Classifications

• • 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

Definitions

• Another aspect of the invention provides an article blank for forming an article carrier of the top gripping type which blank comprises a first and second side panel each having a plurality of apertures and a base panel having a plurality of apertures hinged to and interconnecting said first and second side panels so that the apertures of the first side panel can be brought into registry with corresponding apertures of the second side panel when the blank is set up characterised in that complementary portions of each of said side panels are displaceable out of the plane of adjacent portions thereof so that the blank can be formed into a carrier suitable for carrying articles of different sizes.
• At least some of the apertures of said base panel may vary in size in relation to one another.
• FIGURE 2 shows a carton formed from a blank as shown in Figure 1.
• Tabs 26 are frangibly connected to first panel 12 between apertures 50 and 56 and apertures 52 and 58 respectively.
• Tabs 28 are frangibly connected from apertures 64 and 66 to the free edge of outer first panel 18. When the carton is in set up condition tabs 26 are in registry with corresponding tabs 28 in a face to face relationship.
• Figure 2 illustrates the carton in a substantially set up condition.
• the carton is constructed by folding first panel 12 and base panel 14 along fold line 30 and second panel 16 and base panel 14 along fold line 32 to form a triangular relationship between the first, second and base panels.
• Outer reinforcing panel 18 is then folded along fold line 34 so that a face to face relationship is formed with first panel 12 and apertures 64 and 66 are in registry with apertures 50 and 52 respectively.
• Panels 12 and 18 are connected together by means of glue or other suitable means known in the art.
• first panel 12 between fold line 36 and its free edge is connected to the corresponding portion of the second panel 16 between fold lines 34 and 42 in a face to face relationship using glue or other suitable means so that apertures 50, 52 and 60, 62 are in registry with one another.

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• Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
• Mechanical Engineering (AREA)
• Packages (AREA)
• Cartons (AREA)
• Buffer Packaging (AREA)
• Manipulator (AREA)
• Die Bonding (AREA)
• Wrapping Of Specific Fragile Articles (AREA)

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