EP1353855B1 - Kartonumhüllung und zuschnitt dafür - Google Patents

Kartonumhüllung und zuschnitt dafür Download PDF

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EP1353855B1
EP1353855B1 EP01959546A EP01959546A EP1353855B1 EP 1353855 B1 EP1353855 B1 EP 1353855B1 EP 01959546 A EP01959546 A EP 01959546A EP 01959546 A EP01959546 A EP 01959546A EP 1353855 B1 EP1353855 B1 EP 1353855B1
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Jean-Michel Auclair
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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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    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
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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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    • 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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  • This invention relates to a carton and a blank for forming a carton according to the preambles of claims 1 and 10 respectively which is used for accommodating one or more articles, for example, flexible pouch packs or bottles. It also concerns the method of forming the carton from the blank and loading the same with one or more articles. More particularly, the invention relates to a wraparound carton incorporating a top-gripping structure which attaches to an upper portion of one or more articles thereby to secure the articles in an array.
  • Top-gripping cartons are well known, particularly in the field of multiple packaging of bottles.
  • US 3 168 963 or US 3692228 which illustrates a wraparound carton having an article retaining structure and a retention panel between the top and bottom walls formed with at least one article receiving aperture.
  • GB 825384 (corresponding to the preambles of claims 1 and 10), which discloses a tubular carton having a brace tab that engages an inner surface of the tubular carton.
  • top-gripping carriers A problem associated with known top-gripping carriers is that the retention panel and/or tubular structure for retaining the article will tend to collapse which creates an unstable carrier.
  • the present invention seeks to overcome or at least mitigate the problems of the prior art.
  • One aspect of the invention provides a carton for holding an article, for example, a flexible pouch, which carton comprises an article retaining structure for preventing the dislodgement of the packaged articles through the open ends of the carton.
  • the article retaining structure comprises a retaining panel which extends between the carton side walls intermediate the top and bottom walls of the carton to form a tubular structure in cooperation with the top wall.
  • the retaining panel is formed with an article receiving aperture, wherein the tubular structure is provided with a brace for retaining the tubular structure in an erected form.
  • the brace comprises a brace panel hinged to the retention panel and folded inwardly of the tubular structure to extend between the retention panel and the top wall.
  • the brace is provided with a friction tab hinged to the brace panel, the friction tab being adapted to be pressed against the inner side surface of the tubular structure to retain the brace panel in the folded position.
  • the brace panel is struck from the retention panel and defines the article receiving aperture when folded into the tubular structure.
  • the friction tab is adapted to engage the upper portion of one ofthe carton side walls.
  • the friction tab is struck from the side wall of the tubular structure.
  • the side wall may comprises an upper side panel hingedly interconnecting the top wall and the retention panel and the lower side wall panel connecting the bottom wall and attached to the upper side wall panel and wherein said friction panel is struck from the upper side wall panel.
  • the lower side panel is attached to the outer surface of the upper side panel to cover the opening defined in the upper side panel by the friction tab. More preferably, a portion of the friction tabs is revealed in the opening defined in the upper side panel and wherein the friction tab is secured by glue to the lower side panel.
  • At least one opening is formed in either the top wall or in the side wall of the article retention structure to allow the top portion of one of the articles to be exposed to view.
  • a second aspect of the invention provides a blank for forming a carton for holding an article, for example, a flexible pouch, which blank comprises a plurality of panels for forming a carton including a first side wall panel, a bottom panel, a second side wall panel and a top panel hingedly connected one to the next, and an article retaining structure extending between the carton sidewall panels intermediate the top wall panel, when the carton is set up, the retention structure comprising a retaining panel and securing means to connect the retaining panel to the side walls panels to form a tubular structure in a set up carton, the retaining panel is formed with an article receiving aperture and a brace for retaining the tubular structure in an erected form.
  • the brace comprises a brace panel hingedly connected to the retention panel and adapted to be folded inwardly of the tubular structure of an erected carton thereby to extend between the retention panel and the top panel.
  • the brace is provided with a friction tab hinged to the brace panel, the friction tab being adapted to be pressed against an inner surface of the tubular structure.
  • the brace panel is struck from the retention panel and defines the article receiving aperture when folded into the tubular structure.
  • the friction tab is struck from the side wall panel.
  • the side wall panel may comprise an upper side panel hingedly interconnecting the top wall panel and a lower side wall panel connecting the bottom wall and wherein said friction panel is struck from the upper side wall panel.
  • an end closure structure for closing the ends of the carton, which end closure structure comprising an enclosure panel and at least one glue flap hingedly connected to the end closure.
  • a unitary blank 10 for forming an article carrier made from paperboard or similar foldable sheet material there may comprise a two-part blank, for example a blank for forming the wraparound carrier and a separate blank for forming the internal article retention structure.
  • the blank 10 comprises a series of panels hingedly connected one to the next in series to define a top wall, opposed side walls and a base. Preferably, there comprises upper and lower side wall panels.
  • the blank 10 comprises a plurality of panels for forming a wraparound carton, which in this embodiment comprises a first side wall panel 14, a base panel 16, second side wall panel 18, an upper second side wall panel 20 and top wall panel 22 hingedly connected together in series along fold line 32, 34, 36 and 38 respectively.
  • securing means is provided in order to secure the first side wall panel 14 to the top panel 22.
  • the securing means is provided by a securing flap 12 that is hingedly connected to the lateral edge of side panel 14 along fold line 30.
  • the article retention structure is provided by a first spacer panel 24, a retention panel 26 and a securing panel 28 hingedly connected together in series along fold lines 42 and 44 respectively.
  • the spacer panel 24 spaces the retention panel 26 from the top panel 22.
  • the display apertures 46, 48 reveal a portion of the cap of the article retained within the carrier.
  • a brace is provided to prevent the article retention structure from collapsing.
  • a brace panel 50 struck from and hingedly connected to retaining panel 26 along fold line 54.
  • a friction tab 58 struck from the adjacent spacer panel 24 and hingedly connected to bracing panel 50 along fold line 62.
  • the bracing panel 50 is folded out of alignment with retaining panel 26 to reveal an article receiving aperture 90 ( Figure 7).
  • a second bracing panel may be provided which, in this embodiment, is designated by a reference numeral 52 and is struck from retaining panel 26 and hingedly connected thereto along fold line 56.
  • a friction tab 60 is hingedly connected to bracing panel 52 along fold line 64.
  • the blank 110 is substantially the same as the first embodiment and like features are designated by the same reference numerals with the prefix "1". Therefore only the differences shall be described in any further detail.
  • An end closure structure is provided to prevent the articles from inadvertently being removed, for example, before the product has been sold.
  • the end closure structures are provided by opposing end panels 176a and 176b hingedly connected to opposing sides of side wall panel 118 along fold lines 175a and 175b respectively.
  • Suitable securing means is provided to secure the end closure panels 176 in place, for example a locking tab and aperture arrangement could be used.
  • each end closure structure is the same, so like reference numerals have been used in Figure 2 with the addition of letter's 'a' and 'b' respectively.
  • glue flaps 178 and 180 are provided to be secured to the adjacent first side wall panel 114 and the base wall 116 respectively. It will be seen from Figure 2 that glue flap 178 is secured to a longitudinal edge of end closure panel 176 along fold line 182 and that glue flap 180 is secured to a lateral edge of end closure panel 176 along fold line 184, which in this embodiment is an extension of fold line 134.
  • aperture 270 there further comprises an additional aperture 270 along the opposing part of top panel 220 which is aligned with the corresponding aperture 246.
  • Aperture 270 is struck from top panel 220 and extends into spacer panel 224.
  • aperture 270 provides a second display window for the upper portion of the adjacent article A.
  • a second aperture 272 struck from top panel 220 and extending spacer panel 224 is provided to be substantially aligned with aperture 248.
  • recesses 286, 288 along the free edge of side panel 214. In use, the recesses 286 and 288 are aligned with aperture 270 and 272 respectively to provide a display window.
  • the friction tab 258 is not co-extensive with bracing panel 250 and terminates short, so that an aperture or notch 266 is provided.
  • the notch 266 functions to allow the tab 258 to protrude through the opening 270 to be engaged with an article.
  • notch 268 provided adjacent to bracing tab 260 that functions in the same way.
  • the friction tab 358 again, is not co-extensive with bracing panel 350 and terminates short.
  • an aperture or notch 366 is defined adjacent to the free end edge of the bracing panel 350 remote from fold line 354.
  • the notch 366 functions to prevent the tab 358 from being exposed to view through opening 370.
  • the notch 366 is struck from the friction tab 358 to cooperate with the opening 370 to provide a window to reveal the top portion of one of the articles.
  • There is a similar notch 368 provided adjacent to the free end edge of bracing panel 352. The notch 368 functions to prevent friction tab 360 from being exposed to view through opening 372.
  • the carton of the present invention can be formed by a series of sequential folding and gluing operations which can be performed in a straight line machine, so that the carton is not required to be rotated or converted to complete its construction.
  • the folding process is not limited to that described below and can be altered according to particular manufacturing requirements.
  • the blank 10 of the first embodiment is folded in direction X along fold line 40 to form the internal article retention structure.
  • spacer panel 24 and retaining panel 26 are placed in face-contacting relationship with top panel 22 and upper second side wall panel 20 and are held in place by securing flap 28 to side wall panel 18 by glue G or other suitable securing means known in the art.
  • the carrier is at an intermediate stage construction, shown in Figure 5, whereby it is in flat collapsed condition ready to be supplied to a user, for example a bottler, to be loaded with articles, described below.
  • the retention structure and brace are formed, whereby panels 20, 22, 24 and 26 forming the article retention structure are folded along fold lines 38, 40, 42 and 44 in direction Y so as to form a tubular structure T as shown in Figure 6.
  • This folding action reveals friction tabs 58 and 60 that are ready to form the brace.
  • the brace is formed by folding brace panels 50 and 52 in directions W and V respectively along fold lines 54 and 56 as shown in Figure 7 to take up a bracing position.
  • the bracing panels 50, 52 act as braces by their free edges coming into contact with opposed spacer panels 24, 28 or, as the case may be, side walls. Additionally, or alternatively, the bracing tabs may abut the top wall to provide a brace between the top and retention panels 22, 26.
  • friction tabs 58 and 60 are folded along fold lines 62 and 64, so as to come into face contacting relationship with spacer panel 24. It is envisaged that in some embodiments the spacer panels are dispensed with, in which case the friction tabs come into face contacting relationship with the side walls.
  • brace panels 50, 52 are held in place by the frictional engagement between the inner face of spacer panel 24 and the tabs 58 and 60 respectively, thereby to maintain the tubular structure in a set-up condition.
  • glue may be applied to friction tabs 58, 60 so that they are secured to spacer panel 24.
  • the tabs 58, 60 may be shaped so as to protrude in part 59,61 ( Figure 9), through apertures 90, 92.
  • this allows tabs 58, 60 to be secured directly to an outer panel of the carrier, for example, securing tab 12 to provide a structure of improved rigidity.
  • the panels forming the wraparound carrier are formed, so that the base panel 16 and first side wall panel 14 are folded out of alignment with second side wall panel 18 along fold lines 34 and 32 respectively as shown in Figure 8.
  • the articles Prior to constructing the wraparound carrier, the articles are applied to the carrier by relative movement between the article A and the tubular structure T, preferably during continuous forward movement
  • the articles are grouped in a two-by-two array although is anticipated that other groupings or even a single article could be packaged without departing from the scope of the invention.
  • the articles pass through apertures 90 and 92 to be held in place within the tubular structure T.
  • suitable retention means engage the upper part of the article(s) tp prevent any movement within the apertures 90, 92.
  • the side and base walls are folded as described above and the first side wall panel 14 is secured to the article retention structure by securing glue flap 12 to spacer panel 24 by glue or other suitable means known in the art.
  • the carton is in set-up and loaded condition as shown in Figure 10.
  • the articles to be packaged are flexible foil pouches and so, in order to retain the articles in place, the panels forming the wraparound carrier are drawn in tightly by moving the securing flap 12 up along spacer panel 24 prior to being secured therewith so as to provide a stable and easy stacking package.
  • the construction of the second, third and fourth embodiments are substantially the same as the first embodiment described and illustrated in Figures 4, 5, 6 and 7 and, therefore, only the construction of the end closure structure is described in any greater detail.
  • the articles A are applied to the article retention structure by relative vertical movement during continuous forward feed, as shown in Figures 11 and 12, and before folding the base and side wall panels 216, 214, the end closure structure is formed. This is achieved by folding end wall panel 276 inwardly along fold line 275.
  • glue flaps 278 and 280 are folded along fold lines 282 and 284 respectively around the articles A, as illustrated in Figure 12.
  • the base and/or first side wall panel 214 may be secured to the glue flaps 278 and/or 280 respectively to retain the end closure panels 276 in place.
  • the carton is in a set-up condition as shown in Figure 13.
  • the friction tabs 258 and 260 are engaged in apertures 270 and 272 respectively, to retain the brace panels 250 and 252 in a bracing position.
  • the present invention and its preferred embodiments relate to an arrangement for forming a brace in an article retention structure formed from material that also forms one or more article receiving apertures.
  • the invention can be applied to a variety of carriers and not limited to those of a wraparound type described above.
  • the size and shape of the panels and apertures may be adjusted to accommodate articles of different size or shape, alternatively top and base closure structures may be used.
  • the carton may accommodate more than one article in different arrays. In the illustrated embodiment, there comprise four articles arranged in two-by-two array although, of course, other arrays are envisaged.

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  1. Schachtel zum Halten eines Gegenstands, beispielsweise eines elastischen Beutels, wobei die Schachtel eine Gegenstandsrückhaltestruktur umfasst, um zu verhindern, dass der verpackte Gegenstand durch die offenen Enden der Schachtel entfernt wird, wobei die Gegenstandsrückhaltestruktur eine Rückhaltewandfläche (26, 126, 226) umfasst, die sich zwischen gegenüberliegenden Schachtelseitenwänden (14, 18, 114, 118, 214, 218) zwischen der Decken- (22, 122) und der Bodenwand (16, 116, 216) der Schachtel erstreckt, um eine röhrenförmige Struktur im Zusammenwirken mit der Deckenwand auszubilden, wobei die Rückhaltewandfläche mit einer Gegenstandsaufnahmeöffnung ausgebildet ist und die röhrenförmige Struktur mit einer Strebe zum Beibehalten der röhrenförmigen Struktur in einem aufgerichteten Zustand bereitgestellt ist, wobei die Strebe eine Strebenwandfläche (50, 52, 150, 152, 250, 252) umfasst, die gelenkig an die Rückhaltewandfläche angebracht ist und von der röhrenförmigen Struktur nach Innen gefaltet ist, um sich zwischen der Rückhaltewandfläche und der Deckenwand zu erstrecken, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass die Strebe mit einer Reibungslasche (58, 60, 158, 160, 258, 260) bereitgestellt ist, die gelenkig an die Strebenwandfläche angebracht ist, wobei die Reibungslasche angepasst ist, gegen eine Innenseite der röhrenförmigen Struktur gedrückt zu werden, um die Strebenwandfläche in der gefalteten Position zurückzuhalten.
  2. Schachtel nach Anspruch 1, wobei die Strebenwandfläche aus der Rückhaltewandfläche ausgestanzt ist und die Gegenstandsaufnahmeöffnung definiert, wen diese in die röhrenförmige Struktur gefaltet wird.
  3. Schachtel nach Anspruch 1 oder 2, wobei die Reibungslasche angepasst ist, einen oberen Abschnitt von einer der Schachtelseitenwände in Eingriff zu nehmen.
  4. Schachtel nach einem der Ansprüche 1 bis 3, wobei die Reibungslasche aus einer Seitenwand der röhrenförmigen Struktur ausgestanzt ist.
  5. Schachtel nach Anspruch 4, wobei die Seitenwand eine obere Seitenwandfläche (24, 124, 224) umfasst, die gelenkig die Deckenwand und die Rückhaltewandfläche miteinander verbindet, sowie eine untere Seltenwandfläche (14, 114, 214), die mit der Bodenwand verbunden ist und an die obere Seitenwandfläche angebracht ist, und wobei die Reibungslasche aus der oberen Seitenwandfläche ausgestanzt ist.
  6. Schachtel nach Anspruch 5, wobei die untere Seitenwandfläche an die Außenseite der oberen Seitenwandfläche angebracht ist, um die Öffnung zu überdecken, die in der oberen Seitenwandfläche durch die Reibungslasche definiert wird.
  7. Schachtel nach Anspruch 6, wobei ein Abschnitt der Reibungslasche in der Öffnung freigelegt ist, die in der oberen Seitenwandfläche definiert wird, und wobei die Reibungslasche mittels Klebstoff an die untere Seitenwandfläche befestigt ist.
  8. Schachtel nach einem der vorstehenden Ansprüche, wobei wenigstens eine Öffnung (46, 48, 146, 148, 246, 248) entweder in der Deckenwand oder in der Seitenwand der Gegenstandsrückhaltestruktur ausgebildet ist, um zu ermöglichen, dass der obere Abschnitt eines der Gegenstände sichtbar ist.
  9. Schachtel nach einem der vorstehenden Ansprüche, wobei die Schachtel ferner eine Endverschlussstruktur zum Verschließen der Enden der Schachtel umfasst, wobei die Endverschlussstruktur eine Endverschlusswandfläche (176a, 176b) und wenigstens eine Klebeklappe (178a, 178b, 180a, 180b) umfasst, die gelenkig an die Endverschlusswandfläche angebracht ist, um an eine der Boden- oder Seitenwände der Schachtel befestigt zu werden.
  10. Zuschnitt zum Ausbilden einer Schachtel zum Halten eines Gegenstands, beispielsweise eines elastischen Beutels, wobei der Zuschnitt eine Vielzahl von Wandflächen umfasst einschließlich einer ersten Seitenwandfläche (14, 114, 214), einer Bodenwandfläche (16, 116, 216), einer zweiten Seitenwandfläche (18, 118, 218) und einer Deckenwandfläche (21, 122, 222), die gelenkig eine mit der anderen verbunden sind, sowie einer Gegenstandsrückhaltestruktur, die sich zwischen den Schachtelseitenwandflächen zwischen der Deckenwandfläche erstreckt, wenn die Schachtel aufgerichtet ist, wobei die Rückhaltestruktur eine Rückhaltewandfläche (26, 126, 226) und Befestigungsmittel umfasst, um die Rückhaltewandfläche mit den Seitenwandflächen zu verbinden, um eine röhrenförmige Struktur in einer aufgerichteten Schachtel auszubilden, wobei die Rückhaltewandfläche mit einer Gegenstandsaufnahmeöffnung sowie einer Strebe zum Beibehalten der röhrenförmigen Struktur in einem aufgerichteten Zustand ausgebildet ist, wobei die Strebe eine Strebenwandfläche (50, 52, 150, 152, 252) umfasst, die gelenkig an die Rückhaltewandfläche angebracht ist und angepasst ist, von der röhrenförmigen Struktur einer aufgerichteten Schachtel nach Innen gefaltet zu werden, um sich somit zwischen der Rückhaltewandfläche und der Deckenwandfläche zu erstrecken, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass die Strebe mit einer Reibungslasche (58, 60, 158, 160, 258, 260) bereitgestellt ist, die gelenkig an die Strebenwandfläche angebracht ist, wobei die Reibungslasche angepasst ist, gegen eine Innenseite der röhrenförmigen Struktur gedrückt zu werden.
  11. Zuschnitt nach Anspruch 10, wobei die Strebenwandfläche aus der Rückhaltewandfläche ausgestanzt ist und die Gegenstandsaufnahmeöffnung definiert, wen diese in die röhrenförmige Struktur gefaltet wird.
  12. Zuschnitt nach Anspruch 10 oder 11, wobei die Reibungslasche aus der Seitenwandfläche ausgestanzt ist.
  13. Zuschnitt nach einem der Ansprüche 10 bis 12, wobei die Seitenwandfläche eine obere Seitenwandfläche (216, 124, 224) umfasst, die gelenkig die Deckenwandfläche und die Rückhaltewandfläche miteinander verbindet, sowie eine untere Seitenwandfläche (14, 114, 214), die mit der Bodenwandfläche verbunden ist, und wobei die Reibungslasche aus der oberen Seitenwandfläche ausgestanzt ist.
  14. Zuschnitt nach einem der Ansprüche 10 bis 13, wobei wenigstens eine Öffnung (46, 48, 146, 148, 246, 248) entweder in der Deckenwandfläche oder in der Seitenwandfläche der Gegenstandsrückhaltestruktur ausgebildet ist, um zu ermöglichen, dass der obere Abschnitt eines der Gegenstände in der aufgerichteten Schachtel sichtbar ist.
  15. Zuschnitt nach einem der Ansprüche 10 bis 14, wobei der Zuschnitt ferner eine Endverschlussstruktur zum Verschließen der Enden der Schachtel umfasst, wobei die Endverschlussstruktur eine Endverschlusswandfläche (176a, 176b) und wenigstens eine Klebeklappe (178a, 178b, 180a, 180b) umfasst, die gelenkig mit der Endverschlusswandfläche verbunden ist.
  16. Verpackung umfassend eine Schachtel nach einem der Ansprüche 1 bis 9 sowie ein Array von Gegenständen, die in der Schachtel enthalten sind.
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