EP2475590A1 - Packing band and packaging for bottles and the like, and process for manufacturing thereof - Google Patents
Packing band and packaging for bottles and the like, and process for manufacturing thereofInfo
- Publication number
- EP2475590A1 EP2475590A1 EP10768564A EP10768564A EP2475590A1 EP 2475590 A1 EP2475590 A1 EP 2475590A1 EP 10768564 A EP10768564 A EP 10768564A EP 10768564 A EP10768564 A EP 10768564A EP 2475590 A1 EP2475590 A1 EP 2475590A1
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- European Patent Office
- Prior art keywords
- portions
- bottles
- containers
- strip
- wall
- Prior art date
- Legal status (The legal status is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the status listed.)
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Classifications
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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
- B65D71/0085—Packaging elements adhered to the articles, e.g. a carton sheet
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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
- B65D71/08—Wrappers shrunk by heat or under tension, e.g. stretch films or films tensioned by compressed articles
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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
- 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
- B65D2571/00006—Palletisable loads, i.e. loads intended to be transported by means of a fork-lift truck
- B65D2571/00012—Bundles surrounded by a film
- B65D2571/00018—Bundles surrounded by a film under tension
- B65D2571/00024—Mechanical characteristics of the shrink film
Definitions
- the present invention relates to a coupling band for containers (such as, for example, bottles or the like), to a package of such containers, and to a process for forming said package.
- containers such as, for example, bottles or the like
- packages of bottles generally glass, metal or plastic bottles, kept associated with each other by a plastic film band.
- Said band has a tubular shape and is wound around a certain portion of the containers, so as to bring them near to each other and keep them grouped together: in other words, the single containers (whether bottles or any other containers) stay associated together and can be transported and/or handled as a single object.
- Identification labels having various shapes and graphic-literal contents are also known to be applied to bottles or the like.
- a single bottle is often covered with a plastic film printed with the trademark of the liquid food product and the chemical composition thereof, in compliance with food product regulations.
- the bottles are subjected to a first winding step wherein a respective label is wound around each bottle; subsequently, the labelled bottles, after having been mutually brought near to form an assembly, undergo a second winding step wherein a coupling band (or a suitably shaped cardboard element) is wound around an assembly of bottles, so as to define a single package.
- a coupling band or a suitably shaped cardboard element
- the packaging process is particularly expensive in terms of production costs and times, as well as in terms of material costs.
- the technical object of the present invention is to conceive a bottle coupling band and a bottle packaging process which can solve the above-mentioned problems.
- FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a bottle package provided with a coupling band according to the invention in a respective closed configuration
- Fig. la shows the bottle package of Fig. 1 in a respective decoupling configuration
- FIG. 2 is a perspective view of a bottle package according to a second embodiment, wherein the package consists of three bottles;
- Fig. 2a shows the bottle package of Fig. 2 in a respective decoupling configuration
- FIG. 3 is a perspective view of a bottle package according to a third embodiment, wherein the package consists of four bottles;
- Fig. 3a shows the bottle package of Fig. 3 in a respective decoupling configuration
- FIG. 4a show respective steps of the process for forming a further package in accordance with the invention.
- FIG. 5a show respective steps of the process for forming yet another package in accordance with the invention.
- a bottle package is designated as a whole by numeral 1.
- the package 1 contains an assembly 7 of bottles 2: in the annexed drawings, three different embodiments of a package 1 having a different number of bottles are shown only by way of explanatory, and therefore non-limiting, example.
- Figs. 1 and la show an assembly 7 consisting of two bottles 2
- Figs. 2 and 2a show an assembly 7 consisting of three bottles
- Figs. 3 and 3a show an assembly 7 consisting of four bottles 2.
- bottles 2 may be of any kind and may have any shape suitable for containing a respective product.
- the drawings show bottles 2 of the type made of plastic for food use, having a substantially cylindrical shape.
- the assembly 7 of bottles 2 is defined by a plurality of bottles 2 adjacent and close to each other, with the respective cylindrical external surfaces mutually touching.
- the package 1 also comprises a coupling band 3 wound around the bottle assembly 7 and adapted to keep the bottles adherent and coupled to each other.
- the coupling band 3 comprises a substantially tubular strip 4 disposed around the bottles, in contact with the outer surface 2a of the bottles 2.
- the strip 4 is configured in accordance with the different embodiments shown in the annexed drawings.
- the strip extends transversally along a substantially oval path.
- the cross-section of the strip 4 has a substantially triangular shape.
- the cross-section of the strip 4 has a substantially square shape.
- the strip 4 is preferably made of plastic material (more preferably a heat-shrinkable plastic material which, once wrapped around median portions of the bottles 2, can be subjected to a heating step, so as to shrink and hold the bottles mutually coupled).
- the strip 4 comprises first portions 5 adjacent to and alternated with second portions 6: the number of portions 5 and 6 that make up the strip 4 equals the number of bottles 2 that define the assembly 7 (for example, Figs. 1 and la show two bottles 2, hence there are two first portions 5 alternated with two second portions 6).
- each first portion 5 is steadily coupled to the outer surface 2a of a respective bottle 2: in particular, each first portion 5 comprises an inner wall 5b extending over a portion of the outer surface 2a of the respective bottle 2.
- the inner wall 5b of the first portion 5 has at least one glueing region (not shown in the annexed drawings) to be irremovably associated with the respective bottle 2.
- Each first portion 5 also has an outer wall 5a in sight, opposite to the inner wall 5b, printed with a graphic design relating to the product contained in the bottle 2 (or, more in general, for bundles/packages of different products and/or containers, whatever information is to be perceived by the consumers/users).
- the second portions 6, interposed between the first portions 5, can be removed for defining an uncoupled condition of the bottles (Figs, la, 2a, 3 a).
- first and second portions 5, 6 there is a series of separation lines 8, each of which extends from an upper edge 4a to a lower edge 4b of the tubular strip 4.
- the separation lines 8 may have any distribution or pattern, depending on the number and/or shape of the containers that define the package (which may be called multiple package or "pack/bundle"): for example, the separation lines 8 may be parallel to each other, equidistant, and parallel to the longitudinal extension axis of the bottles.
- the separation lines 8 advantageously consist of a series of consecutive holes made in the strip 4 along a straight path.
- the strip 4 can be torn manually along the separation lines 8 in order to separate the second portions 6 from the first portions 5.
- the torn strip 4 thus allows the single bottles to be dissociated and removed from the respective assembly 7.
- containers and/or bottles having a different shape and/or cross-section such as, for example, bottles/containers having a quadrangular, rectangular or oval shape/cross-section (and so on): for example, with prismatic bottles having a square cross-section it will be possible to create a multiple package including six or more containers: in such a case, in fact, the broad lateral surface of the single containers provides a large adherence area onto which the first portions 5 can be attached, thus ensuring adequate structural coherence of the whole multiple package or bundle.
- the bottles 2 only undergo a single winding step wherein the coupling band 3 is applied.
- the bottles 2 do not need to be subjected to a previous step of application of said labels.
- the tubular strip 4 wound around the assembly 7 of bottles 2 performs a dual function of maintaining the bottles 2 associated together and of providing them, through the first glued portion 5, with a label that illustrates the food product contained therein.
- the latter may be wound around the bottles as a band adhering to the areas where the glue was applied.
- the initial configuration of the strip 4 is a closed one (i.e. tubular or ring-like)
- a strip made of heat-shrinkable plastic material and having an initial annular extension slightly bigger than would be required for packaging the bottles so that the strip can be applied by lowering it onto the bottle and attaching it to the glue previously applied thereto by exploiting the heat-shrinking capability of the strip, which will shrink and adhere closely to the bottle.
- Figs. 4, 4a; 5, 5a which illustrate respective steps of the packaging process, and wherein the same reference numerals are used for designating elements which are homologous to those already taken into consideration.
- the strip 4 consists of a film made of heat-shrinkable plastic material, such as PET, PVC, PP, OPS, PLA, PE and the like, subdivided into the aforementioned portions 5 and 6 and separated by separation lines 8 which allow the bottles to be removed from the package as previously explained.
- the portions 5 are intended for adhering to the bottles 2, which, as can be seen, have an uneven convex outer profile; to this end, a glue is applied to the inner wall 5b' of the portions 5, which glue is thermally activated at a temperature within the range where the heat- shrinkable film of the strip 4 shrinks.
- the glue is preferably applied through the same ink printing process used for making label writings or graphics.
- the adhesive is applied onto the ink layers printed on the inner wall 5b of the portions 5, which for this reason are (at least partly) transparent.
- the glue must then be dried at a temperature lower than its activation temperature, so that the tubular strip to which it has been applied can be handled in the following steps of the production process.
- the usable glues are based on dispersions of polyester, vinyl acrylics, EVA, ionomers; other thermoadhesives may possibly be used as well, so long as they can be applied to the plastic film during the production cycle as explained above and then be activated within the heat-shrinking temperature range of the plastic film.
- Said range is comprised between 35 °C and 85 °C, depending on the type of plastic film used for the strip 4, its thickness, the hot-chamber permanence time and other factors.
- the thermally active glue present on the inner wall 5b' of the portions 5 of the strip 4 becomes adhesive as well, so as to attach said portions to the bottles 2 following the shrinking process.
- the application of the glue to such bottles may be problematical (unlike those having a circular body as described in the previous examples) due to the variability of the diameter along the bottle body.
- the winding angle of the strip around the bottles is smaller, covering approximately one fourth of the outer surface of the bottles: it is apparent that in this situation it is necessary to avoid any glueing defects, since otherwise the stability of the package and of the single bottles might be impaired.
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- Mechanical Engineering (AREA)
- Packages (AREA)
- Wrapping Of Specific Fragile Articles (AREA)
- Package Frames And Binding Bands (AREA)
Abstract
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Applications Claiming Priority (2)
Application Number | Priority Date | Filing Date | Title |
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IT001553A ITMI20091553A1 (en) | 2009-09-10 | 2009-09-10 | COUPLING RANGE FOR CONTAINERS SUCH AS BOTTLES AND SIMILARS, MULTIPLE CONTAINERS OF CONTAINERS SUCH AS BOTTLES AND SIMILARS AS WELL AS PROCEDURE FOR IMPLEMENTING THE SAME PACKAGE |
PCT/IB2010/054087 WO2011030307A1 (en) | 2009-09-10 | 2010-09-10 | Packing band and packaging for bottles and the like, and process for manufacturing thereof |
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EP2475590A1 true EP2475590A1 (en) | 2012-07-18 |
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EP10768564A Withdrawn EP2475590A1 (en) | 2009-09-10 | 2010-09-10 | Packing band and packaging for bottles and the like, and process for manufacturing thereof |
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US (1) | US20120160713A1 (en) |
EP (1) | EP2475590A1 (en) |
JP (1) | JP2013504497A (en) |
CN (1) | CN102574618A (en) |
AU (1) | AU2010293810A1 (en) |
BR (1) | BR112012005317A2 (en) |
CA (1) | CA2773785A1 (en) |
IT (1) | ITMI20091553A1 (en) |
MX (1) | MX2012002961A (en) |
RU (1) | RU2012113823A (en) |
WO (1) | WO2011030307A1 (en) |
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- 2010-09-10 CN CN2010800468505A patent/CN102574618A/en active Pending
- 2010-09-10 AU AU2010293810A patent/AU2010293810A1/en not_active Abandoned
- 2010-09-10 JP JP2012528493A patent/JP2013504497A/en active Pending
- 2010-09-10 WO PCT/IB2010/054087 patent/WO2011030307A1/en active Application Filing
- 2010-09-10 US US13/392,692 patent/US20120160713A1/en not_active Abandoned
- 2010-09-10 EP EP10768564A patent/EP2475590A1/en not_active Withdrawn
- 2010-09-10 BR BR112012005317A patent/BR112012005317A2/en not_active IP Right Cessation
- 2010-09-10 RU RU2012113823/12A patent/RU2012113823A/en not_active Application Discontinuation
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BR112012005317A2 (en) | 2016-03-22 |
CN102574618A (en) | 2012-07-11 |
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AU2010293810A1 (en) | 2012-03-29 |
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