SK135795A3 - Bottle carrier - Google Patents

Abstract

An article carrier comprises angularly related panels including side wall panels (42, 44) and a second wall panel (46) such as a bottom or top wall panel which are foldably interconnected, article receiving and retaining structure (10) extending between a side wall panel and a second wall panel, the structure comprising an aperture (11) adapted to receive a portion of an article (A) contained within the carrier, and a flap (12, 14) struck from and hingeably connected to an edge of the aperture which flap is adapted to abut the article received in the aperture, and wherein the flap is pivotal into an operative position about its hinged connection (26, 28) to provide portions thereof which protrude both inwardly and outwardly of the carrier so that a portion (F) of the flap engages the article internally of the carrier and another portion (F1) of the flap engages the article externally of the carrier, the flap being put into its operative position by pivoting inwardly of the carrier.

Description

Technical field

The present invention relates to article carriers and blanks therefor which are particularly suitable for carrying articles such as bottles. More specifically, the present invention relates to a sheath-type bottle carrier and is concerned with improving bottle hold and enhancing the portion of the carrier that holds the bottom of the bottle.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

Means for holding the bottom of the bottle are well known. Patent application EP0171229B1 discloses a known shell-type bottle carrier having upper, lower and side portions connected in the form of a tubular construction with open ends. The inclined panel connects each of the side walls by bending to the respective lower overlap panel. In the lower corners of the carton formed by the slanted panel, there are openings in each of the slanted panels and extending into adjacent panels of the side walls and overlapping panels into which the lower part of the bottle is inserted. The openings into which the bottles are inserted form the characteristic parts of the carrier structure, which are the flaps holding the bottle and the reinforcing carrier, which are folded along the opposite said holes carrying EP0171229B1 mainly describing the outer edges of the openings into the bottom of the bottle. Document attaching the bottle and flap reinforcing the carrier that extend into the respective inclined panel, into the respective side walls and into the overlapping panel. The flaps include hinged portions so that, in this bottle carrier, a portion of the flaps retaining the bottle and strengthening the carrier is substantially parallel to the inner surface of the respective overlap panel. In this construction, the lower portion of the bottle protrudes to a certain extent from the carrier, so that it is not protected, and the narrower the package, the greater the tendency of the bottle to slide out of the package. In the carton in which the insertion opening is formed, cracks may sometimes occur due to the packaging being too narrow due to movement of the bottle directed directly against the edge of the insertion opening.

Another type of construction for holding the bottom of the bottle is described in EPO 059 104. A flap holding the bottom of the bottle extending substantially beyond the carton is described, but the C-shaped cuts cause a small portion of the flap to reach the inside of the carton. Nevertheless, the folding of the retaining flaps is carried out outwards, i. the interleaving is directed outwards and not inwards. EPO 247 298 is another document mentioning flaps holding the lower part of the flap and projecting outwardly, in which only a small portion of the flap can extend inwardly of the carton and where the folding is performed outwardly.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

According to one aspect of the present invention, there is provided a bottle carrier having angularly joined panels such as an upper panel, a lower panel, and side wall panels that are joined by folds. Accordingly, the carrier may be, for example, of the flat or shell type. The carrier further comprises an article carrying and retaining means disposed between the side panel main panel and the second main panel, which is either an upper or a lower panel, said means comprising an aperture for receiving a portion of the object disposed therein. in the carrier, and the flap carved therefrom, pivotally attached to the edge of said aperture, which serves to adhere to an object placed in the carrier and is pivoted to its working position about its hinged connection so that portions thereof protrude from the carrier both in and out out in such a way that one part of said flap retains an object within the carrier and the other part of said flap retains an object from outside the carrier, and said flap is set to its working position by rotating inwardly of the carrier.

The retaining means may advantageously hold the lower part of the article, its throat, or both, which may be, for example, a bottle or a can.

In accordance with a feature of this aspect of the invention, said support and retaining means may comprise a pair of complementary hinged flaps, each of which folds on opposite edges of said opening.

In accordance with another feature of this aspect of the invention, the second portion or both of said second portions of the two flaps may be defined at least in part by cutting lines extending between a pair of spaced apart hinged connections about which the flap pivots from the plane of said aperture.

Preferably, said second portion of the flap is located on the side beyond the imaginary line of adjacent ends of the hinged connections. In addition, said second portion of the flap may be determined by said link and said cutting line extending between two mutually spaced hinged connections.

According to yet another characteristic feature of this aspect of the invention, the carrier may further comprise an inclined panel which by folds connects the side panel to the second wall panel of the carrier, wherein said opening is partially cut in both said side panels, said inclined panel and said second panel. the walls. In some designs that utilize these characteristics, the cutting line may be located in said sloping panel between the first and second flap folding connections formed in the side panel and the second wall panel. In other constructions utilizing this characteristic feature, the cutting line may be formed partly in said inclined panel and partly in said second wall panel, between the first and second hinges, wherein said hinges are formed at least partly in said side panel and said second wall panel. . Preferably, the cut between the first and second flaps is of a substantially arcuate shape.

In accordance with yet another feature of this aspect of the invention, each of said flaps may comprise an upper sidewall, wherein the components and the lower part are hinged so that they can be joined by bending to allow the flap to bend and thereby better conform to the shape of the bottom. of the flask, wherein the hinged connection between said upper and lower flaps is located above the base of the flask held by these flaps.

In accordance with yet another characteristic feature of the present invention, an article carrier may be provided allowing the outer edges of the article to be received therein.

According to a further aspect of the present invention there is provided a shell-type article carrier having upper, lower and side walls interconnected to form a cylindrical structure with open ends, further having an oblique panel coupled to all side walls along the fold line and to the lower overlapping panel along the bending line and the means supporting and retaining the lower part of the object, comprising openings formed in each inclined panel that extend into respective and respective lower overlapping panels, said support means are flaps retaining the object which are flexibly attached to said overlapping panel side walls, which are further provided with folds to allow these flaps to encircle the shape of the object and are bent inwardly in the formed carrier, but some of which also protrudes outwardly, and with this externally protruding part adjoins time the object that extends out of the carrier through the respective opening.

According to another aspect of the present invention, there is provided a device for holding and retaining an article for an article carrier cut from corner panels of adjacent walls of the carrier comprising an opening in the corner panels and a cut out flap hinged thereto. a working position around its hinge, one part of which extends inside the carrier and the other from outside the carrier, and both serve to grip the respective parts of the article in use in use therein, and said flap can be adjusted to its working position by rotating said inner parts of this valve inwards. In a preferred embodiment, the flap of the article-holding and retaining article is formed by a plurality of portions connected to each other by folds, at least one of which serves to at least partially grip the end of the article and at least one adjacent portion of the flap to hold the side of the object and the fold between the first portion of the flap and its adjacent portion is adjacent the wall of the object.

According to another aspect of the present invention there is provided a blank comprising side wall panels and a second wall panel, such as a top or bottom wall that are joined by bends, a means for supporting and retaining an object between the side wall panel and said second wall panel; the means comprising an aperture for use, in use, to accommodate a portion of the object and a tab cut therefrom, hingedly attached to the edge of said aperture, which serves to adhere to an object placed in use in said aperture and rotatable to a working position about a hinged connection so that it extends with one part inwardly and with its other part from outside said opening, and wherein one part of said flap is designed to hold a portion of the article within the carrier formed of said blank and the other part of said flap is intended to hold the part and the flap can be adjusted to its working position by rotating it inwardly of the carrier.

In a preferred embodiment of the workpiece, the panel comprises a side wall, a side panel and an inclined panel, wherein the inclined panel connects the side panel and the second wall panel by folds, and the opening is cut partially in all three panels.

a hinged flap attached to said and said second wall panel, wherein in said means there is a cut between said hinged connections extending into both said side panel and the second wall panel.

In addition, it can be a side panel

Overview of the drawings:

Embodiments of the present invention will now be described in conjunction with the following figures:

Fig. 1 is a perspective view of a retaining means according to the invention on a portion of an unformed blank.

Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the retaining means shown in FIG. 1 in a formed form in which the bottle in A is placed.

Fig. 3 is a perspective view from the other side of the arrangement shown in FIG. 2, in a state where the article is removed.

Fig. 4 is a perspective view from the outside of the arrangement shown in FIG. 3.

Fig. 5 is a plan view of the unformed retaining means shown in FIG. First

Fig. 6 is a plan view of a second device according to the present invention.

Fig. 7 is a plan view of a third device according to the present invention.

Fig. 8 is a plan view of a fourth device according to the present invention.

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Examples

In Figures 1 to 5, the retaining means 10 is a retaining means 10 consisting of and from a panel of a second (lower) sheath panel 46 in EP0171229B1. The retaining illustrated first embodiment of the present invention formed in the side wall of the side panel 42 from the inclined wall panel 44, which in this example exceeds the carrier of the known type, described means 10 is not intended solely for the lower part of the article and upper part. For example, the retaining means 10 may be formed at the ends of the cylindrical structure of the shell support and may serve to retain the ends (corners) of the objects and may retain one or more objects in the support.

The retaining means 10 includes a retaining opening 11, which in this example holds the lower portion of the bottle A, as shown in FIG. 2. The retaining means 10 further comprises retaining flaps 12 and 14 which, in the resulting carton, form the inner portions of the flap F adjacent to the bottom of the object A adjacent the inclined panel 44 and the outer portions of the flaps F1 that retain the lower portion of the object opening outwards.

Described in more detail, the retaining means 10 comprises a first flap 12 that is comprised of an upper, middle and lower portion along the row 12a. 12b and 12c. The upper portion 12a is hinged to the side wall 42 along the bending line 26. The middle portion 12b is hinged to the upper portion 12a along the bending line 30 and to the lower portion of the panel 12c along the bending line 32. The lower portion of the panel 12c is hinged to the overhang panel 46 along the bending line. 22. An arcuate fold cut 18 extends from the fold line 26 to the fold line 22. These fold lines 26, 22 and cut 18 define the side edge of the first flap 12 as shown in FIG. 1 and 5. The first flap 12 is cut from the carton board 42, 44 and 46 by the top cut 15, the middle cutting line 16 and the bottom cut 17 and is rotatable about the fold lines 26 and 22.

The complementary second flap 14 similarly comprises the upper, middle and lower portions of the flap along the row 14a. 14b and 14c. In this embodiment of the invention, the flap 14 is a mirror image of the flap 12 along the median cutting line 16. Of course, it is not necessary for the second flap to be a mirror image of the first and it is possible that there is only one flap in the holding means 10. It will also be appreciated that when two flaps are used, it is not necessary for them to abut the cutting line 16 and there may be, for example, a large gap between them. In the flap 14, the upper fold line 28 attaches the upper portion of the flap 14a to the side wall 42 and the upper portion of the flap 14a is foldably connected to the central portion of the flap 14b along the fold line 34. The lower portion of the flap 14c is hingedly connected to the central portion of the flap 14b along the fold line. The complementary flap 14 is pivotable about the fold lines 28 and 24. If the two flaps are flush, such as when the carrier is in a tapered form, the opening is closed.

The sheath carrier containing the retaining means 10 is formed by first placing the underside of the top of the carrier plate on a plurality of bottles to be placed in the carrier and the side walls fold downwardly along the side walls of the bottles. Then, the flaps 12 and 14 are provided with a suitable device which can be (at least functionally) similar to the device known from EP0322159B1 inwardly. By pressing the flaps 12 and 14, the flap portions F are pressed into the carton and the flap portions F1 protrude out of the carton. The lower part of the bottle A is thus retained in the opening 11 while being held by the flaps 12 and 14 of the retaining means 10. The overlapping panel 46 can then be folded upwards so that it abuts the bottom of the bottles A as shown in FIG. On the opposite side of the group of articles, a similar operation is performed and the casing carrier can be assembled by securing the protruding portions of the base panels to each other, for example by gluing or preferably by mechanical coupling means.

The design of the retaining means 10 is such that both the inner and outer portions of the retaining flaps retain the lower portion of the bottle A. The outer portion of the flap F1 helps protect that portion of the bottle A that protrudes from the carrier. The retaining flaps are able to adapt to the outer surface of the bottom portions of the bottles as they can rotate and bend along the fold lines 20, 32 and 34. 36. This adaptation is further supported by the fact that the cuts 18 and 20 of the first embodiment are long C and further because both flaps 12 and 14 are suspended by two bends. In addition, a closer tightening can be used according to the present invention due to the good tear resistance due to the presence of flaps 12 and 14. These flaps (or hole closures) can act as bumpers that support the side edges of the hole 11 ( or hole frame). The flaps 12 and 14, both having an inner and an outer portion, may therefore degrade the bottle pressure against the opening edge. It is clear that when using the retaining structure of the present invention, the retained object is in contact with a large surface of the board, thereby ensuring good protection of the object. In addition, the described door opening effect allows a relatively large portion of the bottom of the bottle to be inserted into the opening 11, thereby allowing a relatively tight arrangement with minimal risk of tearing. This has proven to be advantageous, for example, in the packaging of petaloid bottles, when a relatively large opening is suitable for placing the flask in the carton and the flaps protect a relatively large portion of the bottle protruding from the opening in the carton. These features and advantages are likely to be better seen from the perspective views of FIG. 3 and 4 where object A has been removed, and only the circle on the overlap panel 46 indicates the base of object A. Folds 32 and 36 are positioned such that when flaps 12 and 14 are set to their working positions, the lower portions of flaps 12c and 14c are arranged at an oblique position above the protruding panel 46 and below the base of the bottle A. The curved side of the bottle A is attached by flaps 12 and 14 which adhere to and surround the sidewall surface of the bottle while protecting it against impacts. Further exemplary embodiments of the invention are shown in FIG. 6, 7 and 8. In these figures, the retaining means, which are similar to the retaining means shown in FIG. 1 to 5, with identical elements corresponding to the numeral 1 for FIG. 6, the figure 2 for FIG. 7 and the figure 3 for FIG. 8th

In a first embodiment, the two fold lines between the upper portion 12a and the middle portion 12b and between the portions 14a and 14b of the flaps 12 and 14, i. The bending lines 30 and 34 meet the interrupted bend 38 at the outer lateral edges of the flaps 12 and 14. The cutting lines 18 and 20 extend in the inclined panel 44 between the folds 38 and 40. In the embodiment of FIG. 6 such folds do not exist.

As a result, the flaps 112 and 114 consist only of the upper portions 112a and 114a and the lower panels 112b and 114b.

The side cutting lines 118 and 120 are differently shaped relative to the cutting lines 18 and 20 of the first embodiment, and therefore form a different flap shape on the outside of the carrier.

In this embodiment, the cuts 118 and 120 extend from the interior of the inclined panel 144 to the overlap panel 146. In addition, the folds 130 and 134 between the flap portions 112 and 114 are interrupted by the cuts 131 and 135. These cuts assist in folding the flap panel portions.

In FIG. 7, a third embodiment of a retaining means 210 according to the present invention is shown. The retaining means 210 comprises lateral sections 218 and 220 which extend from the broken line 238 between the side wall 242 and the inclined panel 244 to the overlap panel 246. Again, the sections 231 and 235 are present on the fold lines between the flaps portions 212 and 214.

Moreover, it is identical to the embodiment shown in FIG. 6 and its section 117, the lower section 217 forming the edge of the main flaps 212 and 214 is the opening 219 in the overlap panel 246. This opening is visible in the unformed state of the retaining means 210, as shown in FIG. 7, and in the formed state forms part of the opening 211. The lower section 111 defines the opening 119 and in the fourth embodiment shown in FIG. 8, the lower section 317 defines an aperture 319. These apertures in the overlap panels 146, 246 and 346 may be used to compress the two overlap panels together prior to joining and during the overlapping of these overlap panels to form a carrier.

The fourth embodiment shown in FIG. 8 is substantially similar to the embodiment shown in FIG. 7, except that the side cuts 318 and 320 have a more complicated shape, and consequently form an opening 311 differently shaped from the opening 211 and consequently the outer portion of the flap F1 is different.

Note that in all embodiments shown, a double bolt mechanism is used for all portions of the flaps of the retaining means. This has proven to be advantageous for forming the outwardly extending flap portion F1 and a flexible damper or stiffener that the lower portion of the bottle or other article can abut without breaking the walls of the carton surrounding the retaining means. However, the present invention is not limited to this arrangement, and it will be appreciated that a retaining means according to the invention comprising one or more bending hinges per retaining flap may be provided to provide a protruding portion of the flap F1 in the assembled carrier. It will also be appreciated that if each flap has two hinges, it can be attached to, for example, the side and slanted panel of the carton, or the lower panel and the slanted panel, or finally to the side and lower panels. However, in all of these structures, the outer portion of the flap F1 is set to its working position by forcing the flap retaining portion F from the interior of the carton out of the plane of the respective holding hole.

Claims (17)

An article carrier, characterized in that it comprises panels inclined to each other, including side wall panels and a second wall panel, such as a bottom panel and an upper panel, which are joined together by folds, and a means for holding and retaining the object located between the side wall panel and the second main panel, said means comprising an aperture for receiving a portion of the object which is located in the carrier and a cut-out flap rotatably attached thereto to the edge of said aperture to adhere to the object placed in the carrier and which is set to its working position by rotating inwardly about the carrier about its hinged connection so that its portions protrude from the carrier both inwardly and outwardly so that one part of said flap holds the object inside the carrier and a second portion of said flap retains the object from outside the carrier. The article carrier of claim 1, wherein said article carrying and retaining means comprises a pair of complementary hingedly joined flaps, each of which is hingedly connected to the opposite edge of said opening. The article carrier of claim 1 or 2, wherein said second portion of any of said flaps is defined at least in part by a cutting line extending between a pair of separate hinged connections about which said flap rotates from the plane of said aperture. The article carrier of claim 3, wherein said second flap portion is located downstream of the imaginary line of adjacent ends of the hinged connections. 5. The article carrier of claim 3 or 4, further comprising an inclined panel that interconnects the side panel with the second wall panel of the carrier by folding, wherein said opening is partially cut into both said side panels, said inclined panel and said panel. the second wall panel. The article carrier of claim 5, wherein said cutting line is formed in said oblique panel between the first and second folding flaps that are formed in the side panel and the second wall panel. The article carrier of claim 5, wherein said cutting line is partially formed in said inclined panel and partially in said second wall panel between said first and second hinged connections, said hinged connections being formed at least partially in said side panel and the second wall panel. The article carrier of any one of claims 3 to 7, wherein the cut between the first and second hinged connections is substantially arc-shaped. An article carrier according to any one of the preceding claims, characterized in that each of said flaps comprises an upper and a lower part, which are hinged so that they can be joined by bending to thereby allow the flap to fold and thereby better fit the shape of the part of the article. adjoining, and in that the hinged connection between said top and bottom of the flap is located above the base of the object held by the flap. An article carrier according to any of the preceding claims, characterized in that it comprises an article retention means for attaching all outer edges of the article disposed therein. A casing-type article carrier characterized in that its upper, lower and side walls are joined to each other so as to form a cylindrical structure with open ends, and an oblique panel joined to all side walls and to the lower overlap panel along the fold lines; the means for supporting and retaining the lower part of the object, with the openings of the inclined panels extending into and into the lower overhang panel, the object retaining means being flaps, the retaining object and the stiffening support which are flexibly attached to said overlap panel and said sidewall panel; provided with folds to allow the flaps to encircle the shape of the object, and in the formed carrier are curved inwardly, but a portion thereof also extends outwardly, and the outwardly projecting portion adjoins the portion of the object which extends through the respective aperture formed in each of respective side walls wherein part of said outside of the carrier. A blank for making an article carrier according to any of the preceding claims. 13. A device for holding and retaining an object for an article carrier, cut from the corner portions of adjacent walls of the carrier, comprising an opening in the corner portions and a flap cut therefrom, hingedly attached to the edge of the opening and rotating to an operating position about its hinge is divided into two parts, one extending inwardly and the other extending outwardly of the carrier, and both parts of said flap serve to grip the respective portions of the article disposed therein when in use, said flap being adjustable to its operating position by rotating said inner portion of the flap inward. 14. The article carrying and retaining device of claim 13, wherein the article is comprised of a plurality of portions connected to one another, at least one of which serves to at least partially grip the end of said article and at least one adjacent portion of said flap. it serves to hold the side of said object, wherein the fold between said first portion of said flap and its adjacent portion is located near said wall of said object. 15. A workpiece comprising side wall panels and a second wall panel, such as an upper or lower wall panel, joined by bends and a means for supporting and retaining an object between the side wall panel and said second wall panel, comprising an opening for to receive, in use, a portion of the article, and a tab cut therefrom, hingedly attached to the edge of said aperture to adhere to an object placed in use in said aperture, and which can be adjusted to a working position by rotating it around a hinged connection thereof inwardly of the carrier so as to be divided into two parts, the first extending inwardly and the second extending outwardly of said opening, the first portion of said flap being designed to retain a portion of the article within the carrier formed of said blank; and a second portion of said flap is intended to retain the part of the object outside the carrier. 16. The blank of claim 15, wherein said side wall panel is formed by a side panel and an inclined panel, wherein the inclined panel connects the side panel and the second wall panel by folds, and said aperture is partially cut through all three panels. 17. The blank of claim 16, wherein said flap is hingedly connected to said side panel and said second wall panel, wherein in said means a cut is formed between said hinged connections extending into both said side panel and said panel. second wall.