ES2205976A1 - Packing case for bottles of champagne, comprises two palettes acting as base and end wall with gutters for receiving stoppers of bottles - Google Patents

Abstract

A packing case comprising a slatted palette acting as a base on which wine bottles can lie flat, a second palette with gutters for receiving the stoppers of the bottles and sidewalls, where the second palette and its gutters are both perpendicular to the first palette, is new. Each gutter may be defined as the space between three rods extending from the base. A stopper lies between two of them and can abuts the third rod. The palettes and two sidewalls ad an end wall bolt together. An inflatable cushion lies against the end wall opposite. The case has a lid made from two panels. The panels have hooks engaging the sidewalls.

Description

Wine bottle box.

The present invention relates to a box for wine bottles, in particular to a usable box for ordered and stored bottles containing a susceptible wine of being subjected to a treatment according to the "methode champenoise ".

These boxes, described for example in the documents FR-2 456 776, 2,562 508 and 2 614 007, They are generally arranged to accommodate only one type of bottle, the bottles intended for champagne and only for champagne.

These bottles are ordered in the box being placed flat on a bottom that is formed by slats or enlisted, and the necklaces of the first series of bottles are openwork on a second bottom, perpendicular to the first, equipped with ribs or channels, which bottom with channels supports the bottles when they are vertical at the end of the operation of removed, before the slaughter operation.

The present invention proposes a box thereof type than the boxes described in the cited documents, with as great advantage to better accommodate variations in dimensions of the bottles and in particular of their diameter, which also allows accept bottles of substantially different types, such as Champagne-type light bottles.

The box according to the invention comprises: - a first pallet shaped bottom, provided with slats for the draft of the flat bottles, and - a second bottom perpendicular to the first, also arranged in pallet form and provided with channels for the draft of the necklaces of said bottles, the whole forming a dihedral associated with some side walls and, in this dihedral, the channels are arranged perpendicularly with respect to the bottom enlisted, which channels are centered on the planes means of the pairs of slats that serve to open the bottles on said first enlisted bottom.

Always according to the invention, the channels are delimited by some rods and in particular a base rod which serves as support, and two lateral rods between which position the bottle neck.

According to the invention, the channels form a true wall made of rods, which wall is fixed to the structure of the second fund and, on both sides, base rods are embedded in the crossbar of the first bottom that places at its end, in correspondence with said second fund, said structure of the second fund consists of profiles of folded sheet, U-section.

Always according to the invention, the enlisted bottom and the bottom with channels are presented in the form of a pallet and present, each one at its adjacent ends, a sleeper that allows its assembled by screwing, said bottom being with channels supported on said enlisted fund and the latter presents some feet that extend in extension of those of said bottom with channels

According to another arrangement of the invention, the side walls of the box comprise, in its outline and in correspondence with the bottoms, angles whose wings cover two sides of the beams of said bottoms, allowing their assembly by screwing on said stringers.

To perform an effective draft of the bottles and prevent its movements during the removal operation, the box it comprises a wall called the fifth face that constitutes the wall top when the box is in a position such that the bottles they are flat, horizontal on the enlisted bottom, which fifth face is parallel to said enlisted bottom and has some means that allow its fixation on the stringers of the walls lateral, nestled on these stringers by self-locking under the effect of openwork means of the cushion type (s) inflatable (s), interposed between said fifth face and the Last layer of bottles.

Always according to the invention, the box can comprise a sixth face, parallel to the bottom with channels, provided also of fixing means on the uprights or stringers of the side walls, and its interlocking is done as for the fifth face, by self-locking under the effect of draft means constituted for example by inflatable cushion (s) interposed between the funds of the last bottles and said sixth face.

Always according to the invention, the hooking of the fifth or sixth faces on the stringers or uprights of the walls side, is made by means of hooks arranged in the flanges of said faces and recesses made in said faces stringers or uprights with, in addition, at the level of each recess, a wedge that cooperates with each of said hooks to suppress the games in order to interlock and block the different faces, thus making a true assembly of said faces between they.

According to another arrangement of the invention, the fifth face is preferably constituted by two panels that have each on its flange, a pair of hooks, which panels provide selective access to the different layers of bottles when the box is deposited on its bottom with channels.

Always according to the invention, the stringers or side wall uprights are made up of profiles of folded sheet, of section in C, that comprise a flat wing that it constitutes the internal face and some flanges in square with returns, all assembled by welding around a trellis, which trellis is constituted, on the one hand, by profiles parallel to the enlisted bottom and, on the other hand, by profiles perpendicular to the latter, distributed so that place in correspondence with the bodies of the bottles.

Always according to the invention, the recesses for the fixing of the fifth face hooks are constituted by notches in the wing of the profiles that form stringers or uprights of the side walls, which notches are U-shaped of asymmetric branches with, on the end of the major branch, a notch practiced on the edge of said profile, which allows the introduction of the corresponding hook.

According to another arrangement of the invention, the branch less than the U that forms the recess, stops at the bottom of the draft wedge, which wedge is located in the thickness of the profile that forms the stringer or upright of the walls, under the edge of this profile, welded for example on the wing of this profile, on the outer side.

According to another arrangement of the invention, the sixth face can also consist of a simple openwork grid of security, with hooks and / or latches that allow fixing on the uprights of the side walls.

The invention will be even more detailed with the help of the following description and of the attached plans, given by title indicative, and in which:

- Figure 1 is a perspective view that shows the essential elements of the box according to the invention;

- Figure 2 shows the positioning of the bottles at the angle of the dihedral;

- Figure 3 is a partial view, above, of the bottles arranged on the enlisted bottom and whose Golletes are openwork in the bottom provided with channels;

- Figure 4 represents, schematically, the draft and interlock means of the fifth and sixth faces

- Figure 5 represents the placement of the fifth or sixth face, on the side walls, to make your placement and its nailing, or make its withdrawal.

As shown in Figure 1, the box consists of a first fund referenced 1 on the which bottles 2 are positioned flat and for a second referenced fund 3 perpendicular to said first fund 1, on the  which bottles are supported by their neck and in particular by its cap or capsule, when the box is tilted, placing the bottles in an upright position.

Funds 1 and 3 are arranged in the form of pallets to allow the maintenance of the box by means of cars elevators, that is to say that they comprise feet 1 'and 3' respectively.

The bottom 1 comprises slats 4 that allow accurately crush the first layer of bottles placed from flat. These slats 4 are constituted by welded rods on the structure of the fund 1.

The bottom 3 comprises a draft system of the bottle necklaces.

In fact, it includes 5 channels detailed in Figures 2 and 3, which allow a vertical alignment of the necklaces and that allow, especially when the bottles have different dimensions, absorb the level variations of the necklets with respect to the first bottom 1, keeping the same Time a guided and draft of these necklaces.

Channels 5 are therefore perpendicular to the enlisted bottom 1.

The box comprises some side walls: the side wall 6 located to the left of the entrance is normally represented and - the side wall 7 is simply outlined in fine mixed strokes to avoid overloading the figure.

These side walls 6 and 7 comprise some stringers or uprights depending on the position of the box. Thus find a crossbar 8 parallel to the bottom 1 at the top of the wall 6 and a post 9, parallel to the bottom 3, at the entrance of the box.

These stringers and uprights are constituted by profiles made in folded sheet and will be detailed more ahead.

Funds 1 and 3 and walls 6 and 7 constitute individual elements that are for example assembled by screwed

Thus, the bottom 1 presents at its end, by the bottom side 3, a naughty 10. This naughty 10 and the naughty Adjacent 11 of bottom 3 are assembled by screwing.

It is noted that the feet 1 'of the bottom 1 are extend under the feet 3 'of the bottom 3. In fact, the stringers 12 of the bottom 1 have a length clearly greater than the length of the slats 4, while the stringers (or uprights) 13 of the bottom 3 have a length equal to that of channels 5.

Side walls 6 and 7 have, in their ends in contact with funds 1 and 3 respectively, about angles 14 covering two sides of the stringers 12 and 13 of said bottoms and allow its assembly on said stringers.

Bottom 1 and bottom 3 form a dihedral constituted by two planes in square and this dihedral is stiffened by side walls 6 and 7.

These side walls are formed by a lattice consisting of profiles 15 parallel to bottom 1 and by profiles 16 perpendicular to the bottom 1, arranged in correspondence with the bodies of the bottles 2. These profiles 15 and 16 are for example made of folded sheet, of section in OR.

To allow stacking of the boxes, the stringers 6 and uprights 9 comprise legs 17 and 18 respectively that allow centering and setting the adjacent box. These legs are for example made in a U-shaped rod, welded on the outside.

The box is closed by a top wall parallel to the bottom 1 commonly called fifth face. Is fifth face 21 is, in the embodiment represented in the Figure 1, consisting of two panels that are fixed on the stringers 8 of the side walls 6 and 7. This fixing is effect by means of a pair of hooks 22 arranged on each side of the panels, which hooks cooperate with recesses 23 practiced on the stringers 8.

This fifth face 21 is nestled over the side walls 6 and 7 automatically by means of cushions 24. A cushion 24 is shown in Figure 1. It is it presents in the form of a layer, of paper for example, provided with a  valve 25 that allows swelling, which swelling causes a self-locking of the fifth face on the side walls 6 and 7. The cushion 24, when swollen, exerts pressure on the last layer of bottles 2 and on the fifth face 21 constituted by the two panels, stiffening this face 21 and consequently the entire box. At the same time, the bottles are openwork and immobilized; what It allows the removal operation to be carried out safely.

The detail of the hooking means of the fifth face 21 on side walls 6 and 7 will be completed later in connection with figures 4 and 5.

Always according to figure 1, it is also found the sixth face 26 which is for example constituted by a frame provided with a lattice consisting of rods or profiles perpendicular to each other.

This sixth face also includes hooks 27 that cooperate with recesses 29 made in the uprights 9 of the side walls 6 and 7.

This sixth face 26 can be presented in the form of a simple safety grid or, as represented in the Figure 1, to be used in association with a cushion 30, for contribute to the draft and blocking of bottles 2, especially during the phase of removal of the champagne process.

Figures 2 and 3 represent one more way Detailed, the means of draft of the bottles 2. These bottles 2 are placed on the slats 4, which slats are of made soldiers on transverse rods 31 and form a kind of grid placed and assembled on the structure of the background 1. These slats are arranged in pairs with a step that corresponds to the dimensions of the champagne or champagne bottles Light according to the case.

On the bottom 1, the bottles are arranged online and all in the same direction, with the first neck bottle resting on the bottom 3.

The structure of fund 1 is constituted by sleepers 32 extending between the stringers 12. You are sleepers 32 are parallel to the extreme sleeper 10 and are made in folded sheet.

The fund 3, as represented in the Figures 2 and 3, includes an openwork structure of the struts. This structure is presented in the form of channels 5 that are constituted by a base rod 35 and lateral rods 36 arranged on either side to set the neck. In the thread of  base 35 serves as support for the bottles when the box rests on the bottom 3. The lateral rods 36 allow to maintain the alignment of the bottles when, for example, the pivot box on its sides 6 or 7 during the removal operation.

The rods 35 and 36 are assembled on some cross rods 37 and the set forms a kind of structure or grid, assembled on the bottom 3.

They are found again in Figures 2 and 3, the sleepers 10 from bottom 1 and 11 from bottom 3. Are these sleepers that They allow the assembly of the two bottoms by screwing.

The positioning of the bottom 3 on the crossbar 10 of the bottom 1 can also be made at the ends 38 of some base rods 35 that can be embedded in holes 39 practiced in this naughty 10.

The rods 35 as well as the rods 36, are perpendicular to bottom 1 and the channels formed by these rods are placed in planes perpendicular to the bottoms 1 and 3. These channels are aligned on the pairs of slats 4 of draft the channels and pairs of slats are in the same plane medium.

Figures 4 and 5 show, more Detailed, mounting the fifth and sixth faces of the box between side walls 6 and 7, and in the examples shown, on the side wall 7.

They are located on this side wall 7, at level of stringer 8 and stud 9, recesses 23 and 29 respectively. These recesses are both in the form of an L or rather of a U with asymmetric branches. These recesses they are practiced in the constitutive profiles of the stringers and uprights, which profiles have a C section with a wing 40 constituting the inner wall of the box and the flanges 41 for the exterior and 42 for the interior provided each with a return 43, 44 respectively.

The recesses are formed by notches or clippings made on wings 40 and on the outer edges 41. The trimming at the edge 41 allows the passage of the hook 22 corresponding to the fifth face 21 or the hook 27 corresponding if it is the sixth face 26.

The small branch of the U ends at the level of the end of cove 50. This cove 50 is housed in the profile of the stringers and uprights, under the flange 41, welded for example over wing 40.

This cove 50 performs the wedge function. The same it presents a slope p, visible in figure 5, identical to that of the hooks 22 and 27 as appropriate, to suppress the game at level of the hooks between the fifth face and the stringer 8 and between the sixth face 26 and the amount 9. You get a true assembly of the fifth and sixth faces on the side walls, under the effect of openwork cushions, cushions 24 and 26 according the case, which cushions interlock said faces and in particular their hooks on the coves 50.

The fifth and sixth placement movement faces is illustrated in figure 5. In principle, for the fifth face for example, the hooks 22 are inserted vertically in the recesses 23 and in particular in the notch 51 practiced in the flange 41, and then the hook descends in the notch 52 made on wing 40 of the crossbar 8. Next, this fifth face is pushed horizontally in the corresponding notch 53 at the bottom of the recess, then facing the branch small 54 of the U, and in front of the locking wedge 50. A then, when the swelling of the cushion 24 takes place, the fifth face 21 automatically locks under the effect of hooks 22 that go up the minor branch 54, which hooks 22 thus perform a self-locking assembly of the fifth face on the side walls 6 and 7.

This operation is performed in the same way to the sixth face with, in addition, the advantage of a placement by gravity.

For the disassembly of the fifth and sixth faces, it is sufficient to deflate the cushions 24 and 30, which allows their unlocking with respect to the side members and uprights 6 and 7. The displacement in the recesses of the hooks 22 or 27 as the case may be, then allows the fifth or sixth to be released faces.

This box allows the treatment of bottles and also allows you to store these bottles for aging treatment These boxes have a character of versatility and universality that prevents producers from having special boxes for treatment according to the "methode champenoise "and some boxes for the treatment of aging.

Claims (11)

1. Box for wine bottles, susceptible for example to be subjected to a treatment according to the champenoise method, of the type comprising: - a first bottom (1) in the form of a pallet, provided with slats (4) for the draft of the flat bottles, and - a second bottom (3) perpendicular to the first bottom, also arranged in the form of a pallet and provided with channels (5) for the draft of the necklaces of said bottles, the assembly thus forming a right-angle dihedral, completed by side walls (6 and 7), characterized in that said channels (5) are arranged perpendicularly to said enlisted bottom (1). 2. Box according to claim 1, characterized in that the channels (5) are delimited by rods and in particular a base rod (35) which serves as support for the end of the neck of the first bottles and by two lateral rods (36 ) to make the centering of said neck and its support when the tilting of the box takes place on one or the other of the side walls (6 and 7). 3. Box according to claims 1 or 2, characterized in that the enlisted bottom (1) and the bottom (3) with channels are in the form of a pallet, which bottoms comprise, at their adjacent ends, some sleepers (10) for the bottom (1), (11) for the bottom (3), which allows its assembly by screwing, being in said bottom with channels supported on said enlisted bottom, the latter comprising feet extending in extension of those of said bottom with channels 4. Box according to claim 3, characterized in that the side walls (6 and 7) comprise, in their outline, in correspondence with the bottoms (1 and 3), angles (14) covering the stringers of said walls, allowing their assembled by screwing on the beams of said bottoms. 5. Box according to any one of claims 1 to 4, characterized in that the upper wall (21), called the fifth face, parallel to the first enlisted bottom (1), has means that allow its fixing on the stringers (8) of the walls sides (6, 7), which upper wall is interlocked on these stringers, by self-locking under the effect of openwork means of inflatable cushion (s) (24), interposed between said fifth face and the last layer of bottles 6. Box according to any one of claims 1 to 5, characterized in that the sixth face (26), parallel to the bottom (3) with channels, has fixing means on the uprights (9) or side wall beams (6, 7), and self-locking interlocking means under the effect of draft means constituted by inflatable cushion (s) (30) interposed between the bottoms of the bottles and said sixth face. 7. Box according to any of claims 5 or 6, characterized in that the engagement between the fifth face (21) and / or the sixth face (26) on the stringers (8) or uprights (9) of the side walls (6, 7), it is carried out by means of hooks (22, 27) respectively, arranged on the flanges of said faces, and recesses (23, 29) respectively, practiced in said stringers or uprights with, in addition, at the level of each recess, a wedge-shaped cove (50) that cooperates with each of said hooks to suppress play and block said faces on said walls. 8. Box according to claim 5, characterized in that the fifth face (21) is constituted by two panels each comprising, on its sides, a pair of hooks (22). 9. Box according to any of claims 5 to 8, characterized in that the stringers (8) or uprights (9) of the side walls (6, 7) are constituted by profiles of folded sheet, of section in C, comprising a wing flat (40) that constitutes the internal face of said walls and flanges (41, 42) in square with returns (43, 44), and because the recesses (23, 29) for fixing the hooks (22, 27) respectively, they are constituted by notches in said flat wing (40) of said profiles that form stringers (8) or uprights (9) of the side walls (6, 7), which notches are U-shaped with asymmetric wings with , on the end of the major branch of the U, a hook introduction notch, which notch is made in a part of the width of the outer flange (41) of the profile. 10. Box according to claim 9, characterized in that the smaller branch of the U forming the recess (23, 27) ends at the bottom of the cove (50), which cove is located in the thickness of the profile that forms the stringer or upright of the side walls, under the edge (41) of this profile, against the wing (40). 11. Box according to any of claims 1 to 10, characterized in that the sixth face (26) consists of a simple safety draft grid with hooks (27) and / or latches that allow its fixation on the uprights (9) of the side walls (6, 7).