JP2016222280A - Multi-pack for carrying bottle can - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a multi-pack capable of assembly-packing so that a bottle can does not fall off.SOLUTION: A plurality of neck taking-out holes 2 are vertically-horizontally formed side by side in a top plate 1, and a finger insertion hole 3 is formed so as to be surrounded by the neck taking-out holes 2, and a side plate 5 is linked via a fold line 4 to the opposed end side of the top plate 1, and a slipping-out preventive projection 8 is provided without interposing a hinge line from the upper end of the side plate 5 by facing to the peripheral edge of the neck taking-out holes 2, and a slipping-out preventive folding piece 9 is provided near the finger insertion hole 3 via the hinge line 9a. The side plate 5 is bent downward from the top plate 1, and the slipping-out preventive projection 8 is projected upward, and when a neck part of a bottle can Baccumulated in the neck taking-out holes 2 is inserted upward from below, an upper part of the side plate 5 inclines along a shoulder part of the bottle can B, and its tip abuts on the lower edge of a cap (c) of the bottle can Bin a state of inclining the slipping-out preventive projection 8 to the inside in response to this, and the slipping-out preventive folding piece 9 bends upward with the hinge line 9a as the axis, and its tip abuts on the lower edge of the cap (c), and slipping-out of the bottle can Bis prevented.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 4

Description

  The present invention relates to a paper multi-pack that collects and wraps a plurality of beverage-containing bottle cans together.

  Conventionally, Patent Document 1 below describes a multipack for carrying PET bottles as shown in FIG.

  This multi-pack is made of paperboard, and is formed with six neck holes 52 arranged vertically and horizontally on the top board 51, and a finger insertion hole 53 is formed so as to be surrounded by the neck holes 52. A plurality of retaining folding pieces 54 are provided on the periphery toward the center, respectively, via hinge lines 54a, side plates 55 and 56 are continuously provided around the top plate 51, and the side plates 55 and 56 are bent downward from the top plate 51. Adjacent side plates 55 and 56 are connected by a folding piece 57 and a band plate 58.

In this multipack, when inserting the neck portion of the PET bottle B ₂ to the neck Deana 52 upward from below, bent retaining Orihen 54 upward in the axial hinge line 54a, the lower the tip of the cap of the PET bottle B ₂ in contact with the flange f which protrudes, it falls out of the PET bottle B ₂ can be prevented.

Japanese Patent No. 3386135

  However, in recent years, bottle cans that are becoming popular as containers for coffee beverages, etc., unlike PET bottles, do not have a flange below the cap. There is a risk of falling off when lifted without engaging the neck.

  Therefore, the present invention is intended to provide a multi-pack that can be assembled and packaged so that the bottle cans do not fall off.

  In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, in the multipack according to the present invention, a plurality of neck holes are formed in the top plate in vertical and horizontal directions, and finger insertion holes are formed so as to be surrounded by the neck holes, so as to face the top plate. A side plate is connected to the end side through a crease line, facing the periphery of the neck hole, a retaining projection is provided from the upper end of the side plate without using a hinge line, and a hinge line is placed near the finger insertion hole. The side plate is bent downward from the top plate, the retaining projection protrudes upward, and the neck of the bottle can accumulated in the neck opening hole is inserted from the bottom upward to the shoulder of the bottle can. The upper part of the side plate is inclined along with the stopper protrusion, and the tip of the stopper comes into contact with the lower edge of the cap of the bottle can, and the stopper folding piece bends upward about the hinge line. , Its tip abuts the lower edge of the bottle can cap Than it was to fall out of the bottle cans is prevented.

  In addition, by forming the retaining protrusion in a reverse taper shape having a narrow width on the base side connected to the side plate and a wide width on the distal end side, the distal end of the retaining protrusion is surely brought into contact with the lower edge of the bottle can cap. It was.

  In addition, when the retaining folding piece is arranged on a straight line connecting at least the center of the finger insertion hole and the center of the neck insertion hole, when the finger is put in the finger insertion hole and lifted, the retaining plate is prevented from being bent. The tip of the fold is surely in contact with the lower edge of the cap of the bottle can.

  Further, the strips extending from the side plates are joined together, the side plates are connected to each other, and a folding line is placed in the top plate and the strip so as to be located at the center of the opposing side plates, with the folding line as an axis. By flatly folding it, it can be stored in a non-bulky state, and it can be quickly assembled from the folded state and packaged in a bottle can.

  In the multi-pack according to the present invention, in a state where the bottle cans are collectively packaged, the retaining protrusion that inclines inward with the upper part of the side plate and protrudes upward contacts the lower edge of the cap of the bottle can without swinging, The tip of the retaining fold also touches the bottom edge of the bottle can cap, and when you put your finger in the finger hole and lift it up, the top will bend and the tip of the retaining fold will be under the bottle can cap. The bottle can is prevented from falling off because it is strongly pressed against the edge.

The figure which shows the blank of the multipack which concerns on 1st Embodiment of this invention The figure which shows a folded state same as the above The perspective view which shows an assembly state same as the above. The perspective view which shows the packaging state of a bottle can same as the above The figure which shows the blank of the multipack which concerns on 2nd Embodiment of this invention The perspective view which shows the packaging state of a bottle can same as the above The perspective view which shows the PET bottle packaging state of the multipack of patent document 1

  First, the multipack which collects and packs four bottle cans of 1st Embodiment of this invention is demonstrated, referring FIGS. 1-4.

  The multipack is formed from a paperboard blank as shown in FIG. In this blank, four circular neck holes 2 are formed side by side in the vertical and horizontal directions on the square top plate 1 and are circular in the center so as to be surrounded by the neck holes 2. A finger insertion hole 3 is formed. Inside the finger insertion hole 3, a semicircular finger holding piece 3 a is provided so that only a part of the outer periphery is connected to the top plate 1. In addition, the top plate 1 is provided with a lead ruled fold line 1a in which cuts and cuts are alternately interrupted so as to cross the center.

  A side plate 5 is continuously provided at opposite ends of the top plate 1 via a crease line 4 of a lead rule parallel to the fold line 1a. The side plate 5 is wide on the top plate 1 side, curved on both sides so that the width is narrowed down to the middle during assembly, and both sides are perpendicular to the crease line 4 in the portion below the side plate 5. It has become. In the vertical portion, a band plate 7 is continuously provided via a crease line 6 of a ruled line.

  In the side plate 5, a crease line 5a of a lead rule is put in the lateral direction so as to connect the boundary between the curved portion and the vertical portion on both sides, and from the center portion of the edge that becomes the lower end during assembly to the top plate 1, A tear band 5b sandwiched between cut lines forming a zipper is formed up to a portion adjacent to the adjacent neck opening 2.

  The strip 7 extends from one side plate 5 longer than the other side plate 5, and the long strip 7 has a lead fold line 7 a and a ruled fold. The line of sight 7b is put in parallel with the crease line 6 at intervals from the tip side, and the tip side of the fold line 7a is an adhesive piece 7c. A crease line 7 b of the ruled line is put in parallel with the crease line 6 on the short strip 7.

  On the periphery of the necking hole 2, a retaining protrusion 8 is provided from the upper end of the side plate 5 toward the center, and two retaining folding pieces 9 are provided near the finger insertion hole 3. Although the crease line serving as the hinge line is not entered at the root of the retaining protrusion 8, the crease line serving as the hinge line 9 a is disposed at the root of the retaining fold piece 9. The hinge line 9a has a cut in the middle part of the ruled line.

  The retaining protrusion 8 has a reverse taper shape with a narrow width on the root side continuous with the side plate 5 and a wide width on the distal end side, and the retaining fold piece 9 has a tapered shape with a narrow width on the root side and a wide width on the distal end side. Has been.

  Of the two retaining folds 9 of each neck opening hole 2, one retaining fold piece 9 is arranged on a straight line connecting the center of the finger insertion hole 3 and the center of the neck leading hole 2. The retaining folding piece 9 is disposed closer to the side plate 5 than this.

  In such a blank, as shown in FIG. 2, the top plate 1 is folded in two with the fold line 1a as the axis, and the adhesive strip 7c of the long strip 7 is folded in the back side with the fold line 7a as the axis. A flat folded state is obtained by pasting the strips 7 to the tip side portion of the short strip 7 and joining the strips 7 together.

  If this beverage is provided to a beverage handling company such as a beverage manufacturer or distributor in this folded state, it can be stored in a bulky state in the warehouse of the seller.

  When the beverage distributor collects and wraps the bottle cans, as shown in FIG. 3, the fold line 1a of the top plate 1 is extended and the fold line 7a of the belt plate 7 is extended as shown in FIG. The bending with the axis is extended, the side plate 5 is bent downward from the top plate 1 with the crease line 4 as the axis, and accordingly, the retaining projection 8 is protruded upward from the top plate 1, and the band plate 7 is extended from the side plate 5. The fold line 6 is bent so as to extend between the opposing side plates 5, and the band plate 7 is bent with the crease line 7b as an axis to form a three-dimensional assembly state.

  At this time, the side plate 5 is bent so that the upper portion is inclined inward with the crease line 5 a as an axis, and the retaining projection 8 is inclined inward at the same angle as the upper portion of the side plate 5.

Thereafter, as shown in FIG. 4, when the neck portions of the four bottle cans B ₁ that have been accumulated are inserted into the neck outlet hole 2 from below to above, the upper part of the inclined side plate 5 is along the shoulder portion of the bottle can B ₁ , the tip of the retaining projection 8 abuts against the lower edge of the cap c of the bottle can B _1, retaining Orihen 9 bent upwardly as an axis the hinge line 9a, the tip of the lower edge of the cap c of the bottle can B ₁ contact, the bottle can B ₁ is a packaging state of being held in the multipack.

Thus, in the multi-pack, quickly assembled from flat folded state, can be set packaging bottle can B _1.

Then, in such a packaging state, when the fingertip piece 3a is pushed in and a finger is inserted into the finger insertion hole 3 and lifted, the reverse-tapered retaining protrusion 8 that inclines inward and protrudes upward does not swing. with the lower edge of the cap c of the bottle can B ₁ abuts, is bent top plate 1, the tip of the retaining Orihen 9 is strongly pressed against the lower edge of the cap c, fall out of the bottle can B ₁ is being prevented, four of the bottle can B ₁ can be carried with confidence.

Also, when taking out a bottle can B ₁ from the multi-pack, pulling from the lower end of the side plate 5 of the tear strip 5b upward, thereby breaking the both sides of the score line, following which, the side plates 5 of the top plate 1 by breaking the ridge portion to the neck Deana 2, with dividing the side plates 5, the neck Deana 2 to the open state, via the open portion and to release the bottle can B _1.

  Next, a multi-pack that collects and wraps six bottle cans according to the second embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. 5 and 6 with a focus on differences from the first embodiment.

  This multipack is formed from a blank as shown in FIG. In this blank, six circular neck holes 2 are formed on the rectangular top plate 1 in two rows in the vertical direction, three in the horizontal direction, and four left and right neck holes 2 are formed. Two circular finger insertion holes 3 are formed so as to be surrounded. Inside the finger insertion hole 3, a circular finger holder 3 a is provided so that only a part of the outer periphery is connected to the top plate 1.

  Out of the six neck holes 2 of the top plate 1, two retaining folding pieces 9 are provided at the peripheral edges of the two neck holes 2 arranged in the center in the length direction. It is provided so as to be located on a straight line connecting the center of the finger insertion hole 3 and the center of the neck opening hole 2 closer to 3.

  In addition, two tear strips 5b are formed on each side plate 5, and the score line forming the zipper on both sides thereof is inserted so as to reach the vicinity of the adjacent necking hole 2.

Also in such a multi-pack, as shown in FIG. 6, when the six bottle cans B ₁ are gathered and packaged, the fingertip pieces 3 a are pushed in, the fingers are put into the finger insertion holes 3, and then lifted inward. the lower edge of the cap c of the bottle can B ₁ without reverse tapered retaining projections 8 projecting upward sloping swings abut, also it is bent top plate 1, the tip of the retaining Orihen 9 because it is strongly pressed against the lower edge of the cap c, is prevented coming off the bottle can B _1, may be carried with confidence six bottle can B _1.

In the above embodiments, assuming application to set packaging bottle cans B ₁ in the distribution stage, it is exemplified flatly collapsible ones, to aggregate packaged bottle cans B ₁ at shipment from the beverage maker However, it is not necessary to have a foldable configuration, the fold line 1 a is omitted, and the side plate 5 extends from the four sides of the top plate 1 instead of the configuration in which the opposing side plates 5 are connected by the band plate 7. The adjacent side plates 5 may be connected to each other at the corners.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Top plate 1a Folding line 2 Leading out hole 3 Finger insertion hole 3a Fingering piece 4 Folding line 5 Side plate 5a Folding line 5b Tear strip 6 Folding line 7 Strip plate 7a Folding line 7b Folding line 7c Adhesive piece 8 Stop projection 9 Folding piece 9a Hinge line B ₁ Bottle can c Cap

Claims (4)

A plurality of neck holes (2) are formed in the top plate (1) side by side, and a finger insertion hole (3) is formed so as to be surrounded by the neck holes (2). The side plate (5) is connected to the end side through the crease line (4),
Facing the peripheral edge of the neck opening hole (2), a retaining projection (8) is provided from the upper end of the side plate (5) without using a hinge line, and the hinge line (9a) is provided closer to the finger insertion hole (3). To provide a retaining fold piece (9), bend the side plate (5) downward from the top plate (1), and project the retaining projection (8) upward,
When the neck portion of the bottle can accumulated in the neck opening hole (2) is inserted from below to above, the upper portion of the side plate (5) is inclined along the shoulder portion of the bottle can. While tilted inward, the tip abuts against the bottom edge of the bottle can cap, and the retaining fold (9) bends upward about the hinge wire (9a). Multi-pack for bottle can transportation that comes into contact with the edge and prevents the bottle can from falling off.   The multi-pack for carrying a bottle can according to claim 1, characterized in that the retaining protrusion (8) is formed in a reverse taper shape having a narrow width on the base side continuous with the side plate (5) and a wide width on the tip side. Multi-pack for carrying bottle cans.   The multi-pack for carrying a bottle can according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the retaining folding piece (9) is disposed on a straight line connecting at least the center of the finger insertion hole (3) and the center of the neck opening hole (2). Multi-pack for transporting bottle cans.   In the multipack for carrying a bottle can according to any one of claims 1 to 3, the side plates (5) are joined together by joining the strips (7) extending from the side plates (5), and the top plate Put the fold line (1a, 7a) on the plate (1) and strip (7) so that it is located in the center of the opposite side plate (5), and fold it flat with the fold line (1a, 7a) as the axis. A multi-pack for transporting bottle cans.

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