EP1615829B1 - Fully enclosed carton and blank - Google Patents

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EP1615829B1
EP1615829B1 EP04760091A EP04760091A EP1615829B1 EP 1615829 B1 EP1615829 B1 EP 1615829B1 EP 04760091 A EP04760091 A EP 04760091A EP 04760091 A EP04760091 A EP 04760091A EP 1615829 B1 EP1615829 B1 EP 1615829B1
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carton
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Patrick Blin
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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
    • B65D71/06—Packaging elements holding or encircling completely or almost completely the bundle of articles, e.g. wrappers
    • B65D71/12—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
    • B65D71/36—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, with end walls
    • 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
    • B65D2571/00135—Wrapper locking means integral with the wrapper
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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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    • 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
    • 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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    • 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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  • the present invention relates to a wraparound carton and blank. More particularly, the invention relates to a wraparound carton and blank for accommodating articles, for example flexible sachets of semi-liquid foodstuffs e.g., fruit juice, having a protruding sachet portion.
  • articles for example flexible sachets of semi-liquid foodstuffs e.g., fruit juice, having a protruding sachet portion.
  • wraparound carriers are provided with apertures to retain one or more articles.
  • US 4 836 375 (Shuster) illustrates one example.
  • US 6 227 367 B1 shows another example.
  • the present invention seeks to overcome or at least mitigate the problems of the prior art by providing a suitable support structure to reduce the internal movement of articles within the carton and reduce the risk of the outer carton being deformed or, worse, torn.
  • a first aspect of the invention provides a carton for holding a plurality of articles which carton comprises a top wall, a base wall, opposed side walls and opposed end walls.
  • a divider structure for separating adjacent articles is formed from at least one of the end walls.
  • the divider structure includes first and second inwardly folded divider panels hinged to one another and to the opposed side walls and an inwardly folded support panel hinged to and extending between the lower portions of the first and second divider panels.
  • the side walls converge towards their upper edges.
  • the top wall may comprise a pair of top wall panels and a locking arrangement for securing the top wall panels together.
  • a second aspect of the invention provides a blank for forming a carton described in the preceding paragraphs.
  • a blank 10 formed from paperboard or like foldable sheet material for forming a fully enclosed carton to be used for multiple packaging of articles in an array.
  • the blank comprises a plurality of panels for forming the top, opposed sides and ends and base of the carton.
  • first side wall panel 12 there comprises a first side wall panel 12, an end wall panel 14, second side wall panel 16, a second end wall panel 18 and a securing flap 20 hingedly connected one to the next in series along fold lines 22, 24, 26 and 28 respectively.
  • top wall and base wall structures for forming the top and base walls respectively.
  • the top wall structure comprises a first top wall panel 53 hingedly connected to side wall panel 16 along fold line 55 and a second top wall panel 54 hingedly connected to first side wall panel 12 along fold line 56.
  • the base wall structure is constructed from first base wall panel 58 hingedly connected to first side wall panel 12 along fold line 62 and second base wall panel 60 hingedly connected to the side wall panel 16 along fold line 64.
  • the outer edges of the base wall panels 58 and 60 are provided respectively with portions P1 and P2 that are adapted to be interengaged.
  • engaging flaps 67 and 68 hingedly connected to respective first and second base wall panels 58 and 60 along fold line 66 and 70 respectively.
  • Support flaps are provided by first support flap 72 hingedly connected to end wall panel 14 along fold line 74 and a second support flap 76 hingedly connected to second end wall panel 18 along fold line 78.
  • the locking arrangement for the carton of the present invention is provided by a locking tab and aperture arrangement whereby there comprises one or more tabs 80 extending from the top wall panel 53.
  • the tab 80 comprises opposed recesses 82 to define a shoulder portion to engage with corresponding edge of an aperture defined in part by cut line 84.
  • the female part of the locking arrangement is, in this invention, provided by the aperture formed when second top wall panel 54 is folded along fold line 56.
  • the divider structure used to separate adjacent articles held within the carton.
  • the divider structure is provided by an arrangement in the end wall structures.
  • Each end wall 14, 18 is provided by inwardly oriented panels which are positioned intermediate adjacent articles.
  • end wall 14 comprises a first divider panel 30 and a second divider panel 32 hingedly connected together along fold line 34 and to respective first and second side wall panels 12 and 16 along fold lines 22 and 24.
  • a support panel 36 hingedly connected to first and second divider panels 30 and 32 along fold lines 38 and 40.
  • end wall 18 comprises a first divider panel 42 and a second divider panel 44 hingedly connected together along fold line 46 and to respective second side wall panel 16 and securing flap 20 along fold lines 26 and 28.
  • Support panels 36 and 48 are shaped to maintain the divider panels in the desired shape which in this embodiment, is web shaped.
  • support panels could be formed in a different shape according to the desired shape of the divider, for example arcuate or strophoidal.
  • a transverse partition panel 90 is struck from and hingedly connected to side wall panel 16 along fold line 92 to define a display window.
  • the transverse partition panel 90 is used to separate adjacent arrays of articles.
  • folding and gluing operations are required and will be described further with reference to Figures 2 to 6 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 stage of construction is for glue to be applied to the securing flap 20 illustrated by cross hatching and referenced by the letter G.
  • the end wall 18 and securing flap 20 are folded along fold line 26 into face contacting arrangement with side wall panel 16, shown in Figure 3.
  • side wall panel 12 is folded along fold line 22 to be placed in face contacting arrangement with end wall 14 and is secured to securing flap 20, as shown in Figure 4.
  • the base wall is part-constructed by folding support flaps 72, 76 inwardly into face contacting relationship with end walls 14, 18.
  • Base wall panels 58, 60 are inwardly folded along fold lines 62, 64 so that engaging flaps 67, 68 are brought in to face contacting relationship with support flaps 72, 76 respectively and are secured together.
  • the carton is in a flat collapsed condition ready to be supplied to an end user for final construction and loading.
  • the opposed side wall panels and opposed end wall panels of the carton are folded out of face contacting arrangement along fold lines 22, 24, 26 and 28 to form a tubular structure.
  • This folding action causes the base wall structure to be automatically formed, whereby support flaps 72, 76 and engaging panels 67, 68 are folded downwardly which in turn causes the first and second base wall panels to be folded outwardly.
  • the protruding portions P1 and P2 abut and are then caused to be interengaged in overlapping arrangement.
  • the panel is folded inwardly along fold line 92 prior to the introduction of articles within the carton.
  • top wall is formed.
  • the inner top wall panel 54 is folded inwardly along fold line 56 to reveal an aperture formed in part by cut line 84.
  • the outer top wall panel 53 is folded inwardly along fold line 55 and locking tab 80 is folded so as to be inserted into aperture and is engaged therewith. By this means, the inner and outer top walls panels 54 and 53 are secured together in a face contacting relationship.
  • the divider is formed by inwardly folding divider panels 30 and 32 and 42 and 44 along fold lines 34 and 46 respectively.
  • the divider panels are also folded along fold lines 38, 40 and 50, 52 to be folded in an angular arrangement with respect to the support panels 36 and 48, as shown in Figure 6.
  • edges of the dividers defined by fold lines 34 and 46 are positioned at the inward point of the divider to separate adjacent articles thereby to improve stability and restrict unwanted movement within the carrier.
  • the present invention and its preferred embodiment relate to an arrangement for providing a reclosable access structure in a fully enclosed carton.
  • the invention can be applied to a variety of carriers and is not limited to those of the fully enclosed type hereinbefore described and could be used for numerous applications for example a wraparound carton.
  • 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 as set forth in the appended claims.
  • 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.

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SI200430263T SI1615829T1 (sl) 2003-04-23 2004-04-22 Popolnoma zaprt karton in kroj
PL04760091T PL1615829T3 (pl) 2003-04-23 2004-04-22 Opakowanie całkowicie zamknięte i wykrój

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GBGB0309184.0A GB0309184D0 (en) 2003-04-23 2003-04-23 Fully enclosed carton and blank
PCT/US2004/012327 WO2004094248A1 (en) 2003-04-23 2004-04-22 Fully enclosed carton and blank

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JP (1) JP2006515255A (pl)
CN (1) CN1777537A (pl)
AT (1) ATE352494T1 (pl)
CA (1) CA2522523A1 (pl)
DE (1) DE602004004522T2 (pl)
DK (1) DK1615829T3 (pl)
ES (1) ES2281817T3 (pl)
GB (1) GB0309184D0 (pl)
MX (1) MXPA05011257A (pl)
PL (1) PL1615829T3 (pl)
PT (1) PT1615829E (pl)
RU (1) RU2317926C2 (pl)
SI (1) SI1615829T1 (pl)
WO (1) WO2004094248A1 (pl)

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RU2317926C2 (ru) 2008-02-27
PT1615829E (pt) 2007-03-30
PL1615829T3 (pl) 2007-09-28
MXPA05011257A (es) 2006-01-24
WO2004094248A1 (en) 2004-11-04
EP1615829A1 (en) 2006-01-18
DE602004004522T2 (de) 2007-08-23
RU2005136365A (ru) 2006-06-10
GB0309184D0 (en) 2003-05-28
CA2522523A1 (en) 2004-11-04
DE602004004522D1 (de) 2007-03-15
JP2006515255A (ja) 2006-05-25
CN1777537A (zh) 2006-05-24
SI1615829T1 (sl) 2007-06-30
DK1615829T3 (da) 2007-05-29
ES2281817T3 (es) 2007-10-01

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