EP1513737B1 - Trägebehälter für flaschen und zugehöriger zuschnitt - Google Patents

Trägebehälter für flaschen und zugehöriger zuschnitt Download PDF

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EP1513737B1
EP1513737B1 EP03739163A EP03739163A EP1513737B1 EP 1513737 B1 EP1513737 B1 EP 1513737B1 EP 03739163 A EP03739163 A EP 03739163A EP 03739163 A EP03739163 A EP 03739163A EP 1513737 B1 EP1513737 B1 EP 1513737B1
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  • This invention relates to an article carrier of the basket type formed from paperboard which carrier is adapted to accommodate a plurality of articles, such as bottles, and to a blank for forming the carrier.
  • a basket carrier for bottles includes a central (medial) partition structure which incorporates a handle structure by which the carrier can be lifted and carried and the bottles are arranged in rows on either side of the central partition structure.
  • the handle structure ends up being below the level of the tops of the bottles when the bottles are in the carrier. This can make it inconvenient or uncomfortable for a user's hand to use the handle structure, especially if the bottle tops are of the crown type having fairly sharp edges.
  • the handle stands proud of the bottle tops, which makes it difficult to transport and stack such cartons during transit.
  • the present invention seeks to overcome or at least mitigate the problems of the prior art, by providing a new handle structure is provided which, in use, is arranged above the level of the tops of bottles within the carrier, but which can be retracted so as to allow such a carton to be stacked in a stable construction.
  • One aspect of the invention provides a carton having a handle comprising a pair of first and second upright panels and a guide means, wherein the first and second upright panels each includes upper, intermediate and lower hingedly interconnected sections, wherein the intermediate sections of the first and second upright panels are arranged to provide a collapsible tubular structure to allow the handle to become vertically extensible and retractable, characterised in that the guide means comprises a third panel extending downwardly from the upper sections into sliding engagement with the lower sections to maintain the upper sections in vertical alignment with the lower sections during the extending and retracting movement of the handle.
  • the third panel wherein the third upright panel comprises a handle-reinforcing section secured to the handle sections of the first and second upright panels and a guiding section passing through the tubular structure and disposed between the lower sections of the first and second upright panels.
  • the third panel wherein the third upright panel is connected to the handle adjacent said at least two panel sections, the third upright panel being adapted to be held in a recess of the handle when the handle is in a retracted position, the third upright panel sliding in a vertical plane to be retained by said at least two panel sections when the handle is extended.
  • the two adjacent panel sections of the or each of the first and second panel may be formed with at least one aperture for receiving a mechanical element so are very carton forming machines so that the tubular structure may be pre-erected during the carton assembly process.
  • a second aspect of the invention provides a blank having a handle comprising a pair of first and second upright panels and a guide means, wherein the first and second upright panels each includes upper, intermediate and lower hingedly interconnected sections, wherein the intermediate sections of the first and second upright panels are arranged to provide a collapsible tubular structure to allow the handle to become vertically extensible and retractable, characterised in that the guide means comprises a third panel extending downwardly from the upper sections into sliding engagement with the lower sections to maintain the upper sections in vertical alignment with the lower sections during the extending and retracting movement of the handle.
  • the or each of the first and second panels includes a handle section extending upwardly from the collapsible structure.
  • the handle panel further comprises guide means for maintaining the handle section in vertical alignment during the extending and retracting movement of the handle.
  • the or each of the first and second panels further includes the lower section extending downwardly from the tubular structure and wherein the guide means comprises a panel extending downwardly from a handle reinforcing panel connected to the handle panel and adapted to pass through the collapsible structure intermediate the lower sections, for vertical sliding movement in a set up carton.
  • an article carrier is formed from a single blank 10 of paperboard or other suitable foldable sheet material and is adapted to accommodate six bottles "B" (FIGURE 7) arranged in two rows of three bottles each.
  • the carrier can be adapted to provide article-receiving cells for more (or less) than six bottles. This would be achieved by increasing (or decreasing) the length of the blank and adding further medial and transverse partition structures.
  • the blank 10 comprises a plurality of outer panels for forming the sides, the ends and the base of the article carrier: so in Figure 1 there is illustrated an inner first end wall panel 12, first side wall panel 14, second end wall panel 16, second side wall panel 18 and outer first side wall panel 20 hingedly connected together in series along fold lines 22, 24, 26 and 28 respectively.
  • the base comprises a pair of base panels 30 and 32 hingedly connected to the first and second side wall panels 14 and 18 respectively along fold lines 34 and 36.
  • an internal partition structure 38 which is hingedly connected to one end of the blank 10.
  • the internal partition structure 38 is hingedly connected to inner first end wall panel 12 along fold line 42.
  • the internal partition structure is provided by a known partition structure, although in the embodiment of Figure 1 there is provided a partition structure comprising a first medial partition panel 40, extending from fold line 42.
  • a second medial partition panel 44 hingedly connected to the first medial panel 40 along fold line 46.
  • Fold line 46 is preferably positioned along a lower edge of the first medial partition panel 40.
  • transverse partition panels formed from the respective first and (optionally) second medial partition panels 40 and 44.
  • first transverse partition panel 52 struck from medial panel 40 and hingedly connected thereto along fold lines 56.
  • second transverse partition panel 60 is similarly struck from medial panel 40 and hingedly connected thereto along fold line 64.
  • Transverse partition panels 52 and 60 are connected together by means of an intermediate panel 58 which is hingedly connected to first transverse panel 52 along an extension of fold line 54 and to second transverse panel 60 along fold line 62.
  • a securing flap 55 hingedly connected to the second transverse panel 52 along fold line 54.
  • transverse partition panels 70 and 76 are hingedly connected to second medial panel along fold lines 71 and 78 respectively.
  • An intermediate panel 72 hingedly interconnects first and second transverse panels 70 and 76 and is hingedly connected thereto along fold lines 68 and 74.
  • a securing flap 66 is shown in the embodiment of Figure 1 connected to first transverse partition panel 70 along fold line 68.
  • the handle structure H ( Figures 7 and 8) is provided and comprises a first handle panel (or first upright panel) 80 hingedly connected to the opposed end wall panels 16 and 20 along fold lines 82 and 84.
  • a cut line 83 extends between fold lines 82 and 84 to separate the first handle panel 80 from the adjacent side wall panel 18 and part of the end wall panel 16.
  • Handle panel 80 comprises an upper panel part (or handle section) 81 having a hand aperture 94 and, optionally, a cushioning panel 98 hingedly connected to handle panel 80 along fold line 96.
  • Collapsing panel section 90 is hingedly connected to upper panel section 81 along fold line 91. In use, the adjacent panel sections 88 and 90 are collapsible to allow the carrying handle to become vertically extensible and retractable.
  • the handle panel 80 further comprises a lower handle panel section 86 hingedly connected to the lower of the adjacent panel sections 88 along fold line 87.
  • a handle reinforcing panel (or third upright panel) 92 hingedly connected to first handle panel 80 along fold line 101.
  • the handle reinforcing panel 92 further comprises a hand aperture 100 which is adapted to be placed in alignment with hand aperture 94 in a set up condition.
  • the guide means may further comprise guide means for guiding the handle during the vertical sliding movement.
  • the guide means comprises a panel 102 extending downwardly from the handle reinforcing panel 92, although other forms of guide means known in the art are envisaged without departing from the scope of invention.
  • the guide means may be oriented upwardly from an intermediate lower handle panel.
  • a second handle panel (or second upright panel) 106 which is hingedly connected to medial partition panel 40 and first end wall panel 16 but is otherwise separated from the blank by cut line 85 to separate the handle structure from the adjacent side wall panel 14 and inner end wall panel 12.
  • Handle panel 106 comprises an upper panel part 107 having a hand aperture 94 and, optionally, a cushioning panel 98 hingedly connected to handle panel 106 along fold line 96.
  • Upper panel section 116 is hingedly connected to upper panel 107 along fold line 118.
  • the adjacent panel sections 112 and 116 are collapsible to allow the carrying handle to become vertically extensible and retractable.
  • apertures 104 struck from the or each handle panel 80, 106.
  • the apertures are adapted to receive a mechanical element of the carton forming machines so that the collapsible structure may be pre-erected during carton assembly.
  • folding and gluing operations are required and will be described further with reference to Figures 2 to 7 of the drawings.
  • the folding and gluing operations can be performed in one or more straight line machines, so that the tray 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 first step in the construction process shown in Figure 2 is for the handle reinforcing panel 92 to be secured to the first handle panel 80 by folding handle reinforcing panel 92 into face contacting relationship with first handle panel 80 along fold line 101.
  • handle reinforcing panel 92 is secured to first handle panel 80 by glue G, illustrated in Figure 2 by cross-hatching, or other suitable securing means known in the art.
  • second medial panel 44 is folded into face contacting arrangement with first medial panel 40 along fold line 46 and, is preferably, secured thereto by glue or other suitable means known in the art.
  • the blank is at the stage of construction illustrated in Figure 3.
  • the next stage is for the internal partition structure 38 to be formed whereby the first and second medial partition panels 40 and 44 are folded inwardly along fold line 42 and into face contacting arrangement with side wall panel 14.
  • intermediate panel 72 and securing flap 66 are secured to side wall panel 14 and, in those embodiments with lower handle panel section 108, the medial partition panels 44 and 40 are secured to panel 108 so that the blank is at the stage shown in Figure 4.
  • the next stage is to form the handle structure and to secure the opposing side of the internal partition structure to second side wall panel 18.
  • end wall panel 16, side wall panel 18 and second end wall panel 20 are folded inwardly along fold line 24 so that the medial partition panel 40 comes into face contacting arrangement with side wall panel 18 and the intermediate panel 58 and securing flap 55 are secured thereto.
  • Securing flap 48 is secured to end wall panel 16 and medial partition panel 40 is secured to lower panel section 86 in those embodiments with such an arrangement.
  • the handle support panel 92 is secured to second handle panel 106 by glue or other suitable means known in the art and the blank is at the stage of construction shown in Figure 5.
  • outer end wall panel 20 is secured to inner end wall panel 12, by glue or other suitable means known in the art, so that the carton is in a flat collapsed condition as best shown in Figure 6, for which it can be supplied to the end user to be erected for loading.
  • side walls 14 and 18 are moved sideways with respect to the medial partition structure so that the end walls 20 and 16 pivot about their respective fold lines 22, 24, 26 and 28, while transverse partition panels 52 and 60 and 70 and 76 pivot about their respective fold lines 56,64,71 and 78.
  • Loading is accomplished by relative vertical movement between the bottles and the carrier during common continuous form of movement, well known in the art, by which the bottles enter their respective cells through the open bottom (or top) of the carrier. Thereafter, base panels 30 and 32 are folded upwardly to close the lower ends of the bottle cells and can be glued together or otherwise fastened by various known locking means. Thus the carton is in a set up and loaded condition shown in Figure 7.
  • the upper edge E is pushed in a downward direction X which causes the adjacent panel sections 88 and 90 to be folded out of vertical alignment along fold lines 87, 89 and 91 so as to cause the handle to collapse downwardly so the upper edge is aligned with or below the upper portions of the bottles.
  • the panel sections 112 and 116 are similarly caused to be folded out of vertical alignment so as to form a collapsible tubular structure with the panel sections 88 and 90 thereby to allow the carrier handle to become vertically retracted as shown in Figure 8.
  • the guide means is positioned intermediate the lower sections 86 and 108 of respective handle panels 80 and 106 and slide upwardly or downwardly according to whether the handle is being extended or retracted.
  • the panel 120 In a retracted position, the panel 120 is held in a recess R ( Figure 1) formed by medial partition panel 40 and between the lower panel sections 86 and 108 as shown in Figure 9.
  • the handle H When the handle H is in the extended position as shown in Figure 10, then the panel 120 slides in a vertical motion to be retained by the adjacent panel sections 88, 90, thereby to improve the sliding action, whilst reducing the possibility of carton creasing, or tearing.
  • This arrangement provides the strength for the handle structure to carry the rest of the carrier, whilst the lower panels 86 and 108 serve to hold the slidable guide means within the medial partition structure.
  • 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 size and shape of the panels and apertures may be adjusted to accommodate articles of differing size or shape, alternative top and base closure structures may be used.
  • the carton may accommodate more than one article in different arrays.
  • the glue areas could clearly be varied and replaced by other areas, so long as the appropriate panels were attached to each other, as desired. It is also possible to perform some of the gluing and folding operations in a different order.
  • the configuration of the main panels can also be varied, for example by having only one base panel, rather than two, as described above.

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  1. Schachtel mit einem Griff (H), umfassend ein Paar einer ersten (80) und einer zweiten (106) aufrecht stehenden Wandfläche sowie Führungsmittel (92), wobei die erste und die zweite aufrecht stehende Wandfläche jeweils obere (81, 107), mittlere (88, 90, 112, 116) und untere (86, 108) gelenkig miteinander verbundene Abschnitte umfassen, wobei die mittleren Abschnitte der ersten und der zweiten aufrecht stehenden Wandfläche angeordnet sind, um eine zusammenlegbare röhrenförmige Struktur bereitzustellen, um zu ermöglichen, dass der Griff vertikal ausgefahren und eingefahren werden kann, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass die Führungsmittel eine dritte Wandfläche (102) umfassen, die sich von den oberen Abschnitten in eine gleitende In-Eingriffnahme mit den unteren Abschnitten erstreckt, um die oberen Abschnitte in vertikaler Ausrichtung mit den unteren Abschnitten während der Ausfahr- und der Einfahrbewegung des Griffs beizubehalten.
  2. Schachtel nach Anspruch 1, wobei die dritte Wandfläche einen griffverstärkenden Abschnitt (92) umfasst, der an die Griffabschnitte der ersten und der zweiten aufrecht stehenden Wandfläche befestigt ist, sowie einen Führungsabschnitt (102), der durch die röhrenförmige Struktur verläuft und zwischen den unteren Abschnitten der ersten und der zweiten aufrecht stehenden Wandfläche angeordnet ist.
  3. Schachtel nach Anspruch 1, wobei die dritte aufrecht stehende Wandfläche angrenzend an die wenigstens zwei Wandflächenabschnitte mit dem Griff verbunden ist, wobei die dritte aufrecht stehende Wandfläche ausgestaltet ist, in einer Aussparung (R) des Griffes gehalten zu werden, wenn sich der Griff in einer eingefahrenen Position befindet, wobei die dritte aufrecht stehende Wandfläche in einer vertikalen Ebene (X) gleitet, um von den wenigstens zwei Wandflächenabschnitten zurückgehalten zu werden, wenn der Griff ausgefahren wird.
  4. Schachtel nach einem der Ansprüche 1 bis 3, wobei die zwei angrenzenden Wandflächenabschnitte des ersten und des zweiten Wandflächenbereichs mit wenigstens einer Öffnung (104) ausgebildet sind, um ein mechanisches Element einer Schachtelausbildungsmaschine aufzunehmen, so dass die röhrenförmige Struktur während des Schachtelaufbauvorgangs voraufgerichtet werden kann.
  5. Zuschnitt (10) zum Ausbilden einer Schachtel mit einem Griff, umfassend ein Paar einer ersten (80) und einer zweiten (106) aufrecht stehenden Wandfläche sowie Führungsmittel (92), wobei die erste und die zweite aufrecht stehende Wandfläche jeweils obere (81, 107), mittlere (88, 90, 112, 116) und untere (86, 108) gelenkig miteinander verbundene Abschnitte umfassen, wobei die mittleren Abschnitte der ersten und der zweiten aufrecht stehenden Wandfläche angeordnet sind, um eine zusammenlegbare röhrenförmige Struktur bereitzustellen, um zu ermöglichen, dass der Griff vertikal ausgefahren und eingefahren werden kann, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass die Führungsmittel eine dritte Wandfläche (102) umfassen, die sich von den oberen Abschnitten in eine gleitende In-Eingriffnahme mit den unteren Abschnitten erstrecken, um die oberen Abschnitte in vertikaler Ausrichtung mit den unteren Abschnitten während der Ausfahr- und der Einfahrbewegung des Griffs beizubehalten.
  6. Zuschnitt nach Anspruch 5, wobei die zweite aufrecht stehende Wandfläche mit einer Wandfläche zum Ausbilden einer Seitenwand oder Endwand verbunden ist, wobei die zweite aufrecht stehende Wandfläche wenigstens drei Wandflächenabschnitte umfasst, die der Reihe nach gelenkig miteinander verbunden sind, so dass wenigstens zwei der Wandflächenabschnitte der zweiten aufrecht stehenden Wandfläche den wenigstens zwei angrenzenden Wandflächenabschnitten der ersten aufrecht stehenden Wandfläche entsprechen, um die zusammenlegbare Struktur auszubilden.
  7. Zuschnitt nach Anspruch 6, wobei die erste und die zweite aufrecht stehende Wandfläche jeweils einen Griffabschnitt (81, 107) umfassen, der sich von den wenigstens zwei Wandflächenabschnitten einer jeweiligen Wandfläche der ersten und der zweiten aufrecht stehenden Wandfläche nach oben erstreckt.
  8. Zuschnitt nach Anspruch 7, wobei der Griff ferner eine dritte aufrecht stehende Wandfläche (92) umfasst, die gelenkig mit der ersten aufrecht stehenden Wandfläche oder der zweiten aufrecht stehenden Wandfläche verbunden ist, um Führungsmittel bereitzustellen, um die Griffabschnitte in der aufgerichteten Schachtel in vertikaler Ausrichtung beizubehalten.
  9. Zuschnitt nach Anspruch 8, wobei die erste und die zweite aufrecht stehende Wandfläche jeweils ferner den unteren Abschnitt umfassen, der sich von den wenigstens zwei Wandflächenabschnitten der jeweiligen aufrecht stehenden Wandfläche nach unten erstreckt, und wobei die dritte aufrecht stehende Wandfläche einen griffverstärkenden Abschnitt (92) umfasst, der gelenkig mit der einen aufrecht stehenden Wandfläche verbunden ist, sowie einen Führungsabschnitt (102), der sich von dem griffverstärkenden Abschnitt nach unten erstreckt.
  10. Zuschnitt nach einem der Ansprüche 6 bis 9, wobei die zwei angrenzenden Wandflächenabschnitte von jeweils der ersten und der zweiten aufrecht stehenden Wandfläche mit wenigstens einer Öffnung (104) ausgebildet sind, um einmechanisches Element einer Schachtelausbildungsmaschine während des Schachtelaufbauvorgangs aufzunehmen.
  11. Verfahren zum Ausbilden einer Schachtel aus dem Zuschnitt gemäß Anspruch 10, wobei das Verfahren den Schritt des Einbringens eines mechanischen Elements einer Schachtelausbildungsmaschine in die Öffnung (104) umfasst, so dass die röhrenförmige Struktur während des Schachtelaufbauvorgangs voraufgerichtet werden kann.
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