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US3900103A
US3900103A US438104A US43810474A US3900103A US 3900103 A US3900103 A US 3900103A US 438104 A US438104 A US 438104A US 43810474 A US43810474 A US 43810474A US 3900103 A US3900103 A US 3900103A
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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
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    • B65D71/50—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 otherwise than by folding a blank
    • B65D71/504—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 otherwise than by folding a blank the element being formed from a flexible sheet provided with slits or apertures intended to be stretched over the articles and adapt to the shape of the article

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  • This invention concerns packages of containers/the containers being of the kind which have an upper end closed into the form of a flat strip.
  • Typical examples are cartons for milk, made of waxed paper.
  • a package consists of sev eral containers of this kind, assembled with a carrier of resilient sheet material in which are slits or slots, the upper end of each container passing through a respective slit or slot, and being gripped beneath its extremities or sides or both by the material of .the carrier.
  • the principal demand is .for packages in which the number of containers is six, in two parallel rows of three. Such packages are known as six-packs".
  • the present invention will be described primarily in relation to six-packs, but it can be applied to packages of other numbers, the carrier being made of appropriate size and with an appropriate number of slits or slots.
  • FIG. I is a plan of a first carrier
  • FIG. 2 is a diagrammatic side elevation of an assembling machine
  • FIG. 3 is a section on the line III-III in FIG. 2;
  • FIG. 4 is a perspective view of an assembled package, when standing on a flat surface
  • FIG. 5 is a fragmentary end view of the same package when lifted
  • FIG. 6 is a fragmentary side elevation of a second container
  • FIG. 7 shows a slight modification of FIG. 2
  • FIG. 8 is a plan of a second carrier
  • FIG. 9 is an end elevation of a second package, assembled from the carrier shown in FIG. 8 and containers as shown in FIG. 6, standing on a flat surface;
  • FIGS. 10 and 11 are a side elevation and end elevation of this package being lifted by hand.
  • FIG. 12 shows a third package being lifted.
  • the containers 2 are milk containers of one Imperial pint capacity (568cc), having a body which is of uniform square horizontal section, and somewhat taller than it is wide, with a gable-shaped top, along the ridge of which is an upwardly-projecting flat strip 4 formed by thicknesses of the material secured together as a closure.
  • the length of the strip 4 is slightly greater than the width of the container 2, so that each extremity of the strip forms a slightly overhanging ear 5.
  • the carrier shown in FIG. I, is made of a sheet of polyethylene having a thickness of 0.020 ins (0.5 1 mm).
  • the carriers are initially made as a continuous strip, joined together by necks 8, which are cut through during assembly. as described below.
  • the slits 6 extend in two lines of three, parallel to the length of the strip.
  • There are two holes 10 which enable a users fingers to be inserted to grasp a central portion 12 serving as a handle.
  • There are also holes 14 which serve to define the necks 8.
  • the necks are weakened by short transverse slots 16.
  • containers 2 are carried from right to left in two lines side by side, with their strips 4 aligned with the direction of travel.
  • the containers are located longitudinally by flanges l8 and standing up from links of the conveyor.
  • A' strip of carriers. is supplied on "a reel 22, and is drawn off through the nip between a driving roller 24 and an assembly roller 26, being guided into the nip by a trough 28.
  • transverse knife blade 32 which cooperates with the taller flanges 20 on the conveyor to cut through the necks 8 between the carriers, so that individual sixpacks 34 move away to the left.
  • the containers have bodies which are square in plan, but the invention is applicable to containers of other shapes, for example those which are circular or hexagonal in plan, and those which have slightly tapering side walls.
  • the slits 6 are truly slits, that is to say no material is removed from the carrier when they are formed, except that small holes 36 are made at each end of each slit, to provide resistance to tearing.
  • a finite width of material may be removed so as to form a slot.
  • the choice between a slit or a slot is largely determined by the nature of the closure of the container. In some containers the thickness of the strip 4 is made up solely of layers of the material of the container, whereas in other containers a clip is applied, which increases the thickness.
  • the ends of the strip 4 constitute ears, and the carrier requires to be longitudinally locally stretched in order to pass downwards into an assembled condition.
  • the relative speeds of the conveyor and the assembly roller 26 can be adjusted to assist this stretching action.
  • the strips may have a length equal to the width of the containers, small nicks or notches being formed below each extremity of a strip, as shown at 44 in FIG. 6. These nicks can be cut by a piece of equipment added to the assembling machine, as indicated at 46 in FIG. 7.
  • This equipment can consist of a mechanically operated knife and opposing anvil, either reciprocating, or carried by drums rotating on vertical axes, synchronised with the travel of the containers.
  • FIGS. 8 to 11 show another package, in which there are four containers, and the handle is a strip 48 extending in a direction parallel to the slits or slots 50.
  • FIG. 9 shows the package standing on a flat surface
  • FIGS. I0 and 11 show the configuration assumed by the package when the handle is lifted by three fingers of a persons hand 52.
  • FIG. 12 shows a third package of six containers, again with longitudinal handles 48a, illustrating that a package need not be carried in a symmetrical manner.
  • the spacing of the slits or slots 6 or 50 on the carrier is such that, when a package is stood on a flat surface as shown in FIGS. 4 and 9, the containers are not held closely together, but have slight gaps 40, 42 or 54 between them. This facilitates refrigeration.
  • the longitudinal is flat, and
  • the two rows of containers on a conveyor should be spaced apart a greater distance than the spacing 40 or 54 shown in FIGS. 4 and 9.
  • Polyethylene is a preferred material for carriers, but other resilient plastics materials can be used, for example ABS or PVC, and a suitable grade of rubber could also be used.
  • the carrier may engage beneath the sides of the strip. Again the carrier may engage beneath the sides and the ends of the strip.
  • a package comprising a carrier and a plurality of pairs of containers, each of said containers having a generally gable-shaped top portion and a substantially flat strip of material extending upwardly from the apex of said gable-shaped top portion, each end of each flat strip of each of said containers being formed to include a shouldered portion
  • said carrier comprising a strip of resilient sheet material having a plurality of pairs of slits equal in number to the number of pairs of said containers and each of said slits having a length less than the maximum length of said flat strip of each of said containers, each pair of slits disposed transversely of said carrier strip with each slit positioned parallel and adjacent to one longitudinal marginal edge of said carrier strip, the spacing between the slits of each pair of slits being greater than the maximum width of one of said containers measured in a direction perpendicular to the plane of said flat strip thereof, each of said flat strips disposed through one of said slits with the shouldered portions of said flat strip on the upper side of said

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A package consisting of a carrier and a plurality of containers, each container having a top closed into the form of a flat strip having one or more downwardly facing shoulders, the carrier being of resilient sheet material in which are slits or slots, each container lying in a respective slit or slot with the top of that container above the carrier and the remainder of the container below the carrier, and the proportions of the carrier and the containers being such that the entire package can be raised by lifting the carrier, whereupon the weight of each container is transmitted to the carrier by the shoulder or shoulders of the flat strip of that container.

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United States Patent Day Aug. 19, 1975 [54] PACKAGES OF CONTAINERS 2,710,219 6/1955 Zalkind 294/872 2,822,208 2/1958 Then 294/872 [75] Inventor: Robert H. Day, Bracknell, England 3015901 H1962 Store, I I D /312 73 Assigneez Illinois Tool Works Inc" Chicago, 3,044,230 7/1962 Fisher 294/872 111. Primary Examiner-William T. Dixson, Jr. [22] Flled' 1974 Attorney, Agent, or FirmRobert W. Beart; Edward [2]] App]. No.: 438,104 L. Benno [30] Foreign Application Priority Data [57] ABSTRACT Fell 2, 1973 United Kingdom 5396/73 A package consisting of a carrier and a plurality of containers, each container having a top closed into the [52] U.S. Cl. 206/431; 206/153; 224/ AA; f f a fl t strip h i one or more downwardly 229/52 A; 294/87-2 facing shoulders, the carrier being of resilient sheet 1111- 365]) 71/003 BD 75/00; material in which are slits or slots, each container B65D /62 lying in a respective slit or slot with the top of that [581 new of Search 206/431 427, container above the carrier and the remainder of the 206/466 153; 294/872, 3 1 224/45 container below the carrier, and the proportions of the AA; 229/52 A; 40/312 carrier and the containers being such that the entire package can be raised by lifting the carrier, where- 1 References Clted upon the weight of each container is transmitted to UNITED STATES PATENTS the carrier by the shoulder or shoulders of the flat 2,030.996 2/1936 Lustig 206/482 Strip of that Container- 2.514 858 7/1950 Grz\y..... 294/872 2650,128 8/1953 Fai1or.... 294/872 1 Clam, 12 Drawmg Fgures 1680038 6/1954 Gray v. 294/872 PATENT AUG 1 9 1975 PATENTED AUG 1 9 I975 SLLZT 3 U? 5 PATENTEU AUG 1 91975 saw u 0F 5 PA TENTH] AUG I 9 I975 SHEET 5 BF 1 PACKAGESQF CONTAINERS. v
This invention concerns packages of containers/the containers being of the kind which have an upper end closed into the form of a flat strip. Typical examples are cartons for milk, made of waxed paper.
According to this invention a package consists of sev eral containers of this kind, assembled with a carrier of resilient sheet material in which are slits or slots, the upper end of each container passing through a respective slit or slot, and being gripped beneath its extremities or sides or both by the material of .the carrier.
The principal demand is .for packages in which the number of containers is six, in two parallel rows of three. Such packages are known as six-packs". The present invention will be described primarily in relation to six-packs, but it can be applied to packages of other numbers, the carrier being made of appropriate size and with an appropriate number of slits or slots.
The accompanying drawings show examples of packages embodying the present invention, and methods of assembly. In these drawings:
FIG. I is a plan of a first carrier;
FIG. 2 is a diagrammatic side elevation of an assembling machine;
FIG. 3 is a section on the line III-III in FIG. 2;
FIG. 4 is a perspective view of an assembled package, when standing on a flat surface;
FIG. 5 is a fragmentary end view of the same package when lifted;
FIG. 6 is a fragmentary side elevation of a second container;
FIG. 7 shows a slight modification of FIG. 2;
FIG. 8 is a plan of a second carrier;
FIG. 9 is an end elevation of a second package, assembled from the carrier shown in FIG. 8 and containers as shown in FIG. 6, standing on a flat surface;
FIGS. 10 and 11 are a side elevation and end elevation of this package being lifted by hand; and
FIG. 12 shows a third package being lifted.
In the example shown in FIGS. 1 to 5, the containers 2 are milk containers of one Imperial pint capacity (568cc), having a body which is of uniform square horizontal section, and somewhat taller than it is wide, with a gable-shaped top, along the ridge of which is an upwardly-projecting flat strip 4 formed by thicknesses of the material secured together as a closure. In this example the length of the strip 4 is slightly greater than the width of the container 2, so that each extremity of the strip forms a slightly overhanging ear 5.
The carrier, shown in FIG. I, is made of a sheet of polyethylene having a thickness of 0.020 ins (0.5 1 mm). In the carrier there are six slits 6, which are intended to receive the strip 4 of a respective container. The carriers are initially made as a continuous strip, joined together by necks 8, which are cut through during assembly. as described below. The slits 6 extend in two lines of three, parallel to the length of the strip. There are two holes 10 which enable a users fingers to be inserted to grasp a central portion 12 serving as a handle. There are also holes 14 which serve to define the necks 8. The necks are weakened by short transverse slots 16.
In the machine shown in FIGS. 2 and 3, containers 2 are carried from right to left in two lines side by side, with their strips 4 aligned with the direction of travel.
, ,2 The containers are located longitudinally by flanges l8 and standing up from links of the conveyor.
A' strip of carriers. ,is supplied on "a reel 22, and is drawn off through the nip between a driving roller 24 and an assembly roller 26, being guided into the nip by a trough 28. On the peripheryof the assembly roller 26 there are pins (not shown) which engage with the holes 10 and 14 so as to establish the correct circumferential position of each carrier. The rotation of the assembly with the containers after travelling through 180 around the circumference of the roller 26.
On the circumference of the roller 26 there is also a transverse knife blade 32 which cooperates with the taller flanges 20 on the conveyor to cut through the necks 8 between the carriers, so that individual sixpacks 34 move away to the left. I
In the example shown, the containers have bodies which are square in plan, but the invention is applicable to containers of other shapes, for example those which are circular or hexagonal in plan, and those which have slightly tapering side walls.
In the example shown, the slits 6 are truly slits, that is to say no material is removed from the carrier when they are formed, except that small holes 36 are made at each end of each slit, to provide resistance to tearing. Alternatively, a finite width of material may be removed so as to form a slot. The choice between a slit or a slot is largely determined by the nature of the closure of the container. In some containers the thickness of the strip 4 is made up solely of layers of the material of the container, whereas in other containers a clip is applied, which increases the thickness.
In the example shown, the ends of the strip 4 constitute ears, and the carrier requires to be longitudinally locally stretched in order to pass downwards into an assembled condition. The relative speeds of the conveyor and the assembly roller 26 can be adjusted to assist this stretching action.
As an alternative to ears, the strips may have a length equal to the width of the containers, small nicks or notches being formed below each extremity of a strip, as shown at 44 in FIG. 6. These nicks can be cut by a piece of equipment added to the assembling machine, as indicated at 46 in FIG. 7. This equipment can consist of a mechanically operated knife and opposing anvil, either reciprocating, or carried by drums rotating on vertical axes, synchronised with the travel of the containers.
FIGS. 8 to 11 show another package, in which there are four containers, and the handle is a strip 48 extending in a direction parallel to the slits or slots 50. FIG. 9 shows the package standing on a flat surface, and FIGS. I0 and 11 show the configuration assumed by the package when the handle is lifted by three fingers of a persons hand 52.
FIG. 12 shows a third package of six containers, again with longitudinal handles 48a, illustrating that a package need not be carried in a symmetrical manner.
Preferably, as shown, the spacing of the slits or slots 6 or 50 on the carrier, as seen in plan, both longitudinally and transversely, is such that, when a package is stood on a flat surface as shown in FIGS. 4 and 9, the containers are not held closely together, but have slight gaps 40, 42 or 54 between them. This facilitates refrigeration. A further consideration is that the longitudinal sembled with the containers, the carrier is flat, and
therefore the two rows of containers on a conveyor should be spaced apart a greater distance than the spacing 40 or 54 shown in FIGS. 4 and 9.
It is not essential for the slits or slots to run longitudinally, but this is the most convenient arrangement for assembly.
Polyethylene, already mentioned, is a preferred material for carriers, but other resilient plastics materials can be used, for example ABS or PVC, and a suitable grade of rubber could also be used.
Where the strip along the ridge of a container is thicker on its upper part than immediately below, as is the case when a clip is present, then it may be sufficient for the carrier to engage beneath the sides of the strip. Again the carrier may engage beneath the sides and the ends of the strip.
1 claim:
1. A package comprising a carrier and a plurality of pairs of containers, each of said containers having a generally gable-shaped top portion and a substantially flat strip of material extending upwardly from the apex of said gable-shaped top portion, each end of each flat strip of each of said containers being formed to include a shouldered portion, said carrier comprising a strip of resilient sheet material having a plurality of pairs of slits equal in number to the number of pairs of said containers and each of said slits having a length less than the maximum length of said flat strip of each of said containers, each pair of slits disposed transversely of said carrier strip with each slit positioned parallel and adjacent to one longitudinal marginal edge of said carrier strip, the spacing between the slits of each pair of slits being greater than the maximum width of one of said containers measured in a direction perpendicular to the plane of said flat strip thereof, each of said flat strips disposed through one of said slits with the shouldered portions of said flat strip on the upper side of said carrier strip, and apertures forming handle means in said carrier strip between said slits.

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1. A package comprising a carrier and a plurality of pairs of containers, each of said containers having a generally gableshaped top portion and a substantially flat strip of material extending upwardly from the apex of said gable-shaped top portion, each end of each flat strip of each of said containers being formed to include a shouldered portion, said carrier comprising a strip of resilient sheet material having a plurality of pairs of slits equal in number to the number of pairs of said containers and each of said slits having a length less than the maximum length of said flat strip of each of said containers, each pair of slits disposed transversely of said carrier strip with each slit positioned parallel and adjacent to one longitudinal marginal edge of said carrier strip, the spacing between the slits of each pair of slits being greater than the maximum width of one of said containers measured in a direction perpendicular to the plane of said flat strip thereof, each of said flat strips disposed through one of said slits with the shouldered portions of said flat strip on the upper side of said carrier strip, and apertures forming handle means in said carrier strip between said slits.
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