Heineken Technical Services B.v.

Jan Peter Kruit

Nicolaas P Verwey

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 flaps () and/or the upper flaps () are attached to each other.

Package and blank and apparatus for forming such package

A process and an apparatus for packaging containers in a carrier in two rows, in which a first half carrier is formed from a first blank by bringing a bottom portion into a horizontal position, placing a first longitudinal wall portion perpendicularly thereto, folding two side wall portions and partition flaps cut from the first longitudinal wall portion into a position perpendicular to the first longitudinal wall portion, inserting containers between the side wall portions and the flaps and bringing a second longitudinal wall portion into a position parallel to the first longitudinal wall portion and connecting it with the side wall portions, after which, in a similar manner, a second half carrier with containers is formed from an identical blank and both half carriers are composed by connecting two corresponding longitudinal wall portions to form a carrier with two rows of containers. The blanks can be made with a minimum of waste material.

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Gouda, Netherlands

Jan Peter Kruit