Blank and packaging for pack of pots with connection/deformation sections
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IPC분류정보
국가/구분
United States(US) Patent
등록
국제특허분류(IPC7판)
B65D-071/22
B65D-071/36
B65D-071/24
B65D-071/32
B65B-005/10
B65B-005/02
B65D-071/14
출원번호
US-0461471
(2014-08-18)
등록번호
US-9586739
(2017-03-07)
우선권정보
FR-13 58315 (2013-08-30)
발명자
/ 주소
Jego, Fabien
출원인 / 주소
AUTOMATISATION ET RENOVATION DU CONDITIONNEMENT DANS LES INDUSTRIES LAITIERES ARCIL
대리인 / 주소
Young & Thompson
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초록▼
A blank includes: a top panel, two side panels, a base panel, a closure panel, and a securing member for closing the erected blank on itself,four sets of corner post panels each extending from a side panel and able to be erected to form corner posts,a receiving portion extending over a portion of th
A blank includes: a top panel, two side panels, a base panel, a closure panel, and a securing member for closing the erected blank on itself,four sets of corner post panels each extending from a side panel and able to be erected to form corner posts,a receiving portion extending over a portion of the base panel, for receiving the bottom walls of pots, delimited transversely by two intermediate base score lines which define, with the ends of the base panel, two connection/deformation sections on either side of the receiving portion. The intermediate base score lines form two deformable hinges, so that the receiving portion can be moved relative to the ends of the base panel along a vertical axis after formation of the packaging and the pack.
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1. A flat blank, for forming a packaging for a pack of pots, the pots having a bottom wall, a side wall closed on itself, and a top closure, the pack including at least one layer of base pots, the blank being of a tubular shell type of cardboard or the like, comprising: side-by-side in a longitudina
1. A flat blank, for forming a packaging for a pack of pots, the pots having a bottom wall, a side wall closed on itself, and a top closure, the pack including at least one layer of base pots, the blank being of a tubular shell type of cardboard or the like, comprising: side-by-side in a longitudinal direction: a top panel, two side panels, a base panel, a closure panel, and a securing device configured to close the erected blank on itself;transverse score lines, extending in a transverse direction substantially perpendicular to the longitudinal direction, for folding the panels, for erecting the blank, and for forming the packaging and the pack;four sets of corner post panels, each set of corner post panels extending from a transverse end of a side panel and able to be erected relative to said side panel to form an erected corner post; andlongitudinal score lines for folding the panels of the sets of corner post panels, for erecting the sets of corner post panels, and for forming the erected corner posts,wherein the base panel comprises arranged one after the other in the longitudinal direction between a first longitudinal end and a second longitudinal end of the base panel: a first connection/deformation section,a receiving portion extending over a portion of the base panel, for receiving the bottom walls of the base pots, anda second connection/deformation section, andtwo intermediate base score lines extending in the transverse direction between the first and second connection/deformation sections and the receiving portion, so that the receiving portion is formed by a longitudinally median transverse portion of the base panel, and is bounded transversely on the base panel by the two intermediate base score lines extending in the transverse direction, the intermediate base score lines defining, with the longitudinal ends of the base panel, the first and second connection/deformation sections extending over the base panel on each side of the longitudinally median receiving portion of the base panel,the intermediate base score lines forming two deformable hinges, such that the longitudinally median receiving portion of the base panel is movable relative to the longitudinal ends of the base panel along an axis perpendicular or substantially perpendicular to the receiving portion after erection of the blank and formation of the packaging and the pack. 2. The flat blank according to claim 1, wherein a longitudinal dimension of a connection/deformation section, that is a distance between the intermediate base score line and the longitudinal end of the base panel defining the connection/deformation section, is between about 2% to 20% of a longitudinal dimension of the base panel that is a distance between the longitudinal ends of the base panel. 3. The flat blank according to claim 1, further comprising: two free edges in the longitudinal direction and two free edges in the transverse direction;arranged one after the other in the longitudinal direction: a top panel, a first side panel, a base panel, a second side panel, a closure panel with a securing device configured to secure the top panel to the closure panel in order to close the erected blank on itself with formation of a top wall; andtwo end base score lines, between the base panel and the two side panels, and two top score lines, between the top panel and the closure panel and the two adjacent side panels. 4. The flat blank according to claim 1, wherein the sets of corner post panels are substantially within the extension of the side panels, at transverse ends thereof. 5. The flat blank according to claim 4, wherein the side panels are substantially rectangular and each extend between a first and a second longitudinal end which are substantially rectilinear and parallel to each other, and between a first and a second transverse end which are substantially rectilinear and parallel to each other,the sets of corner post panels are substantially rectangular and each extend from a transverse end of a side panel between a first and a second longitudinal end which are substantially rectilinear and parallel to each other, andthe first and second longitudinal ends of the sets of corner post panels are substantially within the extension of the first and second longitudinal ends of the side panels. 6. The flat blank according to claim 1, wherein each set of corner post panels comprises at least three substantially rectangular post panels extending between the first and second longitudinal ends of said set of corner post panels,the post panels lie side by side in the transverse direction from one transverse end of a side panel from which the set of corner post panels extends, to a free transverse end of the set of corner post panels, a first post panel being connected to the transverse end of the side panel,the post panels are separated from each other and from the side panel by longitudinal score lines, for folding the post panels, for erecting the sets of corner post panels, and for forming the erected corner posts. 7. The flat blank according to claim 6, wherein each set of corner post panels comprises at a transverse free end thereof an extreme post panel, configured to attach to the side panel from which the set of corner post panels extends, after the set of corner post panels is erected. 8. The flat blank according to claim 6, wherein each set of corner post panels comprises, arranged one after the other in the transverse direction and separated by longitudinal score lines, a first post panel, a second post panel, and an extreme post panel,a transverse dimension of the first post panel that is the distance between the longitudinal score lines separating the first post panel from the second post panel and from the side panel is less than a transverse dimension of the second post panel that is the distance between the longitudinal score lines separating the second post panel from the first post panel and from the extreme panel post. 9. The flat blank according to claim 8, wherein the transverse dimension of the first post panel is between about 50% to 90% of the transverse dimension of second post panel. 10. The flat blank according to claim 1, wherein each side panel is a single rigid portion. 11. The flat blank according to claim 3, wherein a longitudinal dimension of a side panel that is a distance between the end base score line and the top score line of the side panel is less than a height of the pack of pots with no load, and a distance between the closures of the pots in the highest layer of the pack of pots in the vertical direction, and the bottom walls of the pots of the layer of base pots, when the pack of pots is not subjected to compression in the vertical direction. 12. The flat blank according to claim 11, wherein the longitudinal dimension of the side panel is between about 90% to 99% of the height of the pack of pots with no load. 13. The flat blank according to claim 3, wherein a longitudinal dimension of the base panel that is a distance between the end base score lines is substantially less than or equal to a longitudinal dimension of the top wall of the packaging, and is substantially equal to or less than a longitudinal dimension of the top panel that is a distance between the free transverse edge and the top score line of the top panel. 14. The flat blank according to claim 1, further comprising two stiffening panels each extending from a transverse end of the top panel. 15. The flat blank according to claim 14, wherein the top panel is substantially rectangular and extends between a first longitudinal end and a second longitudinal end which are substantially rectilinear and parallel to each other, and between a first transverse end and a second transverse end which are substantially rectilinear and parallel to each other,the stiffening panels each extend from a transverse end of the top panel to a free transverse end, and extend between a first longitudinal end and a second longitudinal end which are substantially rectilinear and parallel to each other, andthe first and second longitudinal ends of the stiffening panels are substantially within the extension of the first and second longitudinal ends of the top panel. 16. A method for creating a pack of pots, the pots being of the type having a bottom wall, a side wall closed on itself, and a top closure, the pack including at least one layer of base pots and, optionally, one or more layers of pots stacked vertically on top of the layer of base pots, packaged in packaging created from a flat blank erected and closed on itself, wherein: the flat blank according to claim 1 is provided,pots intended to be part of the pack are provided,in a pot arrangement step, the pots are placed on the blank in at least one layer of base pots, and optionally one or more layers of pots stacked in a height direction on top of the layer of base pots, so that the bottom walls of the base pots are received on the receiving portion of the blank,in a post formation step, four sets of corner post panels are erected relative to the side panels so as to form four erected corner posts by folding the panels of the sets of corner post panels around longitudinal score lines,in a blank formation step, the blank is erected around the pots by folding the side panels, the top panel, and the closure panel around transverse score lines,then, in a securing step, the closure panel is secured so that it closes the erected blank on itself, thus forming the packaging for the pack of pots as well as the pack of pots. 17. The method for creating a pack of pots according to claim 16, wherein the extreme post panels of the sets of corner post panels are secured to the side panels. 18. The method for creating a pack of pots according to claim 16, wherein the first corner post panel pivots about the transverse end of the side panel to an angle of about 90°. 19. The method for creating a pack of pots according to claim 16, wherein each stiffening panel is folded over the erected corner posts of the transverse ends of the adjacent side panels and each stiffening panel is secured to said erected corner posts. 20. A packaging obtained by implementing a method according to claim 16, wherein each erected corner post extends in the vertical direction between a lower end and an upper end, and wherein a height of an erected corner post—a distance in the vertical direction between the lower end and the upper end of the erected corner post—is less than a height of the pack of pots with no load—a distance in the vertical direction between the closures of the pots in the vertically highest layer of pots of the pack of pots, and the bottom walls of the pots of the layer of base pots, the pack of pots not being subjected to compression in the vertical direction. 21. The packaging according to claim 20, wherein, when the pack of pots is not subjected to compression in the vertical direction, the lower ends of the erected corner posts are not in contact with the receiving portion of the blank. 22. The packaging according to claim 21, wherein the lower ends of the erected corner posts are distanced from the receiving portion of the blank, in the vertical direction, by a substantially vertical separation distance of between about 1% to 10%, more particularly about 4%, of a height of the erected corner posts—a distance, in the vertical direction, between the lower ends and the upper ends of the erected corner posts. 23. The packaging according to claim 20, wherein, when the pack of pots is subjected to compression in the vertical direction, the bottom walls of the pots of at least one layer of pots of the pack are deformed in the vertical direction such that the lower ends of the erected corner posts are in contact with the receiving portion of the blank. 24. The packaging according to claim 23, wherein a height of the pack of pots under load—a distance, in the vertical direction, between the top closures of the pots in the vertically highest layer of pots of the pack of pots, and the bottom walls of the pots in the layer of base pots, said pack of pots being subjected to compression in the vertical direction—is equal to a height of the erected corner posts—a distance, in the vertical direction, between the lower ends and the upper ends of the erected corner posts. 25. The packaging according to claim 20, wherein the compression in the vertical direction exceeds 6 kg, in particular exceeds 10 kg. 26. The packaging according to claim 20, wherein, for a set of corner post panels erected to form an erected corner post, the first post panel forms an angle of about 90° with the side panel from which the set of corner post panels extends,the second post panel forms an angle of about 45° with the first post panel,the extreme post panel forms an obtuse angle of about 135° with the second post panel, and is substantially coplanar with the side panel from which the set of corner post panels extends. 27. A pack of pots including at least one layer of base pots and, optionally, one or more layers of pots stacked vertically on top of the layer of base pots, the pots being of the type having a bottom wall, a side wall closed on itself, and a top closure; and a packaging according to claim 20, wherein: the bottom walls of the base pots are received on the receiving portion, andthe top wall rests against or is adjacent to the top closure of the pots in the vertically highest layer of pots of the pack of pots. 28. The pack according to claim 27, wherein the bottom walls of the pots of at least one layer of pots of the pack are rounded and able to deform elastically in the vertical direction and/or the side walls of the pots of at least one layer of pots of the pack are able to deform elastically in the vertical direction when the pack of pots is subjected to compression in the vertical direction. 29. The pack according to claim 27, wherein the layer of base pots consists of at least eight base pots. 30. A production line for creating a pack of pots according to claim 27, comprising: means for providing flat blanks according to,means for providing pots intended to be part of the pack,conveying means associated with the means for providing flat cardboard blanks and the means for providing pots, said conveying means being arranged generally horizontally and being suitable for conveying flat blanks, blanks with pots resting on them, and packaging materials, with functional means along its length comprising:means for gripping, moving, and arranging pots, suitable and intended for arranging the pots in at least one layer of base pots, and optionally one or more layers of pots stacked in a height direction on top of the layer of base pots such that the bottom walls of the base pots are received on the receiving portion of the blanks on the conveying means,folding means, suitable and intended for erecting the sets of corner post panels relative to the side panels of the blanks, so as to form the erected corner posts by folding the panels of the sets of corner post panels around the longitudinal score lines,folding means, suitable and intended for erecting the blanks around the pots by folding the side panels, top panels, and closure panels around the transverse score lines,closure and securing means, suitable and intended for securing the closure panels so as to close the erected blanks on themselves and thus form the packaging for packs of pots as well as the packs of pots,and means for removing the packs.
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De Guglielmo Pascal (Montgueux FRX) Beaucote Grard (les Noes Pres Troyes FRX), Blank for forming a tubular envelope of card for grouping pots together, and a pack made in this way.
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