FR2903966A1 - Flattened bottle e.g. Bordeaux bottle, wedging device, has pivoting flaps each formed by cut and intercalated between bottles, where device is arranged in case whose two lateral walls wedge bottles on their longitudinal side - Google Patents

Abstract

The device (2) has a rectangular base prolonged on two opposed small sides by folded flaps (12-15), where the device is made of a semi-rigid material such as corrugated cardboard blank. The flaps are connected to the base by folding lines and are folded to form a return fold on each side for wedging a bottom and the neck of a bottle (7). Each of the pivoting flaps is formed by a cut and is intercalated between two bottles arranged alongside, where the device is arranged in a case (102) with four lateral walls. Two of the walls wedge the bottles on their longitudinal side. An independent claim is also included for a method for fabricating a package.

Description

Bottle setting device The present invention relates to a

  bottling device. Commercial bottle-setting devices, or cradles of bottles, which make it possible to hold bottles in lying positions in a box, are generally made of molded cellulose. It has long been envisaged to have packing elements made of cardboard or corrugated cardboard, as is shown in French patent applications FR 1 023 098, which describes a box for the packaging of bottles, FR 2 562 872, which describes a packaging tray for packaging coated bottles, and FR 2,682,086, which describes a corrugated cardboard protective device for packaging coated bottles.

  These cardboard devices consume a lot of cardboard, even when produced from a single piece (or blank), as they generally comprise a bottom, four side walls and wedging means. The present invention aims to remedy these drawbacks in a simple way, by making it possible to produce simpler setting devices, which make it possible to save material significantly, while allowing mechanical implementation. For this purpose, the invention has the effect of a wedging device of a bed of coated bottles, intended to support at least two bottles arranged side by side and head to tail, said wedging device being made of a semi-rigid material such as cardboard or corrugated cardboard, and said wedging device being formed from a single piece and having a bottom at least in part substantially rectangular extended on two small opposite sides by two flap flaps, each flap flap being connected to the bottom by a fold line substantially perpendicular to the longitudinal axis or major axis of the bottom, and each flap flap comprising at least two parts, the flap flaps being intended to be folded so as to form on each small side a return flap for the buttock and / or bottle neck, said wedging device comprising at least one pivoting flap, each pivoting flap being formed at least in part by a cutting, and each pivoting flap being intended to be inserted between two bottles 2903966 2 arranged side by side and head to tail, said wedging device being intended to be placed in at least one box having a bottom and four side walls, at least two of said side walls being intended to wedge the bottles on their longitudinal side.

At least in part substantially rectangular means that the bottom has at least a substantially rectangular portion and is generally of substantially rectangular shape. Preferably according to the invention, the bottom is formed of two rectangles which are connected to one another continuously by a trapezoidal flare.

According to a first embodiment of the invention, the wedging device according to the invention is such that each flap flap comprises a first portion intended to be disposed substantially perpendicular to the bottom, a second portion forming a chamfer and connecting said first portion. at the bottom, the first part being juxtaposed at the bottom by at least one folding line substantially perpendicular to the fold line between the bottom and the flap flap, and the second part being juxtaposed to the first part by a folding line substantially parallel to the preceding fold line, the bottom assembly and flaps having, in longitudinal section, a substantially U-shaped shape. According to a second embodiment of the invention, the wedging device according to the invention is such that each flap flap comprises three parts, intended to be arranged so that they form substantially a triangle, a first part being jux taposée at the bottom 25 by at least one fold line substantially perpendicular to the fold line between the bottom and the flap flap, a second part being juxtaposed to the first part by a fold line substantially parallel to the previous fold line, and a third portion being juxtaposed to the second portion by a fold line 30 substantially parallel to the preceding fold lines, the third portion being intended to be laid in the continuation of the bottom plane. Whatever the embodiment, the wedging device according to the invention is such that it is intended to support at least two bottles, generally three, five, seven or nine bottles, preferably three or five bottles, still most preferred three bottles. The wedging device according to the invention is preferably such that at least one flap flap, preferably each flap flap, comprises at least one cutout intended to wedge a bottleneck. The invention also relates to a package comprising a box having a bottom and four side walls, at least two of said side walls being intended to wedge the bottles on their longitudinal side, said package further comprising at least one setting device as described previously, said wedging element being placed in said body. According to a first embodiment, the packaging according to the invention comprises at least two wedging devices intended to be placed one above the other, each wedging device being arranged in the same direction as the measuring device. wedging arranged on or under it, that is to say that the bottles to be wedged in said wedging devices are arranged in the same direction when they are one above the other.

According to a second embodiment, the packaging according to the invention comprises at least two wedging devices intended to be placed one above the other, each wedging device being arranged in the opposite direction to the direction of the device. on or under it, that is to say that the bottles intended to be wedged in said 20 wedging devices are arranged in the opposite direction (head to tail) when they are one above the 'other. The invention finally relates to a method of manufacturing a package according to the invention, from a single piece, comprising a setting feeder of various parts arranged one above the other, a sample of one piece by one of the feeder, by at least one suction-cup type device, and the shaping of said piece into a wedging device, simultaneous or not with said sampling, followed by a lateral displacement of said wedging device, and the automatic setting-up bottles in said wedging device, then the crating of said setting devices thus filled. Various embodiments of the invention will be described hereinafter by way of example. In this description, reference is made to the accompanying drawings, in which: Fig. 1 is a plan view of a blank or piece of corrugated cardboard for a first wedging device according to a first embodiment of the invention.

Figure 2 is a sectional view of said first wedging device from the blank (or part) of Figure 1 and positioned in a box. Fig. 3 is a plan view of a corrugated cardboard blank for a second wedging device according to a second embodiment of the invention. Figure 4 is a sectional view of the second wedging device from the blank of Figure 3 and positioned in a box. Figure 5 is a perspective view of the first wedging device of Figure 2 with three bottles.

FIG. 6 is a perspective view of a box which is filled with at least one blocking device of FIG. 5. FIG. 7 is a schematic perspective view of a first stage of manufacture of a device. wedging device according to the invention, showing a feeder device taking a blank of first wedging device 15 in order to shape it. Figure 8 is a schematic sectional view of a second step of manufacturing a wedging device according to the invention, showing the shaping of said wedging device. In these figures, the same reference numerals designate the same 20 organs. FIG. 1 is a plan view of a piece of corrugated cardboard for a first stalling device 1 according to a first embodiment of the invention, FIG. 2 being a sectional view of said first stalling device 1 positioned in FIG. a box 101.

The piece 10 is of a semi-rigid material which is here cardboard. It is intended to support three bottles arranged side by side. In general, according to the invention, the setting device 1 is intended to support at least two bottles, generally an odd number of bottles: three, five, seven or nine bottles, preferably three or five bottles, even more preferably as illustrated here, three bottles. The setting device 1 is formed from the blank 10 as a single piece and comprises a substantially rectangular bottom 8 formed of two long rectangular parts connected together by a flared shape. The blank 10 has two flap flaps (3,4) and (5,6) on its two small opposite sides. Each flap flap is connected to the bottom 8 by a fold line substantially perpendicular to the longitudinal axis or major axis of the rectangle, and each flap flap comprises at least two parts. The flap flap formed of the parts 3 and 4 comprises the part 4 connected by a fold line, as indicated previously, to the bottom 8, as well as the part 3 connected by a fold line substantially parallel to the previous folding line at part 4. The part 4 thus serves as a junction between the bottom 8 and the part 3. The part 4 comprises a cutout 21 for supporting a bottle cul 1. The cutout 21 comprises a tongue 40. Opposite the flap flap (3,4) is a flap flap (5,6).

The portion 5 of the flap flap (5, 6) is connected by a fold line substantially parallel to the longitudinal axis of the major axis of the semi rectangle formed by the bottom 8. The portion 5 is connected by a folding line substantially parallel to the fold line preceding a portion 6, the portion 5 serving as a junction between the bottom 8 and the portion 6. The portion 15 5 has two cutouts 22 and 23 respectively of tabs 41 and 42. The bottom 8 is, on each of its small sides, substantially of rectangular shape, but the two rectangles being of different dimensions, it comprises a flaring part at the height of which inside the bottom 8 are two pivoting flaps 9 and 18. Each flap Pivoting 9 or 18 is formed at least in part by a cut and completed by a fold line. Each pivoting flap is thus intended to be interposed between two bottles 7 arranged side by side head to tail. As shown in FIG. 2, the blank 10 is shaped and erected into a wedging device 1. This wedging device 1 can comprise at least two bottles 7 and be placed in a box 101. wedge 1 is placed in a box 101 having a bottom and at least four side walls, and two side walls of said box wedge the bottles on their longitudinal side. A first economy of material is achieved by this wedging device, which holds the bottles only on two lateral sides, the wedging of the other lateral sides being provided by the body. The tongues 40, 41 and 42 make it possible to wedge the wedging device 1 to the dimensions of the box 101.

The flat shape of the blank 10 or 20 fits perfectly head to tail on the cutting form to advantageously allow a second reduction of material at the source.

The body which comprises the wedging device according to the invention can be of different types: American box, wrap or tray with cap, or any other type known to those skilled in the art. FIG. 3 is a plan view of a corrugated cardboard blank 20 for a second stalling device 2 according to a second embodiment of the invention, the view 4 being a sectional view of the second stalling device 2 derived from of said blank 20. The blank 20 is substantially of the same shape as the blank 10 of Figure 1 and has two pivoting flaps 27 and 28 at the location where its bottom 17 changes width. A first flap flap (11,12,13) is formed of three parts. The portion 13 is connected by a fold line substantially perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the rectangle that forms in this part the bottom 17. The portion 12 is connected by a fold line substantially parallel to the fold line preceding the portion 15 13, the portion 13 is interposed between the bottom 17 and the portion 12. The portion 11 is connected by a fold line substantially parallel to the fold lines preceding the portion 12, the portion 12 being interposed between the portion 13 and Part 11. On the opposite side, a second flap flap (14, 15, 16) is formed of three parts 14, 15 and 16. Part 14 is connected by a fold line substantially perpendicular to the major axis of the rectangle. that the bottom 17 forms in this part, at the bottom 17. The part 15 is connected to the part 14 by a folding line substantially parallel to the preceding fold lines, the part 14 being interposed between the bottom 17 and the part 15. Part 16 is connected by a folding line substantially parallel to the fold lines preceding the portion 15, the portion 15 being interposed between the portions 14 and 16. The portion 14 comprises two cutouts for cylinder bottoms 25 and 26 respectively tabs 44 and 45. Part 13 comprises a cutout for bottle end 24 of tab 46. In FIG. 4, the blank 20 has been shaped into a wedging device 2 in which at least two bottles 7 are put in place. 1 and trimmed packing is set up in a box 102. The flap flap portions 11 and 16 are substantially in the extension of the plane formed by the bottom 17, the parts 15 and 14 for stabilizing this portion 16, and the parts 13 and 12 for stabilizing this part 11. The walls of the box 102 wedge the bottle or bottles on their longitudinal side. The tongues 44, 45 and 46 make it possible to position the wedging device 2 to the dimensions of the box 102. FIG. 5 is a perspective view of the first blocking device 1 of FIG. 2, which is packed with three bottles. two extreme bottles, ie which do not touch, have their butts wedged by the cutouts 22 and 23, and their necks held by the parts 3 and 4. The central bottle has its neck held by the parts 5 and 6, and its ass The pivoting flaps 9 and 18 separate the bottles 10 from one another and hold the bottles in place. These flaps may have a fold line parallel to the side of the box for Bordeaux bottles or have an inclined fold line to wedge Burgundy or Champagne type bottles, all the wedges being made at the level of the contacts of the body or the body. shoulder of the 15 bottles. The longitudinal edges of the two end bottles are intended to be wedged by side walls of the body. FIG. 6 is a perspective view of a box 100 which is filled with at least one setting device 1 as shown in FIG. 5. The box 100 comprises a first setting device 1, 20 comprising three bottles, at the bottom of the box, two of the side walls of the box holding the extreme bottles on their longitudinal sides. Above this wedging device 1, another wedging device 1 is placed in one direction or another as indicated by the arrow, that is to say that the bottoms of these two devices 1 match or are head to tail with respect to each other. Figure 7 is a schematic perspective view of a first step of manufacturing the device 1 wedging. A feeder device, in which are stored one above the other all the blanks 10. A system 37 picks the blanks 10, one by one to introduce them into the shape 38. The gripping of the blank 10 is guided by the four corners 31, 32, 33 and 34 and provided by a suction-type device 30 having at least one suction cup (35 and / or 36). The blank 10 is then shaped as a wedging device 1 in a shell 38, as shown in FIG. 8, the shutters 9 and 18 being raised by various devices when the blank 10 is placed in the shell 38. Most often, the blank 10 has been moved laterally to arrive at a position where it is clear, so that bottles can be introduced therein. Following this shaping, the bottles are automatically placed in the wedging device (automatic device not shown) within this shell 38, then automatic devices can transport the different rigging devices filled with bottles to introduce them. in the crates. Advantageously according to the invention, the method of placing the bottles in a wedging device makes it possible to take bottles by automatic gripping devices without damaging the labels of said bottles.

The wedging device according to the invention is therefore advantageously solid, extremely simple and easy to implement, with a manufacturing cost that is practically negligible, favoring the placing of bottles without damaging their labels.

Claims (10)

  1. Device for setting (1,2) a bed of bottles (7) lying down, intended to support at least two bottles (7) arranged side by side and head-to-tail, said setting device (1,2) being of a semi-rigid material such as cardboard or corrugated cardboard, and said setting device (1,2) being formed from a single piece and having a bottom (8,17) at least partly substantially rectangular extended on two small opposite sides by two flap flaps (3,4; 5,6; 11,12,13; 14,15,16), each flap flap (3,4; 5,6; 11,12; 13, 14, 15, 16) being connected to the bottom (8, 17) by a fold line substantially perpendicular to the longitudinal axis or major axis of the bottom (8, 17), and each flap flap (3.4; 5,6; 11,12,13; 14,15,16) having at least two parts, the flap flaps (3,4; 5,6; 11,12,13; 14,15,16) being intended for be folded so as to form on each small side a return flap for ass wedging and / or bottleneck (7), said wedging device (1,2) having at least one pivoting flap (9,18; 27,28), each pivoting flap (9,18; 27,28) being formed at least in part by a cutout , and each pivoting flap (9,18; 27,28) being intended to be inserted between two bottles arranged side by side and head to tail, said setting device (1,2) being intended to be placed in at least one crate (100,101,102) having a bottom (8,17) and four side walls, at least two of said side walls being intended to wedge the bottles (7) on their longitudinal side.   2. Stalling device (1) according to the preceding claim, such that each flap flap (3,4; 5,6) comprises a first portion (3,5) intended to be disposed substantially perpendicular to the bottom (8), a second portion (6.4) forming a chamfer and connecting said first portion (3.5) to the bottom (8), the first portion (3.5) being juxtaposed to the bottom (8) by at least one fold line substantially perpendicular to the folding line between the bottom (8) and the flap flap (3,4; 5,6), and the second part (6,4) being juxtaposed to the first part (3,5) by a folding line substantially parallel to the previous fold line, the bottom assembly (8) and flap flaps (3,4; 5,6) having, in longitudinal section, a substantially U-shape.   3. Stalling device (2) according to claim 1, wherein each flap flap (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16) comprises three parts intended to be arranged in such a way that they form substantially a triangle, A first portion (13, 14) being juxtaposed to the bottom (17) by at least one fold line substantially perpendicular to the fold line between the bottom (17) and the flap flap (11, 12, 13; 15,16), a second portion (12,15) being juxtaposed to the first portion (13,14) by a folding line 5 substantially parallel to the preceding fold line, and a third portion (11,16) being juxtaposed to the second portion (12,15) by a fold line substantially parallel to the previous fold lines, the third portion (11,16) being intended to be placed in the continuation of the bottom plane (17). 10   4. Calibration device (1,2) according to one of the preceding claims, such that it is intended to support at least two bottles (7), generally three, five, seven or nine bottles, preferably three or five bottles , even more preferably three bottles.   5. Stalling device (1, 2) according to one of the preceding claims, such that at least one flap flap (3, 4; 5, 6; 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16), preferably each flap flap comprises at least one cutout (21,22,23; 24,25,26) intended to wedge a bottleneck.   6. A package comprising a box (100, 101, 102) having a bottom and four side walls, at least two of said side walls being intended to wedge the bottles (7) on their longitudinal side, said package further comprising at least one wedging device ( 1,2) according to one of the preceding claims, said wedging device (1,2) being placed in said box (100,101,102). 25   7. Packaging according to the preceding claim, comprising at least two wedging devices (1,2) intended to be placed one above the other, each wedging device (1,2) being arranged in the same direction as the setting device (1,2) disposed on or under it, that is to say that the bottles intended to be wedged in said setting devices (1,2) are arranged in the same direction when they are one above the other.   8. Packaging according to claim 6, comprising at least two wedging devices intended to be placed one above the other, each wedging device (1, 2) being arranged in the opposite direction to the direction of the device. wedge (1,2) arranged on or under it, that is to say that the bottles (7) intended to be set in said wedging devices (1,2) are arranged in the opposite direction (head to tail) 2903966 11 when they are one above the other.   9. A method of manufacturing a package according to one of claims 7 or 8, from a single piece (10) comprising a setting feeder various parts arranged one above the other 5, a sample one piece by piece of the feeder, by at least one suction-type device (30), and the shaping of said piece as a wedging device (1), simultaneous or not with said sampling, followed by a lateral displacement of said device setting (1), and the automatic placement of bottles (7) in said setting device (1), then the crating of said setting devices (1) and filled.   10. Method according to the preceding claim comprising a nesting blanks head-to-tail on the forms of blanks to reduce material at the source.