LT3974B - Carrier, particulary for several bottles - Google Patents

Abstract

The bottle holder (10, 10<1>) is designed to take and transport bottles (2), which are placed in a row. The bottles (2) have a neck (3), which becomes conically narrower towards the top; the upper end (7) of it has an outside thread for a screw-cap (8) or a ring for pressing the cap. The holder is made out of a sheet of corrugated cardboard (1, 1<1>), which has five longitudinal sections, namely in the central section (11, 11<1>), to the longitudinal ends of which, the medium sections (12, 12<1> and 13, 13<1>) are attached, and two outer sections (14, 14<1> and 15, 15<1>) are attached to the medium sections. The sections are separated from one another by grooves (17) or similar, and have openings (20, 20<1>, 21, 21<1>), that are placed in a single row, as the sheet is deformed to form a closed profile, to which the neck (3) of the bottle (2) and a cap (8) are squeezed in. according to the description of the invention, the mentioned sheet and the holder in the central section(11, 11<1>), has jointed staples (27, 27<1>, 27<2>), and the medium sections (12, 12<1>, 13, 13<1>) have supportive staples (24, 24<1>, 24<2>). The staples are pressed towards the caps (8) of the bottles (2) or to the rim (4) or the outer section (14, 14<1>) and the neck (3). This neutralizes the respective movements between the bottle and the holder and ensures that both sides have coordination. Supportive staples fixate the jointed staples in their working positions.

Description

The invention relates to containers with separate compartments, namely, for holding and transporting rows of bottles in a rack, which are described in detail in the general section of the first paragraph of the definition.

Such a holder is known from Norwegian patent no. 166 852 It performs its function reasonably well within certain limits and for certain types of bottles.

However, some types of bottles and their lids, especially flip caps, often wear out quickly, especially if the bottles are heavy enough and often pulled and / or subjected to frequent movements, such as vibrating movements for long periods of time or even while running. The relatively thin and sharp edges of the cap, which support the weight of the entire bottle, can be etched or embossed into corrugated cardboard, which surrounds the respective holes, causing even greater vibratory movements of the bottle, which in turn increases wear and tears of the holder. At the same time, the lower rounded edge of the screw cap, similar to a wedge, may penetrate and slip through the upper hole of the bracket. Doing so can cause bottles, or even a few bottles, to break free, fall out, and cause injury or breakage, which is unacceptable. On the other hand, it is highly undesirable to use a more durable material than corrugated cardboard, such as plastic, since plastic or metals are materials that cause waste problems. Corrugated board is much less harmful to the environment and can be made from recyclable material. If such carton becomes unusable, it can also be burned without emitting pollutants that are difficult to process. Another disadvantage is that the holder sheet is essentially for one type and size of bottle. It is also difficult, in particular in terms of time loss, to manually or partially or completely place the bottles on the bottles or vice versa, as there is no reliable and safe means of regulating the closure, at least in its phases. In addition, it may be necessary to take bulk corrugated board and / or treat it in a certain manner to stiffen it to obtain a satisfactory load capacity and stiffness margin. In this case, liquid waste may be generated.

European patent application EP-A1-0 048 506 relates to the bracket described above. However, it may exhibit known relative movements between the bottles and the holder if the latter is not made with a completely non-spaced fit to the bottles using the holder. However, this non-spacing adaptation presents some obstacles. For example, it may be difficult to squeeze the bottle over the additional distance needed to snap the flaps to their locking positions when lower back movement is possible. In this case, it is impossible to obtain a stable connection between such a holder and the smaller bottles, and larger bottles cannot be transported at all. During relative movements, the flaps can slide easily, the fixation will be damaged, and the bottles may come loose from the holder and fall out. In addition, the joints may be damaged during relative movements, which endangers the functioning of the entire bracket and makes it difficult or impossible to use. Another major disadvantage is the fact that the known carrier is supplied glued, which takes up a lot of space and increases the cost of its use, transport and storage. Any bonding is undesirable unless there are good reasons to use it in very special cases where the bracket needs to be used on other machine types despite the additional inconvenience.

The object of the present invention is to provide an improved carrier of simple construction and inexpensively manufactured which provides more reliable bottle insertion, i.e. with better, simple and secure adjustment, while also keeping the objects transported securely clamped practically free, and its advantage being particularly high resistance to wear and tear and high safety of the goods being transported. Another aim is to allow for greater tolerances and other deviations in measurement and construction, which would be far more compensated than hitherto for only one or more holders of different designs and sizes. In addition, the basic idea behind the solution is to allow the holder to be reused, possibly using new starting materials or combinations thereof. The carrier must be simple, quick and reliable to be placed on bottles or vice versa and is suitable not only for manual use but also for partially or fully automatic use without the risk of failure or poor quality assembly.

The above objects are achieved by the present invention by constructing a bracket of the type described in the definition of claim 1.

Additional features and advantages of the invention will be described in more detail below with reference to the drawings, which illustrate, in part, schematic examples of preferred embodiments of the invention.

FIG. Figure 4 is a top view with a notch or groove and / or perforated sheet for forming a holder according to the invention having three basic embodiments of the detailed construction.

FIG. shows a top view of a modified, slotted or grooved and / or perforated sheet for forming a bracket according to the invention having two further embodiments of the detailed construction.

FIG. 1 and 2 illustrate a folded sheet according to FIGS. rear view of the bottle holder on the row of bottles.

FIG. shown is sheet 1 from which the holder is made. This sheet is made of rigid corrugated cardboard. However, material of plastic and / or metal may be used. as well as various combinations of their layers, especially when the carrier has to be reused regardless of the material selected for it.

The sheet is a rectangular oblong shape to accommodate a number of objects in any direction that can be picked up and transported. FIG. The sheet shown is for transporting three objects, such as bottles 2, especially so-called magnum bottles, which are commonly used for non-alcoholic beverages. These bottles have an upwardly tapered tapering neck, which in some cases has an annular flange at the top with a lower half 5 and a top half 6, from which the neck has a cylindrical shape of smaller diameter 7 and has an outer thread (not shown) with a screw cap 8. , which has a lower edge 9 directed to said flange. As an alternative to the threaded and threaded cap, the bottle part 7 may be provided with a flange and a threadless cap, which is well known in the art.

Sheet 1 is divided into five longitudinal rectangular sections, namely one slightly wider central section

11, joined by two slightly narrower sections 12 and 13, of which section 13 of equal thickness to the sheet is wider than section 12, since section 15 is folded over the top of section 14 (Fig. 3). The width of the central section 11 determines the width of the bracket 10 made as described below, while the adjacent sections 12 and 13 determine its height. The widths 14 and 15 of the outer sheet sections correspond substantially to the width of the central section. From these sections of the sheet is obtained a holder with a rectangular cross-section.

It is easy to make the bracket another cross-sectional shape, such as a trapezoid, where the wider base is made either on top or bottom.

Said sections are separated from one another by, for example, punched holes and / or perforations and / or other punching holes or only, for example, an embossed bending mark which may be sufficient if the sheet has a longitudinal structure, for example made of corrugated cardboard. In this case, however, it is interesting to note that the corrugated sheet waves are perpendicular to its longitudinal direction. Such a wave direction of the sheet will be explained below.

FIG. the grooves or various holes are designated 16, 17, 18 and 19, respectively. In the preferred embodiment of the invention, these certificates are associated with a combination of grooves on the outer or inner side of the sheet 33, the grooves of which perforate holes throughout the sheet. The length of these holes may be equal to or slightly greater than that of non-perforated gaps. For example, perforated holes may have a length of 14 mm and non-perforated gaps about 12 mm long. This facilitates the bending of the sheet and reduces the bending stress between adjacent sections, which in turn helps to keep them straight and flat. This results in a structure that is easy to compress as the holes open on the outside when the sections are folded 90 ° to the desired shape of use. It is useful to move the perforated holes relative to each other, for example, the outer hole lines may have a different distribution than the two inner hole lines.

Each of the two outer sections 14 and 15 has, for example, three holes 20 and 21 arranged in a sheet in a straight line and uniformly spaced. The holes 20 and 21 are substantially the same size and fold the sheet according to FIG.

facing exactly in front of each other. In the preferred embodiment, when the folded sheet takes the final shape, the holes 21 in the lower section 14 are slightly larger than the holes 20 in the upper section 15.

However, the central section 11 does not have, as in the known holder, holes for draining the fluid, but there are notches 22 which extend between two grooves or perforated holes 17 and

18. In the middle, the area occupied is divided mirror-symmetrically into two halves 27 of the sash by a longitudinal straight notch 23 throughout the thickness of the sheet, except for a small gap 30 in the middle and / or at one or more , thereby damaging the bracket during storage and various forming phases, for example during folding due to surface tension which bends the sides of the sashes outwards. The gap 30 forms a bridge, which is easily broken during insertion of the top of the bottle and then allows the sides of the flap to be folded inwards.

The notches 22 forming the flaps 27 may take various forms, for example the parabola of Fig. 1, where the notch 23 or a pair of notches 23 terminate at their opposite ends at the top of the parabola, or trapezoidal or triangular according to Fig. notches or notches 23 '. The base line 31 of the straps 27 obtained in this way coincides with the groove 17 or 18, respectively, especially when the base line is relatively short, it is advisable not to weaken it with perforations. This applies to structures such as those shown in FIG. According to FIG. the base lines are considerably longer and in this case perforations may be used, but not necessarily.

Since the sheet has grooves only on its inner side 33, which in FIG. is invisible (outer side marked 32), it is important to unambiguously mark the sides of the sheet, for example by cutting the angle 29 at one end of the lower section 14, while at the same end a visible mark 28 may be marked on the outer or inner side of the outer section 15. Thus, the cut angle 29 is an optical or physical mark for the operating personnel or machine for producing and / or loading and / or folding sheets, and for orienting and controlling the machine. The sign 28 may be, for example, instead of an optical indicator on the outside, only a corrugated cardboard wave arrow or an area without glue on the inside or outside as a disassembly sign for dismantling the carrier. If the adhesive is designated by an adhesive-free area, the upper half of the section 14 and the lower half of the section 15 are coated, for example, with self-acting adhesive layers which do not adhere to other layers but adhere well to one another. However, it is important to understand that neither gluing or other fastening of the sections 14 and 15 to each other, nor permanent or temporary fastening of the folded sheet to the carrier device is by any means necessary, but there is a choice depending on suitability and desire.

The sheet, prepared according to the part of the above description to give the outer shape according to Fig. 3, is further bent by hand or machine folding sections 12 and 13, for example at 90 ° about grooves 17 and 18 after the outer sections have already been folded, in the same direction and, for example, at the same angle with respect to the sections 12 and 13 about their grooves 16 and 19, the section 14 is folded inwards and the section 15 is folded onto the section 14 from the outside as shown in FIG.

The formed holder is then placed on transfer objects, such as bottles corresponding to the number of holes in the holder, pressed through the flaps on the bottle caps 8, the bridges 30 missing, thereby separating the separated flaps from their base lines into sections 12 and 13. the inner side, overcoming their rigidity or structural or material elasticity. As shown in Figure 3 ^-. Each leaf pair forms converging centering on one line guiding surfaces and the cover, possibly remaining in the bottle, respectively. The cap presses on the free ends of the flaps and first passes through the holes 21, then the holes 20 and finally its lower edge 9 leans against the top of the section 15 and then presses the section 15 against the section 14 since the cap is slightly larger than the holes 20. means that some flexible or otherwise non-rigid material must be compressed in the areas of the holes 15 around the holes 20. When the cap passes through the holes 20, the compressed material returns to its position, i.e. penetrating into the space below the edge of the cap 9. not only efficiently fixes not only sections 14 and 15, but also the holder on the bottles. This efficiency is achieved precisely with the help of the fasteners 27. As soon as the lid and flange 4 are in position, the free edges of the flaps formed by the notches 23 are located below the flap, and the material and / or structural stiffness described herein guarantees that the flaps are folded in opposite directions about their base lines 17 and 18. they are held back by the neck of the bottle which, by virtue of its upwardly conical shape, allows such a reversible movement. When the flaps rest against the neck of the bottle, they are at their free end either below the edge of the cap 9 or, if the bottle has a flange 4, below its lower side 5, as is clearly shown in FIG. Thus, in this position, the flange 4 is held pressed between the underside of the outer section 14 and the free ends of the flaps and thus cannot move forward or backward. If there are no flanges 4, then the center section is widened to extend the flaps and reach or rest on the lower side of section 14 to prevent displacement between the bottles and the holder.

As shown in Fig. 3, the flaps provide very good support for the connection between the bottles and the holder in the longitudinal direction of the flaps, whereby they have maximum resistance or resistance even greater than the longitudinal direction of the corrugated cardboard wave perpendicular to the sheet. tension, namely from the base of the sashes in the direction of their free edges 23. FIG. it is also evident that relatively high angular forces may occur between the bottle cap compartments 15 and 14, especially if the holes in the central compartment 11 formed by the notches 22 are larger than the cross-section of the bottle within the said aperture. Nevertheless, it may be desirable for such holes to be slightly larger, for example to make the holder suitable for bottles of the same type and size 2 which are slightly variable in size and / or shape. Because the hinges are extremely effective at absorbing and counteracting oblique and vertical movements between the bottles and the holder, it is possible to avoid the resulting looseness and wear at the outset by keeping all joints sufficiently secure to no longer rely on the ability of sections 14 and 15 to hold bottles around their holes. . This is made possible by the design feature which ensures that the material around the holes 20 and / or 21 penetrates into the gap below the lid edge 9, for example in holders for reusable use. However, the use of this feature is also desirable in other cases. The hinges 27 and, to a degree, the holes 21, which are slightly larger than the holes 20, help to easily and reliably guide the top of the bottles to the inside of the holder, since these two design features determine the respective ejection of the bottle top and the holder. the holder can be pushed towards the bottles or vice versa.

The aforementioned orientation effect as well. support and fixation are further improved by slight modifications of the embodiments of the invention as shown in FIG. middle and bottom and fig. on the left. In the last two embodiments, the lateral portions of the flaps 27 are separated by grooves and / or perforations 26 'and 26' ', respectively, to obtain triangular or triangular support flaps 24' and 24 '', respectively, which bend about their base lines 26 'and 26' '. about 90 °. In the folded bracket condition according to FIG. the free longitudinal edges of the flaps 24 'and 24' 'rest on the inside of the sections 12 and 13. In this way, the locking position of the bracket straps 27 is further assured, while increasing the durability and locking capabilities of the bracket. An additional advantage is obtained in that the longitudinal direction of the wave, such as corrugated cardboard, can be perpendicular to the slots 23. The corrugated cardboard can then be flexibly bent outwardly between a pair of support brackets 24 'and 24' ', which may be necessary , especially when the bottles have a flange 4.

The retaining brackets 24 in sections 12 and 13 may also be used as alternative parts of the retaining brackets formed from the brackets 27. Such an alternative is shown in FIG. in the middle, where the base lines (grooves) are marked 26, and the oblique notches 25, while the small size flanks are cut in the grooves and / or perforations 16 and 19. Such support brackets 24 have an advantage over the brackets 27 connected to the support brackets, be folded inwardly from their compartments 12 and 13 by placing the holder on, for example, the top of a row of bottles. In this case, it is not necessary to use any temporary increase in elasticity of the flaps, as they may remain flat at any stage of the application.

The major and / or additional locking and retaining action can also be obtained by selecting the holes 21 in section 14 much smaller than the holes 20 and at the same time making an annular groove about the holes 21 having a diameter approximately equal to that of FIGS. The annular groove between the annular groove and the wall of the hole may have a star-shaped notch. In a variant that may be suitable for some types and uses of material, this annular area is pressed upwardly by the cap 8 through the holes 20, which are located at the periphery of the cap with some residual stiffness.

The invention is not limited to the examples shown and described, since the features of these examples may be freely combined within the scope of the invention as defined in the specification. In special cases, it is also possible to make the flaps and / or the extension 13 and / or the section 14. It is also possible to replace the notches 22, 22 'with the grooves and make the notches 23, 23' between the latter perpendicular to the grooves 17 and 18.

Claims (10)

DEFINITION OF INVENTION A holder (10, 10 ') for bottles (2) having an upwardly tapered tapered neck (3) having an upper, e.g., cylindrical end (7) having an external thread for a screw cap (8) or a ring for clamping the cap made of: a folded sheet (1, 1 ') made, preferably, of corrugated cardboard, having, at least and most preferably, five longitudinal sections, namely, a central section (11, 11') connected by longitudinal edges to two intermediate sections (12, 12 ') and 13, 13 ') which are connected to the two outer sections (14, 14' and 15, 15 ') respectively, said sections are separated from each other by grooves (17) or the like and have holes (20, 20', 21, 21 ', 22, 22 *'), which overlap each other when the sheet is folded into a closed profile and through which the neck (3) of the bottles (2) with the lid (8) is pressed, said sheet and the holder respectively having folding fasteners ( 27, 27 ', 27 *' ), the free edges of which support the upper part of the bottles (2), characterized in that, in order to counteract or limit relative movements between the bottles and the holder and mutually coordinate the movements of the holder and the bottles, said hinges for clamping the lower neck of the flange (3) facing upwards and surrounding the bottle neck (3) between the upper flange side and the lower edge (9) of the cap (8) in the two outer sections for locking in the upper sections for this purpose (20). , 20 ') having a slightly smaller diameter than the lid (8) and fixed by means of a certain rigid or otherwise obtainable material compression of the sheet and / or the orientation effect and the orientation and support effect of the respective flaps (27, 27 *, 27' '), reinforced with support straps (24, 24 ', 24' ') which support the straps and are folded about 90 ° to the respective sashes and sections (12, 12 'and 13, 13'). 2. Holder according to claim 1, characterized in that said sections are separated by grooves made only on the outer or inner side of the sheet and / or by perforations and / or other punched holes or only by stamped bending marks (16, 16 ', 17, 17). ', 18, 18', 19, 19 '), in particular if the sheet has a structure substantially parallel to said grooves, for example the type of corrugated cardboard and / or the corrugated cardboard being perpendicular to the longitudinal direction of the sheet. 3. Bracket according to claim 2, characterized in that the sections are separated by a combination of grooves in their longitudinal direction and by perforated holes that are equal to or slightly larger than the non-perforated spaces throughout the sheet thickness to facilitate bending and avoid significant bending stresses between the joined sections. and / or to obtain a structure that is convenient to compress, since the holes open on the outside when the sections are folded, for example at 90 ° to the desired form of use, and because the perforated holes are displaced relative to each other, for example two outer holes the lines in the sheet have a different arrangement than the inner hole lines. Bracket according to Claim 1, characterized in that said holes (20, 20 ', 21, 21') in the two outer sections are superimposed on one another, from which the holes (21, 21 ') in the lower section (14, 14'), when the sheet bending is complete, are larger than the holes (20, 20 *) in the upper section (15, 15 '5). Bracket according to any one of claims 1 to 4, characterized in that said central section (11, 11 ') are notches (22, 22'!) Extending between two adjacent grooves (17, 17 'and 18, 18'), and the space between the latter is divided into two flaps (27, 27 ', 27' '). with longitudinal straight notches throughout the thickness of the sheet, except for the gap (30) in the middle of the notches or at one or more other locations connecting both sides of the sashes, such that the notches (22, 22 ') the sides having, for example, the shape of a parabola, where the opposite ends of the notches (23) end at the top of the parabola, or of a trapezoidal and triangular shape or a line perpendicular to the longitudinal notch (23 '); the base line not weakened by perforations (31, 31 ', 31' ') coincides with the groove (17, 17' and 18, 18 '), respectively. 6. Holder according to any one of claims 1 to 5, characterized in that the sides of the sheet (1, 1 ') have markings such as a cut-off angle (29) at one end of the lower section (14) and at the same end on the outer section (14). 15) a marked area (28) on the outside and / or inside, such as a visible mark on the outside, an area without glue on the inside or outside, used as a tear-off mark when the bracket is disassembled and the upper side of the lower outer section (14); the lower half of the upper outer section (15) being coated, for example, with a layer of self-acting adhesive which does not adhere to other layers but only to the same layer. Bracket according to any one of claims 1 to 6, characterized in that the flanks of the flaps are separated by grooves and / or perforations (26 'and 26' 'respectively) and form triangular support flaps (24' and 24 '' respectively), which are folded about their base lines (26 'and 26' ', respectively) at about 90 °, the free longitudinal ridges, when the bracket has already been folded, rest on the inside of the intermediate sections (12, 12' and 13, 13 ', respectively) the direction of the waves, such as corrugated cardboard, is perpendicular to said longitudinal notches (23, 23 '). 8. Bracket according to any one of claims 1 to 6, characterized in that the retaining brackets (24) are made in the intermediate sections (12, 13) and have base lines (26), serrated cuts (25) and lateral cuts in the grooves and / or perforations. (16 and 19, respectively), these support straps (24) are folded inwardly of their compartments (12, 13) when the holder is placed on top of the bottles. 9. Bracket according to any one of claims 1 to 8, characterized in that the main and / or additional locking and supporting action is obtained by means of holes (21) in the lower outer section (14) which have a considerably smaller diameter than the upper holes (20). and is surrounded by an annular groove having a diameter approximately corresponding to the diameters of the upper holes (20), and the annular area between the annular groove and the wall of the hole has a star-shaped notch pressed upwardly through the lower holes (20) with some residual stiffness. Bracket according to any one of claims 1 to 9, characterized in that the sashes and / or support sashes are formed by grooves in the intermediate section (12, 13) and / or one of the outer sections, and said slots (23, 23 '). ) between the latter incisions are straight and perpendicular to the grooves (17, 18) located between the central section and the intermediate sections.