CA1091631A - Tray and method for preparing cups to be filled - Google Patents
Tray and method for preparing cups to be filledInfo
- Publication number
- CA1091631A CA1091631A CA321,169A CA321169A CA1091631A CA 1091631 A CA1091631 A CA 1091631A CA 321169 A CA321169 A CA 321169A CA 1091631 A CA1091631 A CA 1091631A
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- Prior art keywords
- objects
- package
- base panel
- parallel
- panels
- Prior art date
- Legal status (The legal status is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the status listed.)
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Classifications
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- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
- B65B—MACHINES, APPARATUS OR DEVICES FOR, OR METHODS OF, PACKAGING ARTICLES OR MATERIALS; UNPACKING
- B65B43/00—Forming, feeding, opening or setting-up containers or receptacles in association with packaging
- B65B43/42—Feeding or positioning bags, boxes, or cartons in the distended, opened, or set-up state; Feeding preformed rigid containers, e.g. tins, capsules, glass tubes, glasses, to the packaging position; Locating containers or receptacles at the filling position; Supporting containers or receptacles during the filling operation
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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
- B65D5/001—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 stackable
- B65D5/0015—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 stackable the container being formed by folding up portions connected to a central panel
- B65D5/003—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 stackable the container being formed by folding up portions connected to a central panel having ledges formed by extensions of the side walls
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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
- B65D5/20—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 by folding-up portions connected to a central panel from all sides to form a container body, e.g. of tray-like form
- B65D5/28—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 by folding-up portions connected to a central panel from all sides to form a container body, e.g. of tray-like form with extensions of sides permanently secured to adjacent sides, with sides permanently secured together by adhesive strips, or with sides held in place solely by rigidity of material
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- Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
- Mechanical Engineering (AREA)
- Processing Of Solid Wastes (AREA)
- Artificial Fish Reefs (AREA)
- Supplying Of Containers To The Packaging Station (AREA)
- Packages (AREA)
Abstract
Abstract of the Disclosure A package for a plurality of generally cylindrical objects has a generally rectangular base panel, a pair of generally rectangular and parallel end panels extending upwardly from opposite edges of the base panel, and a pair of generally rectangular and parallel side panels extending upwardly from opposite edges of the base panel and bridging the end panels. Extending inwardly from the edges edges of these side panels are respective planar stiffening lips having spaced-apart confronting edges, and lying in a plane generally parallel to that of the base panel. The objects held in such a package have their axes parallel to the base panel and end walls and their ends against the side panels.
For loading a machine with objects so packaged one of the end panels is torn out and the package is set in the trough with the torn-out end lowermost 80 that the objects can roll out and down the trough.
For loading a machine with objects so packaged one of the end panels is torn out and the package is set in the trough with the torn-out end lowermost 80 that the objects can roll out and down the trough.
Description
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SHIPPING CARTON AND SYSTEM ~OR
LOADING CYLINDRICAL OBJECTS
SPECIFICATION
Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a shipping carton and a method of loading cylindrical objects. More particularly this invention concerns a carton adapted to hold a plurality of cylindrical objects and adapted to coact with a system for loading these objects one at a time into a machine.
Background of the Invention It is known to ship elongated generally cylindrical objects such as full or empty bottles, stacks of lids, or the like in a carton having a generally rectangular base panel provided at its ends with upwardly extending end panels and at its sides with upwardly extending side panels. The end panels bridge the side panels and are sècured at the corners thereto~
Such a carton normally has a similarly constructed lid, that is comprising a top panel formed with downwardly extending side and end panels that engage over and around the side and end panels of the lower part of the carton. To gain access to the objects within the carton the top is removed.
Such a shipping carton is disadvantageous in that the production of a base and a cover is unduly expensive. Similarly such an arrangement is disadvantageous in that when the objects must be unloaded, as for example to feed them to a machine that fills them or otherwise uses these objects, it is necessary to open the carton and load the objects or articles by hand into the filling chute for such a machine.
Objects of the Invention It is therefore an object of the present invention to provide an improved package usable as a shipping carton for generally cylindrical objects.
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Another object is the provision of an improved system for loading a machine with such objects.
Summary of the Invention These objects are attained according to the instant invention in a package or shipping carton of the above-described general type, but having at the upper edges of its side panels a pair of generally planar stiffening lips extending toward each other from the respective upper edge~ These lips are generally coplanar and generally parallel to the base plane and have spaced-apart confronting edges.
With the system according to this invention, it is thereore possible to place a plurality of cylindrical objects lying down within the package with their longitudinal axes extending parallel to the end walls thereof. The ends of these objects, whether they be tubes, bottles, receptacles, or stacks of lids for receptacles, therefore are held under these lips which serve the double function of stiffening the package and holding the contents in place.
It is possible further, according to this invention, to provide the upright edges of some of the side or end panels with laterally extending flaps that are folded over the adjacent end or side panels and secured thereto by means of tape or staples.
In accordance with the system and method o~ the instant inVention a package containing a plurality of such articles e~tending parallel to each other is set in a feed trough that is inclined to the horizontal. One of the side panels having the reinforcement lip is arranged at the lower edge of the package and is ripped off or pulled downwardly so that the objects can roll out of the package and down the trough. Means is provided to remove the packages one at a time from the trough.
Such an arrangement completely obviates the need for a separate cover on the package. Furthermore it allows the package 1~9163~
readily to be emptied into a machine, without having to even touch the articles or objects contained within the package. What is more the reinforcing lids constit~te a firm support so that a plurality of such packages can be stacked one on top o~ the other. Indeed if a pallet or underlying support board is provided with a thin shrink-type skin it is possible even to make such a stack of packages according to this invention weatherproof.
Brief Description of the Drawing FIG. 1 iS a side partly sectional view of ~he system aecording to this invention;
FIG. 2 is a top view of a blank for making a package aceording to this invention;
FIG. 3 iS a perspective view of a package made with the blank of FIG. 2;
FIG. 4 is a top view of another blank according to this invention; and FIG. 5 is a perspective view of a package made from the blank of FIG. 4.
Specific Description
SHIPPING CARTON AND SYSTEM ~OR
LOADING CYLINDRICAL OBJECTS
SPECIFICATION
Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a shipping carton and a method of loading cylindrical objects. More particularly this invention concerns a carton adapted to hold a plurality of cylindrical objects and adapted to coact with a system for loading these objects one at a time into a machine.
Background of the Invention It is known to ship elongated generally cylindrical objects such as full or empty bottles, stacks of lids, or the like in a carton having a generally rectangular base panel provided at its ends with upwardly extending end panels and at its sides with upwardly extending side panels. The end panels bridge the side panels and are sècured at the corners thereto~
Such a carton normally has a similarly constructed lid, that is comprising a top panel formed with downwardly extending side and end panels that engage over and around the side and end panels of the lower part of the carton. To gain access to the objects within the carton the top is removed.
Such a shipping carton is disadvantageous in that the production of a base and a cover is unduly expensive. Similarly such an arrangement is disadvantageous in that when the objects must be unloaded, as for example to feed them to a machine that fills them or otherwise uses these objects, it is necessary to open the carton and load the objects or articles by hand into the filling chute for such a machine.
Objects of the Invention It is therefore an object of the present invention to provide an improved package usable as a shipping carton for generally cylindrical objects.
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Another object is the provision of an improved system for loading a machine with such objects.
Summary of the Invention These objects are attained according to the instant invention in a package or shipping carton of the above-described general type, but having at the upper edges of its side panels a pair of generally planar stiffening lips extending toward each other from the respective upper edge~ These lips are generally coplanar and generally parallel to the base plane and have spaced-apart confronting edges.
With the system according to this invention, it is thereore possible to place a plurality of cylindrical objects lying down within the package with their longitudinal axes extending parallel to the end walls thereof. The ends of these objects, whether they be tubes, bottles, receptacles, or stacks of lids for receptacles, therefore are held under these lips which serve the double function of stiffening the package and holding the contents in place.
It is possible further, according to this invention, to provide the upright edges of some of the side or end panels with laterally extending flaps that are folded over the adjacent end or side panels and secured thereto by means of tape or staples.
In accordance with the system and method o~ the instant inVention a package containing a plurality of such articles e~tending parallel to each other is set in a feed trough that is inclined to the horizontal. One of the side panels having the reinforcement lip is arranged at the lower edge of the package and is ripped off or pulled downwardly so that the objects can roll out of the package and down the trough. Means is provided to remove the packages one at a time from the trough.
Such an arrangement completely obviates the need for a separate cover on the package. Furthermore it allows the package 1~9163~
readily to be emptied into a machine, without having to even touch the articles or objects contained within the package. What is more the reinforcing lids constit~te a firm support so that a plurality of such packages can be stacked one on top o~ the other. Indeed if a pallet or underlying support board is provided with a thin shrink-type skin it is possible even to make such a stack of packages according to this invention weatherproof.
Brief Description of the Drawing FIG. 1 iS a side partly sectional view of ~he system aecording to this invention;
FIG. 2 is a top view of a blank for making a package aceording to this invention;
FIG. 3 iS a perspective view of a package made with the blank of FIG. 2;
FIG. 4 is a top view of another blank according to this invention; and FIG. 5 is a perspective view of a package made from the blank of FIG. 4.
Specific Description
2~ As shown in FIGS. 2 and 3 a package 16 according to thls invention is formed of a blank as shown in FIG. 2 and eomprising a reetangular base panel 1 having a pair of opposite s~de panels 2 and 3 extending from its long side edges and a pair reetangular end panels 4 and 5 extending from its end edges.
~xtending rom the upper edge of each of the side panels 2 and 3 ar~ xeinoreing lips 6 and 7~
As shown in FIG. 3 the side panels 2 and 3 and end panels 4 and 5 are folded up perpendicular to the base panel 1 and the reinforcing lips 6 are folded inwardly toward each other.
Each of these reinforcing lips has a width w equal here to approximately one-eighth of the width W of the CartQn 160 ~hen thus folded up pieces of tape 8 are applied at each of the corners 1~:19~63~
and between the one end panel 4 and the xeinforcing lips 6 and 7. Such an arrangement is adapted to hold a plurality of cylindrical objects with their ends lying against side panels 2 and 3.
It is also possible as shown in FIG. 4 to provide the side panels 2 and 3 at their upright edges 15 with laterally projecting flaps 9 - 12. Pieces 13 and 14 of tape or staples may be used to secure these flaps 9 - 12 to the respective end panels 4 and 5.
As shown in FIG. 1 such a carton ~6 is set up to contain six objects 17, here each comprising a tube to be filled.
In use the carton is set in a trough 20 having an inclined floor and a pair of upright sides 22. The one end wall 5 is arranged at the lowermost portion of the carton 16 and the tape 8 between it and the side panels 2 and 3 is torn so that this end panel 5 can lie flatly on the floor of trough 20. In this position the objects 17 can easily roll in direction P down out of the carton 16 toward a wheel-type conveyor 18 that picks them up one at a time from the lower end of the trough 20. This conveyor 18 is associated with a shield 21 that covers the conveyor in one quadrant and allows the objects 17 to-be deposited into a belt-type conveyor 19 forming part of a filling machine.
Thus the user need merely rip the tape 8 between the panel 5 and the two panels 2 and 3 and then set the entire carton 16 in the trough 20. The objects 17 can roll then out of the carton 16, or the user can simply pull the carton 16 backwardly to dump them out into the trough 20. No tape is provided between the panel 5 and the reinforcing lips 6 and 7 to ease this opening-up of the package 16.
~xtending rom the upper edge of each of the side panels 2 and 3 ar~ xeinoreing lips 6 and 7~
As shown in FIG. 3 the side panels 2 and 3 and end panels 4 and 5 are folded up perpendicular to the base panel 1 and the reinforcing lips 6 are folded inwardly toward each other.
Each of these reinforcing lips has a width w equal here to approximately one-eighth of the width W of the CartQn 160 ~hen thus folded up pieces of tape 8 are applied at each of the corners 1~:19~63~
and between the one end panel 4 and the xeinforcing lips 6 and 7. Such an arrangement is adapted to hold a plurality of cylindrical objects with their ends lying against side panels 2 and 3.
It is also possible as shown in FIG. 4 to provide the side panels 2 and 3 at their upright edges 15 with laterally projecting flaps 9 - 12. Pieces 13 and 14 of tape or staples may be used to secure these flaps 9 - 12 to the respective end panels 4 and 5.
As shown in FIG. 1 such a carton ~6 is set up to contain six objects 17, here each comprising a tube to be filled.
In use the carton is set in a trough 20 having an inclined floor and a pair of upright sides 22. The one end wall 5 is arranged at the lowermost portion of the carton 16 and the tape 8 between it and the side panels 2 and 3 is torn so that this end panel 5 can lie flatly on the floor of trough 20. In this position the objects 17 can easily roll in direction P down out of the carton 16 toward a wheel-type conveyor 18 that picks them up one at a time from the lower end of the trough 20. This conveyor 18 is associated with a shield 21 that covers the conveyor in one quadrant and allows the objects 17 to-be deposited into a belt-type conveyor 19 forming part of a filling machine.
Thus the user need merely rip the tape 8 between the panel 5 and the two panels 2 and 3 and then set the entire carton 16 in the trough 20. The objects 17 can roll then out of the carton 16, or the user can simply pull the carton 16 backwardly to dump them out into the trough 20. No tape is provided between the panel 5 and the reinforcing lips 6 and 7 to ease this opening-up of the package 16.
Claims (10)
PROPERTY OR PRIVILEGE IS CLAIMED ARE DEFINED AS FOLLOWS:
1. A package for a plurality of generally cylindrical objects, said package having: a generally rectangular base panel; a pair of generally rectangular and parallel end panels extending upwardly from opposite edges of said base panel; a pair of generally rectangular and parallel side panels extending upwardly from opposite edges of said base panel, said side panels bridging said end panels and having respective upper edges remote from said base panel; a pair of generally planar stiffening lips extending toward each other each from a respective upper edge, said lips being generally coplanar and generally parallel to said base panel; and tape securing each of said side panels to said end panels.
2. A package defined in claim 1 wherein each of said side and end panels has a pair of upright and generally parallel edges, said side and end panels being provided at half of said edges with fastening flaps flatly engaging the adjacent side and end panels.
3. The package defined in claim 2, wherein said tape engages said flaps.
4. The package defined in claim 1, wherein said lips have confronting spaced-apart edges.
5. The package defined in claim 4, wherein said lips each have a width measured parallel to said end panels which is equal to at most one-third of the width of said bottom panel measured in the same direction.
6. A system for loading a machine with generally cylindrical objects, said system comprising: a package containing a plurality of said objects and having a generally rectangular base panel, a pair of generally rectangular and parallel end panels extending upwardly from opposite edges of said base panel, a pair of generally rectangular and parallel side panels extending upwardly from opposite edges of said base panel, said side panels bridging said end panels and having respective upper edges remote from said base panel, a pair of generally planar stiffening lips extending toward each other each from a respective upper edge, said lips being generally coplanar and generally parallel to said base panel, and tape securing each of said side panels to the adjacent end panels, said objects being arranged with their ends between said lips and said base panel; a loading trough having an inclined floor of a width greater than the width of said base between said end panels and adapted to receive one of said packages full of said objects with one of said end walls opened and positioned below the other side wall so said objects can roll out of said package down said trough; and means for removing said objects one-at-a-time from said trough below said package.
7. The system defined in claim 6, wherein said trough has a pair of edge walls extending upwardly from said floor and laterally flanking said package.
8. The system defined in claim 6, wherein said means for removing includes a wheel-type conveyor.
9. The system defined in claim 6, wherein said tape is tearable and one of said side panels is displaceable on tearing of said tape between a position parallel to the other side panel and holding said objects in said package and a position parallel to and aligned with said base panel and allowing said objects to roll out of said package down said trough.
10. A method of handling generally cylindrical objects, said method comprising the steps of: packaging said objects in a container having a generally rectangular base panel upwardly from which extend two parallel side panels and two parallel end panels nonpermanently joined at their corners; retaining said objects during transit in said container with reinforcing lips extending toward each other from respective upper edges of the side panels; feeding said objects into a machine by tearing out one of said end panels and positioning said package containing said objects on an inclined feed-trough floor with the torn-out end panel lowermost so said objects can roll out of said package down said trough; and removing said articles one at a time from said trough at a location spaced from said package.
Applications Claiming Priority (2)
| Application Number | Priority Date | Filing Date | Title |
|---|---|---|---|
| AT93078A AT351450B (en) | 1978-02-10 | 1978-02-10 | METHOD FOR PROVIDING AND FEEDING CUP RODS OR LID RODS OR THE SAME, PACKED OR. SHOULD BE FILLED |
| ATA930/78 | 1978-02-10 |
Publications (1)
| Publication Number | Publication Date |
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| CA1091631A true CA1091631A (en) | 1980-12-16 |
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Family Applications (1)
| Application Number | Title | Priority Date | Filing Date |
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| CA321,169A Expired CA1091631A (en) | 1978-02-10 | 1979-02-09 | Tray and method for preparing cups to be filled |
Country Status (5)
| Country | Link |
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| EP (1) | EP0003574A1 (en) |
| JP (1) | JPS54152592A (en) |
| AT (1) | AT351450B (en) |
| CA (1) | CA1091631A (en) |
| NO (1) | NO790348L (en) |
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| CN107826331A (en) * | 2017-11-28 | 2018-03-23 | 浙江神翌机械有限公司 | A kind of disc type filling and sealing machine |
| CN113501175A (en) * | 2021-06-11 | 2021-10-15 | 温州市中心医院 | Medicine bottle medicine charging flow method |
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| FR787478A (en) * | 1934-03-24 | 1935-09-23 | Boxes and their manufacturing process | |
| FR953272A (en) * | 1947-09-22 | 1949-12-02 | Sucres Et Produits Coloniaux S | Packaging |
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| US3100075A (en) * | 1958-12-17 | 1963-08-06 | Union Carbide Corp | Easy-open telescoping carton for sausage casings |
| DE1761470A1 (en) * | 1968-05-24 | 1971-07-01 | Wepack Gmbh | Cardboard blank for a bulk package |
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- 1978-02-10 AT AT93078A patent/AT351450B/en not_active IP Right Cessation
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- 1979-02-02 EP EP79100312A patent/EP0003574A1/en not_active Withdrawn
- 1979-02-02 NO NO790348A patent/NO790348L/en unknown
- 1979-02-09 CA CA321,169A patent/CA1091631A/en not_active Expired
- 1979-02-10 JP JP1490879A patent/JPS54152592A/en active Pending
Also Published As
| Publication number | Publication date |
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| ATA93078A (en) | 1978-12-15 |
| AT351450B (en) | 1979-07-25 |
| JPS54152592A (en) | 1979-11-30 |
| NO790348L (en) | 1979-08-13 |
| EP0003574A1 (en) | 1979-08-22 |
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