Carrier Package End Webs for Structural Rigidity
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional carrier packages often lack sufficient structural rigidity, leading to containers potentially falling out due to inadequate wrapping.
Innovation Solution
A carrier package design featuring a carrier blank with end webs, top webs, and bottom end panels that foldably connect to secure the ends and retain articles, using retaining projections from side panels to engage recesses in the articles, enhancing the package's structural integrity.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Strength
If conventional carrier packages are used, then the package structure is simple, but the structural rigidity is insufficient causing containers to fall out
Solution Approach 1:
The carrier blank is divided into multiple functional segments including end webs, side panels, top panels, and bottom panels, each contributing to specific structural functions. This segmentation allows the package to achieve enhanced rigidity through coordinated action of parts while maintaining manufacturability from a single blank structure.
Solution Approach 2:
The end webs are designed to wrap around and secure the containers, with the carrier structure nesting around the articles. The end webs tuck in toward and secure the articles as the carrier is erected, creating a nested configuration that enhances structural integrity without adding external complexity.
2Reliability
If the carrier blank is wrapped tightly to secure containers, then article retention is improved, but the manufacturing complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The carrier blank is pre-formed with predetermined shapes and features during manufacturing, including the end webs and side panels configured in advance. This preliminary preparation of the blank structure enables straightforward erection and assembly processes while ensuring reliable article retention through the pre-configured geometric relationships between components.
Data Source
AI summary
Carrier packages are constructed to tightly secure articles within the packages. The carrier packages include end webs that partially close the ends of the packages and retain articles within the carrier package.