EP3141147A1 - Carrier for receiving bottles and/or removal of bottles made from a crate, a container or the like - Google Patents

Abstract

The invention relates to a carrier (1) for receiving bottles (2) from a box, a container or the like. According to the invention, the carrier (1) can be placed on one or more bottle necks (3), wherein by placing the carrier (1) on the bottle necks (3) they latch on the carrier (1), and wherein on the carrier ( 1) for settling the bottles (2) an unlocking device is provided.

Description

Technical environment

The invention relates to a carrier for receiving bottles and / or removing bottles from a box, a container or the like.

State of the art

From the prior art, it is known that, for example, in beer crates or other beverage crates so-called six-packs are kept available, in which the bottles can be removed from a box in a carrier made of cardboard. In a standard box, for example, 24 bottles are kept available, so that they can be removed in a six-carrier or individually.

In this provision of the bottles in boxes or free-standing bottles, the problem arises that the bottles must be removed individually from the box when filling a refrigerator or a refrigerated drawer, because several bottles are traded, and the box must be emptied separately. Another problem arises in restaurants, where to fill the refrigerated drawers, according to individual bottles must be removed from the box to accommodate them in the drawer.

task

The invention thus raises the problem of developing a carrier for receiving bottles and / or removing bottles from a box, a container or the like, with the bottles from a box can be easily and easily removed, in particular those with the Carriers spent bottles can also be implemented.

solution

According to the invention this problem is solved with the features of claim 1, advantageous embodiments of the invention will become apparent from the dependent claims.

The advantages achieved by the invention are that with the carrier according to the invention in a simple manner, for example 6 bottles can be removed from a box in which simply the carrier is pressed onto the bottle necks, in which case the carrier is locked to the bottle necks. If the individual bottles are locked in the carrier, it is now possible to lift a total of 6 bottles out of the box with the carrier, and then either in a beverage drawer or in the area of a refrigerator, where the bottles are then released again from the carrier by simple unlatching and released, then put them in a refrigerator or in a refrigerator drawer. The carrier according to the invention is also suitable for converting empties, in which case the empties bottles are latched to the carrier in order to set them down with a hand movement specifically in the compartments of the box.

According to the invention, it is proposed for this purpose that the carrier can be placed on one or more bottle necks, wherein by placing the carrier on the or the bottle necks they lock on the carrier, and wherein on the carrier for depositing the bottles an unlocking device is provided. According to a particularly advantageous embodiment of the invention, the carrier consists essentially of a flat housing with a bottom arranged therein, on the top surface hoods and in the bottom openings for receiving the bottle necks are formed or formed. Due to this design is now achieved that a limited insertion of the bottle necks is given to the carrier, the limitation of the insertion of the bottle necks is effected by the integrally formed on the carrier hoods.

In this case, latching elements are provided on the floor or in the housing of the carrier, which latch in the attached state of the carrier to a present on the bottleneck circumferential bead. The locking elements as such consist here of pivotally mounted on the floor or in the housing lever elements. These in turn preferably consist of individual L-shaped angle elements. It goes without saying that when the bottleneck penetrates through the lower opening and the upper portion of the bottle neck exceeds the locking elements, that then snap back accordingly, so that the bottle is fixed with its neck on the carrier.

According to an advantageous embodiment of the invention, the angle element with the long leg on the bottleneck, wherein the short perpendicular thereto aligned legs is provided for unlocking the L-shaped angle element. In a further development, in this case a shaft is formed in the pivot axis of the angle element, which can be pressed into integrally formed on the bottom or in the housing detents. This training allows in particular a simple assembly system for the carrier as such. Here, the angle elements are simply pressed into the so-called integrally formed notches, so that they then unfold their pivoting mechanism.

According to a particularly advantageous embodiment of the bottom in the housing by means of a handle member is raised and lowered formed. In this case, webs are integrally formed in the housing or in the bottom, which cause the lifting or pulling up of the soil in the housing by means of the handle element pivoting back the angle elements. The Entrastvorgang takes place in this case such that when the floor is pulled up by the handle member in the housing, molded-in webs in the housing or on the ground push back the angle elements on the short leg down. In other words, the long legs of the angle elements move away from the bottle necks, thereby enabling the release of the bottleneck from the carrier.

According to a particularly advantageous embodiment of the carrier, this has on the top surface on a pivoting handle, which when it is pivoted and the carrier is snapped onto the bottles in a box, the possibility exists that this when stacking boxes in the box can remain. The crates as such are not hindered by using the carrier of the present invention in their stackability by the attached carrier.

According to a modified embodiment, the lever elements are pivotally mounted on an annular mold part. The annular shaped part with the pivotally mounted lever elements is made forth from an injection molded part and is fixed to the ground. The pivotally mounted lever elements are in this case with their upper leg portions on the bottle neck in the latched state, whereas the lower leg portions are for latching in operative connection with spring tongues. The spring tongues are in this case also formed on a ring element which is arranged below the annular molded part with the lever elements. The spring tongues engage in this case below the lower leg region of the lever element and thus cause the lever element always pivots into the clamping position or pivots back.

The lever elements have in this case at their rear sides for unlocking via sliding surfaces which cooperate with arranged or molded in the housing pressure pieces. Thus, if the floor on which the pivotally mounted lever elements are raised, the pressure pieces, which are formed on the housing, slide along the rear side of the lever elements and force them into a vertical position on the annular shaped part. In this vertical position, the upper leg area releases the neck of the bottle so that the flat is released from the latched situation.

Description of the drawings

Figur 1

eine perspektivische Ansicht des Trägers in Draufsicht mit eingeschwenkten Griff;

Figur 2

eine weitere perspektivische Darstellung des Trägers in Unteransicht;

Figur 3

eine weitere perspektivische Darstellung des Trägers im verrasteten Zustand der Flaschen mit einem geschnittenen Detailausschnitt;

Figur 4

eine weitere perspektivische Darstellung des Trägers im entriegelten Zustand der Flaschen mit einem geschnittenen Detailausschnitt;

Figur 5

eine geschnittene Detailansicht des Trägers im verrasteten Zustand einer Flasche;

Figur 6

eine geschnittene Detailansicht des Trägers im entriegelten Zustand einer Flasche;

Figur 7

eine explosionsartige Darstellung des Trägers in einer abgewandelten Ausführungsform;

Figur 8

eine teilweise geschnittene Darstellung des Trägers gemäß der Figur 7 im verrasteten Zustand;

Figur 9

eine geschnittene Detailansicht des Trägers im verrasteten Zustand;

Figur 10

eine geschnittene Detailansicht des Trägers im entriegelten Zustand und

Figur 11

eine perspektivische Darstellung des ringförmigen Formteils mit den schwenkbar gelagerten Hebelelementen.

An embodiment of the invention is shown purely schematically in the drawings and will be described in more detail below. It shows:

FIG. 1

a perspective view of the carrier in plan view with pivoted handle;

FIG. 2

a further perspective view of the carrier in a bottom view;

FIG. 3

a further perspective view of the carrier in the locked state of the bottles with a cut detail section;

FIG. 4

a further perspective view of the carrier in the unlocked state of the bottles with a cut detail section;

FIG. 5

a sectional detail view of the carrier in the locked state of a bottle;

FIG. 6

a sectional detail view of the carrier in the unlocked state of a bottle;

FIG. 7

an exploded view of the carrier in a modified embodiment;

FIG. 8

a partially sectioned view of the carrier according to the FIG. 7 in the locked state;

FIG. 9

a sectional detail view of the carrier in the locked state;

FIG. 10

a sectional detail view of the carrier in the unlocked state and

FIG. 11

a perspective view of the annular molding with the pivotally mounted lever elements.

embodiments

The FIGS. 1 and 2 shows a carrier 1 in the plan view, which is suitable for receiving bottles 2 or removing bottles 2, from a box or a container, not shown. In particular from the FIG. 3 . 4 in conjunction with the FIG. 5 and 6 is apparent that the carrier 1 can be placed on one or more bottle necks 3, wherein by placing the carrier 1 on the or the necks 3 of the bottle these engage the carrier 1, as particularly beautiful in the FIG. 3 and 5 is shown where the upper housing 4 is shown cut.

In this case, the carrier 1 is also capable of releasing the bottles 2 when they are released, wherein the unlocked state of the carrier 1 is shown in greater detail in FIG FIG. 4 and 6 where in the sectional views the unlocking situation is shown. As in particular from the FIGS. 1 to 6 is seen, the carrier 1 consists essentially of the flat housing 4 with a bottom arranged therein 5. On the top surface 6 of the housing hoods 7 are formed, wherein formed in the bottom 5 openings 8 for receiving and removing the bottle necks 3. Die Form der Ausnehmung bzw. are. The hoods 7 are here clearly in the FIG. 1 . 3 to recognize, where it is also recognizable that the bottle necks 3 have a certain depth of penetration into the hood 7, wherein the bottle cap 9 rests against the upper molded ring 10 of the hood 7 and supported. In this state, then the so-called Verrasterung the bottle necks 3 on the carrier 1, as shown in the FIG. 3 and also in the FIG. 5 can be seen closer.

For locking the carrier 1 5 locking elements 11 are provided on the floor. The catches 11 lock in the mounted state of the carrier 1 at a present on the bottleneck 3 circumferential bead 12. This situation is particularly in the FIG. 5 represented where the latches 11 rest below the bead 12. The locking elements 11 in this case consist of pivotally mounted on the bottom 5 lever elements, as these closer in the Figures 3 . 4 . 5 and 6 can be seen. It can thus be seen that the individual lever elements consist of an L-shaped angle element 13. The angle element 13 is in this case with the long leg 14 on the bottle neck 3, wherein the short perpendicular thereto aligned legs 15 is provided for locking and unlatching. In this case, a shaft 16 is formed in the pivot axis of the angle element 13, which is pressed into molded into the bottom 5 Eindrückrasten 17. Thus, in particular results in a simple and easy installation of the angle elements 13 in which they are simply pressed as plastic moldings in the molded Eindrückrasten 17 on the ground and thus unfold their swiveling immediately.

As in particular from the synopsis of FIG. 5 and 6 can be seen, the bottom 5 in the housing 4 by means of a handle member 18 on the top surface 6 of the support 1, as this in the FIG. 3 and 4 is shown, raised and lowered arranged. The lifting or lowering takes place by the pivoting of the grip element 18 on the top surface 6. In the situation of FIG. 5 , where the latching of the bottle neck 3 is shown, the angle element 13 is pivoted against the bottle neck 3 via a spring tongue 19 formed in the bottom 5. Here, the spring tongue 19 presses against the short leg 15 of the angle element 13, so that thereby the long leg 14 is pressed against the bottle neck 3. The locking of the bottle neck 3 or the bottle necks 3 thus takes place in such a way that the bottleneck 3 is inserted in the direction of the prestressed angle elements 13 in the hood 7, which in exceeding a certain insertion depth of the bottle necks 3 in the hood 7, the engaging behind the Cause bead 12.

In particular, to effect unlocking of the bottle necks 3, webs 20 are formed vertically in the housing 4 to the top surface 6, the pivoting back when raising or pulling up of the bottom 5 in the housing 4, the angle elements 13 effect. This is especially nice in the FIG. 5 to recognize where the webs 20 rest from above on the shorter leg 15. By lifting the bottom 5, shown in the FIG. 6 is by the Web 20 of the short leg 15 is pressed down against the action of the spring tongue 19, so that thereby the long leg 14 is pivoted back into a vertical position. To accommodate the swung-back leg 14 7 so-called formations 21 are provided in the region of the hood. In this unlocked situation, pictured in the FIG. 4 and 6 , now the carrier 1 can be lifted off the bottle necks 3 without jamming. As a result of the prestressed spring tongues 19, the bottom 5 lowers again in the housing 4, so that, for the next use of the carrier 1, it resets itself to the latching position, provided that the grip element 18 is not actuated.

In the illustrated embodiment, four lever elements in the form of angle elements 13 are shown in each case for locking the press on the bottle neck 3. It would also be conceivable to arrange only two angle elements 13 in order to effect the locking. The embodiment described in the embodiment shows the pivotal integration of the locking elements 11 on the bottom 5 of the carrier 1. Conceivable also the locking elements 11 would be pivotally incorporated on the housing 4, in which case by moving the bottom 5 unlocking the locking elements 11 can be made.

In a further development of the invention, the carrying handle 22 shown on the top surface 6 is pivotally mounted. The carrying handle 22 can in this case also be arranged on the housing 4. This results in a carrier 1, which can be placed in particular on a six-pack of bottles, wherein in the swung-down state of the carrying handle 22, this is kept flat so that stacking of the boxes with attached carriers 1 is not prevented.

According to a modified embodiment, shown in the FIGS. 7 to 11 , Lever elements 23 are pivotally mounted on an annular mold part 24. The annular shaped part 24 with the pivotally mounted lever elements 23 at their pivot axes is in this case made of an injection molded part made and is set to the bottom 5 of the carrier 1. For this purpose, the stator elements are integrally formed on the ring. The pivotally mounted lever elements 23 are in this case with their upper leg portions 25 on the bottle neck 3 in the latched state, shown in the FIGS. 8 and 9 whereas the lower leg portions 26 are operatively connected to spring tongues 27 for latching. The spring tongues 27 are in this case likewise formed on a ring element 28, which is arranged below the annular shaped part 24 with the lever elements 23 on the bottom 5.

The spring tongues 27 engage below the free end of the lower leg portion 26 of the lever member 23 and thus cause the lever member 23 always pivots in the clamping position or pivots back, as shown in the FIG. 9 is clearly visible.

The lever elements 23 continue to have on their backs for unlocking via sliding surfaces 29 which cooperate with arranged in the hood 7 and ring hood 10 or molded pressure pieces 30. Thus, if the bottom 5 is raised on the pivotally mounted lever elements 23, then slide the pressure pieces 30 which are integrally formed on the hood 7, on the back of the lever members 23 and here along the sliding surfaces 29 and force the lever members 23 in a vertical position the annular molding 24, as shown in the FIG. 10 is shown. In this vertical position, the upper leg portion 25 releases the bottle neck 3 again, so that the bottle 2 will release from the latched situation.

LIST OF REFERENCE NUMBERS

1. 1st carrier
2. 2nd bottle
3. 3. bottleneck
4. 4. Housing
5. 5th floor
6. 6. Top surface
7. 7. Hood
8. 8. openings
9. 9. Bottle caps
10. 10. Ring - hood
11. 11. locking elements
12. 12th bead
13. 13. Angle element
14. 14. long thigh
15. 15. short leg
16. 16th wave
17. 17. Press-in catch
18. 18. Handle element
19. 19. spring tongue
20. 20th bridge
21. 21. Forming
22. 22. Carrying handle
23. 23. Lever elements modified version
24. 24. Annular shaped part
25. 25. Upper thigh area
26. 26. Lower thigh area
27. 27. Spring tongue
28. 28. Ring element spring tongue
29. 29. sliding surface
30. 30. Plungers

Claims (13)

Carrier (1) for receiving bottles (2) from a box, a container or the like,
thereby countersigned,
in that the carrier (1) can be placed on one or more bottle necks (3), wherein the carrier (1) is latched to the carrier (1) by placing the carrier (1) on the bottle neck or necks (3), and on the carrier (1) Depositing the bottles (2) an unlocking device is provided. Carrier according to claim 1,
characterized,
in that the carrier (1) consists essentially of a flat housing (4) with a bottom (5) arranged therein, on the top surface (6) hoods (7) and in the bottom (5) openings (8) for receiving the bottle necks ( 3) are molded or molded. Support according to claims 1 and 2,
characterized,
that in the housing (4) and / or on the bottom (5) locking elements (11) are provided which engage in the mounted state of the carrier (1) on a on the bottle neck (3) existing circumferential bead (12). Support according to claims 1 to 3,
characterized,
that the latching elements (11) consist of pivotally mounted lever elements. Support according to claims 1 to 4,
characterized,
that the single lever element consists of an L-shaped angle element (13). Support according to claims 1 to 5,
characterized,
that the angle element (13) with the long leg (14) on the bottle neck (3) is applied, wherein the short approximately at right angles thereto aligned leg (15) for latching and unlatching against the action of a spring tongue (19) is provided. Support according to claims 1 to 6,
characterized,
that in the pivot axis of the angle element (13) has a shaft (16) is formed, which in the housing (4) and / or in the bottom (5) integrally formed Eindrückrasten (17) can be pressed. Support according to claims 1 to 7,
characterized,
that the lever elements (23) at an annular molded part (24) are pivotally mounted. Support according to claims 1 to 8,
characterized,
in that the lever elements (23) rest with their upper leg regions (25) on the bottle neck (3) in the latched state, the lower leg regions (26) being in operative connection with spring tongues (27) for latching. Support according to claims 1 and 9,
characterized,
in that the lever elements (23) cooperate on their rear sides for the end locking with pressure pieces (30) arranged or formed in the housing (4). Support according to claims 1 to 10,
characterized,
in that the base (5) can be raised and lowered in the housing (4) by means of a grip element (18). Support according to claims 1 to 11,
characterized,
in that in the housing (4) or on the bottom (5) webs (20) or plungers are formed, which during the raising or pulling up of the bottom (5) in the housing (4) pivoting back the angle elements (13) and the lever elements cause. Support according to claims 1 to 12,
characterized,
that the housing (4), a pivotable handle (22) is present.

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