US3711143A - Plate blank for carrying devices for bottles and a carrying device for bottles - Google Patents

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US3711143A
US3711143A US00092820A US3711143DA US3711143A US 3711143 A US3711143 A US 3711143A US 00092820 A US00092820 A US 00092820A US 3711143D A US3711143D A US 3711143DA US 3711143 A US3711143 A US 3711143A
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65D—CONTAINERS FOR STORAGE OR TRANSPORT OF ARTICLES OR MATERIALS, e.g. BAGS, BARRELS, BOTTLES, BOXES, CANS, CARTONS, CRATES, DRUMS, JARS, TANKS, HOPPERS, FORWARDING CONTAINERS; ACCESSORIES, CLOSURES, OR FITTINGS THEREFOR; PACKAGING ELEMENTS; PACKAGES
    • B65D71/00—Bundles of articles held together by packaging elements for convenience of storage or transport, e.g. portable segregating carrier for plural receptacles such as beer cans or pop bottles; Bales of material
    • B65D71/40—Bundles of articles held together by packaging elements for convenience of storage or transport, e.g. portable segregating carrier for plural receptacles such as beer cans or pop bottles; Bales of material comprising a plurality of articles held together only partially by packaging elements formed by folding a blank or several blanks
    • B65D71/403—Bundles of articles held together by packaging elements for convenience of storage or transport, e.g. portable segregating carrier for plural receptacles such as beer cans or pop bottles; Bales of material comprising a plurality of articles held together only partially by packaging elements formed by folding a blank or several blanks formed by folding several blanks

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  • ABSTRACT A plate blank of cardboard or a similar material consisting of a plurality of carrying devices for bottles, which devices are interconnected by weakening lines so that the plate blank as a unit can be mounted on all the bottles which are arranged vertically in a case, and the weakening lines simultaneously or later can be broken, so that a plurality of carrying devices each engaging a group of bottles are constituted in the case, so that the carrying devices with bottles can be removed from the case independently.
  • the invention also includes a carrying device of the said kind having stiffening flanges along their edges and in another embodiment two layers, so that each carrying device in loaded condition is shaped like a three-dimensional beam with great strength and stiffness' 5 Claims, 9 Drawing Figures PATENTEU JAN 1 6 I975 SHEET 1 [IF 4 CDC? PATENTEDJAH 16 I915 3,711,143
  • the invention relates to a plate blank of cardboard or a similar material for forming a number of carrying devices, each adapted to engage and carry a number of bottles of a larger group of bottles standing upright in a case, the said carrying devices having holes for receiving the bottle necks, and webs which are provided around the holes and so adapted that when bent out they constitute supporting webs for projecting parts of the bottle necks, each carrying device having finger grip means.
  • the plate blank according to the present invention has the essential feature that it is of a form conforming substantially to the opening of the case and is provided with weakening lines extending parallelly with the rows of bottles and defining the individual carrying devices.
  • the plate blank formed in this manner it may be placed as a whole on the bottles in a case, after which a suitable working plunger may press the total plate blank down over the total number of bottle necks and possibly break the weakening lines simultaneously so that the plate is divided into a number of separate carrying devices, each engaging and carrying a group of bottles.
  • a suitable working plunger may press the total plate blank down over the total number of bottle necks and possibly break the weakening lines simultaneously so that the plate is divided into a number of separate carrying devices, each engaging and carrying a group of bottles.
  • the invention is also concerned with various embodiments of carrying devices of the aforesaid kind, by which special advantages are obtained as will appear from the following description
  • a carrying device which'may have a comparatively great rigidity and carrying capacity with the use of supporting flanges produced by punching and folding.
  • the plate material preferred is comparatively thin, but thereby it will be difficult to obtain the necessary rigidity and carrying capacity. This difficulty is relieved by the present invention by making the carrying device of two layers, converting it to a hollow section of great rigidity when folding it.
  • the invention is also concerned with such a twolayer carrying device in which the lower plate portion is provided with outwardly bendable guiding webs which facilitate the introduction of the bottle necks into the carrying device and afford lateral support for the bottle necks.
  • FIG. 1 is a top view of a punched plate blank
  • FIG. 2 is a section taken on the line II-II of FIG; 1, when the two layers are glued together,
  • FIG. 3 is the carrying device, according to FIG. 2 in working position
  • FIG. 4 is the same as in FIG. 3, showing a modified embodiment
  • FIG. 5 the upper plate portion for a carrying device according to FIG. 4 in its flat condition
  • FIG. 6 the lower plate portion for the carrying device according to FIG. 4 in its flat condition
  • FIG. 7 the carrying device according to FIGS. 4-6, viewed in perspective and in its active position
  • FIG. 8 a part of the lower plate portion of a carrying device in a modified embodiment
  • FIG. 9 a part of FIG. 4 showing a modified embodiment.
  • FIGJI shows a punched plate blank according to the invention.
  • the blank consists of two rectangular plate portions 1 and 2 joined along a folding line 3 and made by punching of cardboard or a similar material.
  • the plate portion 1 is provided with side webs 4 serving when the plate blank is placed on top of the bottles in the bottle case to cover the finger grip openings in the case.
  • the plate portion 1 is provided with six rows of holes 5, each row consisting of five holes. These holes are surrounded by radial cuttings 6 forming peripherally arranged webs 7 which are bent out of the plane of the plate when a bottle neck is pressed through the hole 5 and form supports capable of carrying a bottle by resting against a projection provided on the bottle, for example the downwardly directed edge of the bottle cap.
  • the longitudinal direction of the plate blank is referred to as the direction from left to right in FIG. 1, whereas the transverse direction is constituted by the direction up and down in the drawing, that is, at right angles to the longitudinal direction.
  • the plate portion 1 is further provided with longitudinal weakening lines 8 forming a tearing strip 9 between them, of which the plate portion 1 has two parts, which divide the plate portion into three longitudinal zones, each containing ten holes 5.
  • the plate porhaving its back directed oppositely that of the folding line 12.
  • the plate portion 2 has a number of openings 14 corresponding to the openings 5, that is, when the two portions are folded over the folding line 3, the openings 14 will be concentric with the holes 5.
  • the holes 14 are provided with radial cuts 15 in one side so as toform three webs 16 which similarly as the webs 7 constitute supporting webs.
  • the plate portion 2 is provided with longitudinal weakening lines 17 which limit a tearing strip 18.
  • the plate portion 2 has likewise transverse cutting lines 19, and by means of the said lines there are formed sections corresponding to the sections of the plate portion 1.
  • the plate portion 2 is further provided with longitudinal folding lines 20 extending in the middle of the sections.
  • glueing strips a As indicated in FIG. 2; the said glueing strips extend along the tearing lines 8 and 17, that is, on the tearing strips 9 and 18. Furthermore, glueing strips are provided on either side of the folding line 3 and along the upper and lower edges 21 and 22 of the blank. r
  • the plate is attached to the bottles by being pressed as a unit down over their necks.
  • the bottle necks 23 with their caps 24 are passed through the openings 14 and S, and as a result the webs 7 and 16 are bent out of the plane of the plates so as to form tongues the edges of which are resting against the lower edge of the caps 24 and a bead 25 on the bottle neck.
  • the webs 16 will keep the underpart spaced from the upper part 1 by its engagement with the bead 25, thus giving the carrying device the hollow section desired in order to provide the requisite rigidity.
  • the folding lines 12, 13 and 20 act upon the carrying device in such manner that it becomes of substantially square cross-section; this applies in particular when the carrying device is pulled upwards by a person putting two fingers 26 through the openings 11, thus carrying the bottles by means of the carrying device.
  • This loaded condition is shown in FIG. 3, in which the carrying device has assumed a tubular form with a large crosssectional area and consequent very efficient rigidity.
  • the bottle case with its content may be supplied to the shop with the plates 1, 2 mounted on the bottles, that is, pressed down over the bottle necks as illustrated in FIG. 3, the plate simultaneously protecting. the bottles against dirt and light.
  • the tearing strips 9, 18 are removed, which may be done by a single operation, and one or more carrying devices may then readily be pulled out of the case, the cutting lines 10, 19 being so weak as to provide no obstacle.
  • the embodiment of a carrying device according to the invention as shown in FIGS. and 6 consists of an upper plate portion 101 and a lower plate portion 102.
  • the plate portion 101 has six holes 103 with supporting webs 104.
  • the plate portion 101 has edge flanges 105 and 106 which may be bent outwardly over the folding lines 107 and 108.
  • the lower plate portion 102 FIG. 4 is likewise provided with edge flanges 109 and 110 which are narrower than the flanges 105 and 106.
  • the flanges 109 and 1 may be bent over the folding lines 111 and 112.
  • each hole 103 Opposite each hole 103 the edge flanges 105 and 106 form supporting webs 104a, 104b which are at any time lying in the same plane as the flanges 105 and 106 and which see FIG. 4 -to serve to keep the flanges 105,1 1 0 and 106,109 obliquely downwards.
  • the lower plate portion has holes 120 which, when the carrying device is folded up in three dimensions, are lyingconcentrical with the holes 103 of the upper plate portion, see FIG. 7.
  • the webs are separated by through-going cuttings extending substantially radially from the holes 120. At such part of the edge of the hole 120 as coincides with the folding line 112 there is no guiding web.
  • the folding lines 131, 132, 133, and 134 and a part of the folding line 112 constitute in combination a polygon. At the middle of the plate portion 102 extends a folding line 137.
  • the flanges 105 and 106 are glued to the flanges 109 and 110.
  • the flanges are bent obliquely downwards, the central parts of the plate portion 101 and the plate portion 102 being simultaneously removed from each other.
  • the carrying device is passed down over the bottle necks 141, 142, the caps 143, 144 will at first break their way through the openings 120 and then through the holes 103.
  • the guiding webs 121-124 are bent obliquely upwards and the webs 104 are bent upwards in similar manner.
  • the upper end of the said webs will engage the caps beneath their edges.
  • the webs 104a, 1041) will contribute to keep the flanges in an obliquely downward directed position.
  • the guiding webs 121, 122, 123, and 124 will together with the flanges 105, 106, 109, 110 act as lateral guides and further make it easier to pass the carrying devices down over the bottle necks as the webs will catch and guide the said necks.
  • two inner webs 14S and 146 are cut in the middle of the upper plate portion 101.
  • the said webs may be bent downwards over folding lines 147 and 148, by which there are formed two finger grip holes.
  • the webs 145 and 146 are as indicated provided with holes 149 serving to receive guiding pins of an attachment tool (not shown) and for centering same.
  • the guiding webs 121 and 124 maybe rather wide near the flanges 110 as indicated in FIG. 9.
  • the guiding webs 121 and 124 have a width b substantially equal to or slightlylarger than the distance d which is equal to the difference between the width of the flange 105 and the flange 110.
  • the guiding webs are, as described above, normally limited by substantially radial cuttings in the lower plate portion, but there is'nothin'g preventing the two webs 122 and 123 '-to see FIG. 8 which are close to the folding line 137 from having 150 cuttings 150 substantially parallel with the line 137 That part of the cutting 150 which ends at the edge of the opening 20 is, however, bent so as to be substantially at right to the edge of the hole.
  • a bottle carrier according to claim 1 wherein said upper and lower plates are connected together along parallel junction lines that allow said upper and lower plates to be positioned, both flat, against each other with their respective apertures aligned for insertion of bottles.
  • a bottle carrier which comprises an upper plate having a plurality of apertures for receiving the necks of corresponding bottles to be carried, a plurality of web members connected to said upper plate for exten-.
  • a lower plate having -a plurality of apertures aligned with corresponding apertures of the upper plate to accommodate extension of the bottle necks through the lower plate, a plurality of web members connected to said lower plate for extension therefrom at the apertures thereof to engage and restrain other selected parts of the bottle necks, means connecting said upper and lower plates together along a first pair of opposite, spaced-apart junction lines disposed in generally symmetrical relation to a central plane of symmetry, means connecting said upper and lower plates together along a second pair of junction lines located between said first pair of junction lines and oriented parallel thereto, and weakening lines disposed in said upper and lower plates and extending along at least one of said second pair of junction lines to subdivide the bottle carrier into a plurality of separable bottle carrier sections each capable of independently supporting for carrying a distinct group of bottles, said upper and lower plates being deformable into a configuration in which for each separable bottle carrier section a portion of the lower plate

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