GB613736A - Improvements in crates for bottles - Google Patents

Abstract

613,736. Bottle crates. DAVIS, J. June 28, 1946, No. 19447. [Class 18] A metal crate for carrying bottles has on the under surfaces of its base a pair of arcuate metal runners 33 with their convex surfaces facing one another and of such length that, when stacked, the runners will fit within the walls of the lower crate and thereby prevent relative movement both sideways and endwise. The runners are shown applied to a crate comprising a tray-like base 11, formed by upwardly bending a metal sheet at its sides and ends, and sheet metal side and end top members 16 connected to corner posts 14 by welding or riveting. A flanged spacing plate 20, riveted or welded to the base and sides, divides the crate into two compartments each of which is provided with a metal diaphragm 27 having square holes 30 bounded by' depending ears 32 for locating the bottles. Each diaphragm is supported by welding or riveting its upturned flanges 28, 29 to the surrounding walls and spacing plate 20, three of the flanges being embraced by the turned over edges 25, 31 of the adjacent side and end walls of the base. Hand holes 19, 26 are formed in the ends and spacing plate respectively and the base has a drainage hole 15 below each bottle cavity. The curved runners also facilitate movement and tilting of the crates and enable them to be transported on conveyors without fouling the chains and rollers.