DE1486572A1 - Plastic bottle crate - Google Patents

Description

Plastic bottle crate The invention relates to a Bottle crate made of plastic, which compared to the previously known bottle crates made of plastic has various advantages.

There are already numerous types of plastic bottle crates known, which compared to the previously used bottle crates made of wood or Metal have different advantages, but they still have different properties which do not yet optimally correspond to the conditions under which the Bottle crates filled with bottles, shipped or cleaned.

The development of plastic bottle crates went like this that initially the bottle crates analogous to the shape, the bottle crates of this type as own wood. The bottle crates were then filled with a inner framework provided, so that every single bottle in the box is a particular one Can take up space and no longer comes into contact with other bottles on the side; the framework itself became wavy at its upper edge or with raised crossing points designed to make it easier for the bottles to slide into the individual compartments of the To ensure half-timbering; the box itself was built with stiffening ribs or 8 stacking channels "or projections and finally various openings were made in the bottle crate, be it on its walls or its floor or in the framework self provided. At a11 this bottle , gift boxes now appear different Disadvantages on. First, the bottles are not actually made by the framework held firmly in place, they can be more or less in the individual compartments perform strong tilting or sliding movements; the filling of the bottles in the The crate is to be carried out with care insofar as the bottom of the bottle crate even if it is provided with appropriate breakthroughs, still relatively is hard and therefore bottles may break under certain circumstances and finally is a bottle crate cleaning system that has numerous reinforcing ribs on the Have the outside, in particular at the corners of the bottle crate, not always easy and safe to perform.

These should now be mentioned above by the bottle crate according to the invention Disadvantages are avoided.

The present invention is a bottle crate which has in its interior a framework for receiving the individual bottles, wherein the individual half-timbered walls end in front of the crossing points and instead of one At the intersection of the half-timbered walls, sleeves are provided which are tapered upwards. Appropriately, these sleeves do not extend to the bottom of the bottle crate, but only about 1/4 or even less of the height of the half-timbered walls; expedient the framework walls are still too narrow even towards the bottom of the bottle crate being formed, with the upper edge of the truss walls still expedient is designed so that between two sleeves on which the upper parts of the framework walls are attached, the edge undulates downwards and upwards. At a Preferred embodiment of the present invention are the above-mentioned sleeves connected lengthways and crossways by approximately T-shaped framework walls, wherein the upper edge of the respective framework wall piece has a flat U-shaped shape having. Such a form of the box is on the one hand compared to the conventional form of training of the specialist. work walls material saved and on the other hand it is achieved that the bottles are not only safe when inserted slide into the relevant compartment, but also there through the respective bottles facing sleeve outer walls are held securely and resiliently in place.

Another embodiment of the bottle crate according to the invention relates to the design of the floor. To get the floor not is rigid, but the ones brought into the framework and falling to the ground Bottles hit the floor resiliently, the floor becomes by a known per se Plastic grid formed, but at least one grid strip with a U-shaped Cross-section is formed, the U-bend is turned to the bottle bottom. It has proven to be useful, for example the longitudinal and transverse strips of the To arrange box floor so that each of the intersection of these strips in the The middle of each bottle compartment lies, the longitudinal and / or transverse strips being U-shaped Have a profile. The width of these U-shaped transverse strips is preferably dimensioned so that that it corresponds to the lower width of the partition, which partition is attached to the U-shaped baseboard. The purpose of increasing the spring action is this fastening is preferably not carried out over the entire U-bend of the U-bar, but only at the edge parts, so that one over the middle part of the U-bend more or less large part remains, which is not connected to the half-timbered wall is so that the U-bend can deflect over this distance.

Another embodiment of the bottle crate according to the invention refers to the edge parts of the side walls. These edge parts are useful designed so that the side parts formed too smooth after the edge or corner parts are, in each case the diameter of the edge parts approximately plus the side wall thickness corresponds to the height of the reinforcement ribs and the Edge parts continue are hollow. In this way, the side edges are smoothly formed achieved, which allows a much easier cleaning; whereby the tight Stacking different bottle crates next to one another can result in unintentional dragging along neighboring bottle crates through the protruding reinforcement strips when pulling out any box is avoided and thus still a more pleasing one Appearance of the bottle crate is achieved. The cavity of the edge piece of the bottle crate can optionally be designed continuously; however, it can also be used in the cavity, preferably parallel to its longitudinal extent, stiffening webs ange = arranged and it can finally top and the cavity through suitable cover plates to be covered below.

Preferably, the edge pieces of the bottle crate are in one Form formed that spread from top to bottom in the enclosed Drawings, the subject matter of the present invention is shown schematically, but without being limited to the embodiment given in the drawings should be.

FIG. 1 shows an embodiment of a bottle crate according to the invention partially in section, FIG. 2 shows a detail of the framework according to the invention and also a cross-section through the floor configuration according to the invention, FIG. 3 shows the resilient floor configuration in detail, FIG. 4 shows a plan view the framework or the floor formation according to the present invention, from which the formation of the side edges can also be seen, while FIG. 5 shows a section through the formation of the side edges according to the invention.

The bottle crate according to FIG. 1 consists of .the upper side part 'I, »the middle side part 2 and the lower side part 3, which together with the edge pieces 4 and the bottom form the actual bottle crate. The side parts 1, 2 and 3 have reinforcing ribs la, 1b, 2a, 2b and 3a, 3b; on its underside, the bottle crate shows a projection 5 through which it is stackable. Inside the bottle crate is a framework that consists of up to tapering sleeves 6 and partition walls 7 is made. The partitions 7 are on the one hand with the sleeves 6 and on the other hand with the bottom of the bottle crate tied together; they are preferably approximately T-shaped, with the upper edge the partition 8 has an approximately U-shaped course, while the lower part of the Partition 9. Is formed narrower than the upper part and optionally one down to converging course of the edges shows. From Fig. 4 it is clear it can be seen that with such a construction of the framework, the bottles through the outside of the sleeves 6 are safely guided into the respective compartment, wherein the bottles are held securely by the elasticity of the plastic sleeves 6 is guaranteed in the compartment, so that this also applies to the previously common boxes occurring noise development when handling these boxes eliminated or substantially is decreased.

The resilient embodiment of the base according to the invention can be seen from FIGS. 2, 3 and 4. As can be seen first from FIG. 4, the floor * is formed according to the invention by longitudinal bars 10 and transverse bars 11, which cross each other in the middle of the individual compartments. The bars 10 are approximately U-shaped in profile (FIG. 3), the lower part of the compartment walls being attached to both the bars 10 and the bars 11. The fastening to the U-shaped lattice bars 10 is preferably carried out in such a way that the lower part of the framework wall 7 is connected to the U-bend 10 of the lattice bar only at two outer points 10a, 10b. It is clear that a mechanical,. Action on the middle part of the U-bend 10e causes a mechanical-elastic deformation of this bend, so that shocks caused by the collapse of the bottles can be absorbed in a springy manner.

The inventive formation of the side edges is above all from FIGS. 1, 4 and 5 can be seen. From Fig. 1 it can be seen that the stiffening ribs 1a to 3a or 1b to 3b in front of the side edge piece that widens from top to bottom 4 ends. The outer wall of the side edge piece 4 runs at the level of the upper edge of the aforementioned stiffening ribs, the side piece itself is on its surface and smooth on its inner surface. From top to bottom through the side piece extends a cavity 12 in which stiffening rods are optionally provided could be; this also makes it possible, as indicated in FIGS. 1 and 5, E.g. the stiffening ribs 1a, 1b and 3b in the form of a small decorative bead as well to run over the otherwise smooth outer surface of the side piece 4. Of course it is possible either the formation of the framework or the formation of the floor or the formation of the outer edge pieces for themselves on otherwise differently designed Carry out bottle crates, without thereby the scope of the present invention to leave,

Claims (13)

P a t e n t a n s p r ü c h e 1. Bottle crate made of plastic, which in its interior has a framework for receiving the individual bottles, thereby characterized in that the individual half-timbered walls end in front of the crossing points and instead of an intersection of the truss walls, sleeves that taper upwards are provided. 2. Bottle crate according to claim 1, characterized in that the sleeves do not extend to the bottom of the bottle crate, but only over extend about 1/4 or less of the height of the truss walls. 3. Bottle case according to claim 1 or 2, characterized in that the framework walls themselves to Bottom of the bottle crate are designed to be narrowing. 4. Bottle case according to one or more of the preceding claims, characterized in that the upper edge of the compartment work walls is designed so that between two sleeves, to which the upper parts of the framework walls are fastened, the edge undulating going down and up. 5, bottle crate according to one or more of the preceding Claims, characterized in that the sleeves are approximately T-shaped Truss walls are connected to one another lengthways and crossways, the top edge of the respective framework wall piece has a flat U-shaped shape. 6. Bottle crate, in particular according to one or more of the preceding claims, characterized in that the bottom is formed by a known plastic grid , but at least one grid strip is formed with a U-shaped cross-section whose U-bend is turned towards the bottle bottom . ?. Bottle crate according to claim 6, characterized in that the longitudinal and transverse strips of the box bottom are so arranged are that the intersection of these bars in the middle of each bottle compartment lies, wherein the longitudinal and / or transverse strips have a U-shaped profile. B. Bottle crate according to claim 6 or 7, characterized in that the width of the U-shaped crossbars so sized. is that it is the lower width of the partition wall piece corresponds to which partition is attached to the U-shaped bottom bar. 9. Bottle crate according to one or more of Claims 6 to 8, characterized in that d ate the fastening of the framework walls to the U-shaped crossbars the edge parts takes place, so that over the middle part of the U-bend a more or less large part remains that is not connected to the half-timbered wall, so that the U-bend can deflect over this distance. 10. Bottle crate, in particular according to one or more of the preceding claims, characterized in that the side parts are formed too smooth after the edge or corner parts, wherein in each case the diameter of the edge parts approximately the side wall thickness plus the height corresponds to the reinforcement ribs and the edge parts continue to be hollow are. 11. Bottle crate according to claim 10, characterized in that in the cavity, preferably parallel to its longitudinal extent, stiffening webs are arranged. 12. Bottle crate according to claim 10 or 11, characterized in that the cavity is covered by suitable cover plates at the top and bottom. 13. Bottle crate according to one or more of claims 1 0 to '! 2, characterized in that the edge pieces of the bottle crate widen from top to bottom.