Carrier for two rows of bottles.

The invention relates to a two-row, sleeve-shaped bottle carrier, in particular for bottles with a conical neck portion having a bottom wall, two side walls and a top wall, are provided in the openings for at least partially protrude through the upper bottle ends, as well as an additional bottle holder.

In tubular bottle carriers for the packaging and transport of two or more rows of fragile bottles, the problem is to fix the bottle in a fixed position to each other and to avoid knocking against each other or falling out. This problem occurs especially when bottles with relatively long conical neck areas in an enhanced form, since these bottles in the carry pack - are only a small part of their overall height in contact, in the upper part is formed by the diverging parts of the neck a - seen from the ground large gap. A set of such bottles can be carried out only in such a way that molded or inserted separating and retaining fins extend from the bottom wall of the bottle carrier upwardly by known packaging solutions. However, a bottom-side hooking or gluing of the bottle carrier is made more difficult by such training.

From FR-PS 1,470,577 a two-row bottle carrier with an additional bottle holder is known. However, this is absolutely unsuitable for the setting of bottles with conical parts of the neck, since the tabs can not act on the bottles in the arising from the divergent parts of the neck of the bottle big gap at the top of the packaging.

Object of the present invention is particularly bottles with conical neck areas in the sleeve-shaped bottle carriers set so that the bottles can not move.

This object is achieved in that the additional bottle holder tion in bottle carrier having a flat, horizontal surface, are provided in the recesses, in which are able to intervene the bottle necks and arranged in at least a short distance from the top wall. This inventive embodiment, a number of advantages is achieved.

Bottle holder and bottle carrier can be formed independently of each other; the hooking or gluing of the bottle carrier can be provided both on the top side, the bottom or the side wall.

The recesses in the horizontal surface of the bottle holder to prevent the bottles may move relative to each other in the carrier. Such a relative movement in the direction of the row of bottles would cause falling out of the bottles from the carrying pack. Also, the bottle holder prevents relative movement of the upper bottle ends of both series to each other, as occurs when un proper grasping of the carrier. The occurring due to the bottle shape extreme load on the plug-in or glue closure at the bottom side of the package would otherwise lead to its damage.

Assigns the bottle holder according to the invention to approximately semicircular recesses which are arranged on its two longitudinal edges, so the benefits previously mentioned can already be achieved with a minimum of material.

A further embodiment of the invention provides that the bottle holder has an approximately circular-shaped recesses which are arranged in the flat, horizontally extending surface, and that on their longitudinal edges by fold lines two side surfaces are hinged, which bear on the inner sides of the side walls of the bottle carrier. The advantage of this kind of bottle holder arises primarily in mounting the sleeve-shaped bottle carrier; while the bottles are kept in the intended nature and can not avoid to run around folding and sealing of the blank. The side panels serve to further stabilize and reinforce the packaging.

Special advantages does this renewal contemporary bottle holder if for making the tote packing a bottle carrier blank is used, which has a handle in the form of an inverted "V" (s.Fig.5). Such a carrying handle must be bonded with known packaging first, only the blank can be placed over the bottle necks to the bottles are folded down and hooked after the folding of the bottom surfaces. If the handle does not stick, so the bottle carrier can - blank not be pulled tight around the package, as the necks of the bottles away from each other when the unbonded handle rises. If, however, preparing a carrying packaging from such a blank additionally used in the manufacture a renewal contemporary bottle holder so characterized the bottles are exactly held in its predetermined position and the blank can be placed tightly around the package, without the handle previously in an additional operation must be bonded. This cost-effective manufacture of the tote packing is possible.

According to the invention can also be provided that are holding tongues arranged at the edge of the recesses, which protrude into the recesses and are supported at the onset of bottles to their closures. The holding tongues which engage located under the bottle head or on the bottle closure projections, z. B. at the bottom of crown caps, in order to prevent an upward movement of the entire bottle holder in the bottle carrier. This is this always fixed on the bottles auf._

it is also very advantageous if in the present invention, the top wall has two portions which extend obliquely to the center of the bottle carrier toward upward and continue in a likewise two partial walls having handle, these two partial walls of the handle are hinged together and each having a through opening , said of the part wall punched cardboard strips having two sections connected by a fold line, of which one portion extending between the two partial walls of the handle and the other portion is fixed to the other part of the wall.

This is to Reach T that an additionally stabilized handle is created that is allowed for a trouble-free carrying of the bottle carrier and on the other hand the win angle between the two handle-part walls defined exactly, whereby an uncontrolled load of bottles carrier walls and thus their tearing is avoided.

Also very advantageous it can be when, a dual-bottle carrier with an upper, consisting of two sections cover wall to which a formed of two walls handle is formed, according to the invention, the bottle holder consists of two sections, over a reverse V-shaped folded middle portion are connected, which is folded in between the two walls of the handle.

This represents an additional stiffening and stabilization of Flaschnträgers is achieved, which is particularly advantageous when it is intended for holding and carrying many and large bottles.

Particularly low is then also proved when provided according to the invention of the inverted V-shaped central portion of the bottle holder with punched holes, which are arranged at least approximately congruent with the passage openings of the handle.

This makes it possible, when worn to transfer a portion of the bottle weight via the bottle holder and thus to relieve the actual bottle carrier.

In the drawing, the object of the invention is illustrated with reference to embodiments. They show:<ul><li>FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a bottle carrier with inserted bottle holder,</li><li>FIG. 2 blanks for bottle holders in to 4 lay flat state,</li><li>Fig. 5 is a perspective view of a bottle carrier with handle and inserted bottle holder,</li><li>Fig. 6 is a perspective view of a bottle carrier with handle,</li><li>Fig. 7 shows the handle in an enlarged scale, and cut open,</li><li>Fig. 8 shows a flat blank for the production of the bottle carrier,</li><li>FIG. 9 is a flat lying bottle holder and</li><li>10 is an end view of a bottle carrier with interposed eingefaltetem central portion of a bottle holder.</li></ul>

Fig. 1 shows a bottle carrier having a top wall 10, the upper inclined walls 11, side walls 12, lower inclined walls 13 and a bottom wall 14. In this bottle carrier a bottle holder 1 is inserted. This has, as shown in Fig. 2, a horizontal surface 2, hinged to the two fold lines 3 and 4 side surfaces 5 and 6 sind.In the horizontal surface 2 are recesses 7 rescheduled, which extend over the fold lines 3 and 4 to a small extent even in the lateral faces 5 and 6 extend into. Holding tongues 8, which are connected via Anlenklinien 9 with the horizontal surface 2 in combination, partially extend into the recesses. 7 The two side surfaces 5 and 6 are folded in the inserted state of the bottle holder to the fold lines 3 and 4 downward and bear against the inner surfaces of the side walls 12 of the bottle carrier. Bottles 15 are held at their conical parts of the neck in the recesses 7 of the horizontal surface. 2 The holding tongues 8 are bent around the hinge line 9 to about 90 ° upwards and are supported on the underside of the crown corks 16 bottles 15th

Figures 3 and 4 show two further embodiments of bottle holders 20 and 200 are the horizontal surfaces, designated 70 or 700 semi-circular recesses 80 and with retaining tongues.

Fig. Figure 5 shows a bottle carrier having a top wall 100 on which a handle 17 is formed having the shape of an inverted "V". The bottle carrier is further comprised of side walls 120 with upper side wall portions 121 and lower sidewall portions 122 and lower inclined walls 130 and a bottom wall 140. In this bottle carrier a bottle holder 23 is used, which is formed as well as the bottle holder shown in Fig. 2, only the holding tongues were 8 omitted. The two side surfaces 50 and 60 are supported on the insides of the two upper side wall portions 121st

It is also possible to use a bottle holder in such a bottle carrier as 5 is illustrated in FIG., Which, while extending from one side wall to the other, but which does not have side surfaces 50 and 60. In FIG. 6, a bottle carrier 101 is shown, which is folded from the blank 110 shown in FIGS. 8 and closed at its bottom. At its upper side the bottles support 101 is provided with a handle which is formed from two partial walls 102 and 103 which are connected to one another via a folding line 104 and which are hinged to the adjacent portions of the top wall 100th Below this cover wall, a bottle holder 123 is arranged, which is shown in Fig. 9 lying flat.

In Fig. 7 the design of the handle is particularly clearly visible. To the handle portion wall 103 of a strip of cardboard with two sections is formed 107 and 108, of which the outer portion 108 is hinged to the handle portion wall 102 outwardly and glued to it. The section 107 in this case represents a spacer for the two-part handle walls 102 and 103rd

In the embodiment shown in Fig. 10 of the bottle carrier 101 in the same manner configured as shown in Fig. 6. The bottle holders, however, consists of two sections 223, 224, which are connected via a two-walls 225, 226 middle section. This central portion 225, 226 is reversed folded V-shaped and extends between the handle part panels 102, 103. Both walls 225, 226 of this middle section (not shown) with cutouts provided which are connected to the access openings of the handle-congruent.