FR3071823A1 - SETTING DEVICE FOR THE PACKAGING OF CHAMPENOISE BOTTLES. - Google Patents

Abstract

A wedging device (10) for six staggered champagne bottles, comprising: a bottom (20) two walls (21, 22) opposite one another, each wall forming after setting volume a stop for the asses d at least three of the bottles, at least six sidewalks (23), each sidewalk comprising an upper portion (24) and a lower portion (25), each lower portion forming after setting volume a stop for the neck of a champagne bottle corresponding, - for each sidewalk, at least one flap (29) extending inwardly beyond the level of the folding line articulating the upper portion of the lower portion of the sidewalk.

Description

Wedging device for the packaging of Champagne bottles.

The invention relates to a wedging device for packaging bottles, of the insert type.

It is known to have an insert, as described for example in application FR2970241 in the name of the Applicant, in a packaging that has been set in volume, to deposit the bottles, then to close the packaging.

But when such an insert is sized for 6 bottles placed side by side, the width of the corresponding packaging requires sparse palletization. By convention, in the present application, the length is the dimension along which the bottles extend (from the bottom to the neck) when they are lying in the packaging, and the width is the transverse dimension, in the plane of the bottom of the package.

The dimensions of a pallet are 80 centimeters in width and 120 centimeters in length.

In the field of packaging of standard Champagne bottles, or lightened standard, as defined by the CIVC (Interprofessional Committee for Champagne Wine), there is a need for a wedging device adapted to receive six standard, or lightened Champagne bottles, side by side while having dimensions allowing to have on a pallet layer, without overlapping, six packages each receiving a wedging device and six bottles. In other words, it is sought to have six bottles flat in a package without losing palletization compared to packages receiving two superimposed layers of three bottles each.

It is proposed a wedging device in a rigid or semi-rigid material such as cardboard or corrugated cardboard, intended to be installed in a packaging and arranged to receive at least six standard or standard Champagne bottles lightened side by side, in a configuration in staggered, comprising:

- a bottom intended to rest on a bottom part of the packaging,

- two walls opposite one another, articulated at the bottom and intended to be superimposed on respective walls of the packaging erected with respect to the bottom part of the packaging, each wall forming a volume after a stop for the bottoms of at least three of the bottles,

- At least six sidewalks, each sidewalk comprising an upper portion and a lower portion articulated to each other by a fold line, the upper portion being articulated to the corresponding wall by a fold line opposite the fold line articulating the upper portion to the lower portion, and the lower portion being articulated at the bottom by a fold line opposite to the fold line articulating the upper portion to the lower portion, each lower portion forming after setting in volume a stop for the neck a corresponding Champagne bottle,

- for each sidewalk, at least one flap articulated on a corresponding side of the upper portion of the sidewalk by a fold line erected with respect to the fold lines hinging this upper portion to the corresponding wall and to the corresponding lower portion, respectively, this flap extending towards the wall opposite the wall to which the upper portion articulated to this flap is also articulated, beyond the level of the fold line articulating the upper portion of the lower portion of the sidewalk.

By "level of the fold line" is meant the straight line extending this fold line.

This straight line divides the flap into a first part adjacent to the upper portion, this first part making it possible to avoid the presence of a clear edge against the adjacent bottle, and in a second part beyond this straight line, extending ( beyond the sidewalk after setting in volume) towards what will be the interior of the packaging to an interior end, this second part forming a separation between adjacent bottles. Thus, the separator function is integrated into the shutter conventionally used in the prior art as an anti-cut only.

Advantageously, this flap can extend towards the wall opposite the wall to which the upper portion articulated to this flap is also articulated sufficiently beyond the level of the fold line articulating the upper portion of the lower portion of the sidewalk to reach at least half the height of the ring of the bottle whose neck is in abutment against this lower portion when this bottle is thus received, advantageously at least 75% of the height of this ring, advantageously at least 90% of the height of this ring, advantageously at least 100% of the height of this ring.

By "height of the ring" is meant the vertical direction when the bottle is upright on a flat floor, that is to say substantially the length when the bottle rests lying on the bottom of the wedging device.

The flaps articulated to an upper sidewalk portion are in the prior art usually used to prevent the label of the adjacent bottles (to the bottle whose neck is in abutment on the corresponding lower portion) from being damaged due to contact with a clear edge of the upper portion.

By extending this flap, we also use it as a separator between the ring of the bottle whose neck is in abutment on the corresponding lower portion and the corresponding adjacent bottle.

The separation at the level of potential contact zones between adjacent bottles, namely the bead of the ring or the muselet of the bottle whose neck is in abutment against the lower portion and the body of an adjacent bottle, is thus ensured by the corresponding section.

The wedging device can thus be devoid of a pivoting flap formed by a cut in the bottom of the wedging device, as in document FR 2 970 241, so that the width of the wedging device and the corresponding packaging can be reduced .

This can make it possible to size the packaging and the wedging device with a width close to or equal to 40 centimeters and to be able to arrange six of these packages on the same layer of pallet of 80x120 centimeters.

In addition, due to the absence of cut-out flaps in the bottom, the automation of the setting of the wedging device can be facilitated.

Finally, by dimensioning the wedging device and the corresponding packaging so as to reduce the width, it is possible to design a wedging device plus packaging such that the rotational movements of the bottles on themselves are limited. Thus, by arranging the bottles so that their label is visible when the package is opened, the presentation of the contents of the package can be improved.

Advantageously, at least one, and preferably each, flap may extend towards the wall opposite the wall to which the upper portion articulated to this flap is also articulated over a length from the level of the fold line articulating the upper portion to the lower portion (that is to say of the straight line extending this fold line), of at least 3 centimeters, advantageously at least 4 centimeters, which can be judicious insofar as the height of a ring is approximately 4 centimeters in the case of a standard or light Champagne bottle, advantageously at least 5 centimeters. This length can be less than 10 centimeters, for example less than 8 centimeters.

In a nonlimiting embodiment, at least one, and preferably each, fold line articulating a flap with the corresponding upper portion forms a slight angle with the normal, in the upper portion, at the fold line articulating this upper portion to the wall, so that the fold line articulating the upper portion to the wall is shorter than the fold line articulating the upper portion to the lower portion.

By slight angle is meant an angle of less than 20 °, advantageously less than 10 °, but more than 2 °.

Thus, when the shutter is folded along the sidewalk, this shutter is slightly inclined with respect to this normal, thus making it possible to be inserted as best as possible between 2 corresponding bottles.

In addition, the installation of the bottles may be facilitated, in that, because of this inclination, it is easier to volume the sidewalks while the bottles are already in place. We could for example provide for inserting the bottles while the wedging device is in the blank state, or else is only partially set in volume, via the space between two adjacent sidewalks, the inclination of the flaps facilitating this insertion as well as the subsequent volume.

In one embodiment, the wedging device can be designed with dimensions suitable for the reception of six standard or lightened Champagne bottles, each wrapped in a film. The film can be transparent or opaque, and can be, for example, plastic, paper, or the like.

In another embodiment, the wedging device can be designed with dimensions suitable for the reception of six standard or lightened Champagne bottles, not wrapped.

In one embodiment, the bottom of the wedging device defines at least one, and preferably at least six, zone having a thickness less than its immediate vicinity.

Each zone of lesser thickness may for example have a rectangular shape, the length of that of the barrel of a standard or light Champagne bottle. The zone having a reduced thickness may correspond to a surface for receiving the body of a bottle.

Thus, by gaining in the height direction one to a few millimeters, it is possible to further reduce the width of the packaging.

Furthermore, this crushing can make it possible to limit sagging and subsequent deformations during transport of the packaging.

For example, provision may be made to make the wedging device in corrugated cardboard and to crush certain zones at the time of cutting the corrugated cardboard.

Of course, the invention is in no way limited by the presence of zones of lesser thickness.

In one embodiment, the wedging device in the blank state may define at least one recess partially delimited by an edge of a corresponding flap. It is thus possible to limit the lengths of the edges of the flap in contact via cutouts with clean edges of the blank, and therefore the friction during the setting in volume.

In addition, it is possible to provide sufficiently wide bypasses to create sufficiently heavy waste during their cutting to facilitate their evacuation.

A blank is proposed in a rigid or semi-rigid material such as cardboard or corrugated cardboard, shaped to form after setting in volume a wedging device intended to be installed in a packaging and arranged to receive at least six standard Champagne bottles or standard lightened side by side, in a staggered configuration, comprising:

- a bottom intended to rest on a bottom part of the packaging,

- two walls opposite one another, articulated at the bottom and intended to be superimposed on respective walls of the packaging erected with respect to the bottom portion of the packaging, each wall being arranged and shaped to form after setting up a stop for the butts of at least three of the bottles,

- At least six sidewalks, each sidewalk comprising an upper portion and a lower portion articulated to each other by a fold line, the upper portion being articulated to the corresponding wall by a fold line opposite the fold line articulating the upper portion to the lower portion, and the lower portion being articulated at the bottom by a fold line opposite to the fold line articulating the upper portion to the lower portion, each lower portion being arranged and shaped to form after setting in volume a stop for the neck of a corresponding Champagne bottle,

- for each sidewalk, at least one flap articulated on a corresponding side of the upper portion of the sidewalk by a fold line erected with respect to the fold lines hinging this upper portion to the corresponding wall and to the corresponding lower portion, respectively, this shutter extending towards the wall opposite the wall to which the upper portion articulated to this shutter is also articulated, beyond the fold line articulating the upper portion of the lower portion of the sidewalk, for example over 2 centimeters, preferably over 3 centimeters or more.

Advantageously, at least one, and preferably each flap can extend beyond the fold line articulating the upper portion of the lower portion of the sidewalk over a length sufficient to cover the ring with a standard or light Champagne bottle in abutment against the corresponding lower portion.

It is also proposed a method of packaging at least 6 standard or lightened Champagne bottles comprising:

- provide a wedging device in a rigid or semi-rigid material such as cardboard or corrugated cardboard comprising a bottom, two walls opposite to each other, articulated at the bottom, and a packaging in a rigid or semi material -rigid such as cardboard or corrugated cardboard intended to receive the wedging device, this packaging comprising a bottom part whose dimensions correspond to the dimensions of the bottom of the wedging device and of the walls intended to be upright with respect to the part of bottom, in which the wedging device comprises at least six sidewalks, each sidewalk comprising an upper portion and a lower portion articulated to each other by a fold line, the upper portion being articulated to the corresponding wall by a line of fold opposite to the fold line articulating the upper portion with the lower portion, and the lower portion being articulated at the bottom by a line of fold oppo sée to the fold line articulating the upper portion to the lower portion, and for each sidewalk, at least one flap articulated on a corresponding side of the upper portion of the sidewalk by a fold line erected with respect to the fold lines articulating this portion higher than the corresponding wall and the corresponding lower portion, respectively, this flap extending towards the wall opposite the wall to which the upper portion articulated to this flap is also articulated, beyond the level of the fold line articulating the upper portion of the lower portion of the sidewalk, arrange the bottom of the wedging device on the bottom portion of the packaging,

- place at least six bottles, so that the rim of each bottle is located between two sidewalks, or between a sidewalk and a side edge of the wedging device, and the neck of each bottle is in abutment against a corresponding lower portion .

Advantageously, at least one flap extends towards the inside of the packaging, beyond the level of the fold line articulating the upper portion of the lower portion of the sidewalk, over a length at least equal to half the height of the standard or lightened Champagne bottle ring, and / or over at least three centimeters, advantageously over at least four centimeters.

In one embodiment, there is provided a volume setting step after the bottle placement step. In particular, the walls of the wedging device and / or of the packaging can be erected after the bottles have been placed. Thus, the volume is at least partially carried out once the bottles are installed.

The step of erecting the walls of the packaging and the wedging device can thus be at least partially carried out after the bottles have been placed.

This can make it possible to limit the design constraints of the wedging device and / or of the packaging, since the risk that the wedging device is forced during the installation of the bottles is then low.

The bottles can be installed flat.

This reduction in design constraints can make it possible to design a wedging device and / or a more compact and / or lighter packaging.

This setting in volume after installation of the bottles can be facilitated in the case of inclined flaps due to the trapezoidal shape of the upper portions.

In an alternative embodiment, provision may be made to dress the walls of the wedging device and / or of the packaging, for example at 90 ° relative to the bottoms, prior to the placement of the bottles.

It is further proposed a set of packages of at least six standard or standard Champagne bottles lightened side by side, in an elongated nesting, comprising a wedging device as described above and a packaging made of a rigid or semi-rigid material. rigid such as cardboard or corrugated cardboard, of dimensions adapted to receive this wedging device.

The invention is in no way limited by the shape of the packaging. One could for example provide an American box, a box comprising a solid bottom, walls erected with respect to the bottom and closing flaps, or the like.

The packaging can be single piece or multi piece.

In one embodiment, the packaging may include a tray and a cap. The tray and the cap may each comprise a bottom portion and walls erected with respect to the bottom. Each part of the background can be rectangular.

This packaging can advantageously have zones whose thickness is less than the immediate surroundings, for example in the bottom, and / or in the cap or even in closing flaps if necessary.

It will thus be possible to provide for crushing the areas of the bottom and / or of the lid of the packaging corresponding to the barrel of the bottles.

In one embodiment, the walls of the packaging can define zones whose thickness is less, in particular zones corresponding to the barrels of the bottles situated at the lateral ends.

The number of sidewalks, and therefore of bottles capable of being received, can be six or more, for example 8, 9, 10 or 12.

In one embodiment, the packaging assembly may include a single layer of six or more bottles. In another embodiment, two layers of six or more bottles can be provided, one on top of the other.

It is also proposed a method of packaging at least 6 standard or lightened Champagne bottles comprising:

- provide a wedging device in a rigid or semi-rigid material such as cardboard or corrugated cardboard comprising a bottom, two walls opposite to each other, articulated at the bottom, and a packaging in a rigid or semi material -rigid such as cardboard or corrugated cardboard intended to receive the wedging device, this packaging comprising a bottom part whose dimensions correspond to the dimensions of the bottom of the wedging device and of the walls intended to be upright with respect to the part of bottom, in which the wedging device comprises at least six sidewalks, each sidewalk comprising an upper portion and a lower portion articulated to each other by a fold line, the upper portion being articulated to the corresponding wall by a line of fold opposite to the fold line articulating the upper portion with the lower portion, and the lower portion being articulated at the bottom by a line of fold oppo placed at the fold line hinging the upper portion to the lower portion, place the bottom of the wedging device on the bottom part of the packaging,

- place at least six bottles, so that the rim of each bottle is located between two sidewalks, or between a sidewalk and a side edge of the wedging device, and the neck of each bottle is in abutment against a corresponding lower portion ,

- after the bottle placement step, erect the walls of the packaging and / or the wedging device.

Thus, the volume is all or part carried out once the bottles are installed.

Advantageously and in a nonlimiting manner, the wedging device may comprise for each sidewalk, at least one flap articulated on a corresponding side of the upper portion of the sidewalk by a fold line erected with respect to the fold lines articulating this portion greater than the corresponding wall and the corresponding lower portion, respectively.

Advantageously and in a nonlimiting manner, this flap may extend towards the wall opposite the wall to which the upper portion articulated to this flap is also articulated, beyond the level of the fold line articulating the upper portion of the lower sidewalk,

Advantageously, at least one flap may extend towards the inside of the packaging, beyond the level of the fold line articulating the upper portion of the lower portion of the sidewalk, over a length at least equal to half of the height of the standard or lightened Champagne bottle ring, and / or over at least three centimeters, advantageously over at least four centimeters.

The invention will be better understood with reference to the figures, which are given by way of nonlimiting examples.

FIG. 1 shows an example of blank according to an embodiment of the invention.

Figure 2A is a top view of an example of a wedging device from a blank according to the embodiment of Figure 1 and receiving six standard Champagne bottles.

Figure 2B is a top view of part of the wedging device of Figure 2A.

FIG. 3A shows a blank for producing a cap of a packaging assembly according to one embodiment, suitable for the wedging device issuing from the blank of FIG. 1.

FIG. 3B shows a blank for making a tray of the packaging assembly according to the embodiment of FIG.

3A.

FIG. 4 shows an example of blank according to another embodiment of the invention.

FIGS. 5A, 5B, 5C are perspective views illustrating an example of a method according to an embodiment of the invention.

FIGS. 6A, 6B, 6C are perspective views illustrating an example of a method according to another embodiment of the invention.

Identical or similar references may be used from one figure to another to designate identical or similar elements.

With reference to FIG. 1, the blank 1 comprises a bottom 20 delimited on the one hand by two straight edges 201, 202, facing each other, by two non-continuous fold lines 203, 204, by cutouts 205 defining recesses 206 and by fold lines 207.

Walls 21, 22 facing each other, are articulated at the bottom

20 by the fold lines 203, 204.

Six sidewalks 23 include an upper portion 24 and a lower portion 25 hinged to each other by a fold line 26. This fold line 26 is opposite a corresponding fold line 207, so that the portion lower 25 is articulated relative to the bottom 20.

The fold lines 207, 26, 203, 27 extend in directions perpendicular or substantially perpendicular to the edges 201, 202.

Each upper portion 24 is articulated to the corresponding wall 5 21, 22 by a fold line 27.

Each upper portion 24 is further delimited by one or two fold lines 28 erected relative to the fold lines 26, 27, each hinging this upper portion 24 to a flap 29.

The sidewalks 23 adjoining the edges 201, 202 each comprise only one flap 29 and are delimited by one of the respective edges 201, 202, while the other four sidewalks 23 each comprise two flaps

29.

The fold lines 28 form a slight angle relative to the direction normal to the fold lines 26, 27, so that each fold line 27 articulating an upper portion 24 to the corresponding wall 21, 22 is shorter than the line of corresponding fold 26.

In the case of the four sidewalks with two flaps 29, the two fold lines of each of these sidewalks are symmetrical to each other with respect to a perpendicular bisector of the segments corresponding to the fold lines

26, 27. Thus, four of the six upper portions 24 have an isosceles trapezoid shape.

The two remaining sidewalks, with a single flap, have upper portions 24 each having a shape of a rectangular trapezoid.

This blank is intended to be installed, after volume or not, in a package, the bottom 20 overlapping the bottom of the package and the walls 21, 22 overlapping the walls of the package.

Each of the flaps 29 extends beyond the corresponding fold line 26 towards the inside of the package.

Each flap 29 extends between an outer end edge 31, here 30 with a beveled portion, and an inner end edge 30.

In the prior art, the inner end edge 30 is an extension of the fold line 26 and the flap has only a function of protecting the labels of the bottles - a sharp edge being liable to degrade these labels.

In this embodiment, each flap 29 extends towards the wall 21, 22 opposite the wall 22, 21 to which the upper portion 24 articulated to this flap is also articulated, from the level of the fold line 26, over a length of about 6 centimeters. This makes it possible to largely cover the ring of a standard or light Champagne bottle.

In this embodiment, each flap 29 extends towards the wall 21, 22 opposite the wall 22, 21 to which the upper portion 24 articulated to this flap is also articulated, from the level of the fold line 26, over a length greater than the length of the lower portion 25. In other words, in the blank state, the inner end edge 30 is closer to the middle of the bottom 20 than the corresponding fold line 207.

In addition, recesses 206 have been made in the blank. Each avoidance 206 is delimited on the one hand by free edges of the corresponding flap 29 and on the other hand by edges defined in the bottom 20 and the walls 21, 22.

These recesses 206 allow the volume to be facilitated in so far as the friction of the flaps against the straight edges of the rest of the blank is limited.

With reference to FIG. 2A and to FIG. 2B, when the blank is set in volume by erecting the walls 21, 22 relative to the bottom 20 and by folding down the flaps 29 relative to the corresponding upper portions 24, each lower portion 25 forms a wall against which the upper end, ie the neck of a bottle abuts.

The bottom of each bottle abuts against a part of the wall opposite the wall corresponding to this lower portion 26 and located between two sidewalks or between a sidewalk and a side wall of the packaging.

It will be understood that by “neck”, we mean here the upper part of the bottle, that is to say the part of the cap covering the capsule of the muzzle in the case of a bottle in its state of marketing.

The flaps 29 are folded towards the bottom 20, so that for each flap 29, the part of this flap adjoining the fold line 28 serves as cuts, as in the prior art, while the part of this flap 29 enters the level corresponding to the fold line 26 and the inner end 30 serves as a separation between two adjacent bottles.

As seen in Figure 2B, each flap 29 extends from the level corresponding to the fold line 26 to its inner end edge 30 over a distance d of the order of the height of the ring a bottle of champagne standard or standard light, for example exceeding 1 centimeter this ring when a bottle is thus installed.

It will be noted that for standard Champagne bottles, or lightened standard bottles, thus arranged in a staggered configuration, the potential contact between adjacent bottles is located at the level of the ring of a bottle, in particular at the level of the wire cap, and of the barrel of the adjacent bottle. An integral separation of the cut-resistant flap (in the continuity of the part between the outer end and the level of the fold line 26, playing a protective role against the sharp edges) can thus be sufficient to prevent shocks. The wedging device 10 thus obtained after setting up the blank 1 of FIG. 1 can thus be devoid of fins defined in a central part of the bottom, and therefore be narrower than in the prior art.

In this example, the wedging device 10 is installed in a package comprising a tray 40.

FIG. 3B shows a blank 4 for the production of this tray 40.

This blank is of conventional shape in itself, and is shaped so that it can be set up in an automated manner. The walls 41 are joined to the walls 42 by gluing, in a manner known per se.

The packaging also comprises a cover, here a cover whose blank 3 is shown in FIG. 3A.

How can raise it, the walls 35, 36, 37 and 38 of this cap are not directly secured to each other. Each wall 35, 36 37 and 38 is intended to be fixed, for example by gluing, to a corresponding wall 41, 42 of the tray.

The blank 3 defines a precut 39 as well as a recess 139 for the insertion of a finger allowing the user to access the contents of the packaging, wedging device and bottles assembly, by tearing off part of the cap. along its precuts 39.

How can be seen in Figures 1, 3A and 3B, each of the blanks 1, 3 and 4 has areas of reduced thickness 50, 51, 52, 53. Each blank can for example be made of corrugated cardboard single thickness and undergo localized pressures in these areas so as to locally reduce the thickness of the corrugated board.

The blank 1 of the wedging device defines 6 crushed zones 50 whose location each corresponds to the location of a corresponding bottle.

The blank 3 of the cap defines 6 crushed zones 53, the location of which each corresponds to the location of a corresponding bottle.

The blank 4 of the tray defines at its bottom 6 crushed areas 51 whose location each corresponds to the location of a corresponding bottle, as well as two areas 52 defined in the side walls 41. These areas 52 are arranged so as to be in contact each with the barrel of a corresponding bottle, again allowing to gain in width.

In this embodiment, the bottom of the tray extends between the fold lines articulating the walls 42 at the bottom over a length of 393 millimeters, and between the fold lines articulating the walls 41 at the bottom over a length of 397 millimeters . It is therefore possible to place six of the corresponding packages on the same layer of pallet of 800x1200 millimeters.

The tray and the cap can of course be personalized.

Figure 4 illustrates an embodiment in which the fold lines 28 'articulating the flaps 29' to the upper portions 24 'of the sidewalks are normal to the fold lines 27' articulating these upper portions 24 'to the walls 2', 22 '. In addition, in this embodiment, each flap 29 'extends towards the central part of the bottom 20' to an end edge 30 'slightly below the fold line 207' articulating a lower portion of sidewalk 25 'at the bottom 20'.

FIGS. 5A to 5C illustrate an example of a method for producing a packaging assembly according to an embodiment of the invention.

In this embodiment, the volume of the walls is partly carried out while the bottles are already in place. The bottles can be installed flat.

In this example, as illustrated in FIG. 5A, the bottom of a tray blank 4 is extracted and this bottom is placed on a very open V-shaped transfer chain.

A blank 1 of the wedging device is preformed on an intermediate station, then this preformed blank 1 is deposited on the blank 4 of the tray, so that the bottom of the blank 1 is superimposed and coincides with the bottom of the blank 4.

Claws (not shown) can be provided above the bottom 20 to hold this bottom 20 against the bottom of the blank 4 and not to undergo a spring effect.

As illustrated in FIG. 5B, the wedging device is then partially set in volume, the sidewalks slightly projecting with respect to the planes of the bottom 20 or of the walls 21, 22.

The bottles can then be installed flat, as illustrated in Figure 5C. It is indeed not necessary to tilt the bottles as in the prior art, which limits the risk of shocks, forcing and damage to the wedging device.

In this example, the bottles are each wrapped in a transparent plastic film.

The bottles can be handled by grippers.

The packaging being opened during the installation of the bottles, there is enough space to release the clamps, without sacrificing the dimensions of the closed packaging, which allow a palletization of six packages per pallet level.

To return to the process, the forceps can be removed if necessary, then complete the volume setting by straightening the walls. The walls 41, 42 are joined together by bonding. When the walls are thus raised, the inner ends of the flaps 29 slide between the bottles.

The packaging is thus relatively simple to carry out and can be automated, in particular thanks to the inclination of the flaps resulting from the trapezoidal shape of the upper portions.

In the embodiment of FIGS. 6A, 6B, 6C, the walls are erected before the bottles are removed.

In these figures, only two bottles are installed for clarity, but it will be understood that the method can be implemented with six bottles for example.

The wedging device is unstacked and formed in a matrix. In FIG. 6A, the packaging is not shown for the purposes of understanding, but it is understood that the wedging device is received in a packaging whose walls are erected and secured to one another, but open from above.

The bottles are gripped using suction cups for example, and are introduced with their necks tilted downward, as shown in Figure 6A. The arrows represent the vertical movement towards the bottom 20 of the bottles.

The six bottles are introduced at the same time, in two batches of three bottles offset towards the walls 21, 22, respectively. The necks of the bottles are thus positioned more towards the inside of the packaging than the edges 30 of the flaps 29.

In a second step, as illustrated in FIG. 6B, each bottle is driven in a horizontal movement, towards the walls 21, 22 according to the lot, as represented by the arrows marked “lot 1”, “lot 2”.

The arrows 150 represent the forces exerted by jacks not shown, and located under the packaging, to support the bottles. The suction cups can be removed.

Following these horizontal displacements, the necks of the bottles more or less reach the corresponding portions 25, and the bottoms of the bottles more or less reach the corresponding walls 21, 22.

The necks having been brought during the vertical displacement of FIG. 25 6A to the bottom 20 or near the bottom, the flaps 29 do not oppose the horizontal displacement of FIG. 6B.

With reference to FIG. 6C, the jacks are retracted, this movement being symbolized by the arrows 160. The bodies of the bottles then come to fold the flaps 29.

The packaging can be closed, for example by installing a cover (not shown).

The sequence of movements illustrated in FIGS. 6A to 6C can thus make it possible to facilitate the automation of the packaging in a package with erect walls, with relatively little available space therefore, all the more so as the package is sized to allow palletization. of six packages per pallet level.

Claims (10)

1. Wedging device (10) in a rigid or semi-rigid material such as cardboard or corrugated cardboard, intended to be installed in a package (40) and arranged to receive at least six standard or standard Champagne bottles lightened side by side. coast, in a 5 staggered configuration, including: a bottom (20) intended to rest on a bottom part of the packaging, two walls (21, 22) opposite one another, articulated at the bottom and intended to be superimposed on respective walls (41) of the packaging upright with respect to the bottom part of the packaging, each wall 10 forming after setting in volume a stop for the butts of at least three of the bottles, at least six sidewalks (23), each sidewalk comprising an upper portion (24) and a lower portion (25) hinged one to the other by a fold line (26), the upper portion being articulated to the wall 15 corresponding by a fold line (27) opposite the fold line (26) articulating the upper portion with the lower portion, and the lower portion being articulated at the bottom by a fold line (207) opposite the fold line (26) articulating the upper portion with the lower portion, each lower portion forming after volume setting a 20 stopper for the neck of a corresponding Champagne bottle, - For each sidewalk, at least one flap (29) articulated on a corresponding side of the upper portion of the sidewalk by a fold line (28) erected relative to the fold lines articulating this upper portion to the corresponding wall and to the portion lower 25 corresponding, respectively, this flap extending towards the wall opposite the wall to which the upper portion articulated to this flap is also articulated, beyond the level of the fold line articulating the upper portion of the lower portion of the pavement. 2. wedging device (10) according to claim 1, wherein at least one flap (29; 29 ') extends towards the wall (21, 22) opposite the wall (22, 21) to which the portion upper (24) articulated to this flap is also articulated, over a length of at least 4 centimeters beyond the level of the fold line (26; 26 ') articulating the upper portion (24; 24') with the lower portion (25; 25 '). 3. wedging device (10) according to claim 1 or 2, wherein at least one fold line (28) articulating a flap (29) to the corresponding upper portion (24) forms a slight angle with the normal, in the upper portion, at the fold line (27) articulating this upper portion at the wall (21, 22), so that the fold line (27) articulating the upper portion at the wall is shorter than the fold line ( 26) articulating the upper portion with the lower portion (25). 4. Wedging device (10) according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein at least one area of the bottom of the wedging device has a thickness less than its vicinity. 5. Blank (1) in a rigid or semi-rigid material such as cardboard or corrugated cardboard, shaped to form after setting in volume a wedging device intended to be installed in a package and arranged to receive at least six standard Champagne bottles or standard lightened side by side, in a staggered configuration, comprising: a bottom (20) intended to rest on a bottom part of the packaging, two walls (21, 22) opposite one another, articulated at the bottom and intended to be superimposed on respective walls of the packaging upright with respect to the bottom part of the packaging, each wall being arranged and shaped to form, after setting in volume, a stop for the butts of at least three of the bottles, at least six sidewalks (23), each sidewalk comprising a upper portion (24) and a lower portion (25) articulated to each other by a fold line (26), the upper portion being articulated to the corresponding wall by a fold line (27) opposite the line fold (26) articulating the upper portion to the lower portion, and the lower portion being articulated at the bottom by a fold line (207) opposite the fold line (26) articulating the upper portion to the lower portion, each portion lower being arranged and shaped to form, after setting in volume, a stop for the neck of a corresponding Champagne bottle, for each sidewalk, at least one flap (29) articulated on a corresponding side of the upper portion of this sidewalk by a fold line ( 28) erected with respect to the fold lines (26, 27) articulating this upper portion with the corresponding wall and with the corresponding lower portion, respectively, this flap extending towards the wall opposite the wall to which the upper articulated portion to this flap is also articulated beyond the level of the fold line articulating the upper portion of the lower portion of the sidewalk, for example over more than 2 centimeters. 6. Method for packaging at least six standard or light Champagne bottles comprising: providing a wedging device (10) made of a rigid or semi-rigid material such as cardboard or corrugated cardboard comprising a bottom (20), two walls (21, 22) opposite one another, articulated at the bottom, and a packaging (4) made of a rigid or semi-rigid material such as cardboard or corrugated cardboard intended to receive the wedging device, this packaging comprising a bottom part whose dimensions correspond to the dimensions of the bottom of the wedging device and walls (41, 42) intended to be raised relative to the bottom part, in which the wedging device comprises at least six sidewalks (23), each sidewalk comprising an articulated upper portion (24) and a lower portion (25) to each other by a fold line (26), the upper portion being articulated to the corresponding wall by a fold line (27) opposite the fold line (26) articulating the upper portion to the lower portion , and the lower portion eure being articulated at the bottom by a fold line (207) opposite the fold line (26) articulating the upper portion with the lower portion, and for each sidewalk, at least one flap (29) articulated on a corresponding side of the upper portion of the sidewalk by a fold line (28) erected with respect to the fold lines (27, 26) articulating this upper portion with the corresponding wall and with the corresponding lower portion, respectively, this flap extending towards the wall in look of the wall to which the upper portion articulated to this flap is also articulated beyond the level of the fold line (26) articulating the upper portion of the lower portion of the sidewalk, arrange the bottom of the wedging device on the part bottom of the package, - place at least six bottles, so that the rim of each bottle is located between two sidewalks, or between a sidewalk and a side edge of the wedging device, and the neck of each bottle is in abutment against a corresponding lower portion . 7. The method of claim 6, further comprising a step of erecting the walls of the packaging and the wedging device, characterized in that this step is at least partially performed after the placement of the bottles. 8. Set of packages of at least six standard or standard Champagne bottles lightened side by side, in an elongated nesting, comprising a wedging device according to one of claims 1 to 4 and a packaging made of a rigid or semi-rigid material such as cardboard or corrugated cardboard, of dimensions adapted to receive this wedging device. 9. The assembly of claim 8, wherein the package comprises a tray and a cap. 5 10. The assembly of claim 8 or 9, wherein the packaging has areas whose thickness is less than the immediate surroundings.