EP0318123A1 - Flaschenkasten aus Kunststoff - Google Patents

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EP0318123A1
EP0318123A1 EP88202683A EP88202683A EP0318123A1 EP 0318123 A1 EP0318123 A1 EP 0318123A1 EP 88202683 A EP88202683 A EP 88202683A EP 88202683 A EP88202683 A EP 88202683A EP 0318123 A1 EP0318123 A1 EP 0318123A1
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crate
bottle
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Coenraad J. B. M. Benraad
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Wavin BV
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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
    • B65D1/00—Containers having bodies formed in one piece, e.g. by casting metallic material, by moulding plastics, by blowing vitreous material, by throwing ceramic material, by moulding pulped fibrous material, by deep-drawing operations performed on sheet material
    • B65D1/22—Boxes or like containers with side walls of substantial depth for enclosing contents
    • B65D1/24—Boxes or like containers with side walls of substantial depth for enclosing contents with moulded compartments or partitions
    • B65D1/243—Crates for bottles or like containers
    • 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
    • B65D2501/00—Containers having bodies formed in one piece
    • B65D2501/24—Boxes or like containers with moulded compartments or partitions
    • B65D2501/24006—Details relating to bottle crates
    • B65D2501/24012—Materials
    • B65D2501/24019—Mainly plastics
    • 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
    • B65D2501/00—Containers having bodies formed in one piece
    • B65D2501/24—Boxes or like containers with moulded compartments or partitions
    • B65D2501/24006—Details relating to bottle crates
    • B65D2501/2405—Construction
    • B65D2501/24063—Construction of the walls
    • B65D2501/2407—Apertured
    • 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
    • B65D2501/00—Containers having bodies formed in one piece
    • B65D2501/24—Boxes or like containers with moulded compartments or partitions
    • B65D2501/24006—Details relating to bottle crates
    • B65D2501/24197—Arrangements for locating the bottles
    • B65D2501/24203—Construction of locating arrangements
    • B65D2501/2421—Partitions
    • B65D2501/24216—Partitions forming square or rectangular cells
    • 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
    • B65D2501/00—Containers having bodies formed in one piece
    • B65D2501/24—Boxes or like containers with moulded compartments or partitions
    • B65D2501/24006—Details relating to bottle crates
    • B65D2501/24197—Arrangements for locating the bottles
    • B65D2501/24292—Means for locking the bottles in place
    • B65D2501/24305—Resilient

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  • the present invention relates to a bottle crate made of plastic, with upright walls fitted inside the crate, going up from the bottom to form compartments in which the bottles to be placed in the crate can be accommodated, and with window apertures provided in one or more side walls of the crate.
  • Such a bottle crate is known and is also described by the term "display crate”.
  • the window apertures in the side walls of the crate make it possible for the labels on the bottles placed in the crate to be seen from the outside.
  • One requirement for this is that the bottles have to be placed properly oriented in the crate, with the labels facing the window apertures.
  • Equipment for oriented positioning of bottles in a crate is known.
  • a second requirement is that during transportation of the filled crate the bottles in the crate, and in particular the bottles which are placed opposite the window apertures, should remain in the correct position and not turn. The bottles in question therefore have to be fixed in the compartments in which they are placed.
  • centering elements in bottle compartments for centering bottles in the bottle compartments.
  • these centering elements grip the side of the bottle at a distance from the bottom of the crate.
  • the disadvantage of these centering elements is that there is a risk that when the bottles are being placed in the crate the label, which in most cases is still damp and therefore liable to sustain damage, will be damaged by the centering elements.
  • Such centering elements are thus not suitable for securing bottles against turning in a so-called "display crate".
  • the object of the present invention is to provide a crate of the abovementioned type in which in particular the bottles opposite the window apertures are secured against turning, and in which the risk of the label being damaged during placing of the bottles in the crate is slight.
  • At least the compartments situated next to the side walls of the crate provided with window apertures and opposite the window apertures are provided with one or more flexible bottle fixing elements, for preventing the bottles placed in the particular compartments from turning, said fixing elements each being connected to one or more of the walls forming a compartment and cooperating at least in the immediate vicinity of the bottom of the crate with the outside of a bottle placed in the comnartment.
  • the bottle fixing elements grip a bottle placed in the compartment on the outside below the label, so that the risk of damage to the label is very slight while, on the other hand, the force exerted on the bottle by the bottle fixing elements is sufficient to secure a bottle placed in the compartment against turning.
  • the bottle fixing elements are preferably formed in such a way that, viewed in a plane parallel to the bottom of the crate, the space available for a bottle in a compartment increases continuously from the bottom of the crate to the mouth of the compartment. This ensures that a bottle is easy to place in a compartment, while also tolerances in the diameter of the bottle can be compensated.
  • the compartments in the crate are expediently essentially square, and a bottle fixing element is provided in at least one of the corners of at least the compartments situated next to the side walls of the crate provided with window apertures and opposite the window aperture, said bottle fixing element being formed as a slanting wall part which stands free of the bottom of the crate and is connected to the walls meeting in the corner of the compartment.
  • the bottle fixing elements do not take up any useful space, and the bottle fixing elements are easy to form in the crate. Since the bottle fixing elements stand free of the bottom of the crate, these bottle fixing elements can be given the correct flexibility to permit easy placing of the bottles in the crate and still ensure optimum securing of the bottles against turning.
  • the crate according to the invention shown in Figures 1 and 2 comprises a bottom 1 and double upright walls 2 to 5, i.e. two long side walls 2, 3 and two short side walls 4, 5.
  • the bottom 1 of the crate is schematically shown in Figures 1 and 2.
  • Stacking flanges, stiffening ribs and the like are not shown.
  • the crate also has upright walls 6, 7 going out from the bottom 1 and together forming a lattice 8.
  • the bottles to be placed in the crate can be accommodated in the compartments 9 formed by the lattice 8.
  • the long side walls 2, 3 and, if desired, the short side walls 4, 5 of the crate are provide with window apertures 10, which must make it possible for bottles placed in the crate, in particular their labels, to be seen from the outside.
  • a crate with such window apertures 10 is generally described by the term "display crate".
  • the bottles In such a crate the bottles must be placed in such a way that the labels of the bottles which are placed next to the side walls of the crate and opposite the window apertures face the window apertures 10.
  • Machines for placing bottles in a crate in this way are known and will not be described further here.
  • each bottle fixing element 11 provided in a corner of a compartment 9 is essentially the shape of a side wall part of a truncated cone.
  • Four bottle fixing elements 11 at an intersection of the walls 6 and 7 of the lattice 8 together are essentially the shape of the superficies of a truncated cone.
  • the apex angle of said cone lies between 5 . and 30 °, and preferably between 10 and 20°.
  • the bottle fixing elements 11 are connected in the vertical direction to the walls 6 and 7 of the lattice 8.
  • the bottom side of the bottle fixing elements 11 stands free of the bottom 1 of the crate.
  • Each slanting, curved wall part forming a bottle fixing element is thereby flexible and deformable in such a way that the distance between this wall part and the center point of the compartment in the corner of which the bottle fixing element 11 is fitted can vary. If now a bottle 12 is placed in a particular compartment 9, in which a bottle fixing element 11 is fitted in each of the corners, as shown in Figures 5 and 6, the bottom edge of the bottle 12 will come into contact with the slanting wall of the bottle fixing elements 11 at a certain point in time. On further movement downwards of the bottle, the bottle fixing elements 11 will deform, and in the immediate vicinity of the bottom 1 of the crate will grip the side wall of the bottle 12 in more or less clamping fashion.
  • the clamping of the bottle thus takes place in the bottom region of the bottle, below the label placed on the bottle.
  • the risk of damage to the label is therefore very small.
  • the degree of clamping depends, inter alia, on the shape of the bottle fixing elements 11 and the diameter of the bottle 12 placed in the compartment.
  • the shape of the bottle fixing elements 11 is, however, such that even with the minimum diameter of the bottle 12 sufficient clamping can still be achieved to prevent the bottle 12 from turning in the compartment 9 during transportation of the full crate.
  • the clamping force does not have to be great, since in fact no tangential forces are exerted on the bottles.
  • the shape of the bottle fixing elements 11 is such that the space available in a compartment 9 for the bottle increases continuously from the bottom 1 of the crate towards the mouth of the compartment 9, a bottle 12 can be placed in a compartment 9 without problems.
  • the bottle fixing elements 11 are not necessary for the bottle fixing elements 11 to be the shape of a side wall part of a truncated cone. Other shapes are also possible.
  • the bottle fixing elements can be the shape of a side wall part of a truncated pyramid, each bottle fixing element 11 being formed by a slanting flat wall part in a corner of a bottle compartment 9.
  • Figure 7 shows a possible embodiment of a crate according to the invention in which a bottle fixing element 11 is fitted in the two corners lying against the side walls 2 to 5 of the crate in each compartment 9 situated opposite a window aperture 10.
  • the bottle cooperates near the bottom of the crate with the two bottle fixing elements 11 fitted in the compartment, on the one hand, and with a wall 6 or 7 of the lattice 8, on the other.
  • Figure 8 shows a possible embodiment of a crate according to the invention in which a bottle fixing element 11 is fitted in the two corners lying away from the side walls 2 to 5 of the crate in each compartment opposite a window aperture 10.
  • the bottle engages near the bottom of the crate with the two bottle fixing elements 11, on the one hand, and with a side wall 2 or 3 of the crate, on the other.

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EP88202683A 1987-11-26 1988-11-24 Flaschenkasten aus Kunststoff Ceased EP0318123A1 (de)

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NL8702836A NL8702836A (nl) 1987-11-26 1987-11-26 Flessenkrat uit kunststof.
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Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
DE3926900A1 (de) * 1989-08-16 1991-02-21 Grafenwald Kunststoff Stehend und liegend verwendbarer flaschenkasten
EP0464894A1 (de) * 1990-06-22 1992-01-08 Heineken Technical Services B.V. Kasten zur Aufnahme von Flaschen
EP0512289A1 (de) * 1991-05-06 1992-11-11 Peguform-Werke Gmbh Flaschenkasten aus Kunststoff mit Flaschenklemmung
EP0564029A1 (de) * 1992-04-01 1993-10-06 D.W. PACKING, naamloze vennootschap Stapelbarer Kasten
EP0822144A1 (de) * 1996-07-29 1998-02-04 Franz Delbrouck GmbH Träger für Flaschen

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Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
BE621185A (de) *
GB758517A (en) * 1953-03-21 1956-10-03 Eric Clifford Turner Improved bottle container
EP0013855A1 (de) * 1979-01-17 1980-08-06 David, Soizick Anne Marie Kiste durchbrochener Bauart für den Transport von Flaschen oder dgl.
GB2069975A (en) * 1980-02-22 1981-09-03 Gpg Int Ltd Moulded partitioned containers
EP0114392A1 (de) * 1983-01-11 1984-08-01 Franz Delbrouck GmbH Flaschenkasten aus Kunststoff

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Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
BE621185A (de) *
GB758517A (en) * 1953-03-21 1956-10-03 Eric Clifford Turner Improved bottle container
EP0013855A1 (de) * 1979-01-17 1980-08-06 David, Soizick Anne Marie Kiste durchbrochener Bauart für den Transport von Flaschen oder dgl.
GB2069975A (en) * 1980-02-22 1981-09-03 Gpg Int Ltd Moulded partitioned containers
EP0114392A1 (de) * 1983-01-11 1984-08-01 Franz Delbrouck GmbH Flaschenkasten aus Kunststoff

Cited By (6)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
DE3926900A1 (de) * 1989-08-16 1991-02-21 Grafenwald Kunststoff Stehend und liegend verwendbarer flaschenkasten
EP0464894A1 (de) * 1990-06-22 1992-01-08 Heineken Technical Services B.V. Kasten zur Aufnahme von Flaschen
EP0512289A1 (de) * 1991-05-06 1992-11-11 Peguform-Werke Gmbh Flaschenkasten aus Kunststoff mit Flaschenklemmung
EP0564029A1 (de) * 1992-04-01 1993-10-06 D.W. PACKING, naamloze vennootschap Stapelbarer Kasten
BE1005725A3 (nl) * 1992-04-01 1993-12-28 D W Plastics Nv Stapelbaar krat.
EP0822144A1 (de) * 1996-07-29 1998-02-04 Franz Delbrouck GmbH Träger für Flaschen

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