EP0246161A1 - Package for a liquid product - Google Patents

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EP0246161A1
EP0246161A1 EP87401093A EP87401093A EP0246161A1 EP 0246161 A1 EP0246161 A1 EP 0246161A1 EP 87401093 A EP87401093 A EP 87401093A EP 87401093 A EP87401093 A EP 87401093A EP 0246161 A1 EP0246161 A1 EP 0246161A1
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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
    • B65D21/00—Nestable, stackable or joinable containers; Containers of variable capacity
    • B65D21/02—Containers specially shaped, or provided with fittings or attachments, to facilitate nesting, stacking, or joining together
    • B65D21/0209—Containers specially shaped, or provided with fittings or attachments, to facilitate nesting, stacking, or joining together stackable or joined together one-upon-the-other in the upright or upside-down position
    • B65D21/023—Closed containers provided with local cooperating elements in the top and bottom surfaces, e.g. projection and recess
    • B65D21/0231—Bottles, canisters or jars whereby the neck or handle project into a cooperating cavity in the bottom
    • 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
    • B65D71/02—Arrangements of flexible binders

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  • the present invention relates to a packaging for liquid product, and more particularly such packaging being in the form of a plurality of containers assembled in a common packaging.
  • the present invention aims to provide a packaging that is easy to handle and store, and more particularly having excellent stability in the event of stacking.
  • the subject of the invention is a packaging for liquid product in the form of a plurality of containers gathered in a common packaging, characterized in that the said containers have a substantially square or rectangular horizontal section, have their neck formed in one of the corners of their upper surface, and have a recess in their surface lower than the vertical of said neck, that these containers are combined in their common packaging in two rows with their necks facing upwards and arranged in the external lateral planes of said rows, and that said common packaging comprises at least one strapping arranged around the containers and a handle passing between the necks of one of the rows of containers and the necks of the other row.
  • the containers being of parallelepiped shape have firstly the advantage of better use of the volume.
  • the surface occupied by a packaging according to the invention is less than that of a packaging in cylindrical bottles.
  • the location of the neck in a corner of the container makes it possible, when grouping several containers in a common package, to arrange the necks in the lateral outer planes of the packaging, and thus to increase the stability of a stack of packages. stacked directly on top of each other.
  • the necks are in fact thus arranged themselves in two rows, the spacing of which is twice that of the axes of the containers, thereby increasing the area of the support polygon thus formed, and consequently the stability of the stack.
  • this stability is also increased by the presence of the recesses on the lower surface of the containers, recesses in which the necks of a lower layer of containers are housed.
  • necks offset in the corners of the containers comes from the fact that it is possible to pass a handle in the large space formed between the two rows of necks. This handle which does not exceed or little beyond the necks of the containers, can nevertheless be easily grasped because of this space and thus facilitate gripping of the packaging according to the invention.
  • the end containers of each row preferably has their necks arranged in the end planes of said rows.
  • the packaging comprises four containers
  • their necks are arranged at the four corners of the upper surface of the packaging.
  • the area of the support polygon formed by the four necks is four times greater than that obtained with traditional packaging in cylindrical bottles.
  • the packaging may further comprise a bottom allowing better holding of the containers.
  • This bottom can for example be constituted by the lower section of a vertical strapping.
  • said handle is constituted by an upper section of a vertical strapping.
  • said handle comprises a gripping member connected to a blocking member disposed in a recess formed between said containers.
  • This locking member can for example be substantially linear and engaged in a set of grooves of complementary shape formed in the side walls of the containers.
  • the packaging of Figure 1 is composed of four containers 1 with a substantially square horizontal section.
  • the neck 2 of each of the containers is arranged in a corner of its upper surface 3, that is to say substantially in the extension of one of the vertical edges 4 of the container.
  • a recess 5 is formed in the bottom 5 ⁇ of the container vertical to the neck 2.
  • the recess 5 is of dimensions such that it can receive the neck 2, and more precisely the cap 6 of a container placed directly below him, as shown in figure 4.
  • the containers 1 are packaged in fours, in two rows of two containers, using a package consisting of a double horizontal banding 7, 7 ⁇ , and a vertical banding 8.
  • the set of four grouped containers has a square horizontal section and the containers are arranged such that the four necks 2 are at the four corners of this square, that is to say both in the outer lateral planes and in the end planes of each row. This arrangement provides the largest stacking surface possible for a second package disposed on the first.
  • the horizontal strapping 7 is arranged as high as possible so as to resume in the best conditions the lateral thrust tending to separate the containers from each other.
  • the upper horizontal section 9 of the vertical strapping 8 passes into the space formed between the necks 2 of the containers, forming a handle. Due to the spacing of the necks, due to their offset in one of the corners of the containers and the disposal of the containers in the packaging, the gripping of this handle is facilitated.
  • Figure 4 shows a stack of several packages according to this embodiment of the invention. It can be seen in this figure that the bearing surface formed by the necks 2 of a lower packaging has the largest possible surface for receiving an upper packaging. The centering of this packaging is ensured by the penetration of the plugs 6 of the lower containers into the recesses 5 of the containers of the upper packaging.
  • FIGS. 5 to 8 which represent a second embodiment of the invention, the same references have been used to designate similar elements.
  • the packaging includes only two horizontal straps 7 and 7 ⁇ but does not include vertical strapping.
  • the handle 10 here comprises a gripping member 11 and a linear blocking member 12 connected by a rod 13 also linear.
  • the handle 10 can be made in one piece and thus has the shape of an I.
  • the containers 1 have peripheral grooves 14 of shape complementary to that of the locking member 12, for example in this case, of semi-cylindrical shape.
  • the grooves 14 in the extension one of the other of two of the adjacent containers therefore form, with two grooves 14 also in the extension of one another of the two other containers, a cylindrical cavity in which the blocking member 12 can be housed .
  • the locking member 12 therefore acts like a key so that the four containers can be gripped by the handle 11, the weight of the containers being transmitted to this handle via the rod 13.
  • the containers can have a narrowed section over part of their height, making it possible on the one hand to grip them more easily, and on the other hand to receive one of the horizontal straps, which can allow to remove more easily the lower part of the vertical banding.
  • the packaging shown consisting of two horizontal straps and a vertical strapping, could be replaced by a sheet of continuous plastic material shaped so as to produce the handle passing through the space between the necks of the containers.
  • the packaging shown in the drawing groups the containers by four. It goes without saying that these containers could be grouped for example by six or by eight. In the case of a grouping by six, the containers are arranged in two rows of three containers with the necks of the four corner containers arranged in the corners of the rectangle thus formed.

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1. Pack for a liquid product, in the form of a plurality of containers (1) joined together in a common packing (7, 8), said containers having a substantially square or rectangular cross-section and having their neck (2) formed in one of the angles of their upper surface, said containers being joined together in their common packing in two rows with their necks turned upwards, said common packing having at least one hooping member placed around the containers, characterized in that the said containers have a reinforcement (5) in their lower surface vertically of said neck and able to receive the neck of a container of another pack, that their necks are located in external lateral planes of said rows and that said common pack comprises a handle (9) passing between the necks of one of the rows of containers and the necks of the other row.

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La présente invention concerne un conditionnement pour produit liquide, et plus particulièrement un tel conditionnement se présentant sous la forme d'une pluralité de récipients réunis dans un emballage commun.The present invention relates to a packaging for liquid product, and more particularly such packaging being in the form of a plurality of containers assembled in a common packaging.

On connait déjà de tels conditionnements dans lesquels les récipients, constitués par des bouteilles de forme sensiblement cylindrique, sont groupés par quatre ou par six dans une feuille en matière synthétique thermorétractable.We already know such packaging in which the containers, consisting of cylinders of substantially cylindrical shape, are grouped by four or six in a sheet of heat shrinkable plastic.

Ces conditionnements connus présentent toutefois l'inconvénient d'être difficiles à manipuler et pratiquement impossibles à gerber. En ce qui concerne la manipulation, on prévoit parfois des ouvertures dans la feuille de matière synthétique d'emballage, permettant à l'utilisateur d'introduire ses doigts pour la préhension de l'ensemble des récipients. Toutefois, étant donné le poids de ceux-ci, cette solution n'est pas satisfaisante.These known packages however have the disadvantage of being difficult to handle and practically impossible to stack. With regard to handling, openings are sometimes provided in the sheet of synthetic packaging material, allowing the user to introduce his fingers for gripping all of the containers. However, given the weight of these, this solution is not satisfactory.

Le gerbage de ces conditionnements n'a également jusqu'à présent pas reçu de solution acceptable. En effet, étant donné le manque de stabilité des conditionnements connus, on est amené à disposer verticalement, sur une palette, une première couche de bouteilles, sur les goulots desquelles on pose un panneau de contreplaqué ou d'aggloméré qui sert lui-même de support à une deuxième couche de bouteilles, et ainsi de suite.The stacking of these packages has also so far not received an acceptable solution. Indeed, given the lack of stability of the known packaging, it is necessary to arrange vertically, on a pallet, a first layer of bottles, on the necks of which a plywood or agglomerate panel which itself serves as support for a second layer of bottles, and so on.

La présente invention vise à fournir un conditionnement facile à manipuler et à stocker, et présentant plus particulièrement une excellente stabilité en cas de gerbage.The present invention aims to provide a packaging that is easy to handle and store, and more particularly having excellent stability in the event of stacking.

A cet effet, l'invention a pour objet un conditionnement pour produit liquide sous forme d'une pluralité de récipients réunis dans un emballage commun, caractérisé par le fait que lesdits récipients présentent une section horizontale sensiblement carrée ou rectangulaire, ont leur goulot formé dans un des angles de leur surface supérieure, et possèdent un renfoncement dans leur surface inférieure à la verticale dudit goulot, que ces récipients sont réunis dans leur emballage commun en deux rangées avec leurs goulots tournés vers le haut et disposés dans le plans latéraux extérieurs desdites rangées, et que ledit emballage commun comprend au moins un cerclage disposé autour des récipients et une poignée passant entre les goulots d'une des rangées de récipients et les goulots de l'autre rangée.To this end, the subject of the invention is a packaging for liquid product in the form of a plurality of containers gathered in a common packaging, characterized in that the said containers have a substantially square or rectangular horizontal section, have their neck formed in one of the corners of their upper surface, and have a recess in their surface lower than the vertical of said neck, that these containers are combined in their common packaging in two rows with their necks facing upwards and arranged in the external lateral planes of said rows, and that said common packaging comprises at least one strapping arranged around the containers and a handle passing between the necks of one of the rows of containers and the necks of the other row.

Les récipients étant de forme parallélépipédique présentent en premier lieu l'avantage d'une meilleure utilisation du volume. Pour une hauteur de récipient et une quantité de liquide données, la surface occupée par un conditionnement selon l'invention est inférieure à celle d'un conditionnement en bouteilles cylindriques.The containers being of parallelepiped shape have firstly the advantage of better use of the volume. For a given container height and quantity of liquid, the surface occupied by a packaging according to the invention is less than that of a packaging in cylindrical bottles.

Par ailleurs, la localisation du goulot dans un coin du récipient permet, lors du groupement de plusieurs récipients dans un emballage commun, de disposer les goulots dans les plans latéraux extérieurs du conditionnement, et ainsi d'augmenter la stabilité d'un empilement de conditionnements gerbés directement les uns sur les autres. Les goulots sont en effet ainsi disposés eux-mêmes suivant deux rangées dont l'écartement est double de celui des axes des récipients, augmentant d'autant la surface du polygone de sustentation ainsi formée, et par conséquent la stabilité de l'empilement. Enfin, cette stabilité est également augmentée par la présence des renfoncements à la surface inférieure des récipients, renfoncements dans lesquels viennent se loger les goulots d'une couche inférieure de récipients.Furthermore, the location of the neck in a corner of the container makes it possible, when grouping several containers in a common package, to arrange the necks in the lateral outer planes of the packaging, and thus to increase the stability of a stack of packages. stacked directly on top of each other. The necks are in fact thus arranged themselves in two rows, the spacing of which is twice that of the axes of the containers, thereby increasing the area of the support polygon thus formed, and consequently the stability of the stack. Finally, this stability is also increased by the presence of the recesses on the lower surface of the containers, recesses in which the necks of a lower layer of containers are housed.

Un autre avantage des goulots déportés dans les coins des récipients provient du fait qu'il est possible de faire passer une poignée dans l'espace de grandes dimensions formé entre les deux rangées de goulots. Cette poignée qui ne dépasse pas ou peu des goulots des récipients, peut néanmoins être saisie facilement du fait de cet espace et faciliter ainsi la préhension du conditionnement selon l'invention.Another advantage of the necks offset in the corners of the containers comes from the fact that it is possible to pass a handle in the large space formed between the two rows of necks. This handle which does not exceed or little beyond the necks of the containers, can nevertheless be easily grasped because of this space and thus facilitate gripping of the packaging according to the invention.

Afin d'augmenter au maximum la stabilité d'un empilement de conditionnements selon l'invention, les récipients d'extrémité de chaque rangée ont de préférence leurs goulots disposés dans les plans d'extrémités desdites rangées.In order to maximize the stability of a stack of packages according to the invention, the end containers of each row preferably has their necks arranged in the end planes of said rows.

En particulier, dans le cas où le conditionnement comporte quatre récipients, leurs goulots sont disposés aux quatre coins de la surface supérieure du conditionnement.In particular, in the case where the packaging comprises four containers, their necks are arranged at the four corners of the upper surface of the packaging.

On peut ainsi aisément constater que la surface du polygone de sustentation formée par les quatre goulots est quatre fois plus importante que celle obtenue avec un conditionnement traditionnel en bouteilles cylindriques.It can thus easily be seen that the area of the support polygon formed by the four necks is four times greater than that obtained with traditional packaging in cylindrical bottles.

L'emballage peut comprendre en outre un fond permettant une meilleure tenue des récipients.The packaging may further comprise a bottom allowing better holding of the containers.

Ce fond peut par exemple être constitué par le tronçon inférieur d'un cerclage vertical.This bottom can for example be constituted by the lower section of a vertical strapping.

Dans un premier mode de réalisation de l'invention, ladite poignée est constituée par un tronçon supérieur d'un cerclage vertical.In a first embodiment of the invention, said handle is constituted by an upper section of a vertical strapping.

Dans un deuxième mode de réalisation de l'invention, ladite poignée comprend un organe de préhension relié à un organe de blocage disposé dans un évidement formé entre lesdits recipients.In a second embodiment of the invention, said handle comprises a gripping member connected to a blocking member disposed in a recess formed between said containers.

Cet organe de blocage peut par exemple être sensiblement linéaire et engagé dans un ensemble de rainures de forme complémentaire formées dans les parois latérales des récipients.This locking member can for example be substantially linear and engaged in a set of grooves of complementary shape formed in the side walls of the containers.

On décrira maintenant à titre d'exemple non limitatif deux modes de réalisation de l'invention en référence aux dessins annexés dans lesquels :

  • - la figure 1 est une vue en perspective d'un conditionnement selon un premier mode de réalisation de l'invention,
  • - la figure 2 est une vue de dessus du conditionnement de la figure 1, dans laquelle l'emballage n'a pas été représenté,
  • - la figure 3 en est une vue de dessous,
  • - la figure 4 est une vue de côté d'un empilement de conditionnements selon le premier mode de réalisation de l'invention,
  • - la figure 5 est une vue de face d'un conditionnement selon un deuxième mode de réalisation de l'invention,
  • - la figure 6 en est une vue de côté,
  • - la figure 7 en est une vue de dessus,
  • - la figure 8 en est une vue en perspective, et
  • - la figure 9 est une vue en perspective de la poignée de ce mode de réalisation.
Two embodiments of the invention will now be described by way of non-limiting example with reference to the accompanying drawings in which:
  • FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a packaging according to a first embodiment of the invention,
  • FIG. 2 is a top view of the packaging of FIG. 1, in which the packaging has not been shown,
  • - Figure 3 is a bottom view,
  • FIG. 4 is a side view of a stack of packages according to the first embodiment of the invention,
  • FIG. 5 is a front view of a package according to a second embodiment of the invention,
  • - Figure 6 is a side view,
  • - Figure 7 is a top view,
  • FIG. 8 is a perspective view thereof, and
  • - Figure 9 is a perspective view of the handle of this embodiment.

Le conditionnement de la figure 1 est composé de quatre récipients 1 à section horizontale sensiblement carrée. Le goulot 2 de chacun des récipients est disposé dans un coin de sa surface supérieure 3, c'est-à-dire sensiblement dans le prolongement d'une des arêtes verticales 4 du récipient.The packaging of Figure 1 is composed of four containers 1 with a substantially square horizontal section. The neck 2 of each of the containers is arranged in a corner of its upper surface 3, that is to say substantially in the extension of one of the vertical edges 4 of the container.

Un renfoncement 5 est formé dans le fond 5ʹ du récipient à la verticale du goulot 2. Le renfoncement 5 est de dimensions telles qu'il peut recevoir le goulot 2, et plus précisément le bouchon 6 d'un récipient disposé directement au-dessous de lui, comme cela est représenté dans la figure 4.A recess 5 is formed in the bottom 5ʹ of the container vertical to the neck 2. The recess 5 is of dimensions such that it can receive the neck 2, and more precisely the cap 6 of a container placed directly below him, as shown in figure 4.

Les récipients 1 sont conditionnés par quatre, en deux rangées de deux récipients, à l'aide d'un emballage constitué par un double cerclage horizontal 7, 7ʹ, et un cerclage vertical 8.The containers 1 are packaged in fours, in two rows of two containers, using a package consisting of a double horizontal banding 7, 7ʹ, and a vertical banding 8.

L'ensemble des quatre récipients groupés possède une section horizontale carrée et les récipients sont disposés de telle sorte que les quatre goulots 2 se trouvent aux quatre coins de ce carré, c'est-à-dire à la fois dans les plans latéraux extérieurs et dans les plans d'extrémité de chaque rangée. Cet agencement fournit la plus grande surface d'empilement possible à un deuxième conditionnement disposé sur le premier.The set of four grouped containers has a square horizontal section and the containers are arranged such that the four necks 2 are at the four corners of this square, that is to say both in the outer lateral planes and in the end planes of each row. This arrangement provides the largest stacking surface possible for a second package disposed on the first.

Le cerclage horizontal 7 est disposé le plus haut possible de manière à reprendre dans les meilleures conditions la poussée latérale tendant à écarter les récipients les uns des autres.The horizontal strapping 7 is arranged as high as possible so as to resume in the best conditions the lateral thrust tending to separate the containers from each other.

Par ailleurs, le tronçon horizontal supérieur 9 du cerclage vertical 8 passe dans l'espace ménagé entre les goulots 2 des récipients en formant une poignée. Du fait de l'écartement des goulots, dû à leur déport dans un des coins des récipients et à la disposition des récipients dans l'emballage, la préhension de cette poignée en est facilitée.Furthermore, the upper horizontal section 9 of the vertical strapping 8 passes into the space formed between the necks 2 of the containers, forming a handle. Due to the spacing of the necks, due to their offset in one of the corners of the containers and the disposal of the containers in the packaging, the gripping of this handle is facilitated.

La figure 4 montre un empilement de plusieurs conditionnements selon ce mode de réalisation de l'invention. On voit sur cette figure que la surface d'appui constituée par les goulots 2 d'un conditionnement inférieur présente la plus grande surface possible pour recevoir un conditionnement supérieur. Le centrage de ce conditionnement est assuré par la pénétration des bouchons 6 des récipients inférieurs dans les renfoncements 5 des récipients du conditionnement supérieur.Figure 4 shows a stack of several packages according to this embodiment of the invention. It can be seen in this figure that the bearing surface formed by the necks 2 of a lower packaging has the largest possible surface for receiving an upper packaging. The centering of this packaging is ensured by the penetration of the plugs 6 of the lower containers into the recesses 5 of the containers of the upper packaging.

Dans les figures 5 à 8 qui représentent un second mode de réalisation de l'invention, on a utilisé les mêmes références pour désigner les éléments similaires.In FIGS. 5 to 8 which represent a second embodiment of the invention, the same references have been used to designate similar elements.

Dans ce mode de réalisation, l'emballage comporte uniquement deux cerclages horizontaux 7 et 7ʹ mais ne comporte pas de cerclage vertical.In this embodiment, the packaging includes only two horizontal straps 7 and 7ʹ but does not include vertical strapping.

La poignée 10 comprend ici un organe de préhension 11 et un organe de blocage 12 linéaires reliés par une tige 13 également linéaire. La poignée 10 peut être réalisée d'une seule pièce et présente ainsi la forme d'un I.The handle 10 here comprises a gripping member 11 and a linear blocking member 12 connected by a rod 13 also linear. The handle 10 can be made in one piece and thus has the shape of an I.

Les récipients 1 comportent des rainures périphériques 14 de forme complémentaire à celle de l'organe de blocage 12, par exemple dans le cas présent, de forme semi-cylindrique. Lorsque des récipients 1 sont conditionnés selon l'invention, les rainures 14 dans le prolongement l'une de l'autre de deux des récipients adjacents forment par conséquent, avec deux rainures 14 également dans le prolongement l'une d l'autre des deux autres recipients, une cavité cylindrique dans laquelle peut être logé l'organe de blocage 12.The containers 1 have peripheral grooves 14 of shape complementary to that of the locking member 12, for example in this case, of semi-cylindrical shape. When containers 1 are packaged according to the invention, the grooves 14 in the extension one of the other of two of the adjacent containers therefore form, with two grooves 14 also in the extension of one another of the two other containers, a cylindrical cavity in which the blocking member 12 can be housed .

Une fois les récipients cerclés, l'organe de blocage 12 agit par conséquent à la manière d'une clavette de sorte que les quatre récipients peuvent être saisis par la poignée 11, le poids des récipients étant transmis à cette poignée par l'intermédiaire de la tige 13.Once the containers are encircled, the locking member 12 therefore acts like a key so that the four containers can be gripped by the handle 11, the weight of the containers being transmitted to this handle via the rod 13.

Diverses variantes et modifications peuvent bien entendu être apportées à la description qui précède sans sortir pour autant du cadre ni de l'esprit de l'invention.Various variants and modifications can of course be made to the above description without departing from the scope or the spirit of the invention.

C'est ainsi, en particulier, que les récipients peuvent avoir sur une partie de leur hauteur une section rétrécie, permettant d'une part de les saisir plus facilement, et d'autre part de recevoir un des cerclages horizontaux, ce qui peut permettre de supprimer plus facilement la partie inférieure du cerclage vertical.Thus, in particular, the containers can have a narrowed section over part of their height, making it possible on the one hand to grip them more easily, and on the other hand to receive one of the horizontal straps, which can allow to remove more easily the lower part of the vertical banding.

De même, l'emballage représenté, constitué de deux cerclages horizontaux et d'un cerclage vertical, pourrait être remplacé par une feuille de matière plastique continue conformée de manière à réaliser la poignée passant dans l'espace compris entre les goulots des récipients.Similarly, the packaging shown, consisting of two horizontal straps and a vertical strapping, could be replaced by a sheet of continuous plastic material shaped so as to produce the handle passing through the space between the necks of the containers.

Par ailleurs, le conditionnement représenté au dessin groupe les récipients par quatre. Il va de soi que ces récipients pourraient être groupés par exemple par six ou par huit. Dans le cas d'un groupement par six, les récipients sont disposés en deux rangées de trois récipients avec les goulots des quatre récipients de coins disposés dans les coins du rectangle ainsi formé.Furthermore, the packaging shown in the drawing groups the containers by four. It goes without saying that these containers could be grouped for example by six or by eight. In the case of a grouping by six, the containers are arranged in two rows of three containers with the necks of the four corner containers arranged in the corners of the rectangle thus formed.

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1. Conditionnement pour produit liquide, sous forme d'une pluralité de récipients (1) réunis dans en emballage (7,8) commun, caractérisé par le fait que lesdits récipients présentent une section horizontale sensiblement carrée ou rectangulaire, ont leur goulot (2) formé dans un des angles de leur surface supérieure, et possèdent un renfoncement (5) dans leur surface inférieure à la verticale dudit goulot, que ces récipients sont réunis dans leur emballage commun en deux rangées, avec leurs goulots tournés vers le haut et disposés dans les plans latéraux extérieurs desdites rangées, et que ledit emballage commun comprend au moins un cerclage disposé autour des récipients et une poignée (9) passant entre les goulots d'une des rangées de récipients et les goulots de l'autre rangée.1. Packaging for liquid product, in the form of a plurality of containers (1) assembled in a common packaging (7,8), characterized in that said containers have a substantially square or rectangular horizontal section, have their neck (2 ) formed in one of the angles of their upper surface, and have a recess (5) in their surface below the vertical of said neck, that these containers are joined together in their common packaging in two rows, with their necks facing upwards and arranged in the outer lateral planes of said rows, and that said common packaging comprises at least one strapping disposed around the containers and a handle (9) passing between the necks of one of the rows of containers and the necks of the other row. 2. Conditionnement selon la revendication 1, caractérisé par le fait que les récipients d'extrémité de chaque rangée ont leurs goulots disposés dans les plans d'extrémité desdites rangées.2. Packaging according to claim 1, characterized in that the end containers of each row have their necks arranged in the end planes of said rows. 3. Conditionnement selon la revendication 2, caractérisé par le fait qu'il comporte quatre récipients avec leurs goulots disposés aux quatre coins de la surface supérieure du conditionnement.3. Packaging according to claim 2, characterized in that it comprises four containers with their necks arranged at the four corners of the upper surface of the packaging. 4. Conditionnement selon l'une quelconque des revendications 1 à 3, caractérisé par le fait que ledit emballage comprend également un fond.4. Packaging according to any one of claims 1 to 3, characterized in that said packaging also comprises a bottom. 5. Conditionnement selon la revendication 4, caractérisé par le fait que ledit fond est constitué par le tronçon inférieur d'un cerclage vertical (8).5. Packaging according to claim 4, characterized in that said bottom is constituted by the lower section of a vertical strapping (8). 6. Conditionnement selon l'une quelconque des revendications 1 à 5, caractérisé par le fait que ladite poignée est constituée par un tronçon supérieur (9) d'un cerclage vertical (8).6. Packaging according to any one of claims 1 to 5, characterized in that said handle is constituted by an upper section (9) of a vertical strapping (8). 7. Conditionnement selon l'une quelconque des revendications 1 à 5, caractérisé par le fait que ladite poignée (10) comprend un organe de préhension (11) relié à un organe de blocage (12) disposé dans un évidement formé entre lesdits récipients.7. Packaging according to any one of claims 1 to 5, characterized in that said handle (10) comprises a member grip (11) connected to a blocking member (12) disposed in a recess formed between said containers. 8. Conditionnement selon la revendication 7, caractérisé par le fait que ledit organe de blocage est sensiblement linéaire et engagé dans un ensemble de rainures (14) de forme complémentaire formées dans les parois latérales des récipients.8. Packaging according to claim 7, characterized in that said blocking member is substantially linear and engaged in a set of grooves (14) of complementary shape formed in the side walls of the containers.
EP87401093A 1986-05-14 1987-05-14 Package for a liquid product Expired - Lifetime EP0246161B1 (en)

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