Package and blank and apparatus for forming such package
AssigneeHeineken Technical Service B.V.
InventorJan Kruit
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Abstract
A package for containers such as bottles or cans, in particular beverage containers, folded from a blank, provided with: a substantially closed bottom panel (2); two side panels (4), upstanding from the bottom panel, on opposite sides thereof; two upper flaps (6) folded from the side panels over containers arranged on the bottom panel; end wall flaps (10) extending on both sides of each side panel while confining the containers; and top flaps (12) extending from the upper edges of the end wall flaps facing away from the bottom panel, below or between the upper flaps (6); wherein at least said two flaps (12) and/or the upper flaps (6) are attached to each other.
Claims21
A package for containers such as bottles or cans, in particular beverage containers, folded from a blank, provided with:
- a substantially closed bottom panel;
- two side panels, upstanding from the bottom panel, on opposite sides thereof;
- two upper flaps folded from the side panels over containers arranged on the bottom panel;
- end wall flaps extending on both sides of each side panel while confining the containers;
- and
- top flaps extending from the upper edges of the end wall flaps facing away from the bottom panel, below or between the upper flaps;
- wherein at least said two top flaps and/or the upper flaps are attached to each other.
A blank for a package for containers, in particular beverage containers such as cans or bottles, provided with:
- a substantially closed bottom panel;
- two side panels connected to the bottom panel via first fold lines extending parallel to each other;
- first and second upper flaps connected to the side panels via fifth fold lines extending substantially parallel to the first fold lines;
- end wall flaps connected to the side panels via third fold lines extending substantially at right angles to the first and fifth fold lines;
- and
- top flaps connected to the end wall flaps via sixth fold lines extending approximately in line with, at least substantially parallel to the fifth fold lines.
A method for forming a package for containers such as beverage cans or bottles, comprising the steps of:
- arranging at least one row of containers on the bottom panel of a blank, against each other and along the longitudinal edges of the bottom panel;
- folding the side panels, connected to the bottom panel via fold lines on opposite sides against the containers;
- optionally folding edge flaps connected to the bottom panel and/or end wall flaps on opposite sides against containers;
- folding end wall flaps connected to the side panels on opposite sides against the optional edge flaps and/or containers;
- folding a first upper flap connected to the first side panel;
- top flaps connected to the end wall flaps;
- and a second upper flap connected to a second side panel, over the top side of the containers;
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- connecting the first and second upper flap to each other and/or to the top flaps.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.