AT519989A1 - Box, in particular for the storage and / or transport of crockery - Google Patents

Abstract

Box (1), in particular for the storage and / or transport of crockery (2), having side walls (3) and at least one bottom wall (4), wherein the side walls (3) and the bottom wall (4) together form a receiving cavity (5) the box (1) limit, wherein the bottom wall (4) with a plurality of mutually spaced and 5 in the direction (6} from the receiving cavity (5) directed away bulges (7} is formed.

Description

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Austrian

Patent office (10) AT 519989 A1 2018-12-15 (12) Austrian patent application (21) Application number: A 227/2017 (22) Filing date: 01.06.2017 (43) Published on: 15.12.2018 (51) Int. CI .:

B65D 1/24

B65D 25/10

B65D 81/02

B65D 85/30 (2006.01) (2006.01) (2006.01) (2006.01)

AT 519989 A1 2018-12-15

(56) References: US 2003146128A1 EP 0597545 A1 US 3398828 A US 3186586 A (71) Patent applicants: FRIES planning and marketing company m.b.H. 6832 Sulz (AT) (74) representative: Hofmann Ralf Mag. Dr. 6830 Rankweil (AT)

(54) crate, in particular for storing and / or transporting crockery (57) crate (1), in particular for storing and / or transporting crockery (2), with side walls (3) and at least one bottom wall (4), the side walls (3) and the bottom wall (4) jointly delimiting a receiving cavity (5) of the box (1), the bottom wall (4) having a plurality of spaced apart and directed in the direction (6} away from the receiving cavity (5) Bulges (7) is formed.

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01/06 2017 10:52 FAX +43 5522 7313710

Hofmann & Fechner © 0018/0021

Patent attorneys

Hofmann & Fechner

Dr. Ralf Hofmann

Dr. Thomas Fechner Hörnlingerstr. 3, P.O.Box 5 6830 Rankweil, Austria

T +43 (0) 5522 73 137 F +43 (0) 5522 73 137-10 M office@vpat.at

I www.vpat.at

28056/34 / ss

20170505

Claims (6)

claims Box (1), in particular for storing and / or transporting crockery (2), with side walls (3) and at least one bottom wall (4), the side walls (3) and the bottom wall (4) together forming a receiving cavity (5) limit the box (1), the bottom wall (4) having a plurality of each other 5 spaced and in the direction (6) from the receiving cavity (5) away bulges (7) is formed. (Fig. 12) 01/06/2017 11:05 1/19 No .: R111 L1 P.018 / 021 01/06 2017 10:43 FAX +43 5522 7313710 Hofmann & Fechner (3) 0006/0021 Patent attorneys ** Hofmann & Fechner Dr. Ralf Hofmann Dr. Thomas Fechner Hornlingerstr. 3, PO Box 5 6830 Rankweil, Austria T +43 (0) 5522 73 137 F +43 (0) 5522 73137-10 M office@vpat.at I www.vpat.at 28056/34 / ss 20170505 The present invention relates to a box, in particular for storing and / or transporting dishes, with side walls and at least one bottom wall, the side walls and the bottom wall jointly delimiting a receiving cavity of the box. Boxes of this type are known in a variety of designs. They can be used to store and / or transport a wide variety of objects, especially dishes such as Plates, cups, bowls, cutlery and the like can be used. The side walls and the bottom wall together surround a receiving cavity which is usually open on one side and into which the objects, in particular the dishes, can be inserted. Many such boxes are designed with a flat bottom wall. Due to a correspondingly high load on the bottom wall and / or a correspondingly long-term use of the box, it often occurs in the prior art that the bottom wall as a whole bulges downwards, ie away from the receiving cavity. If this happens, the bottom wall no longer stands over the entire surface, but only in its most bulged area on the surface, so that the bottom wall is particularly abraded at these points, which can lead to inability to use and in particular to holes and cracks in the bottom wall. To prevent this, it is known to support the bottom wall by means of webs, preferably molded onto it. In the prior art, these webs are often arranged in a grid-like or honeycomb-like manner on the side of the base wall opposite the receiving cavity. The disadvantage of these webs, especially when using a box for storing and / or transporting dishes, is that the box becomes heavier on the one hand due to the webs and on the other hand water when washing the box in between the webs and the 2/19 01/06/2017 10:57 No .: R111 L1 P.006 / 021 01/06 2017 10:44 FAX +43 5522 7313710 Hofmann & Fechner © 0007/0021 Bottom wall trained corners and edges stuck, so that the box takes a relatively long time to dry after washing. This is particularly unfavorable if the box is used for storing and / or transporting dishes. The object of the invention is to improve a box of the type mentioned above in such a way that on the one hand it has a relatively stable bottom wall, but on the other hand it can also dry relatively quickly. To achieve this object, the invention proposes that the bottom wall be formed with a plurality of bulges that are spaced apart and directed in the direction away from the receiving cavity; It is thus a basic idea of the invention, instead of the prior art 15 of the bottom wall arranged webs to form the bottom wall itself with bulges, which give the floor wall a high stability due to its three-dimensional structure. The bulges create an uneven floor wall. When forming the bulges, the formation of corners and edges can essentially be dispensed with, so that 20 prevents water from being stuck in corners and edges in the bottom wall after a long washing process. As a result, the base wall according to the invention also dries faster than the base walls known in the prior art, mentioned above. The bulges, which could also be called protuberances or bulges, are therefore in accordance with the 25 invention formed directly in the bottom wall. It is therefore not a question of structures, such as the webs known from the prior art, which are additionally molded onto the bottom wall or arranged on the bottom wall in a different manner. At least some of the bulges preferably also form the contact areas or contact points with which the box in the normal 30 operating position is placed on a surface. On the opposite side, they limit the receiving cavity of the box. The box preferably has exactly one bottom wall. 3/19 01/06/2017 10:57 No .: R111 L1 P.007 / 021 01/06 2017 10:45 AM FAX +43 5522 7313710 Hofmann & Fechner @ 0008/0021 Crates according to the invention could also be referred to as boxes. The boxes usually have an opening on the side opposite the bottom wall. This is usually surrounded by an edge of the side walls. Objects can be introduced into and / or removed from the receiving cavity of the box through the opening. Crates according to the invention are not exclusively, but preferably, provided for storing and / or transporting dishes. The dishes can in particular be plates, cups, bowls, cutlery and the like. The floor wall could also simply be called the floor. It is a wall of the box that forms the bottom of the boxes, that is, in the normal operating position of the box, delimits the receiving cavity downwards. Not necessarily, but preferably the bottom wall is completely closed in itself. The bottom wall can be elastic. In this case, it is particularly advantageously biased inwards, that is, in the direction of the receiving cavity. The side walls limit the receiving cavity of the box to the sides in the normal operating position. The side walls and the bottom wall are preferably designed as a common one-piece body. It is preferably a one-piece injection molded body. The box or in particular the side walls and the bottom wall are particularly preferably made of plastic. These can be various thermoplastics known per se, e.g. Trade polypropylene, polyethylene and the like. Preferred variants of boxes according to the invention provide that the bottom wall has flat areas between the bulges. In this case, however, it is advantageously provided that transitions between the flat areas and the bulges of the bottom wall are rounded. To avoid corners and edges in the floor wall, this applies preferably to all transitions between the flat areas and the bulges of the floor wall. In particular, this is seen in a section parallel to one of the side walls. 01/06/2017 10:58 4/19 No .: R111 L1 P.008 / 021 01/06 2017 10:46 FAX +43 5522 7313710 Hofmann & Fechner 00009/0021 The bulges are, advantageously, completely curved. A complete curvature is the case when the bulges do not have any flat or straight sections. For example, the bulges can have the shape of the surface of a spherical segment. In preferred embodiments of the invention, the wall thickness of the bottom wall is constant or essentially constant over the entire course of the bottom wall. Since the formation of the bulges in the bottom wall can result in slight thinning of the wall thickness of the bottom wall in these areas, preferred embodiments of the invention provide that the wall thickness of the bottom wall in the bulges is a maximum of 10%, preferably a maximum of 5%, of the wall thickness the floor wall deviates in the flat areas. It is also preferably provided that, preferably all, transitions between the bulges and the flat regions of the bottom wall, as seen in a plan view of the bottom wall, preferably completely, have a rounded, preferably circular, shape. In addition to the circular shape of the bulges and thus the transitions, seen in said plan view, other rounded shapes such as ovals and the like can also be provided. In a plan view of the bottom wall, preferred variants of the invention provide that the bulges each have a cross-sectional width and / or cross-sectional length of 1 cm (centimeter) to 8 cm, preferably 2 cm to 5 cm. The cross-sectional length is measured parallel to the longitudinal direction of the box, the cross-sectional width parallel to the transverse direction of the box. Here, the longitudinal direction of the box is the dimension of the box in which the box extends the longest. The transverse direction or the direction of the width of the box is measured orthogonally to this. The third dimension is the depth or height or the depth or height direction of the box. It is measured from the top end or edge of the side walls to the bottom wall. In the sense of the pretensioning of the base wall already mentioned above, it can be provided that at least in the unloaded state of the crate the in one 5/19 01/06/2017 10:59 No .: R111 L1 P.009 / 021 01/06 2017 10:46 FAX +43 5522 7313710 Hofmann & Fechner 00010/0021 The bulges arranged in the edge region of the bottom wall extend further away from the receiving cavity than the bulges arranged in a central region of the bottom wall. This can be seen from the fact that, in the case of an unloaded box placed on a flat surface, only the bulges arranged in the edge region of the bottom wall are in contact with the flat underground, while the bulges arranged in the central area of the bottom wall are in contact with the box when the box is unloaded Are lifted off or in other words spaced or distanced. By this measure, if one has loaded such boxes and places them hard on a surface in the loaded state, a certain damping effect to protect the objects arranged in the receiving cavity, and in particular the dishes arranged in the receiving cavity, can be achieved, since then the bottom wall in the center Area can yield elastically to absorb the impact when setting up the box on the ground. In particular, if the box is intended for the storage and / or transport of plates, preferred variants of the box provide that in addition to the bulges, at least one elongate channel open to the receiving cavity is formed in the bottom wall. From this elongated channel, plates placed on the edge of the box can be better held in their position. The channel preferably runs centrally in the longitudinal and / or transverse direction of the box. The channel is also advantageously designed as a type of bulge or protuberance in the bottom wall. The transitions between the channel and the flat areas of the bottom wall are also advantageously rounded. In addition, the wall thickness in the region of the channel, as stated above with regard to the bulges, is essentially the same as that in the flat regions. In this sense, with regard to the wall thickness and the rounding, what has been said above with regard to the bulges also applies analogously to the channel. It is preferably provided that the bulges and / or the channel, if present, form recesses in the bottom wall, as seen from the receiving cavity. So you can see in these preferred variants if 6/19 No .: R111 L1 01/06/2017 11:00 P.010 / 021 01/06 2017 10:47 FAX +43 5522 7313710 Hofmann & Fechner @ 0011/0021 one looks from above into the receiving cavity of the crate that the bottom wall is not level but rather with corresponding recesses. The maximum depth of the depressions is advantageously greater than the wall thickness of the floor. The rounded transitions mentioned above advantageously have a radius of curvature of at least 2 mm (millimeters), preferably of at least 8 mm. Various embodiments of the invention are shown in the figures described below for illustration purposes. Show it: