EP0931003B1 - Article carrier and blank therefor - Google Patents

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EP0931003B1
EP0931003B1 EP97910848A EP97910848A EP0931003B1 EP 0931003 B1 EP0931003 B1 EP 0931003B1 EP 97910848 A EP97910848 A EP 97910848A EP 97910848 A EP97910848 A EP 97910848A EP 0931003 B1 EP0931003 B1 EP 0931003B1
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Martinus C. M. Bakx
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WestRock Packaging Systems LLC
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    • B65D71/0022—Tray-like elements provided with handles, for storage or transport of several articles, e.g. bottles, tins, jars formed by folding or erecting one blank, and provided with vertical partitions
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    • 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
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  • Fig. 1 is a plan view of a blank for an article carrier in accordance with the present invention, showing the inner surface thereof.
  • the blank which is preferably formed from a paperboard material, includes end panel 12, side panel 14, end panel 16 and side panel 18. These panels are interconnected along fold lines 20, 22 and 24 respectively. Connected along fold line 26 at an opposite end of side panel 18 is a glue flap 28.
  • Bottom panels 30, 32, 34 and 36 are folded along fold lines 38, 40, 42 and 44 respectively to produce the intermediate structure shown in FIG. 3.
  • the end of slit 62, 76 will be positioned closer to the center of the edge of the handle in the erected carton while maintaining the preferred width for connecting portion 66, 78.
  • Such a position for the end of slit 62, 76 helps to keep the tearing of material to a minimum, and helps prevent an increase in force required to open the collapsed carrier as compared to conventional carriers.
  • the present invention enables the carrier to be adjusted with respect to partition depth and corresponding cost as may be appropriate with regard to the particular circumstances for which the article carrier is being produced.

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  • Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • Mechanical Engineering (AREA)
  • Cartons (AREA)
  • Packages (AREA)
  • Control And Other Processes For Unpacking Of Materials (AREA)
  • Grinding Of Cylindrical And Plane Surfaces (AREA)
  • Constituent Portions Of Griding Lathes, Driving, Sensing And Control (AREA)
  • Buffer Packaging (AREA)
  • Containers Having Bodies Formed In One Piece (AREA)
  • Wrappers (AREA)
  • Passenger Equipment (AREA)
  • Transition And Organic Metals Composition Catalysts For Addition Polymerization (AREA)
  • Polishing Bodies And Polishing Tools (AREA)
  • Disintegrating Or Milling (AREA)
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EP97910848A 1996-10-11 1997-10-09 Article carrier and blank therefor Expired - Lifetime EP0931003B1 (en)

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EP01201727A EP1125858B1 (en) 1996-10-11 1997-10-09 Article carrier and blank therefor

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US72872896A 1996-10-11 1996-10-11
US728728 1996-10-11
PCT/US1997/018215 WO1998016441A1 (en) 1996-10-11 1997-10-09 Article carrier and blank therefor

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EP0931003B1 true EP0931003B1 (en) 2002-01-09

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AT (2) ATE211704T1 (pl)
AU (1) AU4812397A (pl)
DE (2) DE69709942C5 (pl)
DK (1) DK0931003T3 (pl)
ES (2) ES2171256T3 (pl)
PL (1) PL186554B1 (pl)
PT (1) PT931003E (pl)
WO (1) WO1998016441A1 (pl)

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ATE276161T1 (de) 2004-10-15
AU4812397A (en) 1998-05-11
ES2225402T3 (es) 2005-03-16
PT931003E (pt) 2002-06-28
ES2171256T3 (es) 2002-09-01
DE69709942D1 (de) 2002-02-28
EP1125858A3 (en) 2001-08-29
DE69709942T2 (de) 2002-08-29
EP1125858A2 (en) 2001-08-22
DE69730756T2 (de) 2005-11-10
EP1125858B1 (en) 2004-09-15
PL186554B1 (pl) 2004-01-30
DE69730756D1 (de) 2004-10-21
ATE211704T1 (de) 2002-01-15
PL332691A1 (en) 1999-09-27
DE69709942C5 (de) 2008-10-09
WO1998016441A1 (en) 1998-04-23
DK0931003T3 (da) 2002-04-02
EP0931003A1 (en) 1999-07-28

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