EP0610159B1 - Faltbarer Kunststoffkasten zum ordentlichen Transportieren und Lagern von Flaschen - Google Patents

Faltbarer Kunststoffkasten zum ordentlichen Transportieren und Lagern von Flaschen Download PDF

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EP0610159B1
EP0610159B1 EP94830009A EP94830009A EP0610159B1 EP 0610159 B1 EP0610159 B1 EP 0610159B1 EP 94830009 A EP94830009 A EP 94830009A EP 94830009 A EP94830009 A EP 94830009A EP 0610159 B1 EP0610159 B1 EP 0610159B1
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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
    • B65D71/0003—Tray-like elements provided with handles, for storage or transport of several articles, e.g. bottles, tins, jars
    • 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
    • B65D2571/00—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, pop bottles; Bales of material
    • B65D2571/00123—Bundling wrappers or trays
    • B65D2571/00246—Locating elements for the contents
    • B65D2571/00253—Locating elements for the contents integral with the wrapper
    • B65D2571/0029—Openings in top or bottom walls
    • 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
    • B65D2571/00—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, pop bottles; Bales of material
    • B65D2571/00123—Bundling wrappers or trays
    • B65D2571/00246—Locating elements for the contents
    • B65D2571/00253—Locating elements for the contents integral with the wrapper
    • B65D2571/00296—Locating elements for the contents integral with the wrapper consisting of at least a part of a wall conforming to the contents shape
    • 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
    • B65D2571/00—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, pop bottles; Bales of material
    • B65D2571/00123—Bundling wrappers or trays
    • B65D2571/00432—Handles or suspending means
    • B65D2571/00493—Handles or suspending means attached to the wrapper
    • 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
    • B65D2571/00—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, pop bottles; Bales of material
    • B65D2571/00123—Bundling wrappers or trays
    • B65D2571/00648—Elements used to form the wrapper
    • B65D2571/00697—Other elements

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  • the instant patent application for an industrial invention concerns a foldable crate, made from moulding in plastic material, intended to carry and store bottles in a tidy manner.
  • the article in question is placed in a field where such articles already exist; more particularly, up to the present time, bottles have been carried - normally six at a time - in an erect position in crates with internal divided sectors or in baskets with handles, made of plastic or metal.
  • the structure of said crates is composed essentially of a base plate with several circular or square horizontal cavities, and of a second plate, parallel to the first one but in a higher position, with through holes perfectly aligned with the aforementioned circular cavities positioned on the base plate.
  • these crates are used by lowering the bottles through the holes on the plate in the higher position, until the bottom of the bottles is perfectly nested and contained inside the cavities of the base plate; while the upper plate serves the purpose of containing the body of the bottles, in order to avoid any deviation from the vertical position.
  • each of these traditional crates while being practically hollow inside, is the same size as a large box, able to contain in height, length and width, six bottles in an erect position.
  • French patent FR-A 2 481 232 describes a collapsible bottle-rack basket made of welded wire consisting of a supporting frame to which two pairs of oscillating elements are hinged on opposite sides: a bottom pair of gridded bottoms and a top pair of shaped railings.
  • Said mechanisms do not however ensure stable and secure fastening of the basket when this is closed.
  • the basket in question does not provide secure lateral support to the bottles in that the upper railings provide short sections of support to the sides of the bottles.
  • Another object of this invention is to design a collapsible bottle-rack basket which is easy to assemble thanks to the use of snap-fitting hinges between the various mobile parts, which do not require the use of tools for assembly.
  • This invention also aims at designing a collapsible bottle-rack basket characterised by simple levers to open and close the basket and which ensure stability both when the basket is open or closed.
  • the foldable crate according to claim 1 was designed; apart from serving the same useful purpose as existing articles as far as containing bottles is concerned, this crate has the important added advantage of being able to be completely folded away after use.
  • the physical size of the article when folded away is practically insignificant, no bigger, for example than a picture frame.
  • the crate according to the invention also has two horizontal inserts, one lower insert with the traditional cavities to contain the bottom of the bottles and one higher insert with through holes, aligned with the circular cavities underneath, to contain the body of the bottles in a vertical position.
  • each of the inserts is made up of two perfectly symetrical half-wings, one positioned on the right of the portal supporting structure, the other positioned on the left; it being provided that the two halves of each insert be hinged to each other very closely, at their respective internal longitudinal edges.
  • each of the four half-wings of the crate in question is able to rotate upwards and inwards to get from the horizontal in use position to the vertical resting position, at the same time as the other three.
  • the simultaneous tilting of the four half-wings is effected at the same time as the sliding upwards of two strips (actually maneuvering sliders), inserted along the uprights of the portal structure and duly coupled with the base of the four tilting components.
  • the distance between the lower insert and the upper insert must be such as to guarantee that the components of the lower insert can complete their tilting action towards the vertical position without interfering with the base of the two components of the insert above.
  • the crate in question the components of which are all made from moulding in plastic material, has a portal bearing support structure (1), which has a H-shaped tranversal section and is made up of two opposite uprights (1a), connected at the top by means of a crosspiece (1b), to which they are united by means of chamfered corners and of two more crosspieces, one (1c) about halfway up the uprights (1a) and the other (1d) at the base of the uprights.
  • a portal bearing support structure (1) which has a H-shaped tranversal section and is made up of two opposite uprights (1a), connected at the top by means of a crosspiece (1b), to which they are united by means of chamfered corners and of two more crosspieces, one (1c) about halfway up the uprights (1a) and the other (1d) at the base of the uprights.
  • These two crosspieces (1c, 1d) also have a H-shaped transversal section, and more particularly have a lower wing which is wider than the upper wing.
  • two boxed sliders (2) are applied which are of slightly lower height than the uprights (1a) and which are able to effect alternate vertical strokes.
  • Each of said sliders (2) has two identical pairs of lugs (2a) at the side, the first pair about halfway up and the second at the base, in positions which correspond exactly to the positions of the reinforcing crosspieces (1c, 1d) of the portal support structure (1); at the top of each slider (2), there is a gripping nib (2b) on the outside, immediately above which there is a fixed counter-nib (1e), made in moulding on the outside of the uprights (1a).
  • each slider (2) has a "U"-shaped tranversal section which enables it to precisely embrace from the outside the H-shaped section which makes up the upright (1a); more particularly, the slider (2) is blocked firmly on the respective H-shaped upright (1a), due to the fact that there are provided several cuneiform teeth (2d) on the internal face of its opposite edges, able to get blocked within the vertical grooves of the H-shaped upright (1a).
  • Two inserts are fixed between the uprights (1a) of the portal structure (1), one upper insert (4) at the level of the crosspiece (1c) and one lower insert (5) at the level of the base crosspiece (1d).
  • the lower insert (5) has a series of cavities (5a) to receive and contain the bottom of the bottles, while the upper insert (4) has through holes (4a), to surround the body of the bottles, said holes being perfectly aligned vertically with the cavities (5a) of the lower insert below (5):
  • these inserts (4, 5) are out of the ordinary in that they are made up of two pairs of rectangular half-wings (4b, 5b); these four half-wings being provided with a vertical stiffening edge (4c, 5c), at the three sides, the two transversal sides and the external longitudinal side.
  • the two pairs of half-wings (4b, 5b) are fixed by means of three hinges (6) distributed along the internal longitudinal symmetry axis of the two inserts (4, 5): two near the ends and one in and intermediate position ( see Figure 1).
  • one of the two half-wings of each pair has three forks (7) to receive the same number of "U" bolts (8), in corresponding positions on the other half-wing of the same pair; it being provided that the stable introduction of the three bolts (8) within the respective forks (7), determines in practice, the formation of the three aforementioned hinges (6) which, on the one hand guarantee structural continuity to the entire insert and on the other, allow the two halves of each insert to counter-rotate upwards and vice-versa.
  • Each fork (7) is formed by a pair of fins which have a semi-circular upper section and at their internal face, are provided with pins on a horizontal axis (7a), positioned at the same height; the corresponding "U” bolt (8) has a semi-cylindrical upper section and has a through hole on the horizontal axis (8a).
  • the "U" bolt (8) is inserted with a slight forcing action into the corresponding fork (7), until the pins (7a) of the latter are nested in the opposite ends of the hole (8a) of the bolt (8); the dimensions of these two components are such that when the bolt (8) is inserted, this brings about the elastic opening of the fins of the fork (7), gradually as the pins (7a) come into contact with the lateral walls of the bolt (8).
  • the half-wing on which there are provided the forks (7), at the two ends of its internal longitudinal edge has the same number of lugs (9), structurally identical to the fins of the forks (7), but with small pins on the horizontal axis (9a) at their external surface.
  • the pair of holes (1f) near the intermediate crosspiece (1c) must be used to house the pins (9a) of the upper insert (4), while the pair of holes (1f) near the base crosspiece (1d) must be used to house the pins (9a) provided at the ends of the lower insert (5).
  • the tilting of the inserts (4) and (5) in the opening and closing phases is determined by the sliding downwards or upwards of the maneuvering sliders (2), in consideration of the fact that the pins (2c) protruding from the lugs (2a) of the latter are matched with the oblique slots (3) of the inserts themselves.
  • the number 10 indicates a handle made up of two semi-cylindrical shells applied along the upper crosspiece (1b) of the portal structure (1).
  • the semi-cylindrical shells which make up said handle (10) have, at their internal face, several projections (10a) destined to be lodged within slots provided on the vertical wing of the H-shaped section of the crosspiece (1b); said projections (10a) being provided to avoid the risk of sliding or rotation of the entire handle (10) with respect to the horizontal crosspiece (1b).

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  1. Zusammenklappbarer Korb zum Transportieren und ordentlichen Aufbewahren von Flaschen, bestehend aus zwei übereinanderliegenden Flächen (4,5), die von einer portalförmigen Struktur (1) getragen werden, wobei die obere Fläche (4) mit einer Reihe von senkrecht übereinander angeordneten Löchern (4a) versehen ist, denen eine Reihe von Einbuchtungen (5a) auf der unteren Ebene entspricht, wobei jede Fläche (4,5) aus einem Paar von rechteckigen Halbflächen (5a,4b) besteht, die mittels drei, auf der inneren Längssymmetrieachse der beiden Flächen (4,5) angeordneten Scharnieren (6) aneinander befestigt sind, so daß jedes der beiden Halbflächenpaare wie ein Buch auf- und zugeklappt werden kann; wobei die portalförmige Struktur (1) durch zwei Querstreben (1c,1d) versteift ist, deren eine (1c) sich etwa auf halber Höhe der Träger (1a) der portalförmigen Struktur (1) befindet, während die andere an der Basis vorgesehen ist;
    dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß eine der Halbflächen eines jeden Paares an den beiden Enden ihrer inneren Längssymmetrieachse Befestigungsstifte (9a) mit abgewinkelter Spitze besitzt, die ihren Sitz in entsprechenden Löchern (1f) auf der Innenseite der Träger (1a) der portalförmigen Struktur unmittelbar oberhalb der Versteifungsstreben (1c,1d) finden; außerdem dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß entlang der Außenseite eines jeden der beiden Träger (1a) der portalförmigen Struktur (1) zwei Schieber (2) angebracht sind, die jeweils mit einem gleichartigen Paar Ohren (2a) ausgestattet sind, die sich an den gegenüberliegenden Seiten befinden und mit Stiften (2c) versehen sind, die aus der Innenfläche der besagten Ohren herausragen und in entsprechende S-förmige Schlitze (3) in den Querkanten der Halbflächen (4b,5b) der Flächen (4,5) einrasten.
  2. Zusammenklappbarer Korb zum Transportieren und ordentlichen Aufbewahren von Flaschen gemäß Anspruch 1, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß die portalförmige Struktur (1) und die Versteifungsstreben (1c,1d) einen I-förmigen Querschnitt besitzen; wobei vorgesehen ist, daß der untere waagrechte Flügel dieser Querstreben (1c,1d) breiter ist als der obere waagrechte Flügel.
  3. Zusammenklappbarer Korb zum Transportieren und ordentlichen Aufbewahren von Flaschen, gemäß dem vorhergehenden Anspruch dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß die besagten Scharniere (6) zur Befestigung eines jeden Halbflächenpaares (4b,5b) aus drei Gabeln (7) bestehen, die auf der inneren Längskante einer Halbfläche vorgesehen sind und mit ebenso vielen Bügeln (8) zusammenwirken, die an den entsprechenden Stellen auf der inneren Längskante der anderen Halbfläche angebracht sind, wobei vorgesehen ist, daß jede Gabel (7) aus einem Paar Flügel besteht, deren oberes Profil halbkreisförmig ist und auf ihrer Innenseite mit entsprechenden Stiften (7a) versehen sind, die eine waagrechte Achse und eine Spitze in Form eines Flötenmundstücks aufweisen und in die Löcher (8a) des entsprechenden U-förmigen Bügels eingesetzt sind, der oben ebenfalls ein halbzylinderförmiges Profil aufweist.
  4. Zusammenklappbarer Korb zum Transportieren und ordentlichen Aufbewahren von Flaschen, gemäß Anspruch 1 dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß die Stifte (9a) zur Befestigung der Flächen (4,5) an den Trägern (1a) der portalförmigen Struktur (1) aus der Außenfläche der elastisch verformbaren Ohren (9) herausragen, die an den beiden Enden der inneren Längskante der Halbflächen vorgesehen sind, die mit den besagten Gabeln (7) versehen sind.
  5. Zusammenklappbarer Korb zum Transportieren und ordentlichen Aufbewahren von Flaschen, gemäß Anspruch 1 dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß die Bedienungsschieber (2) einen U-förmigen Querschnitt aufweisen, damit sie das I-förmige Profil der Träger (1a) exakt umfassen können; besagte Schieber (2) sind mit Hilfe der keilförmigen Zähne (2d) auf der Innenseite ihrer beiden gegenüberliegenden Kanten starr befestigt, wobei besagte Zähne in den Längsrillen der Träger (1a) eingeschlossen sind.
  6. Zusammenklappbarer Korb zum Transportieren und ordentlichen Aufbewahren von Flaschen, gemäß Anspruch 1 dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß die Innenkante der Löcher (4a) auf der oberen Fläche (4) und der Rand der Einbuchtungen (5a) auf der unteren Fläche (5) ausgesenkt sind.
  7. Zusammenklappbarer Korb zum Transportieren und ordentlichen Aufbewahren von Flaschen gemäß Anspruch 1, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß die Schieber (2) an der Spitze eine Greifnase (2b) unterhalb einer Gegennase (1e) aufweisen, die auf der Außenseite der Träger (1a) der portalförmigen Struktur (1) beim Pressen herausgearbeitet wird.
  8. Zusammenklappbarer Korb zum Transportieren und ordentlichen Aufbewahren von Flaschen, gemäß Anspruch 1 dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß entlang der Querstrebe (1b) der portalförmigen Struktur (1) ein Griff (10) angebracht ist, der aus zwei halbzylinderförmigen Schalen besteht, die auf ihrer Innenseite Wülste (10a) aufweisen, die in den auf dem senkrechten Flügel des I-förmigen Profils der Querstrebe (1b) befindlichen Schlitzen einrasten.
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