EP1181215B1 - Carton et decoupe de carton, pour ampoules electriques par exemple - Google Patents

Carton et decoupe de carton, pour ampoules electriques par exemple Download PDF

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EP1181215B1
EP1181215B1 EP00932107A EP00932107A EP1181215B1 EP 1181215 B1 EP1181215 B1 EP 1181215B1 EP 00932107 A EP00932107 A EP 00932107A EP 00932107 A EP00932107 A EP 00932107A EP 1181215 B1 EP1181215 B1 EP 1181215B1
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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
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    • B65D71/06—Packaging elements holding or encircling completely or almost completely the bundle of articles, e.g. wrappers
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    • 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
    • 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
    • B65D2571/00129—Wrapper locking means
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    • B65D2571/00141—Wrapper locking means integral with the wrapper glued
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    • 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
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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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    • B65D85/42—Containers, packaging elements or packages, specially adapted for particular articles or materials for articles particularly sensitive to damage by shock or pressure for ampoules; for lamp bulbs; for electronic valves or tubes

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  • US 2,946,498 discloses a light bulb carton comprising a tube which includes apertures for receiving the lamp fittings. A series of panels form the cover for the bulbs. Both the tube and the cover are rectangular in cross section, with the cover having apertures for retaining the upper portion of each.
  • the cover arrangement is formed from panels 20, 22, 24 hingedly connected in series along fold lines 36, 37, 38 and 39 respectively so that in use a tubular structure is formed.
  • a plurality of panels 22 may be hingedly interconnected along a plurality of fold lines 38 in order to wrap around the articles contained within the carton and better conform to the shape of the articles.
  • the carton of the present invention can be formed by a series of sequential folding and, optionally, gluing operations which can be formed in a straight line machine so that the carton is not required to be rotated or inverted to complete its construction.
  • the folding process is not limited to that described below and can be altered according to particular manufacturing requirements.
  • the cover arrangement comprising the plurality of foldably interconnected panels 20, 22, 24 is folded around to encircle the body of the articles thus forming at tubular structure.
  • the number and size of the panels may be adjusted to conform to differently shaped articles. For example, if narrow "candle-type" bulbs are to be accommodated panels 20 and 24 could be increased in size, and the number and/or size of panels 22 reduced.
  • outer side wall panel 26 is secured in face contacting relationship with first side panel 12 using glue or other suitable means known in the art, thus forming the opposing two ply side wall 68.
  • handle means may be provided on the carton, for example, apertures may be provided in the composite side panels 68, 70 by which the carton may be grasped.
  • hinged connection should not be construed as necessarily referring to a single fold line only: indeed it is envisaged that hinged connection can be formed from one or more of one of the following, a score line, a frangible line or a fold line, without departing from the scope of invention.
  • the carton blank may be re-arranged whereby some other panel such as a cover panel is formed from the secured together panels.

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  1. Carton destiné à contenir un ou plusieurs articles ayant une forme courbe, par exemple des ampoules électriques, lequel carton comprend un panneau d'accrochage (14) d'articles comportant au moins une ouverture de retenue (46) prévue dedans pour recevoir et retenir au moins un article de telle manière qu'une partie de l'article fait saillie à travers celle-ci, un agencement de couvercle tubulaire (20, 22, 24) connecté au panneau d'accrochage (14) d'articles pour contenir la partie restante de l'article ou de chaque article, une première et une deuxième paroi latérale (68, 70) s'étendant vers le haut depuis le panneau d'accrochage (14) d'articles et à l'écart de l'agencement de couvercle tubulaire (20, 22, 24) afin de protéger la partie saillante tout en permettant d'y accéder, caractérisé en ce que ledit agencement de couvercle (20, 22, 24) comprend une pluralité de panneaux interconnectés de manière articulée (20, 22, 24) agencés de manière à épouser substantiellement la forme courbe de l'article.
  2. Carton selon la revendication 1, dans lequel les premier et deuxième panneaux de parois latérales (68, 70) sont adaptés pour pivoter autour de connexions articulées sur ledit panneau d'accrochage (14) d'articles pour éloigner de ce fait l'un de l'autre les bords les plus hauts des panneaux latéraux lors de l'introduction de la main d'un utilisateur pour améliorer l'accès à la partie saillante.
  3. Carton selon la revendication 1 ou 2, dans lequel ledit panneau d'accrochage (14) d'articles comporte une première patte (56) définissant au moins une partie de ladite ouverture (46), qui y est connectée de manière articulée, la patte pouvant être déplacée hors du plan dudit panneau récepteur (14) pour s'accrocher de manière fonctionnelle à une partie dudit article quand ledit article est dans ladite ouverture.
  4. Carton selon la revendication 3, dans lequel ledit panneau d'accrochage (14) d'articles comporte une première ligne de pliage (58) qui s'étend longitudinalement entre les bords d'extrémité opposés et est interrompue par ladite patte (56), ladite patte (56) étant articulée sur le panneau d'accrochage (14) d'articles au moyen d'une deuxième et d'une troisième ligne de pliage (60, 62) espacées qui s'étendent de manière mutuellement divergente à partir d'une intersection avec ladite première ligne de pliage (58) de sorte que le déplacement de ladite patte hors dudit plan fait se plier ledit panneau d'accrochage (14) d'articles autour de ladite première ligne de pliage (58).
  5. Carton selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes, dans lequel le carton contient une pluralité d'articles et des lignes découpées transversales (64, 66) sont prévues entre chaque article afin de permettre le retrait d'articles individuels.
  6. Carton selon l'une quelconque des revendications 1 à 5, lequel carton est destiné à contenir une ou plusieurs ampoules électriques, et dans lequel les première et deuxième parois latérales (68, 70) sont adaptées pour permettre l'accès à l'ampoule électrique pour tester le fonctionnement de cette ampoule.
  7. Carton selon l'une quelconque des revendications 1 à 6, dans lequel ledit agencement de couvercle (20, 22, 24) comprend au moins quatre panneaux interconnectés de manière articulée (20, 22, 24) agencés de manière à épouser substantiellement la forme de l'article.
  8. Découpe (10) pour former un carton conforme à la revendication 1 destiné à contenir au moins un article ayant une forme courbe, par exemple une ampoule électrique, la découpe comprenant une pluralité de panneaux connectés ensemble en série de manière pliable comprenant un premier panneau latéral (12), un panneau d'accrochage (14) d'articles, un deuxième panneau latéral (16) et un panneau formant tube pour former un agencement de couvercle tubulaire, le panneau d'accrochage (14) d'articles étant muni d'au moins une ouverture (46) pour recevoir un article, caractérisée en ce que ledit agencement de couvercle comprend une pluralité de panneaux interconnectés de manière articulée (20, 22, 24) agencés de manière à épouser substantiellement, en utilisation, la forme courbe de l'article.
  9. Découpe (10) pour former un carton conforme à la revendication 8 dans laquelle ledit panneau d'accrochage (14) d'articles comporte une première patte (56) définissant au moins une partie de ladite ouverture (46), qui y est connectée de manière articulée, la patte pouvant être déplacée hors du plan dudit panneau récepteur (14) pour s'accrocher de manière fonctionnelle à une partie dudit article quand ledit article est dans ladite ouverture (46).
  10. Découpe (10) pour former un carton conforme à la revendication 9 dans laquelle ledit panneau d'accrochage (14) d'articles comporte une première ligne de pliage (58) qui s'étend longitudinalement entre les bords d'extrémité opposés et est interrompue par ladite patte (56), ladite patte (56) étant articulée sur le panneau d'accrochage (14) d'articles au moyen d'une deuxième et d'une troisième ligne de pliage (60, 62) espacées qui s'étendent de manière mutuellement divergente à partir d'une intersection avec ladite première ligne de pliage (58) de sorte que le déplacement de ladite patte hors dudit plan fait se plier ledit panneau principal autour de ladite première ligne de pliage (58).
  11. Découpe (10) pour former un carton selon les revendications 8 à 10, comprenant en outre une pluralité de lignes découpées transversales (64, 66) prévues entre les bords latéraux opposés du panneau formant tube.
  12. Découpe (10) pour former un carton selon les revendications 8 à 11, dans laquelle ledit agencement de couvercle (20, 22, 24) comprend au moins quatre panneaux interconnectés de manière articulée (20, 22, 24) agencés de manière à épouser substantiellement la forme de l'article.
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GBGB9910435.8A GB9910435D0 (en) 1999-05-06 1999-05-06 Carton and carton blank
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PCT/US2000/012311 WO2000068108A1 (fr) 1999-05-06 2000-05-05 Carton et decoupe de carton, pour ampoules electriques par exemple

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AU (1) AU4988300A (fr)
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