EP0473266B1 - Boîte en carton pour plusieurs récipients, munie d'une poignée lanière intégrée - Google Patents

Boîte en carton pour plusieurs récipients, munie d'une poignée lanière intégrée Download PDF

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EP0473266B1
EP0473266B1 EP19910306422 EP91306422A EP0473266B1 EP 0473266 B1 EP0473266 B1 EP 0473266B1 EP 19910306422 EP19910306422 EP 19910306422 EP 91306422 A EP91306422 A EP 91306422A EP 0473266 B1 EP0473266 B1 EP 0473266B1
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
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  • This invention relates to an article carrier, more specifically to a carton having a reinforced integral strap handle structure which can be manipulated from a flat stowed condition in which it overlies one of the wall panels of the carton into a raised condition in which it is extended outwardly above that wall of the carton.
  • EP-A-84977 relates to a carton where the wall forming portion includes an integral handle so providing a fully enclosed case which produces a tightening effect.
  • US-A-2 955 739 relates to a carton according to the preambles of claims 1 and 7 having an integral handle structure, but which places undesirable stresses on the carton when using the handle.
  • EP-A-89304604.5 relates to a carton having a reinforced handle structure in which end portions of the handle structure are displaceable inwardly into the carton when the carton is lifted by the handle so as to shorten the distance between the opposite ends of a central handle strip of the handle so that it can be upwardly moved away from the adjacent carton wall.
  • the present invention also allows inward movement of end portions of the handle but the handle structure itself is altogether different.
  • the present invention provides a carton for accommodating a plurality of articles, such as bottles, in a group said carton comprising a handle structure overlying a wall of the carton and having end portions which are displacable inwardly of the carton to allow movement of portions of the handle structure intermediate its ends away from said wall, said handle structure thereby being manipulative from a flat stowed condition in which it closely overlies said carton wall, to a raised condition in which said end portions of the handle are displaced inwardly of the carton characterized in that said handle structure is formed from a pair of mutually hinged and superposed panel strips each of which is itself hinged to an adjacent part of said wall, said handle structure overlying one of said adjacent parts when in its flat stowed condition.
  • said end portions of the handle structure may overlie displacable parts of said carton wall.
  • said end portions of the handle structure may comprise parts of other carton walls which are hinged to said one carton wall so that, in use, the said end portions are disposed substantially vertically relative to a central part of said handle structure.
  • said handle structure may be in the form of a two-ply strap over the whole of its length.
  • said displacable parts of the carton may comprise hinged strips disposed beneath said handle structure when in its stowed position and located adjacent said end portions of the handle structure.
  • said handle structure may be hinged to each of said hinged strips one end of each of the hinged strips remote from said end portions of the handle structure including a hinged tab which pivots upwardly as the handle structure is manipulated into its raised position thereby allowing the opposite end of the hinged strip and overlying end portions of the handle structure to be displaced inwardly of the carton.
  • the lowermost of said panel strips of the handle structure is hinged along one edge of each of said hinged strips intermediate the ends of the hinged strip.
  • said hinged strips may comprise parts of other carton walls which are hinged to said one carton wall.
  • the blank 1 of paperboard or other suitable sheet material comprises a rectangular bottom panel 2 to the opposite end edges of which end closure flaps 3 and 4 are hinged along respective fold lines 5 and 6.
  • One side edge of the bottom panel 2 is provided with an edging strip 7 hinged thereto along fold line 8.
  • the remainder of the blank 1 is hinged to the other side edge of the bottom panel 2 along fold line 9, and comprises carrier side, top and upper end panel portions together with foldable carrier handle-forming portions in accordance with the present invention, as will now be described in greater detail.
  • said top panel comprises major top panel portions 19, 20 separated by a pair of central longitudinal handle-forming strips, 11a, 11b which are symmetrically hinged together along a longitudinal fold line 10.
  • the central region of the pair of strips 11a, 11b is of reduced width being defined by respective cuts 12a, 12b which also define the adjacent edges of the adjoining major top panel portions 19, 20 respectively.
  • top panel portions 19, 20 and of the strips 11a, 11b are defined by fold lines 15, 16 along which upper end panels 30 and 31 are hinged thereto.
  • Each of these upper end panels 30, 31 comprises three sections 30a, 30b, 30c; 31a, 31b, 31c.
  • Upper end panel sections 30a, 31a correspond in width to, and essentially form extensions across fold lines 15, 16, of top panel portion 19 and strip 11a combined.
  • upper end panel sections 30b, 31b correspond in width to top panel portion 20 and essentially form extensions thereof across fold lines 15, 16.
  • the smaller central upper end panel sections 30c, 31c correspond in width to the adjoining ends of strip 11b and essentially form extensions thereof across fold lines 15, 16.
  • Top panels 19, 20 are each hinged along their outer edges to respective upper side panels 21, 22 along fold lines 23, 24.
  • these upper side panels 21, 22 are hinged to respective lower side panels 27, 28 along respective fold lines 25, 26.
  • lower side panel 28 is identical in size and shape to, but a mirror image of, the other lower side panel 27, and is additionally formed with a longitudinal fold line 28c which divides it into two panel portions 28a, 28b.
  • Each of the side panels 21, 22 and 27, 28 is provided at each end with a tuck flap hinged thereto.
  • upper side panels 21 and 22 are provided with tuck flaps 39, 40 and 41, 42 hinged thereto along respective fold lines 43, 44 and 45, 46; and lower side panels 27 and 28 are provided with tuck flaps 47, 48 and 49, 50 hinged thereto along respective fold lines 51, 52 and 53, 54.
  • Each of the tuck flaps 39, 40, 41, 42 and 47, 48, 49, 50 is formed with an integral triangular tuck flap segment identified in the drawings by the associated tuck flap reference number with the sub-script "x". These are defined by respective fold lines similarly designated in the drawings by the sub-script "y”.
  • the tuck flap segments for tuck flaps 39, 40, 41, 42 and 47, 48, 49, 50 are truncated at their ends adjoining the associated panels 21, 22 and 27, 28 by triangular apertures indentified in the drawings by the same reference number as the associated tuck flap with the sub-script "z".
  • the tuck flaps of adjacent panels 21, 27 and 22, 28 are hinged to one another along extensions of the same fold lines 25 and 26 and divide the panels from one another.
  • the tuck flap segments of tuck flaps 39, 40; 41, 42 are hinged to the adjacent upper end panel portions 30a, 31a; 30b, 31b along extensions of the fold lines 23, 24 along which the panels 19, 21 and 20, 22 are hinged to one another respectively.
  • Each of the upper end panel portions 30a, 30b; 31a, 31b is provided with a respective end strip 32a, 32b; 33a, 33b hinged thereto along a fold line 34a, 34b; 35a, 35b.
  • the outer edges of the handle-forming strips 11a, 11b are defined by cuts 12a, 12b which are indented towards one another to provide the strips 11a, 11b with a central region of reduced width.
  • This indentation in the cuts 12a, 12b also serves to define corresponding edge flaps 13a, 13b along the adjacent edges of the top panels 19, 20.
  • Cut 12a extends fully across the top panel 19 and projects at each end a short distance across score lines 15, 16 into each of the adjoining upper end panel portions 30a, 31a.
  • Cut 12b is substantially the same as cut 12a in mirror image except that sections of the cut 12b, extending from a short distance inside the fold lines 15, 16 and ending a short distance from the central indented region of the cut, are replaced by fold line sections 60, 61 thereby leaving short, isolated cut sections 62, 63 bridging the fold lines 15, 16.
  • Cut sections 64, 65 similar to cut sections 62, 63, are formed in fold line 10 in the regions thereof which bridge fold lines 15, 16.
  • Top panel 20 is further formed with a pair of aligned cuts 66, 67 which are parallel to cuts 62, 63 and spaced therefrom by a distance corresponding to the full width of strip 11b. These cuts 66, 67 extend into respective upper end panels 30 the same distance as cuts 12a, 62, 63, 64 and 65 and define short strips 66a, 67a adjacent the full-width end sections of strip 11b.
  • the ends of the strips 66a, 66b which lie in top panel 20 are terminated by a respective fold line 68, 69 which extend perpendicularly from the ends of the respective cuts 66, 67 to the points on the cut 12b at which it becomes indented towards the cut 12a to define the central reduced-width section of strips 11a, 11b.
  • Further fold lines 70, 71 extending parallel to fold lines 68, 69 across the strips 66a, 67a from the respective end of the cut 12b to cut 66, 67, define rectangular tabs 72, 73 at these ends of the strips 66a, 67a.
  • the first step in the erection of the carrier which is sized to hold twenty four bottles, is to apply glue to the inner surfaces (shown hatched in Figure 1) of the edge flap 13a, and of the strip 11a together with the portions of the upper end panels 30, 31 which are aligned with it.
  • the blank is then folded about fold line 10 to bring the inner surfaces of strips 11a, 11b, along with the portions of the upper end panels 30, 31 that are aligned therewith, into face - to - face contact with one another whereupon they are bonded together to provide a strong two-ply structure forming a handle structure of the carrier.
  • This two-ply carrier handle structure is then folded about fold lines 60, 62a, 61, 63a so as to lie flat against the outer surface of the top panel 20.
  • the outer surfaces of the strip 11b and aligned portions of upper end panels 30, 31 are brought into face-to-face contact with the adjacent surfaces of top panel 20, including strips 66a, 67a, and end panel sections 30c, 31c.
  • Adhesive is applied to the outer surface of the edging strip 7 and the edging strip 7 is brought into engagement with the inner surface of the free edge of side panel 27 to which it is then glued.
  • the partially assembled carrier can then be set up into an open-ended sleeve for loading whereby twenty four bottles are end loaded upright into the sleeve to stand upon the inner surface of bottom panel 2. Assembly of the carrier is then completed by securing the end closure panels as follows.
  • Tuck flaps 47, 48 and 49, 50 at the ends of side panels 27, 28 respectively are folded inwardly along fold lines 51, 52, 53, 54 to a position perpendicular with their associated side panels 27, 28, a procedure which is facilitated by folding of tuck flap segments 47x, 48x, 49x, 50x along fold lines 47y, 48y, 49y, 50y.
  • This is followed in turn by similarly folding tuck flaps 39,40, 41, 42 of upper side panels 21, 22 inwardly along fold lines 43, 44, 45, 46 while simultaneously folding tuck flap segments 39x, 40x, 41x, 42x along respective fold lines 39y, 40y, 41y, 42y into flat engagement with the tuck flaps themselves.
  • Upper end panels 30, 31 are then folded downwardly about respective fold lines 15, 16 to bring the inner surfaces of the end regions thereof into partially overlapping engagement with tuck flaps 39, 41, 47, 49 and 40, 42, 48, 50 respectively.
  • Glue is then applied to the external surfaces of the end strips 32a, 32b; 33a, 33b and the end closure flaps 3, 4 are folded upwardly along respective fold lines 5, 6 to bring the inner surface of their free edges into overlapping contact with said end strips 32a, 32b; 33a, 33b to which they are adhesively bonded.
  • the end closure panels thus formed by the combination of the upper end panels and the end closure flaps 3, 4 overlap the outer surfaces of the folded tuck flaps 47, 48, 49, 50; 39, 40, 41, 42 and thereby hold them in place at each end of the carrier. This completes the secure and complete enclosure of the bottles as shown in Figure 2.
  • the glued-together strips 11a, 11b provide a convenient handle structure by means of which the fully loaded and erected carrier can be lifted and carried.
  • the handle structure is in the form of a two-ply strap 80 anchored at each end in the integral two-ply region of the upper end panels 30, 31 formed by adhesively bonding end panel sections 30a, 31a to sections 30c, 31c respectively. Because these anchorages for the ends of the handle strap 80 are disposed substantially vertically in use, they are capable of supporting the full load of the carrier with considerably reduced risk of tearing.

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  1. Boîte d'emballage ayant une poignée lanière à deux épaisseurs (80) et formée à partir d'un flan (1), ledit flan (1) comprenant un premier panneau et un couple de deuxièmes panneaux (30, 31) articulés audit premier panneau, respectivement le long d'un couple de lignes de pliage transversales (15, 16), espacées, globalement parallèles, ledit premier panneau comprenant des première et deuxième parties formant paroi de boîte (20, 19), formant ensemble une paroi de boîte, et des première et deuxième lanières formant poignées (11b, 11a) s'étendant entre lesdites lignes de pliage transversales, lesdites lanières formant poignées (11b, 11a) étant articulées ensemble le long d'une ligne de pliage longitudinale (10) s'étendant entre lesdites lignes de pliage transversales (15, 16), de manière que lesdites lanières formant poignées puissent être pliées autour de ladite ligne de pliage longitudinale (10), pour former une poignée lanière à deux épaisseurs (80) s'étendant entre lesdits deuxièmes panneaux (30, 31), lesdites première et deuxième lanières formant poignées (11b, 11a) forment ensemble une structure de poignée (80) comportant des parties d'extrémité et pouvant être déplacée de ce fait d'un état rentré à plat, dans lequel elle recouvre intimement ladite première paroi de boîte, à un état levé, dans lequel lesdites parties d'extrémité de la poignée sont déplacées vers l'intérieur de la boîte, caractérisée en ce que lesdites première et deuxième parties formant paroi (20, 19) et lesdites première et deuxième lanières formant poignées (11b, 11a) sont disposées dans l'ordre constitué de ladite première partie formant paroi (20), ladite première lanière formant poignée (11b), ladite deuxième lanière formant poignée (11a) et ladite deuxième partie formant paroi (19), chacun desdits deuxièmes panneaux (30, 31) comprenant des première, deuxième et troisième sections (30b, 30c, 30a; 31b, 31c, 31a) interconnectées, pouvant être mutuellement pliées, articulées le long d'une ligne respective parmi lesdites lignes de pliage transversales (15, 16), auxdites premières parties formant paroi (20), ladite première lanière formant poignée (11a) et ladite deuxième lanière formant poignée (11b), et ladite deuxième partie formant paroi (19) respectivement.
  2. Boîte selon la revendication 1, dans laquelle lesdites deuxième et troisième sections (30c, 30a; 31c, 31a) de chacun desdits deuxièmes panneaux (30, 31) sont mutuellement articulées le long d'une première ligne de pliage alignée avec et prolongeant ladite ligne de pliage longitudinale (10), lesdites première et deuxième sections (30b, 30c; 31b, 31c) de chacun desdits deuxièmes panneaux (30, 31) étant mutuellement articulées le long d'une deuxième ligne de pliage (62a, 63a) espacée de, et parallèle à, ladite première ligne de pliage, ladite première lanière formant poignée (11b) ayant une largeur maximale le long desdites lignes de pliage transversales (15, 16), et la distance entre lesdites première et deuxième lignes de pliage correspondant à ladite largeur de ladite première lanière formant poignée.
  3. Boîte selon la revendication 2, dans laquelle ladite deuxième lanière formant poignée (11a) est séparée de ladite deuxième partie formant paroi (19), par une découpure (12a) ménagée dans ledit premier panneau, et ladite découpure (12a) s'étend au-delà desdites lignes de pliage transversales (15, 16), dans lesdites troisièmes sections (30a, 31a) desdits deuxièmes panneaux (30, 31).
  4. Boîte selon la revendication 2 ou 3, dans laquelle ladite première section (30b, 31b) de chacun desdits deuxièmes panneaux (30, 31) est pourvue d'une ligne de coupe (66, 67) globalement parallèle à, et espacée de, ladite deuxième ligne de pliage (62a, 63a), et ladite ligne de coupe (66, 67) de ladite première section s'étend dans ladite première partie formant paroi (20) dudit premier panneau.
  5. Boîte selon la revendication 4, dans laquelle lesdites première et deuxième lanières formant poignées (11b, 11a) présentent globalement la même largeur, la distance entre ladite ligne de coupe (66, 67) de ladite première section (30b, 31b) et ladite deuxième ligne de pliage (62a, 63a) correspondant à ladite largeur de ladite première lanière formant poignée.
  6. Boîte selon la revendication 4 ou 5, dans laquelle une courte bande (66a, 67a) est définie entre ladite ligne de coupe (66, 67) et ladite première lanière formant poignée (11b), ladite courte bande ayant un bord opposé à ladite ligne de coupe (66, 67), et ladite première lanière formant poignée étant articulée à ladite courte bande (66a, 67a), le long d'au moins une partie dudit bord de ladite courte bande.
  7. Boîte ayant une poignée lanière intégrée (80), comprenant:
    un premier panneau de paroi comprenant des parties de panneau intérieure et extérieure (19, 20) disposées de façon à se superposer, pour foyer une paroi de la boîte;
    un couple de deuxièmes panneaux de paroi (30, 31) sensiblement opposés, interconnectés audit premier panneau de paroi;
    une poignée lanière (80) ayant des parties d'extrémité opposées et une partie centrale (11a, 11b) s'étendant entre lesdites parties d'extrémité opposées, caractérisée en ce que chacun desdits deuxièmes panneaux de paroi (30, 31) comprend des sections de panneau intérieure et extérieure (30a, 30b, 31a, 31b) se chevauchant, lesdites sections intérieure et extérieure étant articulées respectivement auxdites parties intérieure et extérieure dudit premier panneau de paroi;
    lesdites parties d'extrémité opposées comprenant respectivement des parties desdites sections extérieures (30a, 31a) desdits deuxièmes panneaux de paroi (30, 31), ladite partie centrale (11a, 11b) étant formée à partir de ladite partie extérieure (19) dudit premier panneau de paroi et recouvrant ladite partie intérieure (20) dudit premier panneau de paroi;
    un couple de bandes déplaçables (66a, 67a) formées en partie à partir desdites parties de panneau intérieures (20) et en partie à partir desdites sections de panneau intérieures (30b et 31b), lesdites bandes déplaçables se trouvant au-dessous de, et s'étendant le long des, dites parties d'extrémité opposées de ladite poignée lanière (80), chacune desdites bandes déplaçables étant reliée auxdites parties intérieures (20) dudit premier panneau de paroi, pour se déplacer par rapport à ladite paroi de la boîte, afin de permettre un déplacement desdites parties d'extrémité opposées par rapport à ladite boîte, dans laquelle chacune desdites bandes déplaçables (66a, 67a) est articulée à ladite poignée lanière (80), de manière que, lors d'un déplacement vers l'intérieur desdites parties d'extrémité opposées, lesdites bandes déplaçables soient tirées vers le haut de ladite boîte, par ladite poignée lanière.
  8. Boîte selon la revendication 7, dans laquelle chacune desdites bandes déplaçables (66a, 67a) est définie entre une coupure (66, 67) ménagée dans une section respective parmi lesdites sections intérieures (30b, 31b) et un bord opposé (62a, 63a) de ladite section intérieure respective, se trouvent au-dessous d'une section respective parmi lesdites sections extérieures, ladite coupure (66, 67) s'étendent dans ladite partie intérieure (20) dudit premier panneau de paroi, de manière que chaque dite bande déplaçable comprenne une section d'extrémité formée à partir de ladite partie intérieure dudit premier panneau de paroi.
  9. Boîte selon la revendication 7 ou 8, dans laquelle ladite première section d'extrémité de chaque dite bande déplaçable (66a, 67a) comprend une languette articulée (72, 73) reliée à pivotement à ladite partie intérieure (20) dudit premier panneau de paroi, pour effectuer un déplacement vers l'extérieur par rapport à ladite boîte, de manière que chaque dite bande déplaçable (66a, 67a) autre que sa dite languette articulée puisse être déplacée vers l'intérieur de ladite boîte.
  10. Boîte selon la revendication 9, dans laquelle chaque dite bande déplaçable (66a, 67a) est articulée au niveau de ladite section d'extrémité autre que ladite languette articulée, à ladite poignée lanière (80).
  11. Boîte selon l'une quelconque des revendications 7 à 10, dans laquelle chaque dite bande déplaçable (66a, 67) est articulée au niveau de sa dite section d'extrémité, à ladite poignée lanière (80).
  12. Boîte selon le revendication 11, dans laquelle chacun desdits deuxièmes panneaux de paroi (30, 31) comprend en outre une section de panneau (30c, 31c) médiane, articulée à et interconnectant lesdites sections intérieure et extérieure (30b, 30a; 31b, 31a), lesdites sections intérieure et extérieure sa chevauchant mutuellement avec ladite section médiane interposée entre elles, lesdites parties d'extrémité opposées comprenant respectivement en outre des parties desdites sections médianes (30c, 31c) desdits deuxièmes panneaux de paroi, ladite partie centrale comprenant un couple de lanières de panneau supérieure et inférieure (11a, 11b) superposées, ladite lanière supérieure (11a) étant articulée, au niveau de ses extrémités opposées, respectivement auxdites sections extérieures (30a, 31a) desdits deuxièmes panneaux de paroi, ladite lanière inférieure (11b) étant articulée, au niveau de ses extrémités opposées, auxdites sections médianes (30c, 31c) desdits deuxièmes panneaux de paroi, et chaque dite bande déplaçable étant articulée à ladite lanière inférieure.
  13. Boîte selon le revendication 12, dans laquelle chaque dite bande déplaçable (66a, 67a) présente un bord (60, 61) opposé à ladite découpe (66, 67), et ladite lanière inférieure (11b) de ladite poignée lanière est articulée le long d'au moins une partie dudit bord de chaque dite bande déplaçable.
  14. Boîte selon la revendication 12 ou 13, dans laquelle lesdites bandes supérieure et inférieure sont mutuellement articulées le long d'une ligne de pliage (10) s'étendant sur leur longueur.
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