HU220283B - Bottle carrier for bottles - Google Patents

Abstract

A bottle carrier for packaging and gripping in a taut fashion a plurality of bottles includes top (1), bottom (47) and side walls, each side wall having a substantially vertically disposed bottom portion (21, 35) and an inwardly inclined top portion (6, 8) foldably joined to the bottom portion to form a tubular structure, top end panels (2, 4) foldably joined to each end edge of the top wall together with a bottom end panel (49, 51) foldably joined to each of the bottom wall and secured in overlapping relation with the associated top end panel. A first collapsible web is (15, 17) foldably joined to each end edge of each top end panel (2, 4) and to the end edge of each of the inwardly inclined top wall portion (6, 8). A yieldable fold line (30, 31) formed in each collapsible web (15, 17) extends from the adjacent corner of the top wall downwardly in angular relation to the adjacent end edge of the associated inwardly inclined top wall portion (6, 8).

Description

Scope of the description is 14 pages (including 7 pages)

EN 220 283 Β

Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a container for bottles, i.e. a carrier structure, in which bottles are packed to prevent their breaking due to the impact of adjacent bottles on each other.

US 3904036 discloses a fully enclosed bottle holder having a false incision in the bottom wall.

CA 1166211 discloses a carton for beverage containers, which is related to the present invention in some respects.

U.S. Pat. No. 3,248,144 discloses a container with a handle, the side wall of which comprises a bottom and a top portion. The lower and upper side walls are interconnected by a tubular structure, and the upper side of the sidewall engages in a blunt angle to the top wall. However, this solution is not suitable for holding the bottles placed in the container tightly.

U.S. Pat. No. 5,206,668 discloses a closed box-shaped container with a handle, the closures of which are connected to the top wall and bottom wall of the box by a fold line. The top of the end plates is attached to the top sheet under a blunt angle. However, this solution is not suitable for keeping the bottles closed in the container, since the sloping plate is not suitable for tightening the bottles in the corner.

It is an object of the present invention to provide a container for packing bottles that holds the packaged bottles tightly.

One embodiment of the present invention is a closed bottle carrier package having upper, lower and lateral walls, and each side wall having a lower portion and an inwardly inclined upper portion which connects the top, bottom, and side walls to each other, and has a top closure that is foldable to fold. furthermore, each of the closure edges of said topsheet is provided with a foldable fabric structure for each closing edge of each top panel, and a closing edge for each of the folding top wall portions, and each has a foldable fold line extending from adjacent corners of said upper wall to adjacent closing edges of each of the upwardly sloping upper wall portions at an angle, and the neck of the bottles in the corner is tightly tightened, and each lower edge of said lower wall portions engages a lower end plate and is overlapped. fixed position relative to the associated top plate.

Another embodiment of the container according to the invention is designed for the transport of bottles arranged side by side and the container has a top plate, bottom plate and side walls, and each side wall has a bottom side portion and an upper side wall formed with a final edge, and the top bottom and side walls form a tubular structure. connected to each other, the top plate has a foldable top plate attached to each end edge of the top plate, which folds between opposite corners of the cardboard. Each upper edge of each top panel is foldably pivoted by a first sheet of fabric, and a second foldable sheet of web extending downwardly from one of the closure edges of the adjacent top wall portion to the adjacent edge of the first sheet of fabric is joined, at least partially defining the third edge of the second triangular fabric sheet. the second triangular tissue sheet is dispersed on the adjacent corner of the container and the second web is attached to the neck of the bottle in the adjacent corner by inward biasing. The adjacent end of the lower side wall portion is pivotally coupled to a third fabric sheet that engages inwardly with a larger lower portion of the adjacent bottle, and a pair of fold lines extending from the third edge of the third sheet of fabric that border the fourth tissue sheet and which fold lines the lower side wall portion of the adjacent side wall. and end adjacent to the joining of the associated upper side wall portion. The fourth sheet of fabric is biased inwardly toward the larger bottom of the bottle in the adjacent corner.

The invention will now be described in more detail with reference to the exemplary embodiments shown in the accompanying drawings. In the drawing:

Fig. 1 is an exploded view of the container according to the invention, viewed from the inside and from the inside, and Figs. 2 and 3 are various views of the fold of the sheet according to Fig. 1; Figure 6 shows a modified version of a closed carrier according to the present invention in a fully sealed state, in a pictorial view, FIG. 8 is a side view of the sealed carrier according to the invention; Fig. 7 is an enlarged detail of the top wall and adjacent panels of the modified version, viewed from the inside, Fig. 10 is a view similar to Fig. 7, in which the closure plates and fabric structures at the proximal end of the modified container are partially assembled; , 1 Fig. 1 is a sectional view taken along line 11-11 of Fig. 10, and Fig. 12 is an end view of the closure of the modified version of the container.

Fig. 1 shows a top wall 1 of a wrapper shown in the folded state and an upper end plate 2 and 4 which can be flexibly coupled along the fold lines 3 and 5. The upper part of the sidewall 7 is foldably connected to the upper wall 1 along a fold line 7. On the other side of the wrapper, the top wall 8 of the side wall is foldably folded to the top wall 1 along the fold line 9. In the side wall 6, a tear band 10 is provided with a tensioning tab 11, which is gripped by a finger, and which comprises sections 10a and 10b2.

HU 220 283 B continues on the upper wall 1 as well. On the other side of the wrapper there is a tear band 12 with tensioning tab 13 in the upper part 8 of the sidewall, which continues on sections 12a and 12b on the upper wall 1. In addition, a hand grip 14 is provided on the upper wall 1.

The upper part 6 of the sidewall is connected by a foldable foldable fabric structure 15 along a fold line 16, and a foldable foldable fabric structure 17 extends along the fold line 18 to the upper portion of the upper and inwardly facing side walls. The foldable fabric structure 15 is formed by a fold line 19 along which parts 19a and 19b can be folded when the fabric structure 15 is folded when the container is assembled. Similarly, the foldable fabric structure 17 includes a fold line 20 along which sheets 20a and 20b can be folded into a flat contact position when assembling the container.

The inwardly inclined side wall 6 is provided with a sidewall 21 at a bendable bend along the fold line 22. A fabric structure 23 can be folded along the fold line 24 to the lower portion 21 of the side wall. The fabric structure 23 includes weakened fold lines 25 and 26, which facilitate the handling of the 25a, 26a, and 26b sheet elements to aid in curbing and breaking the bottles.

Similarly, the lower portion 21 of the sidewall 21 has a foldable fabric structure 27 extending along the fold line 28, which includes weakened fold lines 29, 30a, and 33 to aid tight tightening of the bottles.

According to one aspect of the invention, a foldable fold line 30 is formed in the foldable fabric structure 15 and a foldable fold line 31 is formed in the foldable fabric structure 17 as shown in FIG.

According to a further feature of the invention, the foldable fold line 30 extends along the fold line 32 into the foldable fabric structure 23, and the fold lines 30,32 are aligned with each other. Similarly, a foldable fold line 33 in the foldable structure 27, which is parallel to the foldable fold line 31, is provided. The fold line 32 is disposed axially with the foldable fold line 30 and is located on the axis of the fold line 33 with the foldable drive line 31. These foldable fold lines 30, 32, 31 and 33 constitute an improvement by which the packaged bottles can be safely tightened and the bottles kept tight and secure.

On the other side of the bottle carrier package, the lower side wall portion 35 is disposed and can be flexibly connected along the fold line 36 to the upper portion 8 of the inwardly inclined side wall. Likewise, a foldable fabric structure 37 is attached to one end 38 of the inwardly inclined sidewall 8. In a similar manner, the fabric structure 40 foldable along the fold line 41 is connected to the opposite end of the top panel of the inwardly inclined side wall 8. The foldable fabrics 37 and 40 are formed in the same manner as the foldable fabric structures 15 and 17 described above.

The lower sidewall portion 35 is lashed by a fabric structure 42 foldable along the fold line 43, which is configured in the same manner as the foldable fabric structure 15. The fabric structure 42 is partially separated from the foldable fabric structure 37 by a slot 42a and is attached to it by a small rectangular plate 42b. Similarly, the fabric wall structure 44 is foldable to the lower side wall portion 35 along the fold line 45, and this foldable fabric structure 44 is configured in the same manner as the fabric structure 27 previously described. The fabric structure 44 is partially separated from the foldable fabric structure 40 by a slot 44a and is coupled to it by a small rectangular sheet 44b.

The bottom wall of the container 47 is foldably connected to the lower side wall portion 35 along the fold line, and the bottom wall 47 is foldably folded along the fold line 50 by a lower end plate 49. In a similar manner, the bottom wall 52 is pivotally connected to the bottom wall 52 along a fold line. An adhesive tab 53 is foldably attached to one edge of the bottom wall 47 along a fold line.

To assemble the expanded sheet of FIG. 1 to the state of FIG. 2, the lower portion 21 of the side wall is bent upwardly along the fold line 22, and the fabric structures 23, 27 are brought from the flat position shown in FIG. 1 to the position shown in FIG.

The container of FIG

Fig. 3 is a flattened position according to Fig. 3 to simply lift the upper part of the side wall 6, the handle 14 and the upper part 8 of the sidewall together with the lower portion 21 of the side wall and bend the adhesive onto the adhesive tab 53 downwardly along the fold line 36. This bending operation implies that the fabric structures 37 and 40 as well as the fabric structures 15 and 17 cover the respective fabric structures 42, 44 and 23 and 27 respectively.

In order to make the bottle carrier container from the folded position of Fig. 3 fully assembled, i.e. assembled and shown in Fig. 4, the upper wall 1 is lifted so that the lower side wall portions 21 and 35 are substantially vertical relative to the bottom wall 47 . After placing the bottles at one or both ends, the fabric structures 15, 23, 17, 27, 37, 42 and 40, and 44 are bent inwardly in an assembled position. Upper flaps 2 and 4 are folded downwardly along the fold lines 3 and 5, while the lower endplates 49 and 51 are folded along the fold lines 50 and 52 on the adhesive tab 2a on the top plate 2, and the adhesive tape 4a on the top plate 4 is adhered to the flaps 51 and 51 respectively. the bottom edge of the bottom flaps, and the fully filled and assembled bottle carrier container looks as shown in Figure 4. Fig. 5 shows the bottle carrier package from one end of its parts broken apart in order to see the weakened fold lines 30, 32, 25 and 26.

The molded sheet for forming a modified embodiment of the container according to the invention is shown in Figure 8

EN 220,283 B. The container has an upper wall 101 having a handle 102 and a U-shaped tab 103,104,105 and 106 being cut out. The top wall 108 and 110 are foldable to the upper wall 101 by fold lines 107 and 109.

This preferred embodiment comprises a lower side wall portion 110a and an inwardly inclined upper sidewall portion 111, which is foldably connected to the lower side wall portion 110a along the fold line 112, and the inwardly inclined upper side wall portion 113 is pivotally connected to the top wall 101 along a fold line. In yet another embodiment, not shown, the upper side wall portion 111 does not bend inwardly, but instead lies in a plane with the lower side wall portion 110. In this case, the fold line 112 may be missed and both parts may be formed as a single sheet.

* Tear strips 114 and 115 can be formed in a conventional manner in the upper part 111 of the side wall and in the upper wall 101.

The top sheet 107 is pivotally coupled to the top sheet 116 along the fold line 117. The first fabric sheet 116 is pivotally folded along the fold line 119 by a second triangular fabric sheet 118. The triangular second fabric sheet 118 is foldably coupled along the fold line 120 to the adjacent end of the upper side portion 111 of one of the side walls. The fold line 120 is substantially perpendicular to the fold line 112 and is substantially vertical when the pack is assembled.

One of the uppermost portions of one of the lower side wall portions 110a can be folded along the fold line 123 by a third fabric sheet 122. The fold line 123 is substantially perpendicular to the fold line 112, spaced substantially parallel to and substantially parallel to the fold line 120, and substantially vertical in the assembled position of the container. The fold lines 127 and 126, which are initially diverged upwardly from the point 127 on the fold line 123, are provided with a triangular fourth sheet of 124. The corresponding sides 125 and 126 of the fourth fabric sheet 124 coincide with adjacent portions of the second triangular fabric sheet 118. The second triangular fabric sheet 118 and the fourth triangular fabric sheet 124 allow one another to be supported by a cutout 130, which makes it easier to handle the fabric structures when assembling and filling the container. In order to achieve proper folding, it may be necessary to keep the cutout 130 up to the fold lines 120,126, but can also be configured so as not to live up to that figure. The cutout 131 also facilitates the treatment of the tissues during the filling operation of the container.

In the preferred embodiment, the first and third fabric sheets 116 and 122 can be folded by a bridging 132, which facilitates the fold of the webs 116 and 122 after filling the wrapper, and retains the sheets of paper in their position during subsequent bonding of the ends of the wrapper. If desired, however, the bridges 132 may be omitted, and the cutouts 131 may then be incised instead of openings, especially if the cut-out area 130 does not reach the fold lines 120 and 126 inwardly.

The angular relationship between the third and fourth sheets 122 and 124 is advantageous when the third sheet 122 is inwardly angled relative to the lower side wall portion 110a, and provides a flat and substantially vertical surface for bonding when the lower end plate 146 is bent in an overlapping overlapping position. In addition, the fourth fabric sheet 124 helps keep the third fabric sheet 122 in contact with the lower portions of the bottles in the adjacent corner.

The fabric structure at the other end of the wrapper is of the same design as described herein, and comprises a first sheet of fabric 116, a second triangular fabric sheet 118, a third sheet of fabric 122, and a fourth sheet of fabric 124.

The lower edge of the lower part 110a of one of the side walls is foldably connected to the bottom plate 136 along the fold line 135. The bottom plate 136 has apertures 137, 138, 139,140, 141 and 142 to facilitate assembly and filling of the container. The bottom plate 136 is pivotally foldable along the fold line 145, with a lower closure plate 144 and foldable lower end plate 146 along the fold line.

Further structure of the sidewalls as well as the fabric structures described previously are identical to the solution shown in FIG. 8, and no detailed description of these parts is required. In the two parts, the same reference symbols were used to mark each element.

A tab 150 is provided for connecting the opposite ends of the flattened sheet shown in FIG. 8, with which the container can be brought into a tubular shape. These blades 150 are foldably connected to the upper portion 111 of the folding lining 111 and are foldably attached to the fold line 153 along the fold line 153. On the other side of the flap 150, on the other side of the shroud, a flap 154 is folded along a fold line. On the ear 150, there are U-shaped cuts 156 and 157 arranged in accordance with Figure 8.

In order to bring the container from the extended position shown in Fig. 8 to the position shown in Figs. 7 and 10, an adhesive must be applied to the stiffening sheet 158, which is denoted in Figure 8. Then, lifting the reinforcement plate along the fold line 159 is raised to the right. Naturally, as a result of this operation, the stiffener 158 adheres to the inner surface of the tab 150. The plates 111 and 116 are then lifted together with the tab 150 and the closure plates 152,154 and bent to the left along the right fold line 112. Then, an adhesive is applied to the tab 150 and the end plates 152, 154, and then the upper part 101, the cloth sheet 101, the top wall 101, the end plates 107 and 109 are raised up along the left folding line 112 and the blade 150 is adhered to the inner side of the top wall 101. as shown in Figure 9.

The wrapper then has open ends and can be loaded at one or both ends. In the upper and lower end panels 107, 109, 144, 146, the adhesive is attached to the adhesive at the location indicated in Figure 12. The different fabric structures are folded in an appropriate manner to the assembly position, and the wrapper is then folded into place.

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Fig. 7 can be brought to a fully assembled state.

The contents of the container can be accessed by simply tearing the tear strips 114 and 115 and then unpacking the packaged bottles. To return the bottles, the empty bottles can be returned to the container and shipped together.

Claims (13)

PATENT CLAIMS Packaging for bottles having upper, lower and side walls, each side wall having a lower sidewall portion (21,35,110a) and an inwardly inclined upper sidewall portion (6,8,111), the upper and lower walls and the sidewall portions forming an interconnected tubular structure. and having an upper closure plate (2, 4, 107, 109) foldably engaging with each of the closing edges of said upper wall (1, 101), characterized in that each upper closure plate (2, 4, 107, 109) and a first fabric structure (15, 17, 37, 40, 133) tightening the neck of the bottles in the corners is connected to the closing edge of each inwardly inclined upper sidewall section (6, 8, 111), and a foldable fold line (15, 17, 37, 40, 116,118) , 31; 119) extending from an adjacent corner of said upper wall (1,101) and each of said inwardly inclined upper side wall portions (6, 8, 111). it is angled with respect to its adjacent closing edge, flexibly engaging a lower closing plate (49, 51, 144, 146) with each closing edge of the lower sidewall portion (21, 35, 110a) and secured in an overlapping position relative to its respective upper closing plate (2, 4,107,109). Container according to Claim 1, characterized in that a lower end plate (49, 51, 144, 146) is pivotally attached to its adjacent edge at the end of the lower part (21, 35, 110a) of the side walls and is secured in an overlapping position with a second fabric structure (27,23,42,44,122,124) is pivotally attached to the upper end plate (2,4, 107, 109) and to the adjacent edge at the end of the lower side wall portion (21, 35, 110a). Container according to claim 2, characterized in that each of the second fabric structure (42, 44, 23, 27) is partially separated from the first fabric structure (15, 17, 37, 40) by a small rectangle (44a). connected to the plate (44b). Container according to claim 2 or 3, characterized in that the second fabric structure (23, 27,42,44) has a first fold line (32, 33) which is foldable and coincides with the first fabric structure (15, 20). relative to its foldable fold line (30, 31) and / or the lower end plate (49, 51) is attached to the adjacent second fabric structure (23, 27, 42, 44). Container according to claim 4, characterized in that each of the second fabric structures (23, 27, 42, 44) is provided with a second foldable fold line (25, 30a) which is the second fabric structure (23, 27, 42, 44). it extends upwardly and inwardly from its lower outer corner and is in an approximate position with respect to the first foldable fold lines (32, 33). Container according to claim 5, characterized in that the second fabric structures (23, 27, 42, 44) have a third foldable fold line (26, 29), the second outer fabric structures (23, 27, 42, 44) having a lower outer starting from its corner upwards and inwards and extending to the intersection with the corresponding second foldable fold lines (25, 30a). 7. Container according to any one of claims 1 to 4, characterized in that each fold (15,17, 37, 40, 23, 27,42,44, 133,134) folds along the fold line (19, 20, 119) extending from the outer edge to the upper corner of the container. is designed. 8. Container according to any one of claims 1 to 4, characterized in that a third web (122) is foldably connected to the lower parts (110a) of the side walls which folds inwardly to the bottles (B1, B3) adjacent to it and to the lower part (110a) of the side walls. connected to third webs (122) by fourth webs (124) delimited by upwardly extending pairs of fold lines (125, 126) adjacent to the upper ends of the third and fourth webs (122, 124), and the third and fourth webs (122, 124) in relation to one another, the third tissue sheet (122) is in a position of clamping against the bottles (B1, B3) in its adjacent corner, and preferably the fourth tissue sheet (124) is disposed relative to the corners of the container. Container according to claim 8, characterized in that the lower end of the first fabric structure (133) and the adjacent upper end of the fourth fabric sheet (124) extend in fold lines (125, 126) defining the engagement of the upper and lower portions (111, 110a) of the side walls. and the lower end of the first tissue structure (133) and the upper end of the fourth tissue sheet (124) are separated by a notch (130,131). 10. For conveying bottles arranged side by side along a line of containers having an upper panel, a bottom panel and side walls, each side wall having a lower sidewall portion and an end edge formed upper sidewall portion, the upper bottom and sidewalls being interconnected to form a tubular structure. an end closure foldably folded to each end edge thereof, said fold line extending between opposite corners of the cardboard, characterized in that a first web sheet (116) is foldably folded to one side edge of each top closure panel (109) and one closure edge of the adjacent top and a second triangular second fabric sheet (118) foldably folded along adjacent edges of the first tissue sheet (116) with respect to each other, which is folded downwardly relative to each other, defining the third edge of the second triangular tissue sheet (118) and disassembling the second triangular tissue sheet (118) at the adjacent corner of the container and engaging the second tissue sheet (118) inwardly biasing the neck of the bottle (B1, B3) in the adjacent corner. and the lower side wall portion (110) A third fold (122) is foldably connected to its adjacent end B, which folds inwardly in contact with a major lower portion of the adjacent bottle (B1, B3) and a pair of fold lines (125, 5) spaced apart from a point on the closing edge of the third tissue (122). 126) defining a fourth web (124), which folds (125,126) terminates adjacent the connection of the lower side wall portion (110) of the adjacent sidewall and its associated upper sidewall portion (111), and which fourth web (124) is biased inwardly to the larger lower part of the bottle (B1, B3) in the adjacent corner. Container according to claim 10, characterized in that the fourth web (124) is substantially triangular in shape and is formed by the upwardly parallel fold line (125, 126) and these fold lines (125, 126). 126) is defined by a third fold line extending over a portion of its upper end portion, and the remainder of the portion between the upper ends of the evenly spaced pair fold lines 125,126 is preferably provided with a cutout (130,131). Container according to claim 10 or 11, characterized in that the intersection (127) of the downwardly extending edges of each fourth web (124) coincides with the fold line between the respective third web (122) and the lower side wall portion (110) of the sidewall; the web (124) extends relative to the adjacent corner of the container, and there is a play between adjacent edges of the cutout (130, 131) and the adjacent third web (122) in an inwardly biased position. 13. A 9-11. Container according to any one of claims 1 to 4, characterized in that the upper side wall portions (111) are inclined upwards and inwardly and that the closing edge (120) of the adjacent inwardly inclined upper sidewall portion (111) is substantially perpendicular to the lower edge (112).