KR20010014007A - Article carrier - Google Patents

Abstract

An article carrier and blank for packaging articles, for example cans, said articles having a diametrically reduced portion (48) at or adjacent one of their ends wherein said article carrier comprises angularly related panels including side wall panels (18, 22) and a second wall panel such as a bottom or top wall panel which are foldably interconnected, article receiving and retaining means (12) extending between a side wall and a second wall panel, said means comprising an aperture (28) adapted to receive a portion of an article contained within the carrier, and a flap (30, 32) struck from an hingably connected to an edge of said aperture which flap is adapted to abut the article received in the aperture, characterised in that the flap is pivotal about its hinged connection to put a tab (51, 74) into an operative position whereby it protrudes into said aperture and engages said diametrically reduced portion of the article to assist in retention of the position of that article within the article carrier.

Description

Goods transporter {ARTICLE CARRIER}

Bottle heel holding means are known in wraparound transports. EP 0 171 229 B1 discloses a known bottle carrier of the wraparound type with upper, lower and side walls interconnected to form an open tube structure at both ends. The inclined heel panel is interconnected with each side wall having a lower wrap panel along the fold line. The lower corners of the cardboard boxes formed by the sloped heel panels include openings in the side walls and the wrap panel and receiving the heel of the bottle formed in each sloped heel panel. In the hole, a carrier flap is formed that is foldable to a portion of the bottle heel retaining shape that engages the bottle and the peripheral edge of the hole for receiving the bottle heel. In particular, EP 0 171 229 B1 discloses a flap that engages the bottle and reinforces the conveyer while expanding along the inclined heel panel in the side wall and the wrap panel, the flap engaging the bottle and reinforcing the conveyer in the formed bottle conveyer. And a portion that is hinged such that a portion of the flap is substantially parallel to the inner surface of the wrap panel. In such a structure, the heel portion of the bottle protrudes from the carrier without being protected, and the stronger the packaging, the more the heel tends to protrude. In addition, scratches were generated around the accommodated holes because of excessive packaging or movement of the bottle directly acted on the edges of the received holes.

Another type of bottle heel maintenance structure is disclosed in WO 94/25367. This citation discloses a heel retaining flap that extends inwardly of the carton, although the provided C-shaped cut extends a small portion of the flap outward of the carton. The folding action of the retaining flap is internal, ie the rotational action is internal only and not outward. The flap is represented by a cut line forming an inclined heel panel and the flap is engaged with the heel of the article.

One object of the present invention is an article carrier for packaging an article having a diameter reducing portion at one end of a can, such as a can, comprising a side, such as a bottom or top wall panel, interconnected so that the article carrier can be folded. An angled panel comprising a wall panel and a second wall panel; Article receiving and holding means extending between the side wall and the second wall panel and including a hole for receiving a portion of the article contained in the carrier; And a flap hingedly connected and extending at the edge of the hole, the flap being in contact with the article received in the hole, the flap being pivoted in a hinged engagement to force the tab into the working position. It is to provide an article carrier which protrudes inward and engages with a reduced diameter portion of the article to assist in maintaining the article position in the article carrier.

According to another feature of the present invention, the protruding tab substantially corresponds to the shape of the portion where the diameter is reduced.

According to another feature of the invention, the protruding tab may be located in an inclined panel disposed between the side wall and the second wall of the carrier. Preferably opposite ends of the protruding tabs are present in the upper and lower ranges of the inclined panel. Optionally, the upper and lower ranges of the inclined panel are spaced between 0.9 and 1.1 cm.

According to another feature of the invention, said receiving and retaining means comprise a pair of hinged flaps, each hinged on opposite sides of said aperture and a second protruding tab formed along a portion of said opposite aperture edge. do.

According to another feature of the invention, each protruding tab extends between a pair of hinged joints around a flap that pivots out of the plane of the hole.

According to another feature of the invention, the aperture extends in each of the side panel, the inclined panel and the second wall panel.

According to another feature of the invention, a cutting line is formed in the inclined panel between the first and second hinges of the flap, which are hinged on the side and the second panel, respectively.

According to another feature of the invention, a cut line is formed at least partially on the inclined panel and the second wall panel between the first and second hinges formed in the side panel and the second wall panel. Lose.

According to another feature of the invention, the cutting line may be formed at the protruding edge of the protruding tab which is substantially arched.

According to another feature of the invention, the projecting engagement edge is arched.

According to yet another aspect of the present invention, in the article receiving and holding means for an article carrier for packing an article having a reduced diameter portion, the receiving and holding means extending from the wall of the carrier to the corner of the panel is a panel corner. Hole inside; And a flap pivotally pivoted into a working position around the hinge of the flap and joined to extend so as to be hinged at the edge of the hole to provide a portion extending into the interior of the carrier, the portion of the hole edge protruding in the hole. A flap which is shaped to form a protruding tab and is identical in shape to a portion of which the diameter of the article is reduced to engage each portion of the article held in the means in use, the tab extending to act in the inward direction Providing the part provides the article receiving and holding means that is put into the working position.

According to yet another aspect of the present invention, there is provided a side wall panel and a second wall panel, such as a lower or upper wall panel that are foldable and interconnected, and an article receiving and holding article extending between the side wall panel and the second wall panel. A blank comprising means, the means comprising: a hole that can receive a portion of the article in use and a flap that is connected and extends so as to be hinged at the edge of the hole and in contact with the article received in the aperture in use. Wherein the flap is pivoted in its working position to the hinged engagement portion to provide a portion that is internally expandable through the hole in use, the portion of the flap having a portion of which the diameter of the carrier formed in the blank is reduced. Engaged with a portion of the article, the aperture edge portion being formed to form a protruding tab that protrudes within the aperture. Is is the same as the shape of the portion in which the diameter of the article decreases, the projecting tab is engaged with a portion of the article of the carrier, the flap provides a blank to be put into the operative position by turning in the inside of the carrier.

The present invention relates to an article carrier and a blank capable of carrying articles such as cans. In particular, the present invention relates to a wrap-around article transporter, and to a shape for reinforcing the transporter and article holding means for receiving a heel portion of a can or bottle received in the transporter.

Embodiments of the present invention are described below with reference to the accompanying drawings.

1 is a plan view of a holding means according to the present invention;

2 is a perspective view of the retaining means shown in FIG. 1 in engagement with the article A; And

3 is a perspective view of the arrangement shown in FIG. 2 showing the interior of the cardboard box with the article removed.

1 to 3 an embodiment of a blank 10 comprising a retaining means 12 according to the invention is shown. The blanks 10 are hingedly connected to each other with a first bottom panel 14, a sloped heel panel 16, a first side panel 18, a top panel 20, a second side panel 22, a sloped Heel panel 24 and second bottom panel 26. The retaining means 12 are formed in a side wall comprising a side panel 18, an inclined heel panel 16 and a second wall panel, which is the bottom panel 14 of the wrap around carrier as shown in FIG. 1. Lose. The retaining means 12 are not only used for the heel portion of the article but can be used for example at the upper shoulder of the article. The retaining means 12 may be formed at the tubular end of the wraparound cardboard to hold the article at the corner end, and may optionally be provided for one or more articles received in the conveyor.

The retaining means 12 comprise a retaining hole 28 for receiving the heel of the can A as shown in FIG. The retaining means 12 also comprise retaining flaps 30, 32 which provide an inner flap portion adjacent the inclined heel panel 16 in the assembled carton to abut the heel portion of the article A. The general shape of the flap is known and described in detail in WO94 / 25363.

Referring again to the retaining means of this embodiment, the retaining means comprise a first flap 30 comprising upper, middle and lower flap portions 34, 35, and 38. The upper portion 34 is hinged to the side wall 18 along the fold line 40. The middle portion 36 is hinged at the upper portion 34 along the fold line 42 and hinged at the lower portion 38 along the fold line 44. The lower flap portion 38 is hinged with the bottom panel 14 along the fold line 46.

FIG. 2 shows an article A having a portion 48 located between the side wall and the bottom and tapered or reduced in diameter. Often, articles, in particular cans, include portions having a width of generally 1 cm that is reduced, such as size "B" shown in FIG.

The arcuate cutting line 50 extends from the fold line 40 to the fold line 46 to form the portion 51 shown in FIG. 2, which is shaped to form the shape of the portion 48 with reduced diameter. Expand. The shape of the cutting line can be changed depending on the shape of the reduced portion of the article, as described above. These fold lines 40, 46 and cut line 50 are formed together at the side edges of the first flap 30 as shown in FIGS. 2 and 3. The first flap 30 is a cardboard panel 14 by an upper cut line 54, a lower cut line 52 interconnected to a third cut line 56 forming a lateral edge of the first flap 30. , 18). The first flap 30 is pivoted around the fold lines 40, 46.

Similarly, the second flap 32 also includes upper, middle and lower flap portions 58, 60 and 62, respectively. In an embodiment of the present invention, the second flap 32 is symmetrical with the first flap 30 along the central cutting line 56. The first and second flaps 30, 32 need not be symmetrical, but in practice a symmetrical flap is provided in a given holding means. Where two flaps are provided, the two flaps do not have to be contiguous along the cutting line 56, in fact a gap is provided between the flaps.

Once again, the structure of the second flap 32 is connected so that the upper portion 58 is folded to the side wall 18 along the fold line 64. The intermediate portion 60 is connected to be folded along the fold line 66 to the upper portion 58 and the lower portion 62 along the fold line 68. The lower portion 62 is connected to the bottom panel 14 so as to be hinged along the fold line 70. Supper, the arcuate second cutting line 72 is folded line 64 to form a tab portion 74 that is shaped the same as the shape of the reduced diameter portion 48 shown in FIG. Extends to fold line 68. In addition, the shape of the cutting line may be changed according to the shape of the portion where the diameter of the article is reduced as described above. These fold lines 64, 70 and cut line 72 are formed together at the side edges of the second flap 32, as shown in FIGS. 2 and 3. The second flap 32 is connected to the cardboard box panel by an upper cut line 78 and a lower cut line 76 interconnected by a third cut line 80 forming a side edge of the second flap 32. 14, 18). The reinforcement flap 32 is pivoted around fold lines 64 and 70. If the carrier has two flaps 30, 32 on the same plane as the blank described in FIG. 1, the hole 28 is substantially closed.

In this embodiment, the carrier is configured to pack three articles in each of two rows. The blank 10 shown in FIG. 1 comprises retaining means 12 formed in the heel panel 16 and the side wall 18 inclined to the bottom panel 14. In addition, the second row of article holding means 11 are formed in the side walls 22 inclined from the heel panel 24 and the bottom panel 26. The holding means 11 is substantially the same as the holding means 12 and will not be described in detail.

In order to assemble a wraparound carrier comprising retaining means 12, the top panel 20 of the carrier blank 10 is applied at the top of the group of articles A to be packed in the carrier and the side wall 18 22 is folded downward to be placed in a lateral contact along the sidewalls of the article. The flaps 30 and 32 are then moved inward by means similar to the known functions of WO 94/25363. The flap portion is moved inward of the cardboard box such that the movement of the flaps 30 and 32 represents the tab portions 51 and 74. The heel portion of the article A is engaged in the hole 28 and received by the flaps 30, 32 of the retaining means. The tab portions 51, 74 engage with the portions 78, 76 where the diameter of the article A is reduced, as shown in FIG. 2. This tab portion can be pressed against the article to provide a robust carrier. The bottom panel 14 can then be folded inward and upward to engage the bottom portion of the article A as described in FIG. 2. Similar actions are performed on the other side of the article group, and the wraparound carrier can be completed by fastening the bottom panels 14, 26 to one another by means of adhesives or mechanical locking known in the art.

In this way, the conveyer is assembled and the retaining means allows the inner retaining flap portions 30, 32 to be provided in engagement with the heel of the article A. Moreover, the protruding tab portions 51 and 74 are engaged with the portions where the diameter of the can is reduced. As such, the retaining flaps and the protruding tabs may coincide with the lower portion of the article.

A large amount of cardboard may be in contact with the article to be held using the holding structure according to the invention, thereby providing safety for the article.

In addition, the conveyer of the present invention can pack the article securely and minimize the risk of scratching. In addition, the rigidity of the intermediate panel cross section is improved.

The arched alignment of the protruding tabs and the improved rigidity of the intermediate panel can reduce the width W of the intermediate panel cross section, as illustrated in FIG. 3. This can reduce the amount of cardboard.

In addition, the present invention is not limited to the shape described above, but may provide a retaining means according to the present invention that includes one or more hinge means per retaining tab to provide a tab protruding from the assembled carrier. Also, when two hinges are provided, each flap can be connected with the flap on the side and inclined panels or on the bottom and inclined panels or on the side and bottom panels of the carton.

The present invention and preferred embodiments of the invention relate to an article transporter that is provided with sufficient force to safely receive the bottle but which is flexible so that the load transferred to the holding means is absorbed by the transporter. The shape of the blank minimizes the amount of cardboard required. The bottles can be arranged in the carrier by hand or by an automatic mechanism. The present invention is not limited to wraparound carriers but can be applied to various carriers.

Claims (14)

An article transporter for packaging an article having a diameter reducing portion, such as a can, at one end of the can, The article carrier comprises an angled panel comprising side wall panels and second wall panels, such as bottom or top wall panels, which are interconnected to be folded; Article receiving and holding means extending between the side wall and the second wall panel and including a hole for receiving a portion of the article contained in the carrier; And A flap hingedly connected and extending at the edge of the hole, the flap being in contact with the article received in the hole, The flap is pivoted in a hinged engagement to force the tab into the acting position whereby the flap projects into the hole and engages the reduced diameter portion of the article to assist in maintaining the article position in the article carriage. Goods carrier. The method of claim 1, And the protruding tab is located on an inclined panel disposed between the side wall and the second wall of the carrier. The method of claim 2, Opposing ends of the protruding tabs are present in the upper and lower ranges of the inclined panel. The method of claim 3, wherein And the upper and lower ranges of the inclined panel fall between 0.9 and 1.1 cm. The method according to any one of claims 1 to 4, And the protruding tab substantially corresponds to the shape of the portion whose diameter is to be reduced. The method according to any one of claims 1 to 4, Said receiving and retaining means comprising a pair of flaps complementarily hinged, each flap hinged at opposite edges of said aperture, and said second projecting tab is formed along a portion of said opposite edge; Goods carrier. The method according to any one of claims 1 to 4, Each protruding tab extends between a pair of engaging portions about a flap that pivots out of the plane of the aperture. The method according to any one of claims 1 to 4, And said aperture extends partially in each said side panel, said sloped panel and said second wall panel. The method of claim 1, A cutting line is formed in the inclined panel between the first and second hinges of the flap, which are hinged on the side and the second panel, respectively. The method of claim 1, Wherein a cutting line is formed in the inclined panel and the second wall panel at least partially between the first and second hinges formed in the side panel and the second wall panel. The method according to claim 9 or 10, Wherein said cutting line is formed arcuately at the protruding edge of said protruding tab that is substantially arcuate. The method according to any one of claims 1 to 4, And the projecting engagement edge is arched. An article receiving and holding means for an article transporter for packaging an article having a reduced diameter portion, The receiving and retaining means extending from the wall of the carrier to the corner of the panel comprises a hole in the panel corner; And a flap pivotally joined into the acting position around the hinge of the flap and joined to extend so as to be hinged at the edge of the hole to provide a portion extending into the interior of the carrier, The portion of the hole edge is shaped to form a protruding tab protruding in the hole and is formed to be identical in shape to the portion of which the diameter of the article is reduced so as to engage each portion of the article held in the means in use. Is put into the acting position by providing a flap portion extending to act inwardly. A blank comprising a side wall panel and a second wall panel, such as a lower or upper wall panel, which are foldably interconnected, and an article receiving and holding means extending between the side wall panel and the second wall panel. The means comprises a hole capable of receiving a portion of the article in use and a flap that is connected and extends so as to be hinged at the edge of the aperture and in contact with the article received in the aperture in use, The flap is pivoted in its working position to the hinged engagement portion to provide a portion that is internally expandable through the hole in use, the portion of the flap being the portion of the article having a reduced diameter of the carrier formed in the blank. Engaging the part, the hole edge portion being shaped to form a protruding tab protruding in the hole and having a reduced diameter of the article, wherein the protruding tab is engaged with a portion of the article of the carrier, The flap is inserted into the working position by pivoting inside the carrier.