EP0260055A3 - spacer tray for packaging containers - Google Patents

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EP0260055A3
EP0260055A3 EP87307735A EP87307735A EP0260055A3 EP 0260055 A3 EP0260055 A3 EP 0260055A3 EP 87307735 A EP87307735 A EP 87307735A EP 87307735 A EP87307735 A EP 87307735A EP 0260055 A3 EP0260055 A3 EP 0260055A3
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container
tray
spacer
loading
spacer tray
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French (fr)
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EP0260055A2 (en
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Roy Hammett
Edward Lee Passarelli
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International Container Systems Inc
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International Container Systems Inc
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Priority claimed from US07/016,310 external-priority patent/US4789063A/en
Priority claimed from US07/048,437 external-priority patent/US4896774A/en
Application filed by International Container Systems Inc filed Critical International Container Systems Inc
Publication of EP0260055A2 publication Critical patent/EP0260055A2/en
Publication of EP0260055A3 publication Critical patent/EP0260055A3/en
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65D—CONTAINERS FOR STORAGE OR TRANSPORT OF ARTICLES OR MATERIALS, e.g. BAGS, BARRELS, BOTTLES, BOXES, CANS, CARTONS, CRATES, DRUMS, JARS, TANKS, HOPPERS, FORWARDING CONTAINERS; ACCESSORIES, CLOSURES, OR FITTINGS THEREFOR; PACKAGING ELEMENTS; PACKAGES
    • B65D71/00—Bundles of articles held together by packaging elements for convenience of storage or transport, e.g. portable segregating carrier for plural receptacles such as beer cans or pop bottles; Bales of material
    • B65D71/70—Trays provided with projections or recesses in order to assemble multiple articles, e.g. intermediate elements for stacking

Abstract

A spacer tray 2 for containers 32 is formed of a moldable sheet material and is shaped to provide a plurality of container-bottom receptacles 4. Each container-bottom receptacle 4 is shaped to receive at least a part of a bottom portion of a container 32. A container spacer wall 30 is located between each pair of adjacent container-bottom receptacles 4 to maintain bottom portions of containers seated in the receptacles spaced apart from one another. The spacer tray 2 can include nesting-binding interference structures 40, 42 to prevent two spacer trays placed one atop the other from binding when one tray is rotated 180 degrees relative to but otherwise aligned with the other tray. The spacer tray can include a plurality of container-loading-guide-­ pin openings 36 passing through it which permit container-loading guide pins 78 - from a high-speed spacer-tray loading machine, for example - to pass through for locating the spacer tray 2 and guiding bottom portions of containers 32 into container-bottom receptacles 4 during loading of the spacer tray. The spacer tray 202 can include a plurality of container-­ loading-guide-pin caps 236 which permit end portions of container-loading guide pins 78 to project into and fit within the interiors of the caps for locating the spacer tray 202 and for reinforcing the caps for guiding bottom portions of containers 32 into container-bottom receptacles 204 during loading of the spacer tray.
EP87307735A 1986-09-08 1987-09-02 spacer tray for packaging containers Withdrawn EP0260055A3 (en)

Applications Claiming Priority (8)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
US90472586A 1986-09-08 1986-09-08
US92575586A 1986-10-30 1986-10-30
US16310 1987-02-19
US07/016,310 US4789063A (en) 1986-10-30 1987-02-19 Spacer tray for packaging containers
US07/048,437 US4896774A (en) 1987-05-11 1987-05-11 Spacer tray for packaging containers
US48437 1987-05-11
US904725 1992-06-26
US925755 2001-08-09

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EP0260055A2 EP0260055A2 (en) 1988-03-16
EP0260055A3 true EP0260055A3 (en) 1989-01-18

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EP87307735A Withdrawn EP0260055A3 (en) 1986-09-08 1987-09-02 spacer tray for packaging containers

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Families Citing this family (4)

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US5465891A (en) * 1991-05-22 1995-11-14 Aladdin Industries, Inc. Beverage container holder
US5312013A (en) * 1991-05-22 1994-05-17 Aladdin Industries, Incorporated Beverage container construction
NZ248777A (en) * 1992-10-27 1995-07-26 Mead Corp Package for beverage cans has a divider within a carton to arrange the beverage cans into two vertically aligned tiers
US5651523A (en) * 1995-08-31 1997-07-29 Aladdin Industries, Inc. Article support system having multiple utilities

Citations (7)

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Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
FR1474782A (en) * 1966-10-26 1967-03-31 Emballages Keyes Soc D Improvement of molded fiber display trays
FR91139E (en) * 1965-12-14 1968-04-19 Emballages Keyes Soc D Improvement of molded fiber display trays
FR1563835A (en) * 1968-01-25 1969-04-18
US3650395A (en) * 1970-01-22 1972-03-21 Reginald John Hobbs Shrink wrap package having the containers therein in contacting relation
US3805478A (en) * 1973-01-12 1974-04-23 Anderson Bros Mfg Co Tray loading apparatus
FR2313280A1 (en) * 1975-06-03 1976-12-31 Oreal PACKAGING OF A SET OF OBJECTS, IN PARTICULAR CANS, BOTTLES OR VIALS, HELD BY A BASE
FR2366995A1 (en) * 1976-10-08 1978-05-05 Mead Corp METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TRAINING AND LOADING A TRAY

Patent Citations (7)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
FR91139E (en) * 1965-12-14 1968-04-19 Emballages Keyes Soc D Improvement of molded fiber display trays
FR1474782A (en) * 1966-10-26 1967-03-31 Emballages Keyes Soc D Improvement of molded fiber display trays
FR1563835A (en) * 1968-01-25 1969-04-18
US3650395A (en) * 1970-01-22 1972-03-21 Reginald John Hobbs Shrink wrap package having the containers therein in contacting relation
US3805478A (en) * 1973-01-12 1974-04-23 Anderson Bros Mfg Co Tray loading apparatus
FR2313280A1 (en) * 1975-06-03 1976-12-31 Oreal PACKAGING OF A SET OF OBJECTS, IN PARTICULAR CANS, BOTTLES OR VIALS, HELD BY A BASE
FR2366995A1 (en) * 1976-10-08 1978-05-05 Mead Corp METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TRAINING AND LOADING A TRAY

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BR8704662A (en) 1988-04-26

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