EP0962394A1 - Caisse en matière plastique avec un bord supérieur trés rigide - Google Patents

Caisse en matière plastique avec un bord supérieur trés rigide Download PDF

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EP0962394A1
EP0962394A1 EP99830292A EP99830292A EP0962394A1 EP 0962394 A1 EP0962394 A1 EP 0962394A1 EP 99830292 A EP99830292 A EP 99830292A EP 99830292 A EP99830292 A EP 99830292A EP 0962394 A1 EP0962394 A1 EP 0962394A1
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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
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    • B65D11/18—Containers having bodies formed by interconnecting or uniting two or more rigid, or substantially rigid, components made wholly or mainly of plastics material collapsible, i.e. with walls hinged together or detachably connected
    • B65D11/1846—Containers having bodies formed by interconnecting or uniting two or more rigid, or substantially rigid, components made wholly or mainly of plastics material collapsible, i.e. with walls hinged together or detachably connected whereby all side walls are hingedly connected to each other
    • 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
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    • 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
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    • B65D2501/24006—Details relating to bottle crates
    • B65D2501/24012—Materials
    • B65D2501/24019—Mainly plastics
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    • 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
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    • B65D2501/24121—Construction of the bottom
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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
    • B65D2501/00—Containers having bodies formed in one piece
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    • B65D2501/2405—Construction
    • B65D2501/24146—Connection between walls or of walls with bottom
    • B65D2501/24152—Integral
    • 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
    • B65D2501/24363—Handles
    • B65D2501/24541—Hand holes
    • 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
    • B65D2501/24764—Reinforcements
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    • B65D2501/24777—Side 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
    • 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
    • B65D2501/24764—Reinforcements
    • B65D2501/24789—Means used for reinforcing
    • B65D2501/24815—The wall being reinforced by making it corrugated
    • 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
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    • B65D2501/24828—Location of the reinforcing means
    • B65D2501/24853—Oriented mainly horizontally

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  • This patent application relates to a plastic moulded crate with a very rigid top edge.
  • the function of the enlarged edge is to make the structure of the whole crate rigid.
  • the two sections of the enlarged edge located on the longitudinal sides - slightly above the holding cut which is normally provided in all crates - are also designed to make it easier for the user to grab and lift the crate.
  • the edge of the crate features a C transversal cross-section, with the concavity facing towards the inside of the crate.
  • this type of edge is not able to give effective stiffness to the sides of the crate.
  • the presence of the C cross-section of the edge is explained by the fact that this is a very easy and cheap solution, that only needs suitable modelling of the mould used for the sides of the crane.
  • the edge of the crate is provided with a tubular cross-section with circular or square section.
  • the present invention is designed to overcome the inconvenience of the two above technologies.
  • the stiff edge of the crate according to the invention features both the practical and economical advantages of the C cross-section edges and the excellent rigidity of the edges provided with tubular structure.
  • the crate according to the present invention features a top stiff edge with a particular transversal cross-section, which can be defined as "double S".
  • this special kind of edge can be obtained using the traditional moulding processes with traditional matrixes suitably shaped to obtain the "double S" cross-section.
  • figure 1 is an axonometric view of the crate according to the invention, in which one of the longitudinal walls has been removed.
  • the plastic moulded crate (1) features a traditional general structure.
  • This particular type of cross-section creates three alternate loops that delimit three corresponding concavities, of which the upper and lower concavities have the same direction, while the central concavity is oriented towards the opposite direction.
  • the "double S" cross-section of the enlarged edge (2) according to the invention is oriented so that the first and third loop face the inside of the crate, while the second one faces outwards.

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EP99830292A 1998-06-05 1999-05-12 Caisse en matière plastique avec un bord supérieur trés rigide Withdrawn EP0962394A1 (fr)

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IT1998AN000032 IT244854Y1 (it) 1998-06-05 1998-06-05 Cassetta stampata in plastica dotata in sommita' di un bordoperimetrale di elevate caratteristiche di rigidita'
ITAN980032U 1998-06-05

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AR (1) AR018458A1 (fr)
BR (1) BR7901235U (fr)
CZ (1) CZ291863B6 (fr)
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US6631822B1 (en) 2000-10-28 2003-10-14 Rehrig Pacific Company Collapsible container
JP2004509029A (ja) * 2000-09-21 2004-03-25 レーリグ　パシフィック　カンパニー コンテナ
US6863180B2 (en) 2002-02-15 2005-03-08 Rehrig Pacific Company Collapsible container
US7017766B2 (en) 2003-03-10 2006-03-28 Rehrig Pacific Company Collapsible container with side wall latching capability
US7059489B2 (en) 2002-10-11 2006-06-13 Rehrig Pacific Company Portable storage device
US7104414B2 (en) 2002-01-12 2006-09-12 Rehrig Pacific Company Collapsible container
US7195127B2 (en) 2003-05-13 2007-03-27 Rehrig Pacific Company Collapsible container
US7717283B2 (en) 2007-11-06 2010-05-18 Rehrig Pacific Company Collapsible container
US7726502B2 (en) 2005-11-01 2010-06-01 Rehrig Pacific Company Container
US10167110B2 (en) 2010-05-27 2019-01-01 Rehrig Pacific Company Dual height collapsible container
US10703531B2 (en) 2016-03-11 2020-07-07 Rehrig Pacific Company Collapsible crate with wood appearance
US11597557B2 (en) 2018-10-04 2023-03-07 Rehrig Pacific Company Reconfigurable beverage crate

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EP0285953A2 (fr) * 1987-04-10 1988-10-12 Plasgad Plastic Products Cadre pliable pour containers
EP0770552A1 (fr) * 1995-10-26 1997-05-02 Wilhelm Götz Casier à bouteilles et procédé de fabrication d'une tel casier

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EP0285953A2 (fr) * 1987-04-10 1988-10-12 Plasgad Plastic Products Cadre pliable pour containers
EP0770552A1 (fr) * 1995-10-26 1997-05-02 Wilhelm Götz Casier à bouteilles et procédé de fabrication d'une tel casier

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* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
JP2004509029A (ja) * 2000-09-21 2004-03-25 レーリグ　パシフィック　カンパニー コンテナ
US7086555B2 (en) 2000-09-21 2006-08-08 Rehrig Pacific Company Container
US6631822B1 (en) 2000-10-28 2003-10-14 Rehrig Pacific Company Collapsible container
US7104414B2 (en) 2002-01-12 2006-09-12 Rehrig Pacific Company Collapsible container
US6863180B2 (en) 2002-02-15 2005-03-08 Rehrig Pacific Company Collapsible container
US7059489B2 (en) 2002-10-11 2006-06-13 Rehrig Pacific Company Portable storage device
US7017766B2 (en) 2003-03-10 2006-03-28 Rehrig Pacific Company Collapsible container with side wall latching capability
US7195127B2 (en) 2003-05-13 2007-03-27 Rehrig Pacific Company Collapsible container
US7726502B2 (en) 2005-11-01 2010-06-01 Rehrig Pacific Company Container
US7717283B2 (en) 2007-11-06 2010-05-18 Rehrig Pacific Company Collapsible container
US10167110B2 (en) 2010-05-27 2019-01-01 Rehrig Pacific Company Dual height collapsible container
US10703531B2 (en) 2016-03-11 2020-07-07 Rehrig Pacific Company Collapsible crate with wood appearance
US11597557B2 (en) 2018-10-04 2023-03-07 Rehrig Pacific Company Reconfigurable beverage crate

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AR018458A1 (es) 2001-11-14
IT244854Y1 (it) 2002-03-14
CZ291863B6 (cs) 2003-06-18

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