EP0474448A1 - Bac pour poissons - Google Patents
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- EP0474448A1 EP0474448A1 EP91308004A EP91308004A EP0474448A1 EP 0474448 A1 EP0474448 A1 EP 0474448A1 EP 91308004 A EP91308004 A EP 91308004A EP 91308004 A EP91308004 A EP 91308004A EP 0474448 A1 EP0474448 A1 EP 0474448A1
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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
- B65D81/00—Containers, packaging elements, or packages, for contents presenting particular transport or storage problems, or adapted to be used for non-packaging purposes after removal of contents
- B65D81/24—Adaptations for preventing deterioration or decay of contents; Applications to the container or packaging material of food preservatives, fungicides, pesticides or animal repellants
- B65D81/26—Adaptations for preventing deterioration or decay of contents; Applications to the container or packaging material of food preservatives, fungicides, pesticides or animal repellants with provision for draining away, or absorbing, or removing by ventilation, fluids, e.g. exuded by contents; Applications of corrosion inhibitors or desiccators
- B65D81/261—Adaptations for preventing deterioration or decay of contents; Applications to the container or packaging material of food preservatives, fungicides, pesticides or animal repellants with provision for draining away, or absorbing, or removing by ventilation, fluids, e.g. exuded by contents; Applications of corrosion inhibitors or desiccators for draining or collecting liquids without absorbing them
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- the present invention is an improved fishbox.
- Fishboxes are the open-topped, generally rectangular containers in rich fresh fish are held during the time between their being caught and subsequently sold.
- Modern fishboxes are usually unitary structures moulded in a plastics material, especially HDPE, and are often designed so that several fishboxes may be nested in one relative orientation but may be stacked by turning alternate superimposed boxes through an angle of 180 degrees.
- the contents of fishboxes are inevitably wet.
- the fish may be stored in this way during their transit from the off-shore point at rich they are caught to the eventual on-shore point of sale. Since the ice melts to a greater or lesser extent during that time, the melt-water produced would remain in the fishboxes if provision were not made to drain the water from the boxes.
- the method used to drain the water is simply to provide drain-holes in the base of each box, then water from the upper boxes in a stack of filled boxes drains through the lower boxes and becomes progressively more tainted as it drains.
- the floor of the box has an upwardly-convex surface to drain the water to the ends and/or comers of the box; floors of this shape are liable to distort into a concave orientation under pressure of the contents of a full box, possibly reinforced by the weight of the fish in the box above. This distortion can occur even when the box floor is provided with a support rib on its underside. Modification of the floor cross-section to impart additional rigidity may require an irregular upper convex surface, which in turn can mark or damage the stored fish in contact with that surface.
- the fishbox according to the present invention has the conventional unitary structure of a generally rectanguar base and four walls upstanding from the base but it is characterised in that the base slopes downwardly from its ends towards its longitudinally central region and further slopes downwardly from that central region towards a zone in the middle of the length of one or both of the longer sides of the base.
- the base of the fishbox slopes downwarly towards the centre of the box but, in transverse cross-section in the region of the box centre, the fishbox slopes downwardly towards one or both of the box sides.
- the transverse cross-section is generally symmetrical such that the base is higher in the middle and slopes downwardly towards both sides.
- the fishbox of the invention adopts the unexpected approach of draining its liquid contents firstly towards the the centre from the ends of the box (unlike prior fishboxes rich drain the liquid from the centre towards the ends) and only then from the central region towards one or both of the box sides.
- the liquid is drained as aforesaid to the two sides of the box and is then drained along those sides towards the box ends in open channels extending along the sides of the base.
- the fishbox according to the present invention has the very important merit that the base of the box is already generally concave from above and is therefore not subject to the possibility of distortion under the weight of the contents of the box, but still drains the liquid contents away from the centre of the box towards one or more positions at rich they can be drained out of the fishbox in any desired manner.
- the various slopes of the base and channels referred to above may be plane or curved slopes and the lines of intersection of the different slopes may be rounded or angular. It is envisaged that the slopes will in any case be relatively shallow, for example not exceeding five degrees relative to the horizontal, and the lines of intersection will therefore not be acute.
- the inclination of the base towards the centre as seen in longitudinal cross-section is of the order of two degrees and the outward inclination in transverse section is only one degree.
- the inclination of the drainage channels along the sides of the base towards the ends is of the same general order of about one degree only.
- the base is inherently not liable to the distortion to which upwardly-convex bases are liable, it may be given additional strength, if desired, by the provision of a transverse rib on the underside of the box in the region of the lateral drainage slope.
- the illustrated fishbox is a one-piece product formed by injection moulding in plastics. It is in the form of a generally rectangular, open box having a base 10, end-walls 11 and 12 and side-walls 13 and 14. While the central volume of the box, in which the fish are stored, is wholly symmetrical in longitudinal and transverse sectional view (Figs. 2 and 3 respectively), the external structure of the box differs between its two ends, as seen in Fig. 1. This difference, while permetting boxes to be nested when being transported empty, allows superimposed boxes to be stacked un-nested above each other when alternate boxes in a stack are turned through 180 degrees about a vertical axis.
- the base 10 of the fishbox is inclined inwardly towards the centre of the length when viewed from the side. At that centre a shallow bracing rib 15 imparts additional strength to the base.
- the inclination of the two halves of the box in this view is approximately two degrees to the horizontal.
- the base tapers outwardly towards the sides of the box, at an inclination of the order of one degree to the horizontal.
- water draining to the centre of the length of the box from its ends in turn drains outwardly towards the sides of the box.
- Shallow longitudinal channels 16 and 17 extend along the sides of the base at the foot of the side walls 13 and 14 respectively. These channels in turn slope from the centre of their lengths down towards the ends of the box, the inclination of the channel halves being of the order of one degree relative to the horizontal. At the ends of the channels 16, 17 are drain holes 18 and 19. In the side view of the fishbox illustrated in Fig. 4, the interior slope of the box base 10 towards the centre from its ends is hidden by the side wall 14, of which the external lower edge follows the slope of the channel 17 towards its ends.
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- Packging For Living Organisms, Food Or Medicinal Products That Are Sensitive To Environmental Conditiond (AREA)
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Applications Claiming Priority (2)
Application Number | Priority Date | Filing Date | Title |
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GB9019616 | 1990-09-07 | ||
GB909019616A GB9019616D0 (en) | 1990-09-07 | 1990-09-07 | Improved fishbox |
Publications (2)
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EP0474448A1 true EP0474448A1 (fr) | 1992-03-11 |
EP0474448B1 EP0474448B1 (fr) | 1993-10-20 |
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Application Number | Title | Priority Date | Filing Date |
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EP19910308004 Expired - Lifetime EP0474448B1 (fr) | 1990-09-07 | 1991-08-30 | Bac pour poissons |
Country Status (4)
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EP (1) | EP0474448B1 (fr) |
DE (1) | DE69100527T2 (fr) |
ES (1) | ES2046856T3 (fr) |
GB (2) | GB9019616D0 (fr) |
Cited By (3)
Publication number | Priority date | Publication date | Assignee | Title |
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FR2681048A1 (fr) * | 1991-09-06 | 1993-03-12 | Stamp | Bac de manutention gerbable et emboitable a evacuation vers l'exterieur de tout liquide qu'il pourrait contenir. |
BE1011310A3 (nl) * | 1997-08-05 | 1999-07-06 | Flitser Ludovicus August Jacqu | Kist. |
EP1279337A3 (fr) * | 2001-07-24 | 2003-03-12 | Crusta d'Oc Z.I. Buconis | Procédé de cuisson de crustacés et/ou coquillages en emballage et emballage à cet effet |
Families Citing this family (2)
Publication number | Priority date | Publication date | Assignee | Title |
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GB2287454B (en) * | 1994-03-14 | 1997-06-25 | Dynoplast Ltd | Container for lobsters and the like |
DE29721617U1 (de) * | 1997-12-06 | 1998-02-12 | Bekuplast Kunststoffverarbeitungsgesellschaft mbH, 49824 Ringe | Drehstapelbehälter mit Entwässerung |
Citations (6)
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FR1381518A (fr) * | 1963-10-30 | 1964-12-14 | Bac perfectionné pour le stockage, le transport, les manipulations et l'exposition en vente du poisson, et autres applications analogues | |
BE703932A (fr) * | 1966-10-06 | 1968-02-01 | ||
DE1586743A1 (de) * | 1967-10-31 | 1970-06-25 | Iltur Ag | Transportbehaelter fuer mit Eis verpackte Waren,insbesondere Frischfisch |
DE2115511A1 (fr) * | 1971-03-31 | 1972-10-12 | ||
FR2197379A5 (fr) * | 1972-08-23 | 1974-03-22 | Leeuwarder Papier | |
FR2508871A1 (fr) * | 1981-07-01 | 1983-01-07 | Craemer Paul Gmbh & Co | Bac gerbable et emboitable |
Family Cites Families (1)
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US3902599A (en) * | 1970-05-29 | 1975-09-02 | Stromberg & Co As Svein | Transport box for fish or other food |
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- 1990-09-07 GB GB909019616A patent/GB9019616D0/en active Pending
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- 1991-08-30 EP EP19910308004 patent/EP0474448B1/fr not_active Expired - Lifetime
- 1991-08-30 ES ES91308004T patent/ES2046856T3/es not_active Expired - Lifetime
- 1991-08-30 DE DE1991600527 patent/DE69100527T2/de not_active Expired - Fee Related
- 1991-08-30 GB GB9118577A patent/GB2248607B/en not_active Expired - Lifetime
Patent Citations (6)
Publication number | Priority date | Publication date | Assignee | Title |
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FR1381518A (fr) * | 1963-10-30 | 1964-12-14 | Bac perfectionné pour le stockage, le transport, les manipulations et l'exposition en vente du poisson, et autres applications analogues | |
BE703932A (fr) * | 1966-10-06 | 1968-02-01 | ||
DE1586743A1 (de) * | 1967-10-31 | 1970-06-25 | Iltur Ag | Transportbehaelter fuer mit Eis verpackte Waren,insbesondere Frischfisch |
DE2115511A1 (fr) * | 1971-03-31 | 1972-10-12 | ||
FR2197379A5 (fr) * | 1972-08-23 | 1974-03-22 | Leeuwarder Papier | |
FR2508871A1 (fr) * | 1981-07-01 | 1983-01-07 | Craemer Paul Gmbh & Co | Bac gerbable et emboitable |
Cited By (3)
Publication number | Priority date | Publication date | Assignee | Title |
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FR2681048A1 (fr) * | 1991-09-06 | 1993-03-12 | Stamp | Bac de manutention gerbable et emboitable a evacuation vers l'exterieur de tout liquide qu'il pourrait contenir. |
BE1011310A3 (nl) * | 1997-08-05 | 1999-07-06 | Flitser Ludovicus August Jacqu | Kist. |
EP1279337A3 (fr) * | 2001-07-24 | 2003-03-12 | Crusta d'Oc Z.I. Buconis | Procédé de cuisson de crustacés et/ou coquillages en emballage et emballage à cet effet |
Also Published As
Publication number | Publication date |
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DE69100527D1 (de) | 1993-11-25 |
GB2248607A (en) | 1992-04-15 |
GB9118577D0 (en) | 1991-10-16 |
EP0474448B1 (fr) | 1993-10-20 |
ES2046856T3 (es) | 1994-02-01 |
GB9019616D0 (en) | 1990-10-24 |
GB2248607B (en) | 1993-12-15 |
DE69100527T2 (de) | 1994-09-08 |
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