EP2894105B1 - Load carrier - Google Patents

Description

The invention relates to a load carrier for selectively transporting bottles and / or bottle carriers containing the same and / or different format.

Traditionally, beverage crates are used to transport filled bottles from the beverage manufacturer to the consumer and to return the empties.

Furthermore, there are essentially plate-shaped charge carriers on which bottles can be placed individually or in bottle carriers ("multipack") made of cardboard. On the equipped with bottles or bottle carriers charge carriers another charge carrier can be placed, which in turn is equipped with bottles or bottle carriers. By stacking loaded carriers, stacks of full stock can be formed for transporting from the beverage manufacturer to the retailer and stacks of empties for transporting from the retailer to the beverage manufacturer.

The bottle carrier can be designed as a basket ("Basket"), which have compartments from which protrude the bottlenecks of the bottles used above. Optionally, the basket has a removal safeguard in the form of a gripped by the bottle necks lid, which secures the bottles in the carrier. Furthermore, bottle carriers in the form of "wrap" are known, which are wrapped around a group of bottles to summarize them. In addition, bottle carriers in the form of shrink films are known ("sleeve"), which envelop a group of bottles. The shrink films are pulled as a tube over the group of bottles, cut and shrunk in a shrink tunnel under heat, so that they fit tightly to the bottles.

Another bottle carrier is the clip ("clip"). This is a carrier which takes the form of a small height plate or box with holes for receiving the necks of a group of bottles and retaining means in the form of small tabs at the edge of the holes for retaining the bottles on the bottle caps or other lids in the clip having.

The emptied bottles are usually placed individually for the return transport without bottle carrier on the load carrier. But it is also possible to place the empties in the bottle carrier of the basket type used for the return transport on the carrier.

The WO 2010/055204 A1 describes a plate-shaped carrier for bottles on which at least bottle carrier with 2, 4, 6, 8 and 10 bottles can be placed. The carrier has an underside with elements for supporting the neck or crown cork of bottles and a top for carrying the bottoms of bottles. Around the top is an edge that supports bottles and bottle carriers located within the rim. On the carrier there are at least four rows of bottle shelters in which at least five bottle spaces are arranged. Between the spaces for bottles there are support elements that stand up from the top to support individual bottles and bottle carriers. At least in the middle of four storage locations for bottles at each corner of the load carrier at least one Halbpinole is arranged, which has at least one curved support surface which is associated with the parking space for bottles in the corner of the load carrier. In the middle of the two central rows of bottle stands, projections extend at most up to the level of support sleepers from the ground. For transport bottles are placed in bottle carriers or bottles without bottle carrier on such carriers the charge carriers stacked. Above Another carrier without bottles can be placed in order to stabilize the arrangement. The consumer acquires individual bottle carriers with the full product arranged therein.

The known load carrier is indeed equipped with basket bottle carriers for different numbers of bottles. However, it is not stocked with bottles of different sizes and not with sleeve, sleeve or staple bottle carriers and has only a limited to 20 bottles capacity.

Further, a charge carrier is known, which has the double format of the aforementioned charge carrier and can accommodate up to 40 bottles. The load carrier is subdivided by compartment walls, which are upstanding from a bottom wall, into compartments for every six bottles, in each of which two quills stand upright. The compartments are circumferentially arranged along the outer casing on the carrier, wherein on each longitudinal side two compartments with their longitudinal side and on each transverse side of a Gefach is arranged with its longitudinal side. On the longitudinal central axis, this load carrier has a series of four further bottle storage spaces in a central elongated compartment. In this bottle carrier bottle carriers for six bottles ("six packs") can be used in the larger sections. Four individual bottles can be used in the central elongated compartment.

The known charge carrier has the disadvantage that it is designed for bottles with a specific format and only for six-bottle carrier.

The EP 2 530 024 A1 describes a load carrier for the transport of a larger number of bottles, which is more flexible in terms of the formats of the bottles and the bottle carrier.

The carrier for selectively transporting bottles and / or bottle carriers having the same and / or different format has a bottom wall, upstanding skirting walls from the edges of the bottom wall. The bottom wall has on the upper side a storage surface for optionally placing the bottoms of bottles and / or bottle carriers, which has storage spaces for bottles, which are arranged in a matrix-like arrangement with five rows and eight columns. Supporting elements for supporting bottles and / or bottle carriers are provided between the parking spaces, with a central web extending parallel to these gaps projecting in the middle between these two columns for stabilizing the bottom wall and laterally supporting bottles and / or bottle carriers from the bottom wall and extending on both sides of the central web a side bar for stabilizing the bottom wall and side supports of bottles and / or bottle carriers between two rows of parking spaces parallel to these rows. At each corner of the bottom wall bounded by the central web, a half quill or quill is arranged in the middle of four pitches having at least one support surface facing the parking space for bottles in the corner of half of the bottom wall. In the center of the two central columns with spaces of each half of the bottom wall projections on the bottom wall are present, which have at most the height of support thresholds. The bottom wall has on the bottom a bearing surface for selectively supporting the neck and / or lid of other bottles and / or the top of other bottle carriers, wherein the other bottles and / or the other bottle carrier are arranged on a carrier of the same kind.

In the known carrier can patch single bottles still fall over relatively easily. In addition, the use of bottle carriers with different formats is limited by the transverse webs.

The post-published state of the art (Art. 54 (3) EPC) EP 2 674 366 A1 describes a beverage crate with upstanding from the edges of the bottom wall side walls and bearing surfaces at the top of the bottom wall and upstanding from the bottom wall flat quills, full quills and half quills.

Based on this, the object of the invention is to provide a load carrier for the transport of bottles, which is more flexible with regard to the usable bottle carrier and keeps individual bottles safer.

The object is achieved by a charge carrier having the features of claim 1. Advantageous embodiments of the charge carrier are specified in subclaims.

In the charge carrier according to the invention, the use and the arrangement of first and second flat quillols favors the optional applicability of bottle carriers of different sizes with bottles contained therein and of individual bottles. Furthermore, the flat quills, together with the full quills and / or half-quills and / or flat quills and the enclosure walls, counteract the tipping over of individual bottles in the charge carrier. The tipping of individual bottles is effectively prevented even if individual bottles are placed only on a part of the parking spaces and another part of the parking spaces is vacant. In addition, the contact between adjacent bottles is prevented by the improved lateral support of the individual bottles and thus reduces the noise level during transport of the charge carrier. The carrier is suitable for the insertion of basket-type, cuff-type and shrink-wrap type bottle carriers. The sleeves can engage in holes or slots on the underside of the bottle carrier or produce them when inserting one of the bottle carrier itself, especially in Schrumpffolietyp.

In this patent application, the term "flat quill" from the bottom wall of the carrier referred to upstanding pins, which have substantially the shape of an elongated plate or a strip. By the term "full quill" from the bottom wall upstanding pins are referred to, the cross-sections in the direction of two mutually perpendicular axes have matching or substantially matching dimensions. Full quills, for example, have a substantially diamond-shaped or circular cross-section. Flat quills and full quills are each arranged with the center of their cross section in the middle of a group of four pitches. In this application, "flat flat quill" refers to flat quills which have only half the cross section of a flat quill. Half flat quills are each arranged with a lateral edge of their cross section in the middle of a group of four parking spaces. By the term "half-quillons" in this patent application from the bottom wall upstanding pins are referred to, which have substantially half the cross section of a full quill. Half-quills are each arranged with the center of their side, which corresponds to the vertical center plane of a full quill, in the middle of a group of four parking spaces. Half-quills are preferably flat on the side corresponding to the vertical median plane of a full quill. According to an alternative embodiment, the Halbpinolen are curved on this side, preferably to the outside.

The full quills, half quillins and flat quills are collectively referred to in this application as "quills".

According to one embodiment, the flat quills on a strip-shaped body with the longitudinally extending ribs on both sides in the middle between four adjacent parking spaces. The ribs increase the stability of the Flachpinolen and act to tilt two individual bottles on each other towards, which are arranged on two adjacent parking spaces next to the same flat side of the Flachpinole. According to a further embodiment, the flat quills on the lateral edges of the body in the longitudinal direction extended thickening. The thickenings also cause the stability of Flachpinolen and counteract a tilting of two individual bottles towards each other, which are arranged on adjacent parking spaces on different flat sides of Flachpinolen.

According to a further embodiment, the charge carrier has a first support wall projecting from the bottom wall and extending in the direction of the rows in the middle of the two central rows with parking spaces between the two central first flat quillols. According to a further embodiment, the charge carrier has a second support wall which projects upwards from the bottom wall and extends in the direction perpendicular to the rows of parking spaces in the middle between the second and the third storage spaces of each row with a middle part extending between the two second flat clots and between on the second Flachpinolen and the side walls extending side part.

The first support wall and / or the second support wall stabilize the ground with comparatively little use of material. As a result, the underside of the bottom wall can be formed without a stiffening element or with less or smaller sized stiffening elements than in conventional load carriers. This material can be saved. In addition, the first and / or the second support wall helps to protect individual bottles against tipping and to avoid contact between adjacent bottles and noise.

According to a further embodiment, the full quills have a substantially diamond-shaped cross-section and the Halbpinolen a cross section with in Substantially in the form of a half rhombus, with the first diagonal of the diamonds aligned parallel to the rows of pitches and the second diagonal of the diamonds perpendicular thereto. In this embodiment, the full quills and Halbpinolen form support surfaces, which are each aligned to an adjacent parking space. As a result, the lateral support of individual bottles is improved.

According to a further embodiment, the full quills and / or the half quill have curved support surfaces, which each face an adjacent parking space and have a corresponding contour as the parking space. By this configuration, a particularly good lateral support of individual bottles is achieved on the parking spaces. Preferably, full quills with a diamond-shaped cross-section and / or half-quills with a cross-section with the shape of half a rhombus are provided with the curved support surfaces.

According to a further embodiment, the full quills and / or half quills and / or flat quills have an upwardly tapering cross section and / or an upper quill section tapering upwards at the upper end. This facilitates the insertion of the sleeves into openings or slots in the bottom of a bottle carrier.

According to a further embodiment, the height of the first support wall corresponds at least at its two lateral edges to the height of the two central first flat quills. As a result, the stability of the bottom wall in the most heavily loaded central area is particularly increased. According to a further embodiment, the first flat quills and the first support wall have the same height everywhere.

According to a further embodiment, the height of the second support wall is less than the height of the second flat quill. As a result, a sufficient stabilization of the bottom wall can be achieved while saving material. Furthermore allows the use of bottle carriers having the slot in the bottom and in the adjacent walls to receive and bridge the second support wall. This allows the insertion of bottle carriers for 10 bottles in the carrier. According to a further embodiment, the height of the second support wall is half to one third of the height of the second flat quill.

According to a further embodiment, the full quills and / or Halbpinolen and / or Flachpinolen have a height of 80 mm to 150 mm, preferably of about 115 mm and / or the second support wall has a height of 30 mm to 70 mm, preferably of about 52 mm up. These sleeves are relatively low and thus material-saving. Furthermore, the second support wall with the dimensions mentioned allows the use of bottle carriers with a slot at the bottom.

According to a further embodiment, a full quill is arranged in the middle of four slots for bottles at three corners in the bottom wall and arranged in the middle of four pitches for bottles at another corner of the bottom wall Halbpinole having a flat Halbpinolenseite that of the full quill at the same, facing the rows of parking spaces vertical side of the bottom wall, wherein between these side and the second flat quill in the direction of the rows of parking spaces each two parking spaces are arranged. In this embodiment, the bottles are best supported on the four pitches next to the corners of the bottom wall by three Vollpinolen and a Halbpinole, the Halbpinole allows the insertion of a six bottles bottle carrier with orientation transverse to the rows of pitches next to the flat Halbpinolenseite the Halbpinole. Alternatively, a bottle carrier containing eight bottles or two bottle carriers containing four bottles can be placed on this area.

According to another embodiment, full quillins are arranged on a side perpendicular to the rows of parking spaces side of the bottom wall in the middle of four parking spaces for bottles at both corners and arranged in the direction of rows with parking spaces in the middle between the next four pitches Halbpinolen that with their shallow Halbpinolenseite the full quillons at the corners of the same side facing, between this side and the second Flachpinolen in the direction of the rows of parking spaces each three parking spaces are available. This embodiment allows the insertion of a bottle carrier containing eight bottles in alignment perpendicular to the rows of parking spaces next to the flat side of the two half-pegs. Alternatively, two bottle bottles containing four bottles can be placed on this area.

Furthermore, in each case a six bottles containing bottle carrier can be placed in the direction parallel to the rows of parking spaces on the areas of the bottom wall, which are separated from each other by the two half first Flachpinolen and another first Flachpinole.

The pitches are each arranged between sleeves or between quills and a wall or between enclosure walls and a Quill. In a subsequently described load carrier with a central bar, there are also parking spaces between a quill and a wall enclosure and the center bar and other parking spaces between sleeves and the center bar. In the simplest case, the positions of the pitches are defined only by these limits and the bottom wall between the sleeves is flat. According to a preferred embodiment, the parking spaces limiting enclosures are also present at the top of the bottom wall for lateral support of individual bottles on the outer edge of the bottle bottom. These enclosures preferably have a height that corresponds approximately to the height of the bottle bottom or a radius at the bottom of the bottle. Together with the sleeves or

Surrounding walls or the center bar, the borders additionally counteract tipping individual bottles in the load carrier. The load carrier with the enclosures therefore prevents particularly effective tipping over of bottles and the contact between adjacent bottles.

According to a preferred embodiment, the parking spaces are each circular. Accordingly, the bezels are preferably circular.

According to a further embodiment, the enclosures are the cylinder wall surfaces of cylindrical depressions in the bearing surface of the bottom wall. In this embodiment, the parking spaces are formed by the bases of the cylindrical recesses. The cylinder wall surfaces of the cylindrical recesses support the bottles in the bottom area laterally. Between the cylindrical wells bottle carrier can be placed with their bottoms on the bearing surface.

According to a preferred embodiment, the enclosures have a height of 1 mm to 3 mm, preferably of about 2 mm. This configuration prevents bottles deposited in bottle carriers on the borders from being forced through the bottoms of the bottle carriers or bulging the floors. Nevertheless, the bezels are high enough to support individual bottles used laterally sufficient.

The charge carrier comprises two storage areas, whose rows are arranged parallel to each other with parking spaces, between the two storage areas parallel to the rows of parking spaces and from a first enclosure wall to an opposite second enclosure wall extending central web or parallel to the rows of parking spaces and each between four Plots arranged third Flachpinolen are arranged. This

The charge carrier has twice the charge capacity of a charge carrier with only one storage area. He is thus able to take up to 40 bottles.

According to a further embodiment, the bearing areas are oriented differently, so that the second flat quills of one storage area are arranged closer to the first enclosure wall and the second flat quills of the other storage area closer to the second enclosure wall. If the storage areas of the load carrier are equipped in the same way with bottle carriers, the arrangement of the bottle carrier during a rotation of the charge carrier by 180 ° in the horizontal is the same. This favors a stacking of several equipped with bottle carriers charge carriers in any rotational position.

According to a further embodiment, the wall thickness of the central web and / or the side webs is less than the wall thickness of the enclosure walls. As a result, a sufficient stabilization of the charge carrier and a sufficient size of the slots for receiving different formats is achieved.

According to a further embodiment, the bottom wall on the bottom has a lower bearing surface for selectively supporting the neck and / or lid of other bottles and / or the top of other bottle carriers with inserted bottles, wherein the other bottles and / or other bottle carrier on a charge carrier thereof Sort are arranged. This favors the formation of stable stacks of carriers that are loaded with individual bottles and / or with bottle carriers.

According to a further embodiment, the charge carrier on the underside of the bottom wall on stiffening elements. The stiffening elements additionally stabilize the charge carrier.

According to a further embodiment, the charge carrier is made of at least one plastic. Preferably, the charge carrier is injection molded from plastic. The charge carrier may be injection molded from a single plastic in a single plastic in a single injection molding step. When manufactured from a plurality of different plastics, it may be made in one piece or in parts in the multi-component injection molding process.

According to a further embodiment, the charge carrier is filled with at least one bottle carrier containing two, four, six, eight or ten bottles or combinations of the aforementioned bottle carrier. Various ways of filling the charge carrier are described in the embodiments. According to a further embodiment of the carrier is equipped with bottle carrier with at least one slot on the bottom for receiving at least one Flaschenpinole.

According to another embodiment, the charge carrier has a footprint of 400 ml x 600 ml. Thus, the carrier has a format that corresponds to twice the size of a standard beer crate.

According to a further embodiment, the lower bearing surface has receptacles for an upper region of the neck and / or the lid of further bottles in a matrix-like arrangement with eight rows and five columns. Each receptacle of the charge carrier is capable of receiving an upper region of the neck and / or the lid of further bottles on a further charge carrier, on which the charge carrier is placed in order to form a stack. The other bottles can intervene in the recordings, if they are not inserted in a bottle carrier or if they are in a bottle carrier are used, which is designed as a basket so that they stand out above. But you can also intervene in the shots when they are inserted into a cuff or in a bracket and partially stand out of these types of bottle carriers.

According to a further embodiment, lower support elements for selective lateral support of the neck and / or cover of further bottles and / or of further bottle carriers project from the bottom wall downwards between the receptacles. By the lower support elements, a stack of carriers or bottle carriers is further stabilized, since the support elements cause lateral support.

According to a further embodiment, the charge carrier has lower support elements, which have partial cylindrical and / or partially conical support surfaces for selectively supporting the neck laterally of further bottles and / or an upper edge region of further bottle carriers and / or adjacent to two pairs of adjacent receptacles of groups of four adjacent seats plane inclination surfaces for laterally supporting the edge region of a bottle carrier, wherein the distance between the two slope surfaces adjacent adjacent recordings of different pairs increases with increasing distance from the bottom wall. The partially cylindrical or partially conical support surfaces additionally support the neck of other bottles or the upper edge region of other bottle carriers laterally. The sloping surfaces support between adjacent bottles the upper edge region of another bottle carrier, which may be a collar or a clip. As a result, the stability of the stack is further improved.

According to one embodiment, the underside of the charge carrier at the upper edge is complementary to the upper edge region of the casing walls of the load carrier designed to allow a stackability of unfilled charge carriers of the same kind to each other. For this purpose, for example, the charge carrier at the bottom at a small distance from the outer edge a preferably circumferential baseboard. As a result, a charge carrier is placed with its underside on the upper edge of the enclosure walls of a similar charge carrier and engages with the baseboards in the enclosure walls, whereby slipping of the upper charge carrier is prevented.

According to another embodiment, the bottle carrier is of the basket type or cuff or shrink sleeve. The charge carrier can also be filled with various of the aforementioned types of bottle carriers at the same time, but it is preferably filled only with a plurality of bottle carriers of a single type. Preferably, the bottle carrier are made of cardboard.

According to a further embodiment, the charge carrier is filled with individual bottles. This can be full or empty.

The bottles are preferably bottles made of glass or plastic. Preferably, the bottles are 0.5 liter bottles.

The 0.5-liter bottle comes in a variety of formats, called Euroflags, Longneck bottles (also called "long-necked bottles"), Bitburger bottles (also called "Individual bottles 1"), flip-top bottles (also " Stirrup bottles "), Steinie bottles, NRW bottles, Radeberger bottles (also called" individual bottles 2 ") and Lochmund bottles are known. Different formats differ in particular with regard to the shape and the diameter of the bottom and the neck of the bottles. The diameters of the bottoms of the bottles vary in the range of 67.5 to 70.7 mm plus

Manufacturing tolerances. In order for the load carrier to accommodate these formats, the pods preferably have a diameter of 70.7 mm, and optionally plus 0.25 to 1.0 mm (e.g., 0.75 mm) for the thickness of a wall of a cardboard bottle carrier. If necessary, the tolerance (1.4 mm) or a part of the tolerance of the bottom diameter of the bottle type (Euro bottle) with a diameter of 70.7 mm is also added. The different types of bottle carriers are basket, cuff and clip. These come in turn with different shapes and dimensions, which are adapted to the formats of the bottles. The charge carrier according to the invention is able to accommodate the various formats.

The stability of the carriers equipped with bottle carriers is generally greater than the stability of the carriers loaded only with bottles, because the positions are better filled by the bottle carriers with the bottles contained therein. By placing a further charge carrier on the bottles or bottle carrier on a charge carrier, the arrangement of the bottles or bottle carrier is stabilized on the charge carrier. Therefore, an empty charge carrier is preferably placed on the uppermost layer of bottles or bottle carriers when a stack of a plurality of load carriers equipped with bottles or bottle carriers is formed.

Fig. 1

einen Ladungsträger der nicht ein teil der Erfindung ist, für 20 Flaschen in einer Perspektivansicht schräg von oben und von der Seite;

Fig. 2

denselben Ladungsträger in der Draufsicht;

Fig. 3

denselben Ladungsträger in einer Perspektivansicht schräg von unten und von der Seite;

Fig. 4

denselben Ladungsträger in einer Unteransicht;

Fig. 5

einen Ladungsträger für 40 Flaschen in einer Perspektivansicht schräg von oben und von der Seite;

Fig. 6

denselben Ladungsträger in der Draufsicht;

Fig. 7a-d

denselben Ladungsträger bestückt mit verschiedenen Flaschenträgern für vier Flaschen (Fig. 7a), sechs Flaschen (Fig. 7b), acht Flaschen (Fig. 7c) und zehn Flaschen (Fig. 7d), jeweils in der Draufsicht.

The invention will be explained in more detail with reference to the accompanying drawings of exemplary embodiments. In the drawings show:

Fig. 1

a carrier not part of the invention for 20 bottles in a perspective view obliquely from above and from the side;

Fig. 2

the same charge carrier in plan view;

Fig. 3

the same carrier in a perspective view obliquely from below and from the side;

Fig. 4

the same carrier in a bottom view;

Fig. 5

a carrier for 40 bottles in a perspective view obliquely from above and from the side;

Fig. 6

the same charge carrier in plan view;

Fig. 7a-d

same carrier loaded with different bottle carriers for four bottles ( Fig. 7a ), six bottles ( Fig. 7b ), eight bottles ( Fig. 7c ) and ten bottles ( Fig. 7d ), each in plan view.

In the following explanation, correspondingly indicated components are provided with the same leading reference numerals, wherein different embodiments are characterized by a point following the leading reference numeral and a subsequent individual reference numeral.

According to Fig. 1 to 4 The charge carrier 1.1 has a rectangular bottom wall 2. Of the long sides 3, 4 and the narrow sides 5, 6 of the bottom wall 2 each surround walls 7, 8, 9, 10 rises vertically.

Adjacent edging walls 7 to 10 are integrally connected to one another at the corners of the bottom wall 2.

The charge carrier 1.1 has at the bottom of the enclosure walls 7 to 10 slot-shaped wall openings 11 to 14 to inner cavities in the enclosure walls 7 to 10.

Above the enclosure walls 7 to 10 define an opening 20 for insertion and removal of bottles and bottle carriers.

Identical charge carriers 1.1 are stackable on each other, so that e.g. downwardly projecting protrusions of an upper charge carrier 1.1 in the opening 20 of a lower charge carrier 1.1 engage and laterally over the protrusions protruding portions of the underside of the enclosure walls 7 to 10 of the upper charge carrier 1 on the upper edge of the enclosure walls 7 to 10 of the lower charge carrier 1.1 rest.

The bottom wall 2 has at its top a storage area 21 with a bearing surface 22. In the storage area 22 four rows 23 are each provided with five circular slots 24 for individual bottles. Each parking space 24 is formed as a circular cylindrical recess 25 in the bearing surface 22. The recess 25 has a base 26, which is a footprint for bottles and e.g. is formed by a web structure 27. The perforated base 26 of the pitches 24 was used to save material and drainage of water after a cleaning process. A circumferential cylinder wall surface of each recess 25 is a rim 28 bounding the shelf 24 laterally. Each recess 25 has a depth of a few millimeters, the depth being equal to the distance of the bearing surface 22 from the base 26.

From the upper side of the bottom wall 2 stand between the two central rows 23 with parking spaces 24 first flat quills 29 vertically up. In each case in the center of a group of four parking spaces 24 a flat quill 29 is arranged. The Flachpinolen 29 each have a strip-shaped basic body. The first flat quills 29 are aligned with the flat side of their base parallel to the rows 23.

On the two flat sides of the main body, ribs extended in the longitudinal direction of the flat quill 29 and thickened portions extending in the longitudinal direction on the lateral edges of the base body may be located. Each flat quill 29 may have adjacent to its connection to the bottom wall 2 a pedestal in which the spaces between the ribs and the edge-side thickenings are filled.

The two outer first Flachpinolen 29.1 are formed as complete first Flachpinolen 29 and are each arranged with the center of its cross section in the middle of four adjacent parking spaces 24.

The two central first flat quills 29.2, which are arranged between the second and the third parking space 24 and the third and the fourth parking space 24 of the two central rows 23, are half first flat quills 29. The half first Flachpinolen 29.2 have only the mutually facing halves and no halves facing away from each other. Also, the half first Flachpinolen 29.2 can be arranged with ribs in the center of a group of four adjacent parking spaces 24. Further, the half first flat quill 29.2 are arranged with the side edges facing away from each other in the middle of a group of four adjacent parking spaces 24 and facing each other with the two other lateral edges. There they are connected by a first support wall 31 with each other.

The first support wall 31 is perpendicular from the top of the bottom wall 2 up. The first support wall 31 is at the lower edge everywhere with the bottom wall. 2 connected. The height of the first support wall 38 coincides with the height of half of the first flat quill 29.2, so that the first support wall 31 and half first Flachpinolen 29.2 together form a plate-shaped body.

Furthermore, from the top of the bottom wall 2, two second flat quills 36 are vertically up. The shape of the second Flachpinolen 36 corresponds to the shape of the complete first Flachpinolen 29.1. The two second Flachpinolen 36 are arranged with the flat sides of their body perpendicular to the rows 23 of slots 24. A second flat quill 36 is disposed in the center between the second and third locations of two outer rows 23. Another second Flachpinole 36 is disposed between the second and third parking spaces of the other two outer rows 23 with 24 slots. The second Flachpinolen 36 are each arranged with the center of its cross section in the middle or in the center of four adjacent parking spaces 24.

The first Flachpinolen 29 and second Flachpinolen 36 have an upwardly tapered upper Flachpinolenabschnitt 37 at the upper end.

In the centers of the groups of four parking spaces 24 at the corners of the bottom wall 2, three full quills 40 and a Halbpinole 41 are arranged.

The full quills 40 each have a diamond-shaped cross-section, with one diagonal of the rhombus parallel to the rows 23 and the other diagonal aligned perpendicular to the rows 23. The four side surfaces of the full quills 40 each face an adjacent parking space 24. They are formed as curved support surfaces 43, wherein the curvature of the support surfaces 43 in plan view corresponds to the curvature of the enclosure 28 of the adjacent parking space 24.

The cross section of the full quills 40 gradually tapers from bottom to top. At the upper end, the full quills have an upwardly tapering upper Vollpinolenabschnitt 44.

The full quills 40 are each arranged with the center of their cross section in the center of four adjacent parking spaces 24.

The half-quill 41 corresponds to one-half full quill 40. Accordingly, the cross-section of the half-quills 41 gradually tapers from bottom to top and the half-quill 41 has an upwardly tapering upper half quill section 45 at the top.

The Halbpinole 41 has a flat Halbpinolenseite 42 and two support surfaces 43.

The Halbpinole 41 is arranged in a group of eight slots 24, which are bounded on one side by the enclosure wall 9 on the opposite side by the second Flachpinolen 36. The Halbpinole 41 is facing with its flat Halbpinolenseite 42 of the full quill 40, which is arranged within the same group of eight slots 24.

Two further Halbpinolen 41 are each arranged in the center of a group of four parking spaces 24, which are arranged adjacent to the other side of the second Flachpinolen 36. The flat Halbpinolenseite 42 of these two second Halbpinolen 41 facing the Vollpinolen 40 on the centers of the groups of four slots 24 at the adjacent corners of the bottom wall 2.

All Halbpinolen 41 are each arranged with the center of their flat Halbpinolenseite 42 in the middle between four adjacent parking spaces 24.

Centrally below each pitch 24 a receptacle 46 is arranged in the bottom wall 2 in the form of a shallow depression with circular cross-section, in which the upper end of a bottle can be inserted from below, so that the bottle is held in addition to the recording.

From the bottom of the bottom wall 2 are below the parking spaces 24 support members 47 downward. The support members 47 have substantially the shape of a segment of a circular disk 47, which is arranged flat on the bottom wall 2. Each support member 47 is positioned concentrically with a receptacle 46.

On the inner circumference of each support member 47 has a part-cylindrical support surface 48. In addition, each support member 47 on both sides of a flat inclined surface 49, 50 on. The two slope surfaces 49, 50 of each support member 47 define the annulus segment so that it does not form a complete annulus disc.

In each case six support elements 47 are arranged under a first parking space group 51 and a second parking space group 52, each with six parking spaces 24. These are parking space groups 51, 52, which are aligned parallel to each other, wherein in each parking space group 51, 52 two parallel rows á each three parking spaces 24 are arranged.

Eight further support elements 47 are arranged under a third parking space group 52 with eight parking spaces 24, which has two parallel rows á each four parking spaces 24.

In each parking space group 51, 52, 53, the support elements 47 are under the remote edge areas of the parking spaces 24 in the parallel rows á each three or four pitches 24 arranged. In this case, the support elements 47, which are located on different sides of the respective adjacent parking space groups 51, 52, 53, with the slope surfaces 49,50 facing each other.

The slope surfaces 49, 50 are aligned so that their distance from each other increases with increasing distance from the bottom wall 2.

Further, the part-cylindrical support surfaces 48 may have at the end remote from the bottom wall 2 an outwardly widening, part conical section for facilitated insertion of bottle necks.

Because of this arrangement, below each parking space group 51, 52, 53, a bottle carrier designed as a wrap or clamp with obliquely inclined side walls can be inserted between the lower support elements 47, with the obliquely inclined side walls of the bottle carrier resting on the sloping surfaces 49, 50. Alternatively, individual bottles or bottles arranged in a basket can be inserted with the bottle necks in the part-cylindrical surfaces.

The beverage box 1 is made in one piece from plastic.

On the pitches 24 individual bottles can be placed as full or empties.

Due to the arrangement and design of the sleeves 29, 36, 40, 41, the bottles are prevented from tipping over, even if adjacent parking spaces 24 are not occupied.

The first support wall 31 also contributes to this. In addition, the first support wall 31 serves to stabilize the bottom wall 2.

Further, on the bearing surface 22 of the bottom wall 2 filled with bottles bottle carrier 54 different format can be placed.

Loaded with bottles or bottle carriers 54 and empty charge carriers 1 are stacked on top of each other.

The Fig. 4 and 5 show a charge carrier 1.2, which is about twice as large as the charge carrier 1.1. The charge carrier 1.2 has two storage areas 21.1, 21.2, which are separated by a central web 55 from each other. The central web 55 extends from a long first enclosure wall 9 to an opposing second enclosure wall 10. Its height is slightly less than the height of the enclosure walls 7-10 and its width is less than the width of the enclosure walls 7-10.

In the storage areas 21.1 and 21.2, the rows 23 of the parking spaces 24 are aligned parallel to each other. Furthermore, the bearing areas 21.1, 21.2 are aligned in different directions, so that the second Flachpinolen 36 of the storage area 21.1 of the long first enclosure wall 9 are closer and the second Flachpinolen 36 of the storage area 21.2 of the long second enclosure wall 10 are closer.

Under each storage area 21.1, 21.2 are as in the storage area 21 of the first embodiment of Fig. 1 to 4 Support members 47 and receptacles 46 arranged.

The charge carrier 1.2 can therefore be equipped with twice the number of bottles or bottle carriers compared to the charge carrier 1.1.

According to Fig. 7a the carrier 1.2 is equipped with eight bottle carriers 54.1, each containing four bottles. In this case, the middle column with slots 24 is not occupied.

According to Fig. 7b the carrier 1.2 is equipped with six 6-bottle carriers 54.2. In this case, four parking spaces 24 are not occupied. The bottle carrier 54.2 have bottom slots 56, can dip into the first Flachpinolen 29.1.

According to Fig. 7c the carrier 1.2 is equipped with four 8-bottle carriers 54.3. In this case again the middle column with slots 24 is not occupied. The bottle carrier 54.3 have slots 56 at the bottom, into which the first flat capillaries 29.1 can dip.

According to Fig. 7d the charge carrier 1.2 is equipped with four 10-bottle carriers 54.4, which have slots 56 on the underside for receiving second flat quills 36. In this case, all pitches 24 are occupied. The bottle carrier 50.4 have at the bottom a slot into which a first Flachpinole can dip.

Furthermore, the mixed loading of the charge carrier 1.2 with bottle carriers 54 of different formats is possible, in which all parking spaces 24 are occupied. For example, a full loading of all slots 24 by two 8-bottle carrier 54.3 or four 4-bottle carrier 54.1 and by four 6-bottle carrier 54.2 is possible. Furthermore, when equipped with bottle carriers 54 remaining free places 24 can be equipped with individual bottles.

LIST OF REFERENCE NUMBERS

1.1., 1.2

charge carrier

2

bottom wall

3

long page

4

long page

5

narrow side

6

narrow side

7

wall Mount

8th

wall Mount

9

wall Mount

10

wall Mount

11

wall opening

12

wall opening

13

wall opening

14th

wall opening

20th

opening

21, 21.1, 21.2

storage area

22nd

storage area

23rd

line

24th

parking space

25th

deepening

26th

Base

27th

web structure

28th

mount

29th

first flat quill

29.1

complete first flat quill

29.2

half first flat quill

31st

first supporting wall

36th

second flat quill

37th

Upper flat quillons section

40th

Vollpinole

41st

Halbpinole

42nd

flat half-alpine side

43rd

support surface

44th

Upper full quill section

45th

Upper full quill section

46th

admission

47th

support element

48th

support surface

49th

sloping surface

50th

sloping surface

51st

first parking space group

52nd

second parking space group

53rd

third parking space group

54

bottle carrier

54.1

bottle carrier

54.2

bottle carrier

54.3

bottle carrier

54.4

bottle carrier

55th

center web

56th

slot

Claims (14)

1. A load carrier for selectively inserting bottle carriers of different sizes with bottles contained therein, and individual bottles, comprising

   - a bottom wall (2), enclosure walls (7, 8, 9, 10) rising from the edges of the bottom wall (2) and two bearing regions (21.1, 21.2) enclosed by the enclosure walls, wherein the two bearing regions comprise:

   - a bearing surface (22) on the upper face of the bottom wall (2) for positioning bottle carriers (54),

   - storing positions (24) on the upper face of the bottom wall (2) in four parallel rows (23) of five storing positions each (24),

   - first flat separator pillars (29) rising from the bottom wall (2) parallel to the rows (23) having storing positions (24) for the lateral support of bottle carriers (54) and cylindrical bottle bodies of individual bottles between the two central rows (23) having storing positions (24), in each case in the centre of four adjacent storing positions (24),

   - wherein the two central first flat separator pillars (29.2) between the two central rows (23) having storing positions (24) are half flat separator pillars (29.2), which are arranged with the lateral edges remote from one another in each case in the centre of four adjacent storing positions (24) and face one another with the other lateral edges,

   - second flat separator pillars (36) rising from the bottom wall (2) perpendicular to the rows (23) having storing positions (24), in each case in the centre of the second and third storing positions (24) of the first and second row (23) relative to a side (3) of the bottom wall (2) parallel to the rows having storing positions, as well as of the second and third storing positions (24) of the third and the fourth row (23) relative to the same side (3) of the bottom wall (2),

   - full separator pillars (40) and/or half separator pillars (41) and/or third flat separator pillars rising from the bottom wall (2) in the centre of the remaining groups of four adjacent storing positions (24), no first or second flat separator pillars (29, 36) being arranged therebetween,

   wherein the rows (23) having storing positions (24) of the two bearing regions (21.1, 21.2) are arranged parallel to one another, wherein a central web (55) parallel to the rows (23) having storing positions (24) or third flat separator pillars arranged parallel to the rows (23) having storing positions (24), and in each case arranged between four storing positions (24), are arranged between the two bearing regions (21.1, 21.2).
2. The load carrier according to Claim 1, in which the flat separator pillars (29, 36) have a strip-shaped base body with ribs extending in the longitudinal direction on both flat sides in the centre between four adjacent storing positions (24), and/or in which the flat separator pillars (29, 36) have thickened portions extending on the lateral edges of the base body in the longitudinal direction.
3. The load carrier according to Claim 1 or 2, comprising a first supporting wall (31), rising from the bottom wall (2) and extending in the direction of the rows (23), in the centre of the two central rows (23) having storing positions (24) between the two central first flat separator pillars (29.2).
4. The load carrier according to one of Claims 1 to 3, in which the full separator pillars (40) have a substantially rhomboid cross section and the half separator pillars (41) have a cross section substantially in the shape of a half rhombus, wherein the first diagonal of the rhombus is aligned parallel to the rows (23) having storing positions (24) and the second diagonal of the rhombus is aligned perpendicular thereto.
5. The load carrier according to one of Claims 1 to 4, in which the full separator pillars (40) and/or the half separator pillars (41) have curved supporting surfaces (43), which in each case face an adjacent storing position (24) and have a contour corresponding to the storing position (24).
6. The load carrier according to one of Claims 1 to 5, according to which the full separator pillars (40) and/or half separator pillars (41) and/or flat separator pillars (29, 36) have an upwardly tapering cross section and/or an upwardly tapering upper separator pillar portion (37, 44, 45) at the upper end.
7. The load carrier according to at least Claim 3, in which the height of the first supporting wall (31) corresponds at least on its lateral edges to the height of the two central first flat separator pillars (29.2).
8. The load carrier according to one of Claims 1 to 7, in which the enclosing portions (28) defining the storing positions (24) are present on the upper face of the bottom wall (2) for the lateral support of individual bottles on the outer edge of the bottom of the bottle.
9. The load carrier according to one of Claims 1 to 8, in which the two bearing regions (21.1, 21.2) are aligned differently, so that the second flat separator pillars (36) of the one bearing region (21.1) are arranged closer to the first enclosing wall (9) and the second flat separator pillars (36) of the other bearing region (21.2) are arranged closer to the second enclosing wall (10).
10. The load carrier according to one of Claims 1 to 9, in which the bottom wall (2) has on the lower face a lower bearing surface for selectively supporting the neck and/or cap of further bottles and/or the upper face of further bottle carriers with bottles inserted therein, wherein the further bottles and/or further bottle carriers are arranged on a load carrier (1) of the same type.
11. The load carrier according to Claim 10, in which the lower bearing surface has receivers (46) for an upper region of the neck and/or the cap of further bottles in a matrix-type arrangement with eight rows and five columns.
12. The load carrier according to one of Claims 1 to 11, in which lower supporting elements (47) between the receivers (46) protrude downwardly from the bottom wall for selectively laterally supporting the neck and/or the cap of further bottles and/or further bottle carriers.
13. The load carrier according to Claim 12 with supporting elements (47) which have partially cylindrical and/or partially conical lower supporting surfaces (48) around receivers (46) for selectively laterally supporting the neck of further bottles and/or an upper edge region of further bottle carriers and/or, alongside pairs of adjacent receivers (46) from groups of four adjacent receivers, have flat inclined surfaces (49, 50) for laterally supporting the upper edge region of a further bottle carrier, wherein the distance between the inclined surfaces (49, 50) which are assigned to different pairs of adjacent receivers from groups of four adjacent receivers (46) increases with the increasing distance from the bottom wall (2).
14. The load carrier according to one of Claims 1 to 13, which, containing at least one bottle carrier (54), is filled with two, four, six, eight or ten bottles or combinations of the aforementioned bottle carriers and/or is filled with individual bottles.

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