EP0668835B1 - Carton blank comprising keel elements - Google Patents

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EP0668835B1
EP0668835B1 EP94908398A EP94908398A EP0668835B1 EP 0668835 B1 EP0668835 B1 EP 0668835B1 EP 94908398 A EP94908398 A EP 94908398A EP 94908398 A EP94908398 A EP 94908398A EP 0668835 B1 EP0668835 B1 EP 0668835B1
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  • This invention relates to a keel structure in a package of the wraparound type formed from paperboard or similar foldable sheet material and accommodating containers arranged in a number of parallel rows.
  • a keel structure in a wraparound type carton comprises a structure which may be continuous or which may comprise a plurality of keel elements which separate one row of containers from another row within the carton.
  • One aspect of the invention provides a wraparound type carton blank comprising a plurality of keel elements which separate one row of containers from another row within the carton, each keel element being formed from adjacent panels which are foldably connected to one another and by cuts which extend transversely across said foldable connection, adjacent cut ends of each of said adjacent panels being connected by first and second hinges and a third hinge disposed intermediate said first and second hinges.
  • each of said hinges may be interrupted by a cut extending along a portion of said hinges.
  • the part of the keel element between said first and third hinges may define a flexible face of said keel element being substantially co-extensive with said hinges and wherein another part of said keel element which extends beyond said second hinge provides an opposed flexible face.
  • said adjacent panels may be common to a plurality of like said keel elements and providing one edge of said blank.
  • said cuts interrupting said second and third hinge respectively are curved extending towards one another and being separated by a bridging panel so that in a set up condition each said flexible face can be flexed more readily.
  • each said flexible face may include a cut extending transversely from said respective curved cut through a portion of said flexible face so that each said flexible face can be flexed more readily.
  • one of said adjacent panels may overlap another panel to form a base panel of the carton when erected.
  • Another aspect of the invention provides a wraparound type carton formed from a blank wherein said adjacent panels are upstanding panels wherein a platform is formed from said adjacent panels and wherein a container abuts a respective one of said upstanding panels, said upstanding panels being spaced apart by said platform said platform being connected to each of the upstanding panels so as to allow adjacent portions of each of said upstanding panels to be flexed inwardly toward the other upstanding panel to allow a wall portion of an adjacent container to be more closely received against the keel element.
  • FIG. 1 there is shown a carton blank 10 of the wraparound type formed from paperboard or similar foldable sheet material. Keel elements K are formed in series in one of the base panels of the carton blank. Blank 10 comprises a series of joined panels including a first base panel 12, first side wall panel 14, a top panel 16, a second side wall panel 18 and a second base panel 20 hinged one to the next along transverse fold lines 22, 24, 26 and 28 respectively.
  • Keel element K comprises a bridge-like structure comprising an upstanding panel P and a platform P1 hinged together along short hinge lines h and h1.
  • the upstanding panel is hinged to the base panel 12 along hinge line h2 and the platform P1 is hinged to a support partition panel 32 at hinged connections h3 & h4 respectively.
  • the support partition panel 32 is hinged to base panel 12 along interrupted fold line 34.
  • the upstanding panel P and the partition panel are each formed with slits or score lines S, S1 so that parts of the panel adjacent the slits are separable and can be flexed about the adjacent hinged parts with relative ease.
  • upstanding panel P can be flexed inwardly towards the platform by being flexed between its hinged connections with the support platform into the space defined by a curved edge C of the support platform.
  • the partition panel immediately adjacent slit 51 can be flexed inwardly about its hinged connections with the platform into the space defined by a similar opposed curved edge C1 of the platform.
  • the other keel elements K1-K3 have like features. In some instances it is envisaged that the slit or score line 51 can be omitted.
  • the containers adjacent these parts of the keel construction are allowed to "bed in” and so be more closely received against the adjacent curved edge of the platform P1 to improve the retention between the keel elements their respective containers in the neighbouring rows so that dislodgment of the containers is resisted.
  • partition panel P1 is in the form of substantially continuous single marginal panel which is folded out of the plane of the blank into an upstanding position.
  • the partition panel is substituted by several individual partition panels, one for each keel element.
  • each keel element Ka comprises an upstanding panel Pa having a slit or score line Sa to facilitate flexing of the panel towards the curved edge Ca of its support platform P1a.
  • the partition panel is not continuous as previously described but an individual panel 32a is associated with each keel element Ka and is hinged to base panel 20a along interrupted fold line 36.
  • Each partition panel is struck from the base panel 20a and hinged into an upstanding position, out of the plane of the base panel, so that the slit or score line S1a is disposed alongside the curved edge C1a of the platform P1a.
  • the function of the keel structure of this embodiment nevertheless is similar to that earlier described and, in some instances the slit or score S1a may be omitted.

Abstract

A keel structure in a wraparound carton comprises a number of keel elements (K) which separate one row of containers from another row within the carton. Each keel element has spaced upstanding panels (P, 32; Pa, 32a) against which containers held in the carton abut. Each of the upstanding panels is spaced from the other by a platform (P1, P1a) defined by curved edges (C, C1; Ca, C1a) extending towards one another permitting adjacent portions of each of said upstanding panel means to be flexed inwardly toward the other to receive a wall portion of an adjacent container.

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This invention relates to a keel structure in a package of the wraparound type formed from paperboard or similar foldable sheet material and accommodating containers arranged in a number of parallel rows.
A keel structure in a wraparound type carton comprises a structure which may be continuous or which may comprise a plurality of keel elements which separate one row of containers from another row within the carton.
One aspect of the invention provides a wraparound type carton blank comprising a plurality of keel elements which separate one row of containers from another row within the carton, each keel element being formed from adjacent panels which are foldably connected to one another and by cuts which extend transversely across said foldable connection, adjacent cut ends of each of said adjacent panels being connected by first and second hinges and a third hinge disposed intermediate said first and second hinges.
According to a feature of this aspect of the invention, each of said hinges may be interrupted by a cut extending along a portion of said hinges.
According to another feature of this aspect of the invention, the part of the keel element between said first and third hinges may define a flexible face of said keel element being substantially co-extensive with said hinges and wherein another part of said keel element which extends beyond said second hinge provides an opposed flexible face.
According to yet another feature of this aspect of the invention, said adjacent panels may be common to a plurality of like said keel elements and providing one edge of said blank.
According to still a further optional feature of this aspect of the invention, said cuts interrupting said second and third hinge respectively are curved extending towards one another and being separated by a bridging panel so that in a set up condition each said flexible face can be flexed more readily.
According to yet another feature of this aspect of the invention, each said flexible face may include a cut extending transversely from said respective curved cut through a portion of said flexible face so that each said flexible face can be flexed more readily.
Preferably, one of said adjacent panels may overlap another panel to form a base panel of the carton when erected.
Another aspect of the invention provides a wraparound type carton formed from a blank wherein said adjacent panels are upstanding panels wherein a platform is formed from said adjacent panels and wherein a container abuts a respective one of said upstanding panels, said upstanding panels being spaced apart by said platform said platform being connected to each of the upstanding panels so as to allow adjacent portions of each of said upstanding panels to be flexed inwardly toward the other upstanding panel to allow a wall portion of an adjacent container to be more closely received against the keel element.
The keel structure according to the invention will now be described, by way of example only, with reference to the accompanying drawings, in which:-
  • FIGURE 1 is a plan view of a carton blank having a keel structure according to the invention;
  • FIGURE 1a is an enlarged plan view of a portion of the blank shown in Figure 1;
  • FIGURE 2 is a perspective view of a part of a carton, as seen from one end, formed from the blank shown in Figure 1;
  • FIGURE 3 is a plan view of a part of carton blank having a different partition panel arrangement; and
  • FIGURE 4 is a perspective view showing a part of the modified keel structure of Figure 3.
    • Referring first to Figure 1, there is shown a carton blank 10 of the wraparound type formed from paperboard or similar foldable sheet material. Keel elements K are formed in series in one of the base panels of the carton blank. Blank 10 comprises a series of joined panels including a first base panel 12, first side wall panel 14, a top panel 16, a second side wall panel 18 and a second base panel 20 hinged one to the next along transverse fold lines 22, 24, 26 and 28 respectively.
    Each of the keel elements in base panel 12 is of similar construction and is shown in more detail in Figure 1a and Figures 2 which latter shows a keel element in its erected form. Keel element K comprises a bridge-like structure comprising an upstanding panel P and a platform P1 hinged together along short hinge lines h and h1. The upstanding panel is hinged to the base panel 12 along hinge line h2 and the platform P1 is hinged to a support partition panel 32 at hinged connections h3 & h4 respectively. The support partition panel 32 is hinged to base panel 12 along interrupted fold line 34. The upstanding panel P and the partition panel are each formed with slits or score lines S, S1 so that parts of the panel adjacent the slits are separable and can be flexed about the adjacent hinged parts with relative ease. Thus, upstanding panel P can be flexed inwardly towards the platform by being flexed between its hinged connections with the support platform into the space defined by a curved edge C of the support platform. Likewise the partition panel immediately adjacent slit 51 can be flexed inwardly about its hinged connections with the platform into the space defined by a similar opposed curved edge C1 of the platform. The other keel elements K1-K3 have like features. In some instances it is envisaged that the slit or score line 51 can be omitted.
    As best seen in Figure 2, when the blank is wrapped around a group of downwardly tapered containers Cn to form the carton Ct, one row of containers is aligned adjacent the partition panel 32 and another row of containers is aligned adjacent the upstanding panels P of the keel elements K-K4 so that each container is disposed with its wall in abutment with either the partition panel or the upstanding panel P of a keel element. Owing to the flexing which is provided for in both the partition panel *and the upstanding panel of the keel element, the containers adjacent these parts of the keel construction are allowed to "bed in" and so be more closely received against the adjacent curved edge of the platform P1 to improve the retention between the keel elements their respective containers in the neighbouring rows so that dislodgment of the containers is resisted.
    In this embodiment partition panel P1 is in the form of substantially continuous single marginal panel which is folded out of the plane of the blank into an upstanding position. In a modified arrangement, shown in Figures 3 and 4, the partition panel is substituted by several individual partition panels, one for each keel element.
    In the arrangement shown in Figures 3 and 4 like parts to those of the previous embodiment are designated like reference numerals with the addition of suffix "a" although the keel elements in this case are struck from the base panel 20a. Hence each keel element Ka comprises an upstanding panel Pa having a slit or score line Sa to facilitate flexing of the panel towards the curved edge Ca of its support platform P1a. In this embodiment the partition panel is not continuous as previously described but an individual panel 32a is associated with each keel element Ka and is hinged to base panel 20a along interrupted fold line 36. Each partition panel is struck from the base panel 20a and hinged into an upstanding position, out of the plane of the base panel, so that the slit or score line S1a is disposed alongside the curved edge C1a of the platform P1a. The function of the keel structure of this embodiment nevertheless is similar to that earlier described and, in some instances the slit or score S1a may be omitted.

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    1. A wraparound type carton blank (10) comprising a plurality of keel elements (K) which separate one row of containers (Cn) from another row within the carton (Ct), each keel element (K) being formed from adjacent panels (12, 32) which are foldably connected to one another and by cuts which extend transversely across said foldable connection (34), adjacent cut ends of each of said adjacent panels (12, 32) being connected by first (h2) and second hinges (h3, h4) and a third hinge (h, h1) disposed intermediate said first (h2) and second hinges (h3, h4).
    2. A wraparound type carton blank according to claim 2 wherein each of said hinges (h, h1, h2, h3, h4) is interrupted by a cut extending along a portion of said hinges (h, h1, h2, h3, h4).
    3. A wraparound type carton blank according to claim 1 or claim 2 wherein the part of the keel element (K) between said first (h2) and third hinges (h, h1) defines a flexible face (P) of said keel element (K) being substantially co-extensive with said hinges (h2, h, h1) and wherein another part of said keel element (K) which extends beyond said second hinge (h3, h4) provides an opposed flexible face (32).
    4. A wraparound type carton blank according to any of claims 1 to 3 wherein said adjacent panels (12, 32) are common to a plurality of like said keel elements (K, K1, K2, K3) and providing one edge of the said blank (10).
    5. A wraparound type carton blank according to any of the preceding claims wherein said cuts (c, c1) interrupting said second (h3, h4) and third hinge (h, h1) respectively are curved extending towards one another and being separated by a bridging panel (P1) so that in a set up condition each said flexible face (P, 32) can be flexed more readily.
    6. A wraparound type carton blank according to claim 5 wherein each said flexible face (P, 32) includes a cut (s, s1) extending transversely from said respective curved cut (c, c1) through a portion of said flexible face (P, 32) so that each said flexible face (P, 32) can be flexed more readily.
    7. A wraparound type carton blank according to any preceding claim wherein one of said adjacent panels (12) overlaps another panel (20) to form a base panel of the carton (Ct) when erected.
    8. A wraparound type carton formed from a blank (10) according to claim 1 wherein said adjacent panels (12, 32) are upstanding panels wherein a platform (P1) is formed from said adjacent panels (12, 32) and wherein a container (Cn) abuts a respective one of said adjacent upstanding panels (12, 32), said upstanding panels being spaced apart by said platform (P1), said platform (P1) being connected to each of the upstanding panels so as to allow adjacent portions of each of said upstanding panels (12, 32) to be flexed inwardly toward the other upstanding panel to allow a wall portion of an adjacent container (Cn) to be more closely received against the keel element (K).
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