DE2557485B2 - Box for bottles or the like - Google Patents

Description

The invention relates to a box for bottles or the like, with several compartments and a removal opening in at least one side wall, in which in the area of the removal opening one is displaceable in the height direction There is a bar running parallel to the bottom of the box, which is fixed with a compartment-shaped, which can also be moved Partitions connected and guided with their ends on the crate frame.

Such boxes, which are known for example from Austrian patent specification 3 15 724, are i.a. for the transport of beer and mineral water bottles as well as for display in shops and used at other outlets. They are usually stacked one on top of the other at the point of sale, whereby the removal of individual bottles takes place through the removal opening, each of which is located in at least one Side wall of the box is located.

The box known from Austrian patent specification 3 15 724 has several partitions separated rooms, the partition walls are connected to a slide, which is like a Bar is located in the area of the side removal opening. Partitions and sliders are in common Height-adjustable and are pushed up to remove a bottle. After completion During the removal process, they fall down again and, in this state, hold the inside on the one hand Bottles located in the crate and on the other hand prevent them from falling out of the removal opening.

The previously known boxes have the disadvantage that they can be moved together with the front bar Partition walls jam easily. This is due to the fact that boxes with such can be moved as a whole Compartments have no additional stiffening members and are therefore relatively unstable.

There are also boxes known in which a locking member between a lower locking layer and a upper layer releasing the bottles can be moved. Such boxes do not have any devices which prevent the bottles from colliding, especially during transport, which on the one hand causes constant clanking noises and on the other hand is also harmful to the bottles.

The invention is based on the object of creating a crate of the type mentioned at the beginning for bottles or the like, which has better stability properties than the known crates of this type while being light in weight and in which the moving parts do not jam even under rough operation.
This object is achieved according to the invention in that the partition walls firmly connected or connected to the bar, which crosses or cross the partition walls extending from the bar to the inside of the box, engage with their lower edge in depressions in the lowered state, which are located in rlen upper edges of fixed further partitions with congruent compartment subdivision to the height-adjustable partitions, which extend vertically upwards from the box bottom and whose height increases from the lower edge of the removal opening towards the inside of the box.

The stability of the box is further increased if the aforementioned bar is at the end with one in each Forward sliding direction from the bar downwards Guide rail consists of one piece, which is in guide grooves in the adjacent to the removal opening Crate side walls are stored.

In a preferred embodiment, there is also at least one locking projection on the displaceable bar present, which forms a frictional connection on the box in the upper layer of the bar.

A crate constructed in this way has the advantage of high stability over the previously known ones. It is this in particular due to the fact that in the total area of the box firmly to the bottom and the rear Wall-connected partitions are available. However, these walls do not prevent the removal of the The contents of the box towards the front, as its height decreases towards the front and that with the front bar mentioned connected compartments can easily be pushed upwards if necessary. Because of the The fact that the partition walls that are firmly connected to the sliding bar and parallel to it in the Engage lowered state in recesses of the bottom partitions, tilting the sliding Avoid compartments. If several bottles or the like are to be removed at the same time, it is a consequence of the aforementioned locking projection possible to push the front strip so far up that it is there is temporarily clamped, so that the removal opening then remains free as long as desired. For reclosing the bar can easily be pulled down again, whereby it then as a result of the good

Crate stability slides back to its original position.

The invention is explained in more detail below with reference to the drawing. It shows

Fig. 1 is a perspective view of the K iste,

2 shows a vertical section along the line II-II in Fig. 1.

3A is a side view of the sliding compartment used in the crate;

3B shows a plan view of the displaceable compartment,

F i g. 3C is a partially cutaway front view this compartment.

In the drawing, a bottle crate 11 is shown with a rectangular plan, which has space for three rows of four bottles. The bottle spaces are denoted by 12. At one of the longitudinal walls 13 a discharge opening 14 is present, which is limited by a low edge 15 on the box bottom 16th The removal opening 14 extends as far as the end walls 17, which end walls are each provided with a rectangular, weight-saving opening. The rear wall 19 of the box also has a rectangular opening 20 with a stiffening beam 21 left therein.

The box bottom 16 is composed of longitudinal ribs 16A and transverse ribs 16O , the transverse ribs protruding somewhat beyond the longitudinal ones. The bottom 16 has two transverse ribs 16S in each row of the bottle spaces 12, in which the transverse ribs 16ß are distributed approximately evenly. Furthermore, the floor has a longitudinal rib 16Λ at the dividing line between two longitudinal rows of bottle spaces 12 and a longitudinal rib 16Λ in the middle of each of these rows.

On the side wall 19, which is opposite the removal opening 14 , there are three transverse partition walls 22 which extend up from the base 16 and which are each connected to the transverse ribs 16ß . The partition walls 22 are anchored to the rear wall 19 and the stiffening spar 21. The partition walls 22 are led to the rear row of bottle spaces 12 as seen from the removal opening at the same height as, for example, the stiffening beam 21 . The height of the partition walls 22 decreases from the rear and the middle row of bottle spaces 12 to about ³ Å of the maximum height, whereby it then decreases in a straight line towards the lower edge 15 of the removal opening 14. The partition walls 22 thus have an inclined edge 23 which extends from the top of the edge 15 at an angle of 55-60 ° with respect to the box bottom 16. At the upper end of the inclined edge 23 there is a low recess 24 . The partition walls 22 are provided with material-saving openings 22A .

Inside the box there is a displaceable compartment 25 which mainly comprises three transverse partition walls 26 which extend predominantly in the vertical direction and which are approximately in the same vertical planes as the respective partition walls 22 . The compartment 25 also has two corresponding longitudinal partition walls 27, one of which is arranged on each side of the middle row of bottle spaces 12 , and a corresponding locking strip 28. The displaceable compartment 25 also includes a guide rail 29 at each end of the locking strip 28, which each engages in a guide groove 30 extending in the vertical direction of the box, the groove 30 being located in the box wall 17. The groove 30 and the respective guide rails 29 have corresponding,

z. B. rectangular cross-section. The guide rail 29 is arranged at right angles to the locking strip 28 and extends down like a leg. The middle partition wall 27 is curved at the ends to the adjacent guide rail brought up like this

ίο in F i g. 3B is shown at 31 . The curvatures of the ends of the separating element 7 begin approximately in the middle of the outer bottle space 12. The guide rails 29 are provided with a low rib 32 on the rear edge and also with a further rib 33 on the front edge.

All partition walls 22 and 26 have V-shaped recesses in the upper edges of their wall sections delimiting the bottle spaces 12. The compartment 25 can be moved between an upper and lower layer. In the lower position, the rear partition 27 lies with the lower edge in the recess 24 and the displaceable strip 28 is in the area of the removal opening 14 and thus blocks this opening against unintentional removal or the falling out of bottles. In the upper position, the partitions 26 and 27 and the strip 28 rest against the upper edge of the box, whereby the removal opening is exposed. The bottles not shown in the drawing that are present in the crate can then be placed at an angle, lifted over the edge 15 and thus removed. Because the longitudinal bottom ribs 16/4 are lower than the transverse bottom ribs 16ß, the bottle bottoms will not engage in the spaces between the longitudinal bottom ribs 16Λ.

The locking strip 28 is equipped with a grip strip 34 which protrudes from the lower edge and also with one or more locking or locking projections 34 ' which extend in a ramp shape from the lower edge. When the compartment 25 is lifted up, the locking process 34Λ is pushed against the box wall 13 above the removal opening and pressed against it. The compartment is thereby held in its upper position by friction between the locking projection 34/4, the guide rails 29 and the adjacent parts of the box.

In the upper part of the end walls 17, a recess 35 is provided in the middle over approximately half the width of the box. In the same area the box wall is drawn in, whereby the recess 35 and thus a handle 36 is formed which is easily accessible even when several boxes are stacked on top of one another or arranged next to one another.

In the case of the box described, part of the floor load is absorbed by the partition walls 22. The bottom ribs 1! 6Λ and 16ß can thus be made correspondingly thinner than in a box without such partition walls. The removal opening 14 can be led all the way to the end walls 17, so that the contents of the box are more visible. As a result of the partitions in the box described, the noise that the bottles make during transport is significantly reduced. Since the

Spcrrieiste 28 has a certain width, the same can can be used as a carrier for advertising lettering and / or figures.

For this purpose 4 sheets of drawings

Claims (3)

Patent claims: 1. Box for bottles or the like. With several compartments and a removal opening in at least a side wall, in which in the area of the removal opening a displaceable in the vertical direction There is a bar running parallel to the bottom of the box, which is also fixed with a sliding bar compartment-shaped partitions connected and guided with their ends on the crate frame, thereby characterized in that with the bar (28) firmly connected or connected Partition walls (27), which form the partition walls extending from the strip (28) towards the inside of the box (26) crosses or crosses, engage with their lower edge in the lowered state in recesses (24), which are in the upper edges (23) of fixed further partition walls (22) with to the vertically adjustable partitions are congruent with the compartment subdivisions from the box bottom (16) extend upwards and its height from the lower edge (15) of the Removal opening increases towards the inside of the box. 2. Box according to claim 1, characterized in that the bar (28) ends with one in each Shifting direction from the bar downwardly extending guide rail (29) from a Piece consists in guide grooves (30) in the box side walls adjacent to the removal opening are stored. 3. Box according to claim 1 or 2, characterized in that on the bar (28) at least one locking projection {34A) is present, which forms a frictional connection on the box in the upper position of the bar (28).