they were divided into enveloping compartments Cardboard carriers designed to extend along opposite sides and across the bottom and the top extended. Such boxes or carriers are often relatively expensive to manufacture, difficult to load with the hashes and not able to keep the hashes sufficiently separated to avoid breakage.

It is an important aim of the invention to provide a novel carrier for bottles or similar containers; and thus a To create a pack of the same and a novel method and device for assembling the pack. The carrier should be simple in construction, economical to manufacture and quick and easy to assemble with several bottles be.

Another object of the invention is to provide a novel method and apparatus for assembling a carrier of the above-mentioned type having a plurality of plasma tubes, the carrier and the bottles being moved relative to one another to establish a connection therebetween by means of simple and effective elongate guide members or rods herssustelleö ₉ while the carrier

and to move bottles rapidly and continuously along a predetermined path.

Another object of the invention is to provide a novel bottle carrier and pack that includes a has a first element that encompasses and holds the bottles in the middle section, as well as a second support element, that is made from relatively rigid, self-supporting J sheet material such as cardboard or the like and which is provided with rows of openings to receive the tops of the bottles and to engage under the bottle caps, this cardboard cage is formed so that portions thereof are so folded can be that the openings for receiving the upper ends of the bottle are effectively opened and then closed again be to reach under the bottle caps and to hold the bottles.

Wide © goals and gate parts of the invention are from the following description in conjunction with the accompanying drawings. Show it:

Figure 1 is a simplified side elevation of the device according to the invention, showing how one part

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the carrier and several bottles are assembled according to the invention

Fig. 2 is a plan view taken substantially along line 2-2 of Fig. 1;

FIG. 5 is a schematic plan view of part of the FIG

Fig. 1 and 2 shown device in connection with ™ additional preparation aimed at assembling a first

Part of a trier with the bottles;

FIG. 4 is an enlarged partial side view taken substantially along line 4-4 of FIG. 2;

FIG. 5 shows a partial section essentially along line 5-5 of FIG. 2;

* Fig. 6 is a partial section essentially along line 6-6 of

Fig. 2j

Fig. 7 shows a partial section essentially along line 7-7 of Fig. 2 |

Fig. 8 is a partial section essentially along line 8-8 of Fig. 2}

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Pig. 9 a partial section essentially along Xinie 9-9 of '

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Pig .. 10, 11 and 12 sub-tops were worthwhile of those sections of the Pack and the device that is in the Pig. 7 »8 and 9 are shown.

Reference is now made to the drawings in which | the same parts in all Piguren are provided with the same reference number evn . A complete pack 20 according to the invention is in the Pig. 9 and 12 shown. In the embodiment shown, the pack contains a plurality of piasas or containers 22 which can be made of any suitable material such as glass, plastic or metal. A holder 24 engages around the middle sections of the bottles and a carrier 26 grips the upper ends of the bottles, holding them in place *

It should be evident that the containers or bottles 22 can be of any known shape. In the illustrated example jafer container has an enlarged, im substantially cylindrical belly section 28 and an im Reduced diameter plaeohen neck 30, which has a conventional annular bead at its upper end, that of a conventional Closure cap 32 is overlapped. As is known, bil-

The downwardly directed edge of the closure cap 32 has an annular shoulder 34.

The holder 24 originally has a flap shape and consists of a tough, resilient plate material, preferably a plastic such as polyethylene. As inclined in FIG. 3, the holder has a flat shape before assembly with the bottles and is provided with a plurality of openings 36 which are arranged in rows and are smaller in diameter than the bottle hoods 28 are openings 36 surrounded by a ring-shaped web 38 of the adjacent sections in one piece,. wi © inclined at 40, siteinanö ^ r ¥ trbuni © ii ad, ₀

The holder 24 can., By hand or © 2 ?. a suitable device _9, the brauobt not aäbes bescbriebtia m ₉ "on the bottle attached w @ © a ra _e Wäbreucl victory Vorgangeis be the shifted bottles und'der holder axially relative to each other: wherein the bottles through the openings geärüolri 36-""This can be effected, that the S-ringförmigen-- tegabeetaute elreoken 38, around the bottles aufannehiaen" Here, the St®§ _"f portions deformed in order to form e ^ wesentlioben litdslaobe- Sander, the central portion of the bottle © shown wi © Ib. FIG. 9, embrace firmly, "It ereichtlioh is that these web sections not only because ^ u dien®" ® iie chasing sn hold but .also to keep the bottles at a distance se and isv / ar

cushioned against each other to at least double the plastic thickness, so that the possibility of the bottles knocking against one another and breaking is reduced to a minimum.

The carrier 26 consists of a relatively stiff, self-supporting pipe material, such as cardboard od. Like. The carrier 26 originally has the shape of a flat blank, as shown in FIGS. 1 and 11 and has ^ openings 42, their number and arrangement that of those of the Bottles 22 corresponds. The openings. 42 have a diameter which is equal to the diameter of the bottle neck 30 each, but smaller than the diameter of the annular shoulder 34 on the caps 32 is. There are recesses on the inner edges of the carrier, which delimit the openings 42 44 and 46 are provided. These recesses are with the openings, forming lateral extensions, connected »to allow the bottle caps to pass through when assembling the pack, as will be described below. - *

The openings 42 are arranged in two rows on the opposite sides of a longitudinal center line of the carrier 26. The carrier is incised or otherwise provided with a fold line ^v 43, which runs parallel to the longitudinal axis of the carrier and essentially forms the center of the rows of openings 42

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cut the opposite sides of the longitudinal axis of the beam. With the aid of these split lines, the sections 50 of the carrier can be bent laterally upwards to during assembly of the package, as will be described below, to be folded and handled. It can be seen that the recesses 44 and 46 of the openings are directed essentially laterally outward from the split line 48 lie around the bottle caps during assembly to let through »

The carrier 26 is further provided with fold lines 52 which extend parallel to the fold lines 48 and laterally upwardly of the same to delimit longitudinal edge portions 54. These edge sections can be out of the plane of the remainder of the carrier 26 can be bent downwards when the package, as will be described, is finished is posed.

In the pig. 1-3 a device 56 according to the invention is shown in a simplified schematic manner, which is used to assemble successive packs 20. Essentially, the device 56 has a conveyor 57 for moving groups of bottles onward past a first work station 60 in which the holder 24 is attached to the bottles. A conveyor 58 then moves the groups of bottles onward

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a second work station 62 in which the carriers 26 be attached. The holders 24 can, if desired, be attached to the workstation 60 by hand, however a gate direction of the type described in U.S. Patent 2,929,181 is preferred. This device is designated as a whole with 64 and provided to the Holder 24 to be attached automatically to the bottles. This door seal known from TJSA Patent 2,929,181

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does not need to be described in more detail here.

At work station 62 is a carrier day device 66 is provided to assemble the carrier with the bottles, this gate direction in Figs. 1 and 2 and in larger Details are shown in Figures 4-12. The direction of the gate 66 includes an endless conveyor 68 positioned above conveyor 58 at work station 62. Sine feeding device 70 is above the forda? 68 arranged, the one Pile 72 of carriers 26 picks up and one after the other from the lower End of the stack on the upper run of the conveyor 68 ' gives away. '

In the exemplary embodiment shown, the conveyor 58 has a elongated guide 78 and endless chains 80 and 82, which are arranged on the opposite sides of the guide and have catches 74 engaging the bottles.

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The endless conveyor 68 can be configured in a known manner be and have drivers that sum feed on the carriers 26 attack. It should be noted that the endless chains 80 and 82 of the conveyor 58 and the conveyor 68 with a suitable «drive, for example an electric motor with an interposed gear or belt or Have chain drives, so that the conveyor is continuous, Move the bottles and üJr ^ pr 26 forwards in a timed manner. These drives can be of the usual type and do not need to be described in detail here.

As shown in Fig. 1, the conveyor 68 moves successively! Dräger blanks 26 from the feed device 70 in the right direction and then downwards in ^: - what output with successive groups of bottles. A guide 84 is provided at the end of the conveyor 68 to guide the blanks around the end of the conveyor and down to the bottles. In addition, the gate direction 56 with Ftihruags- and JFaltstaagen 86 see which extends from the Ftttauag 84 iö longeruag of the work station 62, in order to ■ a «-feißaaderiolgeade Trä cut © 26 on the surface area, as it is best shown in the Fig. 4-12 can be seen.

We will refer to Figs. 4 and 5 Beaug

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which it can be seen that at the right end of the device, 66 the guide 78 of the conveyor 58 is substantially planar, and that the guide and folding rack assembly 86 is two longitudinally extending Has rods 88 which are arranged overlying rods 90 to the carrier blanks 26 from the guides 84 and they are initially level to hold the ends of the bottles. The guide bars 88 and 90 are arranged to engage the carrier blanks 26 near the aforementioned fold lines 48. To- i In addition, the longitudinally extending rods 92 are arranged so that that they are directed sideways outwards from the fold lines 48 * attack under the carrier blanks as shown in FIG. *

Reference is made in particular to FIGS. 4 and 6 which can be seen that the rods 92 tomi 94 upwards and are bent towards each other, so that the carrier blanks when they, as seen in Fig. 4, are moved from right to left, g along fold line 48 so that outer portions 50 and 54 extend substantially vertically upward as shown in FIG. At the same time, the guide rods 88 are bent upwardly inclined to the To move carrier blanks 26 downward or axially directed towards the bottles. Resilient fingers 97 hold the carrier blanks 26 on the downwardly extending portions of the

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Guide bar 88.

While the outer flat portions of the carrier blanks are being folded up and the blanks are being folded down as previously described, are moved, the bottles, as in Pig.

6 shown tipped apart. In other words, one row of pies in each package is directed outwards and the other row of slabs of each pack is tilted outwards in the opposite direction, so that the top Neck portions of the plugs have a distance from one another which is substantially greater than that in the case of the finished one Pack. As in Pig. 6 shown by means of an elongated fixed cam statip 98, which differs from the in Pig. 5 up to the position shown in Pig. 6 shown progressively widens and extends between the neck portions the rows of pias, attacking them, extends. Furthermore, a section 100 of the guide 78 is opposite inclined surfaces 102 and 104 provided, with lateral guide cams 101 widening outwards to the tilting process " to facilitate. It can also be seen that the resilient nature of the plastic holder 24 allows that the tabs can be tilted relative to each other without damaging the holder.

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When the opposite side portions of the carrier blanks 26 are folded up, the portions the openings 42 including the side recesses 44 and 46 open sideways outwardly, as best from Fig. 4 can be seen. The the extensions of the holes forming recesses 44 and 46 thus form wide-open mouths of the holes in the direction of the bottle closure caps which are to be inserted through the openings. The overall cross dimension of the openings along one over the line extending away from both recesses 44 and 46 is greater than the diameter of the bottle caps, so that they can easily pass through.

Like in Pig. 6, prior to engaging a carrier with the top ends of the bottle, the side portions of the carrier are first folded upwards to reveal the laterally open mouth of the openings, the opposing rows of loops of the pack being tilted so that their upper ends f are a greater distance apart than that Take the distance between the fold lines 48. Then, when the carrier 26 is displaced axially downwards relative to the bottles ι by the downwardly inclined sections of the guide rods 88 and the resilient pinger 97 , the middle part of the carrier is gradually ' lig under the shoulder he edges of the bottle caps, ■ as in Flg. 7 shown, brought into position . '■>

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The guide rods 88 are, as in FIGS. 4 and 7, shows bent at 106 so that they extend horizontally and cooperate with additional guide rods 99, around the middle section of the straps properly under the shoulders of the bottle caps To take position. The cam rod 98 tapers from its wide point shown in FIG. 6 to a narrow, in Pig. 7 which is sufficient to restore the tilted bottles to their normal upright parallel position to bring, the gendgten surfaces 102 and 104 of the conveyor guide 78 also tapering flat, as

this is shown in Fig. 7, about the return movement of the bottles to facilitate. In addition, the side guide cams 101 have inwardly inclined surface plane portions 103, which attack the sides of the bottles and move them back to their normal parallel adjacent position. this causes the closure caps of the bottles to be inserted through the laterally open mouths of the holes in the carrier 26 be that the shoulders 34 of the caps over the middle portion of the wearer »as in Fig. 7 shown grab.

As shown in FIG. 1, the folding bars 92 speak first along the device, around the upward folded sides « Sections of the carrier association au, haiton, if 'he durob

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those in the Pig. 4, 6 and 7 positions shown is moved. At the end of the position shown in FIG. 7, in which the carrier blank is in engagement with all of the bottle necks of the pack, the folding bars 92 end, as is shown "at 108 in FIG. 1. The opposite side sections of the carriers 26 are then released, to be able to be folded away, this being accomplished by additional folding and depressing bars 110 positioned along opposite sides of the path of travel to engage the upper outer surfaces of opposite sides of the carrier 26 at a location inward of the fold lines 52 and bending the side portions downwardly along fold line 48 as shown in Figure 8. This yorg * ig causes the outer edge portion 105 of the openings 42, which lies between the recesses 44 and 46, to snap under the shoulders 34 of the caps In this way, the carrier 26 is held firmly to the tops of the bottles, and the carrier also serves to hold the bottles ., j in position with respect to each other and cooperates with the holder 24 to prevent the bottles from touching each other, which could lead to breakage.

In the conveying direction behind the position shown in FIG. 8, the guide and folding rod arrangement 86 is provided with folding devices 112, as shown in FIGS. 1 and 9, in order to

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to fold the outer edge portions 54 of the carrier portion 26 along the lines 52 downwards. Continue to extend elongated rods 114 extend from the folders 112 to the edge portions 54 in an inwardly inclined position to fold towards the bottles and to press the edge portions against suitably supported support rods, and the fold of the carrier along the lines 52 to ensure. The edge sections 54 are thus in the finished packs out of the plane of the central portion of the beam 26 to the center and preferably inwardly directed around the beam to give generally U-shaped cross-section. The downwardly directed edge portions 54 effectively prevent one Flexing of the central portion of the beam near the openings 42 so that inadvertent external engagement occurs the Piaschenneck with the carrier 26 is excluded. If you wish, remove the bottles from the package to remove, the edge portions 54 are folded up by hand, whereupon the carrier relatively can be easily removed from the bottle necks.

The carrier 26 can be integral or separate with various trained handles may be provided to facilitate the carrying of the pack. In the embodiment shown the door is provided with handles in the form of finger openings 118.

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While a preferred embodiment of the inventive object The state has been shown and described, it is obvious that that many details can be modified.

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Claims (1)

Claims 1j pack for several containers that are lying next to each other « Rows are arranged and relatively large lower sections and upper end sections decreased Diameter as well as downward shoulders that umaa the upper end portions, characterized by diverting the body sections, the containers (22) retaining holder (24), a carrier (26) consisting of a plate and having a central section, the receiving openings (42) for the upper end sections (30) of the container (22), this section the openings (42) delimiting edge portions (105) which engage under the shoulders (34) and wherein the Carrier has split lines (48) intersecting the openings (42), so that portions (50) of the carrier (26) can be folded along the fold lines to form the openings (42) to allow assembly of the carrier (26) with the containers (22). 2. Paokung according to claim 1, characterized in that the openings (42) one of the Durohmesser of the upper end of the container (30) have the appropriate diameter and lateral 00 9883/1673 Have recesses (44 »46) which are directed outwards from the Ealtlinien (48) so that the openings (42) form open mouths, when the carrier sections (50) are folded relative to one another, around the passage of the shoulders (34) through the openings (42) during assembly of the pack. 3. Pack according to claim 1, characterized in that the Carrier has additional fold lines (52), which are in parallel, laterally outwardly directed distance to the first split lines (48) and opposite Limit edge portions (54) which extend from the remainder of the carrier (26) downwards, so that the carrier substantially has a U-shaped cross section. - 4. Pack according to claim!, Characterized in that the Openings (42) lateral recesses (44 »46) on the Outside of the fold lines (48) to provide open mouthed openings when the carrier sections (50), are folded relative to one another, around the Passage of the shoulders (34) through the openings during to facilitate the assembly of the pack, and that the carrier (26) has additional laltlinien (52), the extend at a parallel, sideways outward distance from the first fold lines (48) and face one another 009883/1573 Limiting edge portions (54) of the Trosers (26), the extend downward from the remainder of the beam so that the beam is substantially U-shaped in cross-section. 5. Pack according to claim 1, characterized in that a body portions of the container (22) and detecting fffithaltender holder (24) is provided, which consists of a flexible, resilient plate blank, which has several integrally connected ring sections (38), each grip around the container body sections and fold them separately from one another. 6. Container carrier, characterized by a plate-shaped part with a field in which two rows of openings (52) for receiving the upper ends (30) of bottles (22) or the like, which are arranged in corresponding rows are, with two folding lines (48) being provided in the field which intersect the openings (42) in the rows, so that portions (50) of the panel outside of the fold line (48) can be folded upward about the openings (42) and to allow the passage of the upper end of the bottle (30). 7. Container carrier according to claim 6, characterized in that - 21 -009883/1573 the openings (42) set high extensions (44 »46) arranged outside of the fold lines (48) to form open mouths when the sections (50) of the panel are folded up to allow the top bottle ends (30) to pass through the openings (42) to facilitate. 8. Container carrier according to claim 6, characterized in that that additional fold lines (52) are provided in the field " which extend parallel and with a laterally outwardly directed distance from the first fold lines (48) and allowing edge portions (54) of the backing (26) to be folded down about a essentially TJ-shaped. Cross-section of the beam too when the same is assembled with the bottles (22). 9. A method for assembling a pack consisting of a group of containers arranged in rows and having body sections and obas end sections of reduced diameter and downward shoulders surrounding the upper end sections, characterized in that the container group η (22) moved along a path and the upper Eftdabsohnitte (30 ¹ ) of the rows are moved apart, and that a carrier - 22 - 0098Ö3 / 1S7 (26) with a series of openings (42), the container. tern (22), having 3? eld are moved over the upper ends (30) of the container, whereupon laterally outer portions (50) of the panel along piping lines (48) intersecting the openings (42) are folded upward to form open mouths of the opening rings (42) that a central portion of the panel axially with respect to the Container (22) moved and the middle section between the upper end sections (50) of the. adjacent rows of containers and under the shoulders (34), whereupon the upper end portions (30) of the containers (22) of the opposing rows are moved towards each other to partially pass the shoulders (34) through the openings (42) in. to push Ellgriff with the PEiD, then followed by the portions (50) of the array are folded downward to the introduction of the shoulders (34) continuous through the openings (42) to vervoll- W. 10. "The method according to claim 9, characterized in that additional edge sections (54) of the carrier frame into one directed downwards from the rest of the field © position be folded to a misshapen cross-section of the Trä gers (26). 00968 3/1573 11. The method according to claim 9, characterized in that. the row of containers (22) can be tilted relative to one another in order to bring the upper end sections (30) into a larger stood to move from each other, whereupon the container is then moved into substantially parallel positions to each other to move the upper end portions towards each other. 12, method according to claim 11, characterized in that initially the body portions (28) of the containers (22) together by a flexible resilient retainer (24) be attached, the flexible, resilient holder allows the subsequent tilting of the container (22) towards each other. · 1'3. Apparatus for assembling a package consisting of a group of containers arranged in rows, the body portions and upper end portions reducing- J _; i? en diameter and downwardly directed shoulders, which surround the upper end cuts, characterized in that the container groups (22) are movable by conveyors (57, 58) along a predetermined path, that along the path of movement means (98, 102, 104) are provided to move the upper end portions (30) of the bell old he s (22) apart that close to the -24 - 009883/1573 Movement path means (86) are provided to a ger (26) which has a field with rows of openings (42) corresponding to the containers has to move over the upper ends (30) of the container group (22) that close of the "trajectory means (92) are provided to the laterally outer portions (50) of the field along Upwardly folding up fold lines (48) intersecting the openings (42) and closing open mouths of the openings (42) form that near the movement path means (110) are provided to the middle section of the carrier (26) axially opposite the containers (22) and cut the middle section between the upper end cuts (30) of the adjacent rows of containers and under the shoulders (34) to push that means (98, 102, 104) for Displacement of the upper end portions (30) of the opposite rows towards each other are provided to inserting the shoulders (34) partially through the openings and that additional means near the path of movement (110) are provided to fold down the sections (54) of the panel and introduce the shoulders (34) to be completed through the openings (42). 14. The device according to claim 13, characterized in that that the means (98, 102, 104) for moving the upper end portions (30) of the containers (# £ 2) apart - 25 009883/1573 have elongated cam (98) between the ' Rows of containers moving along the path of movement are arranged to be at the upper end portions (30) and gradually move them apart. 15. The device according to claim 14 »characterized in that that the conveyors (57, 58) have a guide (78) which is arranged near the cam (98) and two opposite one another has inclined surfaces (102, 104) to tilt the rows of containers in opposite directions while moving the top end sections apart (30) support. 16. The device according to claim 13, characterized in that that means (112) are arranged near the movement path in the conveying direction behind the last-mentioned folding means (110) to fold the opposing edge portions (54) of the carrier (26) downwardly from the panel. 0 0988 3/18 7 3 Blank page