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EP0781241B1
EP0781241B1 EP95933193A EP95933193A EP0781241B1 EP 0781241 B1 EP0781241 B1 EP 0781241B1 EP 95933193 A EP95933193 A EP 95933193A EP 95933193 A EP95933193 A EP 95933193A EP 0781241 B1 EP0781241 B1 EP 0781241B1
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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
    • B65D71/48—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 characterised by the handle
    • 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
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65B—MACHINES, APPARATUS OR DEVICES FOR, OR METHODS OF, PACKAGING ARTICLES OR MATERIALS; UNPACKING
    • B65B21/00—Packaging or unpacking of bottles
    • B65B21/24—Enclosing bottles in wrappers

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  • the invention relates to a carrier for articles such as bottles and more particularly to top gripping carriers which engage, for example, the underside of bottle caps thereby to retain the bottle within the carrier.
  • top gripping (or clipping) carriers for carrying two bottles of the PET soft drinks type.
  • US 4,403,689, US 4,378,879, US 4,339,032, US Des 271944 and US Des 271749 disclose article carriers of this type.
  • US 4,339,032 discloses a blank for forming a bottomless bottle carrier wherein the crowns of the bottles are engaged in apertures located on a central fold line between adjacent upper panels of the carton and the sides of the blank are folded downwardly about the fold line prior to engaging the apertures with the underside of bottle tops passing therethrough.
  • the carton of FR 2,183,440 comprises a lower panel having apertures for receiving the necks of three bottles, side panels having handle apertures, and two top panels which overlap to form a composite top wall.
  • Each top panel includes three apertures, which when overlapped engage a lower edge of bottle caps and thereby retain the bottles within the carton.
  • a pair of tabs provided on the free edge of one of the top panels engage cooperating apertures provided in one of the side panels.
  • the carton of US 4,339,032 comprises side walls having upper portions just described with article receiving apertures. Additionally lower portions of the side walls are foldably attached to a series of panels which form side skirts in the carton. Ends of the skirts are glued to the inside of a lower portion of the opposite side panel to that to which the skirts are foldably attached. Also, an internal panel is provided which is foldably attached to the upper portions of the side walls but which rotates inwardly in forming the carton to provide an upper reinforcing panel. Therefore, the carton disclosed by Wood in US 4,339,032 undergoes a series of folding operations and gluing operations in order to form a substantially complete carton prior to loading articles therein. When substantially formed, the carton is lowered onto a pair of bottles until the retaining apertures engage the caps of the bottle thus providing a bottomless carton having side and upper walls and end skirts.
  • a blank for forming an article carrier of the top gripping type comprising hingedly interconnected first and second end panels, first and second side panels and an upper panel having means for cooperating with an article to retain the article in a formed carrier, characterised in that the first end panel, first side panel, second end panel and second side panel are hingedly interconnected in series about an article receiving aperture through which an article is passable in packaging the article during formation of the carrier.
  • the first end panel may be hingedly connected to the first side panel via a gusset structure.
  • the gusset structure may include a gusset panel hingedly attached to the first end panel and to a fold panel which is hingedly attached to the first side panel along a fold line, the fold panel enabling relative folding of the first end panel and the first side panel during formation of the carrier.
  • the first end panel and the second side panel may be connected via a gusset structure.
  • the second end panel and the first side panel may be connected via a gusset structure.
  • the second end panel and the second side panel may be hingedly connected via a gusset structure.
  • an inner panel hingedly attached to the first side panel and extending into the article receiving aperture which inner panel comprises end edges for cooperating with associated end panels during the formation of the carrier.
  • the upper panel may be hingedly attached to the first side panel along a fold line, the upper panel including retaining means for cooperating with the top of the article to retain the article in the formed carrier, such that the retaining means is configurable to cooperate with the article top upon folding of the upper panel about the fold line.
  • a second upper panel may be hingedly attached to the second side panel along a second fold line, the second upper panel including retaining means for cooperating with the top of the article in the formed carrier upon folding of the second upper panel about the second fold line.
  • the retaining means may comprise a retaining aperture defined at least partially in one of the upper panels.
  • the retaining aperture defines a rim, the rim extending into the associated one of the side panels across the associated one of the fold lines. More preferably, the retaining aperture rim in the upper panel and the side panel cooperate with the article top to retain the article in the
  • a second aspect of the invention provides an article carrier formed from a blank described herein.
  • a third aspect of the invention provides a method of forming an article carrier of a top gripping type from a blank.
  • the method comprises the steps of passing an article through the aperture, folding the side panels upwardly and engaging the article retaining means in the upper panel with the top of the article.
  • a gusset panel may be hingedly connected between each end panel and side panel of the blank and the method further comprises the step of folding the end panels prior to folding the side panels upwardly.
  • the blank may further comprise a fold panel hingably connected between each gusset panel and associated side panel by fold lines, the method comprising the step of folding the fold panel about one of the fold lines connecting it to a side panel so as to cause folding of the associated end panel and gusset panel.
  • the blank may further comprise an inner panel hingably connected to each side panel and extending into the aperture, the inner panel comprising end edges for cooperating with associated end panels, the method may comprise the step of folding the inner panels upwardly prior to folding the fold panels thereby to enable the end edges to cooperate with the end panels during erection thereof. More preferably, the blank may be lowered onto the article which causes the upward movement of the inner panels.
  • an upper panel may be hingably attached to the first side panel along a fold line, the upper panel comprising means for co-operating with the top of the article to retain the article in the formed carrier, wherein the retaining means is configurable to cooperate with the article top upon folding of the upper panel about the fold line, the method further comprising the step of folding the upper panel about the fold line into a position adjacent the second side panel thereby to bring the retaining means into co-operation with the article.
  • the blank may comprise a second upper panel having article retaining means hingably attached to the second side panel, and wherein the method comprises the step of folding the second upper panel to a position adjacent the first side panel thereby to engage the retaining means with an article top. More prefereably, there may include the step of attaching the second upper panel to the first side panel preferably by gluing.
  • any step of method according to the third aspect of invention can be combined in a method of making a carrier.
  • any feature of the blanks according to the first aspect of the invention can be combined in a blank.
  • a handle in at least one of the side or upper panels can also be provided.
  • the blank can be adapted to package a plurality of articles and having retaining means for each article.
  • An example of a carrier blank 10 comprises an upper panel 12 hingably connected to a side panel 16 along fold line 54.
  • Bottle cap engaging apertures 28 are provided in the upper panels and can, as shown here, straddle the fold line 54 so as to extend into an upper side portion 14 of the side wall 16.
  • Side panel 16 thus comprises an upper side portion 14 having, in this example, a handle 30 comprising a handle flap hingably connected to the upper side portion 14 thus defining a handle aperture.
  • Side panel 16 is hingably connected at fold line 38 to an inner panel 18.
  • Inner panel 18 is separated from a second inner panel 20 by cut line 46 which runs transversely across the middle of the carrier blank. Cut line 46 forms a mirror symmetry axis of the carrier.
  • a fold panel 32a is hingably connected to side panel 16 at fold line 35a.
  • a triangular or gusset panel 36a is foldably connected along fold line 34a to fold panel 32a.
  • the gusset panel 36a is foldably connected to an end panel 42a along a fold line 40a. Due to the symmetry of the carton similar fold and gusset panels are provided along each lateral edge of side panels 16 and 22 where like integers have the same reference numerals suffixed by the letter a, b, c or d. Thus four fold panels 32 and four gusset panels 36 are provided.
  • Two end panels 42a and 42c extend between associated pairs of gusset panels. These end panels provide bands or skirts in the formed carrier which help secure the articles in the carrier.
  • the inner panels 18 and 20 are separated by cut lines 50a and 50c from the end panels 42a and 42c respectively.
  • the inner panels can therefore be displaced to reveal an aperture 60 defined by the edges of end panels 42a and 42c adjacent cut lines 50a and 50c respectively, and the edges of side panels 16 and 22 at fold lines 38 and 48 respectively.
  • the second inner panel 20 is hingably connected to a side panel 22 along fold line 48.
  • side panel 22 comprises an upper side portion 24 which comprises a handle 30 and bottle cap engaging apertures 28 which extend into upper panel 26.
  • the upper panel 26 is hingably connected to side panel 22 along fold line 52.
  • the carton blank here is used to package two bottles B.
  • the carton blank can be first pushed down onto the tops of the bottles such that inner panels 18 and 20 are caused to fold upwardly about fold lines 38 and 48 respectively.
  • the fold panels, gusset panels and end panels are then all folded upwardly about fold lines 35.
  • Fold panels 32 are then folded downwardly against the inside of the side panels as shown in Figure 3.
  • This folding causes the gusset panels 36 to pull the end panels or bands 42 in tightly around the ends of the packaged articles B.
  • the inner panels 18 and 20 can be provided to assist in the formation of the carrier during this folding process as end panels 42a and 42c grip the outside of the bottles and gusset panels 36 are caused to rotate inwardly.
  • This assistance can be provided by cooperation between end edges of the inner panel and the gusset panels, for example, by providing a reactive force adjacent fold lines 40 to enable folding of the gusset panels 36 and tightening of the end panels 42 during rotation of fold panels 32.
  • the end panel or band panel 42 can be used to carry advertising and/or to conceal a bar code on the primary packaging of the article being packaged.
  • the side panels 16 and 22 can then be rotated upwardly as shown in Figure 4 prior to folding upper panels 12 and 26 about respective fold lines 50 and 52 thereby to clip a bottle cap C of the articles to be carried in an aperture 28.
  • upper panel 26 can first be folded over the bottle caps followed by upper panel 12 such that rims 29 of the bottle cap receiving apertures 28 grip the underside of a bottle cap C.
  • upper side portions 14 and 24 are caused to fold inwardly contouring the shoulder portion of the bottles.
  • upper panels 12 and/or 16 can be glued to one another or other securing means such as cooperating locking tabs and apertures might be provided.
  • a handle 30 can be presented near the top of the carton.
  • the handle can comprise finger tabs as discussed earlier.
  • Means for cooperating with the top of the package articles B for retention may be used.
  • a "starburst" type aperture may be provided as shown in EP 0 188 327 A2.
  • retention tabs of the type shown in GB 2 273 284 A may be used.
  • Other possibilities will be recognized by those skilled in the art.
  • the carton is easily formed in a relatively simple folding operation and does not require any gluing or other adhesion of panels prior to attaching to articles.
  • articles can be packaged using uniformed carriers in the form of a flat blank which can be folded into a carrier in cooperation with the articles whilst they move along a flow path as indicated by arrow F.

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  1. Flanc (10) destiné à former un porte-article du type à saisie par le haut, comprenant des premier et second panneaux d'extrémité interconnectés de manière articulée (42a, 42c), des premier et second panneaux latéraux (16, 22) et un panneau supérieur (12, 26) comportant des moyens (28) destinés à coopérer avec un article (B) afin de retenir l'article (B) dans un support formé, caractérisé en ce que le premier panneau d'extrémité (42a), le premier panneau latéral (16), le second panneau d'extrémité (42c) et le second panneau latéral (22) sont interconnectés de manière articulée successivement autour d'une ouverture de réception d'article (60) à travers laquelle un article (B) peut être introduit lors du conditionnement de l'article (B), au cours de la formation du support.
  2. Flanc selon la revendication 1, dans lequel ledit premier panneau d'extrémité (42a) est relié de manière articulée audit premier panneau latéral par l'intermédiaire d'une structure formant gousset.
  3. Flanc selon la revendication 2, dans lequel ladite structure formant gousset comprend un panneau en gousset (36a) relié de manière articulée audit premier panneau d'extrémité (42a) et à un panneau formant repli (32a) qui est relié de manière articulée audit premier panneau latéral (16) le long d'une ligne de pliage (35a), ledit panneau formant repli (32a) permettant un pliage relatif entre ledit premier panneau d'extrémité (42a) et ledit premier panneau latéral (16) au cours de la formation du support.
  4. Flanc selon les revendications 2 ou 3, dans lequel ledit premier panneau d'extrémité (42a) et ledit second panneau latéral (22) sont fixés par l'intermédiaire d'une structure formant gousset (36b).
  5. Flanc selon l'une quelconque des revendications 2 à 4, dans lequel ledit second panneau d'extrémité (42c) et ledit premier panneau latéral (16) sont fixés par l'intermédiaire d'une structure formant gousset (36c).
  6. Flanc selon l'une quelconque des revendications 2 à 5, dans lequel ledit second panneau d'extrémité (42c) et ledit second panneau latéral (22) sont fixés de manière articulée par l'intermédiaire d'une structure formant gousset (36d).
  7. Flanc selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes, comprenant, en outre, un panneau interne (18) relié de manière articulée audit premier panneau latéral (16) et s'étendant dans ladite ouverture de réception (60), lequel panneau interne (18) comprenant des bords d'extrémité destinés à coopérer avec des panneaux d'extrémité associés au cours de la formation du support.
  8. Flanc selon la revendication 7, comprenant un second panneau interne similaire (20) relié de manière articulée audit second panneau latéral (22).
  9. Flanc selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes, dans lequel le panneau supérieur (12) est relié de manière articulée au premier panneau latéral suivant une ligne de pliage (54), ledit panneau supérieur comprenant un moyen de retenue destiné à coopérer avec la partie supérieure de l'article afin de retenir l'article dans le support formé, de telle sorte que ledit moyen de retenue peut être configuré de manière à coopérer avec la partie supérieure d'article lors du pliage du panneau supérieur (12) par rapport à ladite ligne de pliage (54).
  10. Flanc selon la revendication 9, dans lequel un second panneau supérieur (26) est relié de manière articulée audit second panneau latéral (22) suivant une seconde ligne de pliage (52), ledit second panneau supérieur (26) comprenant un moyen de retenue destiné à coopérer avec la partie supérieure de l'article dans le support formé lors du pliage du second panneau supérieur (26) par rapport à ladite seconde ligne de pliage (52).
  11. Flanc selon les revendications 9 ou 10, dans lequel ledit moyen de retenue comprend une ouverture de retenue (28) définie au moins partiellement dans un desdits panneaux supérieurs (12, 26).
  12. Flanc selon la revendication 11, dans lequel ladite ouverture de retenue définit un rebord (29), ledit rebord s'étendant dans le panneau associé desdits panneaux latéraux à travers la ligne associée desdites lignes de pliage.
  13. Flanc selon la revendication 12, dans lequel une partie dudit rebord d'ouverture de retenue (29) dans ledit panneau supérieur et ledit panneau latéral coopère avec la partie supérieure d'article afin de retenir l'article dans le support.
  14. Porte-article formé à partir d'un flanc selon l'une quelconque des revendications 1 à 13.
  15. Procédé de formation d'an porte-article du type à saisie par le haut à partir d'un flanc (10) selon la revendication 1, caractérisé en ce que le procédé comprend les étapes d'introduction d'un article à travers l'ouverture, le pliage des panneaux latéraux (16, 22) vers le haut et l'introduction dudit moyen de retenue d'article dans ledit panneau supérieur (12, 26) sur la partie supérieure de l'article.
  16. Procédé selon la revendication 15, dans lequel un panneau en gousset (36a, 36b, 36c, 36d) est relié de manière articulée entre chaque panneau d'extrémité (42a, 42c) et panneau latéral (16, 22) du flanc et dans lequel le procédé comprend, en outre, l'étape de pliage desdits panneaux d'extrémité (42a, 42c) avant le pliage desdits panneaux latéraux (16, 22) vers le haut.
  17. Procédé selon la revendication 16, dans lequel ledit flanc (10) comprend, en outre, un panneau formant repli (32a, 32b, 32c, 32d) relié de manière articulée entre chaque panneau en gousset (36a, 36b, 36c, 36d) et panneau latéral associé par des lignes de pliage, le procédé comprenant l'étape de pliage du panneau formant repli par rapport à l'une desdites lignes de pliage le reliant à un panneau latéral (16, 22) de manière à provoquer le pliage du panneau d'extrémité associé (42a, 42c) et du panneau en gousset.
  18. Procédé selon la revendication 17, dans lequel le flanc comprend, en outre, un panneau interne (18, 20) relié de manière articulée à chaque panneau latéral (16, 22) et s'étendant dans ladite ouverture (60), ledit panneau interne (18, 20) comprenant des bords d'extrémité destinés à coopérer avec des panneaux d'extrémité associés (42a, 42c), le procédé comprenant l'étape de pliage desdits panneaux internes (18, 20) vers le haut avant le pliage desdits panneaux formant repli (32a, 32b, 32c, 32d), permettant ainsi que lesdits bords d'extrémité coopèrent avec les panneaux d'extrémité (42a, 42c) au cours de leur érection.
  19. Procédé selon la revendication 18, dans lequel le flanc est abaissé sur l'article, ce qui provoque le déplacement vers le haut desdits panneaux internes (18, 20).
  20. Procédé selon l'une quelconque des revendications 15 à 19, dans lequel un panneau supérieur (12) est relié de manière articulée audit premier panneau latéral (16) le long d'une ligne de pliage (54), ledit panneau supérieur comprenant un moyen destiné à coopérer avec la partie supérieure de l'article afin de retenir l'article dans le support formé, dans lequel ledit moyen de retenue peut être configuré de manière à coopérer avec la partie supérieure d'article lors du pliage du panneau supérieur par rapport à ladite ligne de pliage, le procédé comprenant, en outre, l'étape de pliage du panneau supérieur (12) par rapport à ladite ligne de pliage (54) dans une position adjacente au second panneau latéral (22) afin d'amener ainsi ledit moyen de retenue en coopération avec l'article.
  21. Procédé selon la revendication 20, dans lequel le flanc comprend un second panneau supérieur (26) comportant un moyen de retenue d'article relié de manière articulée audit second panneau latéral, et dans lequel le procédé comprend l'étape de pliage dudit second panneau supérieur (26) à une position adjacente audit premier panneau latéral (16) afin d'introduire ainsi ledit moyen de retenue sur la partie supérieure d'article.
  22. Procédé selon la revendication 21, comprenant l'étape de fixation, de préférence, par collage du second panneau supérieur sur le premier panneau latéral.
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