EP0795487A1 - Porte-bouteilles - Google Patents

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EP0795487A1
EP0795487A1 EP96103765A EP96103765A EP0795487A1 EP 0795487 A1 EP0795487 A1 EP 0795487A1 EP 96103765 A EP96103765 A EP 96103765A EP 96103765 A EP96103765 A EP 96103765A EP 0795487 A1 EP0795487 A1 EP 0795487A1
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bottle carrier
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Eddie Shorter
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Schoeller International Engineering SA
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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 invention relates to a bottle carrier and its use as reusable packaging for the storage and transportation of glass bottles on pallets or partial pallets.
  • bottle crates These can hold about 6 to 24 bottles. They are usually characterized by one or more handles by means of which the bottle crate can be carried.
  • Such bottle crates are stacked on standardized documents, so-called pallets or partial pallets, both for the storage and for the transportation of beverages. So that good stability of the load can be achieved, the bottle crates of one layer must be fastened to one another and the stacks thereof on the pallets or partial pallets.
  • another disadvantage is the fact that in most cases the same volume is required for storing and transporting the empty bottle crates as bottle crates filled with bottles.
  • a relatively large amount of storage space is often lost through the outer walls of the individual bottle crates, since not all bottles in one layer are at a minimal distance from one another, so that the actual loading area of a pallet or partial pallet cannot be used to the maximum.
  • the present invention is intended to remedy this.
  • this is achieved by creating a bottle carrier designed as a full-fledged reusable packaging, which is designed to accommodate several glass bottles which are essentially of a uniform size and stand upright in one plane and which is characterized in that the horizontal outer dimensions its footprint corresponds at least approximately to that of the loading area of a base or pallet or partial pallet, which is standardized in terms of its dimensions and intended for the storage and transport of goods, and which has a height which is substantially less than half the height of the bottles to be filled.
  • this bottle carrier according to the invention comprises plastic as a material and is produced in one piece, at least used in one piece.
  • the bottle carrier has an upper side which comprises a multiplicity of regularly arranged depressions which can be separated from one another by partition walls, quills or marginal quills or any combination of at least two of these elements.
  • the bottle carrier also has an underside, which comprises a plurality of regularly arranged centering rings. Special designs of this bottle carrier according to the invention result from the subclaims.
  • the partially funnel-shaped recesses as a centering aid facilitate the insertion of the bottles.
  • a second bottle holder which is identical in construction to the first bottle holder, is placed directly on the heads (for filled, closed bottles) or on the mouthpieces (for empty, open bottles) of the first bottle position. All heads or mouthpieces of the bottles are inserted into the centering rings, which are molded into the underside of each bottle carrier.
  • the second bottle carrier now acts as a cover and thus also as a transport and anti-theft device for the first bottle layer.
  • the bottles stand in a depression at the bottom and are surrounded by a centering ring at the top, they are reliably prevented from tipping over or falling out.
  • the second bottle carrier forms the base for a second bottle layer, which is filled in in accordance with the first.
  • a third bottle carrier comes to rest on the second bottle layer.
  • bottle carriers and bottle layers can be stacked alternately in such a way that a stack is formed which comprises at least one bottle layer and which is advantageously closed or covered at the top with a bottle carrier acting as a stack safety device.
  • bottle carriers with a footprint that essentially correspond to the outside dimensions of the loading area of a 1/2 pallet and whose loading capacity is 108 glass bottles each with a volume of 0.33 l, a stack comprising five bottle layers, have proven successful. However, more or fewer bottles per layer or more or less bottle layers can also be provided, with or without a correspondingly changed footprint.
  • Figure 1 shows a first bottle carrier 1 which lies on two 1/4 pallets 7.
  • a first layer of bottles 2 with a substantially uniform size stands upright in a plane in its corresponding recesses on the top of the bottle carrier 1. There they are reliably secured against tipping over or falling out.
  • a second bottle carrier 1 Directly on the bottle heads of the first bottle layer is a second bottle carrier 1, which serves as a cover and (theft) security of the first bottle layer.
  • a second bottle carrier 1 which serves as a cover and (theft) security of the first bottle layer.
  • a second layer of bottles 2 corresponding to the first, which is covered or secured by a third bottle carrier 1.
  • In the recesses of the third or fourth bottle carrier 1 there is a - corresponding to the first - third or fourth layer of bottles 2, which is covered or secured by a fourth or fifth bottle carrier 1.
  • each of the circumferential aprons 3 has recesses 5, 6 on its lower edge, which are designed as carrying or holding handles.
  • 5 represents a handle in the middle of the long side and 6 a handle in the middle of the front of a bottle carrier 1.
  • the circumferential apron still offers enough space for advertising, for example glued there , can be printed or engraved.
  • FIG. 2 shows five empty bottle carriers 1, which are stacked on two 1/4 pallets 7. The volume reduction of the stack compared to FIG. 1 is impressive.
  • Figure 3 shows the top of an empty bottle holder 1 with a plurality of regularly arranged recesses 8, which are separated from one another by intermediate walls 9 and quills 10 and which each serve to hold a bottle 2.
  • the circumferential apron 3 with the cutouts 4 on its upper edge and the recesses 5 and 6 on the lower edge of its longitudinal or front side is clearly visible.
  • the quills 10 or quills 13 on the edge lie at the intersection of the grid lines of an orthogonal grid and the depressions 8 are each positioned at the diagonal intersection of a square formed by four adjacent grid intersections.
  • the distribution of the quills or marginal quills and depressions could also be defined by an orthogonal grid, on the grid intersection of which the depressions lie.
  • the quills 10 or the quills 13 on the edge are flattened on their upper side and have at least one drainage hole 11 in the region of their highest point.
  • the quills 10 can also be frustoconical or rounded on their upper side.
  • This funnel-shaped part 12 acts as a centering aid when inserting a bottle.
  • All marginal quills 13 are at least partially integrated into the circumferential skirt 3, which has their upper edge in the area of the marginal quills 13 with them. In the region of the middle between two marginal quills 13, the cutouts 4 have their greatest height difference with respect to the upper edge.
  • FIG. 4 shows the upper side of a bottle carrier 1 corresponding to FIG. 3.
  • Both the quill 10 and the quill 13 on the edge have indentations 14 on their sides facing the bottles 2 (not shown), the vertical surfaces of which are in those of the intermediate walls 9 pass over.
  • the indentations 14 are of part-circular design here, so that four indentations of the quills 10 or marginal quills 13 facing a bottle each form circular depressions 8 together with the intermediate walls 9 or circumferential skirt 3 connecting them.
  • These depressions 8 are adapted to the round bottle shape here and just do not touch the bottle on its circumference. According to another bottle shape (e.g. polyhedral or otherwise deviating from the round shape), the depressions 8 can be adapted to this other bottle shape.
  • the depressions 8 also have at least one drainage hole in the region of their lowest point 18 and in their center 15. These drainage holes are used to drain the one-piece and plastic bottle carriers after they have been washed for cleaning. It is important that no part of a bottle holder, either on the top or on the bottom, can collect or retain wash water. All washing water can drip off, which considerably simplifies the drying process.
  • FIG. 5 shows the underside of a bottle carrier 1 with a multiplicity of regularly arranged centering rings 16.
  • these centering rings 16 In order to support the stackability of the empty bottle carriers, these centering rings 16 have on their underside, the outer diameter of which is smaller than the diameter of the depressions 8 on their upper edge.
  • the centering rings 16 are at least partially inserted into the depressions 8, so that the centering rings 16 and depressions 8 act as a stack securing means.
  • the inner diameter of these centering rings 16 must be larger than the outer diameter of the mouthpiece of an empty, open or the outer diameter of the head of a filled, closed bottle.
  • the centering rings 16 are arranged concentrically with the depressions 8.
  • the centering rings comprise funnel-shaped inner walls, so that the inner diameter of the centering ring 16 increases somewhat towards the bottom.
  • This design of the inner walls of the centering rings 16 effects a mutual centering function of the bottles 2 of a layer and the bottle carrier 1 which is placed on this layer of bottles 2. So that any "top pack" compositions are not loaded, the centering rings 16 do not reach all the way up to the bottom of the bottle head or they have a height that is less than the height of a bottle head.
  • the drainage holes 18 are clearly visible in the region of the lowest point of the depressions 8 or the centering rings 16.
  • FIG. 6 shows the underside of a bottle carrier 1 in a preferred embodiment.
  • the centering rings 16 here consist of segments 17 separated by spacings, which have at least one drainage hole 18.
  • the drainage holes 11 in the quills 10 and peripheral quills 13 and the drainage holes 15 in the center of the depressions 8 are also clearly visible.
  • FIG. 7 shows how the weight of each bottle 2 of an upper bottle layer standing in a recess 8 is transferred directly to the bottle holder 1 receiving this bottle layer and directly to the mouthpiece of a bottle which belongs to a lower bottle layer which is covered by said bottle holder.
  • the bottle carrier 1 is centered over the bottles 2 below it by means of the centering rings 16 and prevented from moving.
  • the funnel-shaped course of the inner walls of the centering ring 16 is clearly visible.
  • the bottle holder 1 is used similar to a bottle crate, i.e. as a full reusable pack:
  • a bottle carrier - according to a bottle crate - is positioned on a conveyor belt under a bottle filling machine, whereupon using the example described above
  • Bottle holder 1 - with a specially designed filling head - all 108 bottles are lowered into the bottle holder at once.
  • the bottles 2 of a layer are advantageously aligned such that the labels are visible through the cutouts 4 on the upper edge of the apron 3 running around the bottle carrier 1. This process is the same when filling single bottles or multi-packs (top packs).
  • the filled bottle carrier is then transported from the conveyor belt to a palletizing machine, where preferably five layers are stacked.
  • a bottle carrier placed on the top layer is used as a cover and stacking safety device. If necessary, this cover can be connected to the pallet by means of tapes or the like.
  • the filled pallets are e.g. transported to an interim storage facility (depot) and from there to a supermarket. Thanks to the good visibility, the products are e.g. a special bottle shape, the label or the advertising on the aprons of the bottle carrier easily recognized.
  • the individual bottles or those connected as a multi pack (top pack) can simply be removed directly from the bottle holder by the customer.
  • Handling empty bottle holders is extremely easy thanks to the recesses 5, 6 on the lower edge of the apron 3, which are designed as handles.
  • the empty bottle carriers are easy to carry and are stacked to save space in the empties warehouse of the supermarket or filled there by hand with the empty bottles returned by the customers.
  • Pallets with preferably four layers of bottles held and secured by the bottle carriers according to the invention are covered and secured with a fifth bottle carrier, whereupon they are transported back to the beverage manufacturer. There the bottles are recycled and the bottle carriers are washed, dried and stored stacked until further use, whereby the excellent stackability and volume savings are highly appreciated.
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NO19971081A NO314077B1 (no) 1996-03-11 1997-03-10 Flaskeholder

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WO1999015428A1 (fr) * 1997-09-24 1999-04-01 Schoeller International Engineering Ag Support de recipients

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EP0306074A1 (fr) * 1987-08-28 1989-03-08 The Procter & Gamble Company Assemblage auto-soutenant pour emmagasinage, transport et étalage
EP0335730A2 (fr) * 1988-03-31 1989-10-04 The Coca-Cola Company Système d'étalage
GB2240326A (en) * 1990-01-26 1991-07-31 Formold Ltd Article-retaining trays
WO1991017097A1 (fr) * 1990-05-06 1991-11-14 Schoeller-Plast Sa Recipient empilable en plastique pour objets, en particulier des boites metalliques
EP0565207A1 (fr) * 1988-04-26 1993-10-13 Rehrig Pacific Company Inc. Caisse à bouteilles empilable de faible profondeur
WO1996003327A1 (fr) * 1994-07-28 1996-02-08 Roy Hammett Caisse crenelee

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EP0306074A1 (fr) * 1987-08-28 1989-03-08 The Procter & Gamble Company Assemblage auto-soutenant pour emmagasinage, transport et étalage
EP0335730A2 (fr) * 1988-03-31 1989-10-04 The Coca-Cola Company Système d'étalage
EP0565207A1 (fr) * 1988-04-26 1993-10-13 Rehrig Pacific Company Inc. Caisse à bouteilles empilable de faible profondeur
GB2240326A (en) * 1990-01-26 1991-07-31 Formold Ltd Article-retaining trays
WO1991017097A1 (fr) * 1990-05-06 1991-11-14 Schoeller-Plast Sa Recipient empilable en plastique pour objets, en particulier des boites metalliques
WO1996003327A1 (fr) * 1994-07-28 1996-02-08 Roy Hammett Caisse crenelee

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WO1999015428A1 (fr) * 1997-09-24 1999-04-01 Schoeller International Engineering Ag Support de recipients

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