EP0114772A2 - Zuschnitt für eine mit einem Handgriff versehene Verpackung und übereinstimmender Verpackungsentwurf und Verpackung - Google Patents

Zuschnitt für eine mit einem Handgriff versehene Verpackung und übereinstimmender Verpackungsentwurf und Verpackung Download PDF

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EP0114772A2
EP0114772A2 EP84400109A EP84400109A EP0114772A2 EP 0114772 A2 EP0114772 A2 EP 0114772A2 EP 84400109 A EP84400109 A EP 84400109A EP 84400109 A EP84400109 A EP 84400109A EP 0114772 A2 EP0114772 A2 EP 0114772A2
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Patrice Collet
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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
    • B65D5/46—Handles
    • B65D5/46008—Handles formed separately from the container body
    • B65D5/46016—Straps used as handles fixed to the container by glueing, stapling, heat-sealing
    • 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
    • B65D5/46—Handles
    • B65D5/46008—Handles formed separately from the container body
    • 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
    • B65D5/54—Lines of weakness to facilitate opening of container or dividing it into separate parts by cutting or tearing
    • B65D5/5405—Lines of weakness to facilitate opening of container or dividing it into separate parts by cutting or tearing for opening containers formed by erecting a blank in tubular form
    • B65D5/542—Lines of weakness to facilitate opening of container or dividing it into separate parts by cutting or tearing for opening containers formed by erecting a blank in tubular form the lines of weakness being provided in the container body
    • B65D5/5425—Lines of weakness to facilitate opening of container or dividing it into separate parts by cutting or tearing for opening containers formed by erecting a blank in tubular form the lines of weakness being provided in the container body and defining after rupture a lid hinged to the upper edge of the container body

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  • the present invention relates generally to packages made from a cardboard blank, corrugated cardboard, or other sheet material suitably cut and grooved, comprising, in one piece, for the constitution of a body, a plurality of side panels successively articulated two by two by parallel fold lines, and, for the constitution of a cover, flaps each individually extending said side panels, beyond root fold lines perpendicular to the lines of previous folding.
  • said flaps are at least partially superimposed two by two, being suitably secured to each other, for example by gluing.
  • a detachable strip precut for this purpose in continuity in at least some, successive, side panels, parallel to the fold lines roots of the flaps which extend these, near the said fold lines roots , usually allows to decapitate the whole, on at least three sides.
  • the present invention generally relates to an arrangement which overcomes this difficulty in a very simple and economical manner.
  • a blank of cardboard, corrugated cardboard or other sheet material comprising, in one piece, for the constitution of a package on which must be reported so independent a handle, a plurality of side panels successively articulated two by two by parallel fold lines, hereinafter said for convenience the main fold lines, and, beyond the fold lines roots perpendicular to said main fold lines , flaps each individually extending at least some of said side panels, with, precut in at least some successive, side panels, parallel to the fold lines roots of the flaps extending these, a detachable strip, this blank being d '' generally characterized in that in each of two flaps extending two opposite side panels is cut a tongue, which itself comes from a fold line r acine perpendicular to the main fold lines, and whose length, measured perpendicularly from a fold line superimposed on or coincident with the root fold line of the corresponding flap, is greater than that to which is established, by relative to said root fold line, that
  • Such a detachable portion of said tongue is in practice intended to form the reinforcement to be attached to a side panel when it must be secured thereto, by one of its ends, a handle.
  • such reinforcement advantageously does not require, for its implementation, any particular manipulation, which facilitates, and makes more economical, the installation of such a handle. .
  • the tab according to the invention coming from the very surface of a flap usually used anyway, advantageously results in no additional consumption of material, and therefore no additional cost.
  • the present invention also relates to the packaging produced using such a blank, as well as the packaging blank, advantageously available flat, previously obtained by bending the tubular sheath thereof.
  • a blank 10 according to the invention is of the type comprising, in one piece, for the constitution of a package to which a handle must be attached independently. 11, a plurality of side panels 12 successively articulated two by two by parallel fold lines 13, said below for the sake of convenience, main fold lines.
  • the desired packaging having to have in cross section a quadrangular contour, four side panels 12 are provided, namely two side panels of smaller width 12A, and two side panels of larger width 12B, which alternate with the previous ones.
  • each of these side panels 12A, 12B is generally quadrangular.
  • a detachable strip 27, delimited by precut lines 28, is precut in continuity in at least some successive side panels 12, parallel to the root fold lines 16 of the flaps 18 extending these, near the said root fold lines 16.
  • such a detachable strip 27 affects three successive side panels 12, namely the two narrower side panels 12A, and the wider panel 12B framed by them; it also affects the joining strip 15.
  • a tongue 20 is cut out itself from a root fold line 21 perpendicular to the main fold lines 13, and whose length L 1 , measured perpendicularly from a stackable fold line at the root fold line 16 of the corresponding flap 18A or merged with it, is greater than that L 2 at which is established, relative to said root fold line 16, that of the precut lines 28 of the detachable strip 27 which is closest to said root fold line 16.
  • the root fold line 21 of a tongue 20 is distinct from the root fold line 16 of the flap 18A in which this tongue 20 is cut, it extends substantially parallel to this ci, and, at a distance Dl from it substantially equal to that D2 separating it from said root fold line 16, said tongue 20 is assigned a fold line 24, which is substantially parallel to the previous two, but whose folding direction is opposite to that of these.
  • This fold line 24 can therefore be superimposed on the root fold line 16 of the corresponding flap 18A, and it is from this, in this embodiment, that the length L l , specified above, is measured, of the portion concerned with a tongue 20.
  • such a fold line 24 materialized by a buttonhole cut 25 in its central region, to facilitate the corresponding folding.
  • the tongue 20 thus cut from a flap 18A extends along one of the sides thereof, said side being that closest to the flap 18B framed by the flaps 18A from which such a tongue 20 is cut.
  • the tongues 20 of the flaps 18A are established symmetrically on either side of the flap 18B framed by these flaps 18A, as close as possible to this flap 18B.
  • a detachable portion 23 implanted so as to be able to be superimposed on the side panel 12 considered when, as will appear below, said tongue 20 is folded over it by folding around its root fold line 21.
  • the detachable portion 23 of a tongue 20 forms a lateral extension of the latter, so as to be situated substantially at right angles to the median axis of the side panel 12A corresponding.
  • the detachable portion 23 of a tongue 20 according to the invention is sen as square as possible with respect to the current part thereof, at the end of this tongue 20 furthest from its root fold line 21, and the pre-cut line 22 which delimits it is substantially oblique with respect to of said root fold line 21.
  • the detachable portion 23 thus presented by a tongue 20 according to the invention is generally located at a distance L I 1 from the fold line 24 of this tongue 20 at least equal to the distance L ' 2 to which is established, with respect to the root fold line 16 concerned, that of the precut lines 28 of the detachable strip 27 which is the farthest from said root fold line 16.
  • a reinforcing strip 29 is continuously superimposed on the detachable strip 27, in the central region thereof.
  • this detachable strip 27 extends over all of the side panels 12, perpendicular to the main fold lines 13.
  • the side panels 12 can also each be individually extended, beyond the root fold lines perpendicular to the main fold lines 13, by clean flaps to jointly form a base for the desired packaging.
  • it may be flaps specific to the constitution of an automatic background.
  • an independent background can be provided.
  • the blank 10 according to the invention can easily be made of cardboard, corrugated cardboard, or other sheet material suitably cut and grooved, its crease lines constituting the lines of folding, and also the precut lines when, from place to place, they are sufficiently accentuated to cross it right through.
  • detachable portions 23 of the tongues 20 are, first of all, detachable portions 23 of the tongues 20 according to the invention.
  • the tabs 20 are folded over the side panels 12A, by folding 18 ⁇ ° around their root fold line 21, FIG. 2A.
  • the root fold lines 21 of the tongues 20 are superimposed on the root fold lines 16 of the corresponding flaps 18A, and, taking into account the relative values of the lengths L l , L 2 , L ' 1 , L' 2 specified above, the detachable portions 23 of the tongues 20 are superimposed on the side panels 12A, on the internal face of the latter, below the detachable strip 27, in the median zone of said side panels 12A.
  • the extreme side panel 12B is then folded down, by folding it 180 ° around the main fold line 13 which connects it to the adjacent side panel 12A, then, after gluing the bonding strip 15 , at the folding of the extreme side panel 12A, by folding 180 ° thereof around the main fold line 13 which connects it to the adjacent side panel 12B, FIG. 2B.
  • the two end side panels 12A, 12B thereof are secured to one another, by the fastening strip 15 provided for this effect.
  • the tubular packaging blank 32 thus obtained is, in a manner known per se, advantageously deliverable flat.
  • the packaging 34 advantageously has, in advance, a local reinforcement on the internal face of each of its two opposite side panels 12A on which such implantation must take place.
  • the fitting of the handle 11 can for example be done using rivets 35, one for each of its ends, to allow it to be journalled around these.
  • the flap 18B extending the side panel 12B end which is the one to the right of one of the main fold lines 13 which is the notch 30 locally interrupting the reinforcing strip 29, is folded last, and forms therefore the top of the package 34.
  • the detachable strip 27 is removed, which leads to decapitating the body 36 of this packaging on three sides.
  • flap 18B which forms the top thereof, with, joined by bonding thereto, the other flaps 18, the assembly constituting a cover 37 with the parts of the side panels 12.
  • the tongues 20 then form, by their remaining part, projecting from the flap 18B concerned or, in other words, on the cover 37 in the constitution of which the latter participates, lugs 39 which, each disposed respectively laterally along the edges of such a cover 37, in the corner areas thereof o placed on the hinge by which it is articulated to the body 36, are capable of engaging in this body 36, in contact with the corresponding side panels 12A, and thus allowing the body 36 to be closed again, FIG. 8.
  • no local reinforcement of the side panels 12A is provided for the implantation of a handle, either that such local reinforcement is provided otherwise, or that another type of handle be adopted.
  • the tongues 20 according to the invention therefore do not have a detachable portion.
  • the root fold line of such a tongue 20 is coincident with the root fold line 16 of the flap 18A in which it is cut, and this is therefore counted from this fold line. root 16 that is measured the length L 1 to be taken into consideration.
  • the tongues 20 according to the invention extend in the middle part of the flaps 18A concerned.
  • the application of the invention is not limited to only packages whose cross section is quadrangular but can also be envisaged for example for packages whose cross section is hexagonal.

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FR8300776A FR2539393A1 (fr) 1983-01-19 1983-01-19 Flan pour la constitution d'un emballage sur lequel doit etre rapportee une poignee, et ebauche d'emballage et emballage correspondants

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EP0199225A3 (en) * 1985-04-20 1987-08-12 Henkel Kommanditgesellschaft Auf Aktien Tearing device to open a container
FR2767788A1 (fr) * 1997-09-03 1999-03-05 Cartonneries Tailleur Systeme d'ouverture et emballage le comprenant

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DE3844483C1 (de) * 1988-12-31 1989-08-17 Henkel Kgaa, 4000 Duesseldorf, De
FR2653748B1 (fr) * 1989-10-31 1992-02-07 Nicollet Hugues Sa Laniere en carton, carton ondule ou autre materiau en feuille convenablement decoupe et plie, et emballage equipe d'une telle laniere pour la constitution d'une poignee.
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US5209394A (en) * 1989-12-29 1993-05-11 Lever Brothers Company Carton for detergent
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EP0199225A3 (en) * 1985-04-20 1987-08-12 Henkel Kommanditgesellschaft Auf Aktien Tearing device to open a container
FR2767788A1 (fr) * 1997-09-03 1999-03-05 Cartonneries Tailleur Systeme d'ouverture et emballage le comprenant

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EP0114772B1 (de) 1986-06-04
ES285500U (es) 1986-02-01
EP0114771B1 (de) 1987-01-07
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EP0114771A3 (en) 1984-08-22
FR2539393A1 (fr) 1984-07-20
EP0114772A3 (en) 1984-08-08

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