EP0430512B1 - Couvercle antivol pour casier à bouteilles - Google Patents
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- EP0430512B1 EP0430512B1 EP90312514A EP90312514A EP0430512B1 EP 0430512 B1 EP0430512 B1 EP 0430512B1 EP 90312514 A EP90312514 A EP 90312514A EP 90312514 A EP90312514 A EP 90312514A EP 0430512 B1 EP0430512 B1 EP 0430512B1
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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
- B65D1/00—Containers having bodies formed in one piece, e.g. by casting metallic material, by moulding plastics, by blowing vitreous material, by throwing ceramic material, by moulding pulped fibrous material, by deep-drawing operations performed on sheet material
- B65D1/38—Baskets or like containers of skeleton or apertured construction
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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
- B65D1/00—Containers having bodies formed in one piece, e.g. by casting metallic material, by moulding plastics, by blowing vitreous material, by throwing ceramic material, by moulding pulped fibrous material, by deep-drawing operations performed on sheet material
- B65D1/22—Boxes or like containers with side walls of substantial depth for enclosing contents
- B65D1/24—Boxes or like containers with side walls of substantial depth for enclosing contents with moulded compartments or partitions
- B65D1/243—Crates for bottles or like containers
- B65D1/246—Cover elements inserted in crates
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- This invention relates to a cover panel for overlying the tops of articles, e.g. bottles in a crate, to provide a dust inhibiting panel on which information can be displayed and which is formed so that once removed, a part of the panel is broken away so that prior removal of a panel replaced in the crate readily is apparent.
- EP-A-051835 discloses a cover panel according to the preamble of Claim 1.
- Cover panels for bottle crates formed from paperboard for providing dust inhibiting panels are well known from EP-A-384763 and our co-pending British Patent Application No 8 904 175, which disclose such a panel.
- the main cover sheet of the panel is provided with foldable end panels at each of its opposite ends which are adapted to be locked into handle holes provided at the opposite ends of a crate so as to secure the cover in position.
- this arrangement has proved to be satisfactory, unauthorised removal of bottles from the crate can be easily effected simply by removing the cover and then replacing it so that evidence of this action cannot easily be detected.
- the present invention seeks to provide a pilfer proof bottle crate cover which, once removed from the crate, has portions which are torn away and thereby show that removal has taken place.
- the invention provides a cover panel for insertion into the top of a bottle crate so that the panel overlies the tops of the bottles or other articles accommodated in the crate, said panel having a main sheet sized so as to substantially close the crate and having in a portion of the cover panel an aperture through which the top of a bottle is received characterized in that the cover panel has frangible portions adjacent the aperture and in that the aperture is so formed as to provide sufficient resistance to the removal of the cover panel that said adjacent frangible portions are broken thereby allowing the cover panel to be released from said bottle top and the incomplete cover removed from the crate.
- said aperture may be formed in a corner portion of said cover panel which corner portion and said main sheet are connected together by said frangible portions.
- said corner portion may be included in an end flap which has two opposed and similar corner portions each having one of said apertures therein said corner portions being connected to a centre panel of said flap and to adjacent parts of said main sheet by said frangible connections.
- said end flap may be hingably connected to a pair of corner panels of said main sheet each of which are themselves frangibly connected to adjacent areas of said main sheet and include apertures therein, said end flap being secured in superposed relation with an end part of said main sheet such that the apertures in said corner portions of said end flap are disposed in registry with the apertures in said corner panels.
- the apertures in said corner panels may be of larger diameter than the apertures in the corner portions of said end flap which latter apertures are each formed with peripheral yieldable tabs which are adapted to engage the underside of the cap of a bottle whose neck portion is located in said aperture.
- the opposite end of the cover panel is of like construction to that described in any one of the five immediately preceding paragraphs.
- an elongate blank 10 formed from paperboard or similar foldable sheet material and which comprises a substantially rectangular plannar main sheet 12 which is adapted to be received through the open top of a suitably sized bottle crate so as to overlie the tops of bottles accommodated in the crate (not shown).
- the cover panel 10 is provided with a hinged flap F1 and F2 respectively.
- the flaps and the corner portions of the main sheet 12 to which they are attached are of similar construction at each of the ends of the crate and therefore only one of these end constructions (at flap F1) is now described and in which like parts of the opposite end construction are designated like reference numerals with the addition of the suffix 'a'.
- Flap F1 comprises a centre panel 14 and a pair of similar end panels 16 and 18, respectively, each of which is connected to the centre panel 14 along frangible score lines 20 and 22, respectively.
- the panel 16 is formed with a so-called “sunburst” aperture which is well known per se and is adapted to be passed over the top of a bottle so that the neck portion of the bottle extends through the aperture and the peripheral yieldable tabs 't' which surround the aperture engage the underside of the bottle cap.
- a similar “sunburst” aperture A2 is formed in the panel 18. These "sunburst" type apertures are of smaller diameter than the head of a bottle top which is to be passed through and the yieldable tabs flex to allow the engagement to take place. Thereafter, with the tabs in engagement with the rim or cap of a bottle removal of the bottle is resisted by the more limited flexing which the tabs can undergo.
- Flap F1 is hinged to corner panels 24 and 26 of the main sheet 12 along fold lines 28 and 30, respectively. Corner panel 24 is detachable from the main sheet 12 by virtue of frangible score lines 32 and 36 and likewise corner panel 26 is detachable from the main sheet 12 along frangible score lines 38 and 40. Each of the corner panels 24 and 26 is formed with a circular aperture A3, A4 which is of slightly larger diameter than the adjacent apertures A1 and A2 in the end panels 16 and 18 of flap F1 and are likewise a clearance fit over the head of a bottle top which is to be passed through those apertures.
- Flap F1 is adapted to be folded about fold lines 28 and 30 into overlapping relationship with the adjacent end part of the main sheet 12 so that the end panels 16 and 18 are brought into superimposed relationship with the corner panels 24 and 26 and in particular so that the apertures A1 and A3 and apertures A2 and A4, respectively, are brought into registry. Flap F1 is secured, as by gluing, to the main sheet 12. Likewise flap F2 is brought into overlapping relationship with the opposite end portion of the main sheet 12 whereby aperture A1a is brought into registry with aperture A3a and aperture A2a is brought into registry with aperture A4a.
- the cover panel is applied to the tops of the bottles in the crate with the end flaps F1 and F2 uppermost. Therefore, when the panel is deposited correctly inside the crate and a downward pressure applied to it, usually by some form of applicator, the bottle necks of each of the corner bottles engage with the respective paired corner apertures so that the necks pass through the apertures A3/A1, A4/A2, A3a/A1a and A4a/A2a. Thus each of the "sunburst" apertures is engaged beneath the rim or flange of the bottle top. The circumferential edge of each of the larger apertures A3, A4 and A3a, A4a restricts flexing movement of the sunburst tabs in a downward direction.
- the resistance created by the "sunburst" tabs against the bottle tops is sufficient to cause the frangible connections on both the flaps F1 and F2 and at the junction between the corner panels and the main sheet 12 to tear and thereby corner portions of the main sheet and hinged tabs are torn away thereby leaving separated corner parts remaining attached to the bottle necks so that the sheet can be identified as having been removed from the crate by the absence of the corner portions.
- the sunburst tabs are free to flex upwardly so that initial engagement of a cover panel into a crate does not cause the corner portions to be disconnected.
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Claims (6)
- Panneau de couvercle (10) adapté pour être introduit dans la partie supérieure d'une caisse de bouteilles, de manière qu'il recouvre les sommets ou dessus des bouteilles, ou d'autres articles, logé(e)s dans cette caisse, ce panneau comportant une feuille principale (12) qui est dimensionnée pour fermer sensiblement la caisse et qui, au moins dans une partie (16), est pourvue d'une ouverture (A1) à travers laquelle le sommet d'une bouteille peut être engagé, ce panneau de couvercle étant caractérisé par le fait que la feuille principale comporte des parties frangibles (20, 28) au voisinage de l'ouverture d'engagement du sommet d'une bouteille, cette ouverture étant adaptée pour offrir une résistance opposée à l'enlèvement de ce panneau de couvercle, et par le fait que les parties frangibles au voisinage de cette ouverture doivent être rompues pour permettre un enlèvement incomplet de ce panneau de couvercle.
- Panneau de couvercle selon la revendication 1, caractérisé par le fait que l'ouverture d'engagement du sommet d'une bouteille est située dans une partie de coin de la feuille principale, cette dernière et sa partie de coin étant reliées entre elles par des parties frangibles.
- Panneau de couvercle selon la revendication 2, caractérisé par le fait que la partie de coin de la feuille principale est enfermée dans un volet d'extrémité (F1) qui comporte deux parties de coin similaires et opposées (A1, A2), chacune d'elle étant pourvue d'une ouverture d'engagement du sommet d'une bouteille et étant reliées à un panneau central (14) de ce volet et à des parties adjacentes de la feuille principale au moyen de liaisons frangibles.
- Panneau de couvercle selon la revendication 3, caractérisé par le fait que le volet d'extrémité est relié de manière frangible à une paire de panneaux de coin (24, 26) de la feuille principale, chacun de ces panneaux étant relié de manière frangible à des zones adjacentes de cette feuille principale et étant pourvu d'une ouverture (A3, A4), ce volet d'extrémité étant fixé en superposition à une partie d'extrémité de cette feuille principale, de manière que les ouvertures (A1, A2) dans les parties de coin de ce volet soient situées en regard des ouvertures (A3, A4) dans les panneaux de coin de la feuille principale.
- Panneau de couvercle selon la revendication 4, caractérisé par le fait que les ouvertures (A3, A4) dans les panneaux de coin de la feuille principale sont d'un diamètre supérieur à celui des ouvertures (A1, A2) dans les parties de coin du volet d'extrémité, ces dernières ouvertures étant formées chacune par des pattes périphériques déformables (t) qui sont adaptée pour s'engager en dessous de la capsule d'une bouteille dont le goulot est situé en elle.
- Panneau de couvercle selon l'une quelconque des revendications 3 à 5, caractérisé par le fait que son extrémité opposée est de constitution identique à celle qui est caractérisée dans l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes.
Priority Applications (1)
Application Number | Priority Date | Filing Date | Title |
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AT90312514T ATE100774T1 (de) | 1989-11-23 | 1990-11-16 | Originalitaetssichernder deckel fuer flaschenkasten. |
Applications Claiming Priority (2)
Application Number | Priority Date | Filing Date | Title |
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GB8926453 | 1989-11-23 | ||
GB898926453A GB8926453D0 (en) | 1989-11-23 | 1989-11-23 | Pilfer proof bottle crate cover |
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EP0430512A1 EP0430512A1 (fr) | 1991-06-05 |
EP0430512B1 true EP0430512B1 (fr) | 1994-01-26 |
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Application Number | Title | Priority Date | Filing Date |
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EP90312514A Expired - Lifetime EP0430512B1 (fr) | 1989-11-23 | 1990-11-16 | Couvercle antivol pour casier à bouteilles |
Country Status (7)
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EP (1) | EP0430512B1 (fr) |
KR (1) | KR910009536A (fr) |
AT (1) | ATE100774T1 (fr) |
DE (1) | DE69006329T2 (fr) |
DK (1) | DK0430512T3 (fr) |
ES (1) | ES2048445T3 (fr) |
GB (1) | GB8926453D0 (fr) |
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Publication number | Priority date | Publication date | Assignee | Title |
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DE8029662U1 (de) * | 1980-11-06 | 1981-06-11 | Resas, Hans-Jürgen, 4800 Bielefeld | Deckfolie fuer einen Flaschenkasten |
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- 1990-11-16 ES ES90312514T patent/ES2048445T3/es not_active Expired - Lifetime
- 1990-11-16 AT AT90312514T patent/ATE100774T1/de active
- 1990-11-16 EP EP90312514A patent/EP0430512B1/fr not_active Expired - Lifetime
- 1990-11-16 DE DE90312514T patent/DE69006329T2/de not_active Expired - Fee Related
- 1990-11-16 DK DK90312514.4T patent/DK0430512T3/da active
- 1990-11-23 KR KR1019900019161A patent/KR910009536A/ko not_active Application Discontinuation
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KR910009536A (ko) | 1991-06-28 |
DE69006329T2 (de) | 1994-05-05 |
DE69006329D1 (de) | 1994-03-10 |
ATE100774T1 (de) | 1994-02-15 |
ES2048445T3 (es) | 1994-03-16 |
GB8926453D0 (en) | 1990-01-10 |
DK0430512T3 (da) | 1994-02-28 |
EP0430512A1 (fr) | 1991-06-05 |
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