WO1993022217A1 - Top gripping bottle carrier and method of packaging - Google Patents

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WO1993022217A1
WO1993022217A1 PCT/US1993/004200 US9304200W WO9322217A1 WO 1993022217 A1 WO1993022217 A1 WO 1993022217A1 US 9304200 W US9304200 W US 9304200W WO 9322217 A1 WO9322217 A1 WO 9322217A1
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James R. Oliff
Will L. Culpepper
Bob E. Plaxico
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Priority to JP51959493A priority patent/JP3177247B2/en
Priority to PL93305763A priority patent/PL171115B1/en
Priority to AU40352/93A priority patent/AU670283B2/en
Priority to BR9306317A priority patent/BR9306317A/en
Publication of WO1993022217A1 publication Critical patent/WO1993022217A1/en
Priority to KR1019940703929A priority patent/KR950701293A/en

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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
    • 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
    • B65D71/46—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 a single blank into a tubular element

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  • TECHNICAL FIELD This invention relates to the packaging of bottles normally containing consumer items and wherein a group of bottles are assembled in the unitary package and secured by top gripping structures of one kind or another.
  • U. S. patent 2,252,235 issued August 12, 1941 discloses an arrangement wherein a bottle carrier of the top gripping type is disclosed and which utilizes structures which include apertures which are of keyhole configuration.
  • U. S. patent 2,320,440 issued June 1, 1943 discloses a top gripping bottle carrier wherein panels include apertures of keyhole configuration and which are disposed about and grip the necks of packaged bottles.
  • U. S. patent 2,337,243 issued December 21, 1943 discloses a top gripping bottle carrier wherein some of the bottle neck receiving apertures are of keyhole configuration.
  • a paperboard blank is manipulated in such manner as to grip the tops of packaged bottles and includes a main panel to the side edges of which side panels are foldably joined and wherein a pair of face contacting supplementary panels are disposed above the main panel with their side edges foldably joined to the upper edges of the side panels.
  • Bottle neck receiving apertures of keyhole configuration are formed in the main panel and similar apertures are formed in each of the supplementary panels together with cutaway areas formed along the edges of supplementary panels remote from the edges of the supplementary panels which are foldably joined to a side panel.
  • Machine guides disposed between the two rows of bottles maintain a spacing therebetween until such time as the supplementary panels are folded into overlapping relationship with the main panel
  • ITUTESHEET whereupon inward movement of the bottles with their neck portions disposed in cutaway areas formed on the side edges of both supplementary panels and the smaller parts of keyhole apertures formed in the two supplementary panels are moved into enveloping relation with the necks of bottles in each row of bottles.
  • securing tabs mounted in the upper one of said supplementary panels are driven through receiving apertures formed in the lower supplementary panel and securing tabs struck from and foldably joined to the main panel are swung into braced relationship with the locking tabs so as to secure the package with the bottle necks securely gripped by the carton structure.
  • FIG. 1 is a plan view of a unitary blank formed according to this invention as viewed from the inside of the blank;
  • FIG. 2 is a view which shows the sequence of folding of one supplementary panel into overlapping relation with the main panel followed by folding of the other supplementary panel into overlying relation with respect to the first supplementary panel;
  • FIG. 3 shows the blank as manipulated according to FIG. 1 during a lowering operation whereby the group of bottles shown in phantom lines are enveloped in sequence to form a completed package;
  • FIG. 4 shows the collapsed blank with overlapping supplementary panels as viewed from the end edges of the supplementary panels
  • FIG. 5 shows a pair of bottles separated by a machine element as these bottles appear before and after a collapsed blank is lowered into position as shown in FIG. 6;.
  • FIG. 7 is a cross-sectional view of the blank and associated pair of bottles following inward movement of the bottles into engagement with each other and which shows the locking apparatus for manipulating the locking tabs into locking relation with the locking tabs formed in one supplementary panel into the apertures formed in the other supplementary panel, such locking elements being maintained in locked condition;
  • FIG. 8 shows the completely assembled structure of a pair of bottles together with the carrier structure;
  • FIG. 9 is similar to FIG. 8 but, in addition, shows the locking and retaining tabs which hold the carrier in fully set up locked condition.
  • the unitary blank formed of paperboard as shown in FIG. 1 and as viewed from the inside includes main panel 1 having keyhole apertures 2-7.
  • the keyhole apertures include standard large and small portions.
  • Side panels 8 and 9 are foldably joined to main panel 1 along fold lines 10 and 11 respectively.
  • a supplementary panel designated by the numeral 12 is foldably joined to side panel 8 along fold line 13.
  • supplementary panel 14 is foldably joined to side panel 9 along fold line 15.
  • Supplementary panel 12 includes keyhole apertures 16, 17 and 18 as well as locking apertures 19 and 20.
  • retaining tabs Tl and T2 are struck from main panel 1 and are joined thereto, respectively, along fold lines 21 and 22.
  • cutaway areas 23, 24 and 25 are formed in supplementary panel 12.
  • locking tabs 26 and 27 are struck from supplementary panel 14.
  • Locking tab 26 is foldably joined to supplementary panel 14 along fold line 28 while locking tab 27 is foldably joined to supplementary panel 14 along fold line 29.
  • Keyhole apertures 30, 31 and 32 are formed in supplementary panel 14 and cutaway areas 33, 34 and 35 are struck from supplementary panel 14 along one side edge thereof.
  • FIG. 2 Initial stages of a packaging operation are indicated in FIG. 2 wherein supplementary panel 12 is elevated and folded over into flat face contacting relationship with the main panel l and side panel 8 to occupy the position indicated by arrow Al in FIG. 2. As shown in FIG. 2 and indicated by arrow A2, supplementary panel 14 is elevated and folded forwardly along fold line 15 to occupy the position shown in the left portion of FIG. 2.
  • the downward travel of the collapsed carrier results in the necks of bottles B1-B6 being enveloped by the large portions of the respective keyhole apertures of main panel 1 and supplementary panels 12 and 14.
  • the bottle group with its collapsed carrier is depicted in the left hand portion of FIG. 3.
  • bottles B6 and B3 are shown in conjunction with the collapsed carrier having main panel 1 and supplementary panels 12 and 14 shown in their collapsed condition.
  • FIG. 7 the bottles B6 and B3 are shown in their final assembled position as determined by the inward guiding action of machine guides Gl and G2.
  • the inward motion of the bottles, such as B6 and B3, is also represented in FIG. 8 by arrows X and Y.
  • the carrier C in FIG. 7 is shown in set up condition and spoked locking wheel W, rotatable about fixed shaft S, is synchronized so as to drive locking tabs 26 and 27 respectively through apertures 19 and 20.
  • locking wheel W also activates retaining tabs Tl and T2 and causes them to prop respectively against locking tabs 26 and 27, as indicated in FIG. 9, thus to secure the carrier in set-up latched condition.
  • retaining tabs Tl and T2 The manipulation and function of the retaining tabs is described in more detail in U. S. patent 2,786,572.
  • the dimensions of the elements are-such that when the carrier is completely set-up, as shown in FIGS. 8 and 9 r main panel 1 is disposed in an upwardly bowed condition. Also, " the necks of the bottles are disposed in the small portions of the respective keyhole apertures and the respective cutaway areas as a result of which the bottles are securely locked in the carrier.
  • the small portions of the keyhole apertures receive the bottle necks in cooperation with the cutaway areas in the supplementary panels and thus achieve a secure gripping action of the bottles.
  • the cutaway areas in each supplementary panel cooperate with the small parts of the keyhole apertures in the other supplementary panel.

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A bottle carrier includes a main panel (1) to the side edges of which a pair of side panels (8, 9) are foldably joined respectively and a pair of supplementary panels (12, 14) are foldably joined respectively to the side edges of the side panels (8, 9) which are remote from the main panel (1). The main panel (1) and the two supplementary panels (12, 14) include keyhole apertures (2-7, 16-18, 30-32). Cutaway areas (23-25, 33-35) are formed along the side edges of each supplementary panel (12-14) and serve to envelope the necks of bottles following folding of one supplementary panel (12) into overlying relation with respect to the main panel (1) followed by folding of the other supplementary panel (14) into overlying relation with the first supplementary panel (12).

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TOP GRIPPING BOTTLE CARRIER AND METHOD OF PACKAGING
TECHNICAL FIELD This invention relates to the packaging of bottles normally containing consumer items and wherein a group of bottles are assembled in the unitary package and secured by top gripping structures of one kind or another.
BACKGROUND ART
U. S. patent 2,252,235 issued August 12, 1941 discloses an arrangement wherein a bottle carrier of the top gripping type is disclosed and which utilizes structures which include apertures which are of keyhole configuration.
U. S. patent 2,320,440 issued June 1, 1943 discloses a top gripping bottle carrier wherein panels include apertures of keyhole configuration and which are disposed about and grip the necks of packaged bottles.
U. S. patent 2,337,243 issued December 21, 1943 discloses a top gripping bottle carrier wherein some of the bottle neck receiving apertures are of keyhole configuration.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION According to this invention, in one form, a paperboard blank is manipulated in such manner as to grip the tops of packaged bottles and includes a main panel to the side edges of which side panels are foldably joined and wherein a pair of face contacting supplementary panels are disposed above the main panel with their side edges foldably joined to the upper edges of the side panels. Bottle neck receiving apertures of keyhole configuration are formed in the main panel and similar apertures are formed in each of the supplementary panels together with cutaway areas formed along the edges of supplementary panels remote from the edges of the supplementary panels which are foldably joined to a side panel. Machine guides disposed between the two rows of bottles maintain a spacing therebetween until such time as the supplementary panels are folded into overlapping relationship with the main panel
ITUTESHEET whereupon inward movement of the bottles with their neck portions disposed in cutaway areas formed on the side edges of both supplementary panels and the smaller parts of keyhole apertures formed in the two supplementary panels are moved into enveloping relation with the necks of bottles in each row of bottles. Following this, securing tabs mounted in the upper one of said supplementary panels are driven through receiving apertures formed in the lower supplementary panel and securing tabs struck from and foldably joined to the main panel are swung into braced relationship with the locking tabs so as to secure the package with the bottle necks securely gripped by the carton structure.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
In the drawings,
FIG. 1 is a plan view of a unitary blank formed according to this invention as viewed from the inside of the blank;
FIG. 2 is a view which shows the sequence of folding of one supplementary panel into overlapping relation with the main panel followed by folding of the other supplementary panel into overlying relation with respect to the first supplementary panel;
FIG. 3 shows the blank as manipulated according to FIG. 1 during a lowering operation whereby the group of bottles shown in phantom lines are enveloped in sequence to form a completed package;
FIG. 4 shows the collapsed blank with overlapping supplementary panels as viewed from the end edges of the supplementary panels;
FIG. 5 shows a pair of bottles separated by a machine element as these bottles appear before and after a collapsed blank is lowered into position as shown in FIG. 6;.
FIG. 7 is a cross-sectional view of the blank and associated pair of bottles following inward movement of the bottles into engagement with each other and which shows the locking apparatus for manipulating the locking tabs into locking relation with the locking tabs formed in one supplementary panel into the apertures formed in the other supplementary panel, such locking elements being maintained in locked condition; FIG. 8 shows the completely assembled structure of a pair of bottles together with the carrier structure; and
FIG. 9 is similar to FIG. 8 but, in addition, shows the locking and retaining tabs which hold the carrier in fully set up locked condition.
BEST MODE OF CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION
The unitary blank formed of paperboard as shown in FIG. 1 and as viewed from the inside includes main panel 1 having keyhole apertures 2-7. Of course, the keyhole apertures include standard large and small portions. Side panels 8 and 9 are foldably joined to main panel 1 along fold lines 10 and 11 respectively. A supplementary panel designated by the numeral 12 is foldably joined to side panel 8 along fold line 13. At the other end of the blank, supplementary panel 14 is foldably joined to side panel 9 along fold line 15. Supplementary panel 12 includes keyhole apertures 16, 17 and 18 as well as locking apertures 19 and 20. Also, retaining tabs Tl and T2 are struck from main panel 1 and are joined thereto, respectively, along fold lines 21 and 22.
For enveloping the necks of bottles to be packaged, cutaway areas 23, 24 and 25 are formed in supplementary panel 12. At the other end of the blank, locking tabs 26 and 27 are struck from supplementary panel 14. Locking tab 26 is foldably joined to supplementary panel 14 along fold line 28 while locking tab 27 is foldably joined to supplementary panel 14 along fold line 29. Keyhole apertures 30, 31 and 32 are formed in supplementary panel 14 and cutaway areas 33, 34 and 35 are struck from supplementary panel 14 along one side edge thereof.
Initial stages of a packaging operation are indicated in FIG. 2 wherein supplementary panel 12 is elevated and folded over into flat face contacting relationship with the main panel l and side panel 8 to occupy the position indicated by arrow Al in FIG. 2. As shown in FIG. 2 and indicated by arrow A2, supplementary panel 14 is elevated and folded forwardly along fold line 15 to occupy the position shown in the left portion of FIG. 2.
The downward travel of the collapsed carrier, as shown in FIG. 3, results in the necks of bottles B1-B6 being enveloped by the large portions of the respective keyhole apertures of main panel 1 and supplementary panels 12 and 14. The bottle group with its collapsed carrier is depicted in the left hand portion of FIG. 3.
The two rows of bottles are separated, as indicated in FIG. 5, by means of machine guide G. In FIG. 6, bottles B6 and B3 are shown in conjunction with the collapsed carrier having main panel 1 and supplementary panels 12 and 14 shown in their collapsed condition.
In FIG. 7 , the bottles B6 and B3 are shown in their final assembled position as determined by the inward guiding action of machine guides Gl and G2. The inward motion of the bottles, such as B6 and B3, is also represented in FIG. 8 by arrows X and Y. The carrier C in FIG. 7 is shown in set up condition and spoked locking wheel W, rotatable about fixed shaft S, is synchronized so as to drive locking tabs 26 and 27 respectively through apertures 19 and 20.
The action of locking wheel W also activates retaining tabs Tl and T2 and causes them to prop respectively against locking tabs 26 and 27, as indicated in FIG. 9, thus to secure the carrier in set-up latched condition. The manipulation and function of the retaining tabs is described in more detail in U. S. patent 2,786,572.
Finally, in the set-up carrier, the dimensions of the elements are-such that when the carrier is completely set-up, as shown in FIGS. 8 and 9 r main panel 1 is disposed in an upwardly bowed condition. Also, "the necks of the bottles are disposed in the small portions of the respective keyhole apertures and the respective cutaway areas as a result of which the bottles are securely locked in the carrier.
During the gripping of the bottle necks, the small portions of the keyhole apertures receive the bottle necks in cooperation with the cutaway areas in the supplementary panels and thus achieve a secure gripping action of the bottles. The cutaway areas in each supplementary panel cooperate with the small parts of the keyhole apertures in the other supplementary panel.

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1. A movable top gripping bottle carrier for packaging a group of bottles arranged in at least two rows and comprising a main panel having opposed side edges, a pair of side panels each having bottom and top edges and being foldably joined along their bottom edges respectively to the side edges of said main panel, a pair of supplementary panels each having opposed side edges and being foldably joined along said side edges respectively to the top edges of said side panels, said supplementary panels being disposed in flat face contacting relation to each other, at least one keyhole aperture having interconnected large and small portions and being formed in each of said supplementary panels and arranged with the small portion adjacent the top edge respectively of each of said side panels, said small portion of each of said keyhole apertures being adapted to receive the neck of a bottle, a cutaway area struck from the edge of each of said supplementary panels which is adjacent said keyhole aperture and which is adapted to receive the neck of one of said bottles, means for forcing said bottles and said supplementary panels inwardly to establish a gripping relation between said bottles and said supplementary panels, and securing means for holding said supplementary panels in fixed relation to each other.
2. A top gripping bottle carrier according to claim 1 wherein said securing means comprises a pair of finger receiving apertures and associated locking tabs struck from one of said supplementary panels and a pair ^>f locking apertures formed in the other of said supplementary panels for respectively receiving said locking tabs.
3. A top gripping bottle carrier according to claim 2 wherein said locking tabs are struck from the outer one of said supplementary panels and said locking apertures are struck from the inner one of said supplementary panels.
4. A top gripping bottle carrier according to claim 2 wherein a pair of retaining tabs are struck from said main panel and are disposed adjacent said pair of finger receiving tabs respectively.
5. A top gripping bottle carrier according to claim 4 wherein each of said retaining tabs is of rectangular configuration.
6. A top gripping bottle carrier according to claim 1 wherein said means for forcing said bottles and said supplementary panels inwardly comprises spaced guide means for engaging said bottles and arranged with a guide channel having a pair of laterally spaced guide rails arranged to receive a group of bottles therebetween and having a decreasing space in the direction of movement of said group of bottles so as to impart inward movement to bottles in different rows.
7. A top gripping bottle carrier according to claim 6 wherein said bottles include cylindrical body portions and wherein said spaced guide means engages the bottles near the upper parts of the cylindrical parts of the bottles.
8. A top gripping bottle carrier according to claim 6 wherein said spaced guide means engages the tops of the bottles.
9. A top gripping bottle carrier according to claim 2 wherein a rotatable locking wheel having radial spokes is disposed above the path of movement of said bottles and arranged to move in synchronis with said bottles to engage said locking tabs so as to drive sai locking tabs through said locking apertures.
10. A top gripping bottle carrier according to claim 1 wherein inward movement of the bottles in one row causes a part of such bottles to enter the cutaway area in one supplementary panel and wherein inward movement of the bottles in the other row causes a part of such bottles to enter the cutaway area in the other supplementary panel, the cutaway areas forming in conjunction with the small portion of each keyhole aperture substantially circular configurations which securely grip the packaged bottles.
11. A top gripping bottle carrier according to claim 1 wherein said side panels are disposed in substantially vertical planes an said main panel is disposed with its side edges foldably joined wit the bottom edges of said side panels.
12. A top gripping bottle carrier according to claim 11 wherein said main panel is of upwardly bowed arcuate configuration.
13. A top gripping bottle carrier according to claim 1 wherein said cutaway areas are defined by a pair of parallel sides disposed
SUBSTITUTESHEET at an acute angle to the side edge of the associated supplementar panel.
14. A top gripping bottle carrier according to claim 13 wherei said cutaway areas are arranged to facilitate cooperation between th bottle necks and the carton.
15. A method of packaging a group of bottles arranged in pattern of rectilinear configuration, by means of a carrier having main panel and a pair of side panels foldably joined to opposed side of said main panel together with a pair of supplementary panel foldably joined to edges of said side panels remote from said mai panel respectively and having overlapping inner portions, keyhol apertures having large and small portions formed in sai supplementary panels and arranged with the small portion of each o said keyhole apertures adjacent the fold line between each of sai supplementary panels and the associated side panel, and cutaway area formed in the edge of each of said supplementary panels remote fro the associated side panel for respectively receiving the necks o bottles in one row of bottles, the method comprising the steps o lowering the carrier so that the large portion of each keyhol aperture is disposed to receive the neck of both rows of bottles moving the bottles in each row inwardly to respectively cause th necks of the bottles simultaneously to enter the small portions o the associated keyhole apertures and the associated cutaway area s as to grip the bottles in a secure group, and securing the bottles i relation to said carrier and to each other.
16. A method of gripping the necks of a group of bottles by carrier having a main panel with opposed side edges to which sid panels are foldably joined respectively and including a pair o supplementary panels foldably joined respectively to the edges o said side panels remote from said main panel and having overlappin parts remote from said side panels respectively, a plurality o keyhole apertures each having a large portion and a small portion an being formed in said main panel and in the overlapping parts of sai supplementary panels, cutaway areas struck from the edges of sai supplementary panels remote from the associated side panel, arranging said main panel and said side panels in a common plane, manipulating one of said supplementary panels into lat face contacting relation with said main panel and with the associated side panel, folding the other of said supplementary panels into face contacting overlapping relation with the other of said supplementary panels, lowering the carrier onto a bottle group by causing the cutaway areas in said supplementary panels and int the large portions of keyhole apertures in said main panel and in said supplementary panels to receive the necks of the group of bottles, imparting an inward force to opposite sides of the bottle groups to cause the bottles to move inwardly causing the bottle necks to move into the small parts of the keyhole apertures in said main and said supplementary panels, and locking means for securing said supplementary panels in face contacting relation to each other.
17. A method according to claim 16 wherein at least one locking tab is struck from the upper one of said supplementary panels and at least one locking aperture is struck from the lower one of said supplementary panels for securing said supplementary panels together.
18. A method according to claim 16 wherein at least one retaining tab is struck from said main panel and arranged to engage said locking tab so as to hold said locking tab in biasing contact with said locking tab.
19. A method according to claim 15 wherein said cutaway areas include parallel sides and semi-circular inner portions.
20. A method according to claim 18 wherein said parallel sides are disposed at an acute angle to the edges of said supplementary panels which are remote from the associated fold lines.
21. A method according to claim 18 wherein the angular disposition of said parallel side edges of said cutaway areas are arranged to facilitate smooth cooperation between the bottle necks and the keyhole apertures.
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JP51959493A JP3177247B2 (en) 1992-05-04 1993-05-04 Bottle carrying device and method of binding bottles using the bottle carrying device
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