Classifications

• • 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
  • B65D2501/2405—Construction
  • B65D2501/24063—Construction of the walls
  • B65D2501/24089—Height of the side walls
  • B65D2501/24101—Height of the side walls higher than the bottles
• • 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
  • B65D2501/24121—Construction of the bottom
  • B65D2501/24133—Grid, mesh
• • 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
  • B65D2501/24299—Rigid

Definitions

• the invention relates to a bottle crate made of plastic with a plurality of compartments open at the top, arranged parallel to one another and crossing each other, for receiving one bottle each, bottle compartments being formed in the compartments, which are preferably molded onto the compartment wall.
• Such a bottle crate is known for example from DE 83 00 474 U1.
• the side walls are designed as essentially closed walls.
• Glass bottles are provided as bottles, which essentially have a cylindrical shape.
• elastic elements are formed on the compartment walls, which are arranged at the same level in each compartment, opposite wall parts are.
• bottle crates are also known in the prior art, which have frame-like side walls, so that the side walls release the view of the interior of the box almost like a window.
• the bottles placed in such a box are made of plastic, preferably PET, the bottles having an annular projection in the area of the bottle bottom, to which an essentially cylindrical bottle body adjoins at the top.
• the top of the bottle is tapered and has a cap.
• Such bottles are inserted into the corresponding crates after filling by the filling machine in such a way that the labeling of the bottles is visible through the window-like recesses in the side walls.
• these bottles can rotate about their vertical axis during transport, for example, so that the label can no longer be seen through the window of the box. This effect is undesirable.
• An arrangement of bottle centering elements such as those described in DE 83 00 474 U1 is possible with such bottles, but leads to several negative effects.
• the invention has for its object to provide a bottle crate of the generic type, which allows a large view of the labeling of the bottles, which allows the bottles to be set in the correct position when empty and filled, and in which a rotation of the Bottles around their vertical axis are largely prevented by transport or storage movements.
• the invention proposes that the bottle crate has side walls that are frame-like and only have the edge corners, if necessary the webs forming the mouth edge and bottom edge, that the bottles are plastic bottles, the side walls of which are close to the bottle bottom is cylindrical or preferably slightly protrudes and preferably retracted in an arc-like manner at the bottom transition
• the centering members consist of at least one first clamping web formed on the inside of the respective compartment on the bottom edge and at least one second clamping web formed on the opposite compartment wall part, the first clamping web the bottle set in the region of the bottom cylindrical wall or the bottle projection and the second Clamping web supports the set bottle on a cylindrical wall area located above the bottle protrusion, so that the set bottle is prevented from rotating about its longitudinal axis.
• the radial distance between the support surfaces of the first and second clamping webs is approximately equal to or slightly smaller than the diameter of the bottle, plus the protrusion of the bottle protrusion over the cylindrical region.
• At least the second clamping web can be designed in the form of a ramp which decreases in height to the compartmentalization.
• the inventive design ensures that plastic bottles that are blown free and consequently by the different
• Very deep behavior has considerable dimensional tolerances, can be inserted in the correct position and in a simple manner into the box or into the corresponding compartments.
• the clamping webs are so positioned that the lower projecting area of the bottles (the so-called friction ring of the bottles) is the attachment point in the area of the clamping web and one or more counter-stops on the compartment side (opposite side to the large open box side wall) are designed in the form of further clamping webs, but are set at higher levels, so that the bottle to be adjusted is pressed down by its own weight and on the clamping webs of the compartment and
• Box edge abuts. This is done in a very suitable form, in particular, because there is a resilience of both the compartment wall and the plastic bottles, so that even a real press fit is possibly achieved. In this way it is also ensured that the bottles provided with a label or other printing or information can be inserted in the correct position in the crate by the automatic filling machine, so that the information through the window-like
• the frame-like design of the side walls is to be understood in such a way that the side walls can also be formed exclusively by box corners and the bottom edge, so that the mouth edge is omitted. It is also possible for the compartmental webs, which are essentially orthogonal to the side wall, to protrude into the window plane and form support webs there.
• Bottles can be used which have a corresponding bottle protrusion, but the bottles can also be cylindrical to the bottom area. Even in the case of a bottle of this type, the design according to the invention is advantageous in terms of ordering and solving the problem.
• the Gefachungs ⁇ wall part on the side facing away from the second clamping web has a counter rib, stiffener or the like, which counteracts excessive deformation of the Gefachungswanders by the bottle inserted into the compartment, supported on the clamping webs and the dimensional accuracy of the inside Partitions caused, which is free of clamping webs.
• the corresponding design also stabilizes the pressure point of the second clamping web on the bottle, which is inserted into the compartment equipped with clamping webs.
• the arrangement and design of the clamping webs is provided such that both abut the bottle jacket when the bottle is inserted, so that this results in a slight inclination of the bottle in the inserted state.
• the bottle is slightly inclined about its vertical axis in front of corresponding side walls.
• FIG. 1 shows a detail of a bottle crate according to the invention in a side view
• Figure 2 seen the or a similar detail in plan view.
• FIG. 3 shows a variant in the view according to FIG. 2
• the bottle crate overall is not shown in the drawing.
• Such a bottle crate has a height that significantly exceeds the height of a set bottle.
• the side walls of the box are formed by webs formed in the box corners, at the mouth of the box and at the bottom edge of the box, the box bottom having a lattice-like structure and compartments 1 being arranged in the box interior, into which the corresponding bottle 2 can be inserted from above.
• the bottles 2 which are set in the box, are plastic bottles, the side wall of which protrude slightly in the vicinity of the box bottom (in drawing figure 1 below) (projection 3) and are drawn in at the bottom transition, as illustrated at 4.
• the bottles are essentially cylindrical, in order to then taper upwards in order to open the bottle.
• centering elements consist of at least one first clamping web 7 formed on the bottom edge 6 of the box inside the respective compartment 1 and at least one on the opposite compartment wall part 8 trained second clamping web 9 exist.
• the first clamping web 7 supports the set bottle 2 in the area of the bottle projection 3, while the second clamping web 9 supports the bottle 2 on a cylindrical wall area (5) located above the bottle projection 1.
• the adjusted bottle is prevented from twisting about its longitudinal axis. It is thus possible to look in the direction of arrow 10 at the bottle label or the like, which is released through the window of the box side wall and is only covered by the frame-like side wall part of the box, the part of which is the box edge 6.
• the radial distance between the support surfaces of the first and second clamping webs 7, 9 corresponds approximately to the diameter of the bottle 2 in the cylindrical area (at 5) plus the protrusion of the bottle projection 1 over the cylindrical area 5.
• At least the second clamping web 9 is in the form of a compartmentalized mouth (in the drawing ⁇ figure 1 up) m formed the high decreasing ramp, so that an import aid is formed.
• the first clamping web 7 can also be chamfered in the direction of insertion to form an import aid.
• two clamping webs 7 are formed on and protrude from the edge 6 of the box, and likewise two clamping webs 9 are formed on the wall part 8 of the compartment. The set bottle 2 is thus held securely.
• two clamping webs 7 are arranged on the box edge 6 and only one clamping web 9 is arranged on the compartment wall 8.
• the bottle 2 is shown in dashed lines in a slightly inclined position, which is to indicate that the bottle set is held clamped between the clamping webs 7, 9, the bottle in the drawing figure 1 quasi due to the higher-lying clamping web 9 is pushed to the left so that there is a slight inclination.
• the situation shown in the drawing is clearly exaggerated.
• the actual angle of the inclination with respect to the vertical axis is only a few degrees.
• the invention is not limited to the exemplary embodiments, but is variable in many ways within the scope of the disclosure.

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• Auxiliary Devices For And Details Of Packaging Control (AREA)

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