EP1633649A2 - Wraparound carton and blank - Google Patents
Wraparound carton and blankInfo
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- EP1633649A2 EP1633649A2 EP04760122A EP04760122A EP1633649A2 EP 1633649 A2 EP1633649 A2 EP 1633649A2 EP 04760122 A EP04760122 A EP 04760122A EP 04760122 A EP04760122 A EP 04760122A EP 1633649 A2 EP1633649 A2 EP 1633649A2
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- panel
- carton
- side wall
- aperture
- support panel
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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
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Definitions
- the present invention relates to a carton and blank. More particularly, the invention re to a wraparound carton and blank for accommodating articles, for example flexible sache semi-liquid foodstuffs e.g., fruit juice, having a protruding sachet portion.
- articles for example flexible sache semi-liquid foodstuffs e.g., fruit juice, having a protruding sachet portion.
- wraparound carriers are provided with apertures to retain one or more arti US 4 836 375 (Sinister) illustrates one example.
- the present invention seeks to overcome or at mitigate the problems of the prior art by providing a suitable support structure to reduc ⁇ internal movement of the articles within the carton and to reduce the risk of the outer ca being deformed or, worse, torn.
- a carton for holdi plurality of articles comprising a top wall, opposed side walls, a base wall an internal partition structure.
- the partition structure is provided by a support panel hinge one of the side walls and extending between the opposed side walls and a pivoting p hingedly connected to the support panel and folded out of alignment with the support p;
- the pivoting panel is secured to the other side wall and thereby reveals an aperture ir support panel for receiving an article to be packaged.
- the internal partition structure forms part of a locking arrangement between the opposite ends of a blank for forming the carton.
- the aperture is shaped to receive and engage a locking tab hinged to an upper panel portion of the one side wall.
- a blank for forming a carton for holding a plurality of articles comprising in series a first side wall panel, a top wall panel, a second side wall panel, a base wall panel, a third side wall panel and an internal partition structure, the partition structure provided by a support panel hinged to the third side wall panel and a pivoting panel hingedly connected to the support panel and struck from at least in part the support panel to define an aperture in the support panel in a set up carton.
- the aperture is shaped to receive and engage a locking tab hinged to a first side wall panel.
- a method of forming a carton wherein the internal partition structure is formed by folding the support panel with respect to the one side wall to extend between the opposed side walls and pivoting the pivot panel to be folded out of alignment with the support panel to be secured to the other side wall thereby to reveal an aperture to receive an article to be packaged.
- FIGURE 1 is a plan view of a blank for forming a carton according to one embodiment of the present invention
- FIGURES 2, 3 and 4 are perspective views of the blank of Figure 1 during successive stages of carton construction and the loading procedure;
- FIGURE 5 is a cross-section view of the carton in a set up condition showing the internal partition structure
- FIGURE 6 is a perspective view of the carton formed from the blank of Figure 1 in a fully set up and loaded condition.
- a blank 10 formed from paperboard or like foldable sheet material for forming a wraparound 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, ends and base of the carton.
- first side wall panel 12 there comprises a first side wall panel 12, a top wall panel 14, second side wall panel 16, a base wall panel 18 and a third side wall panel 20 hingedly connected one to the next along fold lines 22, 24, 26 and 28 respectively.
- An internal partition structure 30 is provided, which in this embodiment is hingedly connected to the third side wall panel 20 along interrupted fold line 32.
- the internal partition structure 30 is arranged to provide for an easy formation and preferably, to function as part of a locking arrangement.
- the partition structure 30 comprises a support panel 34 which is separated by flaps 40 and 42 so that the support panel is in three parts, 34a, 34b and 34c.
- the flaps 40 and 42 are hingedly connected along respective fold lines 44 and 46 to an articulating panel 38.
- the articulating panel 38 forms an inner wall of the constructed carton.
- Panel 38 is hingedly connected to support panel 34 along interrupted fold line 36.
- 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 50 hingedly connected to one end of the blank, in this embodiment first side wall panel 12 along fold line 52.
- the tab 50 comprises opposed recesses 54 to define a shoulder portion to engage with a corresponding edge of an aperture defined in the opposing end of the blank.
- the female part of the locking arrangement is, in this invention, provided by the aperture 72 ( Figure 4) formed when flaps 40 and 42 are constructed.
- the flaps 40, 42 are each shaped to define a shaped recess 51 to receive and engage the corresponding tabs 50.
- end wall structure 55 extending from opposed side and top wall panels 12, 16 and 14.
- Each end wall structure is identical and therefore only one end wall structure will now be described in any greater detail.
- web panels 58a and 58b are provided to connect the end wall panel 56 to the adjacent side wall panels 16 and 12 respectively.
- Web panel 58a is hingedly connected to side wall panel 16 along fold line 62a and to end wall panel along fold line 64a.
- web panel 58b is hingedly connected to side wall panel 12 long fold line 62b and to end wall panel 56 along fold line 64b.
- a handle H ( Figure 6) which is defined by one or more handle panels 64, struck in the or each side wall panel 12, 16. Handle panel 64 is hingedly connected to the respective side wall panel along fold line 66. There may further comprise one or more display windows 68 to display the products.
- 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 articulating panel 38, illustrated by cross hatching and referenced with the letter G.
- the internal partition structure 32 and third side wall panel 20 are folded along fold line 28 into face contacting arrangement with side wall panel 16 and base wall panel 18 respectively, shown in Figure 3.
- Articulating panel 38 is secured to side wall panel 16, so that the internal partition structure is in a flat collapsed condition shown in Figure 3 ready to be supplied to an end user for final construction and loading.
- the internal partition structure is formed whereby base wall panel 18 and support panel 34 are folded out of face contacting arrangement along fold lines 36, 32 and 26, 28 respectively. This action causes the flap(s) 40, 42 and part of the articulating panel 38 to be separated from the support panel 34 thereby to define a pair of apertures 72 in the support panel 34 to receive one or more articles A, shown in Figure 4.
- the articles A are loaded by relative vertical movement between the articles and the part- erected carton in a packaging machine, as is well known in the art. As the articles A are inserted through apertures 72, they come into contact with flaps 40, 42 which cause the flaps to be folded into substantially perpendicular arrangement with the articulating panel 38 and, preferably, to be placed in face contacting arrangement with base wall panel 18; thereby to provide a rigid support structure for the carton C.
- top wall panel 14 is folded along fold lines 22 and 24 over the articles A and side wall panel 12 is folded downwardly and tabs 50 are inserted into the recesses 51 defined in part of the apertures 72, shown in more detail in Figure 5.
- end wall structure 55 it is constructed by folding end wall panel 56 downwardly along fold line 60 such that web panels 58a and 58b are also folded downwardly and out of alignment with end wall panel 56 by folding along fold line 62 and 64, and the end walls of the carton are oriented as shown in Figure 4.
- a carton C is formed for holding a plurality of articles.
- the carton comprises a top wall 14, opposed side walls 12, 20 and 16 and a base wall 18 and an internal partition structure 30, the partition structure is provided by a support panel 34 hinged to one side wall 12, 20 to extend between the opposed side walls 12, 20 and 16 and pivoting panel 38 hingedly connected to the support panel 34 and folded out of alignment with the support panel.
- the pivoting panel 38 is secured to the other side wall 16 and thereby reveals an aperture 72 for receiving an article to be packaged as shown in Figure 6.
- the present invention and its preferred embodiment relate to an arrangement for providing a partition structure in a wraparound carton.
- the invention can be applied to a variety of carriers and is not limited to those of the wraparound type hereinbefore described and could be used for numerous applications for example a fully enclosed carton or clip.
- 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 one or more articles of differing size or shape, alternative closure structures may be used.
- the carton may accommodate more than one article in different arrays.
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Abstract
A carton for holding a plurality of articles (A), the carton comprising a top wall (14), opposed side walls (12, 20; and 16), a base wall (18) and an internal partition structure (30), the partition structure being provided by a support panel (34) hinged to one (12, 20) of the side walls and extending between the opposed side walls and a pivoting panel (38) hingedly connected to the support panel (34) and folded out of alignment with the support panel. The pivoting panel (38) is secured to the other side wall (16) and thereby reveals an aperture (72) in the support panel for receiving an article to be packaged.
Description
WRAPAROUND CARTON AND BLANK
Background of the Invention
The present invention relates to a carton and blank. More particularly, the invention re to a wraparound carton and blank for accommodating articles, for example flexible sache semi-liquid foodstuffs e.g., fruit juice, having a protruding sachet portion.
Commonly, wraparound carriers are provided with apertures to retain one or more arti US 4 836 375 (Sinister) illustrates one example.
When flexible articles are to be packaged, such as sachets containing semi-liquid foodst the sachets can potentially be problematic because there is a tendency for such artic deform, and/or overlap with each other. The present invention seeks to overcome or at mitigate the problems of the prior art by providing a suitable support structure to reduc< internal movement of the articles within the carton and to reduce the risk of the outer ca being deformed or, worse, torn.
Summary of the Invention
According to a first aspect of the present invention there is provided a carton for holdi plurality of articles, the carton comprising a top wall, opposed side walls, a base wall an internal partition structure. The partition structure is provided by a support panel hinge one of the side walls and extending between the opposed side walls and a pivoting p hingedly connected to the support panel and folded out of alignment with the support p; The pivoting panel is secured to the other side wall and thereby reveals an aperture ir support panel for receiving an article to be packaged..
Preferably, there further comprises a foot flap hinged to the pivoting panel to define a fui portion of the aperture. The foot flap may be folded to be placed in face conta< arrangement with the base wall.
According to an optional feature of this aspect of the invention, the internal partition structure forms part of a locking arrangement between the opposite ends of a blank for forming the carton.
Preferably, the aperture is shaped to receive and engage a locking tab hinged to an upper panel portion of the one side wall.
According to a second aspect of this invention, there is provided a blank for forming a carton for holding a plurality of articles comprising in series a first side wall panel, a top wall panel, a second side wall panel, a base wall panel, a third side wall panel and an internal partition structure, the partition structure provided by a support panel hinged to the third side wall panel and a pivoting panel hingedly connected to the support panel and struck from at least in part the support panel to define an aperture in the support panel in a set up carton.
Preferably, there further comprises a foot flap hinged to the pivoting panel to define a further portion of said aperture.
Preferably, the aperture is shaped to receive and engage a locking tab hinged to a first side wall panel.
According to a third aspect of this invention, there is provided a method of forming a carton wherein the internal partition structure is formed by folding the support panel with respect to the one side wall to extend between the opposed side walls and pivoting the pivot panel to be folded out of alignment with the support panel to be secured to the other side wall thereby to reveal an aperture to receive an article to be packaged.
.Brief Description of the Drawings
Exemplary embodiments of the invention will now be described, by way of example only, with reference to the accompanying drawings in which:
FIGURE 1 is a plan view of a blank for forming a carton according to one embodiment of the present invention;
FIGURES 2, 3 and 4 are perspective views of the blank of Figure 1 during successive stages of carton construction and the loading procedure;
FIGURE 5 is a cross-section view of the carton in a set up condition showing the internal partition structure; and
FIGURE 6 is a perspective view of the carton formed from the blank of Figure 1 in a fully set up and loaded condition.
Detailed Description of the Preferred Embodiment
Referring to the drawings and in particular Figure 1, there is shown a blank 10 formed from paperboard or like foldable sheet material for forming a wraparound 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, ends and base of the carton.
In this embodiment there comprises a first side wall panel 12, a top wall panel 14, second side wall panel 16, a base wall panel 18 and a third side wall panel 20 hingedly connected one to the next along fold lines 22, 24, 26 and 28 respectively. An internal partition structure 30 is provided, which in this embodiment is hingedly connected to the third side wall panel 20 along interrupted fold line 32.
The internal partition structure 30 is arranged to provide for an easy formation and preferably, to function as part of a locking arrangement.
As shown in Figure 1, the partition structure 30 comprises a support panel 34 which is separated by flaps 40 and 42 so that the support panel is in three parts, 34a, 34b and 34c. The flaps 40 and 42 are hingedly connected along respective fold lines 44 and 46 to an
articulating panel 38. The articulating panel 38 forms an inner wall of the constructed carton. Panel 38 is hingedly connected to support panel 34 along interrupted fold line 36.
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 50 hingedly connected to one end of the blank, in this embodiment first side wall panel 12 along fold line 52. The tab 50 comprises opposed recesses 54 to define a shoulder portion to engage with a corresponding edge of an aperture defined in the opposing end of the blank. The female part of the locking arrangement is, in this invention, provided by the aperture 72 (Figure 4) formed when flaps 40 and 42 are constructed. In this embodiment, the flaps 40, 42 are each shaped to define a shaped recess 51 to receive and engage the corresponding tabs 50.
In one class of embodiments, there further comprises end wall structure 55 extending from opposed side and top wall panels 12, 16 and 14. Each end wall structure is identical and therefore only one end wall structure will now be described in any greater detail. There comprises an end wall panel 56 hingedly connected to top wall panel 14 along fold line 60. Preferably, web panels 58a and 58b are provided to connect the end wall panel 56 to the adjacent side wall panels 16 and 12 respectively. Web panel 58a is hingedly connected to side wall panel 16 along fold line 62a and to end wall panel along fold line 64a. Similarly, web panel 58b is hingedly connected to side wall panel 12 long fold line 62b and to end wall panel 56 along fold line 64b.
In one class of embodiments, there comprises a handle H (Figure 6) which is defined by one or more handle panels 64, struck in the or each side wall panel 12, 16. Handle panel 64 is hingedly connected to the respective side wall panel along fold line 66. There may further comprise one or more display windows 68 to display the products.
In order to form the completed carrier in flat collapsed condition from the blank, a series of sequential 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 articulating panel 38, illustrated by cross hatching and referenced with the letter G. The internal partition structure 32 and third side wall panel 20 are folded along fold line 28 into face contacting arrangement with side wall panel 16 and base wall panel 18 respectively, shown in Figure 3. Articulating panel 38 is secured to side wall panel 16, so that the internal partition structure is in a flat collapsed condition shown in Figure 3 ready to be supplied to an end user for final construction and loading.
In order to complete construction of the carton, the internal partition structure is formed whereby base wall panel 18 and support panel 34 are folded out of face contacting arrangement along fold lines 36, 32 and 26, 28 respectively. This action causes the flap(s) 40, 42 and part of the articulating panel 38 to be separated from the support panel 34 thereby to define a pair of apertures 72 in the support panel 34 to receive one or more articles A, shown in Figure 4.
The articles A are loaded by relative vertical movement between the articles and the part- erected carton in a packaging machine, as is well known in the art. As the articles A are inserted through apertures 72, they come into contact with flaps 40, 42 which cause the flaps to be folded into substantially perpendicular arrangement with the articulating panel 38 and, preferably, to be placed in face contacting arrangement with base wall panel 18; thereby to provide a rigid support structure for the carton C.
Thereafter, the remaining panels are folded over the articles, so that top wall panel 14 is folded along fold lines 22 and 24 over the articles A and side wall panel 12 is folded downwardly and tabs 50 are inserted into the recesses 51 defined in part of the apertures 72, shown in more detail in Figure 5.
In those embodiments with an end wall structure 55, it is constructed by folding end wall panel 56 downwardly along fold line 60 such that web panels 58a and 58b are also folded
downwardly and out of alignment with end wall panel 56 by folding along fold line 62 and 64, and the end walls of the carton are oriented as shown in Figure 4.
Thus, a carton C is formed for holding a plurality of articles. The carton comprises a top wall 14, opposed side walls 12, 20 and 16 and a base wall 18 and an internal partition structure 30, the partition structure is provided by a support panel 34 hinged to one side wall 12, 20 to extend between the opposed side walls 12, 20 and 16 and pivoting panel 38 hingedly connected to the support panel 34 and folded out of alignment with the support panel. The pivoting panel 38 is secured to the other side wall 16 and thereby reveals an aperture 72 for receiving an article to be packaged as shown in Figure 6.
The present invention and its preferred embodiment relate to an arrangement for providing a partition structure in a wraparound carton. However, it is anticipated that the invention can be applied to a variety of carriers and is not limited to those of the wraparound type hereinbefore described and could be used for numerous applications for example a fully enclosed carton or clip.
It will be recognised that as used herein, directional references such as "top", "base", "end", "side", "inner", "outer", "upper" and "lower" do not limit the respective panels to such orientation, but merely serve to distinguish these panels from one another. Any reference to 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.
It should be understood that various changes may be made within the scope of the present invention, for example, the size and shape of the panels and apertures may be adjusted to accommodate one or more articles of differing size or shape, alternative closure structures may be used. The carton may accommodate more than one article in different arrays.
Claims
1. A carton for holding a plurality of articles, the carton comprising a top wall, opposed side walls, a base wall and an internal partition structure, the partition structure being provided by a support panel hinged to one of the side walls and extending between the opposed side walls and a pivoting panel hingedly connected to the support panel and folded out of alignment with the support panel, the pivoting panel being secured to the other side wall thereby revealing an aperture in the support panel for receiving an article to be packaged.
2. A carton as claimed in claim 1 wherein there further comprises a foot flap hinged to the pivoting panel to define a further portion of said aperture, which foot flap is adapted to be folded to be placed in face contacting arrangement with the base wall.
3. A carton as claimed in claim 1 or claim 2 wherein the internal partition structure forms part of a locking arrangement between opposite ends of a blank for forming the carton.
4. A carton as claimed in claim 3 wherein the aperture is shaped to receive and engage a locking tab hinged to an upper panel portion of said one side wall.
5. A carton as claimed in claim 1 wherein the one side wall comprises upper and lower panel portions, and the support panel is hinged to the lower panel portion.
6. A carton as claimed in claim 5 wherein the aperture is shaped to receive and engage a locking tab hinged to the upper panel portion whereby the upper and lower panel portions are secured together to provide the one side wall.
7. A blank for forming a carton for holding a plurality of articles comprising in series a first side wall panel, a top wall panel, a second side wall panel, a base wall panel, a third side wall panel and an internal partition structure, the partition structure is provided by a support panel hinged to the third side wall panel and a pivoting panel hingedly connected to the support panel and struck from at least in part the support panel to define an aperture in the support panel in a set up carton.
8. A blank as claimed in claim 7 wherein there further comprises a foot flap hinged to the pivoting panel to define a further portion of said aperture.
9. A blank as claimed in claim 8 wherein the aperture is shaped to receive and engage a locking tab hinged to a first side wall panel.
10. A package comprising a carton as claimed in any of claims 1 to 6 and one or more articles adapted to be held within the internal partition structure.
11. A method of forming a carton as claimed in any of claims 1 to 6 wherein the internal partition structure is formed by folding the support panel with respect the one side wall to extend between the opposed side walls and pivoting the pivot panel to be folded out of alignment with the support panel to be secured to the other side wall thereby to reveal an aperture to receive an article to be packaged.
12. A blank substantially as hereinbefore described by reference to or as illustrated in
Figure 1.
13. A carton substantially as hereinbefore described by reference to or as illustrated in Figure 4, 5 and/or 6.
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