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EP0550431B1
EP0550431B1 EP90915415A EP90915415A EP0550431B1 EP 0550431 B1 EP0550431 B1 EP 0550431B1 EP 90915415 A EP90915415 A EP 90915415A EP 90915415 A EP90915415 A EP 90915415A EP 0550431 B1 EP0550431 B1 EP 0550431B1
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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
    • B65D71/50—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 otherwise than by folding a blank

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  • the invention concerns a bottle package for holding and carrying a group of bottles and consisting of a preferably thin plate formed as an open cap with a skirt facing downwardly in normal use and closed at the top of a bottom containing a plurality of substantially ring-shaped carrier regions.
  • a package is for instance known from US-A-4 139 094 and US-A-3 912 075.
  • Packages of this type serving to transport a small number, e.g. three or six bottles of beer or other beverage, are known. These packages normally have four sides which are folded from a single piece of cardboard or a similar material. The lower one of these sides is formed with guide openings for the bottles, and the upper carrier opening is formed with punched serrations or flaps permitting the bottle neck with applied cap to be inserted through the respective carrier opening, but not out again since the serrations or the flaps then jump inwardly like a kind of barbs and lock below the downwardly facing edge of a cap. To remove the bottles, the package therefore has to be torn apart, and it can therefore only be used once.
  • the object of the invention is to provide a package of the type stated in the opening paragraph, which is inexpensive and easy to mass-produce, and which can be used repeatedly for carrying filled bottles with applied cap as well as empty bottles without.
  • each carrier region has a substantially tubular part downwardly open and entirely or partly closed upwardly by a top, said tubular part having at least one inwardly facing circumferential bead arranged at a distance from the top, and the tubular part is further adapted to elastically expand from a rest position to an expanded state.
  • each carrier region and the plate areas immediately adjoining it may extend, in axial section in preferably softly bent curves whose tangents are nowhere at right angles to the axis of the region, whereby the acute angle of the tangents with the axis may moreover be less than 80°, preferably less than 60° and in particular less than 45°.
  • This is advantageous for reasons of production and also involve safe holding of the bottle neck and moreover entails that the said bottle neck can be engaged and disengaged from the package without damaging it.
  • a particularly favourable elastic expansion of the carrier regions is obtained in an advantageous embodiment of the invention in that each of said carrier regions and/or the plate areas immediately adjoining these are formed with a plurality of substantially axially extending waves and/or slots.
  • each carrier region may be adapted to engage simultanesouly with both a bead on the bottle neck and a cap on it, so as to provide a dual and therefore additionally sturdy engagement with the somewhat heavier, filled bottles which are provided with caps.
  • the package moreover consists of an elastic material, such as elastic plastics, which can be integrally formed to a unitary member by means of moulding, pressure or vacuum forming.
  • an elastic material such as elastic plastics
  • This provides easy and inexpensive production and entails that, in contrast to cardboard, the material can be subjected to considerable non-permanent deformations, thereby making it possible to re-use the package. Therefore, the package is normally recycled with the returnable bottles to the beverage producer, who can use the package again or return it to the package manufacturer if it should have been damaged e.g. in transport. Finally, the package manufacturer may then repaint the used plastics package and thereby produce a product which may be used for moulding new plastics objects. Thus, considerable economic as well as environmental advantages are obtained.
  • the bottom of the cap-shaped package may moreover be pulled upwardly at each carrier region in a downwardly open tubular part, which contains the respective carrier region and is preferably closed upwardly, and a guide for each of the bottles may be provided in the downwardly facing skirt in continuation of the tubular part.
  • the bottles are hereby duly held in position in the package during storage as well as during transport, and the packaged groups of bottles will moreover be stackable since each group can stably stand on the bottom of the subjacent package between its tubular parts, which at the same time accommodate the upper part of the bottle necks so that the total stack height will be smaller than is the case when using the known cardboard packages.
  • the bottom of the cap-shaped package may be formed with at least one finger hole for carrying the packaged group of bottles.
  • the package skirt may downwardly be provided with a peripherally extending edge reinforcement in the form of a protruding flange or rib in order to stiffen the package.
  • the shown bottle package which is generally indicated by 1, is made of a relatively thin plate-shaped material, e.g. elastic plastics, which may be transparent or coloured and, as desired, additionally be provided with prints to indicate the nature and brand of the bottle contents.
  • a relatively thin plate-shaped material e.g. elastic plastics, which may be transparent or coloured and, as desired, additionally be provided with prints to indicate the nature and brand of the bottle contents.
  • Fig. 1 shows a package for a total of six bottles drawn in dotted line.
  • the package is formed in a single piece by means of known manufacturing techniques, such as moulding, pressing or vacuum forming.
  • the package may be used repeatedly, but if it nevertheless eventually has to be rejected, e.g. because of damage in transport, the plastics material may be repainted and be used again for moulding new objects, so that altogether the package involves considerable economic and environmental advantages.
  • the package 1 is vacuum formed in hot state from a stiff and elastic plastics sheet to a form resembling a downwardly open cap which has a downwardly facing skirt 2, which is downwardly stiffened with a flange 3, and a bottom 4 with finger holes 5 in which the package can be held when it is to be carried.
  • the package surrounds the neck region of the total group of bottles with its skirt 2 and moreover guides the bottles by means of guides 6 provided in the skirt 2 with a shape corresponding to the bottle necks.
  • tubular parts 7 are drawn upwardly above the level of the bottom 4, said parts 7 being downwardly open and closed upwardly with a top 8 in which a further opening may optionally be provided.
  • the plastics sheet of the tubular parts 7 are formed with ring-shaped carrier regions 9; 10 to hold the bottles by means of engagement with a bead 11 on the bottle neck or cap 12 on it.
  • Figs. 4 and 6 show a first embodiment 9 of such a carrier region, where a single engagement takes place with the neck bead 11.
  • the group of bottles may thus be carried by means of the package of the invention, irrespective of whether the bottles are provided with caps or not, and the package is therefore useful for filled bottles as well as for empty returnable bottles.
  • Fig. 5 shows another embodiment 10, where the carrier region has a dual engagement for filled bottels, said region 10 having an upper region section 13 engaging with the cap 12, and a lower region section 14 which simultaneously engages with the bottle bead 11.
  • the package can hereby safely hold filled bottles which are extra heavy, while the empty and therefore lighter bottles are held by the lower region section 14 in the same manner as in the first embodiment.
  • each carrier region may be expanded elastically from a rest position in which the clear of the region is smaller than the outside diameter of the bottle bead and/or the cap, to an expanded state in which the clear is at least just as great as said diameter, so that the bottle neck can be engaged and disengaged from the package without difficulty.
  • each carrier region and the plate areas immediately adjoining it extend, in axial section in preferably softly bent curves, whose tangents are nowhere at right angles to the axis of the region, whereby the acute angle of the tangents with the axis is less than 80°, preferably less than 60° and in particular less than 45°. This prevents the risk of e.g. sharp edges on the bottle cap digging into the material during the insertion or removal of the bottle neck in the respective carrier region.
  • Figs. 4, 6 and 7 show a first embodiment 16 of such waves
  • fig. 5 shows another embodiment 17, where the waves 17 extend axially from a plate area below the lower region section 14 up to the upper region section 13.
  • the sheet may be perforated by slots likewise extending axially.
  • the bottles When the bottles are packaged in groups in the package of the invention, they may be stacked vertically on top of each other, since each group can stand on the bottom of the subjacent package between its tubular parts. Since these moreover accommodate the upper part of the bottle neck, the total height of the stacked bottles is reduced correspondingly with respect to bottles stacked by means of conventional cardboard packages.

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Abstract

Un emballage (1) pour bouteilles sert à regrouper un nombre réduit de bouteilles et à les transporter ensemble. L'emballage comprend un matériau mince, de préférence plat, dans lequel sont façonnées une pluralité de zones de transport (9, 10) essentiellement annulaires qui portent les bouteilles en accrochant une moulure (11) du col de la bouteille et/ou le capuchon (12) de la bouteille. L'emballage (1) a essentiellement la forme d'un couvercle ouvert vers le bas avec une jupe (2) tournée vers le bas qui renferme, pendant son utilisation, au moins la partie supérieure du groupe de bouteilles, et avec un fond (4) qui contient les zones de transport (9, 10). Les zones de transport sont agencées de manière à porter, pendant le transport des bouteilles dans l'emballage (1), le poids des bouteilles sur la face intérieure (15) du matériau plat dont l'emballage est composé, tel que de préférence une matière plastique élastique appropriée. Etant donné que chaque zone de transport (9, 10) comprend des ondulations axiales (17), elles peuvent se dilater suffisamment pour que le col d'une bouteille puisse y pénétrer ou en sortir sans déformer de manière permanente les régions (9, 10). On peut ainsi réutiliser une ou plusieurs fois l'emballage afin d'emballer et de transporter des bouteilles pleines ainsi que des bouteilles vides consignées, ce qui présente des avantages considérables du point de vue économique et de l'environnement.

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  1. Porte-bouteilles (1) pour ranger et transporter un groupe de bouteil les, réalisé à partir d'une plaque mince de préférence ayant la forme d'un capuchon ouvert avec une jupe (2) orientée vers le bas lorsque le porte-bouteilles est utilisé et comportant un haut (4) avec une pluralité de régions de support sensiblement annulaires, caractérisé en ce que chaque région de support a une partie sensiblement tubulaire (7) en bas et partiellement ou totalement fermée en haut (8), ladite partie tubulaire (7) ayant au moins un bourrelet circonférentiel (11; 13, 14) orienté vers l'intérieur et disposé à une certaine distance du haut (8), et la partie tubulaire (7) étant en outre conçue pour se dilater d'une manlère élastique d'une position de repos vers une position dilatée.
  2. Porte-bouteilles selon la revendication 1, caractérisé en ce que chaque région de support et les régions de plaque immédiatement avoisinantes présentent des courbures de préférence arrondies en coupe axiale, dont les tangentes ne sont en aucun emplacement perpendiculaires à l'axe de la région.
  3. Porte-bouteilles selon la revendication 1 ou 2, caractérisé en ce que l'angle fermé des tangentes avec l'axe est inférieur à 80°, de préférence inférieur a 60° et surtout inférieur à 45°.
  4. Porte-bouteilles selon une ou plusieurs des revendications 1 - 3, caractérisé en ce qu'une pluralité d'ondulations et/ou de fentes (16; 17) orientées sensiblement axialement sont formées dans chaque région de support et/ou les régions de plaques immédiatement avoisinantes.
  5. Porte-bouteilles selon une ou plusieurs des revendications 1 - 4, caractérisé en ce que chaque région de support est conçue pour s'engager simultanément avec un bourrelet du col de la bouteille et avec le capuchon sur ce col.
  6. Porte-bouteilles selon une ou plusieurs des revendications 1 - 5, caractérisé en ce que le porte-bouteilles (1) est réalisé en un matériau élastique, tel qu'un plastique élastique, qui est réalisé d'une seule pièce par moulage, pressage ou formage sous vide.
  7. Porte-bouteilles selon une ou plusieurs des revendications 1 - 6, caractérisé en ce que le haut (4) de porte-bouteilles en forme de capuchon (1) est déformé vers le haut dans chaque région de transport pour former une partie tubulaire (7) ouverte vers le bas constituant la région de transport et de préférence fermée en haut et en ce qu'un guide (6) pour chacune des bouteilles est formé dans la jupe dirigée vers le bas, en prolongement de la partie tubulaire (7).
  8. Porte-bouteilles selon une ou plusieurs des revendications 1 - 7, caractérisé en ce que le haut (4) de porte-bouteilles (1) en forme de capuchon est formé avec au moins un trou pour les doigts (5), pour porter le groupe de bouteilles.
  9. Porte-bouteilles selon une ou plusieurs des revendications 1 - 8, caractérisé en ce que la jupe (2) du porte-bouteilles en forme de capuchon est pourvue en bas d'un bord de renforcement s'étendant sur la périphérie et se présentant sous la forme d'une bride ou nervure saillante (3).
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DK161389A DK162711C (da) 1989-04-04 1989-04-04 Flaskeemballage til en gruppe flasker
PCT/DK1990/000252 WO1992006016A1 (fr) 1989-04-04 1990-10-03 Emballage pour bouteilles

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DE69020585D1 (de) 1995-08-03
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