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
  • B65D85/00—Containers, packaging elements or packages, specially adapted for particular articles or materials
  • B65D85/50—Containers, packaging elements or packages, specially adapted for particular articles or materials for living organisms, articles or materials sensitive to changes of environment or atmospheric conditions, e.g. land animals, birds, fish, water plants, non-aquatic plants, flower bulbs, cut flowers or foliage
• • 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
  • B65D21/00—Nestable, stackable or joinable containers; Containers of variable capacity
  • B65D21/02—Containers specially shaped, or provided with fittings or attachments, to facilitate nesting, stacking, or joining together
  • B65D21/04—Open-ended containers shaped to be nested when empty and to be superposed when full
  • B65D21/043—Identical stackable containers specially adapted for nesting after rotation around a vertical axis
  • B65D21/045—Identical stackable containers specially adapted for nesting after rotation around a vertical axis about 180° only
• • 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
  • B65D25/00—Details of other kinds or types of rigid or semi-rigid containers
  • B65D25/02—Internal fittings
  • B65D25/10—Devices to locate articles in containers
  • B65D25/101—Springs, elastic lips, or other resilient elements to locate the articles by pressure
• • 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
  • B65D81/262—Rigid containers having false bottoms provided with passages for draining and receiving liquids

Definitions

• the invention relates to a pack for mussels.
• the sacks have a capacity able to take 15 kg or more of mussels.
• the wet sacks tauten over the mussels on drying and keep the mussels essentially closed. Nevertheless, experience shows that mussel fluid is released and this flows out from the bottom of the sacks, disseminates an unpleasant stench and pollutes the environment.
• the aim of the invention is to avoid this disadvantage and to provide a bulk pack which is easy to handle and transport and can be used several times, in which the mussel shells are held essentially closed and the mussel fluid is collected, so that it is not able to leak out in an uncontrolled manner.
• the pack for mussels to this end comprises: a plastic tray having a fixed outer base, an inner base which is at such a distance above the fixed outer base that there is a space for accommodating mussel fluid between the two bases, - a detachable lid located above the inner base, facilities arranged above one another on the tray in order to fix either the lid or the inner base or both the lid and the inner base at various heights above the outer base.
• the mussel contents intended for the trays can vary in weight and, as a consequence of a relative density which varies with the season, can take up a varying volume. It is for this reason that the lid has to be adjustable at various heights.
• the tray has sloping walls such that it is nestable.
• the trays must also be stackable on one another. Non-nestable embodiments are possible within the scope of the invention.
• the inner base slopes upwards somewhat from the peripheral edges towards the middle and can be pressed down overcoming resilience
• the lid slopes downwards somewhat from the peripheral edges towards the middle and can be pressed up overcoming resilience
• Said facilities arranged on the interior surface for detachably fixing the lid at various heights above the outer base can comprise a number of rows of openings made above one another in two opposite side walls, into which openings projecting parts of the lid are able to snap.
• handling lips are arranged at the location of the projecting parts of the lid in order to be able to remove the projecting lid parts from the openings.
• the rows of openings in two side walls positioned opposite one another are made in indented sections, wherein the indented sections in the one side wall are offset with respect to those in the other side wall such that the top edges of the indented sections can be used as stacking surfaces if the trays are stacked on top of one another when turned through 180° turn and turn about.
• one or more holes are made in the detachable inner base. At the edges, the detachable inner base engages essentially leak-tight with a part of the tray.
• the said facilities for detachably fixing the lid at various heights above the outer base can also comprise a number of barbs arranged on the interior surface of two opposite side walls, wherein the lid is provided with, on the one hand, snap-fit elements which are able to engage under the barbs and, on the other hand, handling lips in order to be able to retract the snap-fit elements from the position in which they have engaged under a barb.
• Two opposite side walls preferably have a maximum width of approximately 40 cm and the other two opposite side walls a maximum width of approximately 30 cm. Other dimensions and shapes are possible.
• the pack is preferably suitable for approximately 15 kg. Larger quantities also lie within the possibilities.
• the bulk pack for mussels according to the invention is suitable for repeated use and saves the environment.
• Figure 1 shows a perspective view of a mussel pack without a lid, the pack being shown partially exposed for clarity.
• Figure 2 shows a vertical section of the mussel pack according to Figure 1 with lid and part of a similar mussel pack stacked thereon.
• Figure 3 shows a detail of the pack according to Figures 1 and 2, which detail relates to the detachable fixing of the lid.
• Figure 4 shows another embodiment of the facilities for detachably fixing the lid.
• Figures 5 and 6 show a vertical section through yet a further embodiment of the facilities for detachably fixing the lid.
• Figure 7 shows a section of a bottom part of the pack.
• the bulk pack for mussels shown in Figures 1 and 2 shows a plastic tray 1 having four sloping side walls, a fixed outer base 2, an inner base 3, which bears on set-back edges 4 of the tray 1 and together with the outer base 2 delimits a space 5, and a lid 6 that can be detachably fixed at various heights with respect to the outer base 2, there being a space 7 for accommodating mussels between the lid 6 and the inner base 3.
• the tray 1 has curled peripheral edges 8 at the top.
• One of the side walls 9 of the tray has two indented sections 10 and 11 which are positioned some distance away from the upright end edges of said side wall and a relatively small distance apart.
• a row of openings 12 mutually spaced above one another has been made in said indented sections 10 and 11.
• Said side wall 13 also has two indented sections 15 and 16, which, however, adjoin the upright end edges of said side wall and are a relatively large distance apart.
• Figure 2 shows, in section, that the base sections of a top tray bear on the top ends 17 and 18 of a bottom tray which has been turned through 180° with respect to the top tray. It will be clear that if two trays placed on top of one another have not been turned through 180° with respect to one another, said trays can be nested as a consequence of the slope of the walls 9 and 13 and of the inward- facing walls of the indented sections 10, 11, 15, 16.
• the outer base 2 has a number, for example four, of truncated conical stop elements 19.
• the inner base 3 consists of four segments which slope upwards from the edges towards the middle of the inner base.
• the lid 6 has projecting lips 20 on two opposite edges, which lips snap into openings 12 and 13, respectively, which are located opposite one another, as can be seen in Figures 2 and 3.
• the lid 6 is made of resilient material, like the inner base 3, and bulges slightly downwards.
• the mussels are stored in the space 7 between the lid 6 and the inner base 3. Said mussels are pressed together between the lid 6 and the inner base 3 so that opening of the mussels is counteracted. Any mussel fluid which is released is able to flow via an opening 21 in the middle of the inner base 3 and via gaps between the edges of the inner base and the set-back edges 4 into the space 5.
• the height of the lid 6 with respect to the base 3 is adjustable by means of the interaction between the projecting parts 20 and the openings 12 and 14, so that the height of the space 7 can be adjusted to the quantity of mussels and to the contraction of the mussels.
• the projecting parts 20 can be pulled out of the openings 12 and 14 using lips 21.
• Figure 4 shows an embodiment in which the projecting parts 20 project upwards and are able to snap against the walls of a recess 22 in the openings 12 and 14.
• Figures 5 and 6 show, diagrammatically, an optionally nestable embodiment in which a row of projecting barbs 23, positioned above one another, has been arranged on two opposite walls of the tray and the lid has been provided with snap-in flanges 24 which are able to snap into the space between two barbs 23.
• the snap-in flanges can be pulled out of the space between two parts 23 using lips 25.
• Figure 7 shows that the inner base is provided at the peripheral edge with a seal 26, which prevents mussel fluid which has flowed into the space 5 from being able to flow back to the mussels in the space 7 if the tray 1 is in a sloping position. Mussel fluid flows only via the central opening 21 into the space 5.
• a pack for mussels consists of a plastic tray which has an interior lid which can be detachably fixed at varying height above the base and has an inner base which together with the normal base of the tray delimits a leakage space for mussel fluid.
• the mussels can be pressed onto one another and stay closed, whilst the leakage water is able to flow into the space between the two bases.
• An embodiment in which the inner base has an adjustable height and the detachable lid assumes a variable or fixed height position falls within the possibilities within the scope of the invention.

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