WO2010111202A1 - Structure de poignée pour cartons et procédé pour former ladite structure de poignée - Google Patents

Structure de poignée pour cartons et procédé pour former ladite structure de poignée Download PDF

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WO2010111202A1
WO2010111202A1 PCT/US2010/028204 US2010028204W WO2010111202A1 WO 2010111202 A1 WO2010111202 A1 WO 2010111202A1 US 2010028204 W US2010028204 W US 2010028204W WO 2010111202 A1 WO2010111202 A1 WO 2010111202A1
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Philippe Marie
Philippe Lebras
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WestRock Packaging Systems LLC
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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
    • B65D71/06—Packaging elements holding or encircling completely or almost completely the bundle of articles, e.g. wrappers
    • B65D71/12—Packaging elements holding or encircling completely or almost completely the bundle of articles, e.g. wrappers the packaging elements, e.g. wrappers being formed by folding a single blank
    • B65D71/36—Packaging elements holding or encircling completely or almost completely the bundle of articles, e.g. wrappers the packaging elements, e.g. wrappers being formed by folding a single blank having a tubular shape, e.g. tubular wrappers, with end walls
    • 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
    • B65D2571/00—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, pop bottles; Bales of material
    • B65D2571/00123—Bundling wrappers or trays
    • B65D2571/00432—Handles or suspending means
    • B65D2571/00456—Handles or suspending means integral with the wrapper
    • B65D2571/00469—Straps made between two handholes
    • 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
    • B65D2571/00—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, pop bottles; Bales of material
    • B65D2571/00123—Bundling wrappers or trays
    • B65D2571/00432—Handles or suspending means
    • B65D2571/00518—Handles or suspending means with reinforcements
    • B65D2571/00524—Handles or suspending means with reinforcements integral
    • 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
    • B65D2571/00—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, pop bottles; Bales of material
    • B65D2571/00123—Bundling wrappers or trays
    • B65D2571/00648—Elements used to form the wrapper
    • B65D2571/00654—Blanks
    • B65D2571/0066—Blanks formed from one single sheet
    • 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
    • B65D2571/00—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, pop bottles; Bales of material
    • B65D2571/00123—Bundling wrappers or trays
    • B65D2571/00709—Shape of the formed wrapper, i.e. shape of each formed element if the wrapper is made from more than one element
    • B65D2571/00722—Shape of the formed wrapper, i.e. shape of each formed element if the wrapper is made from more than one element tubular with end walls, e.g. walls not extending on the whole end surface
    • B65D2571/00728—Shape of the formed wrapper, i.e. shape of each formed element if the wrapper is made from more than one element tubular with end walls, e.g. walls not extending on the whole end surface the end walls being closed by gluing

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  • the present disclosure relates generally to the field of handle structures for cartons used in packaging articles. More specifically, although not exclusively, the disclosure relates to handle structures that comprise three or more layers, at least one intermediate layer having an aperture defined therein such that two or more of the layers may be secured to one another through that aperture.
  • a first aspect of the disclosure provides a handle structure for a carton for packaging one or more articles, which handle structure comprises a first panel and second panel that are secured to one another through one or more apertures defined in an intermediate panel positioned between the first and second panels.
  • the first and second panels are secured to one another by one or more of adhesive; mechanical fasteners; and thermal bonding, through said one or more apertures.
  • one or more of the first and second panels are also secured to the intermediate panel.
  • the first and second panels are hinged to opposing edges of the intermediate panel.
  • the handle structure forms a part of a carton for packaging articles.
  • a second aspect of the disclosure provides a blank for forming a handle structure, which panel comprises a first panel, a second panel and an intermediate panel that comprises one or more apertures, wherein the first and second panels are foldable relative to the intermediate panel such that the intermediate panel is positioned therebetween, and wherein the one or more apertures formed in the intermediate panel are sized and arranged to allow securement of the first and second panels to one another therethrough, thereby to form a handle structure.
  • a third aspect of the disclosure provides a method for forming a blank into a handle structure for a carton for packaging one or more articles, which method comprises providing a blank that comprises a first panel, a second panel and an intermediate panel defined within which are one or more apertures, and which method further comprises securing the first panel to the second panel through one or more of the apertures of the intermediate panel, such the intermediate panel is secured between the first and second panels.
  • the securing of the first panel to the second panel involves the use of one or more of adhesive; mechanical fasteners; and thermal bonding.
  • the method further comprises securing one or more of the first and second panels to the intermediate panels.
  • the blank further comprises panels for forming walls of a carton for packaging one or more articles, and wherein the blank is erected into a carton after the handle structure has been formed, and the resulting partially set up blank positioned over said one or more articles.
  • the blank further comprises panels for forming walls of a carton for packaging one or more articles, and wherein the handle structure is formed after the carton has been formed from those panels of the blank.
  • Figure 1 illustrates a blank for forming a carton which blank comprises panels for forming a handles structure according to a preferred embodiment of the disclosure
  • Figure 2 illustrates a step in a preferred sequence of folding operations for forming a handle structure according to a preferred embodiment of the disclosure from the blanks shown in Figure 1 ;
  • Figure 3 illustrates the blank of Figure 1 after the handle structure comprises therein has been fully set up
  • Figure 4 illustrates the blank of Figure 1 being partially erected around a group of articles
  • Figure 5 illustrates a fully erected carton formed from the blank of Figure 1 , loaded with articles and being suspended by the handle structure comprises therein.
  • Figure 1 illustrates a blank 100 comprising panels for forming a handle structure 102 according to the present disclosure.
  • the Figure shows a first handle panel 2 hinged to an intermediate handle panel 4 via a fold line 8.
  • the intermediate handle panel 4 is in turn hinged to a second handle panel 6 via a fold line 10.
  • Defined within the intermediate handle panel 4 are a number of apertures 12, arranged along a longitudinal axis thereof.
  • the blank 100 optionally further comprises panels for forming a carton.
  • a linear series of panels for forming the walls of the carton comprises first and second parts 14a, 14b of a top panel.
  • the first part 14a is hingedly connected to the first handle panel 2 along fold lines 74, 58, 74 while the second part 14b is hingedly connected to the second handle panel 6 along fold lines 71 , 72, 71 .
  • the first part 14a is further hingedly connected to a first side panel 16 along a fold line 24 while the second part 14b is further hingedly connected to a second side panel 20 along a fold line 28.
  • the first side panel 16 is then hingedly connected to a bottom fastening flap 18 via a fold line 26, and the second side panel 20 is hingedly connected to a bottom panel 22 via a fold line 30.
  • each of the first and second side panels comprise fold lines 42a, 42b along which upper and lower end flaps 40a and 40b are hingedly connected to the respective side panel.
  • a gusset panel 44 is hingedly connected to each upper end flap 40a along a foldable connection 46.
  • a pair of first top end flaps 32 are hingedly connected to the opposed transverse edges 35 of the first handle panel 2 whereas a pair of second top end flaps 34 are hingedly connected to the opposed transverse edges 36 of the second handle panel 6.
  • Each first top end flap 32 has no direct connection with the adjacent second top end flap 34 except in some embodiment wherein a small number of nicks are provided to temporarily connect between the flaps 32, 34.
  • each first top end flap 32 is separated from the adjacent second top end flap 34 by a frangible line 33 such as a cut or slit. However, they may be separated by a notch or cutout in an alternative embodiment.
  • Each gusset panels 44 links the adjacent one of the upper end flaps 40a to the adjacent one of the top end flaps 32, 34 along a fold line 48.
  • first 60 and second 68 finger flaps are defined in the first 14a and second 14b parts of the top panel respectively.
  • the first finger flap 60 is hinged to the first handle panel 2 along a fold line 58 and extends into the first part 14a.
  • a curved free edge of the first finger flap 60 is defined by a cut line 62, which terminates at either end of the fold line 58.
  • the cut line 62 comprises nick portions to maintain a connection between the first finger flap and the adjacent portions of the first part of the top panel 14a, until such time as the finger flap is used.
  • the first finger flap 60 when folded about the fold line 58, defines a hand opening in the first part 14a for receiving one or more fingers of a carton user.
  • the second finger flap 68 is substantially identical to the first finger flap 60, and is hingedly connected to the second handle panel 6 via a fold line 70.
  • the second finger flap 68 then extends into the second part 14b of the top panel.
  • the free edge of the second finger flap 68 is defined by a cut line 72.
  • nick portions of uncut material may be provided to span the cut line 72 to provide a connection between the second finger flap 68 and the second part 14b of the top panel until the finger flap is used.
  • the second finger flap 68 when folded about the fold line 70, defines a hand opening in the second part 14b for receiving one or more fingers of a carton user.
  • the fold lines 74 of the first part 14a emanate from the intersections of the fold lines 24 and 35 and extend substantially towards a central portion of the handle structure 102. These fold lines 74 terminate at points where the fold lines 74 reach the first handle panel 2.
  • the fold lines 71 of the second part 14b emanate from the intersections of the fold lines 28 and 36 and extend substantially towards a central portion of the handle structure 102. These fold lines 71 terminate at points where the fold lines 71 reach the second handle panel 6.
  • the opening feature 54 is defined by the cut line 62, by respective frangible sections 56 of the fold lines 74 and by a pair of frangible lines 59 that extend from the frangible sections 56 to a tear access feature 64 defined in the first side panel.
  • Each frangible line 59 then extends from a point on the respective fold line 74 where the respective frangible section 56 starts and terminates on a tear line 75 that defines the tear access feature 64.
  • Each frangible line 59 is disposed perpendicular to the fold line 24 hinging the first part 14a to the first side wall 16.
  • the tear access feature 64 comprises a tear initiation tab 66.
  • the blank 100 shown in Figure 1 is symmetrical about its longitudinal axis running perpendicular through the linear series of panels and therefore the identical end panels formed along the opposing transverse edge of the linear series of panels have not been fully described.
  • one or both of the first and second handle panels 2, 6 are preferably applied with one or more strips of glue (denoted by 'G1 ' in Figure 2) and are folded into face-contacting relationship with the intermediate panel 4. This folding process may be carried out for one handle panel 2 or 6 at a time or for both the handle panels 2, 6 at the same time. Hence, one of the handle panels 2, 6 is brought into contact with one of the opposed sides of the intermediate handle panel 4 while the other of the handle panels 2, 6 is brought into contact with the other side of the intermediate handle panel 4.
  • the glue strip G1 is applied to the upper side of the second handle panel 6, and then the second handle panel 6 is folded about the fold line 10 into flat face contact with the lower side of the intermediate handle panel 4. After that, the first handle panel 2 is folded about the fold line 8 into flat face contact with the upper side of the intermediate handle panel 4.
  • all three handle panels 2, 4, 6 are secured together. It is contemplated that other means of securement may also be used, such as mechanical fasteners, and also that glue may optionally be applied to both the first and second handle panels 2, 6.
  • a strip of glue be applied directly to one or both sides of the intermediate panel 4, and then the first and second handle panels 2, 6 be folded into contact with the intermediate handle panel.
  • the glue to span the apertures 12 in the intermediate panel without one of the first 2 and second 6 handle panels being already present therebeneath would be possible as long as the glue were sufficiently viscous.
  • a further option could be to fold one of the first 2 and second 6 handle panels up into contact with the intermediate panel 4, and then to apply glue to the opposing side of the intermediate handle panel 4 before folding the other of the first 2 or second 6 handle panels up into contact therewith.
  • first and second and intermediate panels of the handle structure 2, 4, and 6 brings the adjacent edges of the first and second parts 14a, 14b of the top panel into juxtaposition. This results in the first top end panel 32 coming into an overlapping arrangement, or at least a partial vertical alignment, with the second top end panel 34.
  • these two end panels 32, 34 are secured to one another via glue (generally denoted as 'G2' in Figure 2) previously disposed upon one or both of the overlapping portions of the surfaces thereof.
  • handle panels 2, 4, 6 Once the handle panels 2, 4, 6 have been fully set up, it provides a reinforced handle structure 102 that may be used to grasp the resulting set up carton shown in Figure 5.
  • Formation of the remainder of the carton may take place prior to or during loading of the carton with articles A.
  • the first side panel 16 and the second side panel 20 are folded perpendicular to the corresponding edges of the top panel
  • the blank is preformed into a flat, collapsed tubular form by securing the securing tab 18 to the bottom panel 22.
  • a collapsed tubular carton is convenient for transfer and/or storage itself.
  • the collapsed carton is then expanded into a 3dimensional tubular form, typically on a packaging machine, and then loaded with multiple products, such as bottles, through one or both of the opposed open ends.
  • the end closure flaps are folded in a manner similar to that described above and glued together to form opposed end closures for the carton.
  • the handle structure 102 is ready for use as a means of lifting and carrying the carton, as shown in Figure 5.
  • the reinforcement afforded by the three layers of panel 2, 4, 6 increases the maximum lift capability of the handles structure 102 compared to similar single layer handle structure.
  • the finger flaps 62, 68 are foldable inwardly of the carton to create handle openings through which the user's fingers can be inserted to grip the handle structure 102.
  • the size and shape of the panels and apertures may be adjusted to accommodate articles of differing size or shape.
  • the number of apertures 12 in the intermediate handle panel 4 may be altered to allow more or less glue therethrough.
  • Multiple intermediate panels could be provided to provide additional strength by having aligned apertures defined therein, or by separately securing these intermediate panels together.
  • Techniques for thermal bonding such as welding may be used to secure the first and second panels together should they be formed of suitable materials.
  • hinged connection should not be construed as necessarily referring to a single fold line only; indeed it is envisaged that hinged connection can be formed from one or more of the following, a short slit, a frangible line or a fold line without departing from the scope of the invention.

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Abstract

L'invention concerne une structure de poignée (102) pour un carton (104) destiné à l'emballage d'un ou de plusieurs articles (A). La structure de poignée (102) comprend un premier panneau de poignée (2) et un second panneau de poignée (6) qui sont fixés l'un à l'autre par l'intermédiaire d'une ou de plusieurs ouvertures (12) ménagées dans un panneau de poignée intermédiaire (4) situé entre le premier panneau de poignée (2) et le second panneau de poignée (6).
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US2160550A (en) * 1938-09-01 1939-05-30 Elmer H Lupton Bottle carrier
US5927502A (en) * 1995-11-13 1999-07-27 Hunter; Anthony L. Food and beverage container carrier and advertising/promotional vehicle
WO2003037742A2 (fr) * 2001-10-27 2003-05-08 Meadwestvaco Packaging Systems, Llc Carton possedant une poignee

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* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US2160550A (en) * 1938-09-01 1939-05-30 Elmer H Lupton Bottle carrier
US5927502A (en) * 1995-11-13 1999-07-27 Hunter; Anthony L. Food and beverage container carrier and advertising/promotional vehicle
WO2003037742A2 (fr) * 2001-10-27 2003-05-08 Meadwestvaco Packaging Systems, Llc Carton possedant une poignee

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