EP0035884B1 - A blank for forming an article carrier and carrier made from it - Google Patents

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EP0035884B1
EP0035884B1 EP81300939A EP81300939A EP0035884B1 EP 0035884 B1 EP0035884 B1 EP 0035884B1 EP 81300939 A EP81300939 A EP 81300939A EP 81300939 A EP81300939 A EP 81300939A EP 0035884 B1 EP0035884 B1 EP 0035884B1
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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
    • B65D71/0003—Tray-like elements provided with handles, for storage or transport of several articles, e.g. bottles, tins, jars
    • B65D71/0022—Tray-like elements provided with handles, for storage or transport of several articles, e.g. bottles, tins, jars formed by folding or erecting one blank, and provided with vertical partitions
    • 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
    • B65D2571/00—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, pop bottles; Bales of material
    • B65D2571/00123—Bundling wrappers or trays
    • B65D2571/00129—Wrapper locking means
    • B65D2571/00135—Wrapper locking means integral with the wrapper
    • B65D2571/00141—Wrapper locking means integral with the wrapper glued
    • 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
    • B65D2571/00—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, pop bottles; Bales of material
    • B65D2571/00123—Bundling wrappers or trays
    • B65D2571/00333—Partitions, i.e. elements contacting a major part of each aarticle or extending across the whole length of the wrapper
    • B65D2571/0037—Partitions, i.e. elements contacting a major part of each aarticle or extending across the whole length of the wrapper extending from at least a side wall
    • B65D2571/00376—Squarings or the like
    • B65D2571/00388—Two rows of more than two cells
    • 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
    • B65D2571/00—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, pop bottles; Bales of material
    • B65D2571/00123—Bundling wrappers or trays
    • B65D2571/00432—Handles or suspending means
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    • B65D2571/00475—Handles or suspending means integral with the wrapper and extending ion a substantially vertical plane
    • B65D2571/00487—Handles or suspending means integral with the wrapper and extending ion a substantially vertical plane and formed integrally with a partition
    • 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
    • B65D2571/00—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, pop bottles; Bales of material
    • B65D2571/00123—Bundling wrappers or trays
    • B65D2571/00648—Elements used to form the wrapper
    • B65D2571/00654—Blanks
    • B65D2571/0066—Blanks formed from one single sheet
    • 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
    • B65D2571/00—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, pop bottles; Bales of material
    • B65D2571/00123—Bundling wrappers or trays
    • B65D2571/00709—Shape of the formed wrapper, i.e. shape of each formed element if the wrapper is made from more than one element
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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
    • B65D2571/00—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, pop bottles; Bales of material
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  • This invention relates to a cellular article carrier of the type which is fabricated from a single blank of flexible sheet material, the blank being cut and creased so that it is divided into a number of panels which thereafter are folded and secured in a predetermined relationship with respect to one another so as to provide an article carrier having a multiplicity of article accommodating cells.
  • Cellular bottle carriers have been designed for use in connection with the marketing of bottled beverages and have been fabricated from relatively lightweight stock such that the individual cells are separated by the'thickness of material required in order to meet railroad shipping regulations.
  • some such carriers include the provision of a two-ply thickness of material between individual cells.
  • a complicated folding technique is involved in fabricating the carrier from the stock. The present invention achieves the required result with relatively few folding operations while at the same time achieving an economical use of material.
  • 4,010,847 discloses an article carrier which includes transverse partition structures comprising, in each case, a main transverse partition panel hinged to an adjacent medial panel of the blank, a supplementary transverse partition panel hinged to the main transverse partition panel, and an anchoring tab hinged to the supplementary partition panel.
  • the anchoring tabs and supplementary partition panels at each end of the blank are directed inwardly so that the anchoring tabs at one end of the blank extend towards the anchoring tabs at the other end of the blank.
  • the construction of the blank according to the present invention permits the carton to be formed with relatively fewer folding operations.
  • the folding technique required is simplified because all supplementary partition panels will be rotated 180° and rotated in one and the same direction so that the anchoring tabs are brought into engagement with the respective side walls of the carrier with fewer folding operations than heretofore.
  • economy of material is achieved by forming one pair of transverse partition structures wholly from within the boundaries defining their associated medial panels since filler flaps are then unnecessary in providing a two ply thickness of material at the centre cell of the carton.
  • the invention provides a blank for forming a cellular article carrier, which blank comprises a first pair of medial panels at one end of the blank for forming a medial partition structure at one end of the carrier, a second pair of medial panels at the opposite end of the blank for forming a medial partition structure at the other end of the carrier, a first pair of end wall panels hinged to respective ones of said first pair of medial panels and to respective ones of a pair of side wall panels, and a second pair of end wall panels hinged to respective ones of said second pair of medial panels to respective ones of said pair of side wall panels, each of said medial panels having associated therewith a transverse partition structure comprising a main transverse partition panel hinged to that medial panel, a supplementary transverse partition panel hinged to said main transverse partition panel, and an anchoring tab hinged to said supplementary transverse partition panel, characterized in that all of said supplementary transverse partition panels and the anchoring tabs associated therewith are arranged on the blank so as to extend toward one and the same end of
  • the numeral 1 designates a side wall of the article carrier to the bottom edge of which a glue flap 2 is hinged along a fold line 3.
  • An end wall panel 4 is hinged to one edge of the side wall 1 along a fold line 5 and a similar end wall panel 6 is hinged to the opposite edge of the side wall panel 1 along a fold line 7.
  • Medial panels 8 and 9 are hinged to the end wall panels 4 and 6 respectively along fold lines 10 and 11.
  • the medial panel 8 is provided with a projecting locking tab 8a.
  • the lower portion of the blank is similar to that just described and includes a side wall 12 to opposite side edges of which end wall panels 13 and 14 are hinged respectively along fold lines 15 and 16.
  • a medial panel 17 is hinged to the end wall panel 13 along a fold line 18 and a medial panel 19 is hinged to the end wall panel 13 along a fold line 20.
  • a bottom panel 21 is hinged to the bottom edge of the side wall panel 12 along a fold line 22 and the bottom panel 21 is divided into two parts by a medial fold line 23.
  • the medial panel 17 includes a projecting locking tab 17a and the bottom panel 21 is formed with a generally triangular locking notch 21 a.
  • a handle structure for the article carrier comprises handle panels 24 and 25 which are hinged respectively to the medial panels 9 and 19.
  • the handle panels 24 and 25 are mirror images of each other about a central fold line 28.
  • Hand gripping apertures 26 and 27 are respectively formed in handle panels 24 and 25 and are provided with cushioning flaps 29 and 30.
  • a transverse partition structure includes main transverse partition panels 31, 32, 33 and 34.
  • main transverse partition panels 31 and 32 together with their supplementary transverse partition panels 51 and 52 and the anchoring tabs 35 and 39 hinged thereto are struck from their associated medial panels 8 and 17, respectively, such that these panels are arranged entirely within the boundaries defining medial panels 8 and 17 respectively.
  • main transverse partition panels 33 and 34 at the other end of the blank are positioned adjacent, and extend to, the end edge of the blank.
  • transverse partition panels are provided. These are designated numerals 51, 52, 53 and 54.
  • the transverse partition panel 31 is hinged respectively to supplementary transverse partition panel 51 along a fold line 55 and to medial panel 8 along fold lines 56 and 57.
  • the transverse partition panel 32 is hinged to the supplementary transverse partition panel 52 along a fold line 58 and to the medial panel 17 along fold lines 59 and 60.
  • the transverse partition panel 33 is hinged to the supplementary transverse partition panel 53 along a fold line 61 and to the medial panel 19 along fold lines 62 and 63.
  • the transverse partition panel 34 is hinged to the supplementary transverse partition panel 54 along a fold line 64 and is further hinged to the medial panel 9 along fold lines 65 and 66. As can be seen each supplementary transverse partition panel is struck partly from its associated main transverse partition panel and partly from the adjacent medial panel.
  • Anchoring tab 35 is hinged to the supplementary transverse partition panel 51 along fold lines 36 and 37 which are joined together by a semi-circular line of cut 38.
  • an anchoring tab 39 is hinged to the supplementary transverse partition panel 52 along fold lines 40 and 41 which are separated by a semi-circular line of cut 42.
  • an anchoring tab 43 is hinged to the supplementary transverse partition panel 53 along fold lines 44 and 45 which are connected together by a semi-circular line of cut 46.
  • an anchoring tab 47 is foldably joined to the supplementary transverse partition panel 54 along fold lines 48 and 49 which are connected together by a semi-circular line of cut 50.
  • Each of the anchoring tabs are struck from the adjacent medial panels as best seen in Figure 2 of the drawings.
  • a stepped tab projects into a scalloped area struck from the left hand end of the blank as viewed in Figure 2.
  • the projecting tab is formed from a finger 67 integral with the medial panel 8 and a somewhat longer finger 68 integral with the medial panel 17. Fingers 67 and 68 are hinged together joined along a fold line 69.
  • a stepped tab projects into a scalloped area struck from the blank.
  • the stepped tab comprises a finger 70 integral with the medial panel 9 and a finger 71 integral with the medial panel 19. The fingers are hinged together along a fold line 72.
  • each of the main transverse partition panels 31, 32, 33 and 34 along a marginal part adjacent the free edge of the panel as shown in stippling alongside the fold lines 55, 58, 61 and 64 respectively.
  • each of the supplementary transverse partition panels 51, 52, 53 and 54 together with their respective anchoring tabs are caused to be moved out of the plane of the blank, hinged about their respective fold lines 55, 58, 61 and 64 and rotated towards the right 180°, as viewed in Figure 2, so as to occupy the positions shown in Figure 3.
  • the overlapping faces of the transverse partition panels 31 and 51 adjacent the fold line 55 are then adhered and similarly .
  • the overlapping faces of the transverse partition panels 32 and 52 adjacent the fold line 58 are adhered together.
  • the overlapping faces of transverse partition panels 33 and 53 adjacent the fold line 61 are adhered together as are the overlapping faces of transverse partition panels 34 and 54 adjacent the fold line 64.
  • the first folding operation is completed.
  • the second folding operation causes the medial panels 9 and 19 to be moved together upwardly out of the plane of the blank as viewed in Figure 3 so that the panels 9 and 19 are folded 180° towards the left about the fold lines 11 and 20 thereby bringing the anchoring tabs 43 and 47 into contact with one set of glued areas of the side wall panels 1 and 12 respectively.
  • central areas of the medial panels 9 and 1 9 come into contact with the handle panels 24 and 25 and in particular the fingers 70, 71 of the stepped projection are adhered to the handle panels 24 and 25.
  • the third folding operation causes the side wall panels 4 and 13 together with their associated medial panels 8 and 17 to be hinged upwardly out of the plane of the blank about fold lines 5 and 15 and rotated 180° towards the right as viewed in Figure 4 so that the anchoring tabs 35 and 39 are brought into contact with and adhered to the other set of glued areas of side wall panels 1 and 12 respectively.
  • the areas of the medial panels 8 and 17 which come into contact with the glued inner surfaces of the handle panels 24 and 25 e.g. the fingers 67 and 68 of the projecting tab are adhered to the handle panels 24 and 25.
  • the blank is now in the configuration shown in Figure 5 of the drawings.
  • this invention produces an article carrier which has a double thickness medial and transverse partitions at all areas in which article contact will arise. Thus maximum protection is afforded, in particular for fragile articles such as glass bottles.

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JP (1) JPS56131150A (enrdf_load_stackoverflow)
AU (1) AU534687B2 (enrdf_load_stackoverflow)
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DK (1) DK100781A (enrdf_load_stackoverflow)
ES (1) ES8206345A1 (enrdf_load_stackoverflow)
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AU6662481A (en) 1981-09-10
MY8700765A (en) 1987-12-31
ES8206345A1 (es) 1982-08-16
AU534687B2 (en) 1984-02-09
JPH0217424B2 (enrdf_load_stackoverflow) 1990-04-20
PH18702A (en) 1985-09-05
DK100781A (da) 1981-09-08
MX150832A (es) 1984-07-27

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