EP3882174B1 - Device enabled for carrying beverage cans - Google Patents

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EP3882174B1
EP3882174B1 EP19829662.6A EP19829662A EP3882174B1 EP 3882174 B1 EP3882174 B1 EP 3882174B1 EP 19829662 A EP19829662 A EP 19829662A EP 3882174 B1 EP3882174 B1 EP 3882174B1
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beverage cans
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Josep Maria Berga Ferres
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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
    • B65D71/40—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 comprising a plurality of articles held together only partially by packaging elements formed by folding a blank or several blanks
    • B65D71/42—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 comprising a plurality of articles held together only partially by packaging elements formed by folding a blank or several blanks formed by folding a single blank into a single layer element
    • B65D71/44—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 comprising a plurality of articles held together only partially by packaging elements formed by folding a blank or several blanks formed by folding a single blank into a single layer element characterised by the handle
    • 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
    • B65D71/0003—Tray-like elements provided with handles, for storage or transport of several articles, e.g. bottles, tins, jars
    • 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
    • B65D71/40—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 comprising a plurality of articles held together only partially by packaging elements formed by folding a blank or several blanks
    • B65D71/42—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 comprising a plurality of articles held together only partially by packaging elements formed by folding a blank or several blanks formed by folding a single blank into a single layer element

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  • the object of the present invention is the registration of a device enabled for carrying beverage cans, which incorporates significant innovations and advantages over the techniques used up until now.
  • the invention proposes the development of a device enabled for carrying beverage cans which, because of its particular arrangement, allows the manual carrying of beverage cans grouped together in a "pack", in a comfortable, simple and effective manner for the user.
  • Beverage and refreshment cans which are usually carried manually by the user are known in the current state of the art.
  • the present invention contributes to solving and overcoming the present drawbacks, as it allows manually carrying beverage cans grouped in a "pack", in a comfortable, simple and effective manner for the user, in addition to facilitating their distribution, storage and sale.
  • the device enabled for carrying beverage cans is essentially characterised in that it comprises a body of a laminar nature and with a symmetrical rectangular geometry, having on its surface at least two pairs of incisions without mutual contact defining along their path a plurality of tabs with a folding or bending capacity in relation to the body itself, such that the proportions and the geometry of the incisions are suitable for the tight insertion into each pair of incisions of the upper base or mouth of a beverage can; the body furthermore has added cuts arranged transverse and perpendicular to an axis of symmetry of the same body and arranged between the pairs of incisions.
  • the incisions have a semi-circumferential, arcuate or crescent geometry.
  • the geometry of the incisions may define a concavity.
  • the tabs are extended towards the concave side of each incision.
  • the incisions of each pair preferably have a mutual symmetrical arrangement.
  • the tabs defined by each incision are arranged adjacent to others and without a space between them.
  • the tabs in turn have an incision in their region of contact with the body itself.
  • the tabs cover a central circular sector of 70° in each incision.
  • the body has a plurality of bending lines from the end of at least one incision closest to the edge of the body, and said bending lines directed towards the same closest edge of the same body.
  • the other end of the same incision has another bending line symmetrical with the other bending line of the same incision.
  • the bending line coming from the end of the incision closest to an edge of the body is perpendicular to said edge of the body and furthermore ends at said edge.
  • the body has six pairs of incisions, the pairs of incisions being arranged symmetrically and regularly in two groups of three on each side of the axis of symmetry of the body which is parallel to its larger side.
  • the body of the device according to the invention incorporates manual gripping means.
  • said gripping means comprise an extension of a side edge of the body attached to the same body by a bending line, and having at least one through opening enabled for fingers to pass through same, and the other bending lines of at least one pair of incisions ending at the bending line.
  • the extension has two openings, said two openings configuring three regions or areas of contact and for the securing of the extension with the body itself, at least one of the three regions or areas of contact facing a pair of incisions and furthermore being in contact with their bending lines.
  • the body has at two opposite side edges V-shaped recesses towards the interior of the body itself, the axis of symmetry of the V-shaped recesses coinciding considerably with the main axis of the transverse cuts.
  • the body of the device has on at least one side edge an added segment or flap, which is attached to the same body by a bending line.
  • the segments arranged at the edges corresponding to the longest sides of the body have at their ends an added gluing area.
  • the device enabled for carrying beverage cans of the invention comprises a body 1 of a laminar nature and with a symmetrical and rectangular geometry.
  • Said body 1 has on its surface at least two pairs 2 of incisions 21 with a semi-circumferential, arcuate or crescent geometry, and with a mutual symmetrical arrangement without mutual contact.
  • each incision 21 defines a plurality of tabs 22 which are extended towards the interior or concave side of the semi-circumferential or arcuate geometry of each incision 21.
  • a semi-circumferential or arcuate geometry implies the existence of a concave side.
  • the tabs 22 have a folding or bending capacity in relation to the body 1 itself.
  • the proportions and geometry of the incisions 21 are suitable for the tight insertion into each pair 2 of incisions 21 of the upper base or mouth of a beverage can 3, as can be seen schematically in Figures 2 and 3 .
  • the body 1 has added cuts 4 arranged transverse and perpendicular to an axis of symmetry of the body 1 and arranged between the pairs 2 of incisions 21.
  • the tabs 22 defined by each incision 21 are arranged adjacent to others and without spaces between them. As a result, this increases the surface area for anchoring the can 3 and furthermore facilitates the production of the punch used for the manufacture thereof.
  • each incision 21 of each pair 2 defines three tabs 22, as can be seen in Figure 1 .
  • the tabs 22 thereby act better in vertical mode, and the ridge of the body 1 covers more of the mouth of the can 3, which means that the cans 3 are better secured, hindering them from falling out.
  • the tabs 22 in turn have an incision 23 in their region of contact with the body 1 itself, as can be seen in Figure 1 .
  • incision 23 facilitates and improves the use and performance of the device enabled for carrying beverage cans of the present invention, as it prevents an eventual bending of the tab 22 in different and inappropriate areas, which would mean the loss of its height level and maximum securing.
  • the incision 23 furthermore weakens suitably and in the right proportion this precise region of contact of the tabs 22 with the body 1 itself. This means that when the cans 3 are positioned by means of a piston during the manufacturing process, the latter has sufficient force to bend all the tabs 22 easily, and at the same time, the same tabs 22 put up resistance and secure the ring of the can 3 on its entire surface. This represents an important improvement in relation to the state of the art known, facilitating its assembly and manufacture, particularly taking into account a high-output automatic process.
  • the tabs 22 cover a central circular sector of 70° in each incision 21, as can be seen in Figure 1 . Said coverage is more effective for suitably securing the cans 3.
  • the body 1 has six pairs 2 of incisions 21, the pairs 2 of incisions 21 being arranged symmetrically and regularly in two groups of three on each side of the axis of symmetry of the body 1 which is parallel to its larger side, as can be seen in Figure 1 .
  • a rectangular geometry implies the existence of two axes of symmetry perpendicular to one another.
  • the body 1 also has a plurality of bending lines 20 from the end of each incision 21 closest to the edge of the body 1, and directed towards the same closest edge of the body 1, as can be seen in the preferred embodiments of Figures 1 , 2 , 3 , 4 and 5 .
  • the other end of the same incision 21 can also have another bending line, which is symmetrical with the other bending line 20 of the same incision 21, as can be seen particularly in the preferred embodiments of Figures 1 and 4 .
  • the body 1 can incorporate gripping means for being carried manually.
  • the gripping means comprise an extension 11 of one side of the body 1 attached to the same body 1 by a bending line 111, and having at least one through opening 12 enabled for fingers to pass through same.
  • the extension 11 in the gripping means can have two openings 12, said two openings 12 configuring three regions 13 or areas of contact and for the securing of the extension 11 with the body 1 itself, each of the three regions 13 or areas of contact facing a pair 2 of incisions 21. This arrangement improves resistance, and when carried manually stresses are better distributed, providing better stability to the assembly.
  • the body 1 has at two opposite side edges V-shaped recesses 5 towards the interior of the body 1 itself, the axis of symmetry of the V-shaped recesses 5 considerably coinciding with the main axis of the transverse cuts 4.
  • the arrangement of the V-shaped recesses achieves a better vertical area for the securing of the tabs 22 which bear the cans 3, since these securing points are located on the central axes of the cans 3.
  • the segments 6 arranged at the edges corresponding to the longest sides of the rectangular body 1 have at their ends an added gluing area 61 to facilitate the use and carrying of the device enabled for carrying beverage cans of the proposed invention, as can be seen particularly in Figure 3 .
  • the device enabled for carrying beverage cans of the invention allows manual carrying by the user of beverage cans grouped together by way of a "pack", in a manner that is more effective, safer and simpler than that known in the state of the art, furthermore exhibiting very good properties for the manufacture thereof.

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ES201831102A ES2760824B2 (es) 2018-11-14 2018-11-14 Dispositivo habilitado para el portado de latas de bebidas
PCT/ES2019/070732 WO2020099697A1 (es) 2018-11-14 2019-10-29 Dispositivo habilitado para el portado de latas de bebidas

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