EP0695267B1 - Bottle carrier - Google Patents

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EP0695267B1
EP0695267B1 EP94917893A EP94917893A EP0695267B1 EP 0695267 B1 EP0695267 B1 EP 0695267B1 EP 94917893 A EP94917893 A EP 94917893A EP 94917893 A EP94917893 A EP 94917893A EP 0695267 B1 EP0695267 B1 EP 0695267B1
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Philippe Le Bras
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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
    • B65D71/06—Packaging elements holding or encircling completely or almost completely the bundle of articles, e.g. wrappers
    • B65D71/12—Packaging elements holding or encircling completely or almost completely the bundle of articles, e.g. wrappers the packaging elements, e.g. wrappers being formed by folding a single blank
    • B65D71/14—Packaging elements holding or encircling completely or almost completely the bundle of articles, e.g. wrappers the packaging elements, e.g. wrappers being formed by folding a single blank having a tubular shape, e.g. tubular wrappers without end walls
    • B65D71/16—Packaging elements holding or encircling completely or almost completely the bundle of articles, e.g. wrappers the packaging elements, e.g. wrappers being formed by folding a single blank having a tubular shape, e.g. tubular wrappers without end walls with article-locating elements
    • 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
    • B65D75/00—Packages comprising articles or materials partially or wholly enclosed in strips, sheets, blanks, tubes, or webs of flexible sheet material, e.g. in folded wrappers
    • B65D75/04—Articles or materials wholly enclosed in single sheets or wrapper blanks
    • B65D75/06—Articles or materials wholly enclosed in single sheets or wrapper blanks in sheets or blanks initially folded to form tubes
    • 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
    • B65D2571/00246—Locating elements for the contents
    • B65D2571/00253—Locating elements for the contents integral with the wrapper
    • B65D2571/00259—Locating elements for the contents integral with the wrapper inwardly folded tabs, i.e. elements substantially narrower than the corresponding package dimension
    • B65D2571/00265—Locating elements for the contents integral with the wrapper inwardly folded tabs, i.e. elements substantially narrower than the corresponding package dimension extending from the upper or lower wall
    • 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
    • B65D2571/00246—Locating elements for the contents
    • B65D2571/00253—Locating elements for the contents integral with the wrapper
    • B65D2571/00259—Locating elements for the contents integral with the wrapper inwardly folded tabs, i.e. elements substantially narrower than the corresponding package dimension
    • B65D2571/00271—Locating elements for the contents integral with the wrapper inwardly folded tabs, i.e. elements substantially narrower than the corresponding package dimension extending from at least a side wall

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  • This invention relates to article carriers and blanks therefor which are particularly useful for carrying articles such as bottles. More particularly the invention relates to a bottle carrier of the wrap-round type and is concerned with an improved bottle retention and carrier reinforcing feature which receive heel portions of bottles accommodated in the carrier.
  • Bottle heel retention means in wraparound carriers are well known.
  • EPO171229B1 discloses a known bottle carrier of the wrap-around type having top, bottom and side walls interconnected to form a tubular open-ended structure.
  • a sloping heel panel interconnects each side wall along a fold line with an associated bottom lap panel.
  • the bottom corners of the carton formed by the sloping heel panel comprise bottle heel receiving apertures formed in each sloping heel panel which extend into the associated side wall and lap panels.
  • the receiving apertures form part of the bottle heel retaining feature which further comprises bottle engaging and carrier reinforcing flaps which are foldably joined along opposed peripheral edges of the bottle heel receiving apertures.
  • EPO171229B1 discloses bottle engaging and carrier reinforcing flaps which extend across the associated sloping heel panel and into the associated side wall and lap panel; the flaps comprising hinged portions so that in the formed bottle carrier a portion of the bottle engaging and carrier reinforcing flap is substantially parallel with the inner surface of the associated lap panel.
  • a portion of the heel of a bottle protrudes from the carrier without being protected and the tighter the package is made the more is the tendency for the heel to protrude further.
  • tears can be created in the carton surrounding a receiving aperture due sometimes to an "over tight" package and in part at least, to any movement of a bottle acting directly against the edge of the receiving aperture.
  • EPO 059 104 Another type of bottle heel retaining structure is shown by EPO 059 104.
  • This reference discloses a heel retaining flap extending primarily outwardly of the carton, although C-shaped cuts provided cause a small portion of the flap to extend inwardly of the carton.
  • the folding action of the retaining flaps is outward i.e. the pivoting action is outward and not inward.
  • EPO 247 298 is another example of an outwardly extending bottle heel retaining flap and whereas in practice a small portion of the flap may extend inwardly of the carton, the setting up pivoting action is outward.
  • FR 2 647 755 (4P) discloses the features of the pre-characterising portion of claim 1.
  • the present invention and its preferred embodiments seek to overcome or at least mitigate the problems of the prior art.
  • an article carrier comprising angularly related panels including side wall panels, a bevelled corner panel, and a second wall panel such as a bottom or top wall panel which are foldably interconnected.
  • the carrier further comprises article receiving and retaining means comprising an aperture adapted to receive a portion of an article contained within the carrier, and a flap struck from and hingably connected to an edge of the aperture which flap is adapted to abut the article received in the aperture, and wherein the flap is pivotal into an operative position about its hinged connection to provide portions thereof which protrude both inwardly and outwardly of the carrier so that a portion of the flap engages the article internally of the carrier and another portion of the flap engages the article externally of the carrier.
  • the flap is constructed and arranged to be put into its operative position by pivoting inwardly of the carrier.
  • the flap may be hingedly connected to the side wall panel and the second wall panel.
  • the receiving and retaining means may comprise a pair of complimentary hinged flaps, each being hinged in opposite edges of the aperture.
  • the other portion of the or each flap may be defined at least in part by a cut line extending between a pair of spaced hinged connections about which the flap is pivotal out of the plane of the aperture.
  • the cut line may be formed in the bevelled corner panel between the first and second hinges of the flap which hinges are formed in the side and second panels respectively.
  • the cut line may be formed partially in the bevelled corner panel and partially in the second wall panel between the first and second hinges which hinges are formed at least partially in the side panel and in the second wall panel respectively.
  • the cut between the first and second hinges of the flaps is substantially arcuate.
  • the other flap portion may be disposed laterally beyond an imaginary straight line taken between adjacent ends of the hinged connections.
  • each of the flaps may include an upper portion and a lower portion hinged so as to be foldable relative to one another and thereby allow the flap to bend and conform to the shape of an adjacent portion of an article and wherein the hinged connection between the upper and lower flap portions is disposed above the base of an article engaged therewith.
  • an article carrier receiving means may be provided to receive each of the outermost comer articles contained in the carrier.
  • a second aspect of the invention provides an article receiving and retaining means for an article carrier struck from comer panels in adjacent walls of the carrier, which means comprises an aperture within the comer panels and a flap struck from and hingably connected to an edge of the aperture which flap is adapted to pivot into an operative position about its hinge to provide portions thereof which extend both inwardly and outwardly of the carrier, both inwardly and outwardly extending portions being adapted to engage respective parts of an article retained in the means in use, the flap being adapted to be put into the operative position by pivoting the operatively inwardly extending flap portion inwardly.
  • the flap may comprise a series of foldably interconnected flap portions, at least one portion of which is adapted at least partially to engage an end of an article in use and at least an adjacent flap portion is adapted to engage a side of an article in use, wherein the fold line between the one and adjacent flap portions is disposed adjacent the side of the article in use.
  • a third aspect of the invention provides a blank comprising side wall panels, a bevelled corner panel and a second wall panel such as a bottom or top wall panel which are foldably interconnected, article receiving and retaining means extending between a side wall panel and the second wall panel, the means comprising an aperture adapted to receive a portion of an article in use and a flap struck from and hingably connected to an edge of the aperture which flap is adapted to abut the article received in the aperture in use and wherein the flap is adapted to pivot into an operative position about its hinged connection to provide portions thereof which extend both inwardly and outwardly through the aperture in use, a portion of the flap being adapted to engage part of an article internally of a carrier formed from the blank and another portion of the flap being adapted to engage part of the article externally of the carrier.
  • the flap is capable of being put into its operative position by pivoting inwardly of the carrier in a set up condition.
  • the side wall panel may comprise a side panel and an inclined panel which inclined panel foldably connects together the side panel and the second wall panel, and wherein the aperture is struck partially in all three panels.
  • the flap may be hingably connected to the side panel and to the second wall panel, the means comprising a cut line between the hinged connections which extends into both the side panel and the second wall panel.
  • the retaining means 10 is formed in a side wall comprising a side panel 42 and inclined heel panel 44 and a second wall panel which in this example is lap (bottom) panel 46 of a wrap-around carrier of a known type such as that disclosed in EPO171229B1.
  • the retaining means 10 is not exclusively intended for the heel portion of an article and might be used for an upper shoulder of an article for example.
  • the retaining means 10 can be formed at the ends of the tubular structure of a wraparound carrier for example to retain the end (corner) articles or alternatively can be provided for only any one or more of the articles held in a carrier.
  • the retaining means 10 comprises a retaining aperture 11 which in this example receives the heel of a bottle A as shown in Figure 2.
  • the retaining means 10 also comprises retaining flaps 12 and 14 which in the formed carton provide internal flap portions F which abut that part of the heel of an article A adjacent the sloping panel 44 and external flap portions F 1 which engage heel portions of an article protruding externally through the aperture.
  • retaining means 10 comprises a first flap 12 comprising upper, middle and lower flap portions 12a, 12b and 12c respectively.
  • Upper portion 12a is hinged to side wall 42 along hinge line 26.
  • Middle portion 12b is hinged to upper portion 12a along hinge line 30, and to lower panel portion 12c along hinge line 32.
  • Lower panel portion 12c is hinged to lap panel 46 along hinge line 22.
  • An arcuate cut 18 extends from hinge line 26 to hinge line 22. These hinge lines 26, 22 and cut 18 together define a lateral edge of first flap 12 as shown in Figures 1 and 5.
  • First flap 12 is struck from the carton panels 42, 44 and 46 by top cut 15, central cut line 16 and bottom cut 17 and is pivotal about the hinged connections 26 and 22.
  • a complementary second flap 14 comprises top, middle and bottom flap portions 14a, 14b and 14c respectively.
  • flap 14 is the mirror image of flap 12 along the central cut line 16.
  • flaps need not necessarily be mirror images and indeed only one flap might be provided in a given retaining means 10.
  • upper hinge line 28 connects upper flap portion 14a to side wall 42 and upper flap portion 14a is foldably connected to central panel portion 14b along hinge line 34.
  • Lower portion 14c is hingably connected to middle flap portion 14b along hinge line 36 and to lap panel 46 along hinge line 24.
  • Complementary flap 14 is pivotal about the hinged connections 28 and 24. When both flaps are coplanar, such as when the carrier is in blank form, the aperture is substantially closed.
  • a wrap-around carrier comprising a retaining means 10
  • first the underside of the top of the carrier blank is applied to the tops of a group of bottles to be packaged in the carrier and the side walls folded downwardly to be disposed in flanking relationship along the side walls of the bottles.
  • flaps 12 and 14 are displaced inwardly by suitable means which may be similar, at least in function, to those known for example from EPO322159B1. Displacement of flaps 12 and 14 thus, causes flap portions F to be disposed internally of the carton and flap portion F 1 to be disposed externally of the carton.
  • the heel portion of a bottle A is thereby engaged in the aperture 11 and also received by the flaps 12 and 14 of retaining means 10.
  • Lap panel 46 can then be folded upwardly into engagement with the bases of the bottles A as shown in Figure 2.
  • a similar operation on the opposite side of the group of articles also is performed and the wraparound carrier can be completed by securing the overlapping base panels together, for example by gluing or preferably by mechanical locks.
  • the structure of retaining means 10 is such that both internal and external retaining flap portions are provided to engage the heel of bottle A.
  • the external flap portion F 1 helps to protect that part of the bottle A which protrudes from the carrier.
  • the retaining flaps are particularly able to conform to the bottom portions of bottles because of their pivotal action and the bending action permitted by fold lines 30, 32 and 34, 36. Conformability of this type is enhanced by the long curved "c" cut of the types 18 and 20 shown in the first embodiment of the invention and by the double hinge mechanism provided for each flap 12 and 14. Additionally, better pack tightening can be effected by the invention due to a beneficial resistance to tear provided by the flaps 12 and 14.
  • flaps can act as buffers, which push against the lateral edges of the aperture 11 (or door frame) when a bottle heel is inserted in the aperture 11.
  • the flaps 12 and 14 having both inner and outer portions can therefore act to disperse the tearing action of a bottle against the periphery of the aperture. It is apparent that a large amount of paperboard may be put into contact with a retained article using a retaining structure according to the invention, thereby providing both protection and security for the article.
  • this door opening effect allows a relatively large portion of the heel portion of bottles to be inserted into aperture 11, thereby enabling a relatively strong pack tightening whilst minimising the risk of tearing.
  • This is found to be advantageous for example in packaging petalloid bottles where a relatively large aperture is useful in locating the bottle in the carton and the flap acts to protect the relatively large amount of bottle protruding from the carton aperture.
  • Fold lines 32 and 36 are positioned so that when flaps 12 and 14 are set up in their operative positions, lower flap portions 12c and 14c are disposed in inclined relationship above lap panel 46 beneath the base of bottle A, the fold lines 32 and 36 being above the base of the bottle.
  • the curved side edge of bottle A is engaged by flaps 12 and 14 which act to "cup" around the heel portion of the bottle thereby retaining and bracing the bottle whilst also cushioning it against knocks.
  • FIGS 6, 7 and 8 These comprise substantially similar retaining means to that shown in Figures 1 to 5 and accordingly like elements are given like reference digits prefixed by the digit 1 for the embodiment in Figure 6, the digit 2 for the embodiment shown in Figure 7 and the digit 3 for the embodiment shown in Figure 8.
  • the fold line between upper portion 12a and middle portion 12b and between portions 14a and 14b of the flap panels 12 and 14, i.e. fold lines 30 and 34, are both co-terminus with interrupted fold line 38 at the outer lateral edges of flaps 12 and 14.
  • the cut lines 18 and 20 extend in the sloping panel 44 between fold lines 38 and 40.
  • flaps 112 and 114 comprise only upper portions 112a and 114a respectively and bottom panels 112b and 114b respectively.
  • Lateral cut lines 118 and 120 are differently shaped to cut lines 18 and 20 of the first embodiment, and therefore provide a different shape of flap F on the exterior of the carrier.
  • the cuts 118 and 120 extend from within the inclined heel panel 144 into the lap panel 146.
  • fold line 130 and 134 between portions of the flap panels 112 and 114 are interrupted by cuts 131 and 135 respectively. These cuts are found to assist in the folding of the flap panel portions relative to one another.
  • Retaining feature 210 comprises lateral cuts 218 and 220 which extend from the interrupted hinge line 238 between the side wall 242 and inclined heel panel 244, into the lap panel 246. Again, cuts 231 and 235 are provided along the fold lines between portions of the main flap panels 212 and 214.
  • the bottom cut 217 which defines the bottom of the main flaps 212 and 214, defines an aperture 219 in lap panel 246.
  • This aperture is visible in the unformed condition of retention means 210 as shown in Figure 7 and forms part of aperture 211 in the formed condition.
  • bottom cut 111 defines an aperture 119
  • bottom cut 317 defines an aperture 319.
  • the fourth embodiment shown in Figure 8 is substantially similar to the embodiment shown in Figure 7 except that lateral cuts 318 and 320 are of a more elaborate shape thereby providing a differently shaped aperture 311 to 211 and hence outwardly extending flap portion F 1 .
  • a "double hinge" mechanism is provided for each of the main flap portions of the retaining means. This is found to be a benefit in enabling the formation of an outwardly protruding flap portion F 1 and also in providing a flexible buffer or brace against which the heel of an article or bottle can abut without tearing the carton walls surrounding the retaining features.
  • an aspect of the invention is not limited to such a configuration and it is envisaged that it would be possible to provide a retaining means according to the invention comprising one or more hinge means per retaining flap in order to enable a protruding flap portion F 1 to be provided in the assembled carrier.

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