EP0000627B1 - Träger für Behälter, Vorrichtung und Verfahren zu deren Anbringen an Behältern - Google Patents
Träger für Behälter, Vorrichtung und Verfahren zu deren Anbringen an Behältern Download PDFInfo
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- EP0000627B1 EP0000627B1 EP19780300117 EP78300117A EP0000627B1 EP 0000627 B1 EP0000627 B1 EP 0000627B1 EP 19780300117 EP19780300117 EP 19780300117 EP 78300117 A EP78300117 A EP 78300117A EP 0000627 B1 EP0000627 B1 EP 0000627B1
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- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
- B65D—CONTAINERS 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
- B65D71/00—Bundles of articles held together by packaging elements for convenience of storage or transport, e.g. portable segregating carrier for plural receptacles such as beer cans or pop bottles; Bales of material
- B65D71/40—Bundles of articles held together by packaging elements for convenience of storage or transport, e.g. portable segregating carrier for plural receptacles such as beer cans or pop bottles; Bales of material comprising a plurality of articles held together only partially by packaging elements formed by folding a blank or several blanks
- B65D71/46—Bundles of articles held together by packaging elements for convenience of storage or transport, e.g. portable segregating carrier for plural receptacles such as beer cans or pop bottles; Bales of material comprising a plurality of articles held together only partially by packaging elements formed by folding a blank or several blanks formed by folding a single blank into a tubular element
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- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
- B65B—MACHINES, APPARATUS OR DEVICES FOR, OR METHODS OF, PACKAGING ARTICLES OR MATERIALS; UNPACKING
- B65B17/00—Other machines, apparatus, or methods for packaging articles or materials
- B65B17/02—Joining articles, e.g. cans, directly to each other for convenience of storage, transport, or handling
- B65B17/025—Joining articles, e.g. cans, directly to each other for convenience of storage, transport, or handling the articles being joined by a top carrier element
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- the invention relates to multipackaging whereby containers are grouped into readily saleable quantities and fixed into a carrier to facilitate handling and carrying by the end purchaser.
- each individual bottle is held by the neck portion by a mechanical toggle lever action, the dimensions of the bottle being more consistent in that portion and the action being effected by the paper board being used in a manner such that its compressive members are stiff and its tensile members have the natural tensile strength of strong paper board.
- This prior art carrier is therefore formed from a blank and comprises a pair of spaced side walls each having upper and lower longitudinally extending edges, an upper wall connecting the upper edges and preventing relative displacement of the upper edges away from each other, a lower wall, said upper and lower walls having aligned openings therein, the openings in the lower wall being dimensioned to pass freely over a rib portion of the neck and engage a wider part of the container and the openings in the upper wall arranged with tabs able to pass over a rib of the container neck or its closure and engage below it, both side walls able to engage below ribs of the container and a longitudinally extending fold in at least one of the side walls adapted for engagement with the containers when said one side wall is folded inwardly, whereby said one side wall is caused to fold inwardly upon the upper and lower edges of said one side wall by the upper and lower edges being displaced one toward the other to engage said adaptation below ribs of the containers when disposed between the side walls.
- Apparatus according to British Patent N° 1 427 510 for applying to containers the carrier according to British Patent N° 1 395 723 comprises a pressure surface shaped to conform to the carrier upper wall and provided with apertures to admit a part of any container projecting above said upper wall, and at least one other surface situated parallel to one of the longitudinal edges of the pressure surface and able to contact a side wall of the carrier to fold it inwardly upon its upper and lower edges either simultaneously or previously to the pressure surface pressing the upper wall downwardly until the carrier is applied to the containers.
- both upper and lower walls must be narrower than the bottle diameter, only one of these walls can be continued from one bottle row to the other alongside, so it can act as a hinge allowing the rows of bottles to strike against each other.
- only one side wall has a longitudinal fold the dimensions can be arranged such that the walls can fold flat after gluing but the arrangement is dictated by the proportions of the bottle and it is not possible for both lower walls to meet and the upper walls to meet.
- the improvement in such carriers for containers is allowed by using a blank according to the invention supplied flat to a machine which includes apparatus according to the invention for first erecting the blank into a temporary tubelike structure and then securing it into a tubelike structure on the bottle necks by a method according to the invention.
- the invention provides a carrier of the prior art type referred to above for containers being formed from a blank and characterised in that the ends of said blank when folded to form one such carrier or two such carriers sharing one blank are interconnected by interlocking tongue extensions (21 and 22), the tongue extensions projecting beyond the extent of related walls (4a and 4b or 6a and 6a) so that when said one side wall 6a/6b or 4a/4b and 6a/6b) is caused to fold inwardly about the upper (1 or 2) and lower (3 or 40) edges of said one side wall by the said upper and lower edges being displaced one toward the other, said tongue extensions on at least one side of the line of interconnection are held between surfaces of the blank, and said related walls exert first and second force components on opposing sides of the interconnection and are angled less than 180° one to the other such that their combined force component due to the compressive stress experienced by them is directed against a third reaction force component provided by part of the carrier or carrier and containers (B) at the confluence of the force components thereby holding the interconnection immobile.
- the invention further comprises a blank for forming the carrier according to the invention and comprising a substantially rectangular piece of foldable material such as, for example, paper board divided by longitudinally extending fold lines into four panels such that two of the panels which form carrier side walls have a third panel therebetween which forms one of the carrier upper and lower walls (5 or 7) and the third and fourth panels forming the carrier upper and lower walls have one of the carrier side walls (4 and 6a/6b or 4a/4b and 6a/6b) therebetween, said upper and lower wall panels having aligned openings (10 and 14) therein dimensioned to admit a container (B) part, a further longitudinally extending fold line (16 or 15 and 16) formed in at least one of the side wall panels (6a/6b or 4a/4b and 6a/6b) intermediate the width thereof which fold line is interrupted by a cut line (19) at locations corresponding to the openings (10 and 14), and means on one longitudinal edge of the blank (fig.
- a substantially rectangular piece of foldable material such as, for example, paper board divided by longitudinally
- said means comprises laterally interlockable tongue extensions project beyond the extent of dimensioned and arranged such that said tongue extension project beyond the extent of related walls of the blank (4a and 4b or 6a and 6a) so that when the said one side wall (6a/6b or 4a/4b and 6a/6b) is caused to fold inwardly about the said upper (1 or 2) and lower (3 or 40) edges of said one side wall by the said upper and lower edges being displaced one toward the other (fig. 4 or fig.
- said tongue extensions on at least one side of the line of interconnection are able to be held between surfaces of the blank, and said related walls are able to exert first and second force components on opposing sides of the interconnection and are provided to be angled less than 180° one to the other with their combined force component due to the compressive stress experienced by them directed against a third reaction force component provided by part of the carrier or carrier and containers (B) at the confluence of the force components thereby holding the interconnection immobile.
- Apparatus is also provided in accordance with the invention for applying to containers the carrier of the invention and comprising a pressure surface shaped to conform to the carrier upper wall (5 of fig. 7 or 4) and provided with apertures to admit a part of any container projecting above said upper wall, and at least one other surface situated parallel to one of the longitudinal edges of the pressure surface and able to contact a side wall (6a/6b or 6a/6b and 4a/4b) of the carrier to fold it inwardly about its upper and lower edges either simultaneously or previously to the pressure surface (i.e. 64) pressing the upper wall downwardly until the carrier is applied to the containers, characterised by the carrier blank being erected from flat condition (fig. 5 fig.
- the invention also provides a process or method for application to containers of the blank made according to the invention wherein the flat blank is folded at prescribed lines to form one or two four-walled tubular structures, each having two side walls and an upper and substantially rectangular lower wall, the longitudinal ends of the blank having tongue extensions (21 and 22) adapted to interlock and projecting from side wall parts (6a and 6a or 4a and 4b), angled relative to each other to allow the admission of the tongue extensions into their interlocked position and moved together to interlock, the necks of the containers are inserted into openings in the lower wall, the upper edge of any side wall not required to fold inwardly is engaged below a downwardly facing rib of the containers, the one side wall or both sidewalls of each structure are folded inwardly about its or their upper and lower edges and the upper wall or walls are moved downward to displace inwardly at least one side wall of each structure, the lower wall openings engaging a wide part of the container necks, the upper wall openings surrounding parts of the container necks or their closures, the upper wall locked with
- the embodiment illustrated in figs. 1 to 4 is a carrier intended to carry a single row of bottles.
- the blank shown by fig. 1 is for three bottles so that the blank formation for one bottle is repeated three times and is a substantially rectangular piece of foldable sheet material such as, for example, paper board divided by longitudinally extending fold lines 1, 2, 3 and 40 into four panels 4a and 4b, 5, 6a and 6b, and 7.
- the panels 4a and 4b represent one side wall and 6a and 6b represent a second side wall and 4a has panel 7 between it and panel 6a and 6b, 7 represents the carrier lower wall.
- the fourth panel 5 represents the carrier upper wall and is joined to the upper edge of the side wall part 4b by a line of fold.
- Fig. 2 shows apparatus wherein the blank is drawn along by flight 50 between folding bars and around a former 53 which allow folding bars 54 to raise panel 4a and bend tongues 21 backward upon fold lines 15 and upon cut lines 18.
- the cut lines 18 are important as they not only define an edge 23 for later engaging the bottles they also prevent the return of 21 after being bent backward due to the tightness inherent in die cutting. Therefore the bar 54 is curved to fold 4a in the direction of its related arrow fig.
- upper wall 5 and side wall 4b will enclose tongues 21 between them.
- the tabs 12 will also engage below rim "R” to lock upper wall 5 in position and so maintain the toggle lever locking action of lever walls 4b and 6b.
- the join attachment is imposed on a longitudinal hinge line which is necessary to the normal working of the carrier such as a fold within the side wall of a fold connecting one wall to another and the join is held in position due to the compressive stress experienced by the side walls on each side of the join being angled together to exert, at their confluence, a combined force component which is resisted by a part of the carrier or in the embodiment described, by the underside of the upper wall 5 and the neck of the bottles against which 4a is pressing and which together provide an equal and opposite reaction to complete a situation which could be represented by a triangle of forces.
- the blank shown by fig. 5 offers a similar situation adapted for a twin row of bottles and wherein like reference figures have like meaning. Therefore the part of the blank between each fold 3 is a mirror image (excepting for 26 and 25) each side of the central broken line above which tongues 21 and 22 will meet to form the join.
- Fi g . 6 shows apparatus according to the invention and the blank of fig. 5 being drawn along by flights 50 between folding bars 52 and around a former 53 which allows folding bars 57 to raise and fold panel (6a left hand) over to break it prescribed crease (3 left hand) in doing so and hold tongue 21 against 53 with the cut edge 24 open to receive parts 23 associated with tongue 22 and for entering cut opening 24.
- FIG. 7 shows the blank of fig. 5 in broken lines indicated with broken line arrows 5, 6b, 6a and in full lines 4 and 7 wherein it has been further ploughed into shape and while retained by guide rails has moved relative to the bottles "B” whereby the side walls 4 have clipped under downwardly facing ribs "R” to retain walls 4 temporarily.
- Rollers 62 of the vertically moving (shown by white arrows) head of the apparatus will then move down to hold the upper edges of walls 4 slightly clear of the engaging ribs "R" so that folds 1 are free to move inward when pressure surface 64 is moved downward from head 63 (and shown by the black broad arrow).
- the pressure surface 64 is shaped to substantially conform to the shape of the carrier upper walls or wall 5 and it is provided with apertures 66 to admit a part of any container projecting above the said upper wall 5.
- the bar 65 is provided to substantially conform to the shape of the carrier upper walls or wall 5 and it is provided with apertures 66 to admit a part of any container projecting above the said upper wall 5.
- the bar 65 is itself held by one end only so that the carrier when secured to bottles can pass off the end of it. Therefore the pressure surface 64 will press the upper wall or walls 5 downward so that the walls 6a will buckle toward the bottles and walls 6b will lie against the underside of walls 5 and remain there with tabs 12 locked beneath the downwardly facing rib "R".
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Applications Claiming Priority (2)
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GB2890677 | 1977-07-09 | ||
GB2890677 | 1977-07-09 |
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EP0000627A1 EP0000627A1 (de) | 1979-02-07 |
EP0000627B1 true EP0000627B1 (de) | 1982-09-01 |
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EP19780300117 Expired EP0000627B1 (de) | 1977-07-09 | 1978-07-05 | Träger für Behälter, Vorrichtung und Verfahren zu deren Anbringen an Behältern |
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DE (1) | DE2862014D1 (de) |
Cited By (1)
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DE3321036A1 (de) * | 1982-07-14 | 1984-01-19 | Wanfried-Druck Kalden Gmbh, 3442 Wanfried | Flaschentraeger |
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DE3046423A1 (de) * | 1980-12-10 | 1982-07-15 | Wanfried-Druck Kalden Gmbh, 3442 Wanfried | Verfahren und vorrichtung zum anbringen eines eine anzahl von gegenstaenden zu einer handhabungseinheit verbindenden traegers |
ZA933038B (en) * | 1992-05-04 | 1994-01-18 | Mead Corp | Top gripping bottle carrier |
DE4314476A1 (de) * | 1993-05-03 | 1994-11-10 | 4 P Nicolaus Kempten Gmbh | Verfahren und Vorrichtung zum Aufrichten und Anbringen einer Trageleiste |
NO301583B1 (no) * | 1995-11-23 | 1997-11-17 | Dynoplast As | Bæreanordning for flasker |
DE19912624C2 (de) * | 1999-03-20 | 2001-05-03 | Goldwell Gmbh | Zuschnitt für eine Verpackung |
AU2001253807B2 (en) * | 2000-05-19 | 2005-02-17 | Alcon, Inc. | Compositions containing a benzamide disulfide derivative for treating allergic diseases |
US7143893B2 (en) * | 2002-04-12 | 2006-12-05 | Jay Packaging Group, Inc. | Multiple pack bottle holder |
GB0700727D0 (en) * | 2007-01-15 | 2007-02-21 | Meadwestvaco Packaging Systems | Method and apparatus for forming a package |
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GB1395723A (en) * | 1971-10-01 | 1975-05-29 | Gauntlett J H | Carriers for containers |
GB1427510A (en) * | 1972-06-09 | 1976-03-10 | Gauntlett J H | Applicator for container carriers |
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- 1978-07-05 EP EP19780300117 patent/EP0000627B1/de not_active Expired
Cited By (1)
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DE3321036A1 (de) * | 1982-07-14 | 1984-01-19 | Wanfried-Druck Kalden Gmbh, 3442 Wanfried | Flaschentraeger |
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