DE2602489A1 - Plastic crate for bottles - has inner walls and bottom forming ribs between two opposite walls for maintaining bottles apart - Google Patents

Abstract

The plastic crate is for bottles and includes an inner arrangement by which the bottles are held apart and a bottom consisting of vertical ribs. The inner arrangement consists of parallel T-shaped inner walls positioned in middle vertical part of the crate and projecting from one side wall to an opposite side wall. The bottom forming ribs (4) are projecting in the same direction as the inner walls (3) and are positioned between the inner walls and between the inner walls and side walls (2). The ribs (4) are provided along their edge with positions for supporting the bottles (5) and with vertical projections (6). The T-shaped inner walls (3) include recesses (7) of right angular or trapezoidical form. At each side of each recess (7) is positioned a rib (8).

Description

Plastic bottle crates The present invention relates to a plastic bottle crate with a distance between the bottles holding interior decoration and an existing floor.

There is an extraordinarily large bottle crate made of plastic Variety of different shapes, designs and types. They are all certain Bottle types and sizes adapted. You have an interior which serves to upright the individual bottles placed in the bottle crate so that they can be automatically unloaded flat for transport, and If possible, keep the bottles at a distance from each other so that the bottles during Do not hit each other during transport and damage or even damage yourself in the process ouch Go break.

Since bottle crates are mass-produced items of the first order acts, efforts have long been underway to reduce the necessary material consumption to keep as low as possible for the manufacture of the bottle crate.

However, these efforts are limited by the stability required of the bottle crate. Because bottle crates are stacked in very high stacks set.

It is not uncommon for bottle crates to be loaded up to 6 m high stacks can be placed on top of each other. A saving measure of material consisted in not making the bottom of the bottle crate continuous, but to be designed as a wire mesh floor.

Another measure was to remove the compartment walls inside the bottle crate, which divide the inside of the bottle crate into a Yielsahl of compartments, so that each individual bottle is in a bottle compartment to be provided with recesses. These recesses are located in the corners of the bottle compartments so that the compartment walls inside the box each in its middle section with the bottom bars can be connected. Because the bottom webs generally run under the Center of the wall of each compartment so that the bottle is firmly on these base bars stands.

On the other hand, it is necessary to have the compartment wall in the middle down to the floor to let run, so that at this point the bottles of mostly circular Cross-section cannot hit each other during transport.

In the case of fan bottle crates, the inner walls are installed in such a way that they cross each other.

There are also bottle crates that have inner walls, which themselves only extend parallel to one another in one direction. These interior walls are arranged obliquely inside the box and have openings in the form of half ellipses. At the lower end of these inner walls is each a floor walkway. Two inner walls each with their cross-section in the shape of a V are arranged to hold a number of bottles.

Each bottle thus stands on two floor bars and is located in two semi-elliptical recesses. The edges of these recesses support the Bottle against lateral shifts. Also for the production of the interior alignment this bottle crate requires a lot of material.

There is also a fan bottle case that is used for the Transport of upright wine bottles is used. With this fan bottle case the recesses in the inner walls are arranged in the middle of the compartment walls, wu has the advantage that if the box is tilted by 900, the lower parts of the bottle fall into the recesses of the compartment walls, so that the wine bottles after Tilt the box UM 900 almost horizontally with a slight incline so that that the bottles cannot fall out of the bottle crate by themselves. This The advantage is that during the shocks of the transport the bottoms of the bottles can hit each other.

For manufacturing reasons, bottle crates are made of plastic usually manufactured as a single piece by injection molding. Then it just becomes a single one.

albeit a rather complicated shape for the manufacture of the bottle crate needed. There is only one demolding job for each bottle crate necessary for the production. There is no assembly work at all. This one-piece Production method from plastic means that the construction of such Bottle crates is often not easy because the molding tools are designed to be as simple as possible meant to be. If possible, such a shape should only consist of an outer shape and consist of a mandrel that can be pushed into the outer mold. At most, an or a maximum of two side sliders are permitted. Because the shape should also be simple be designed so that it does not become too expensive to manufacture so that it does not is too difficult to use and so it has the necessary cooling units on the right one May have places.

It is the object of the present invention to provide a bottle crate to create from plastic that can be produced in a simple form, for Interior decoration requires little material, but it is stable and one A safe distance between the bottles is guaranteed.

The invention consists in that, in cross section, T-shaped inner walls parallel from a side wall in the middle height area of the bottle crate to the opposite side wall that there is at least one in the same Directional bottom web below each space between two inner walls and / or between an inner wall and a side wall that the Floor bars on the edge next to the locations of the bottles have elevations that the im Cross-section of T-shaped inner walls in the shape of a segment of an arc of a circle or rectangular or have trapezoidal recesses and that the vertical part of these inner walls has a pair of parallel ribs on both sides next to each recess, of which One is arranged on each side of the recess.

Such a bottle crate is only required for the interior direction little material. Because instead of a grid floor, only individual webs extend One bar per row of bottles is sufficient - from one side wall to the opposite Side wall. The conventional framework can also be omitted, it is only through Replaced unidirectional T-shaped inner walls. Here are for n rows of bottles only n - 1 T-shaped interior walls required.

Due to the special design of these inner walls with vertical Ribs ensure that the bottles do not hit each other during transport could, on the other hand, this also ensures that the bottles - if the The crate with the bottles is stacked horizontally - a secure hold in the interior of the bottle crate and won't fall out by itself.

It is advantageous if the vertical ribs in the area of the vertical ribs Parts of the inner walls are extended by a shoulder together with the vertical ribs are. This not only increases the security in ensuring the distance between the bottles increases, but it also increases the stability of the T-shaped inner walls increased: Because there, where the recesses are in the horizontal part and reinforce the horizontal part by weakening these recesses the approaches the vertical part and thus increase the overall stability again.

For smaller bottle crates, especially for transporting two Rows of bottles, it is advisable to put one on the middle T-shaped inner wall To shape the handle.

While in known bottle crates with a handle often an additional one Inner wall must be drawn into the box so that the handle can be made can and the demolding of the bottle crate after production is possible Here the T-shaped inner wall is attached directly to the molding of a handle.

For reasons of material savings, it is useful if the T-shaped inner walls as well as the bottom webs lying between them parallel to the sides of the box are arranged. Because then the T-shaped inner walls as well as the bottom webs can be made from less material.

It is advantageous if the horizontal part of the T-shaped inner walls is arranged above the vertical part.

This not only increases stability, but also makes it easier Cleaning the box and also making the whole box more attractive.

The essence of the present invention is based on below from in the drawing schematically illustrated embodiments explained in more detail. 1 shows a cross section through a bottle crate with 5 rows of Bottles.

FIG. 2 shows a longitudinal section through the bottle crate from FIG. 1.

FIG. 3 shows a view from above of the bottle crate from FIG. 1.

FIG. 4 shows a view from below of the bottle crate from FIG. 1.

FIG. 5 is a side view of the bottle crate of FIG. 1.

6 shows a side view of a differently designed T-shaped inner wall.

7 shows a cross section through a bottle crate with a handle.

8 shows a longitudinal section through the bottle crate with a handle.

The bottle crate has side walls with openings. These Side walls are au. Eeksäulen 1 as well as from strips 2A, 2B, 2C built. The interior consists of T-shaped inner walls 3. The floor consists of individual webs 4. inner walls 3 and 4 bottom webs run parallel to each other. The floor days * have 5 elevations 6 on the edge next to the installation surfaces for the bottles, the triangular, trapezoidal or similar are designed so that when Inserting the bottles this is guided on the predetermined mounting surface.

The horizontal part 3A of the inner wall 3 has recesses 7, which are used to hold the middle or upper part of the bottle in the bottle crate to offer. On both sides of each recess 7 a rib 8 is arranged, which extends to the front edge of the horizontal part 3A of the inner wall. These ribs 8, provided in pairs for each bottle, are used when adjusting of the bottles to guide them to their place of installation. Serve during transport these ribs to the distance between the bottles also in the lower area of the Ensure bottles. For this reason, the ribs 8 extend deeply down over lugs 9 that the vertical part 3B of the inner wall 3 down extended towards. The inner walls are attached to the middle strip 2B of the side walls. The bottom webs 4 are attached to the lower bar 1k. The recesses 7 are circular arc segment-shaped, if bottles with a circular cross-section are in the bottle crate should be placed inside. In this case, they can also be trapezoidal. The trapezoidal shape is not only suitable for bottles with a circular cross-section, but also for bottles with trapezoidal or polygonal cross-sections, but also for rectangular bottles. When primarily transporting bottles with a rectangular cross-section into the bottle crate are to be, then you will expediently make the recess 7 rectangular. The rectangular design of the recess 7 does not include the transport from round bottles or trapezoidal bottles. The corners on the outsides of the horizontal part 3 then only have to be arranged so that they are accordingly the bottle diameter prevent the bottle from doing so can, with collide with an adjacent bottle.

In Fig. 6 is another embodiment of the inner wall from the side shown. Here, too, a horizontal part 3A is provided, which above the vertical part 3B is arranged. Ribs 8 are also provided here.

There are only recesses in the vertical wall 3B, which serve to save material. These recesses can take various forms have, as the recesses 10A, 103 show.

In Figures 7 and 8 iet shown a bottle crate for the Used to transport two rows of bottles.

This is structured in a similar way. The same reference characters are used for those parts that are already in the bottle crate of FIGS available. The handle 11 is an essential feature of this embodiment.

This is in one piece with the horizontal part 3A of the inner wall 3 prepared. Such small bottle crates are used as bottle carriers for household use needed. In this case it is possible to use the side walls of the bottle crate as well without the strips 2G with shorter corner pillars that are only between the strips 2A and 2B extend.

Claims (5)

S c h u t z a n s p r ü c h e: 1.) Plastic bottle crate with an interior that keeps the bottles at a distance from each other and a consisting of Steen soil, characterized in that T-shaped in cross-section Inner walls 3 are parallel in the middle height area of the bottle crate from one Side wall 2 to the opposite Be enwand 2 extend that at least a straight bottom web 4 running in the same direction below each space between two inner walls 3 and / or between an inner wall 3 and a side wall 2 eratrockt that the bottom webs 4 on the rim next to the locations of the bottles 5 elevations 6 have that the cross-sectionally T-shaped inner walls 3 are circular segment-shaped or rectangular or trapezoidal recesses 7 and that the vertical for 33 of these inner walls 3 on both sides next to each recess 7 a pair of vertical ; Has ribs 8, one of which on each side. the recess 7 is arranged is. 2. Bottle crate according to claim 1, characterized in that im Area of the vertical lips 8 the vertical parts of the inner walls 3 by a Approach 9 together with the vertical ribs 8 are extended. 3. Bottle crate according to claim 1 and 2, characterized in that a handle 11 is formed on the middle T-shaped inner wall 3. 4. Bottle crate according to claim 1 to 3, characterized in that the T-shaped inner walls 3 as well as the bottom webs 4 lying between them are arranged parallel to the narrow sides of the box 5. Plastic bottle crate according to claim 1 to 4, characterized in that the horizontal part of the T-shaped Inner walls 3 is arranged above the vertical part