US3750929A - Carton partition assembly - Google Patents

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US3750929A
US3750929A US00135272A US3750929DA US3750929A US 3750929 A US3750929 A US 3750929A US 00135272 A US00135272 A US 00135272A US 3750929D A US3750929D A US 3750929DA US 3750929 A US3750929 A US 3750929A
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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
    • B65D5/00—Rigid or semi-rigid containers of polygonal cross-section, e.g. boxes, cartons or trays, formed by folding or erecting one or more blanks made of paper
    • B65D5/42—Details of containers or of foldable or erectable container blanks
    • B65D5/44—Integral, inserted or attached portions forming internal or external fittings
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    • B65D5/48026—Squaring or like elements, e.g. honeycomb element, i.e. at least four not aligned compartments
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  • ABSTRACT A partition assembly is disclosed for use in packing an array of articles, such as glass bottles or jars, in a carton, or tray, with selected portions of mutually perpendicular partition elements being utilized to separate the articles within the array so as to prevent breakage during normal jostling in handling of the carton.
  • Each partition element is so designed that it can be readily cut from a continuous strip of paperboard material with a minimum of waste, and nevertheless posses a sufficient contact area or segment between each pair of adjacent articles in the array.
  • An object of the present invention therefore is to provide individual partition elements which can be suitably retained in magazines in an improved machine for use in conjunction with a present day wrap around carton forming machine to provide an array of frangible articles, such as glass bottles or jars, in a tightly packed case or carton with a minimum of material being uti lized for the partition assembly itself.
  • the partition assembly described and claimed herein comprises a plurality of partitions each of which fall into two general types so designed that both types can be readily inserted between the various rows and columnsof articles arranged in a particular array to form mutually perpendicular cells for protecting glassware articles from damage as a result of jostling one against the other.
  • One type of partition has a height equal to that of the container or articles, and has a length somewhat less than the number of articles in a particular column multipliedby the diameter of each of one article.
  • the other type of partition has a height less than the height of the articles, and has a length somewhat less than the number of articles in each row times the diameter of a particular article.
  • the two types of partitions nest one on top of the other as a result of V-shaped notches provided in each, and when assembled with a slug or array of articles these partition elements define rectangular openings for these articles with all of the articles being separated from one another by segments of said partitions having a width of approximately 75 the diameter of one article and a heightof approximately :5 the height of said article, butno less than It; of said height.
  • FIG. I is a perspective view showing a partition assembly comprising two partition elements mounted in nesting relationship with one another as would be the case when these partition elements have been inserted between the respective column and rows of a slug or array of articles, said array being indicated schematically by three of the twelve such articles constituting an array suitable for use with the partition assembly shown.
  • FIG. 2 is a side elevational view of the partition assembly shown in FIG. 1.
  • FIG. 3 is an end elevational view of the partition assembly shown in FIG. 1.
  • FIG. 4 is a plan view of a strip from which one type of partition element is adapted to be cut, illustrating also the quanity of waste material caused by practicing the invention
  • FIG. 5 is a plan view of the strip from which the other partition elements are cut, also illustrating the quanity of waste material resulting from practicing the present invention.
  • FIG. 1 shows a partition assembly constructed in accordance with the present invention and illustrates in broken lines three of the twelve articles A, A adapted to be separated from one another in a carton or tray E of the type adapted to pack twelve such articles for shipment.
  • Each of the articles in the array of 12 has a like height C as well as a body portion extending through a substantial portion of its height and having a diameter D.
  • the articles are arranged in three columns of four articles each, or in four rows of three articles each, and in the description to follow the number of articles in each column will be referred to as P whereas the number of articles in each row will. be referred to as N in order to provide terminology consistent with the claims comprising the last portion of this application.
  • P the number of articles in each row will. be referred to as N in order to provide terminology consistent with the claims comprising the last portion of this application.
  • the carton or tray with which the partition assembly is adapted to be used preferably includesan interior space having a length dictated by the number of articles in a typical column P and by the diameter D of each.
  • the carton would have a length (4 X D) or (P X D). So too from FIG. 3 itican be seen that such acarton would have a width equal to 3 times D in packaging the twelve article array shown in FIG. .1. More generally, the carton width can be seen to be (N X D).
  • FIGS. 2 and 3 illustrate .resective shapes of the two types of partition elements or units comprisingthe partition assembly shown in FIG. 1, and each of these will now be described in detail.
  • the .partition element chown .in .FIG. .2 will be referred to herein as the (N-l) partition since 3 minus I, or two such partitions are used in separating the three columns of articles in the twelve artice array with which we are concerned in this disclosure.
  • .ThetN-l) partition can be seen from FIG. .2 to have a length which is less than-D X P but which is somewhat greater than (P-l) X D.More particularly, the N-l partition shown inFIGFZ has opposite end portions of vertically elongated configuration to provide generally rectangular areas, and 12 respectively, which are adapted to separate the endmost articles in two of the end columns shown in FIG. 1.
  • the vertical dimension of this rectangular contact area, or segment is approximately C, and that said segment has a width X of approximately 15 D.
  • the (N-l) partition has a length of at least D X (P%).
  • D X D X
  • this geometry results in rectangular areas, 10 and 12, of sufficient sixe to adequately separate the adjacent articles without susceptibility to breakage. More generally, this length can be expressed thus D(P-l) X.
  • D(P-l) partition X represents a fraction of D, and preferably in the range between 1/5 and A; D. The if; D has, however, been found to be the most satisfactory value.
  • Each (N-l) partition further includes a lower edge which defines a number of V-shaped tongues, 14 and 16, which comprise two in number in the embodiment shown. Two such tongues are required for the four article columns in the 12 article array since two of such articles are already separated by the end portions 10 and 12, described above. Therefor, in the description to follow, these V-shaped tongues 14 and 16 defined in the lower edge of the (Nl partition will be referred to as the (P-2) tongues.
  • the vertical center lines of these tongues can be seen to be coincident with the lines of contact of the adjacent bottles in the adjacent columns of the array, and as a result the center lines 18 and 20, are necessarily spaced from one another, and from the center lines of the end portions 10 and 12, by the diameter D of each individual article.
  • each of these can be seen from FIG. 2 to have an upper edge which defines at least one upstanding trapezoidally shaped projection 22, which projection has an upper edge 24 spaced a distance C above the lower edge 26 of the end portions, 10 and 12 of the (N -l) partition.
  • the (N-l) partition has an upper edge characterized by a substantial portion which is located at a significant distance below the uppermost edge 24 of said partition, and more particularly at approximately the height C of the articles to be partitioned.
  • This feature of the (N-l) partition results in a saving in paperboard material over the prior art partitions described above.
  • FIG. 4 illustrates the number of partitions which can be obtained from a length of strip corresponding to the height dimension C of the articles.
  • each (Nl partition defines (P-l) downwardly open notches between the end portions 10 and 12 and associated spaced tongues 14 and 16 for a purpose to be discussed hereinbelow.
  • the center notch 28 corresponds in size and shape to the trapezoidal projection 22, and as a result of this geometry permits approximately four of the (N-l) partitions to be cut from a strip 30 of length equal to three heights (3C).
  • this element of the partition assembly will be referred to herein as the (P-l) partition since this is the number of such partitions required in the assembly of the partition assembly of FIG. 1 and of any assembly constructed in accordance with the present invention.
  • This (P-l) partition has a length less than (D X N) but at least equal to D X (N-2/3).
  • the left-hand end portion 32 and 32a of this (P-l) partition is somewhat longer than the right-hand end portion 34, and although this feature is not necessarily required in practicing this invention it is shown in the drawings primarily to illustrate that one type of the two partition elements described herein is preferably so made in order to have one of its end portions in the vertical plane defined by the rear edges of the articles to be partitioned.
  • This feature will permit a flight bar or other conveyor mean 37 to engage the array or slug of articles and to move it together with the associated (P-l)'partition elements in a machine for advancing the unit in the direction of the arrow 38 toward a wrap around packer or other machine with which the present array of articles in conjunction with its associated partition assembly is adapted to be utilized.
  • the portion 32a of the end of the (P-l) partition shown in FIG. 3 may or may not be required depending upon the use to which the partition assembly is to be put.
  • Each of said (P-l) partitions can thus be seen to have opposite end portions, 32 and 34, of vertically elongated configurations to separate the endmost articles in any of the adjacent two rows of the three shown in FIG. 1. These end portions 32 and 34 have a width X of approximately one-third D.
  • the (P-l) partition further includes an upper edge which defines (N-l V-shaped notches for receiving the downwardly open notches defined between the (P-l) V-shaped tongues of said (N-l) partitions. It will be apparent that the overall height B of the (P-l) partition is such that the depth of the (N-l) V-shaped notch, when substracted from B, corresponds to the depth of the V-shaped (N-l) notches as illustrated in FIGS.
  • each of said (P-l) partitions defines (N-l) depending tongues, 42 and 44, which tongues are generally trapezoidal in shape with a bottom width of A; D and with inclined sides defining an acute angle, equal to the angle defined by said (N-l) V-shaped notches in said (P-l) partition upper edge.
  • This geometrical limitation assures that the (P-l) partitions can be cut from a continuous strip 46 best shown in FIG. 5, resulting in a minimum of waste material from a strip of predetermined length. In FIG. 5, as in FIG.
  • the dimension C equals the height of the articles to be separated and is shown for purposes of illustrating the geometrical saving of paperboard material realized as a result of practicing the present invention.
  • four (4) (P-l) partition elements can be cut from a strip of length 2C.
  • the (P-1) and (N-l) partitions in their assembled condition, provide rectangular openings for maintaining the various articles in the array in separated relationship to one another. All of said articles (P X N) in said array are separated from one another by a paperboard segment with a width of at least /3 D and with a height preferably equal to C, but no less than /4 C.
  • the vertical dimension of the paperboard segment is preferably kept on the order of C for both the (N-l) and (P-l) partitions, but it will be apparent that some reduction in this dimension may be feasible at least in the (P-l) partitions in the event that the articles have a shape such as the well known ketchup bottle wherein the body portion has a diameter which does not extend the major portion of the article height.
  • a partition assembly for use in separating an array of articles from one another, each of said articles having a height C and a body portion which extends along a substantial portion of the height, which body portion has a diameter D, said array having N columns and P rows with N articles per row and P articles per column to provide P X N articles in said array, said partition assembly more particularly comprising (Nl) partitions of length less than D X P but at least D(P-l) X, were X equals a fraction of D in the range between 1/5 and 741, each of said (N-l) partitions having opposite end portions of vertically elongated configurations to separate the endmost articles in two of said N columns, said end portions having a vertical dimension of approximately %C and a width of approximately D, said (Nl partitions further including a lower edge which defines (P-2) depending V-shaped tongues the vertical center lines of which tongues are spaced from one another and from said end portion center lines by the dimension D, each of said (P-l) partitions having a length
  • said (P-l) partitions further include a lower edge which defines (N-l depending tongues of trapezoidal shape with a bottom width of (%D) and with inclined sides defining an accute angle equal to the angle defined by said (N-l) V-shaped notches in said (P-l) partition upper edge whereby said (P-l) partitions can be cut from a continuous strip .of paperboard material with a minimum of waste.

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US20080210023A1 (en) * 2004-02-25 2008-09-04 Juha Telimaa Electronic Pipette
EP2789544A4 (de) * 2011-12-05 2015-08-05 Cartobol S A Trenner für flaschenträger, verfahren und maschine zum positionieren dieses trenners in einem träger
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