Package for orienting a plurality of articles

A method of packaging a plurality of articles comprising the steps of:

• supplying rigid stock material having first and second sides;
• applying at least two adhesive strips to said stock material;
• forming first and second lines of weakness in said stock material at spaced-apart locations;
• cutting a portion of said stock material to form a blank;
• folding said blank about said first and second lines of weakness to form a T-shaped member including a base wall and a divider wall which define an article support member on each side of said divider wall, each article support member including at least one of said adhesive strips on the divider wall of each of said article support members;
• depositing a row of articles on the article support member on the first side of said blank and depositing another row of articles on the article support member on the second side of said blank to adhere said articles to said adhesive strips on said divider wall and to support said articles on the base wall of each of said article support members so that said articles are held in a fixed orientation with respect to each other;
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• applying a wrapping film to said oriented articles to cover the four sidewalls of the package, leaving at least one of the end walls of the package exposed for further processing.

A method of packaging a plurality of articles comprising the steps of:

• supplying paperboard stock having first and second sides;
• applying adhesive film to the first and second sides of said paperboard stock;
• forming first and second lines of weakness in said paperboard stock at spaced-apart locations;
• cutting a portion of said paperboard stock to form a blank;
• folding said blank about said first second lines of weakness to form a T-shaped member including a base and a divider which define an article support member on each side of said divider, each article support member including said adhesive film;
• depositing a row of articles on one of said article support members and depositing another row of articles on the other of said article support members to adhere said articles to the adhesive film on each of said article support members so that said articles are held in a fixed orientation with respect to each other;
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• applying a wrapping film to said oriented articles to cover the four side walls of the package and leaving at least said base or one end of said articles exposed for further processing.

The method of packaging a plurality of articles comprising the steps of:

• supplying paperboard stock having first and second sides;
• applying at least two spaced-apart films of adhesive to a first side of said paperboard stock;
• forming a plurality of spaced-apart lines of weakness in said paperboard stock;
• cutting a portion of said paperboard stock to form a blank;
• folding said blank about said lines of weakness to form a T-shaped member including a base, a divider, and a peripheral foldable section formed on each side of said base, with at least one adhesive film being on each side of said divider;
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• depositing a row of articles on the first side of said divider and depositing another row of articles on the second side of said divider to adhere said articles to said adhesive films and to engage said base so that said articles are held in a fixed orientation with respect to each other.

Apparatus for packaging a plurality of articles in a fixed orientation with respect to each other comprising:

• means for supplying paperboard stock having first and second sides;
• means for applying adhesive to said paperboard stock;
• means for forming first and secnd lines of weakness in said paperboard stock at spaced-apart locations;
• means for cutting a portion of said paperboard stock to form a blank;
• means for folding said blank about said first and second lines of weakness to form a T-shaped member including a base and a divider which deine an article support member on each side of said divider, with each of said article support members including said adhesive;
• means for depositing a row of articles in one of said article support members and means for depositing another row of articles in the other of said article support members to adhere said articles to the adhesive in each of said article support members so that said articles are held in a fixed orientation with respect to each other;
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• means for applying a wrapping film to said oriented articles to cover the four side walls of the package so that at least one of the end walls of said package is exposed for further processing.