Special receptacle or package – Portable segregating carrier for plural cylindrical... – Receptacle chime – or closure cap flange – engaging type
Patent
1992-04-02
1993-07-27
Foster, Jimmy G.
Special receptacle or package
Portable segregating carrier for plural cylindrical...
Receptacle chime, or closure cap flange, engaging type
206147, 206160, B65D 7100
Patent
active
052304256
DESCRIPTION:
BRIEF SUMMARY
TECHNICAL FIELD
The present invention relates to a carrier for packaging two or more cylindrical cans together in at least one line, each of said cans being provided with a neck with a reduced diameter close to an attached over, said carrier being produced from a cardboard blank having two convex slots side by side for each can, the distance between said slots being smaller than the diameter of the cover, and wherein each of the arc shaped slots is complemented by at least two radially outwardly running short slots for making a series of inward pointing tabs, hen in use, each pair of slots being arranged to grip with their outer edges immediately below the cover at opposite sides of each can.
PRIOR ART
Cans according to the above are used for packaging of beer, soft drinks and mineral water. These drinks are often bought in a number of cans and there is a need of bringing about means for a bunch packaging of cans so that the customer can handle the cans in such group as a unit.
Several solutions to bring abut said bunch packaging exist. For example there are combinations of cardboard and plastics where one uses a bottom f cardboard and a wrapper of a stretching or shrinking film. This solution is primarily used for large units comprising 24 cans.
Further pure plastics solutions also exist where one from a reel applies a row of connected rings, usually 2 in parallel, which are applied in such a way around the cans that they grasp around it below the part having reduced cylindrical diameter below the cover. It happens thus that these rings are disposed in the nature by inconsiderate people. It has many times happened that wild animals have got entangled in the plastic hooks and have suffered a painful death.
Besides that banderols of carton for bunch packaging of cans exist. This solution is not satisfactory as it is not suitable for use when the number of cans are uneven. Further the cost for such a cardboard banderol is such that it is not suitable to use it for carrying smaller groups than six cans. The cardboard material has, however, great advantages with regard to the environment as it is quickly decaded in the nature and does not give rise to any appreciable amounts of remnant when being burnt.
Cardboard carriers for bunch packaged cans are earlier known through GB 1604840 which have been provided with two vertically downwardly folded flaps which via a punched straight slot grasps the underside of the cover for the can, i.e. is supported against the cover edge at diametrically opposite sides of the can.
The U.S. Pat. No. 3,094,210 shows similar cardboard carriers having vertically downwardly folded flaps which grasp at the underside of the can cover. A substantial disadvantage with these known carriers is that the flaps carrying the cans extend downwardly along the sides of the cans and easily can hook on something so that the flaps can be folded upwardly and loose the grasp about the cover edge. Further the grasping principle is based on that the cardboard material is elastic so that it "squeezes" on both sides of the can. A problem by using such an elastical cardboard material is that the carton tends to absorb humidity, for example from the humid environment which is usual within breweries. The ability of the carrier to keep the cans is thereby appreciably lowered The risk is also great that the carton is split at its ends. These disadvantages have resulted in that these known carton carriers do not satisfy the demand which has to be put on a product of this kind namely that it shall be able to maintain the cans in a safe way and to be applicable on cans in a rational way in a difficult environment.
TECHNICAL PROBLEM
One object of the invention is to bring about a carrier for cans which can be made from a comparatively thin cardboard blank which carrier satisfies the above mentioned demands and gives the possibility to variation with regard to the number of cans.
THE SOLUTION
For this purpose the invention is characterized in that each of the arc shaped punched grooves are completed with
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