Handle mounted on packaging and tool used to mount said handle
OwnerAlain Dufreneinventor
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Abstract
The invention relates to a handle mounted on packaging and the tool used to mount said handle. Said invention comprises (i) continuous strips of flat handles (1) produced in such a way as to leave bridges (12) between said handles so as to be easily cut while being mounted on a package and (ii) adjustable guide rails (59) disposed so as to allow the ends of the handles (1) to be brought closer together and oriented such that the ends are positioned exactly at the base of the slits disposed on the package and intended to house said ends, while bending the body of the handle. The invention relates to the industrial and commercial production and distribution of packaging accessories.
Claims12
Device constituted of a handle attached to a package and of a tool adapted for its mounting, having the object of positioning handles by an automatic machine on packages made of cardboard or the like,
- characterized by the combination, on the one hand, of flat handles (1) packaged in continuous strips and obtained so as to leave, between each of them and those adjacent to them, bridges (12) that are easily cut when mounted on a package, and, on the other hand, guide rails (5) provided to ensure both the bringing together and the orientation of the ends of the handles (1) such that said ends are directly perpendicular to the slits provided in the package and adapted to receive them, while causing the body of the handle to bend.
Device according to any of the preceding claims, characterized in that the midpoint between axes of the guide rails (5) varies and decreases when passing from the entry point (8) to the exit point (9) of said rails, so as to bring the ends of the handle closer together in order for them to be directly perpendicular to the slits of the package.
Device according to any of the preceding claims, characterized in that at the farther end of each guide rail (5) is arranged a pushing device (11) having an alternative vertical displacement, the head of which conforms to the shape of the handle (1) in order to ensure its position during the entire positioning phase, said pushing devices causing the anchoring elements (3, 4, 4′) to be engaged in the slits of the package adapted to receive them until they are completely engaged beyond the wall of said package.
Device according to any of the preceding claims, characterized in that at their ends the handles (1) comprise anchoring elements (3, 4, 4′) configured so as to fold back against the central body (2) of the handle when they penetrate into the slit of the package and to spread apart through elasticity in order to maintain said handle in place.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.