GB1565350A - Blank for a packaging sleeve and packages made therewith - Google Patents
Blank for a packaging sleeve and packages made therewith Download PDFInfo
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- GB1565350A GB1565350A GB4693575A GB4693575A GB1565350A GB 1565350 A GB1565350 A GB 1565350A GB 4693575 A GB4693575 A GB 4693575A GB 4693575 A GB4693575 A GB 4693575A GB 1565350 A GB1565350 A GB 1565350A
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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
- B65D71/14—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 without end walls
- B65D71/16—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 without end walls with article-locating elements
- B65D71/18—Tabs inwardly folded tabs from the upper or lower wall
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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
- 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
- B65D2571/00129—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
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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
- 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
- B65D2571/00246—Locating elements for the contents
- B65D2571/00253—Locating elements for the contents integral with the wrapper
- B65D2571/00259—Locating elements for the contents integral with the wrapper inwardly folded tabs, i.e. elements substantially narrower than the corresponding package dimension
- B65D2571/00265—Locating elements for the contents integral with the wrapper inwardly folded tabs, i.e. elements substantially narrower than the corresponding package dimension extending from the upper or lower wall
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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
- 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
- B65D2571/00246—Locating elements for the contents
- B65D2571/00253—Locating elements for the contents integral with the wrapper
- B65D2571/00302—Locating elements for the contents integral with the wrapper consisting of an inward deformation of at least a wall, e.g. embossed, keels
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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
- 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
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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
- 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
- B65D2571/00716—Shape of the formed wrapper, i.e. shape of each formed element if the wrapper is made from more than one element tubular without end walls
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Description
(54) BLANK FOR A PACKAGING SLEEVE AND PACKAGES
MADE THEREWITH
(71) We, DRG (UK) LIMITED, of 1
Redcliffe Street, Bristol BS99 7QY, a British
Company, do hereby declare the invention, for which we pray that a patent may be granted to us, and the method by which it is to be performed, to be particularly described in and by the following statement:- This invention relates to packages, and more particularly to a package and a method of packaging in which a number of articles are enclosed within a sleeve made from a blank of foldable sheet material.
According to one aspect of the present invention there is provided a blank of foldable sheet material for making up into a packaging sleeve, comprising an array of panels hinged one to the next, the ends of the array being interconnectable to form a multi-sided sleeve, one side of the sleeve comprising a pair of panels spaced apart longitudinally (i.e. lengthwise of the array of panels) in the blank and joined by a plurality of transversely spaced apart tongue-forming panels which are hinged at their ends to said pair of side-forming panels and may be folded or curved to form a plurality of tongues extending into the sleeve from said one side thereof when said pair of side-forming panels are brought into adjacent relationship to form the whole or part of said one side.
Preferably, the tongue-forming panels have additional transverse fold lines intermediate their ends, whereby they may be folded to provide tongues in the form of double-wall flaps. The tongues can be used to locate articles enclosed within the sleeve.
One end of the array may have a portion or portions adapted to project into the sleeve to locate articles contained within the sleeve.
These locating portions may be provided by elements in the end regions of the array adapted to interlock to secure the ends of the array together and form the sleeve.
Said one side of the sleeve may be formed from more than two panels interconnected by tongue-forming panels, so that a plurality of rows of tongues extend into the sleeve from said side. The tongue-forming panels are preferably folded about their mid-points so that the two halves of each tongue-forming panel can be secured together in face-to-face relationship. One of the side-forming panels joined by the tongue-forming panels may have projecting portions between the tongue-forming panels which can overlap and be secured to the adjacent side-forming panel when the tongues are formed.
In order that the invention may be more clearly understood, various embodiments will now be described with reference to the drawings accompanying the Provisional
Specification, wherein:
Fig. 1 shows a blank prior to erection,
Fig. 2 shows a part of the blank after a first stage in the erection process.
Fig. 3 shows a perspective view of part of the blank in the partially erected condition of Fig. 2 being presented to a series of articles to be packaged,
Fig. 4 shows a perspective view of the package thus formed, and
Figs. 5 and 6 shows end views of alternative embodiments of package.
Referring to the drawings, and firstly to
Fig. 1; the blank is formed from foldable board material, and comprises an array of panels hinged one to the next. End panels 10, 12 have partially cut-out elements 14, 16 respectively which can be pressed out of the plane of the panels and interlocked in known manner to secure the panels 10, 12 together and form a multi-sided sleeve from the blank. The two panels 10, 12 form the bottom of the sleeve, panels 18, 20 form opposite walls of the sleeve, and a pair of panels 22, 24 form the top of the sleeeve.
The panels 22, 24 are spaced apart by means of strip panels 26 which are themselves transversely spaced apart with respect to the array, and are hingedly connected at their ends to the panels 22, 24. In addition, the strips 26 have central transverse fold lines 28. The panel 22 has projecting portions 30 along the edge facing the panel 24 in the regions not occupied by the strips 26.
In the first stage of this blank, a line of adhesive is applied to the blank as indicated at 32 to extend over the projecting portions 30 and the intermediate portions of the strips 26. The strips 26 are then folded about their central fold lines 28 so as to bring them in face-to-face relationship. They are secured thus by the adhesive on the strips.
In addition, the adhesive on the projecting portions 30 of the panel 22 secures those portions to the panel 24. The panels 22, 24 are thus brought into adjacent relationship and united to form the top of the sleeve. The sleeve can conveniently be sent home in this fashion, since the flaps formed by the folding strips 26 can be pressed flat to lie substantially in the plane of the blank, as shown in Fig. 2. (It should be noted that the other side of the blank is shown in Fig. 2 from that which is shown in Fig. 1).
Referring to Fig. 3; the next stage in
erecting the blank can be done by hand, but can conveniently be effected mechanically by arranging the blank transversely on a conveyor belt 34, and securing it to the surface of the belt while passing it around an end reversing roller 36 for the belt. This causes the flaps 26 to stand up from the surface of the blank. A second conveyor belt 38 arranged under the belt 34 brings a series of articles, in this case wine glasses 40, under the lower run-of the belt 34, and moving in the same direction and at the same speed. The glasses 40 are located on the belt 38 by adjustable locating elements 42, and the belts 34 and 38 are synchronised so that the flaps 26 of the blank carried by the belt 34 enter the open mouths of the glasses 40.The glasses and superimposed blank are carried along between the conveyors 34, 38 past a station (not shown) where the wall panels 18, 20 of the blank are folded downwardly alongside the glasses. Then the glasses and blank move off the conveyor 38 to a further station in which the bottom panels 10, 12 are folded under in succession and fingers move upwardly against the elements 16, forcing them through the panel 10 in the openings provided by the elements 14. In this way the panels 10, 12 are interlocked in known manner.
As shown in Fig. 4, the elements 16 project upwardly from the bottom of the sleeve into the interior of the sleeve in regions not occupied by the bases of the glasses 40. Thereby, the elements 16 can engage and locate the base of the glasses and prevent them from being displaced unduly. The tops of the glasses are securely located by the flaps 26 engaging therein.
Apart from this, a further feature of the sleeve thus formed is that it presents a complete unbroken external surface which can bear decorative printing.
Instead of the interlocking elements 14, 16, the bottom panels could be secured by other means, for example by means of adhesive. To provide location for the bottoms of the articles in the sleeve in this case, the panel 10 may have hinged flaps, as shown at 44 in Fig. 5, which extends diagonally across a bottom corner of the sleeve between the bottoms of the articles.
Fig. 6 shows a modification in which the top of the sleeve is formed from three panels 22, 23, 24, which are spaced apart in the blank by two sets of strips 26. The projecting portions 30 on the panel 22 are adhered to the intermediate panel 23, while the panel 23 also has projecting portions 30 to adhere to the panel 24. The sleeve thus is provided with two parallel rows of flaps 26, so that the sleeve can package two parallel rows of articles 40. The articles are located at the bottom by means of the upwardly projecting locking elements 16, which in this case are provided along the middle of the bottom wall so as to engage and locate both rows of articles.
WHAT WE CLAIM IS:
1. A blank of foldable sheet material for making up into a packaging sleeve, comprising an array of panels hinged one to the next, the ends of the array being inter- connectable to form a mutli-sided sleeve, one side of the sleeve comprising a pair of panels spaced apart longitudinally in the blank and joined by a plurality of transversely spaced apart tongue-forming panels which are hinged at their ends to said pair of side-forming panels and may be folded or curved to form a plurality of tongues extending into the sleeve from said one side thereof when said pair of side-forming panels are brought into adjacent relationship to form the whole or part of said one side.
2. A blank according to claim 1 wherein one end of the array has a portion or portions adapted to project into the sleeve to locate articles contained within the sleeve.
3. A blank according to claim 2 wherein said locating portions are provided by elements in the end regions of the array adapted to interlock to securethç ends of the array together and form the sleeve
4. A blank according to any one of the preceding claims, wherein said one side of the sleeve is formed from more than two panels interconnected by tongue-forming panels so that a plurality of rows of tongues extend into the sleeve from said side.
5. A blank according to any one of the preceding claims wherein one of the side-forming panels joined by the tongue-forming panels has projecting portions between the tongue-forming panels which can overlap and be secured to the
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Claims (12)
1. A blank of foldable sheet material for making up into a packaging sleeve, comprising an array of panels hinged one to the next, the ends of the array being inter- connectable to form a mutli-sided sleeve, one side of the sleeve comprising a pair of panels spaced apart longitudinally in the blank and joined by a plurality of transversely spaced apart tongue-forming panels which are hinged at their ends to said pair of side-forming panels and may be folded or curved to form a plurality of tongues extending into the sleeve from said one side thereof when said pair of side-forming panels are brought into adjacent relationship to form the whole or part of said one side.
2. A blank according to claim 1 wherein one end of the array has a portion or portions adapted to project into the sleeve to locate articles contained within the sleeve.
3. A blank according to claim 2 wherein said locating portions are provided by elements in the end regions of the array adapted to interlock to securethç ends of the array together and form the sleeve
4. A blank according to any one of the preceding claims, wherein said one side of the sleeve is formed from more than two panels interconnected by tongue-forming panels so that a plurality of rows of tongues extend into the sleeve from said side.
5. A blank according to any one of the preceding claims wherein one of the side-forming panels joined by the tongue-forming panels has projecting portions between the tongue-forming panels which can overlap and be secured to the
adjacent side-forming panel when the tongues are formed.
6. A blank according to any one of the preceding claims wherein the tongueforming panels have additional transverse fold lines intermediate their ends, whereby they may be folded to provide tongues in the form of double-wall flaps.
7. A blank according to claim 6 wherein the tongue-forming panels are folded about their mid-points so that the two halves of each tongue-forming panel can be secured together in face-to-face relationship.
8. A packaging blank substantially as described herein with reference to the drawings accompanying the Provisional
Specification.
9. A blank according to any one of the preceding claims in which the or each said pair of panels are brought into adjacent relationship and secured together to form said tongues.
10. A package comprising a blank according to any one of the preceding claims, formed into a sleeve containing a plurality of articles located therein by said tongues.
11. A method of forming a package according to claim 10, which comprises conveying a set of said articles through a packaging station, simultaneously conveying a blank according to claim 9 through the packaging station, the blank being arranged with its array of panels extending transversely to the direction of travel, the blank being passed around a path which curves in the direction of travel whereby the flexing of the blank causes the tongues to project from the plane of the blank, the blank in this condition being brought into adjacent relationship with a said set of articles passing through the packaging station so that the tongues engage the articles, the blank being thereupon moved into a planar configuration adjacent the set of articles, and then formed into a sleeve around the articles.
12. A packaging method substantially as described herein with reference to the drawings accompanying the Provisional
Specification.
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GB4693575A GB1565350A (en) | 1976-11-12 | 1976-11-12 | Blank for a packaging sleeve and packages made therewith |
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GB4693575A GB1565350A (en) | 1976-11-12 | 1976-11-12 | Blank for a packaging sleeve and packages made therewith |
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Cited By (3)
Publication number | Priority date | Publication date | Assignee | Title |
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EP0156353A2 (en) * | 1984-03-29 | 1985-10-02 | Unilever N.V. | Package made of carton |
US5105945A (en) * | 1990-12-05 | 1992-04-21 | Coburn, Inc. | Display carrier with retaining tabs |
US5145067A (en) * | 1991-12-16 | 1992-09-08 | Coburn, Inc. | Carton with side mounted locking tabs |
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Cited By (4)
Publication number | Priority date | Publication date | Assignee | Title |
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EP0156353A2 (en) * | 1984-03-29 | 1985-10-02 | Unilever N.V. | Package made of carton |
EP0156353A3 (en) * | 1984-03-29 | 1987-09-23 | Unilever Nv | Package made of carton |
US5105945A (en) * | 1990-12-05 | 1992-04-21 | Coburn, Inc. | Display carrier with retaining tabs |
US5145067A (en) * | 1991-12-16 | 1992-09-08 | Coburn, Inc. | Carton with side mounted locking tabs |
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PCNP | Patent ceased through non-payment of renewal fee |