EP0730554B1 - Bottle carrier - Google Patents

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EP0730554B1
EP0730554B1 EP95905902A EP95905902A EP0730554B1 EP 0730554 B1 EP0730554 B1 EP 0730554B1 EP 95905902 A EP95905902 A EP 95905902A EP 95905902 A EP95905902 A EP 95905902A EP 0730554 B1 EP0730554 B1 EP 0730554B1
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Martinus Bakx
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WestRock Packaging Systems LLC
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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
    • B65D71/40—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 comprising a plurality of articles held together only partially by packaging elements formed by folding a blank or several blanks
    • B65D71/46—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 comprising a plurality of articles held together only partially by packaging elements formed by folding a blank or several blanks formed by folding a single blank into a tubular element
    • 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

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  • the invention relates to carriers for articles such as bottles. More particularly, the invention relates to carriers which grip the tops of bottles for example.
  • top gripping carrier which comprise a series of interconnected panels including top, bottom and side panels, and article receiving apertures in the top and bottom panel which receive the neck of a bottle.
  • sub burst features around the periphery of an aperture such that when a bottle is passed through the aperture the plurality of tabs which form the sub burst engage the underside of a bottle cap or protruding flange for example.
  • a top gripping carrier of this type is disclosed in GB 2154197B.
  • top gripping carrier is disclosed in EP 42720B1 wherein a triangular formation is shown having top and bottom apertures such that the load of a bottle is transmitted through the triangular side walls adjacent the aperture into the base panel thereby to provide relatively rigid article gripping device.
  • EP-A-170 259 discloses a top gripping carton for two rows of articles gripped by a foldable cardboard sleeve.
  • the sleeve has an upper wall, a lower wall and an intermediate section for stiffening. Tabs folded from one panel are pressed against a second wall, and can be clipped under the rim of each bottle neck. The crown closures are exposed above the upper walls.
  • US 3 640 563 discloses a top gripping carrier formed in an elongate tubular structure and including opposed top and bottom walls and a pair of upwardly conveying support panels disposed within the tubular structure and being secured to respective side walls.
  • the carrier includes a plurality of aligned apertures formed in the top and bottom panels and in the support walls.
  • the unsightly damaged label can be screened from the view of a customer purchasing the packaged articles.
  • a strong article retaining means can be provided within the carrier.
  • One aspect of the invention provides an article carrier for packaging at least one necked article, comprising opposed top and bottom walls hingably interconnected by a pair of opposed side walls to form a tubular structure, the top wall being adapted to be disposed over the top of a necked article, the bottom wall having at least one neck-receiving aperture for receiving the neck of the article, the side walls being adapted to be disposed alongside the neck of the article, and retaining means for retaining the top of the article between the top and bottom walls of the carrier, the retaining means comprising a first retention panel hingably connected to one of the side walls at an intermediate position between the top and bottom walls to engage the top of the article, characterised in that said retaining means further comprises a first support panel for holding said first retention panel inclined to said top wall such that said first retention panel extends upwardly and inwardly of said tubular structure from said one side wall, said first support panel extending between said top wall and the upper inner end of said first retention panel to intercorrect said top wall and said first retention panel.
  • the distance between said top wall and said intermediate position may be greater then the length of said first support panel extending between said top wall and said first retention panel whereby said first retention panel is held inclined to said top wall.
  • the carrier may further comprise end closure means for at least partially closing open ends of said tubular structure, said end closure means being struck from said bottom wall to define said at least one neck-receiving aperture and being hingably joined to said bottom wall.
  • said one side wall may have at said intermediate position a glue tab secured thereto, said first retention panel being hingably connected to said one side wall through said glue tab.
  • said retaining means may further comprise a second retention panel hingably connected to the other of said side walls at an intermediate position between said top and bottom walls to engage the top of said article, and a second support panel for holding said second retention panel inclined to said top wall such that said second retention panel extends upwardly and inwardly of said tubular structure from said other side wall, said second support panel extending between said top wall and the upper inner end of said second retention panel to interconnect said top wall and said second retention panel.
  • said first and second support panels may be secured together in a face to face contacting relationship to form a centre support means disposed generally vertically between said side walls.
  • said top wall may comprise a pair of first and second panel portions, said first panel portion extending between and hingably joined to said one side wall and the upper end of said first support panel, said second panel portion extending between and hingably joined to said other side wall and the upper end of said second support panel.
  • said first and second retention panels in cooperation may define at least one top-receiving aperture for receiving the top of said article so that first and second retention panels are engaged at the aperture rims thereof with the top of said article.
  • Another aspect of the invention provides a blank for forming a carrier according to the other aspect of the invention.
  • the blank can comprise a series of hingably interconnected panel portions including longitudinally endmost securing tab, an intermediate panel for forming article retaining means, a central support panel, an upper panel portions, side panel, and base panel portion which panels are repeated about a transverse symmetry axis through one of said panels.
  • Another aspect of the inventino provides use of a blank according to another aspect of the invention to form a carrier of packaged articles.
  • article release means comprising a first retention panel hingably connected to a first side wall and a second retention panel hingably connected to a second side wall wherein the first and second retention panels are hingably connected along a common fold line and wherein the article release means comprises a bottle top receiving and retaining aperture such that the top of the associated article is retained by said retention panel characterised in that each said first and second retention panels comprises an edge of said retaining aperture to retain top portion of said article and in that said first retention panel and said second retention panel is adapted to be downwardly flexed to increase the distance between said aperture edges to release said article.
  • said side panel may be flexed outwardly to enable removal of an article from the carrier.
  • FIG. 1 there is shown a carton blank 10 in a particular form of the invention which is adapted to produce a carton for carrying three necked articles such as bottles.
  • blank 10 is symmetrical about a central transverse fold line 23.
  • the blank comprises at one end a glue tab 12, hinged to an intermediate retention panel 14.
  • the retention panel 14 is hinged to a central support panel 16 along fold line 15 which is interrupted by three article top receiving apertures 36 struck from panels 14 and 16.
  • Central support panel 16 is hinged to top wall panel portion 18 which in turn is hinged to side panel 20.
  • Panel 20 is hinged to base panel portion 22 which in turn is hinged to a second base panel portion 24 along interrupted fold line 23. Due to the reflective symmetry about fold line 23, carton blank 10 therefore comprises side panel 26, upper panel portion 28, central support panel 30, intermediate retention panel 32 and a further glue tab 34.
  • the base of the carton comprising panels 22 and 24 comprise article neck receiving apertures 38 which interrupt the central fold line 23.
  • the two endmost apertures 38 have struck therein end closures 40.
  • the end closures 40 are hinged to the base panels 22 and 24 along fold lines 54 and comprise two main panel portions 42 and 44 hingably connected along that part of fold line 23 which extends into the end closures 40.
  • the main panels 42 and 44 comprise lateral tabs 48 and 52 hingably connected to but partially cut from the main end closure panels by cuts 46 and 50 respectively.
  • FIG. 2 shows a carton 11 constructed from blank 10 in which all the carton panels are clearly indicated. It is evident therefore that glue tabs 12 and 34 are adhered to the inside faces of side panels 20 and 26 respectively. The positioning of the glue tabs is such as to bring central support panels 16 and 30 together so that they can be adhered to one another as shown in Figure 2.
  • the carton is formed having an upper wall comprising panels 18 and 28, side walls comprising side panel 20 and 26, and a base wall comprising panels 22 and 24.
  • the carton 11 comprises article retaining means 60 intermediate the top and bottom walls.
  • the article retaining means comprises retention panels 14 and 32, and central support panels 16 and 30 which are formed within the carton to provide apertures to receive article tops and retain each article in the carton until it is removed for use.
  • an aperture is created by two associated apertures 36 from panels 14 and 32 as can be seen from Figure 3a.
  • Means 60 is connected to the top wall of the carrier 11 along fold lines 17 and 29 and to the side walls 20 and 26 along fold lines 13 and 33.
  • the fold lines 13 and 33 are disposed such that side wall panel portions 20a and 26a are taller than panels 16 and 30 which due to the relative size of the other panels causes panels 14 and 32 to be inclined to the horizontal in the packaged position shown in Figure 3.
  • carton 11 in its initial position has its top panels 18 and 28 inclined to the horizontal by an angle which is less than that of the intermediate retention panels 14 and 32.
  • a bottle top C is passed through an aperture 38 with little resistance but in order for the cap C to pass through the aperture in intermediate retention panels 14 and 32, the rim 37 of the aperture 36 needs to flex outwardly and only minimal resistance to this movement is presented provided that the carton 11 is made of a blank of suitable resilient material such as medium calliper paperboard, for example.
  • the carton 11 is positioned so that the top panels 18 and 28 are substantially horizontal or parallel with the top cap of the bottle, and substantially parallel to base panels 22 and 24. Since the base wall is wider than the top wall of the carton 11, the side walls 20 and 26 are inclined to the vertical so as to contour the neck of the bottle. However, the configuration of the internal bottle retaining means 60 is such that intermediate retention panels 14 and 32 are inclined at an angle relative to the planes of the top and bottom panels of the packaged carton. As can be seen from Figure 2, side panel portions 20a and 26a are larger than central support panels 30 and 16 respectively.
  • the carton provides the various advantages of enabling good bottle retention in a carton whilst providing a carton which also hides from view that part of the bottle label L adjacent the bottle cap C which can be unsightly from a marketing or aesthetic point of view or which may, for example be furnished with a single product bar code.
  • a carton made from paperboard or similar material can of course carry printed matter such as product designation or advertising material thereby enhancing the point of sale presentation of the product.
  • the carton can also comprise end closures 40 which as shown schematically in Figure 3 act to obscure the majority of the end view of the bottle neck retained in the carton 11 and particularly that part of the label L directly below the bottle cap C.
  • end closures 40 can be put into position simply by passing a bottle through the associate aperture 38 and by causing the end closure 40 to pivot about hinge line 54. The end closure 40 is then raised to an upright position wherein friction tabs 48 and 52 fold about hinges at opposite ends of cuts 50 and 46 thereby to retain the end closure 40 in its upright position.
  • the end closure 40 can be contoured at its upper end 56 so as to marry the shape of the underside of intermediate panels 14 and 32 in the formed carton 11. This enables complete screening of the end beneath the intermediate panels 14 and 32 and above the bottom walls 22 and 24 and also enables a further resistance against movement of the intermediate panels 14 and 32 when trying to withdraw a bottle B from carton 11.

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  • Auxiliary Devices For And Details Of Packaging Control (AREA)
  • Polishing Bodies And Polishing Tools (AREA)
  • Details Of Rigid Or Semi-Rigid Containers (AREA)
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  • Packaging Frangible Articles (AREA)
  • Pharmaceuticals Containing Other Organic And Inorganic Compounds (AREA)
  • Filling Of Jars Or Cans And Processes For Cleaning And Sealing Jars (AREA)
  • Manipulator (AREA)
  • Packaging Of Annular Or Rod-Shaped Articles, Wearing Apparel, Cassettes, Or The Like (AREA)
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EP95905902A 1993-12-14 1994-12-14 Bottle carrier Expired - Lifetime EP0730554B1 (en)

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GB939325497A GB9325497D0 (en) 1993-12-14 1993-12-14 Carrier
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PCT/US1994/014285 WO1995016617A2 (en) 1993-12-14 1994-12-14 Bottle carrier

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FI (1) FI962476A (ko)
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PL (1) PL178309B1 (ko)
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EP0730554A1 (en) 1996-09-11
BR9408304A (pt) 1997-08-26
PE27595A1 (es) 1995-09-26
MA25579A1 (fr) 2002-12-31
CN1062825C (zh) 2001-03-07
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ATE172425T1 (de) 1998-11-15
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GB9325497D0 (en) 1994-02-16
PL178309B1 (pl) 2000-04-28
DK0730554T3 (da) 1999-06-28
DE69414127D1 (de) 1998-11-26
FI962476A0 (fi) 1996-06-14
CZ172096A3 (en) 1997-02-12
NO309856B1 (no) 2001-04-09
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