JP2795509B2 - Rollable article carrier with variable height end panels - Google Patents

Description

Description: FIELD OF THE INVENTION The present invention relates to a wrapped article carrier containing a plurality of similar main containers such as bottles or cans. The article carrier was placed on individual articles at each end of the carrier so that the code on a single article would not be read or recorded if a code for the article carrier itself was required. It has an end panel to hide the coded upper part.

[Conventional technology]

U.S. Pat. No. 3,747,835 discloses a wrapped article carrier having an end panel that is secondary and primarily useful for holding the article in a package.

[Problems to be solved by the invention]

In the invention described in this U.S. Patent, the end panels are:
Although not intended to serve as a retaining means, and consequently a similar panel means, the gist of the present invention is that the particular fold lines that hinge the end panels to adjacent parts of the carrier are at different angles. Setting to change the height of the end panel at the end of the article carrier.

[Means for solving the problem]

One aspect of the present invention provides a wrapped article carrier, the wrapped article carrier having a top wall, a bottom wall, and a pair of interconnected interconnects to form a tubular structure containing a plurality of articles. Having side walls, at each open end of said tubular structure:
Elongated end panel means are provided extending across the open end thereof, each end panel means being spaced from the top wall and the bottom wall, the opposite ends of each end panel means being each through a fold line. It is connected to the side wall and is folded inside the tubular structure adjacent to each of the side walls, and the fold line extends obliquely downward with respect to the top wall toward the bottom wall.

Another aspect of the present invention provides an elongate blank for forming a wrapped article carrier, the elongate blank comprising a first stacked panel, a first sidewall panel, a center panel, a second sidewall panel, a second stacked panel. A series of main panels arranged in the order of the panels, and a pair of elongate panel means extending along both sides of the series of main panels, each end panel means having a first side wall at each end through a fold line. A panel connected to the panel and the second side wall panel and separated from the central panel by a cut forming a longitudinal edge of the central panel, wherein the fold line extends obliquely with respect to the longitudinal axis of the blank; One end of the fold line near the central panel ends at an end point spaced from the central panel,
A part of each end panel means is separated from the first side wall panel and the second side wall panel by extending the cut to the end point.

〔Example〕

 The present invention will be described with reference to embodiments shown in the accompanying drawings.

Referring first to FIGS. 1 and 4, FIG. 1 illustrates an elongated blank 10 formed from paperboard or similar foldable sheet material, the blank 10 comprising a first overlapping panel. 12, a first side wall panel 14 (consisting of a lower side wall panel 16 and an upper side wall panel 18), a center panel 20, and a second side wall panel 22 (consisting of a second side wall panel 24 and a second lower side wall panel 26). , A second overlapping panel 28, these panels 12, 14, 20, 22, 28 being hinged to the next panel along transverse fold lines 30, 32, 34, 36, 38, 40. .

Stacked panel 12 is formed with a series of male locking tabs "t" which are inserted through locking holes formed in stacked panel 28. These locking holes are formed by the retaining tabs "R" when the overlapping panels 28 and 12 are overlapped as shown in FIG.
Each of the overlapping panels 12, 28 is provided with a series of triangular fastening holes "a". These holes "a" are used to engage the locking mechanism of the packaging machine with the overlapping panels 12,28. That is, the packaging machine utilizes the hole "a" to pull the blank 10 tightly around the article to be packaged and to accurately align these stacked panels 12, 28 to complete the lock. These features of the wrapped article carrier are well known in the prior art.

The article holding opening "T" is located on the first side of both sides of the top wall 20 of the carrier.
The upper side wall panel 18 and the second upper side wall panel 24 are formed. The openings "T" are arranged in two rows, and each of these openings "T" has a bottle neck as shown in FIG. 4 to assist in holding the bottle in the carrier. To accept.

Further, the blank 10 is provided with end panel structures C1 and C2, respectively. The end panel structures C1 and C2 are the same, and the end panel structure C2 has a reference number obtained by adding “′” to the reference number of the end panel structure C1.

Referring to the end panel structure C1, the structure consists of an elongated strip of paperboard material that extends lengthwise at the side edges of the blank and is separated from the side edges of the blank 10 by elongated cuts 42. . This cut 42 is formed by the longitudinal edge of the top wall 20 and the upper side wall panels 18, 2
4 and a part of the longitudinal edge of the lower wall panels 16, 26.

The end panel structure C1 is connected at one end to the lower wall panel 16 by a fold line 44, and similarly, at the opposite end to the lower wall panel 26 by a fold line 46. Therefore, the end panel structure C1 is formed by these crease lines 44, 46
Only to the rest of the blank 10.

The panel structure C1 has a main end portion 48 that extends outwardly substantially across the open end of the carton as shown in FIG. The main end portion 48 is hingedly connected to the two panel portions 50, 52 by fold lines 54, 56, respectively. Such a structure allows the outer part of the end panel structure C1 to more closely follow the outer shape of the bottle at the end of the package. Inner panels 58, 60 of end panel structure C1
Means two panel parts 5 by each of the fold lines 62 and 64
It is hinged to 0,52. The indentation panels 66, 68 constitute the endmost parts of the end panel structure C1, which are
70 and 72 are hinged to the inner panels 58 and 60, respectively. This is the same for the end panel structure C2.

This carrier contains a group of six bottles arranged in two examples each consisting of three bottles. As shown in FIG. 4, when forming the carrier, the end panel structure C1
(C2) is assembled so as to cross the space between the side walls of the carrier, and the surface consisting of the panels 58, 66, 60, 68 faces each other adjacent to the respective side walls 14, 22 inside the carrier. Place it in the upright position. In this configuration, the push panel 6
Since the fold lines 44 and 46 connecting the 6,68 to the adjacent side walls 14 and 22 are arranged obliquely, as can be seen in FIG. 4, these fold lines 44 and 46 are positioned with respect to the top wall 20 of the carrier. It will be appreciated that it extends outwardly and downwardly toward the bottom walls 12,18 of the carrier.

Referring to FIG. 1, it can be seen that the fold lines 44, 46 are both oblique to the longitudinal axis of the blank. The innermost end of each fold line 44, 46 lies in a vertical plane passing through the blank, which is a parallel vertical plane that includes the adjacent edge of the central panel 20 (ie, the inner edge of the end panel structure C1). Inside. Crease lines 44 and 46 are double overlapping panels 1
Terminate at a parallel vertical plane that includes the longitudinal edges of each of the 2,28. Such a location is inside a similar vertical parallel plane that includes the outermost longitudinal edges of the end panel structure.

Changing the angle at which the fold lines 44, 46 are set can change the height of the end panel structure along the exposed surface of the endmost article in the carrier.

For example, in a similar blank 10a shown in FIG. 2 (similar parts are given the same reference numbers with an "a" added thereto), fold lines 44a and 46a are separated from fold line 38a by The fold lines 44a and 46a extend from the fold line 40a and from the fold line 32a to the fold line 30a, respectively, and these fold lines 44a and 46a have an angle smaller than the fold lines 44 and 46 in FIG. When such a blank 10a is assembled, the positions of the end panel structures C1a and C2a are higher than the positions shown in FIG.

FIG. 3 shows another blank having a similar end panel structure.
10b, where like parts are given like reference numbers with the addition of a "b", but now support a group of cans in two rows of two cans each. ing. Therefore, the holding openings "T" on both sides of the top wall 20b of the carrier are differently shaped to be suitable for packaging cans rather than bottles in the previously described embodiment. In this particular blank 10b, fold line 44b, fold line 46b
Is the angle of the blank 10b with respect to the longitudinal axis of the blank 10b.
The angle is set to be larger than the angle with respect to the longitudinal axis of the fold lines 44 and 46 shown in the figure. For this reason, the end panel structure C1b, C2b in the assembled carrier
Is set to a height lower than the height shown in FIG.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a plan view of a first embodiment of a paperboard blank for forming an article carrier according to the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a plan view of the paperboard blank for forming another article carrier according to the present invention. FIG. 3 is a plan view showing a second embodiment of the blank, FIG. 3 is a plan view showing a third embodiment of a paperboard blank for forming another article carrier according to the present invention, and FIG.
The figure is a perspective view of an article carrier formed from the blank shown in FIG. 1 as viewed from above and one end. 10 Blank 12 First stacked panel 14 First side wall panel 16 Lower wall panel 18 Upper wall panel 20 Central panel 22 Second side wall panel

Claims (4)

(57) [Claims] 1. A tubular structure having a top wall, a bottom wall, and a pair of side walls interconnected to form a tubular structure containing a plurality of articles, wherein each open end of the tubular structure has an open end across the open end. Elongate end panel means are provided, each end panel means being spaced from the top wall and the bottom wall;
Both ends of each end panel means are each connected to the side wall through a fold line and are folded adjacent to the side wall inside the tubular structure, and the fold line is obliquely downward with respect to the top wall. An article carrier extending toward the bottom wall. 2. The article carrier according to claim 1, wherein an innermost end of the fold line is disposed inside an edge of the top wall adjacent thereto. 3. An elongated blank for forming an article carrier, comprising: a series of main panels arranged in the order of a first stacked panel, a first side wall panel, a center panel, a second side wall panel, a second stacked panel; A pair of elongate panel means extending along opposite sides of the main panel, each end panel means having both ends connected to the first side wall panel and the second side wall panel via fold lines, respectively, and the center panel being connected to the center panel. Separated from the central panel by a cut forming a longitudinal edge of the panel, the fold lines extend obliquely with respect to the longitudinal axis of the blank, and one end of each fold line near the central panel is the center. Terminating at an end point spaced from the panel, wherein the cut extends to the end point such that a portion of each end panel means is separated from the first and second side wall panels. Blank, characterized in that it has been released. 4. The panel of claim 3 wherein each end panel means has a longitudinal edge disposed outwardly spaced from a longitudinal edge of said adjacent overlapping panels. Blank.