WO1995019295A1 - Panel interlocking arrangement and method for cartons - Google Patents

Panel interlocking arrangement and method for cartons Download PDF

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WO1995019295A1
WO1995019295A1 PCT/US1994/000480 US9400480W WO9519295A1 WO 1995019295 A1 WO1995019295 A1 WO 1995019295A1 US 9400480 W US9400480 W US 9400480W WO 9519295 A1 WO9519295 A1 WO 9519295A1
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Rudiger Ziegler
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    • 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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    • B65D71/06—Packaging elements holding or encircling completely or almost completely the bundle of articles, e.g. wrappers
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    • 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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    • B65D5/4279—Joints, seams, leakproof joints or corners, special connections between panels
    • 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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    • B65D2571/00129—Wrapper locking means
    • B65D2571/00135—Wrapper locking means integral with the wrapper
    • B65D2571/00154—Wrapper locking means integral with the wrapper interlocked
    • B65D2571/00185—Wrapper locking means integral with the wrapper interlocked by tabs cut within one end and facing away from the other end when blank is unfolded, and co-operting with openings at the other end
    • 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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    • 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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    • 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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    • 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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    • 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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Abstract

A panel interlocking arrangement for cartons comprises a pair of panels (12, 28) both of which have like hinged locking tabs (34a, 34b, 34c, 34d) struck therefrom and each of which define locking apertures (38a, 38b, 38c, 38d). At least one of the panels includes end flaps (30, 32) to allow each of the associated locking tabs to be displaced relative to its associated aperture so that the other panel can be received between the displaced locking tabs and the said one panel to put the locking apertures of the respective panels substantially in registry. The pair of panels are interlocked by driving each displaced locking tab through the registering locking apertures defined by the registering locking tab of the other panel so that the locking tabs of both panels are interdigitated through the said locking aperture defined by registering locking tab.

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PANEL INTERLOCKING ARRANGEMENT AND METHOD FOR CARTONS
The invention relates to panel interlocking arrangement and method for a carton and is particularly useful for cartons for packaging a plurality of articles, such as bottles or cans, in ordered rows. In particular, it is useful to lock together the end (base) panels of a wraparound carton blank.
It is known to provide cooperating locking means struck from a carton blank in panels which are overlapped in order to enable the cooperating means to be interlocked thereby to secure the panels together. WO87/03860, for example, teaches use of locking tabs hingably attached to a first end panel and receiving apertures struck in a second end panel. The locking tabs are folded away from the first end panel portion so that the second end panel portion can be passed between the first end panel and the locking tab. Anchoring portions of the locking tabs are then folded back towards the end panel portions passing through the second panel receiving apertures and- are received in locking apertures in the first end panel thereby securing the two end panels together. In this disclosure, only one panel is provided with a male locking feature whilst the second is provided with the female component of the cooperating locking means. It is also known to provide cartons of the wraparound type with cooperating locking means which act to secure the end panels of a blank together and also enable different girths of the finished carton to be selected. US-4491223 teaches use of identical locking tabs in each of two end panels of a wraparound blank. The cooperating locking means of one end panel is displaced further from an adjacent carton side panel to which the one end panel is hingably attached as compared to the distance of the locking means of the other end panel measured from a second side panel of the wraparound blank to which the other end panel is hingably attached. The cooperating locking means in each end panel each comprise a tab and aperture wherein use of a tab of one of the end panels to engage the aperture in the other end panel provides a width of interlocked panels of a fixed dimension which is different to that if the locking tab of the second end panel is used to engage the aperture of the first end panel. There is thereby provided a carton having two fixed girths which are selectable prior to packaging articles.
A further known locking device for a wraparound carton is disclosed by Muller in US-4243143. Muller teaches use of cooperating locking means associated with the end panels of a wraparound blank wherein an elongate tab having serrated opposed side edges is struck from one of the end panels and an aperture having shoulder portions is struck in the other end panel. A variable width of interlocked end panels, and hence girth of carton, is achieved by varying the amount by which the tab is inserted into the aperture before engaging protrusions, which form the serrated edges of the tab, with the shoulder portion of the aperture.
The present invention seeks to offer a secure and reliable panel locking arrangement. To this end, one aspect of the present invention provides panel interlocking arrangement for cartons comprises a pair of panels both of which have like hinged locking tabs struck therefrom and each of which define locking apertures, at least one of said panels being adapted to allow each of its associated locking tabs to be displaced relative to its associated aperture so that the other panel can be received between the displaced locking tabs and said one panel to put the locking apertures of the respective panels substantially in registry, wherein said pair of panels are interlocked by driving each said displaced locking tab through the registering locking apertures defined by the registering locking tab of the other panel so that the locking tabs of both panels are disposed through the said locking aperture defined by said registering locking tab.
According to a feature of this aspect of the invention, said locking tabs may be elongate fingers. According to another feature of this aspect of the invention, said locking tabs of one panel may be substantially identical to those of the other panel. Preferably, opposed edges of each locking tab are serrated.
According to yet another feature of this aspect of the invention a series of cooperating locking tabs may be provided in each of said two panels.
According to a still further feature of this aspect of the invention said two panels may each include an end flap which is hinged at the terminal margin of said panel along a fold line to allow folding of said end flap to effect said relative displacement of the associated locking tabs.
According to yet another feature of this aspect of the invention, said fold line may be interrupted where the locking tabs of said series are hinged to said panel .
According to a still further feature of this aspect of the invention said two panels may be substantially mirror images of one another.
Preferably, said two panels are base panels of a wraparound carton. Another aspect of the present invention provides panel interlocking arrangement for cartons comprises a pair of panels both of which have like hinged locking tabs struck therefrom each of which locking tabs have opposed edges which are serrated and each of which locking tabs define like locking apertures having opposed edges which are serrated, wherein said pair of panels are interlocked by driving either one of said locking tabs through the locking aperture defined by the other locking tabs when the locking apertures of said panels are substantially in register, so that both locking tabs are disposed through the said locking aperture defined by said other locking tab.
Yet another aspect of the present invention provides a method of interlocking a pair of carton panels in which both of said panels have like hinged locking tabs struck therefrom and each of which define locking apertures, said method comprising the step of manipulating at least one of said panels to allow each of its associated locking tabs to be displaced relative to its associated aperture, bring said panels together in overlapping relationship so that the other panel is received between the displaced locking tabs and said one panel thereby putting the locking apertures of the respective panels substantially in registry and driving each said displaced locking tab through the registering locking apertures defined by the registering locking tab of the other panel so that the locking tabs of both panels are interdigitated through the said locking aperture defined by said registering locking tab.
A wraparound type carton having a panel locking arrangement according to the invention will now be described, by way of example only, with reference to the accompanying drawings, in which:-
FIGURE 1 is a plan view of a first embodiment of a carton blank according to the invention;
FIGURE 2 is a perspective view of part of the base panels of the carton shown in Figure 1;
FIGURES 3 to 5 are further perspective views which show sequential steps in the procedure for locking together the base panels of the carton shown in Figure 1;
FIGURE 6 is an end elevation view of the locked base panels shown in Figure 5;
FIGURE 7 is a plan view of a second embodiment of a carton blank according to the invention; and FIGURE 8 is a plan view of the end panels of part of the carton shown in Figure 7.
A panel locking arrangement according to the invention is incorporated in a first embodiment of a carton 10 shown in Figures 1 to 6. The carton comprises a base panel 12 hinged to a lower bevel strip 14 along an interrupted fold line 44. The bevel strip 14 is hingably connected to side panel 16 along interrupted fold line 46, and side panel 16 is further connected to upper shoulder panel 18 along fold line 48. Shoulder panel 18 is hingably connected to top panel 20 along interrupted fold line 50. The top panel 20 is further connected to a second shoulder panel 22 along interrupted fold line 52. The shoulder panel 22 is hingably attached to side panel 24 along fold line 54 and the side panel is further hingably connected to a lower bevel strip 26 along interrupted fold line 56. The second lower bevel strip 26 is hingably connected to base panel 28 along interrupted fold line 58.
Carton 10 is of a wraparound type and can be made of paperboard or similar foldable material. In use, the blank shown is wrapped around six bottles arranged in two rows of three bottles each. Base panels 12 and 28 are interlocked to secure the blank around the articles. The bottles, in this case, are retained by retaining apertures 64 provided in the lower bevel strips 14 and 26 which receive the heels of the bottles. Additionally, the tops of the bottles are retained by apertures 66 provided at the top of the shoulder panels 18 and" 22. The carton is further provided with a handle arrangement 70 of a known type which comprises two longitudinal cut lines 72 which pass from the first shoulder panel 18 through the top panel 20 and into second shoulder panel 22. Four arcuate lines of cut 74 are also struck in top panel 20, which in combination with cuts 72 define two handle flaps 76 which are hinged to top panel 20 at hinge 78.
To lock the ends of the carton blank together there is provided a series of locking tabs 40 in both end portions of a carton. In forming a packaged carton the blank is folded around the articles and base panels 12 and 28 are folded into contact with the bottoms of the bottles. The base panels are drawn together so that they overlap using tightening lugs which engage tightening apertures 62 in the base panels. When the bottles are sufficiently tightly wrapped a cooperating pair of locking tabs are engaged.
Figures 2 to 5 show in more detail four sequential steps in the locking together of base panels 12 and 28. The individual locking tabs 40 can be seen in more detail in these drawings and generally comprise an elongate finger 34 struck from end flap 30 and 32 of the base panels 12 and 28 respectively. Cut lines 36 thereby define an aperture 38 in the end flaps corresponding to the shape of the locking tab. The end flaps 30 and 32 are hingably connected to the remaining part of the base panel portions 12 and 28 by interrupted fold lines 42 and 60 respectively. A pair of locking tabs such as 40a and 40c cooperate to secure the base panels together in the formed carton. In order to lock the cooperating locking tabs, base panels 12 and 28 are drawn toward one another and in this example end flap 30 is hinged about hinge line 42 so that locking tabs 34a and 34b are displaced out of the plane containing their respective apertures so that, in effect, the apertures are 'opened'. The end flap 32 of base panel 28 is then inserted between the tabs 34a and 34b, and the end flap 30 as shown in Figure 4. Tabs 34a and 34b and hence their respective apertures are put into substantial registry with tabs 34c and 34d and their respective apertures.
In order for tabs 34a and 34b to engage apertures 38c and 38d they are punched downwardly (in the view shown) thereby forcing tabs 34c and 34d downwardly about creases 39c and 39d so that they are interdigitated with tabs 34a and 34b respectively. The newly formed crease lines are determined by the position of the end of the defining edges *36a and 36b respectively.
Locking tabs 34a and 34b also pass downwardly through apertures 38c and 38d, and through apertures 38a and 38b respectively about a crease line 39a and 39b. These crease lines are determined by the position of the end of the cut lines 36c and 36d which define apertures 38c and 38d. Figure 6 shows the final position of this process in which tab 34b is shown gripping base panel 28 and passing back through base panel 12 to which it is attached. It is found that further crease lines tend to form in the region where tabs 39a and 39b join base panel 12 substantially in the spaces along the interrupted fold line 42. Tab 34b is held in position by the mechanical action of tab 34d which is in contact therewith. As can be seen in Figure 6 tab 34d acts to support tab 34b in the position shown wherein the tabs couple each of the end panels together.
It should be appreciated that since the base panel end portions 30 and 32 are substantially mirror images of one another each comprising a series of individual locking tabs 40, an effective carton lock can be achieved using the tabs 34c and 34d in base panel 28 to pass over and through the end flap 30 of base panel 12 rather than as described above. Therefore, carton blank 10 in its unfolded form can be fed into packaging machinery with its base panels occupying interchangeable locations and still successfully form a locked carton.
Additionally, the cooperating locking means just described provides a certain amount of tolerance in their positioning in that it is not necessary to overlap cooperating tabs such as 34a and 34c or 34b and 34d, to the extent that the end of base panel 28, for example, abuts the hinge region 42 of base panel 12 as shown in Figures 4 and 5. It is possible therefore for the width of the formed base panel, that is the width of base panels 12 and 28 combined as joined to be variable.
A second embodiment of the base panels for a carton 110 according to the invention is shown in Figures 7 and 8. In this embodiment, features common to the first embodiment take the same reference numerals prefixed with the numeral 1.
It can be seen that the locking tabs 134 and apertures 184 opposed longitudinal have serrated or "wavy" edges. The serrated edges comprise protrusions 182 and troughs 184 along the side edges of the tabs 134. The base panels portions 112 and 128 are locked together in a similar manner to that just described with reference to Figures 2 to 5. Accordingly, end flap 130 is displaced with respect to hinge line 142 and end flap 132 is inserted between tabs 134a and 134b, and end flap 130. The extent to which base flap 132 is inserted can be varied and thereby enables the width of the base panel and hence the girth of the finished carton to be adapted to the width of packaged articles within a certain predetermined range of tolerance. The tolerance can be varied for different cartons by varying the length of tabs 134 and/or by varying the number of protrusions 182 and troughs 184 along the length of the tabs. The protrusions and troughs provide additional securing means in that a protrusion 182 on a tab can abut a shoulder 186 portion in the edge of an aperture 138 created by a trough 184 in the associated tab for that given aperture. Therefore, an enhanced frictional and mechanical resistance is provided compared to that provided by the previous embodiment. Whilst in the embodiment shown in Figures 7 and 8 the opposite side edges of each of the tabs 134 have parallel edges, that is, the protrusions 182 are in^ register with troughs 184 on the opposite side, it is envisaged that it would be possible to devise a tab wherein the protrusions on one side were in register with the protrusions on the other. Alternatively, it might be that wavy or serrated edges on one side of a tab were randomly cut with resp'ect to the opposite side.

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1. Panel interlocking arrangement for cartons comprises a pair of panels both of which have like hinged locking tabs struck therefrom and each of which define locking apertures at least one of said panels being adapted to allow each of its associated locking tabs to be displaced relative to its associated aperture so that the other panel can be received between the displaced locking tabs and said one panel to put the locking apertures of the respective panels substantially in registry, wherein said pair of panels are interlocked by driving each said displaced locking tab through the registering locking apertures defined by the registering locking tab of the other panel so that the locking tabs of both panels are disposed through the said locking aperture defined by said registering locking tab.
2. Panel interlocking arrangement according to claim 1 wherein said locking tabs are elongate fingers.
3. Panel interlocking arrangement according to claim 1 or claim 2 wherein said locking tabs are substantially identical.
4. Panel interlocking arrangement according to any of the preceding claims wherein opposed edges of each locking tab are serrated.
5. Panel interlocking arrangement according to any preceding claim wherein a series of cooperating locking tabs is provided in each of said two panels.
6. Panel interlocking arrangement according to claim 5 wherein said two panels each include an end flap which is hinged at the terminal margin of said panel along a fold line to allow folding of said end flap to effect said relative displacement of the associated locking tabs.
7. Panel interlocking arrangement according to claim 6 wherein said fold line is interrupted where the locking tabs of said series are hinged to said panel.
8. Panel interlocking arrangement according to any of the preceding claims wherein said two panels are substantially mirror images of one another.
9. Panel interlocking arrange ent according to any preceding claim wherein said two panels are base panels of a wraparound carton.
10. Panel interlocking arrangement for cartons comprises.a pair of panels both of which have like hinged locking tabs struck therefrom each of which locking tabs have opposed edges which are serrated and each of which locking tabs define like locking apertures having opposed edges which are serrated, wherein 'said pair of panels are interlocked by driving either one of said locking tabs through the locking aperture defined by the other locking tabs when the locking apertures of said panels are substantially in register, so that both locking tabs are disposed through the said locking aperture defined by said other locking tab.
11. A method of interlocking a pair of carton panels in which both of said panels have like hinged locking tabs struck therefrom and each of which define locking apertures, said method comprising the step of manipulating at least one of said panels to allow each of its associated locking tabs to be displaced relative to its associated aperture, bring said panels together in overlapping relationship so that the other panel is received between the displaced locking tabs and said one panel thereby putting the locking apertures of the respective panels substantially in registry and driving each said displaced locking tab through the registering locking apertures defined by the registering locking tab of the other panel so that the locking tabs of both panels are disposed through the said locking aperture defined by said registering locking tab.
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