DE2200468C3 - Cut for a foldable bottle carrier - Google Patents

Description

The invention relates to a blank for a foldable bottle carrier, with a roof field, which has through openings for receiving the necks of set bottles, which are used to secure the bottles holding tabs are assigned, which protrude with their find into the through openings and around laltlinien are deflectable by an angle.

In recent times there has been an increasing trend towards this, from cuts with minimal material requirements to produce disposable carriers for packaging items such as fluff after use. The necks of the bottles are inserted through suitable through openings provided in a roof field put through.

However, such carriers are very sensitive to changes in the size of the bottles and in the way in which they are transported. Are ■ / .. B. packed small bottles at the outer ends of the carrier, it may happen that these bottles fall out of the carrier, so that the product inside the bottle damaged and people may be injured. Similar disadvantages arise when such a carrier occurs at one corner or in the vicinity of a corner or at several corners or when the base panel or the latch of the carrier tears open.

Many ways have been suggested to overcome these disadvantages in known bottle carriers

ίο avoid. So were z. B. a variety of recesses, Flaps and tabs either used individually or in combination with one another to improve the holding properties of the wearer. Certain locking devices are used for solid packaging designed to prevent the bottles from falling out when the bottle size changes. However, such measures alone did not lead to a fully satisfactory result because they did not Protection against all possible cases of letting out

> o offer a bottle and because of its manufacturing cost are quite high, in addition, difficulties may arise in use or their appearance in the erected condition is bad.

In the case of a known blank for an unfolded Bottle carrier (US-PS 29 50 041) are the fold lines of all Hall tabs tangentially on the Gesamidurchsteckführung the through openings. Furthermore, tabs are provided, but not one Securing and holding the record to be recorded

in bottles, but by holding them down Eversion from both sides serves to form the roof area of the girder should. With a lateral bulging of the side panels of the bottle carrier, a more solid bottle

Ij seat can be guaranteed. Through this measure, can however, falling out of the bottles cannot be avoided if, for example, the carrier base falls out of some sort Reason breaks through: the bottles can gut out fall out of the bottle carrier, as the tabs provided only interlock the closed Carrier cross section against unintentional snapping open should and can serve.

In another known blank (US-PS 32 53 706) are in the blank on the folding support above

<"> openings provided with respect to the plug-in Bottle closures, however, each have a smaller diameter than this. Will the Bottle closure through these openings from below hindiichgcstecki. then become - because of something

V) small circumference of the openings - on the side of the Openings attached tabs forcibly folded up and thereby a sufficiently large passage opening generated for the bottle cap. However, this known blank is again used for

^r> 5 forming a bottle carrier in which the Zuschnittcndcn on top of the carrier and the übercinandcrgelcgt F laschcnverschlüssc be inserted through openings located there. Some kind of interlocking of the carrier cut

w> does not take place on the carrier floor either. Tears at one such bottle carrier, however, the carrier bottom on the bottom. then again there is the obligation that the Bottles can fall through. d; a kinking of the side of the upper bottle neck opening

(Γιings fastened retaining tabs in the opposite way as appears possible when pushing through upwards, since the retaining tabs themselves are made relatively short and insofar a by jamming of the holding launches

occurring locking effect is largely eliminated.

Another known blank for a bottle carrier (US-PS 34 93 261) leads to a bottle carrier, in which the free ends of the blank are locked against each other at the bottom of the bottle rack. This The bottle carrier is provided with a roof field that can accommodate the necks of set bottles having. In order to secure the bottles at the push-through openings, retaining clips are already in place see provided that protrude with their ends into the through openings and around fold lines are deflectable at an angle. This known blank leads to a bottle carrier, in which also in In the event of unintentional opening of the floor lock ii If it is possible, however, a certain safeguard against the bottles falling out is given. However, when the retaining tabs are opened, the same are only on the roof field via relatively short fold lines attached, which is not only done when inserting the jo Bottles brings the risk of damage to the strap attachment with it, but also also only a relatively low pressure resistance and thus a correspondingly low securing effect conditional. In addition, the contact surface of the retaining tabs on the crown cap or another Place below the bottle neck results in an only point-like fixed receptacle, which leads to a relatively strong, punctiform loading with a simultaneous risk of easier destruction. Jn in addition, easier sliding of the laser tip on the glass with correspondingly worse Support effect occurs.

Based on this, the invention is based on the object of such a generic blank for a noticeable bottle carrier with a view to further improving the security of the brought in Bottlenecks falling out to evolve.

According to the invention this is achieved in a blank of the type mentioned in that the Fold lines of the retaining clips at a distance from and outside the total penetration circumference of the through openings, but are arranged in its vicinity. The blank according to the invention enables production of a bottle carrier in which. about the 4i Tearing out the bottom, a firm and fully effective support of the bottles at the bottle neck (namely not essentially via point contact, but via contact surfaces with line contact) can. In addition, there is one from the crfindiingsgcmä- ίο When the bottle carrier is cut to size, there is also the risk of the Bottles banned from the carrier. The measures of the invention make it possible to place the retaining tabs over to attach relatively long fold lines to the roof area, which also results in a particularly high load-bearing capacity of the individual retaining tabs results in the fold line without the risk of tearing. By the invention Cut thus enables the production of a bottle carrier with a bottom lock, in which. if this floor locking should fail, a fully effective additional locking on the roof field over the existing retaining tabs occurs, which effectively prevents the bottles from falling through. At the same time, the cut according to the design can be made also easy on fast packaging machines! use, since even with a rapid Inserting the bottle necks through the openings and the resulting rapid Unfolding the retaining tabs still runs the risk of tearing at the fold lines of the retaining tabs does not exist. The bottle necks are locked in the roof area immediately after the bottles have been inserted fully effective ready for use.

Advantageous refinements of the invention emerge from the subclaims.

In the following, the invention is explained in more detail in principle by way of example with reference to the drawing. It shows

1 shows a plan view of a blank according to the invention for a foldable bottle carrier;

Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the Blank of the bottle carrier produced according to FIG. 1;

F i g. 3 is a side view of the carrier according to FIG. 2;

F i g. 4 shows an enlarged illustration of a detail from FIG. 3 (section along line 4-4);

F i g. 5 shows a section along line 5-5 in FIG. 3 to illustrate the effect of the roof lock when the holder slides sideways. ⁱ tab;

F i g. 6 shows a partial section along line 6-6 au_F i g. 5;

7 shows a plan view of a section of the roof field of a blank according to the invention a further embodiment of the arrangement of the Haltelasch.n;

8 shows a plan view of a section of the roof field with a further embodiment for the Arrangement of the retaining tabs;

9 shows a plan view of a section of the roof field with an additional embodiment for the arrangement of the retaining clips.

In the one-piece blank shown in Fig. 1 for a foldable bottle carrier, a roof field is in the development! recognizable that the longitudinal, notched fold lines 3 and 3 'with inclined roof panels 2 and 2' is pivotably connected. The blank can, for. B. made of paper, cardboard. Polymerisatfolic or the like are produced. The inclined roof field 2 has retaining tabs 4 which are fastened pivotably along notched folding lines 5, as well as incisions 6 which form openings when the carrier is set up. The inclined roof panels 2 and 2 'are in turn pivotably connected along notched fold lines 8 and 8' to side wall panels 7 and T, respectively, to which overlapping floor panels 9 and 9 'are articulated via edge panels 10 and 10' which are connected to the side wall panels 7 and T. longitudinally notched fold lines 11 and 11 'are connected on one edge and on the bottom panels 9 and 9' longitudinally notched fold lines 12 and 12 'on the other edge. The lower edges of the side wall panels 7 and T are cut out so that foot protection tabs 13 and 13 'extend outward from them.

D ^: e Sijh overlapping bottom panels 9 and 9 '(also called "end edges" or simply "edges") are separated from the side wall panels 7 and 7' by recesses 14 and 14 ', the circumference of which is such that these recesses form the outer corner edges of the Surrounded in the carrier to be packaged bottles. This allows the edge panels 10 and 10 ' to be inclined inwardly from the side panel panels 7 and T when the carrier is set up, thereby reducing the amount of material required to surround a certain number of bottles for the blank when it is used as a pack can be kept small. Due to the material optimization made possible by this shape, the arrangement of the retaining tabs shown is preferably used in conjunction

dung used with a carrier of the form shown: however, it may vorteilhaflerweisc also be combined with other kinds of carriers, in which the bottom panels are hinged directly to the side wall panels, as, even when carriers with a single '<roof field that lies in a plane which runs essentially parallel to the plane of the overlapping ground fields.

The base 9 shown in FIG. These locking tabs 15 are provided with locking extensions 17 which are hinged to them along notched longitudinal lines 18. If these locking clips 15 are rotated out of the plane of the Boclcnfcldcs 9, the section forms. r> which previously adjoined the front edge of the locking tabs 15, a locking edge 19 with a relatively large circumference. At ground field 9 are furthermore νιι ^ ΐίΐ 'j Xif ¹ ti f * ^ u ί ¹ rr ° t £ * f? £ * liin (TcIfitcl £ * M J \ viir / An \ ιμιιίμιτι ■ * "· · ~ ο—- "O- ~ ·· - ·. ··· '· ■ - ·· ~ ρ ...

provided, each of which has a Sehwachstellec 22. 2t) to prevent deformation of the floor area 9 if the short circumferential locking was not selected. Such locking devices are known from US Pat. No. 3,478,951, from which it can also be seen in detail how the various locking clips long or short circumferences can be made to interact with the locking bars 19 and 21 in a suitable manner to hold the carrier in its erected position. To this extent, reference is made to the content of this publication. The selection of the various possible locks allows for changes in the bottle size to be taken into account, so that a package is obtained which is stronger than that which would be obtained if a single locking tab or locking strip were present. The measures according to the invention are therefore preferred used in conjunction with a carrier that has a multiple lock; however, equally advantageous carriers with perforated tabs or carriers whose bottom panels are glued can also be used.

The roof field 1 shown in FIG. 1 has 6 openings with a 2 × 3 arrangement. which is thus provided for a carrier for 6 objects. Two of these ⁴ > openings 27 are arranged in the middle part of the roof field, have a circular shape and are of one size. which corresponds to the conventional practical design for containers in which the bottle neck is to be pushed through: ie the through openings are dimensioned so that d'e free area between the circumference of the openings and the neck of the object extending through the openings is as small as when the carrier is in place is possible. In the ideal case, these through openings are dimensioned in this way. that its circumference rests against the neck extending through it at every point without the roof panel being deformed. In this way, the vertical and horizontal movement of the packaged bottle can be reduced to a minimum, if not completely eliminated. & o In practice, however, this ideal location can hardly be achieved. However, as is known, relatively large deviations can be tolerated. The other through openings 28 and 29 are designed as openings on the end sides with retaining tabs. Of course, the middle through-openings 27 should also be provided with the tabs according to the invention in order to provide better securing of the bottles here as well.

As in Fig. I is shown. are two first I laltclaschen 30 and 30 'or 31 and 31' at each push-through opening and two second retaining tabs 32 and 32 'or 33 and 33' are provided, the first retaining tabs being longer than the second retaining tabs are formed and extend in a direction along the greater circumference of the Roof fields extend; on the other hand, the second retaining tabs extend in a direction which is along the the shorter side of the roof field.

The Diirchstecköffnungen 28 and 29 have a total of a circular periphery bounded by the curved segments 34, 34 ', 35 and 35' will. In a preferred embodiment, the overall circular circumference of this has through openings essentially the same dimension as the circumference of the central openings 27. Through this will face essentially the same protection

Central openings created, whereby a possible damage to the retaining tabs as a result of such Movement is reduced to a minimum. Instead of the overall circular design of the push-through openings 28 and 29 at the two ends of the blank, which is particularly advantageous, but could also be used for certain uses openings are used that are somehow made up of curved or rectilinear Umfa! j pieces are joined together, since the Resistance to the movement of the bottle is given by the set up holding tabs. So are z. B. Many non-circular designs of the through-openings are possible that provide the necessary resistance have with respect to a lateral movement of the bottle without the risk that a force is exerted on the retaining tabs which could possibly lead to damage. Such Refinements include, for. B. five or more identical pages, each at least at one point on The neck of the bottle, with the touch points in the Level of the roof field lies.

From Fig. 1 it can be seen that the Haltelaschcn hinge type arranged on the roof panel at one point which are at a distance from and outside the total penetration circumference of the penetration openings, but is located near it. The retaining tabs 30, 30 ', 31 and 31' are on the roof panel along the notched fold lines 36,36 ', 37 and 37'. These hinge points are outside of the overall scope of insertion the through openings 28 and 29 at the lateral ends of the blank 1. Likewise the other retaining tabs 32, 32 ', 33 and 33' are in German. » Roof panel hinged along the notched fold lines 38, 38 ', 39 and 39', the hinge points of this Retaining tabs also at a distance from and outside of the total penetration circumference of the penetration openings are arranged remotely. As well as any suitable opening shape to form the Through openings can be provided, the number of retaining tabs and their shape can also be and size can be varied widely. However, it must be taken into account that the The overall effect of such retaining tabs can change both with their number and with their position. Will only a tab inserted, the falling out of the bottle in one direction, z. B. down, be prevented. Therefore, when using only one retaining tab, the same should be arranged so that falling out in the direction in which the greatest

Looks out probability of falling, namely z. B. down, is prevented.

In the F i g. 7, 8 and 9 show other embodiments with one, two and three retaining tabs which are each assigned to a push-through opening; the partial views shown in these figures each show a pair of such push-through openings. The push-through openings 729 from FIG. 7 are overall circular and are each provided with three retaining tabs 731 which are hinged to the roof field 701 along notch field lines 737. The hinge points are in turn at a distance from the total penetration circumference of the penetration openings. The through openings 829 as shown in FIG. 8 are each provided with two I laltel tabs 831 , which are hinged to the roof field 801 along the notched fold lines 837 . Here, too, the hinge points are again at a distance from and outside the total diagonal plug-in circumference of the push-through openings. The insertion openings 929 according to the illustration of F i g. 5 are each provided with a single retaining tab 931 , which is hinged to the roof field 901 along the notched folding line 937. Here, too, the notched fold lines lie in an off-land at the front and outside the total penetration circumference of the triangular openings. The embodiments shown for the retaining tabs according to FIG. 1 and FIG. 7 to F i g. 9 have the advantage. that no additional cutting material going beyond the requirements of conventional carrier blanks is required. since the retaining tabs are cut out of the whole blank or part of it, it would normally be thrown away after the through-holes have been cut for the necks to be pushed through.

The in F i g. 2 shown in perspective, from the blank according to FIG. The carrier created (without tabs packed therein) is shown in a position in which the holding tabs assigned to the through openings 28 are in a position that they extend upwards as if bottles were contained in the carrier. The carrier in turn has the roof field 1, inclined roof fields 2 and 2 ', screen wall fields 7 and 7'. Edge fields 10 and 10 'ir.-wio ».i overlapping floor fields 9 and 9'. Foot flaps 13 and 13 'extend downward from the side panel panels 7 and T, respectively, and protect the bottom portion of the bottles packed in the carrier. To simplify, the locking of the overlapping floor panels 9 and 9 '. as it is the US-PS 34 78 951 eninchmbar. not shown.

If bottles are used so that their necks extend through the through openings, then the retaining tabs are bent around their fold lines and extend upwards from here. The retaining tabs 30 and 30 ' are pivoted about their notched fold lines 36 and 36' by an angle (based on their original neutral position). The second retaining tabs 32 and 32 ' are pivoted about their notched fold lines 38 and 38' and extend from here upwards at an angle (again with respect to their original neutral position). Likewise, the retaining tabs which are assigned to the through openings 29 extend upwards when bottles are pushed through with their necks.

The carrier from FIG. 3 shown in an end view in FIG. 2 is shown to illustrate its position of use with bottles 40 which extend through the push-through openings. The first retaining tabs 30 are longer than the second retaining tabs 32 and 32 'and extend further upwards than the latter. The deflection of both the first and the second retaining tabs upwards, however, stops before these retaining tabs are below the crowns or respectively. The caps 41 of the bottles 40 attack. Such an attack could be allowed, but is immaterial here. Rather, the point at which one or more of the second retaining tabs 32 or 32 ' touch the bottle 40 relative to the crown or cap 41 should be variable depending on the particular type of bottle 40 and the size and shape of the specially used tabs. | cdc! .ash, which in its relaxed or neutral direction extends into the push-through opening, however, engages the crown or cap 41 or another projection on the bottle neck if the bottom locking should fail and the bottle 40 would begin to slip out of the carrier . The success of such an attack depends on the relative position of the second retaining strap. based on the total diameter of the push-through opening and the angle at which the second retaining strap extends upwards from the roof field.

In Fig. 4 is the Rclativlagc of the two retaining tabs shown in a side view. The first retaining tabs 30 and 30 'extend from the notched fold lines 36 and 36 'upwards, their

JO tops are in contact with bottle 40. From this position it can be seen that each first retaining tab 30 or 30 'would attack under the crown or cap 41 to prevent the bottle 40 from the Carrier falls. Which of the first two tabs on the

i> will attack crown or cap 41 depends on it mainly on the direction of movement of the bottom of the bottle 40: would this z. B. to the first If you move the retaining tab 30, the retaining tab 30 ′ would engage the crown 41. Would be the opposite Movement directed towards the retaining tab 30 'would engage the first retaining clip 30 on the crown 41. Here is to point out that the angle at which the second

If, for example, the first retaining tabs 30 and 30 'move from a point adjacent to the entire push-through circumference the through opening 28 would extend upwards, the probability would be that sic the crown 41 could grip and thereby prevent the bottle 40 from falling out, reduced. However, this is supposed to does not mean that such a configuration would be completely ineffective: however, its security effect would be less, even if one or more of the retaining tabs could cause a blockage under a crown 41. However, the crowns of many bottles are not, as in Fig. 4 shown, designed so that it it would be possible that the second retaining tabs slip through the projection or the crown and therefore the could not fully fulfill the task assigned to them. This is why the hinge point is also used for this holding leash of the total penetration circumference of the penetration opening removed but placed in its vicinity, preferably being placed so that the of the Second retaining tabs formed angle about 75 °. again preferably about 60 °. At a preferred embodiment, however, this angle should not be less than about 45 °, since otherwise, because of the strength load on the retaining bracket, its failure due to the bending of the retaining bracket

could occur. The angles shown are to be understood as the angles between the allelas in your exhibited! .agc and your not exhibited Neutral position.

In Figs. 5 and 6 it is shown how by the Retaining tabs can prevent a bottle from falling out. If, as can be seen in Fig. 5, the The bottom of a bottle 40 slips out of the carrier in the direction of the first retaining tab 30, the moves Inner edge of the crown 41 down and comes into ring engagement with the first retaining tab 30 '. Depending on Weight of the bottle 40, this can in turn lead to a warping of the roof panel 1, so that the bottle 40 falls out further, causing the laltelaschen 32 and 32 'also on the lower edge of the crown 41, as in FIG. b shown attack. This is how they work The first and / or last lall tabs together and prevent the bottle 40 from falling out, if these rht mphr

In a preferred embodiment, 4 am Roof panel of the carrier hinged hall plates are provided, as shown for example in FIG. I is shown. Two of these Ilallelic flaps extend in the direction of the longer ones Axis of the roof area. the other two in the direction of the minor axis; every push-through opening is included provided with such charging devices. As the falling out of a bottle in the direction of the longer Axis of the carrier is more likely. are the retaining tabs that extend along this axis, longer than those extending along the minor axis. In addition, the hinge parts each retaining strap from the total triangular circumference of the Through openings spaced by a distance sufficient that the tabs the touch wrapped bottles at an angle in the range between 45 ° and 75 °, in particular a Angle between 45 ° and 60 ° should be chosen.

The total scope of the Dtirchskvköffniingen should be designed so that the free space / wipe (Laschenhals and D.ichfeld reduced to a minimum is. The girder is designed with sloping roof panels and sloping curb panels so that the for the Making the carrier for a specified :! S.ii / -.on Bottles required Maten.ilems.it/ is optimized. the StCii üuCrüippCi'iuCü tnfuünrOiuOi Mt'iu uim Ii vim Interlocking device in such a way. that these in accordance with the changes to the ("n..., Miumf.inges the bottles can be narrowed

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Stelller carrier can, for example, for 2 to 12 I tab in arrangements like 2 χ 3. 2 χ 4 and 2 χ ti getting produced.

For this purpose 3 sheets of drawings

Claims (5)

Patent claims: 1. Blank for a foldable bottle carrier, with a roof field that can accommodate the necks of set bottles through openings has, which to secure the bottles Hallelaschen are assigned, which protrude with their ends into the through openings and around fold lines are deflectable by an angle, thereby characterized in that the fold lines (36 to 39, 36 'to 39', 737,837,937) of the retaining tabs (30 to 33, 30 'to 33', 731, 831, 931) at a distance from and outside the total penetration circumference of the Through openings (28, 29), but are arranged in the vicinity. 2. Blank according to claim I _1, characterized in that the fold lines (36 to 39, 36 'to 39', 737, 83 /. 937) of the retaining tabs (30 to 33, 30 'to 33'. 731, 831, 931) are arranged such that when the carrier is erected, the retaining tabs extend upwards at an angle between 45 ° and 75 °. 3. Blank according to claim 1, characterized in that the fold lines (36 to 39, 36 'to 39', 737, 837, 937) of the retaining tabs (30 to 33, 30 'to 33', 731, 831, 931) are arranged that when the carrier is set up, the retaining tabs extend upwards at an angle between 45 ° and 60 °. 4. Blank according to one of claims I to 3. gekcnnzeichnei that four retaining tabs (30 to 33, 30 'to 33') each push-through opening (28, 29) assigned. 5. Cutting according to one of the requirements 1 to 4. characterized by the fact that the pockets (30, 32; 30 ', 32'; 31, 33; 3Γ, 3rd "'one each have different lengths. b. Blank according to claim 5, characterized in that that when using four retaining tabs (30 to 33, 30 'to 33') two each opposing first huliclushcn (30, 30 '; 31, 3Γ), which extend in the direction of the longer circumferential side of the carrier, longer than the two other holding tabs (32, 32 '; 33, 33') opposite one another. which are heading towards extending the shorter circumferential scite of the carrier, are formed.