EP1739027A1 - Blank for manufacturing a multi-row bottle carrier and bottle carrier obtained therefrom - Google Patents

Abstract

The cut-out has a base component with a middle base part, two side parts (6), and a transition piece part (11). The part (5) is provided with openings for admission of bottles. The transition piece part is arranged at a middle covering part in the direction of a longitudinal axis, and exhibits equal asymmetrical outlines like asymmetrical outlines of an upper covering part, where the covering parts are arranged one over the other.

Description

The invention relates to a blank of the type specified in the preamble of claim 1 and a bottle carrier produced therewith.

Blanks of this type for the production of multi-row bottle carriers are known in various variants and embodiments ( DE 40 34 069 A1 . DE 1 900 965 U1 . FR 2 346 237 A1 . EP 04 025 488 . DE 203 17 334 . DE 203 16 999 . DE 203 14 088 U1 ). In a state produced by folding and gluing these blanks each completely prefabricated bottle carrier, which are placed in the ready to use, erected state with formed in the bottom and top parts receiving openings on the bottlenecks of bottles to be transported. The desired for the required function solid connection of the carrier with the bottles is achieved by positive locking by the surrounding the receiving openings edges are formed so that when placing the carrier on the bottle necks, which can be done automatically by means of manual or mechanical equipment under od the closure elements. Like. The bottles engage by bias between the bottom and lid parts resiliently.

In addition, bottle carriers of similar type are known ( DE 297 07 445 U1 ), in which the openings for the bottle necks are arranged only in a row.

The known multi-row bottle carrier and the blanks used for their preparation have exclusively symmetrical shapes and are used to hold z. B. 2 x 2 or 2 x 3 bottles. This results in the problem that certain transport containers (eg crates, trays etc.) can only be equipped with similar bottle carriers of the type described if all bottles of these transport containers can be picked up by a majority of the carriers without residue. Thus, it is not possible, for example, to populate a beverage box having 4 x 5 compartments with carriers capable of holding 2 x 2, 2 x 3 or 2 x 4 bottles. To solve this problem, either single row carriers would need to be used for 1 x 4 or 1 x 5 bottles, which is undesirable because of the decreasing stability of single row carriers, or single and multi-row carriers would have to be combined, e.g. For example, three carriers for 2 x 2 bottles with two carriers for 1 x 4 bottles or two carriers for 2 x 3 bottles with two carriers for 2 x 2 bottles. This is undesirable because it makes storage difficult.

In contrast, the invention has for its object to make the blanks for two- or multi-row bottle carrier or the bottle carrier itself so that they provide additional uses and are suitable for solving not yet or not satisfactorily solvable placement tasks.

The blank of the type described has for this purpose the characterizing features of claim 1.

By means of the invention, blanks and bottle carriers which can be produced therewith are proposed, which have an asymmetrical hole pattern for the bottles, in that they are provided, for. B. have a series with openings for receiving two bottles and a row with openings for receiving three bottles. Alternatively, one row could have openings for one (or three) bottles and another row Openings for two (or four) bottles are provided. As a result, even with double-row carriers an odd number of z. B. three, five or seven bottles are included. Since the carriers according to the invention have a recess adjacent to a corner at the end of the row which has the smaller number of openings, it is possible to arrange two such carriers in a 180 ° rotated arrangement in a transport container. Thus, with two or four carriers accommodating two bottles in a row two and in another row, standard bin boxes can be stocked for ten (or twenty) bottles. As a result, residues can be stocked with non-carriers bottles avoided, as in the application z. B. of carriers for 2 x 3 bottles would be the case. Apart from this, the additional, proposed by the invention support section brings the advantage of increased carrying stability with it, so that even glass bottles with a volume of 0.5 1 and more up to 1.5 1 can be held easily and safely transported.

Finally, a particular advantage of the carrier according to the invention consists in the fact that they are additionally provided with numerous further features, such as, for example, As folding lines on the side panels, handles or recesses for projecting parts of Gefachekästen can be provided, which have already proved to be useful in carriers of the type described above.

Further advantageous features of the invention will become apparent from the dependent claims.

A carrier which can be produced from the blank according to the invention is characterized by the features of claim 15.

• Fig. 1 eine Draufsicht auf ein Ausführungsbeispiel eines erfindungsgemäßen, zur Herstellung eines zweireihigen, unsymmetrisch ausgebildeten Flaschenträgers bestimmten Zuschnitts;
• Fig. 2 eine der Fig. 1 entsprechende Draufsicht nach dem Einklappen eines Deckenteils und eines Seitenteils des Zuschnitts;
• Fig. 3 eine Draufsicht des Zuschnitts gemäß Fig. 2 nach dem zusätzlichen, zum fertigen Träger führenden Einklappen auch des anderen Deckenteils;
• Fig. 4 schematisch die Vorderansicht des vollständig vorgefertigten Zuschnitts gemäß Fig. 3 in flach liegendem Zustand;
• Fig. 5 eine der Fig. 4 entsprechende Ansicht des fertigen, bereits halb aufgerichteten Zuschnitts gemäß Fig. 3;
• Fig. 6 eine Vorderansicht des zu einem Flaschenträger aufgerichteten Zuschnitts gemäß Fig. 5;
• Fig. 7 eine Draufsicht auf den Zuschnitt gemäß Fig. 6 in voll aufgerichtetem Zustand, woraus die zweireihige, unsymmetrische Ausbildung des erfindungsgemäßen Flaschenträgers ersichtlich ist;
• Fig. 8 eine Draufsicht des Zuschnitts gemäß Fig. 7 nach dem Aufsetzen und Aufclipsen des Flaschenträgers auf eine Formation von fünf Flaschen mit sichtbaren Kronkorken-Verschlusselementen;
• Fig. 9 eine Vorderansicht des Flaschenträgers gemäß Fig. 8 nach Aufsetzen und Aufclipsen auf fünf unsymmetrisch stehende Flaschen;
• Fig. 10 eine perspektivische Vorderansicht des Flaschenträgers gemäß Fig. 9;
• Fig. 11 eine Seitenansicht des Flaschenträgers gemäß Fig. 9 und 10 mit eingeclipsten Flaschen;
• Fig. 12 eine Draufsicht auf einen Standard-Transportbehälter der Getränkeindustrie mit der Bezeichnung "Gefachekasten" für zwanzig Flaschen in Verbindung mit vier Flaschenträgern in unsymmetrischer Formation für fünf Flaschen beispielsweise gemäß Fig. 10;
• Fig. 13 einen Schnitt längs der Linie XIII - XIII der Fig. 12 durch den Standard-Transportbehälter mit Blick auf zwei quer nebeneinander stehende Flaschenträger;
• Fig. 14 einen Schnitt längs der Linie XIV - XIV der Fig. 12 durch den Standard-Transportbehälter mit Blick auf zwei längs nebeneinander stehende Flaschenträger;
• Fig. 15 eine Draufsicht auf einen Zuschnitt gemäß einem zweiten Ausführungsbeispiel der Erfindung;
• Fig. 16 bis 18 entsprechende Draufsichten des Zuschnitts gemäß Fig. 15, jedoch in verschiedenen Faltzuständen seiner Teile;
• Fig. 19 eine Draufsicht auf ein drittes Ausführungsbeispiel des erfindungsgemäßen Zuschnitts;
• Fig. 20 eine der Fig. 19 entsprechende Draufsicht nach dem Einklappen eines äußeren, einen Befestigungsabschnitt und einen Stützabschnitt aufweisenden Teils;
• Fig. 21 eine Draufsicht auf den Zuschnitt gemäß Fig. 20 nach dem Einklappen eines Deckenteils und eines Seitenteils auf ein Bodenteil des Zuschnitts gemäß Fig.
• Fig. 22 eine Draufsicht auf den Zuschnitt gemäß Fig. 21, jedoch nach dem Einklappen auch des anderen Deckenteils;
• Fig. 23 bis 26 den Fig. 4 bis 6 und 10 entsprechende Ansichten des Zuschnitts nach Fig. 22 des damit hergestellten Flaschenträgers;
• Fig. 27 eine Draufsicht auf einen Zuschnitt gemäß einem vierten Ausführungsbeispiel der Erfindung;
• Fig. 28 bis 31 in der Fig. 27 entsprechenden Draufsichten den Zuschnitt gemäß Fig. 27 in verschiedenen Faltzuständen seiner Teile;
• Fig. 31 in einer der Fig. 6 entsprechenden Vorderansicht den zu einem Flaschenträger aufgerichteten Zuschnitt gemäß Fig. 27;
• Fig. 32 eine Draufsicht auf einen Zuschnitt gemäß einem fünften Ausführungsbeispiel der Erfindung; und
• Fig. 33 bis 36 in der Fig. 32 entsprechenden Draufsichten den Zuschnitt nach Fig. 32 in verschiedenen Faltzuständen seiner Teile.

The invention will be explained in more detail below in connection with the accompanying drawings of exemplary embodiments. Show it:

• Fig. 1 is a plan view of an embodiment of an inventive, intended for the production of a double-row, asymmetrically shaped bottle carrier blank;
• FIG. 2 is a plan view corresponding to FIG. 1 after folding in a cover part and a side part of the blank; FIG.
• 3 shows a plan view of the blank according to FIG. 2 after the additional fold leading to the finished carrier and also of the other cover part;
• FIG. 4 schematically shows the front view of the completely prefabricated blank according to FIG. 3 in a flat lying state; FIG.
• Fig. 5 is a view similar to Figure 4 of the finished, already semi erected blank of FIG. 3.
• Fig. 6 is a front view of the erected to a bottle carrier blank according to FIG. 5;
• 7 shows a plan view of the blank according to FIG. 6 in the fully erected state, from which the two-row, asymmetrical design of the bottle carrier according to the invention can be seen;
• 8 shows a plan view of the blank according to FIG. 7 after the bottle carrier has been placed on and clipped onto a formation of five bottles with visible crown cap closure elements;
• 9 is a front view of the bottle carrier of Figure 8 after placement and clipping on five unsymmetrical standing bottles ..;
• FIG. 10 is a front perspective view of the bottle carrier of FIG. 9; FIG.
• Fig. 11 is a side view of the bottle carrier according to FIGS. 9 and 10 with clipped bottles;
• Fig. 12 is a plan view of a standard transport container of the beverage industry called "Gefachungskasten" for twenty bottles in conjunction with four bottle carriers in unbalanced formation for five bottles, for example, as shown in FIG. 10.
• Figure 13 is a section along the line XIII - XIII of Figure 12 through the standard transport container with a view of two transversely juxtaposed bottle carrier.
• FIG. 14 shows a section along the line XIV-XIV of FIG. 12 through the standard transport container with a view of two longitudinally adjacent bottle carriers; FIG.
• Fig. 15 is a plan view of a blank according to a second embodiment of the invention;
• Figures 16 to 18 are corresponding plan views of the blank according to Figure 15, but in different folding states of its parts.
• Fig. 19 is a plan view of a third embodiment of the blank according to the invention;
• FIG. 20 is a plan view corresponding to FIG. 19 after the folding in of an outer part having a fastening section and a supporting section; FIG.
• 21 shows a plan view of the blank according to FIG. 20 after folding in a cover part and a side part on a bottom part of the blank according to FIG.
• FIG. 22 shows a plan view of the blank according to FIG. 21, but after folding in also of the other cover part; FIG.
• Figures 23 to 26 are views corresponding to Figures 4 to 6 and 10 of the blank according to Figure 22 of the bottle carrier thus produced.
• Fig. 27 is a plan view of a blank according to a fourth embodiment of the invention;
• FIGS. 28 to 31 in plan views corresponding to FIG. 27 show the blank according to FIG. 27 in different folding states of its parts;
• FIG. 31 shows, in a front view corresponding to FIG. 6, the blank as shown in FIG. 27, which is raised to form a bottle carrier; FIG.
• Fig. 32 is a plan view of a blank according to a fifth embodiment of the invention; and
• 33 to 36 in FIG. 32 corresponding plan views of the blank of FIG. 32 in different folding states of its parts.

Fig. 1 shows a erfindungsgeznäßen, double-breasted blank 1 in a flat, unfolded state, ie substantially as it comes from a corresponding punching device. To produce the blank 1, a kraft cardboard is used with a weight that depends on the number and size of the bottles to be packaged z. B. 300 g / m ² to 450 g / m ² may be. As shown in FIG. 1, the blank 1 contains a base element with an overall rectangular outer contour and two long side edges 3a, 3b extending parallel to a longitudinal axis 2 and two short side edges 4a and 4b preferably arranged perpendicular thereto.

The basic element is subdivided into a plurality of fields and in particular contains a bottom part 5, a first side part 6 lying to the right in FIG. 1 and a second side part 7 lying to the left of the bottom part 5 in FIG The basic element is a first cover part 8 lying on the right side of the first side part 6 and a second cover part 9 lying on the left side of the second side part. All these parts 5 to 9 have substantially rectangular peripheral contours and are arranged next to one another in the direction of the longitudinal axis 2 of the blank 1. that their long sides are substantially perpendicular and their short sides are arranged substantially parallel to the longitudinal axis 2.

The parts 5 to 9 are separated from each other by preferably substantially perpendicular to the longitudinal axis 2, imaginary folding lines, which in order to facilitate the below explained folding the various parts but also depending on the usefulness of already applied during punching embossing, grooves, combined creasing / Cutting lines od. Like. May exist. In particular, between the bottom part 5 and the two side parts 6, 7 a first fold line 10 and a second fold line 11, between the first side part 6 and the first ceiling part 8, a third fold line 12 and between the second side part 7 and the second ceiling part 9 a fourth Folding line 14 is provided. Finally, the two side parts 6 and 7 in each two parallel to the longitudinal axis 2 adjacent side part sections 6a, 6b and 7a, 7b be divided, preferably by perpendicular to the longitudinal axis 2 extending fifth and sixth, also attached to the punching fold lines 15 and 16 from each other are separated. In each case, viewed in the direction of the longitudinal axis 2, the side part sections 6a, 7a adjoining the bottom part 5 each have a comparatively large height h1 corresponding to the shape and size of the bottlenecks of the bottles to be accommodated, while the side sections 6b adjoining the cover parts 8, 9 have 7b a comparatively small height h2 of z. B. 6 mm to 15 mm.

The first cover part 8 has in two preferably perpendicular to the longitudinal axis 2 extending rows a plurality of spaced according to the associated bottle shape and size first openings 17, the peripheral lines or edges 18 surrounded by outer, concentric, preferably formed as a seventh fold lines, closed perimeters 1.9 are. Between the two circumferential lines 18 and 19, ie, in the surrounding the openings 17 edge zones, the blank 1 each have a plurality of circumferentially adjacent sectors 20, which are separated by radially extending, preferably during the punching separation lines 21 and therefore only along the circumferential lines 19 with the blank 1 are connected. The sectors 20 form so-called under-grip segments, which serve to engage under the closure elements or the like of bottles.

The second ceiling part 9 has, in two rows, preferably perpendicular to the longitudinal axis 2, a number of second openings 22 corresponding to the number of first openings 17. These are arranged at the same distances as the first openings 17 and provided with peripheral lines or edges 23, which preferably have the same diameter as the peripheral openings 19 surrounding the first openings 17. In the embodiment, the peripheral lines 18, 19 and 23 are circular, wherein the circumferential lines 18, the first openings 17 corresponding to the intended number of eight sub-grip segments 20 may also form an octagon.

The bottom part 5 has third openings 24, which are provided in the same number as the first and second openings 17, 22 and in a corresponding arrangement like these. The openings 24 have circular peripheral lines 25 and diameter, which are expedient slightly larger than that of the openings 22.

Blanks of the type described and their function are known in principle (eg. DE 40 34 069 A1 and DE 203 16 999 U1 ) and therefore need not be explained to the person skilled in the art.

According to the invention, the double-row blank 1 according to FIG. 1 is asymmetrical with respect to the arrangement of the openings 17, 22 and 24 and is provided with an odd number of these openings. In other words, the ceiling parts 8, 9 and the bottom part 5 each have a larger number of openings in one row than in the other row. In the exemplary embodiment, one each Row three openings (17 or 22 or 24) and the other row only two openings (17 or 22 or 24). This is achieved in that the bottom part 5, one of the side parts 6, 7 (here the side part 6) and the two ceiling parts 8 and 9 are each provided with a cutout 27, 28 and 29, wherein the cutout in the ceiling part 8 explained below Reasons in the drawing is not visible.

The cutouts 27, 28 and 29 have shown in FIG. 1 a square or slightly rectangular peripheral contour. The size of the cutouts 27, 28 and 29 corresponds in each case to the size of the space occupied by one of the openings 17, 22 and 24, d. H. here about one-sixth of the size of each floor, side or ceiling part.

The cutout 27 is a corner cutout, which faces the right side part 6 in the exemplary embodiment and arises because the bottom part 5 receives both a side wall 5a shortened in the direction of the side part 6 and a reduced width perpendicular to the longitudinal axis 2, which also has a reduced width correspondingly shortened fold line 10 has the consequence. In fact, the bottom part 5 in the region of the cutout 27 is therefore delimited by a boundary line 30 extending perpendicular to the longitudinal axis 2 and a boundary line 31 extending parallel to the longitudinal axis 2.

The cutout 28 has an over the whole, measured parallel to the longitudinal axis 2 length of the right in Fig. 1 side part 6 extends and has the consequence that the width of the side part 6 is reduced by a length of the boundary line 30 corresponding dimension, so that it is also bounded not by the side edge 3a, but by a parallel thereto extending boundary line 32, which lies in the extension of the boundary line 31.

The cutout 29 is, in turn, in turn a corner cutout which is arranged on a side of the cover part 9 facing away from the bottom part 5 and is therefore open towards the outside of the cover part 9 lying on the left in FIG. In this case, the corner cutout 29 on the one hand by a parallel to the longitudinal axis 2 and in the Extension of the boundary lines 31, 32 lying boundary line 33 and on the other hand limited by a perpendicular to the longitudinal axis 2 extending boundary line 34. The boundary line 33 is therefore like the boundary lines 31, 32 reset by a measure relative to the side edge 3a, which is slightly larger than the size of one of the openings 24 in the bottom part 5 corresponds.

The right in Fig. 1 ceiling part 8 is provided on its side facing the part 6 side in principle also with a corner-cutout, which has substantially the same size as the cutouts 27, 28 and 29 and therefore on the one hand by a in the immediate extension of Limiting lines 31, 32 lying boundary line 36 and on the other hand by a perpendicular thereto extending boundary line 37 is limited. This corner cutout therefore cuts out of the ceiling strip 8 again such an area that this has only two instead of three openings 17 in a series of openings 17. In fact, however, it is not a "real" section, since in this section a support portion 38 of the base remains standing, which has approximately the same size as the imaginary corner cutout and along the boundary line 37, which is here a fold line, firmly the ceiling part 8 remains connected. The boundary line 36 on the other hand represents here a cutting line produced during punching or the like of the blank 1, which causes the support section 38 to be pivoted about the boundary or fold line 37 extending perpendicularly to the longitudinal axis 2 relative to the remaining part of the blank 1 ,

Incidentally, the support portion 38 is analogous to the side parts 6, 7 preferably of two in the direction of the longitudinal axis 2 consecutive parts 38a and 38b, wherein the part 38a the length h1 and the part 38b, which borders on the boundary line 37, the longitudinal h2 has, and wherein the parts 38a, 38b are connected by a perpendicular to the longitudinal axis 2 extending fold line 39. Finally, the support section 38 preferably also has a tab 38c arranged at its free end, which is connected to the part 38a of the support section 38 along a further fold line 40 extending substantially perpendicular to the longitudinal axis 2 and, in a manner to be explained, for fastening the support section 38 on the bottom part 5 is used.

The positions of the cutouts 27, 28 and 29 and the support section 38 in the blank 1 are selected such that in a completely prefabricated and erected state of the blank or of the carrier produced therewith the cutouts 27, 28 and 29 are all aligned with each other, on the other hand, the support portion 38 a between the two side parts 6, 7 arranged, the bottom part 5 and the ceiling parts 8, 9 interconnecting support forms.

The preparation of a bottle carrier with the aid of the described blank 1 can for example be made as will be explained in more detail below with reference to FIGS. 2 to 11.

In a first process step, the surface of the flap 38c lying on top in FIG. 1 is covered with a conventional adhesive.

In a second method step (FIG. 2), the right-hand side part 6 and the adjacent cover part 8 are preferably folded together by about 180 ° about the first fold line 10, whereby the inside of the side part 6 and an adjacent section of the cover part 8 on the bottom part 5 and the remaining portion of the ceiling part 8 comes to rest on the inside of the second side part 7. The dimensions of the various parts z. B. chosen so that after this process step on the one hand, the side edge 4b of the ceiling part 8 about the fourth fold line 14, on the other hand, the tab 38c on a portion of the bottom part 5 comes to lie between the boundary line 30 and one of these opposite opening 24a (FIG. Fig. 1) is arranged, wherein the opening 24a is here where the other side of openings 24 is provided with the cutout 27. By exerting pressure on the tab 38c, it can now be adhesively bonded to the bottom part 5.

In a further process stage, the ceiling part 8 is provided on its now upper side in the region of adhesive zones 41, which are indicated in Fig. 2 by crosses, with an adhesive. Following this, the second ceiling part 9 (FIG. 3) is folded by about 180 ° to the fourth fold line 14 around and placed on the surface of the first cover part 8 covered with adhesive. Thereafter, by applying pressure to the ceiling part 9 and curing the adhesive, a firm connection between the two ceiling parts 8, 9 is made by gluing. In this case, as shown in FIG. 3, the arrangement is such that the second openings 22 come to rest coaxially over the openings 17. On the other hand, the arrangement is such that now the cutouts 27, 28 of the side part 6 and the bottom part 5 are substantially congruent to each other and the support portion 38 is substantially congruent under the cutout 29 of the second ceiling part 9.

As FIG. 4 shows in a front view, a still folded, but otherwise ready-to-use blank 1 is obtained by the method steps described. This can be brought by the manufacturer or at the customer in a required for mounting on bottles, final shape that the two interconnected ceiling parts 8, 9 and the bottom part 5 as shown in FIG. 5 are removed in the direction of the arrows drawn there from each other , in a manner known per se ( DE 40 34 069 A1 ) a bottle carrier 42 having a substantially rectangular cross-section is formed (Fig. 6). The arrangement is made so that now the third, located in the bottom part 5 openings 24 on the first and second openings 17, 22 are aligned coaxially. In addition, Figs. 5 and 6 clearly show that the support portion 38 is gradually pivoted when erecting the blank 1 in a direction perpendicular to the bottom part 5 and the ceiling parts 8, 9 position, since it on the one hand along the folding or boundary line 37 (Fig 1) is connected to the ceiling part 8, on the other hand fixed by means of the tab 38c on the bottom part 5, which in turn can be pivoted about the fold line 40 relative to the part 38a of the support portion 38.

FIG. 7 shows a top view of the completely prefabricated and erected bottle carrier 42 according to FIG. 6. It can be seen that all cutouts 27, 28 and 29 are assigned to one another in such a way that a bottle carrier intended for receiving six bottles has a sixth Bottle could accommodate, according to the invention a continuous corner recess 43 is present, which corresponds substantially to the size of a bottle. The bottle carrier 42 according to the invention therefore serves in the embodiment for receiving an odd number of bottles, ie it has in the embodiment of FIG. 7 in a left row three and in a right row only two of the openings 17 and 22 and 24. It is also the size of the recess 43 is dimensioned such that it can accommodate a in Fig. 7 demarcated by a dashed line 42 a portion 42 b of the carrier 42 in itself. This section 42 b is formed by the fact that the left in Fig. 7 and 8 row can accommodate a bottle more than the right row, and protrudes in the finished state of the carrier 42 transverse to the longitudinal axis 2 on the end face formed by the boundary lines 31, 32 and 33 the carrier 42 outwards.

FIGS. 8 to 11 show the application according to the invention of the bottle carrier 42 shown in FIGS. 6 and 7 after being placed on five bottles 44 in the resulting asymmetrical shape. The bottles 44, which may be primarily bottles of glass or plastic, are those which have a substantially cylindrical bottle body and z as closure z, B. closure elements 45 in the form of conventional standard crown caps, but also with so-called . Plastic screw caps od. Like. Be provided. The bottle carrier 42 is placed from above on five unbalanced in two rows standing bottles 44 (Fig. 8) that the five formed in the bottom part 5 and in the ceiling parts 8, 9 circular openings 17, 22 and 24 coaxial with the closure elements 45 are aligned, which in particular Figs. 8 and 10 show. By pressure on the upper ceiling part 9 and the ceiling part 8 connected thereto, these openings 17, 22 and 24 are then pressed together by means of manual or mechanical handling devices via the closure elements 45 downwards, so that the closure elements 45, the foldable segments 20 of the ceiling part 8 conical spread upward until they reach by the downward pressure exerted under the closure elements 45 and forcibly engage under the lower edges, which takes place especially in closure elements 45 in the form of crown corks easily.

For stable fixing of the bottle carrier 42 on the bottles 44 serve mainly two measures. On the one hand, the diameters of the circular peripheral lines 18, 19 and 23 (FIG. 1) of the openings 17 and 22 and the radial lengths of the foldable sectors 20 are selected so that the latter in the mounted state (FIGS. 9 to 11) at the lower edges of the Cover elements 45 abut, thereby be spread by less than 90 ° and resiliently biased radially inward, which is still supported by the circular circumferential lines 23 of the circular openings 22 of the cover part 9. On the other hand, the diameters of the openings 24, d. H. the bottleneck through-holes of the bottom part 5 are selected such that they rest at locations on shoulder regions of the bottles 44 whose distances from the lower edges of the closure elements 45 are smaller than the sum of the heights h1 and h2 of the side-part sections 6a, 7a and the parts 38a and 38b of the support portion 38 corresponds. Therefore, it is necessary during assembly of the bottle carrier 42, the side parts 6, 7 and the support portion 38 depending on the application more or less strong spring buckling around the associated fold lines 15, 16 and 39 (FIG. This is indicated in Fig. 9 by the achievable extreme position, in which the fold lines 15, 16 and 39, including the short side sections 6b, 7b and the parts 38b practically at the. Bottom of the lid parts 8 and 9 come to rest. Although the bottle carrier 42 made of kraft cardboard od. Like. But is still flexible in itself, resulting in this way, regardless of any manufacturing and / or bottle tolerances a tight fit falling out of the bottles 44 and the Gegeneinanderschlagen after the Mounting the bottle carrier 42 largely prevented.

Due to the design and arrangement of the support portion 38, an additional stabilization of the bottle carrier 42 is achieved in the illustrated, asymmetrical shape according to the invention. As particularly shown in FIGS. 1, 7, 8 and 10, the support portion 38 is formed in the embodiment as a corner part, which in the finished state of the carrier 42 has a side wall in a the cutouts 27, 28 and 29 and the corner recess 43 having area of the carrier 42 forms. The side wall is the side part 7 exactly opposite where in the smaller number of Bottles 44 having row of the carrier 42, the side part 6 is provided with the continuous cutout 28, and thereby also there a stable support between the bottom part 5 and the ceiling parts 8, 9 sure.

Since the ceiling parts 8, 9 are arranged in the bottle-filled state of the bottle carrier 42 according to FIGS. 9 to 11 below the closure elements 45 of the bottles 44, the bottle carriers 42 together with the bottles 44 can easily be placed in conventional transport containers 49 (FIGS. 12 to 14) ) are introduced without hindering the usual stacking of the transport container 49. For this purpose, it may also be expedient to provide the blank 1 consistently with recesses 50, 51, 52 and 53 (FIG. 1) which can be produced during punching and, if appropriate, further recesses which come to lie there after prefabrication of the carrier 42 (FIG. For example, Fig. 3 and 7), where usual bottle crates od. The like. Sometimes lateral stiffening ribs 54 (FIG. 12) or other ribs od. Like. Have. A lack of these recesses 50 to 53 could make an arrangement of the bottle carrier 42 in a corresponding transport container 49 impossible.

13 and 14 further show that conventional transport containers 49 are generally designed as Gefachekästen and 55 have compartments formed by partitions, each of which can accommodate a bottle 44. The number and division of these compartments into the transport container 49 is different and depends on the number of bottles (eg 10, 12, 15, 20) that can be accommodated in a transport container. In particular, FIGS. 12 to 14 show a conventional drinks box with twenty compartments in four rows of five compartments each. So far, it is not possible to equip such a transport container 49 with multi-row, especially double row bottle carriers, since they are constructed throughout symmetrical. According to the invention, however, it is possible to equip the arranged in two adjacent rows of bottles 44 with two bottle carriers according to FIG. 1 to 11 by z. B. a first bottle carrier 42.1 placed on the first five bottles 44 and then a second bottle carrier 42.2 is rotated in a rotated position by 180 ° and so clipped onto the remaining five bottles 44 that be from Fig. 7 and 8 apparent section 42b enters the recess 43 of the other support 42.1, as shown in FIG. 12 clearly shows. It is clear that the various parts of the blank 1 and in particular the distances of the openings 17, 22 and 24 (Figure 1) are selected in the blank 1 depending on the size of the bottles 44 and the formation of the compartments of the transport container 49, that the desired and from Fig. 12 to 14 apparent arrangement can be achieved.

12 to 14 show that the sections 42b and the associated cut-outs 43 of the carriers 42 can be arranged selectively on one side (eg 42.1, 42.2) or the other side (eg 42.3, 42.4 ), d. H. It does not matter which of the two rows of a carrier 42 can accommodate the larger number of bottles 44. Apart from that, the transport container 49 according to Figures 12 to 14 can naturally also be equipped with only one type of carrier (eg 42.1). The same would apply to transport containers, which have only two rows of compartments for five bottles.

15 to 18 show a second embodiment of a blank 1a according to the invention, which differs from the blank 1 according to FIGS. 1 to 11 substantially only in that it has a support portion 61 which extends in a direction transverse to the longitudinal axis 2 direction the entire carrier and not only over the section 42b as shown in FIG. 7 and 8 extends. In Fig. 15 to 18, therefore, the same parts with the same reference numerals as in Fig. 1 to 11 are provided. It should be noted, however, that the graphical representation in Fig. 15 to 18 is selected so that the first ceiling part 8 is arranged on the left and the second ceiling part 9 on the right in the blank 1a.

In contrast to FIGS. 1 to 11, the blank 1a is missing the support part 38, for which reason the cover part 8 only has a cutout 60 at this point. Instead, on the outside of one of the ceiling parts, here the first ceiling part 8, another part 62 is provided. This includes a mounting portion 63 which is connected along a fold line 64 with the ceiling portion 8, and the support portion 61, along a another fold line 65 is connected to the attachment portion 63. Both sections 63 and 61 preferably extend - viewed transversely to the longitudinal axis 2 - over the whole, measured between the side edges 3a and 3b width of the blank 1a. In addition, the mounting portion 63 is provided with a series of three openings 66 which correspond in size and arrangement to the openings 17 and 22 in the row of the ceiling parts 8 and 9 having the greater number of three openings. Finally, in the exemplary embodiment, the support section 61 comprises an outer part 61a, which is long in the direction of the longitudinal axis 2 and has the dimension h1 (see Fig. 1), and an inner part 61b of length h2, which is adjacent to the attachment section 63 and short in the direction of the longitudinal axis 2 (Fig. 1). The two parts 61a, 61b are connected by a fold line 67 which extends transversely to the longitudinal axis 2. The long part 61a is also provided on its outside with a tab 61c and connected thereto along another folding line 68.

Otherwise, the blank 1a essentially corresponds to the blank 1.

The preparation of a bottle carrier with the blank 1a can analogously to Fig. 1 to 11 z. B. be made in the following manner.

In a first method step, the attachment section 63 and / or the cover part 8 are covered with an adhesive in a region 69 which is marked by crosses in FIG. 15. Thereafter, the part 62 is folded over the fold line 64 by 180 °. As a result, if necessary with additional exertion of pressure, the fastening section 63 is fixedly connected to the region 69 of the cover part 8, wherein the openings 66 come to rest coaxially on the openings 17. In addition, the fold line 68 of the support portion 61 comes to rest approximately on the fold line 12 (FIG. 15), so that the tab 61c protrudes slightly inwardly beyond it.

In a second method step, the region of the flap 61c now lying on top, as indicated by crosses in FIG. 16, is covered with an adhesive. Thereafter, the unit consisting of the part 62, the ceiling part 8 and the side part 6 folded as a whole by 180 ° about the folding line 10, whereby the adhesive-covered tab 61c comes to lie approximately on a portion 70 of the bottom portion 5, which is indicated in Fig. 16 with dashed lines and extending between the two rows of openings 24 , and firmly connected to this area 70. In the position of the parts achieved as a result (FIG. 17), the fold line 64 lies substantially on the fold line 14.

In a further method step (FIG. 18), the surface of the first cover part 8 and / or of the second cover part 9 visible in FIG. 17 is provided with an adhesive. Following this, the second ceiling part 9 is folded by 180 ° about the fold line 14 on the first ceiling part 8 and connected by gluing it firmly.

In a final step, the erection of the obtained, prefabricated blank 1a is analogous to FIGS. 5 and 6. In this case, the support portion 61, since on the one hand, the fixing portion 63 fixed to the first cover part 8, on the other hand, the tab 61c is firmly connected to the bottom part 5 , erected in a vertical, substantially parallel position to the side parts 6, 7 and folded over the fold lines 65 and 68 at approximately 90 °.

The bottle carrier obtained in this way substantially corresponds to the bottle carrier 42 according to Fig. 6 to 11 and differs from this mainly in that the support portion 61 is arranged not only in the region of the recess 43 (Fig. 7 and 8), but transversely extends to the longitudinal axis 2 over the entire width of the bottom part 5. Therefore, the ceiling parts 8 and 9 are supported on the entire width on the bottom part 5 and connected thereto, so that in this embodiment, a high stability is achieved, the z. B. at 1.5 I bottles is desired.

Finally, it should be noted that the support portion 61 is folded in the same manner about its fold line 67 when loading a corresponding set of bottles, as above in connection with the support portion 38 and its fold line 39th has been described.

19 to 26 show a third embodiment of a blank 1 b according to the invention, wherein the same parts are provided with the same reference numerals as in FIGS. 1 to 18. The blank 1b differs from the blanks 1 and 1a substantially in that, in addition to the support section 38 (FIG. 1), it also has the support section 61, the width of which, however, being reduced by the width of the support section 38. The diagrammatic representation corresponds in FIGS. 19 to 26 again to those according to FIGS. 1 to 11.

As can be seen from FIG. 19, the blank 1b has the parts 5, 6, 7, 8 and 9 in the same arrangement and with the same fold lines 10, 11, 12, 14, 15 and 16 as the blank 1. In addition, the first ceiling portion 8 is provided in a corner region with the pivotable about the fold line 37 support portion 38. Finally, analogously to FIG. 15, the part 62 containing the support section 61 and the fastening section 63 is adjacent to the first cover part 8 along the fold line 64.

In contrast to FIG. 15, the attachment portion 61 is not formed continuously across the width, but provided with a cutout 72. This is bounded on the one hand by a delimiting line 73 extending in the extension of the boundary lines 31, 32 and on the other hand by a boundary line 74 extending transversely to the longitudinal axis 2, which corresponds in this area to the outer boundary line of the fastening part 63. The cutout 72 corresponds in size and shape substantially the size and shape of the support portion 38, as will become apparent from the further description.

The preparation of a prefabricated bottle carrier takes place when using the blank 1b, for example, analogously to FIGS. 1 to 11 and 15 to 18 as follows:

In a first method step, the part 62 is folded over the fold line 64 by 180 ° (Fig. 20), after first the attachment portion 63 and / or a in Fig. 19 marked with crosses area 75 of the first ceiling part 8 was covered with an adhesive. As a result, the fastening part 63 is firmly connected to the region 75. In addition, as is clearly apparent from Fig. 20, the support portion 61 is perpendicular to the longitudinal axis 2 laterally adjacent to the support portion 38 which is substantially taken up by the cutout 72 (Fig. 19).

In a subsequent method step, the surfaces of the tabs 38c and 61c of the support parts 38, 61 visible in FIG. 20 are covered with an adhesive. Subsequently, the whole, consisting of the part 62, the ceiling part 8, the side part 6 and the support portion 38 unit is folded by 180 ° about the fold line 10 (Fig. 21). As a result, the support section 61 comes to lie on the part of the bottom part 5 ending at the boundary line 31 such that the tab 61c is arranged analogously to FIG. 16 in the area 70 of the bottom part 5 marked by dashed lines and firmly connected to this area 70.

In a corresponding manner and analogously to FIG. 2, the tab 38c also lays on a part of the region 70 which adjoins the boundary line 30 or parallel thereto, where it is fixedly connected to the bottom part 5.

In the next step, the visible in Fig. 21 surfaces of the ceiling part 9 and / or the ceiling part 8, as indicated by crosses, covered with adhesive, whereupon the ceiling part folded over by 180 °, placed on the ceiling part 8 and od by exerting pressure Like. Is firmly connected to this (Fig. 22).

As a result of these method steps, a prefabricated, still in the flat condition blank 1b is obtained with the apparent from Fig. 23 form. This blank 1b can now, as described with reference to FIGS. 5 and 6, be erected in the manner shown in FIG. 24 to form a finished bottle carrier 77 (FIG. 25).

FIG. 26 shows the finished bottle carrier 77 after it has been clipped onto a battery of five bottles 44. In addition, it can be seen from FIG. 26 that the two support sections 38 and 61 lie one behind the other. The support section 38 forms a support and side wall in the region of the recess 43 (FIGS. 7 and 8), as in FIGS. 9 to 11, while the support section 61 provides additional support between the cover parts 8, 9 and the bottom part 5 and between the two Represents rows of bottles 44. The stability of the bottle carrier 77 is therefore similar to that of a bottle carrier obtained with the blank 1a of Figs. 15-18 having a single continuous support portion 61.

Another exemplary embodiment of a blank 1c shown in FIGS. 27 to 31 largely corresponds to that of FIGS. 19 to 26, for which reason the same reference numerals are used for the same parts. '

A major difference of the blank 1c with respect to the blank 1b of FIG. 19 is that it does not have the support portion 38. Instead, where the support section 38 is arranged in FIG. 19, the ceiling part 8 only has the cutout 60 which can also be seen from FIG. 15, which represents a continuation of the cutouts 27 and 28 and the boundary lines 36, 37 (FIG. 1). Has. In contrast, in the region of the cutout 29 according to FIG. 19, a support section 79 (FIG. 27) is now provided in the form of a corner part which adjoins the cover part 9 along a fold line 80 whose position coincides with the position of the boundary line 34 in FIG and wherein the boundary line 33 is a section line. The support portion 79 can thus be pivoted about the fold line 80 arranged perpendicular to the longitudinal axis 2 relative to the ceiling part 9. The support portion 79 also has a longer portion 79a of length h1 and a short portion 79b of length h2 adjacent to the fold line 80, the dimensions h1, h2 having the same meaning as explained above with reference to FIGS. In addition, the support portion 79 on its outer side a tab 79c, which is connected along a fold line 80 parallel fold line 81 with the part 79a, and another, parallel to the fold line 80 fold line 82 which connects the two parts 79a and 79b together.

The preparation of a bottle carrier using the blank 1c is analogous to Fig. 20 to 25, as will be explained briefly to avoid repetition.

After folding over the part 62 and bonding the fixing portion 63 with the first ceiling part 8 (Fig. 28), the unit consisting of the part 62, the ceiling part 8 and the side part 6 is folded over 180 ° about the fold line 10, wherein the previously An adhesive-covered tab 61c comes to lie on the region 70 of the bottom part 5, also shown in FIG. 20, and is firmly connected thereto (FIG. 29). In contrast to FIG. 21, a section of the bottom part 5 and of the side part 7 are still visible through the cutout 78 (FIG. 27) of the cover part 8.

In a subsequent method step, the surface of the cover part 9 and / or the cover part 8 and the surface of the tab 79c, as indicated by the crosses in FIG. 29, are now covered with an adhesive. If then the ceiling part 9 is folded together with the support portion 79 to the fold line 14 and placed on the ceiling part 8, then on the one hand analogous to Fig. 22, the two ceiling parts 8, 9 firmly connected. On the other hand, the adhesive-coated tab 79c lays on the part of the region 70 of the bottom part 5 which has remained free under the recess 28 in order to form a firm connection with the latter (FIG. 30).

The prefabricated blank 1c can now be erected into a finished bottle carrier 83 (FIG. 31) in accordance with the present descriptions. In this case, the support portion 79 is erected so that it analogous to the support portion 38 in Fig. 25 forms a stabilizing side wall in the region of the recess 43 (Fig. 6 and 7). In addition, the support portion 79 is in the extension of the support portion 61 as in Figs. 25 and 26. A difference to Fig. 19 to 26 insofar is that the support portion 79 is fixed to the second ceiling portion 9 instead of the first ceiling portion 8.

Finally, FIGS. 32 to 35 show a blank 1d according to the invention, which essentially corresponds to the blank 1 according to FIG. 1, but differs therefrom by the additional incorporation of a grip part 85. The same parts are therefore provided with the same reference numerals as in Fig. 1.

For incorporation of the handle portion 85 is one of the side parts, here the side part 9, divided into two in the direction of the longitudinal axis 2 spaced ceiling sections 9a and 9b. The ceiling part section 9a terminates at the fold line 14, the other cover section 9b at the side edge 4a. Between the two ceiling sections 9a and 9b, the handle portion 85 is arranged, which has two contiguous, in the direction of the longitudinal axis 2 adjacent handle portions 85a and 85b, the mutually facing side edges along a substantially perpendicular to the longitudinal axis 2 extending fold line 86 are interconnected. In addition, the one handle portion 85a is connected at its other side edge along a fold line 87 with the inner ceiling portion 9a and the second handle portion 85b at its other side edge along a fold line 88 with the outer ceiling portion 9b, wherein the two fold lines 87 and 88 also in arranged substantially perpendicular to the longitudinal axis 2 and preferably formed as the other fold lines.

Moreover, the blank 1d is formed according to FIG. 1 and therefore z. B. with the cutouts 27, 28 and 29 and the support portion 38 according to the invention, so that can be dispensed with a re-description of these parts here.

The preparation of a bottle carrier with the aid of the blank 1d can be carried out, for example, as explained below with reference to FIGS. 33 to 36.

In a first process step, the first side part 6 and with it the first cover part 8 are folded together about 180 ° about the fold line 10. This comes the ceiling part 8 lies partly on the second side part 7 and partly on the bottom part 5 and the side edge 4b approximately on the fold line 14 (FIG. 33). At the same time, the tab 38c of the support section 38, which was previously covered with an adhesive, lays on a zone (89) which adjoins the attachment line 30 (FIG. 32) and corresponds to the region 40 (FIG. 20), and is firmly connected thereto.

In a further method step, first of all the cover part section 9a, as indicated in FIG. 33 by crosses, or a corresponding part of the cover part 8 is covered with an adhesive. Thereafter, the ceiling part 9 and the handle portion 85 are folded together about 180 ° about the fold line 14, so that the apparent from Fig. 34 arrangement results. The ceiling section 9a now lies on the ceiling part 8 and is firmly connected thereto by gluing.

This is followed by a method step (FIG. 35) in which the handle part 85 and, with it, the cover part section 9b are folded back by approximately 180 °, whereby the side part 6, the support section 38 and partly also the cover part 8 are exposed again.

In the last method step, as indicated in FIG. 35 by crosses, the cover part section 9b or the surface of the cover part 8 visible in FIG. 35 is then covered with an adhesive. Subsequently, the ceiling portion 9b is folded together with the handle portion 85b by approximately 180 ° about the central fold line 86 of the handle portion 85. As a result, the ceiling part section 9b comes to rest on the surface of the ceiling part 8 visible in FIG. 35 and is therefore firmly connected thereto. In addition to this, at least one of the handle portions 85a, 85b may also be provided with adhesive prior to folding to also firmly connect the inner surfaces of the two handle portions 85a, 85b in the subsequent folding operation.

The thus prefabricated blank 1d can now be erected in the manner already described several times to a bottle carrier. After that forms on the one hand the Support portion 38 analogous to FIG. 10, a support or side wall between the ceiling parts 8, 9 and the bottom part 5. On the other hand, the handle portion 85 forms a resting on the top of the cover part 9 handle, which in case of need to in Fig. 36 directly adjacent Folding lines 87, 88 pivoted in a vertical position relative to the ceiling part 9 and can be used to support the finished bottle carrier.

The invention is not limited to the described embodiments, which can be modified in numerous ways. This applies in particular to the arrangement and design of the various cutouts 27, 28, 29 and 60 and support sections 38, 61 and 79, which are e.g. other shapes and transverse to the longitudinal axis 2 other lengths could have, as shown in the drawings. Further, it would be possible, e.g. to attach the support portion 38 on the bottom part 5 instead of the ceiling part 8. An expedient development is also seen in that the support sections (e.g., 38, 79) are formed by short breakpoints formed as predetermined breaking points, e.g. have a length of 0.75 mm, first to attach to associated parts of the blanks, as is indicated in Fig. 19 and 27 by way of example by the reference numeral 90. In this way it can be achieved that the support elements in previous folding and gluing operations together with the associated parts (for example 8 or 9) remain in one plane and tear automatically only when erecting the blanks. These breakpoints 90 may be e.g. be attached when punching the blanks.

Furthermore, it is expedient to produce the blank from a material which is provided on one side with a printable layer, and to make the arrangement such that this layer lies outside in the finished state of the carrier, in particular in the region of the support sections. As a result, the support sections od at the same time as information carrier for advertising, as price tags. Like. Can be used.

Furthermore, it is clear to the skilled person that the term "bottles" in the context of the present invention, all containers, such as cans, bottles, glass bottles, Plastic bottles od. Like. Includes, which are shaped in their shoulder and neck areas as the illustrated bottles and therefore can be equipped with the bottle carriers described. In this case, the bottles of course other forms, in particular of the illustrated cylindrical shape deviating, for example, oval or square shapes, depending on the existing interpretation of the then used transport container for the bottles and the number of bottles therein can then for the effective use of bottle carrier and the to be packaged bottles are used in accordance with the invention unsymmetrical shape of the bottle carrier. As a result, in particular, the advantage is achieved that either a reduction of the basis weight of the cardboard material used by up to 20 percent made or the receiving volume of the bottles can be increased up to 2 1, since the described design of the support webs contributes to increased carrying stability. This applies regardless of whether the carton is Kraftkarton, microwave or other suitable cardboard material such as coated with plastic film gray cardboard. When using bottles with closure elements other than crown caps, eg screw caps, the openings 17, 22 and 24 can be correspondingly designed so that the foldable sectors 20 do not bear against their lower edges, but on radially outwardly projecting support rings, especially in plastic Bottles are often mounted below the closure elements on the bottle necks. Furthermore, the foldable sectors 20 can be downsized or even eliminated altogether if the edges defining the openings are sufficiently flexible. Another design of the foldable sectors 20 is possible by, for example, instead of the dividing lines 21 larger spaces between the individual sectors 20 are provided.

It is also possible to attach the grip part 85 to another part of the blank and to form it differently than described. Further, the ceiling and floor parts can be provided with more than two rows of openings 17, 22 and 24 in a corresponding supplement to the described embodiments and / or in one row, for example three or four and in the other row one or two openings for receiving bottles exhibit. In this context, it is also it is possible to extend the cutouts 27, 28, 29 and 60 transversely to the longitudinal axis 2 over an area corresponding to the size of two or more bottles or the openings intended for their reception, in which eg a first row for receiving three bottles and a second row is set up to hold only one bottle. In addition, it can be seen that the blanks described od in a conventional manner readily in addition to numerous features such as rounded corners, for gripping the fingers certain punched, broken lines od. Like. Be provided, as is generally known in bottle carriers of the type of interest here is. Finally, it goes without saying that the various features can also be used in combinations other than those described and illustrated, which applies in particular to possible combinations of the various support sections and the additional attachment of handle parts.

Claims (15)

Blank of kraft cardboard or the like for producing a multi-row carrier (42, 77, 83) for bottles (44) provided with closure elements (45), comprising a substantially rectangular, flat-lying and unfolded basic element having a central bottom part (5), two on both sides of this adjacent side parts (6, 7) and two adjacent to each side part (6, 7), to be arranged one above the other ceiling parts (8, 9), wherein the two ceiling parts (8, 9) and the bottom part (5) with in at least two rows arranged, for receiving necks of the bottles (44) certain openings (17, 22, 44) are provided and wherein the bottom part (5), the side parts (6, 7) and the ceiling parts (8, 9) between two arranged substantially parallel to a longitudinal axis (2) extending side edges (3a, 3b) and by substantially perpendicular to the longitudinal axis (2) extending fold lines (10 to 14) are delimited from each other, characterized in that it ei in at least one row ne larger number of openings (17, 22, 24) than in another series, by the bottom part (5), one of the side parts (6, 7) and the two ceiling parts (8, 9), each with one on one of the side edges (3a, 3b) bordering section (27, 28, 29, 60) are provided whose size corresponds to the size of at least one of the openings (17, 22, 24), and that it comprises at least one support portion (38, 61, 79) which is connected along a substantially perpendicular to the longitudinal axis (2) extending fold line (37, 65, 80) to the base member, wherein the layers of the cutouts (27, 28, 29, 60) and the support portion (38, 61, 79 ) are selected in the base member so that in a fully prefabricated and erected condition of the carrier (42, 77, 83) the cutouts (27, 28, 29, 60) are all aligned with each other and the support portion (38, 61, 79) a arranged between the two side parts (6, 7), the bottom part (5) and the ceiling parts (8, 9) with each other forms connecting support. Blank according to claim 1, characterized in that the two cover parts (8, 9) and the bottom part (5) each have two rows of mutually associated openings (17, 22, 24). Blank according to claim 2, characterized in that it widens a row with three openings (17, 22, 24) and one row with two openings (17, 22, 24). Blank according to one of claims 1 to 3, characterized in that the support portion (38, 79) as a on one of the two ceiling parts (8, 9) and / or the bottom part (5) attached corner part is formed and the base element by folding and mutual connection of the two ceiling parts (8, 9) on the one hand and connecting the support portion (38, 79) with the bottom part (5) and / or a ceiling part (8, 9) on the other hand to a support (42, 83) for the bottles ( 44) is prefabricatable, that the support portion (38, 79) forms a side wall in a the cutouts (27, 28, 29, 60) having region of the support (42, 83). Blank according to one of claims 1 to 3, characterized in that the base element on an outer side of one of the ceiling parts (8) has a further part (62), which the support portion (61) and one with the ceiling part (8) connecting the attachment portion ( 63), wherein the cover part (8) and the attachment portion (63) on the one hand and the attachment portion (63) and the support portion (61) on the other hand by substantially perpendicular to the longitudinal axis (2) extending fold lines (64, 65) are interconnected and the base element being folded and joined together between the two cover parts (8, 9) and the fastening section (63) and connecting the support section (61) to the base part (5) in such a way as to support (77, 83) the bottles (44) it can be prefabricated that the support section (61) forms an intermediate wall extending substantially perpendicular to the longitudinal axis (2) and located between two rows of openings (17, 22, 24). Blank according to Claim 5, characterized in that the support section (61) extends over the entire width of the base element and thereby forms both the intermediate wall and a side wall adjoining the latter, which cutouts (27, 28, 29, 60) having area of the carrier (77, 83). Blank according to claim 5 or 6, characterized in that the fixing section (63) is provided with a number of further openings (66) corresponding to the number of openings (17, 22, 24) in the row with the larger number of openings ( 17, 22, 24), and in that the further openings (66) are arranged in the base element such that they are in the finished state of the carrier (77, 83) respectively associated with the openings (17, 22, 24) in the series the larger number of openings (17, 22, 24) are aligned. Blank according to one of claims 4 to 7, characterized in that the base element both a side wall forming support portion (38) in the form of a corner member and a further part (62) having a partition wall forming the support portion (61). Blank according to one of Claims 1 to 8, characterized in that at least one of the cover parts (8, 9) or the bottom part (5) has two ceiling part sections (eg 8a, 8b) spaced in the direction of the longitudinal axis (2) ), between which a grip element forming the handle portion (85) is arranged, the two contiguous handle portions (85a, 85b), which at mutually facing side edges along a substantially perpendicular to the longitudinal axis (2) arranged fold line (86) with each other and at longitudinal edges (87, 88) extending from one another and also substantially perpendicular to the longitudinal axis (2), are each connected to one of the cover or floor part sections (8a, 8b). Blank according to one of claims 1 to 9, characterized in that the cutouts (27, 28, 29, 60) are rectangular or square. A blank according to any one of claims 1 to 10, characterized in that the support portion (38, 61, 79) is provided at a free end with a tab (38c, 61c, 79c) serving for fastening along one substantially perpendicular to the longitudinal axis (2) extended fold line (40, 68, 81) with the support portion (38, 61, 79) is connected. Blank according to one of claims 1 to 11, characterized in that it is manufactured in one piece by punching and / or cutting. Blank according to one of claims 1 to 12, characterized in that at least selected fold lines (10 to 14, 37, 65, 80, 86, 87, 88) are provided with a perforation. Blank according to one of claims 1 to 13, characterized in that it is provided on one side with a coating intended for printing and the arrangement is such that in the finished state of the carrier (42, 77, 83) provided with the coating side lies outside Carrier for bottles (44) or the like, characterized in that it is produced from a blank (1, 1a, 1b, 1c, 1d) according to at least one of claims 1 to 14.

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