DE2142363A1 - BOTTLE CREST MADE OF PLASTIC - Google Patents

Description

Plastic bottle crates The present invention relates to a bottle crate made of plastic with intersecting bottle compartment walls, a inwardly receding lower edge, which when stacked behind the upper Edge of a box stacked underneath, and one of rings or ring parts existing shelf with four quarter parts of a ring from the corners of the bottle compartment protrude into this.

Such a bottle crate is known. It has high side walls that are just as high or a little higher than the ones placed in them Bottles. This box has proven itself in the rough operation of breweries with automatic Loading and unloading machines have been tried and tested because they are extremely stable its shape shows so much elasticity that even hard knocks occur to it unable to destroy.

The present invention now provides a bottle crate for the same proven Type that has lower sidewalls with a portability for carrying is provided with a single hand and despite the low side walls in the loaded and unloaded can be safely stacked without a There is a risk of the stack tipping or slipping.

The invention consists in the fact that in the middle of the bottom of each bottle compartment another ring is arranged, which of the four quarter parts in its center which is larger in diameter than the top of the bottle or X of the bottle cap and which upwards through a one-sided molded lid is closed.

If such a bottle crate has a height of the side walls that corresponds to about half the height of the bottle, this box can still be in the Stack well when loaded and unloaded, because when unloaded the lower edge receding inward behind the upper edge of a stacked one below The box holds the upper end of the bottles in the loaded state a lid closed at the top and thus formed cup-like at the bottom Ring webs is located, so that a stacked box with these through Lids closed rings on the top of the bottles stacked underneath or bottle caps. The boxes can also be placed crosswise in the Stack the bandage so that the stack is particularly strong.

Bottle crates made of plastic with half-height side walls are in themselves known and have found widespread use. You have a closed one Bottom with isolated openings, but no web bottom. Hence they are not so good to clean and do not dry as quickly after cleaning. So that they can be stacked on top of one another even when they are filled with bottles, has the bottom in the area of the middle of each bottle compartment has an upward-facing one Indentation, the diameter of which is greater than the diameter of the bottle closure is.

The bottle crate of the present invention has the advantage that it also runs flawlessly on roller tracks.

If a box is placed on top of a box filled with bottles, so it can be moved on the bottle caps until it is in the correct position Is in the stacking position (also when stacking crosswise), then it falls by the ring depth and sits down with the lids of the ring webs under the middle of the bottle compartment the bottle caps, on which it stands immovably.

It is useful if the lids are curved upwards.

This has the advantage that this box is easy to clean preserved. It is an advantage of the ring web base that this is done after washing of the box dries very quickly without any water residue The lids of the rings in the middle of the bottle compartment are permanent arched upwards, this property is retained.

It is an advantage of the tall bottle crates, their side wall height The height of the bottle corresponds to the handle holes on the upper edge in the side walls may be present with which the box can be carried. You have half-height Bottle crates, the side wall height of which corresponds approximately to half the bottle height, see above you can no longer provide such finger holes just below the upper edge, because then the human hand can no longer easily reach into the grip hole, because bottles are already close behind the handle hole. One has therefore at the well-known half-height side walls of bottle crates usually not have handle holes, but other types of attachment for handles are provided. The present Invention now creates a way to a handle on the invention Provide bottle crate, which is particularly advantageous in that you can Bottle crate can now carry with one hand without one of the Bottles is disturbed and without thereby the ability to stack the empty boxes is affected. According to the invention this is achieved in that on two opposite Side walls that point of the side wall where the in the middle of the box ger laid compartment wall merges into the side wall, an inward indentation has, for receiving and holding a pull-up, spanning the box Handle is used.

So that this handle can be retracted for stacking empty boxes it is advisable to make incisions in the upper edge of the indentation. These incisions should have at least the depth of the grip strength.

With this U-shaped handle that spans the box and it can be lowered into the indentations with its two legs, one would like like to have a great length of the legs in order to be able to keep the side walls low. For this reason, the incisions are only made in the upper edge of the indentation Make it so deep that the lowered handle does not go over the top of the box stands over. So that one box is now perfectly stacked on top of the other when empty it is useful to make incisions in the rings in the middle and U-shaped downwardly open connecting pieces between the rings themselves and the side walls are provided. The handle then comes into this U-shape to lie downwardly open connectors.

It is useful if the indentation acts as a guide for the thickened The lower part of the handle is formed when the indentation outwards by the width of the handle is open and if the indentation at the lower end is the width of the thickening is open at the bottom of the handle.

The essence of the present invention is based on one in the drawing schematically illustrated embodiment of a bottle crate for six Bottles explained in more detail.

The figures show: FIG. 1 a side view of the bottle crate with the bottle crate pulled up Handle.

Fig. 2 is a side view of the empty bottle crate of Fig. 1 with with the handle pressed down, in the left half of the representation in section Fig. 3 shows an end view of the bottle crate, in the left half in section.

Fig. 4 is a view of the bottom of the bottle crate, in the left Half from above, right half from below.

Fig. 5 is a section through the inclusion of the handle in the box with the handle raised.

6 shows the section of FIG. 5 with the handle pressed down.

The bottle crate has side walls, the height of which is lower than is the height of the bottles to be transported. The box has a retractable Handle on which is designed approximately U-shaped. The two legs run approximated at right angles to the bottom of the U, where a handle for better carrying of the box is provided in the form of slight indentations.

This U-shaped handle 1 is slidable in lateral Indentations 2 of the box. These indentations 2 are arranged at a point where the middle compartment wall 7 meets the side wall 4. Here stays after the setting of the bottles in the box a free space, which is now partially through the indentation 2 is filled out. The legs of the handle 1 have a thickening at the lower end on, which is at the upper end of the indentations 2 against parts of the edge 5 of the Place the bottle crate, whereby the bottle crate is easily carried when full can be.

Appropriately, the indentations 2 are designed so that for the Carrying handle result in two locking positions in the upper and in the lower position. This can easily be achieved by making the indentation conical, what is for the demolding of the one-piece bottle crate from the Sprftz? Or recommends anyway. Since the indentation 2 at the upper end has an incision 6, so that the handle 1 can be retracted for transporting the boxes when empty the indentation can be drawn inwards in front of the incision, as is the case Reference number 7 represents, so that here is a for the raised handle second locking position results.

The indentation 2 has the cross section of a slotted tube up.-At the lower end, however, a way is provided to make the thickened lower one To be able to use the end of the handle in the indentation. Here the indentation points the cross-section of half a pipe. The slot 8 of the indentation has the Width of the leg of the handle. In this way, the handle can be easily be mounted on the box. At the same time, this creates a safeguard which safely prevents the handle from falling out unintentionally and even that the deliberate removal of the handle makes it more difficult, so not with loan boxes the handles can be removed by unauthorized hands without being destroyed.

In Fig. 4 is a view of the bottle crate bottom is shown, namely in the right half in view from below and in the left half in Ansiaht. von above. The bottom consists of ring webs 9, which is below the crossing point two compartment walls 3, 1o are made of half-rings 12, which are on the edge of the floor and quarter rings 13 which are arranged in the corners. The entire ring arrangement is made so that in a bottle compartment, which from the side walls 4, 14 and the compartment walls 3, 10 is limited, four quarter rings protrude. The room in the The middle is filled by a further ring web 15, which via web pieces 16 is connected to the quarter rings. This is arranged in the middle of the bottle compartment Ring web 15 is closed at the top by a cover 17. The ring bridge 15 has a diameter which is larger than the upper part of the bottle neck or larger than the plasma closure * When stacking filled bottle crates if the bottle closures come to rest against the lids 17 of the annular webs 15, so that the bottle crate stacked above stands on top of the bottles stacked below. Lateral displacement is impossible; this is prevented by the rings 15.

In the middle under the central web 3 is a U-shaped designed Web piece 18, 19, which is kept so wide that the upper part of the handle 1 fits into it.

This handle 1 is pushed into the indentations 2.

These indentations are molded into the narrow side wall. she have the cross-section of a slotted tube. The slot is a little bigger than the width of the handle. At the lower end, the handle 1 has a reinforcement 21 on which. when the handle is pulled up against the upper one Edge 5 of the bottle crate applies. The indentation 2 is widened on the underside, namely at the point indicated by the reference numeral 23. These Expansion has taken place so that the thickening or reinforcement 21 is in the indentation here 2 can be used. The indentation 2 points at the upper end on the side facing the interior of the box on incisions 6, which serve to the handle 1 below the upper edge 5 of the bottle crate when empty transport disappear.

The lower edge 20 of the bottle crate springs back so that when Stacking the empties this can grasp behind the upper edge.

The present invention can also be applied to boxes where the bottle compartment walls are not perpendicular to each other, but correspondingly the honeycombs are arranged in a way that six bottle compartment walls limit a bottle compartment. Such bottle crates with bottle compartments designed in this way are known.

Here, three parts of a circle or ring parts of the base of the web protrude into the bottle compartment. Here, too, you can find in the middle between the three ring parts, so in the middle of the bottle compartment there is an additional ring pointing upwards Provide cover. In this way you can achieve the same stacking options as it was previously used for the box with compartment walls running at right angles to one another is.

Claims (6)

5 c h u t z a n s p r ü c h e Plastic bottle crate with intersecting bottle compartment walls, an inwardly recessed lower edge, which when stacked behind the the upper edge of a box stacked underneath, and one made of rings or Ring parts existing shelf, in which four quarter parts of a ring protrude from the corners of the bottle compartment into this, characterized in that that in the middle of the bottom of each bottle compartment there is another ring, which is carried by the four quarters in their middle which is a larger one Has diameter than the upper end of the bottle or the bottle cap and which is closed at the top by an integrally molded cover. 2. Bottle crate according to claim 1, characterized in that the Lid is curved upwards. 3. Bottle crate according to claim 1 and 2, characterized in that on two opposite side walls that point on the side wall where the compartment wall located in the middle of the box merges into the side wall, one has inwardly directed indentation, which is used for receiving and holding a pull-up handle that spans the box. 4. bottle crate according to claim 1 to 3, marked through incisions in the upper edge of the indentation. 5. Bottle crate according to claim 1 to 4, characterized by incisions in the rings in the middle and U-shaped connecting pieces that open downwards between the rings themselves and the side walls. 6. Bottle crate according to claim 1 to 5, characterized in that the indentation designed as a guide for the thickened lower part of the handle is that the indentation is open to the outside by the handle width and that the Indentation at the lower end in the width of the thickening at the lower end of the handle is open.