EP1050475A1 - Kiste für Handelsware - Google Patents

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EP1050475A1
EP1050475A1 EP00108079A EP00108079A EP1050475A1 EP 1050475 A1 EP1050475 A1 EP 1050475A1 EP 00108079 A EP00108079 A EP 00108079A EP 00108079 A EP00108079 A EP 00108079A EP 1050475 A1 EP1050475 A1 EP 1050475A1
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crate
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Luigino Gallina
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Polimer Plast Srl
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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
    • B65D11/00—Containers having bodies formed by interconnecting or uniting two or more rigid, or substantially rigid, components made wholly or mainly of plastics material
    • 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
    • B65D11/182—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 comprising two side walls hinged along the sides of a base panel and to an upper frame and two other side walls being hinged only to the upper frame
    • B65D11/1826—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 comprising two side walls hinged along the sides of a base panel and to an upper frame and two other side walls being hinged only to the upper frame and one or more side walls being foldable along a median line
    • 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
    • B65D21/0235—Containers stackable in a staggered configuration

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  • the present invention relates to a crate for containing commercial products which can be both loose goods or packages for sale.
  • Crates are currently used mainly for carrying and storing products and can be of a wide range of kinds, for example made of throwaway wood, wood and cardboard or plastics.
  • plastic crates Since the material of these latter does not deteriorate and is neutral with respect to the organoleptic characteristics of the contained products, plastic crates have the advantage of being recyclable a certain number of times.
  • Plastic crates currently in use are mostly made of polyethylene.
  • the structure of the crates is usually such as to allow stable one-on-one stacking thereof.
  • said crates have walls which can be folded inward or outward thanks to the presence of hinges, for example of the deformation type, or of metallic inserts.
  • Some loose products are often carried and stored by using pallets on which a plurality of crates are stacked, the products being arranged in said crates.
  • Lift trucks are used to move the pallets, but in order to ensure that the stack of crates is adequately stable during movements/lifting, said crates are held together by wrapping them appropriately with a plastic film (for example cellophane) or with a tape.
  • a plastic film for example cellophane
  • the aim of the present invention is to provide a containment crate for commercial products which solves the above drawback suffered by conventional crates.
  • an important object of the present invention is to provide crates which allow not only simple one-on-one stacking but also the stacking of one crate transversely above two or more crates of the same type.
  • Another important object of the present invention is to provide crates for containing commercial products which can be simply stacked on pallets, without having to be wrapped by a film or a tape, yet ensuring maximum stability also during the movements of the pallets.
  • Another object of the present invention is to provide a crate for containing commercial products, which has reduced dimensions in the closed configuration.
  • Another object of the present invention is to provide a containment crate which can be obtained at costs which are fully comparable with those of conventional crates.
  • Another object of the present invention is to provide a crate for containing commercial products whose capacity is fully comparable with that of currently commercially available equivalent crates.
  • a crate for containing commercial products of the type constituted by a bottom and by end and side walls, either foldable or fixed, which are provided with a border in an upward region
  • said crate being characterized in that said bottom has, at the outer face, at least two protruding resting surfaces which define between them a transverse interspace which is recessed and complementarily shaped, in terms of width, with respect to twice the width of the upper border of the side walls, said at least two resting surfaces being shaped so that when the crate is stacked transversely on top of at least two other crates of the same type said surfaces are arranged inside the corresponding upper border of said end and side walls of said at least two other crates.
  • a crate for containing commercial products according to the present invention is generally designated by the reference numeral 10 and comprises a bottom 11 which in this case has a rectangular shape.
  • the crate 10 has end walls 12 at its shorter sides and has, at its longer sides, side walls 13 which will be described in greater detail hereinafter.
  • said end and side walls 12 and 13 are kept joined by a single border 14 which has a frame-like configuration.
  • each one of said end walls 12 is provided with a grip slot 15.
  • said crate 10 is of the type with folding walls.
  • Said end walls 12 in fact have, at the border 14, first hinges which are schematically designated by the reference numeral 16.
  • Said first hinges 16 allow the end walls 12 to rotate, moving toward the inside of the crate 10, as shown by the arrow 17, from the vertical position until they reach a horizontal position (turned through 90° with respect to the initial position) so as to lie above said bottom 11 and parallel thereto.
  • said side walls 13 have second, third and fourth hinges, designated by the reference numerals 18, 19 and 20 respectively, which are located at the border 14, at the centerline part of said walls 13 and at the region where said walls are connected to the bottom 11.
  • Said second, third and fourth hinges 18, 19 and 20 form as a whole, on each side wall 13, an upper wall half 21 and a lower wall half 22.
  • said second, third and fourth hinges 18, 19 and 20 allow to close the two side walls 13 in an accordion-like fashion, so as to allow the lower wall half 22 to rest on the bottom 11 and allow the upper wall half 21 to be arranged on top of it.
  • the crate 10 is in the closed configuration and has the appearance shown in Figure 2, since due to the accordion-like folding of the side walls 13 the end walls 12 rest on them.
  • two resting surfaces 23 protrude from the bottom 11 at the outward face, each surface being constituted by a raised frame 24 whose shape and dimensions are complementary to the border 14 of the end walls 12 and side walls 13 so as to be internal to said border.
  • Each one of said resting surfaces 23 is provided with stiffening ribs 25 which also protrude inside the frame 24 and are adapted to increase the resting stability of the crate 10.
  • an interspace 26 is defined between said two resting surfaces 23, is recessed with respect to said surfaces 23, and is formed transversely between them.
  • said interspace 26 is twice as wide as the frame-like border 14 of the side walls 13 of the crate.
  • each crate 10 can be stacked transversely on top of two other crates 10 of the same type, taking care to place the borders 14 of the side walls 13 in the hollow formed by the interspace 26, as shown in Figure 5, since the depth of said interspace is sufficient to ensure stability of the stack.
  • each crate 10 is such that three of them allow to occupy substantially completely a standard-size pallet 27 with a first "layer".
  • a very important advantage has in fact been achieved by the present invention in that crates have been provided which allow not only simple one-on-one stacking but also stacking of one crate transversely on top of two or more crates of the same type.
  • Another very important advantage relates to the fact that a containment crate has been provided which can be obtained with costs which are fully comparable with those of conventional crates.
  • the present invention provides a crate for containing commercial products whose capacity is fully comparable with that of currently commercially available equivalent crates.
  • the materials employed, so long as they are compatible with the contingent use, as well as the dimensions, may be any according to requirements.

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ITPD990050 IT247742Y1 (it) 1999-05-06 1999-05-06 Cassetta di contenimento per prodotti di commercio
ITPD990050 1999-05-06

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Cited By (4)

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Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
JP2014005028A (ja) * 2012-06-25 2014-01-16 Sanko Co Ltd 箱型容器
JP2014005029A (ja) * 2012-06-25 2014-01-16 Sanko Co Ltd 箱型容器
CN103770999A (zh) * 2012-10-17 2014-05-07 鲜乐仕厨房用品株式会社 可在水平和垂直方向上同时结合的容器
JP2019085155A (ja) * 2017-11-09 2019-06-06 三甲株式会社 運搬ユニット

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Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
GB1137916A (en) * 1965-03-07 1968-12-27 Ind Mouldings Warwick Ltd Improvements in or relating to crates
FR2043905A5 (de) * 1969-05-09 1971-02-19 Stamp
US3796342A (en) * 1972-06-05 1974-03-12 Pinckney Molded Plastics Collapsible container
EP0252017A2 (de) * 1986-05-22 1988-01-07 Giuseppe Cosentino Zusammenlegbare Kiste, insbesondere für Obst oder Gemüse

Patent Citations (4)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
GB1137916A (en) * 1965-03-07 1968-12-27 Ind Mouldings Warwick Ltd Improvements in or relating to crates
FR2043905A5 (de) * 1969-05-09 1971-02-19 Stamp
US3796342A (en) * 1972-06-05 1974-03-12 Pinckney Molded Plastics Collapsible container
EP0252017A2 (de) * 1986-05-22 1988-01-07 Giuseppe Cosentino Zusammenlegbare Kiste, insbesondere für Obst oder Gemüse

Cited By (5)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
JP2014005028A (ja) * 2012-06-25 2014-01-16 Sanko Co Ltd 箱型容器
JP2014005029A (ja) * 2012-06-25 2014-01-16 Sanko Co Ltd 箱型容器
CN103770999A (zh) * 2012-10-17 2014-05-07 鲜乐仕厨房用品株式会社 可在水平和垂直方向上同时结合的容器
CN103770999B (zh) * 2012-10-17 2016-08-03 鲜乐仕厨房用品株式会社 可在水平和垂直方向上同时结合的容器
JP2019085155A (ja) * 2017-11-09 2019-06-06 三甲株式会社 運搬ユニット

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