HU219213B - Wraparound carton and wraparound carton with clip panel especially for bottles - Google Patents

Abstract

A carton (10, 610) accommodating a group of articles, such as bottles (B), comprises a sleeve (12, 612) having a plurality of foldably interconnected panels and a reinforcing clip panel (14, 614) which secures the articles together in a group. A top of the carton is provided by the combination of at least one panel of the sleeve and the clip panel.

Description

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION The present invention relates to an arrangement of a packing carton and a packing carton stiffening sheet, in particular for bottles, for receiving, storing and transporting at least two articles such as bottled beverages. The packaging cardboard consists of a slate portion and a relatively solid stiffening sheet that holds together accepted products such as bottles.

Cardboard shapes used as containers for bottles, beverages are known. Such cardboard shapes generally consist of a cardboard sheet foldable along the fold lines to form a sheath receiving the bottles. U.S. Pat. No. 3,167,347 discloses a carrier device having a cardboard casing that combines a product group and is provided with a gripping portion for portability. The grip portion has a flat plate with apertures formed around the neck of the bottles to be transported or stored. The bottle caps or other closures collide at the edges of the openings to prevent the bottles from slipping out. The carrier device further comprises an upwardly extending handle that engages the flat plate. The entire device is made of a relatively rigid material that is sufficiently rigid to provide structural stability, while allowing for some deformation around the openings of the flat plate. This known device requires that the products - bottles - are themselves contained in a wrapping around the packaging, and the carrier is attached as an optional element to the flat carrier sheet, which protrudes upwards, and of a larger number of products only a limited number, e.g. makes it possible to carry.

It is an object of the present invention to provide a packaging carton that can accommodate multiple products, eliminates the need for the articles to be individually wrapped and provides an easy way to carry a carton filled with the articles.

To accomplish this object, there is provided a wrapping carton having a relatively curved stiffening sheet formed by a plurality of interconnected diaphragms and at least two products, the upper portion of the carton comprising a structure formed by the stiffening sheet and at least one diaphragm.

In a preferred embodiment of the packaging carton according to the invention, the diaphragm forming the upper part of the packaging carton together with the stiffening plate is attached to the products, such as the cap of the bottles.

According to the invention, one or more mantle members may also be attached to the stiffening plate.

The stiffening plate preferably has a plurality of product receiving means, which in simple cases are apertures for receiving a specific portion of the product, such as the neck of glass bottles.

A preferred embodiment of the packaging carton according to the invention is formed so as to form an endless (closed) wrap around at least one direction around the received products. On one side, a sheet of cardboard forming a closed mantle is provided on the opposite side with an end that can be fixed to the stiffening sheet.

In another preferred embodiment of the packaging carton according to the invention, the cardboard sheet forming a closed mantle is provided on one side with a device associated with the received products, such as apertures for receiving the caps of the bottles.

The cardboard sheet forming a closed mantle on one side may optionally be provided on the opposite side with an end that can be secured to the stiffening sheet or with a device associated with the received product.

In embodiments where the wrapping carton forms the wrapper around the articles, one end of the carton may have a means for attaching the carton to the articles and the other end may have a connection between the carton and the stiffener,

In order to solve this object, in accordance with the inventive idea described above, a packing cardboard stiffening sheet arrangement is provided in which the packing cardboard has a bendable mantle in which at least two products can be placed, and according to the invention

- shaped in relation to the mantle,

are related to the products, and

- together with at least one of the mantle elements forming the mantle, forms the upper part of the packaging carton. This packaging cardboard reinforcement sheet arrangement optionally implements the aforementioned g-packaging cardboard according to the invention.

The invention will now be described with reference to the drawing. In the drawing:

Figure 1 is a perspective view of an exemplary embodiment of the packaging carton of the present invention;

Figure 2 is an enlarged top plan view of the cardboard of the embodiment of Figure 1;

Figure 3 is a perspective view of the stiffening plate of the six cartons of the packaging carton of Figure 1;

Figure 4 is a perspective view of a second exemplary embodiment of the packaging carton of the present invention;

Figure 5 is a perspective view of the stiffening sheet of the packaging carton of Figure 4;

Figure 6 is a cross-sectional view of the packaging carton of Figure 4;

Figure 7 is a top plan view of the brace of Figure 5;

Figure 8 is a top plan view of an expanded cardboard sheet of the packaging carton of Figure 4;

Figure 9 is a perspective view of a third embodiment of the packaging carton of the present invention;

Figure 10 is a perspective view of the stiffening sheet of the packaging carton of Figure 9;

all. Figure 9 is a cross-sectional view of the packaging carton of Figure 9;

Fig. 12 is a top view of the reinforcing plate of Fig. 10;

12A. Figure 12 is an enlarged view of a cutout of the stiffening plate of Figure 12; Figure 13 is a top plan view of an expanded cardboard sheet of the packaging card of Figure 9; 13A. Figure 13 is an enlarged view of one of the closing tabs of the cardboard of Figure 13; Figure 14 shows a fourth exemplary embodiment of a packaging carton according to the invention;

Figure 15 is a perspective view of the stiffening sheets of the packaging carton of Figure 14;

Figure 16 is a cross-sectional view of a stiffening plate used in a further embodiment of the packaging cardboard according to the invention;

Figure 17 is a plan view, in plan view, of a stiffening sheet of a sixth embodiment of the present invention;

Figure 18 illustrates the use of the bracing plate of Figure 17 in the following steps:

18 / A. Figure 3A is a detail of the bracing plate with one opening in a flat condition;

18 / B. FIG. 4A is a view showing the above detail with right-angled side panel portions and bottles facing each other with U-shaped segments in the side panel portions of the cut-out;

18 / C. Figure 18B. FIG. 4A is a detail of a folded stiffening plate with bottles inserted in the U-shaped sections of the opening;

18 / D. Fig. 4a shows the above panel with the bottles with the neck cut out, in the folded state;

18 / E. Fig. 18A is a view showing a sixth exemplary embodiment of a packaging carton according to the invention. FIG.

18 / F. 18 / E. FIG.

18 / G. Fig. 3A is a graph showing the neck and cap of the bottle shown in the above embodiment, showing the major dimensions;

Figure 19 is a perspective view of an exemplary embodiment of the packaging carton of the present invention;

Fig. 20 is a perspective view of the underside of the wrapper carton of Fig. 19 and a stiffening plate that holds six bottles together at a given stage of assembly;

Figure 21 is a plan view of an expanded flat cardboard sheet of the packaging card of Figure 19.

As shown in FIGS. 6 to 8, the carton 10 of the present invention has a foldable cardboard sheet 12 folded into a closed shell on both sides and a relatively more robust stiffening sheet 14 suitable for holding six bottles B together. The cardboard sheet 12 consists of the following portions interconnected along the fold lines: The cardboard sheet 12 has a bottom sheet 20 which is connected to the side panels 21 and 22 on one side along the fold line 31 and on the other side. The side panels 21 and 22 are vertical when the cardboard sheet 12 is mounted. Above the side panels 21 and 22 are inclined side panels 23 and 24 along fold lines 33 and 34 to which top panels 25 and 26 are connected along fold lines 35 and 36. At the two ends of the cardboard sheet 12, upper edges 27 and 28 are connected to the top sheets 25 and 26 along fold lines 37 and 38.

The topsheets 25 and 26 are provided with tabs 40a, 40b, 40c and 40d, 40e, 40f extending toward the top edges 27 and 28. The tabs 40a, 40b-40f are cut out of the upper edges 27 and 28 along the incision lines 41a. As shown in Figure 1, the cardboard sheet 12, when assembled, has edges 42a-42c inclined with respect to the intersection line 41a (Fig. 2) of the upper edges 27 and 28 inclined obliquely with respect to the horizontal topsheets 25 and 26, The downward facing surfaces of the tabs 40a, 40b, 40c lie on top of the BC caps. Thus, the folded cardboard sheet 12 provides the position of the bottles B held together by the stiffening sheet 14.

The stiffening plate 14 is preferably formed of a plastic sheet and has six rows of circular openings 18 in two rows in a symmetrical arrangement for receiving the neck of the bottles. In the center of the apertures 18, two circular recesses 16 are formed which can be reached from the top by the fingers, so that the packaging carton 10 can be easily carried.

Lastly, when mounting the carton 10, the upper edges 27 and 28 in a horizontal plane common to the top sheets 25 and 26 are folded downwardly along the fold lines 37 and 38 until the flanges 42a-42c snap under the flanges of the BC caps.

The stiffening plate 14 has a stiffness suitable for carrying the mounted carton 10.

An advantageous feature of the packaging carton of the present invention, which provides an alternative option, will be described with reference to Figure 3. As shown in the figure, the apertures 18 of the stiffening plate 14 take up a total of six bottles B, so that the bottles are held together by the stiffening plate 14, which can then be comfortably carried by reaching into the circular cutouts 16. As shown in Figure 3, the bottles B are empty in this case (without a BC cap), so that Figure 3 illustrates an application where the stiffening plate 14 is used to hold together and transport the empty bottles (glass inserts). The reinforcing sheet 14 is preferably made of a medium rigid flat sheet, such as a corrugated plastic sheet, which allows the deformation of the bottles B so that the mouth is slightly smaller.

EN 219 213 Β can be pushed through openings 18. This relative rigidity, which allows for a small amount of elastic expansion, also allows for easy release of the B bottles from the 12 cardboard sheets.

4-8. Figures 2 to 5 show a second exemplary embodiment of the packaging carton of the present invention. Packaging cardboard 110 has a cardboard folded envelope 112 and a stiffener 114 which are substantially similar to the cardboard sheet 12 and stiffener sheet 14 described above. The carton 110 also serves to receive six B bottles.

The cardboard sheet 112 of packaging cardboard 110 has a bottom sheet 120, side panels 121 and 122 connected to it along fold lines 131 and 132, inclined side panels 123 and 124 connected to these fold lines 133 and 134, top panels 125 and 126 connected to fold lines 135 and 136, and 138 comprises upper edges 127 and 128 connected along fold lines. The top panels 125 and 126 have, as in the previous version, tabs 140a-140f which are cut out of the upper edges 127 and 128 along the U-shaped intersection lines. The only significant difference from the previous version is that the outer closing edges of the upper edges 127 and 128 project from the outer tongues 150a, 150b, 150c and 150d, 150e, 150f, which engage the cardboard sheet 112 when mounted on the carton 110.

As shown in Figures 5 and 7, the stiffening plate 114 is provided with apertures 118 and circular recesses 116 having a relative arrangement similar to that of the circular recesses 16 and apertures 18 of the preceding embodiment. However, a significant difference is that the openings 118 are not circular, but are filled with a wedge-shaped cut-out 119 associated with an arcuate cut-out. The cut-outs 119, as can be seen from Figure 4, accommodate the closing tabs 150a-150f of the stiffening plate 114. The latches 150a-150f thus cooperate with the cutouts 119 to provide a connection between the cardboard sheet folded 112 and the stiffener 114.

The relationship of the cardboard sheet 112 folded to the sheath with the bottles B and the stiffener 114 is illustrated in Figure 6. As shown in the figure, the closure tabs 150a-150f of cardboard 112 extend through recesses 119 associated with openings 118 of stiffening sheet 114, while the flanges of the upper edges 127 and 128 of cardboard 112 for U-shaped recesses 137 and 138 are pressed from below . Meanwhile, the downward facing faces of the tabs 140a-140f of the top panels 125 and 126 rest on the caps of BC.

In the embodiment of the stiffening plate 114 shown in Figures 5 and 7, the wedge-shaped cutouts 119 of the openings 118 also facilitate the passage and extraction of the mouth of the bottles B through the openings 118.

From the foregoing, it will be appreciated that the carton according to the invention is 4-8. 1 to 4, the closure tabs 150a to 150f and the means for engaging the received B bottles, i.e. tabs 140a-140f, and their outlines has flanges formed along the cut-outs. In contrast, in the previous version, the peripheral edges of the cardboard sheet 12 together with the stiffening sheet 14, i.e. the top sheets 25 and 26 and the top edges 27 and 28 of the carton 10 are only connected to the bottles B - tabs 40a-40f and flanges 42a-42f. through - there is no fixed connection between the cardboard sheet 12 and the stiffening sheet 14.

A third embodiment of the packaging carton of the present invention is illustrated in Figs. 9-13A. 4 to 8. As can be seen from the figures, the packaging cardboard 210 has a cardboard sheet 212 and a stiffening sheet 214 which can be folded into a similar mantle shape. The stiffener 214 has centrally positioned circular cutouts 216 and three or three openings 218 arranged in two symmetrical rows in the same arrangement as the stiffeners 14 and 114, for receiving the stiffener 214 and the neck of the bottles B. The stiffening plate 214 also holds six B bottles in this variant.

As shown in Figure 13, cardboard sheet 212 has bottom panels 220, side panels 221 and 222 connected to two opposite sides thereof along fold lines 231 and 232, and inclined side panels 223 and 224 connected along fold lines 233 and 234, 225 and 236 connected along fold lines 235 and 236. It comprises upper panels 226 and upper edges 227 and 228 connected thereto along fold lines 237 and 238. The fold lines 237 and 238 defining the upper edges 227 and 228 are continuous, unlike the preceding embodiments, so that this embodiment does not have means similar to the tabs 40a-40f. Conversely, the upper edges 227 and 228 are joined by outwardly extending latches 250a-250f, the geometry of which is illustrated in more detail in FIGS. is shown. Accordingly, the locking tongues 250a-250f have stems A and a wider head b having a width b, which is circular in shape and has tips 251 extending on both sides at the end of the stem.

As shown in Figures 10 and 12, the openings 218 of the stiffening plate 214 consist of a circular portion and an associated, initially widening and then slightly curved, recess 219. As shown in FIG. 13A, the maximum width D of the cutouts 219 is 13A of the latch 250. 1 and 2, thus allowing passage of the locking tab 250. However, the width C of the cutout 219 at the end of the cohesive section is greater than the width b of the latch 250, thus preventing the latch 250 from sliding downwardly on the downwardly facing surface of the stiffening plate 214. To ensure proper operation, the width A of the shank 250 is also smaller than the width C of the cutout 219. Thus, the head of the tongue 250 engages approximately the flange 219, thereby ensuring that the cardboard sheet 212 forming the bottom closed mantle can be secured to the stiffening plate 214 on the opposite side.

A fourth exemplary embodiment of the packaging carton of the present invention is illustrated in FIGS. 4

HU 219 213 Β junk. As shown in Figure 14, the packaging cardboard 310 has a sheet of foldable cardboard 312 of the same type as the previous one having bottom 320, vertical side panels 321 and 322, slightly upwardly inclined side panels 323 and 324, horizontal top panels 325 and 326 and folded down 328 and 328. has upper edges. The listed peripheral details of the cardboard sheet 312 are connected to one another along fold lines not indicated by a separate reference numeral in the drawing. The top plates 325 and 326 extend towards each other with tabs 340 extending on the BC caps of the B bottles.

A striking difference compared to the previous versions is that the carton 310 has two stiffening plates 314a 314b suitable for holding six to six B bottles each. The stiffening plates 314a and 314b have circular apertures arranged in triple rows for receiving the B bottles. Between the rows of circular apertures are provided centrally positioned recesses 316a and 316b with slip-like contours which can be reached from above so that the packaging carton 310 can be conveniently carried. The configuration of the stiffening plates 314a and 314b and the arrangement of the bottles B is well illustrated in Figure 15. This embodiment also provides guidance that a single sheet of folded cardboard, such as cardboard sheet 312, may integrate multiple stiffeners and products assembled by the stiffeners. Instead of the exemplary stiffeners 314a and 314b, any other configuration, such as three or more stiffeners, optionally comprising four or four bottles, may be associated with a single packaging carton.

Figure 16 shows a detail of a further exemplary embodiment of the packaging carton of the present invention. As can be seen from the figure, the packaging cardboard has a stiffening plate 414 having two rows of circular apertures 418 for the B bottles. The figure illustrates that the apertures 418 have a diameter smaller than the largest diameter BF mouth or BC cap of the B bottles. In this connection, it is noted that the stiffening plate 414 is made of a relatively rigid material that provides sufficient rigidity to hold and carry the B bottles, while providing an elastic expansion that allows the BC caps to be pushed and pulled through the apertures 418.

The following exemplary embodiment of the invention is illustrated in Figures 17 and 18 / A-F. 3A and 4B. Fig. 17 is a view of the reinforcing sheet 514 of the carton 510 in accordance with Fig. 18A. Figure 3A is a detail showing one of three composite openings 517. The aperture 517 comprises a central rectangular cutout and two adjacent U-shaped cutouts 518 extending from adjacent sides thereof. The Y-widths of the U-shaped cutouts 518 are narrower than the X-width of the rectangular cut-outs. Continuing the imaginary boundary between the rectangular cutout and the U-shaped cutouts 518, the stiffening plate 514 has fold lines 560 and 561 along which the lateral panel portions 562 and 564 of the stiffening plate 514 containing the 518 U-shaped cutouts containing the rectangular cutout.

563 may be bent at right angles to the plane of the panel portion as shown in FIG. 18 / B. is shown. 18 / C. Fig. 4A shows that in this state of the stiffening plate 514, two bottles B with their caps facing each other can be inserted into the U-shaped recesses 518 of the opening 517. The side panel portions 562 and 564 of the stiffening plate 514 are then folded back so that the previously positioned bottles B are placed side by side. For proper operation, the rectangular cut-out X of the opening 517 must have a width X greater than the width V of the bottles BF of the bottles B and of the cap of the BC, which allows the bottles B to be 18 / C. and the width Y of the 518 U-shaped cuts 518 is greater than or equal to the width W of the neck of bottles B, but smaller than the width V of the mouth BF to prevent the bottles 517 sliding out of the opening.

Folding the side panel portions 562 and 564 of the stiffening plate 514 into a plane is illustrated in FIG. 18 / D. 18 / C. 18A, the side panels 562 and 564 are automatically aligned with one another, as shown in FIGS. 18 / D, and facing each other in the direction indicated by the arrows. The position shown in FIG.

As shown in FIG. and 18 / F. 2 to 3, the carton 510 has a foldable cardboard sheet 512 having a slightly inclined upper section 521 and 522, a closed bottom sheet 520 and other peripheral edges and upper edges of the foregoing as shown in FIGS. are. 18 / F. As shown in FIG. 6B, the top sheets also have tabs 540 which are flush with the caps of the beakers BC. The upper edges 527 and 528, which support the inner caps of the BC caps from the top panels, are inclined upwardly. Although not shown in the figure, there is of course no obstacle for the cardboard sheet 512 to have an end that can be secured to the stiffening sheet 514 on the upper side. However, in the embodiment shown, only the connections between the stiffening plate 514 and the B bottles and between the upper part of the cardboard sheet 512 and the B bottles are shown.

A seventh exemplary embodiment of the packaging carton of the present invention is illustrated in FIGS. 4 to 8. As shown in Figure 19, the wrapping cardboard 610 has a sheet of foldable cardboard 612 and a stiffening sheet 614 of substantially the same design as the stiffening sheet 14 shown in Figure 3. The stiffening plate 614 includes circular cut-outs 616 and circular openings 606 for holding the bottles B in order to facilitate carrying of the packaging card 610, in the arrangement described with reference to FIG.

The cardboard sheet 612 and the mantle formed therefrom are described in greater detail in Figures 19 and 21. The cardboard sheet 612 has foldable bottom sheets 626 and 627 which together form the wrapper 610.

HU 219 213 Β cardboard bottom. Vertical side panels 624 and 622 are connected to the bottom panels 626 and 627 along fold lines 655 and 656, respectively, with vertical side panels 625 separated by fold lines 653 and 654, respectively. Side panel 622 is connected to side panel 623 on the other side along fold line 652, bounded by fold line 651 on the other side. Along the fold line 651 is provided a closing flange 641, by means of which the side panel 623 can be connected to the side panel 624.

Vertical side panels 622, 623, 624 and 625 are joined by oblique side panels 628, 629, 630 and 631 along fold lines 657, 658, 659 and 650. As shown in Figure 19, the oblique side panels 628 and 630 and 629 and 631 hold up slightly in pairs, which are made possible by the connecting portions 636, 637, 638 and 639. As shown in Figure 21, the connecting portion 638 - and similarly the connecting portions 636, 637 and 639 - consist of triangular panel portions "a" and "b", which are vertical side panels 622 and 623 and oblique side panels 628 and 629. starting slightly from the common corner, slightly broadening upwards. The triangular panel sections "a" and "b"

It is separated by 666 fold lines. Triangular panel portion "a" for inclined side panel 628 along fold line 665, Triangular panel portion "b" for inclined side panel 629

667 along the fold line.

A closure edge 642 is provided along the fold line 651 extending along the fold line 651 to the peripheral connecting portion 639 of the inclined side panel 629, whereby the inclined side panel 629 is preferably bonded to the inclined side panel 630. Similarly, it is desirable to provide adhesive bonding between the vertical side panels 623 and 624 provided by the closing edge 641 and between the bottom panels 626 and 627.

On top of the oblique side panels 628 and 630, there are 663 and

Along the fold line 661, top plates 634 and 632 are joined, to which opposite sides 664 and 632 are connected.

Upper edges 635 and 633 are connected along fold line 662. As shown in Figure 19, the top panels 632 and 634 are horizontal when mounted on the carton 610, and the top edges 633 and 635 are folded down at an angle. The topsheets 632 and 634 are provided with tabs 640a-640f of the design already described with respect to the preceding examples, which overlie the top closures BC of bottles B, while the flanges 670a-670f formed along the cutouts of tabs 640a-640f support the edges of the cap thereby providing a closure connection between the cardboard sheet 612 and the B bottles. The packaging cardboard 610 is assembled as shown in FIG. The cardboard sheet 612, opened from below and open in a quadrilateral sheath, is placed on top of the arrangement of the stiffening sheet 614 and the six bottles B held together by it. The bottom panels 626 and 627 of the cardboard sheet 612 are then bent and preferably sealed. Finally, the top plates 632 and 634 are folded over the caps of the bottles B with the tabs 640a-640f, and the top edges 633 and 635 are folded down and the flanges 670a-670f snap under the caps of the bc.

Claims (10)

PATENT CLAIMS Packaging carton, in particular for bottles, having a relatively curved stiffening sheet formed by interconnecting diaphragm sections and at least two products, characterized in that the upper portion of the stiffening sheet (14, 114, 214, 314a, 314b, 414, 514, 614) ) and is implemented by a structure formed by at least one mantle. Packaging carton according to Claim 1, characterized in that, together with the stiffening plate (14, 114, 314a, 314b, 414, 614), the peripheral part of the packaging carton (10, 110, 310, 610) is shaped and arranged in relation to the articles. . Packaging carton according to claim 1 or 2, characterized in that the mantle is attached to the stiffening plate (14,114,214, 314a, 314b, 414, 514, 614). 4. Packaging carton according to any one of claims 1 to 4, characterized in that the stiffening plate (14, 114, 214, 314a, 314b, 414, 514, 614) has a plurality of product receiving means. 5. Packaging carton according to any one of claims 1 to 3, characterized in that it forms an endless (closed) wrap around at least one direction of the received products. Packaging carton according to claim 5, characterized in that the cardboard sheet (112, 212, 612) forming a closed mantle on one side is provided with an end that can be fastened to the stiffening sheet (114, 214, 414, 614). Packaging carton according to Claim 5, characterized in that the cardboard sheet (12, 112, 312, 512, 612) forming a closed mantle on one side is provided with a means which can be connected to the received products on the opposite side. Packaging carton according to claim 6 or 7, characterized in that the cardboard sheet (112, 612) forming a closed mantle on one side is provided on the opposite side with an end that can be fixed to the stiffening sheet (114, 614) and seeing. Packaging carton according to claim 5, characterized in that the cardboard sheet (112) is provided on one side with a means for attaching to the articles and on the other side a cardboard sheet (112) having an end connecting it to the stiffening sheet (114). Packaging cardboard stiffening sheet arrangement for products, in particular bottles, wherein the cardboard carton comprises a flexible sleeve in which at least two products may be disposed, characterized in that the stiffening sheet (14, 114, 214, 314a, 314b, 414, 514, 614). - shaped in relation to the mantle, linked to the products, and - together with at least one of the mantle elements forming the mantle, forms the upper part of the wrapping carton (10, 110, 210, 310, 510, 610).