EP0934212B1 - Carton a poignee dans la partie superieure - Google Patents

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EP0934212B1
EP0934212B1 EP97944594A EP97944594A EP0934212B1 EP 0934212 B1 EP0934212 B1 EP 0934212B1 EP 97944594 A EP97944594 A EP 97944594A EP 97944594 A EP97944594 A EP 97944594A EP 0934212 B1 EP0934212 B1 EP 0934212B1
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Jean-Michel Garnier
Jean-Michel Auclair
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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

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  • the invention relates to an article carrier which is used for securing a plurality of articles such as bottles in a group. More particularly, the invention relates to an article carrier of the top gripping type which attaches to the tops of articles thereby to secure the articles in an array.
  • US-A-5273156 discloses a neck clip bottle carrier having a handle panel extending up from angled side panels. Lower edges of openings in the side panels engage neck flaps of bottles. The handle panel can be folded to be engaged with the bottle flange to maintain the handle panel below the bottle tops to allow the carriers to be stacked.
  • the present invention and its preferred embodiment seek to overcome or at least mitigate the problems of the prior art.
  • One aspect of the invention provides an article carrier of the top-gripping type for accommodating at least one article having a neck flange
  • carrier comprises a handle panel hinged to a top part of the carrier and foldable from an upright position of use to a stowed position in which it extends adjacent a first side wall of the carrier and means provided to hold the handle panel in its stowed position characterised in that means are provided on said top part to space the neck flange of each article above said top part to expose the neck flanges and to enable means from storage shelving to be introduced beneath the neck flanges for engagement therewith thereby to support the article carrier.
  • the spacing means may comprise at least one spacer element protruding from the top part of the carrier to engage the neck flange of the article.
  • the spacer element may be an article receiving tab extending from a side wall of the carrier.
  • the means to hold the handle panel in a stowed position may comprise a handle locking tab extending from a free edge of the first side wall of the carrier and a retaining portion of the handle panel, which handle locking tab is adapted to interengage with the retaining portion.
  • the retaining portion may extend inwardly from an upper edge of a hand aperture of the handle panel.
  • the support means may comprise a pair of guides adapted to be engaged with the neck flange of at least one article.
  • the carrier may comprise a base panel having a plurality of apertures to receive the articles, a handle panel being connected to top gripping means, the top gripping means being formed from inwardly sloping first and second side walls, each side wall being connected to the base panel along their lower edge.
  • the handle panel extends from the upper edge of each side wall, wherein the top griping means includes a pair of complementary top gripping apertures struck from respective ones of the side walls and extending into the handle panel.
  • a second aspect of the invention provides a blank for forming an article carrier, which blank comprises a base panel having a plurality of apertures to receive the articles, first and second side walls, each side wall being connected to the base panel along their lower edge and a handle panel extending from the upper edge of one or each side wall, and a pair of complementary top gripping apertures struck from respective ones of the side walls.
  • the handle panel may comprise means to hold the handle panel in a stowed position which means comprises a handle locking tab extending from a free edge of the first side wall of the carrier and a retaining portion of the handle panel.
  • the retaining portion may extend inwardly from an upper edge of a hand aperture of the handle panel.
  • FIG. 1 there is shown a carton blank 6 for forming a top gripping carton made from paperboard or similar foldable sheet material.
  • the blank 6 comprises a series of outer panels 7,8 and inner panels 9, 10 hinged one to the next.
  • outer panels 7, 8 comprise side panel 12, top gripping panel 14, handle panels 16, 18, 20, 22, top gripping panel 24, side panel 26, and base panel 28, hingably connected one to the next along fold lines 60, 62, 64, 66, 68, 70, 72 and 74 respectively.
  • Top gripping panel 14 includes an aperture 90 positioned in a central portion of top gripping panel 14 and extending into handle panels 16,18.
  • a pair of apertures 92, 94 are struck from fold line 60 being positioned on either side of aperture 90 and extending into handle panels 16, 18.
  • Tabs 96, 98 and 100 are struck from top gripping panel 14 and extend substantially into apertures 90, 92, 94 respectively, being shaped to provide an opening between said tabs and top gripping panel 14.
  • handle panel 18 there is a tab 102 struck from score line 104 and positioned in a central portion of handle panel 18. Aperture 90 extends substantially to the free edge of tab 102.
  • Handle panel 16, 18 and top gripping panel 14 are symmetrical to handle panels 20, 22 and top gripping panel 24 respectively about fold line 66 whereby these panels are of similar construction and not therefore more specifically described.
  • Base panel 28 comprises three apertures 106, 108, 110 to each receive an upper portion of an article.
  • the apertures are substantially circular with aperture 108 being positioned in a central portion of base panel 28 and apertures 106, 110 being positioned on either side of and substantially equidistant from aperture 108.
  • Tab 112 is struck from side panel 26 and extends into aperture 108.
  • Apertures 106, 110 are adapted to extend between fold lines 74 and 76.
  • Aperture 108 extends to fold line 76 from tab 112.
  • a central interrupted fold line L connects the opposing free edges of base panel 28 and passes through apertures 106, 108, 110.
  • Inner panels 9, 10 to support the aforesaid outer panels 7, 8, are connected to base panel 28 along fold line 76 being symmetrical with outer panels 7, 8 about central fold line L.
  • inner panels 9, 10 comprise side panel 30, top gripping panel 32, handle panels 34, 36, 38, 40, top gripping panel 42 and side panel 44 hingably connected one to the next along fold lines 78, 80, 82, 84, 86, 88 and 89 respectively.
  • Top gripping panel 32 includes an aperture 120 positioned in a central portion of top gripping panel 32 and extending into handle panels 34, 36.
  • a pair of apertures 122, 124 are struck from fold line 78, being positioned either side of aperture 120 and extending into handle panels 34, 36.
  • Tabs 126, 128 and 130 are struck from inner top gripping panel 32 and extend substantially into apertures 120, 122, 124 respectively, being shaped to provide an opening between said tabs and top gripping panel 32.
  • Handle panels 38, 40, top gripping panel 42 and side panel 44 are symmetrical to handle panels 34, 36, top gripping panel 32 and side panel 30 respectively about fold line 84 whereby these panels are of similar construction and therefore not more specifically described.
  • Fold lines 80, 82, 86, 88 are interrupted by apertures B, C, D, E being optionally incorporated to assist in ease of folding.
  • a carton K is constructed with reference to Figures 1 and 2, inner panels 9, 10 are folded about fold line 76 and 84 until the free edge 140 of side panel 30 comes into contact with fold line 74, thereby forming a tubular shaped structure with base panel 28.
  • Outer panel 8 is folded about fold line 74 and brought into a face to face relationship with inner panel 10 thereby moving folding tab 112 out of alignment with aperture 108.
  • Outer panel 7 is then folded about fold line 66 and brought into a face to face relationship with inner panel 9.
  • Outer panels 7, 8 are connected together with inner panels 9, 10 by glue or other means known in the art.
  • the handle structure H is then formed by folding handle panels 34, 36 and handle panels 38, 40 about fold lines 80, 88 respectively until handle panels 34, 36 are brought into a face relationship with handle panels 38, 40 respectively and are connected together by glue or other means known in the art.
  • Articles A are inserted through each of apertures 106, 108, 110 thereby displacing tabs 96, 98, 100 out of their general plane until the distal edges of the tabs come into contact with the underside of the neck flanges of each article 142, 144, 146 respectively.
  • the articles are held in position by aforesaid tabs, as shown in Figure 2.
  • handle structure H is folded about fold lines 70 and 68 such that handle structure H is in a face to face relationship with top gripping panel 24 and side panel 26 respectively.
  • Handle structure H is restrained in a stowed position by tucking tab 102 between article A and tab 112.
  • the neck flanges 142, 144, 146 from each respective article is exposed to allow pairs of guides 148, 150, 152 respectively to be introduced to respective ones of flanges thereby supporting the articles A as shown in Figure 4.
  • tab 102 is unclipped from corresponding tab 112 so that handle structure H can be folded away from the face to face relationship with side panel 26 and into a substantially upright position as shown in Figure 2.
  • side panel 12 may be extended to increase the area for graphics display.
  • handle panel 212 extends along a reduced portion of the tubular structure 210.
  • the other panels are of similar construction to the embodiment described earlier and are not therefore more specifically described.
  • tab 214 is struck from side panel 216 and is adapted to receive tab 218 from handle panel 212.
  • Articles A are inserted according to the method substantially as outlined above. Likewise, to enable the articles A to be stored on guides, handle panel 212 is folded about fold lines 220, 222 such that handle panel 212 is in a face to face relationship with side panel 216.
  • Handle structure 212 is restrained in a stowed position by tucking tab 218 into the aperture formed when tab 214 is moved out of alignment with side panel 216 illustrated in Figure 6.
  • neck flanges 230, 232, 234 from each respective article are exposed to allow pairs of guides (not shown) to be introduced to respective ones of flanges thereby supporting the articles A.
  • the present invention and its preferred embodiments relate to an article carrier which is shaped to provide satisfactory strength to hold the bottles securely but with a degree of flexibility so that the load transferred to the handle is absorbed by carrier.
  • the shape of the blank minimises the amount of paperboard required.
  • the carrier can be applied to an array of bottles by hand or automatic machinery. It is anticipated that the invention can be applied to a variety of carriers and not limited to those of the top gripping sort.

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  1. Emballage de transport pour articles du type à poignée supérieure destiné à recevoir au moins un article ayant une bride de col (142, 144, 146), cet emballage de transport comprenant un panneau de poignée (20, 18) articulé sur une partie supérieure de l'emballage et pouvant être replié d'une position verticale d'utilisation vers une position rabattue dans laquelle il s'étend de façon adjacente à une première paroi latérale (26) de l'emballage de transport et un moyen prévu pour maintenir le panneau de poignée dans sa position rabattue, caractérisé en ce qu'un moyen est prévu sur ladite partie supérieure pour espacer la bride de col de chaque article au-dessus de ladite partie supérieure afin d'exposer les brides de col et de permettre à des moyens venant d'un rayonnage d'être introduits sous les brides de col pour coopérer avec celles-ci et ainsi supporter l'emballage de transport.
  2. Emballage de transport pour articles selon la revendication 1, dans lequel ledit moyen d'espacement comprend au moins un élément d'espacement (96, 98, 100) dépassant de la partie supérieure de l'emballage pour venir en contact avec la bride de col (142, 144, 146) de l'article.
  3. Emballage de transport pour articles selon la revendication 2, dans lequel l'élément d'espacement est une patte de réception d'article (96, 98, 100) s'étendant depuis une paroi latérale (26) de l'emballage de transport.
  4. Emballage de transport pour articles selon l'une des revendications 1 à 3, dans lequel ledit moyen pour maintenir ledit panneau de poignée dans une position rabattue comprend une patte de blocage de poignée (112) s'étendant depuis un bord libre de ladite première paroi latérale (26) de l'emballage et une partie de retenue (102) dudit panneau de poignée, cette patte de blocage de poignée étant adaptée pour s'accrocher avec ladite partie de retenue.
  5. Emballage de transport pour articles selon la revendication 4, dans lequel la partie de retenue (102) s'étend vers l'intérieur depuis un bord supérieur d'une ouverture pour main (90) dudit panneau de poignée (18).
  6. Emballage de transport pour articles selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes, dans lequel le moyen de support comprend une paire de guides (148, 150, 152) adaptés pour coopérer avec ladite bride de col d'au moins un article.
  7. Emballage de transport pour articles selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes, cet emballage de transport comprenant un panneau de base (28) comportant une pluralité d'ouvertures (106, 108, 110) destinées à recevoir lesdits articles, ledit panneau de poignée (H) étant relié à un moyen à poignée supérieure, ledit moyen à poignée supérieure étant formé depuis des première et seconde parois latérales (26, 44) inclinées vers l'intérieur, chaque paroi latérale étant reliée audit panneau de base (28) le long de leur bord inférieur et dans lequel ledit panneau de poignée s'étend depuis le bord supérieur de chaque paroi latérale, dans lequel ledit moyen à poignée supérieure comprend une paire d'ouvertures complémentaires de poignée supérieure (90, 120; 92, 122; 94, 124) prises des parois correspondantes parmi lesdites parois latérales (26, 44) et s'étendant dans ledit panneau de poignée (H).
  8. Emballage de transport pour articles selon la revendication 7, dans lequel sont prévues une paire de pattes d'espacement (96, 126 ; 98, 128 ; 100, 130) s'étendant depuis le bord inférieur de chacune desdites ouvertures et adaptées de façon active pour venir en contact et retenir une partie d'un article espacée desdites parois latérales.
  9. Emballage de transport pour articles selon la revendication 8, dans lequel ladite paire de pattes d'espacement sont adaptées pour espacer une partie col (142, 144, 146) de l'article des première et seconde parois latérales pour permettre à la partie col de recevoir une paire de guides (148, 150, 152) s'étendant depuis un rayonnage pour ainsi tenir ledit article.
  10. Découpe pour la formation d'un emballage de transport pour articles, cette découpe comprenant un panneau de base (28) comportant une pluralité d'ouvertures (106, 108, 110) destinées à recevoir lesdits articles, des première et seconde parois latérales (26, 44), chaque paroi latérale étant reliée audit panneau de base (28) le long de leur bord inférieur et un panneau de poignée s'étendant depuis le bord supérieur d'une ou de chaque dite paroi latérale, et une paire d'ouvertures complémentaires de poignée supérieure (90, 120 ; 92, 122; 94, 124) prises des parois correspondantes parmi lesdites parois latérales (26, 44), caractérisée en ce que sont prévues en outre une paire de pattes d'espacement (96, 126 ; 98, 128 ; 100, 130) s'étendant depuis le bord inférieur de chacune desdites ouvertures de poignée supérieure et adaptées de façon active pour venir en contact et retenir une partie d'un article (A).
  11. Découpe selon la revendication 10, dans laquelle sont prévues une paire de pattes d'espacement (96, 126; 98, 128; 100, 130) s'étendant depuis le bord inférieur de chacune desdites ouvertures et adaptées de façon active pour venir en contact et retenir une partie d'un article espacée desdites parois latérales.
  12. Découpe selon la revendication 11, dans laquelle ladite paire de pattes d'espacement sont adaptées pour espacer une partie col (142, 144, 146) de l'article des première et seconde parois latérales pour permettre à la partie col de recevoir une paire de guides (148, 150, 152) s'étendant depuis un rayonnage pour ainsi tenir ledit article.
  13. Découpe selon l'une quelconque des revendications 10 à 12, dans laquelle est prévu un moyen pour maintenir ledit panneau de poignée dans une position rabattue, ce moyen comprenant une patte de blocage de poignée (112) s'étendant depuis un bord libre de ladite première paroi latérale (26) de l'emballage et une partie de retenue (102) dudit panneau de poignée.
  14. Découpe selon la revendication 13, dans laquelle la partie de retenue (102) s'étend vers l'intérieur depuis un bord supérieur d'une ouverture pour main (90) dudit panneau de poignée (18).
  15. Découpe pour la formation d'un emballage de transport pour articles selon l'une quelconque des revendications 1 à 9.
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GBGB9620479.7A GB9620479D0 (en) 1996-09-30 1996-09-30 Top gripping carton
GB9620479 1996-09-30
PCT/US1997/017672 WO1998014388A1 (fr) 1996-09-30 1997-09-30 Carton a poignee dans la partie superieure

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