DE2054295A1 - Box or crate for packing and transporting food, especially fruit and vegetables - Google Patents

Description

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PROF ^r . DR. DR. J. REITSTOTTER DR.-ING. WOLf-RAM COLORFUL

DFR. KARl. GEO (Ka LOSCH

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Munich, the Γ%. MOV. 1S70

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MONiDECATINI EDISON S.P.A. Foro Buonaparte 31, Milan (Italy)

Box or crate for packing and transporting food, in particular fruit and vegetables

The present invention relates to a crate for packing and transporting food or other products, and in particular fruit and vegetables. The known boxes used for this purpose are mostly made of wood, cardboard or wood and cardboard. The main disadvantage of these conventional boxes is that they do not allow secure stacking, so that they generally have to be awkwardly attached to the transport vehicle by means of ropes or similar devices. Another disadvantage of the known crates is that the dead weight, based on the total weight of the products normally contained, is more than $ 5.

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The present invention has for its object to provide a box for packing and transporting food and to create other products, especially fruit and vegetables, which ensures safe stacking and whose weight is less than 5 # of the total weight of their normal contents matters.

This task is achieved according to the invention with a box for packing and transporting food or other products, solved in particular from fruits and vegetables, which consists of two different parts, one of which is one Support device and the other represents an inner lining, and is characterized in that the support device consists of a plastic frame with a rectangular plan and four vertical corner struts that extend over the side walls protrude from the box and on each long wall by two horizontal strips and on each short wall by three horizontal ledges are connected to each other, the two horizontal ledges of each long wall by three vertical ones Ledges, the two lower ledges of each short wall by a vertical ledge and the two upper horizontal ledges Trim every short wall with additional vertical ribs are interconnected that the bottom of the box by three longitudinal strips, three transverse strips and four strips that run diagonally and are arranged in the form of a parallelogram, is formed that the walls of the box one have full cross-section, the longitudinal walls are perforated, and the inner lining is made of a corrugated cardboard sleeve or from an envelope consists of a thin sheet of another material

An embodiment of the crate according to the invention is shown below explained in more detail with reference to the drawing. Show:

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Pig. Figure 1 is a partial longitudinal view of the support device of the crate M cross-section along line A-A of the pig. 3,

Pig. Figure 2 is a side view of the Pig support. I partially in cross section along the line B-B of the Pig. 3,

Pig. Figure 3 is a top plan view of the Pig support. I. and 2, and

Pig. Figure 4 shows an inner liner for the Pig support device. I, 2 and 3.

According to Pig. 1, 2 and 3, the crate support device consists of a rectangular plastic frame. The frame has four vertical corner steps 1, which (as indicated by reference number 2) protrude beyond the long side walls of the box, making it easy and safe to stack the boxes on top of each other and a thorough ventilation of the box contents are ensured and crushing of the box contents is prevented.

Each corner strut 1 has three vertical strips or ribs 3 and the struts are connected to one another on each long side wall by two horizontal strips or ribs 4 and on each short side wall by three horizontal strips or ribs 5.

The horizontal strips 4 of each long side wall are connected to one another by three vertical strips or ribs 6. The long side walls have a full cross-section, but holes 7 are provided along their longitudinal extension, which ensure maximum ventilation of the box contents. The short side walls also have a full cross-section in their lower part, but no holes are provided here. The two lower horizontal strips 5 of each short side wall are through with one another

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j connected a vertical bar 8, while the top two '

horizontal strips 5 by four additional vertical LEI \ i sten 9, the grasping and lifting of the box and its home

; make it easier, are connected to each other. !

! The bottom of the support device is made up of three longitudinal strips or ribs 10, three transverse strips or ribs 11 and four strips or hips 12, which are arranged diagonally and a parallelo-

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'gram, formed. ;

• Each vertical strut 1 is connected to the adjacent long side

I wall connected by a guide connecting strut 13, the

! stacking the boxes on top of each other when loading onto transport

; vehicles or in storage.

You struts 1 are also provided with small feet 14 that consist of strips or ribs, which at the bottom of the support < direction transversely connected to each other.

The strips or ribs of the support device can be a simple, double, rectangular, T-shaped, channel-shaped, double trough-shaped or any other cross-section, e.g. a triangular cross-section, which is suitable for this is to carry a burden given to him. The baseboards

■ or ribs 10, 11 and 12 can either be a constant or have a changing cross-section. In the last

_; Ren case, it is advantageous if the cross-section increases from the circumference towards the center of the box and the thickening of the

■ Cross-section in the upper section of the strips or ribs ! so that the bottom gets pyramidal shape, which is suitable

'is to withstand the loads acting on the walls, i thereby minimizing the possibility of collapse under the weight of the contents.

Suitable fastening devices can be installed on the side walls of the support frame for hooking or inserting removable

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Be provided with ble belts, which connect opposite side walls with each other, whereby the whole support device is stiffened. These belts can, for example, be plastic belts with two slots provided at their ends

The support device can be made in various sizes and is preferably made of polymers or copolymers of styrene, propylene and ethylene, possibly reinforced with glass fiber or asbestos fiber or with any other suitable filler.

The one in Pig. 4 shown inner lining "is expediently from corrugated cardboard 15 or from another suitable flexible material. This lining, which consists of either one single piece or multiple pieces "can be made up, can also be perforated to" better ventilate the contents of the box to ensure. The lining can either be arranged completely loosely with respect to the support device or on it be attached by hooking, gluing, welding, etc. ".

In certain cases, for example when packing and transporting pears, apples, peaches, apricots or similar fruits, the contents of the crates must be arranged in the support frame on cell-shaped trays made of plastic material. In other cases, for example strawberries, raspberries, cherries, etc., one or more small baskets or other containers of suitable size are used which fit into the support frame and which are made of plastic, cardboard, chipboard, etc.

The inner lining can also consist of a cardboard sheet, which is provided with a cover that is also made of cardboard and is connected to it by gluing or metal clips, whereby a completely closed packaging is achieved,

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Claims (1)

Μ / 11289 f AfSIIiISPBUCH Ice for packing and transporting food or other products, especially fruit and vegetables, consisting of two different parts, one of which is a supporting device and the other is an inner lining, characterized in that the support device consists of a plastic frame with a rectangular plan and four vertical corner struts (l) are made over the side walls protrude from the box, are provided with support feet (14) and on each long side wall by two horizontal strips (4) and are connected to each other on each short side wall by three horizontal strips (5), the two being horizontal Strips (4) of each long rare wall by three vertical strips (6), the lower horizontal strips (5) each short side wall by a vertical bar (8) and the upper horizontal bars (5) of each short side wall by additional vertical strips (9) are connected that the bottom of the box by three longitudinal strips (1O), three transverse strips (11) and four strips (12) which run diagonally and in lorm a parallelogram is formed so that the walls of the box have a full cross-section, but with the longitudinal walls are perforated and that the inner lining (15) consists of an envelope made of a sheet of corrugated cardboard or a thin sheet of another material. - 6 1Q9821 / 1372