EP0373861A2 - Plateau d'espacement - Google Patents

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EP0373861A2
EP0373861A2 EP89312913A EP89312913A EP0373861A2 EP 0373861 A2 EP0373861 A2 EP 0373861A2 EP 89312913 A EP89312913 A EP 89312913A EP 89312913 A EP89312913 A EP 89312913A EP 0373861 A2 EP0373861 A2 EP 0373861A2
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support structure
spacer member
protrusions
skirt
spacer
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EP0373861A3 (fr
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Stephen Clive Loftus
Andrew Christopher Cope
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MCKECHNIE CONSUMER PRODUCTS Ltd
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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

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  • the present invention concerns improvements in or relating to spacers especially but not exclusively spacers for use between upper and lower layers of beer kegs.
  • batches comprise several layers of four or six beer kegs, each layer arranged in two or three rows of two kegs, it is desirable, therefore, that the spacer extends over the tops of four or six kegs to provide a base for the four or six kegs of the next above layer.
  • spacers There have been proposals to provide such spacers in the past but these have suffered from considerable disadvantages. It cannot be guaranteed that each keg in a layer has exactly the same height on the remaining kegs, consequently, any height variation between kegs can cause instability in the spacer board, which instability is transmitted upwardly through the other layers of the stack. Additionally, it is desirable that the spacer does not extend beyond the outer perimeter of the layer of kegs to any appreciable extent, consequently it is important that the kegs are stacked on or close to predetermined positions on the spacer.
  • a support structure including a spacer member arranged to both support and lie upon articles characterised in that the spacer member includes a planar upper surface and a planar lower surface, a downwardly extending skirt extending about a peripheral edge of the spacer member, the skirt including regions of reduced thickness.
  • a support structure including a spacer member arranged to both support and lie upon articles characterised in that the spacer member has an upper planer surface and a lower planar surface, the upper planar surface being prov­ided with upwardly directed protrusions to assist in locating articles upon that surface, the upwardly directed protrusions having inwardly directed faces inclined downwards.
  • the support structure is formed from plastics material by injection moulding.
  • it is of sufficient size to accommodate four beer kegs thereon in two rows of two.
  • it can accommodate six beer kegs in three rows of two.
  • each of the longer sides of the skirt may have two regions of reduced thickness at equal spacing from each other and the end of the structure.
  • the shorter peripheral skirt may have one region of reduced thickness at its centre. In a structure for supporting four kegs each skirt has a region of reduced thickness.
  • the protrusions from the upper surface are arranged at the corners and along the sides, all near the periphery of the structure and all adjacent to the periphery of the base of a keg located thereon.
  • one or more downwardly directed protru­sions are provided along a central axis of the support structure.
  • Said downwardly directed protrusions may comp­rise spaced apart walls of a depth equal to the greatest depth of the skirt.
  • transverse lugs extend inwardly from said skirts, each having an inclined inner face.
  • Preferably perforations are provided in the spacer member to reduce weight and alter flexibility characteristics.
  • a keg spacer board for use between two layers of four kegs arranged in two rows of two is manufactured in one piece from plastics material by injection moulding and comprises a rectangular support member or deck 10, having upper and lower parallel surfaces, 12 and 14 respectively.
  • a peripheral downwardly depending skirt 16 has pairs of longer sides 18,20. Mid-way along each skirt 18,20 there is provided a region of decreased thickness 22.
  • Protrusions are provided from the upper face 12 of the support deck 10, a single protrusion 26 being arranged at each corner of the deck, and a spaced pair mid-way along the sides 18,20.
  • the protrusions which are formed intregally with the deck have a downwardly inclined inwardly facing face 28 terminating in a vertical face 29 and are arranged near the periphery of the deck.
  • a slot 32 is formed along one of the central axis of the deck 10, having parallel sides 34 and semi-circular ends 36.
  • a skirt or downward protrusion 38 is formed at the periphery of the slot, its depth being substantially equal to the greatest depth of the skirt 16.
  • a keg spacer board as described above can be placed on top of the keg of this lower layer.
  • the board is located by the peripheral external skirt 16 and to assist this location the skirt has inwardly directed lugs 40 transversely protruding therefrom at positions which will be adjacent to the keg peripheries.
  • the kegs have inwardly sloping faces or lead ins 42 ending in a vertical face 44. Any variations in the height of the keg (within certain limits) can be taken up by the flexible nature of the spacer board which, flexibility is provided by the regions of reduced thickness 22.
  • a further layer of four kegs can then be stacked on top of the base layer of kegs on the upper surface 12, the location of the kegs on the spacer being facilitated by the protrusions 26 and particularly by the lead in provided by the inclined inwardly and downwardly facing surfaces 28 of the protrusions.
  • skirt and the upper protrusions can take different forms provided that they assist in the location of the tray on the lower layer of kegs and the location of kegs placed on the upper surface, while at the same time permitting the required degree of flexing.
  • the weight of the spacer board can be reduced and its flexibility characterics increased and controlled by providing perforations 30 which can be lattice-shaped as shown in Fig. 2, circular or any other suitable shape.
  • the board may be designed to operate with six kegs in three rows of two.
  • the skirt will have a pair of longer sides and a pair of shorter sides.
  • the longer sides have regions of reduced thickness at two regions equispaced from each corner.
  • each apparture Arranged along the longer longitudinal central axis are three elongate slots or apertures having parallel sides and semi-circular ends. Depending downwardly from the periphery of each apparture is a continuous wall whose depth is equal to the depth of the skirt at its deepest point.
  • additional protrusions are provided in the upper surface of the deck around the peri­phery of the keg bases, for example a pair of protrusions can be provided at each corner.

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EP89312913A 1988-12-15 1989-12-11 Plateau d'espacement Withdrawn EP0373861A3 (fr)

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GB888829319A GB8829319D0 (en) 1988-12-15 1988-12-15 Improvements in or relating to spacers
GB8829319 1988-12-15

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EP0373861A2 true EP0373861A2 (fr) 1990-06-20
EP0373861A3 EP0373861A3 (fr) 1990-08-22

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Cited By (2)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US6745704B2 (en) * 2002-06-11 2004-06-08 Justrite Manufacturing Company, L.L.C. One-piece intermediate bulk container spill station
KR100671172B1 (ko) 2005-06-14 2007-01-19 주식회사 삼정산업 겹침형 일체 파렛트

Citations (3)

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Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US3948190A (en) * 1974-10-04 1976-04-06 Oakland Plastics Corporation Industrial load-carrying pallet
US3995749A (en) * 1975-02-24 1976-12-07 Johns-Manville Corporation Beer keg pallet
US4226192A (en) * 1979-01-05 1980-10-07 Myers Douglas R Pallet for transporting and displaying merchandise

Patent Citations (3)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US3948190A (en) * 1974-10-04 1976-04-06 Oakland Plastics Corporation Industrial load-carrying pallet
US3995749A (en) * 1975-02-24 1976-12-07 Johns-Manville Corporation Beer keg pallet
US4226192A (en) * 1979-01-05 1980-10-07 Myers Douglas R Pallet for transporting and displaying merchandise

Cited By (2)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US6745704B2 (en) * 2002-06-11 2004-06-08 Justrite Manufacturing Company, L.L.C. One-piece intermediate bulk container spill station
KR100671172B1 (ko) 2005-06-14 2007-01-19 주식회사 삼정산업 겹침형 일체 파렛트

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EP0373861A3 (fr) 1990-08-22
DK635789A (da) 1990-06-16
DK635789D0 (da) 1989-12-15
GB8829319D0 (en) 1989-02-01

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