FR2605979A1 - BOTTLE CONTAINER FOR TRANSPORT IN BULK OR IN PACKS - Google Patents

Abstract

THE INVENTION RELATES TO A PERFECTED BOTTLE RACK. THE LOCKER BEING PROVIDED ON ITS BOTTOM 2 WITH CRADLES 9, 10 FOR THE HOLDING OF BULK BOTTLES, IT INCLUDES SIDE PILLARS 21, 22 RETURNING SOMEWHAT INSIDE THE VOLUME OF THE CASE FOR THE HOLDING IN PLACE OF PACKS WHICH ARE PLACES ON THE FLOOR PLAN OF THE CRADLES, A CORRESPONDING INCREASE IN THE USEFUL LOCKER VOLUME IS PROVIDED TO ALLOW FOR THIS PACK HOUSING. THE INVENTION APPLIES TO THE TRANSPORT OF BOTTLES IN BULK OR IN PACKS.

Description

The subject of the invention is a container with bottles for transporting and

  the handling of bulk bottles, in particular bottles with an oval or rounded base requiring for their retention in place in the rack of the bracing and stabilizing elements;

  receiving cradle for each bottle.

  The invention aims at improvements to such a rack allowing its use, not only for the transport of bulk bottles, but also for the transport of the same packaged bottles

in packs.

  The problem is particularly critical and delicate for bottles with an oval or rounded base requiring rather enveloping cradles of the bottom of the bottle, and therefore a bottom of the rack provided with many relatively high spacers on which we normally can not ask

  the same bottles in packs, because on the one hand, the packaging

  the plastic or cardboard that closes the pack may be damaged and perforated by these spacers, and secondly, there is more enough height in the freezer, whose packs will therefore exceed the upper edge. In accordance with the invention these difficulties

  are overcome by stopping substantially all

  aforementioned elements of bracing and stabilization in the same plane located above the bottom of the box, parallel to the bottom, and increases the useful height of the box with a length substantially equal to that separating said plan said bottom. Advantageously, at the level of said plane, an area as large as possible is given to said bracing and stabilizing elements.

  Thus, when the bottles are conditioned

  packs, these can be supported by the upper plane of the bracing elements which form new raised base of the rack for these packs, which

  under the top edge of the locker there is sufficient space

  as it has been laid out.

  According to another characteristic of the invention, there are provided on the lateral lateral faces of the box lateral blocking pillars of the packs, said pillars advancing in the space of the box left free between the bottles put in place in the box. , beyond the plane that tangents and circumscribes the bottles arranged in bulk. Indeed, bottles packaged in packs

  are generally tighter than the conditioned bottles.

  loose in place in their accommodation and separated by slight intervals. In this way, the locking pillars, which also contribute to the strengthening of the body make it possible to make up the difference in volume and thus to keep in place in the

locker packs.

  According to another characteristic of the invention, at least some of said pillars are shaped to participate in the maintenance also

  bulk bottles, introducing

  side walls substantially tangent the side wall of the peripheral bottles placed in bulk in their receiving cradles. We thus obtain a

  improved stabilization also of trans-

carried in bulk.

  Other features, objects and advantages of the invention will appear more clearly with the help of

  The following description, made with reference

  In the accompanying drawings in which: - Figure 1 shows schematically in vertical section, a rack according to the invention, this view being made substantially in the indicated plane II of Figure 2, - Figure 2 is a view in horizontal section of the rack of Figure 1, made substantially at the level of the plane II-II of Figure 1, - Figure 3 shows in view from above the same rack, in Which figure have been more specifically indicated The bracing elements and the stabilization of the bulk bottles, - Figures 4 and 5 are enlarged views of the details surrounded by IV and V in Figure 2, - Figure 6 is a detail in vertical section.

  spacer elements formed according to a variant.

  Referring to the drawings and first of all more particularly to FIGS. 1 and 2, the bottle rack identified as a whole 1 comprises a bottom 2 of generally rectangular shape with two longitudinal walls 3, 4, which are substantially vertical. compared to the supposed horizontal bottom and two walls

  lateral also vertical 5, 6.

  For the transport of bottles, as shown at 7 and 8 in FIG. 1, the rack comprises, as known in the art, reception cradles for each bottom of bottles, such as 7, some of which have been schematized and labeled 9 to FIG. 2, as well as smaller cradles, some of which have been identified and shown schematically in the same FIG. 2 to receive the necks of the upside down bottles 8 upside down from above

and between the bottles 7.

  In the case of bottles whose bottom is more or less rounded, for example substantially spherical or oval, as shown in Figure 1, such bottles being unstable, it is necessary that the cradles

  9 rise high enough by wrapping the bottom of the

  dille, for example substantially up to ai-height, at the height h of the plane marked 11 above the bottom 2

  bin (Figure 1). On the other hand, the elements of

  The bottoms 8 may be of low height, the bottle 8 can be inverted over the bottles 7 being relatively well wedged, and the cradle 10 being

  provided only to block the neck.

  Under normal conditions of use and manufacture, the rack 1 would have a height H as marked between the plane 12 and the bottom 2 (Figure 1) little higher than the height of the bottles in place

in the locker.

  According to the invention, the height of the rack is raised by a height h advantageously substantially equal to the height h separating the plane 2

  of Plan 11, bringing the useful volume of the sensitive

  up to the height of plan 13 for reasons

who will appear.

  On the other hand, in accordance with the invention, all cradles 9, and also advantageously cradles 10, is brought into a single plane 11 located above the bottom level 2 of the body, and as it will appear more clearly in FIG. 3, all these bracing abutments are given a surface as

great as possible.

  In these conditions, a pack of bottles,

  for example four or five bottles, such as

  14 marked in Figures 1 and 2 will be able to be placed on top of all these bracing elements, in some way on the bottom formed by the plane 11 of the ends flush with the plane of the abutment elements 9, 10. In this way it is understood that the pack will be able to be housed in the useful volume of the rack 1, because of the forecast of the complementary height h 'already mentioned. And in addition the raised spacers and stop members of the upside down bottle necks provide improved holding and blocking of these bottles. Referring to FIG. 3, this figure shows, in a more precise way, configurations

  advantageously used to constitute said ele-

  bridging and stabilizing elements which go, by their upper part, all come flush with the

  plan 11 of Figure 1. In this way, we can see

  the elements, such as marked elements 15, directed substantially parallel to the transverse axis YL, of the rack, substantially point-shaped elements in the form of

  curvilinear, concave 16, and

  In these conditions, a cradle such as 9 (FIG. 2) for holding the bottom of a bottle may consist in particular of an element such as 15, of two elements 16 and of an angle element 17, or two elements 15 and two or four elements 16, etc. ... Similarly a cradle such as 10, for the maintenance of a bottle neck can

  be formed between two elements 15 and two elements 16.

  But do not stop the features

locker construction.

  The locker includes, in fact, on

  its lateral faces several kinds of vertical pillars

  cages that fill different objects.

  We find, first of all pillars such as

  18 which are thin reinforcing ribs, extend

  on substantially the entire height of the bin and coming to tangent the plans 19, 20 circumscribing on

  the longitudinal internal faces of the bottle rack

  in place. These ribs, as it appears more clearly in FIGS. 4 and 5, cooperate in maintaining

  in their cradle of bottles 7. In the illustrative example

  the ribs 18 are only provided on the longitudinal inner faces of the rack, but they could,

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  Of course, they may also be provided on the side faces. These ribs are centered substantially on the alignment axes of the bottles

  or cradles such as 9 (Figure 2).

  On the same longitudinal internal faces of the rack, there are also pillars 21 placed between the ribs 18. These pillars 21 extend from the rest at their base by the bracing elements already mentioned (see Figure 5). As it appears more clearly in FIG. 4, these pillars 21 advance a little, with a width e towards the inside of the rack, with respect to the ribs 18, and with respect to the plane of tangency of the bottles 7 placed in bulk in the locker. The pillars 21 serve as lateral support for the packs such as 14, as shown in Figure 2, so as to limit the movement of the packs in the rack to avoid breakage. Indeed, the packs in which the bottles are tight against each other will occupy less space inside.

  locker, and there is room to make up for this difference.

  Similarly, on the internal lateral faces, there are pillars 22 which project towards the inside of the rack of length E with respect to the tangency planes 23, 24, of the bulk bottles (see FIGS. 2 and 5). Thus, it also catches the longitudinal movement for example of three packs of four bottles placed side by side in the case shown a locker for housing 6 x 4 rows of

bulk bottles.

  As it appears more clearly in the figure, the pillars 22 are also shaped with two

  rounded edges 22a, 22b, which contribute to the good posi-

  7 in the corners of the rack, and this in cooperation with the stops 15, 16, the rib 18, and a complementary corner stop 25 which will come

  advantageously at the same level as the plan 11 of

  other bracing and stabilizing elements

bottles.

  In the embodiment variant illustrated

  Figure 6, The elements of bracing and stabilization

  Bottles such as 15 ', 16' have a substantially frustoconical, ogival or tulip shape that blossoms upwards. In this way, the corks can adapt to the section of bottles of various shapes and diameters, allowing a good support.

  bottles despite manufacturing tolerances.

  In particular, a tulip-shaped cradle constitutes an effective blocking for a bottle having, at a certain height, a substantially cylindrical section connected to a rounded bottom and to a tapered top forming a neck. The stability will be better as the play between bottle and cradle will be less and the depression of the cylindrical part of the bottle

in the cradle is bigger.

  With a bottle of maximum diameter, there will be practically no play, with smaller bottles there will be a depression of the bottle in the cradle, weak but sufficient to ensure, despite the game, a stop between flat and high from the cradle,

  which limits the inclination of the bottle.

Claims (6)

  1. - Bottle rack for the transport and handling of bulk bottles, in particular bottles with oval or rounded bases requiring   keeping them in place in the locker of the elements of   trestling and stabilizing forming receiving cradle for each bottle, characterized in that in order to allow the use of the same rack also for transporting the same conditioned bottles   in packs, all the elements   spacing and stabilization cities (15, 16, 17) in a same plane (11) located above the bottom (2) of the body parallel to this bottom and increasing   the useful height of the body of a length (h) sensi-   equal to that separating said plane (11) from the background (2).   2. - Lock according to claim 1, characterized   in that said plane (11) is   as large as possible to the said elements of   trestle and stabilization (15, 16, 17).   3. - Locker according to claim 1 or claim 2, characterized in that provided on the inner side faces of the body pillars (21, 22) for lateral blocking packs (14), said pillars advancing in the space of the box, left free between the bottles put in place in the box   beyond the plane (19, 20, 23, 24) that tangents and circumscribes   writes bottled bottles in bulk.   4. - Locker according to claim 3, characterized   characterized in that at least some of said pillars (22)   are designed to participate in the maintenance of   in place bulk bottles with side slices (22a, 22b) substantially tangential to the side wall of the peripheral bottles placed   in bulk in their reception cradles.   5. - Locker according to any one of the   preceding indications, characterized in that there are provided on the internal lateral faces of the pillar box   forming ribs (18) for lateral locking of   peripheral dyes during bulk filling.   6. - Lock according to one of the claims   preceding, characterized in that said cradles have a substantially frustoconical shape, ogival or tulip flowing upwards (15 ', 16') that can adapt to the section of bottles of shapes and of various diameters.