EP0277126B1 - A bottle case - Google Patents

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EP0277126B1
EP0277126B1 EP86905825A EP86905825A EP0277126B1 EP 0277126 B1 EP0277126 B1 EP 0277126B1 EP 86905825 A EP86905825 A EP 86905825A EP 86905825 A EP86905825 A EP 86905825A EP 0277126 B1 EP0277126 B1 EP 0277126B1
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Timo Taina
Ossi Helander
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    • B65DCONTAINERS 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
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  • This invention relates to a bottle case having a side wall thereof provided with outlets through which bottles are to be removed from the case and comprising at the bottom thereof a set of compartments formed by vertical separating walls and outer case walls for the sideways support of the lower portions of the bottles, whereby at least three adjacent compartments are positioned at each outlet and those walls of the compartments which are perpendicular to the plane of the outlet are provided with supporting means projecting from said walls for supporting the bottles in the direction of said walls, and the separating walls positioned at the bottle outlet and extending at right angles to the plane of the outlet are resiliently bendable in the sideways direction.
  • This kind of bottle case is known from DE-A-3 410 435.
  • the separating walls of the compartments are on both sides provided with projecting supporting means which according to one embodiment can be formed by protuberances.
  • the bottles can be removed through the outlet one at a time, because the separating walls are bendable at the protuberances so that they are displaced into the adjacent compartments when a bottle is being removed from the case.
  • the supporting means cannot be displaced away from the part of the bottles, if all the bottles in a row positioned in parallel with the plane of the outlet try to get out at the same time through the outlet, because the displacing forces exerted on the supporting means by adjacent bottles compensate each other. Therefore the bottles do not fall out of the case when the case is tilted e.g. during the transportation because the case is then full.
  • Said DE-A-3 410 435 discloses a bottle case the outlet of which has the width of four compartments, i.e. four bottles are positioned at the outlet.
  • cases are known which are intended for smaller bottles, e.g. for bottles of about 0.3 liters, in which six bottles can be fitted in the direction of the length of the case and in which a vertical pillar is provided in the middle of the side opening of the case so thatthere are two outlets on the long sides of the case, with three compartments at each outlet.
  • the bottle locking system disclosed in the above mentioned patent specification can be successfully applied to the case type mentioned above.
  • the present invention is based on the realization that it is in this case type in particular that the bottle locking system can be further simplified and at the same time made even more reliable.
  • the supporting means yield when a very forceful shock-like force is exerted on the bottles and, additionally, the protuberances may wear in a long-term use to such an extent that the locking of the bottles is deteriorated.
  • the object of the present invention is to provide a bottle case which is provided with outlets having the width of at least three compartments and in which the locking of the bottles is more reliable than previously and the wearing of the supporting means is not as disadvantageous as in the known system.
  • the bottle case according to the invention is characterized in that the supporting means of the middlemost compartment(s) of the compartments positioned at each outlet are positioned at a different distance from the plane of the outlet than the supporting means of the outermost compartments.
  • the supporting means being positioned as described above, the bottles are tilted in different degrees in their compartments when a full case is tilted during the transportation, and thereby the separating walls of the compartments, are bent in the sideward direction.
  • the openings of the compartment(s) in which the bottles are positioned farther away from the outlet become narrower when the separating walls are bent, whereas the width of the opening of the two other compartments or the third compartment is increased.
  • bottles can be locked in a bottle case more reliably than previously.
  • the wearing of the supporting means is not as disadvantageous as in the known solution.
  • the supporting means are preferably so positioned that the supporting means of the middlemost compartment are positioned farther away from the outlet than the supporting means of the outermost compartments. This embodiment ensures that the bottles are locked properly because the outermost bottles wedge the middlemost bottle in position by bending the separating walls by the weight thereof towards the middlemost compartment.
  • the supporting means of the outermost compartments are formed by a per se known stationary shoulder attached to the wall of the case.
  • the supporting means of the above-mentioned patent specification can be wholly left out from the outermost compartments, which, of course, simplifies the structure.
  • This embodiment is also advantageous in that because the supporting means of a compartment is formed by a stationary shoulder of the wall, the bottles are forced to move towards the middle of the outlet when they are tilted towards the outlet, on account whereof the wedge effect of the bottles are increased.
  • the shoulder can be formed by the edge of the outlet, which edge projects from the inner surface of the end wall of the case orfrom the surface of an unyielding separating wall.
  • the bottle case preferably manufactured of a plastic material, is provided with two side walls 1 and 2 and two end walls 3 and 4.
  • the end walls have small openings (not shown), and the side walls are both provided with two openings 5 and 6 which are separated from each other by a vertical pillar 7 of the side wall.
  • the openings 5, 6 serve as outlets for the bottles when the bottle cases are piled up one upon another in a shop; the outlets being sufficiently high for the closures of the bottles to be positioned below the upper edge of the outlets in a normal case, as appears from Figure 1.
  • the bottles are indicated by the reference numeral 8.
  • the lower edge of the outlets 5, 6 is wave-like in such a manner that the distance between the wave peaks corresponds to the inner diameter of the bottle.
  • the case has a bottom 9 formed of crosswise plastic ribs, and a set of compartments 10 is positioned on the bottom for the separation of the bottles from each other.
  • the compartments are formed by separating walls 11 extending longitudinally, i.e. in parallel with the plane of the outlets 5, 6, and separating walls 12 extending perpendicularly to said walls 11 and thereby also to the plane of the outlets.
  • the longitudinal separating walls 11 have the same wave shape as the lower edge of the outlets.
  • the upper edge of these separating walls is positioned slightly above the level of the lower edge of the outlets.
  • the smallest height of the separating walls 11 corresponds to about 20 per cent of the height of the bottles.
  • the transversal separating walls 12 are higher than the other separating walls, and they are attached to the side walls 1, 2 as shown in Figure 4, wherefrom it appears that a slit 13 is provided between the upper portion of the separating walls and the side walls for facilitating the displacement of the separating walls in the sideward direction with respect to the side walls 1, 2.
  • a separating wall 14 which is more steady than the other separating walls and which does not yield in the sideward direction is provided between the vertical pillars 7.
  • the outlets 5, 6 and the distance between the separating walls 11, 12 are so dimensioned that there are three compartments at each outlet.
  • the inner surface of the end walls 3, 4 is provided with arched recesses 15.
  • the separating walls 12, which extend perpendicularly to the bottle outlets 5, 6, are further provided with protuberances 16 acting as supporting means.
  • the supporting means 16 of the middlemost compartment of the compartments positioned at each outlet 5, 6 are positioned at a different distance from the outlet than the supporting means of the outermost compartments.
  • this has been effected by positioning protuberances 16 acting as supporting means on the separating walls 12 defining the middlemost compartment at each outlet on those surfaces thereof which face said middlemost compartment.
  • the protuberances are so positioned that when a bottle 8 is placed in an upright position into the compartment, it is lightly pressed against the protuberances so that the protuberances are positioned at a short distance from the side walls 1, 2 of the case.
  • the outermost compartments i.e. those defined by the end walls 3, 4 and the separating wall 14 positioned in the middle, do not have any supporting means of the above-described type; instead, bottles positioned in these compartments are supported solely by the vertical edges 17 and 18 of the outlets 5, 6, which edges project from the inner surface of the end walls 3, 4 of the case, thus forming a shoulder adjacent the opening of these compartments.
  • the width of the outermost compartments beside the outlets is slightly smaller than the width of the middlemost compartment.
  • the bottle case according to the invention When the bottle case according to the invention is in use, it is filled with bottles 8 at the brewery; the bottle case shown in the drawing accomodat- ing 24 bottles.
  • the load When the cases are transported from the brewery to the shops, e.g. by a lorry, the load may swing so that the bottles tend to get out through the outlets 5, 6.
  • This kind of situation is shown in Figure 3.
  • the outermost of the bottles 8 positioned at each outlet are tilted outwards by the swinging movement so that the bottle closures are positioned substantially in the plane of the outlet.
  • the bottles are simultaneously turned towards each other by virtue of the vertical edges 17, 18 of the outlets, as a result of which the bottles press the resilient separating walls 12 defining the middlemost compartment nearer to each other.
  • the middlemost bottle is not able to tilt as much as the outermost bottles, whereby it does not prevent the separating walls 12 from bending as shown in Figure 3.
  • the supporting means can also be positioned so that the supporting means of the middlemost compartment are positioned closest to the outlet and the supporting means of the outermost compartments farther away from the outlet.
  • the supporting means of the middlemost compartment must be dimensioned so that the middlemost bottle remains in its compartment simultaneously as it presses the separating walls apart from each other through the supporting means when it is tilted so that the outermost bottles are wedged in position.
  • the shape of the supporting means can differ from that shown in the drawing.
  • the solution according to the invention can be applied to transporting boxes in general, in which cylindrical objects are transported.
  • the case can be constructed so that there are outlets on one side wall only. It is further to be understood that the case can be larger than the described, if required, so that the side wall is provided with three or more outlets in sequence. The invention is operative even when there are four compartments at each outlet.

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DK232487D0 (da) 1987-05-06
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FI70857B (fi) 1986-07-18
WO1987002007A1 (en) 1987-04-09
DE3673024D1 (de) 1990-08-30

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