JP3815581B2 - Plastic bottle tray - Google Patents

Description

[0001]
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a plastic bottle tray used when storing, transporting, or displaying bags, paper packs, plastic bottles (synthetic resin bottles) and the like (hereinafter referred to as plastic bottles).
[0002]
[Prior art]
Cola, juice, soft drinks, etc. are distributed in plastic bottles. When these plastic bottles are stored, transported, or displayed, synthetic resin plastic bottle trays are used. If an example of these plastic bottle trays is given, there is a “pallet for straw” as described in Japanese Utility Model Publication No. 5-18264. These bottle pallets are fitted upright by fitting the bottom of the PET bottle to the fitting part, and another bottle pallet is placed on the upper part of the upright PET bottle and the plastic bottle is placed on the fitting part on the bottom. The upper part is fitted and stacked.
[0003]
That is, the basket pallet has a concave portion surrounded by a plurality of convex portions formed in an island shape on the upper surface of the synthetic resin plate as a fitting portion at the bottom of the synthetic resin plate, and is fitted to the lower surface of the synthetic resin plate. A circular protrusion shaped corresponding to the position of the part is formed as a fitting part of the head part, a downward ridge is formed toward the lower peripheral edge of the synthetic resin plate, and the plurality of convex parts Among them, a fitting step portion is formed on the outer periphery of the convex portion at the peripheral edge of the synthetic resin plate, and the downward protrusion is engaged with the circular protrusion of one pallet pallet and the concave portion of the other pallet pallet. When the disc is loosely fitted, the downward-facing rod comes into contact with the fitting step portion.
[0004]
[Problems to be solved by the invention]
The bag pallet having the above configuration is provided with a protrusion that can be fitted to the upper and lower portions of the PET bottle, so that the parallel and stacking can be stabilized and the collapse of the load during display or transportation can be prevented. Further, since the plurality of basket pallets are fitted to each other and stacked with almost no gap, there is an effect that the pallet is compact and there is no risk of collapse of the load. However, since the bottle pallets are stacked using plastic bottles instead of the support columns, there are the following problems in actual use.
[0005]
In the conventional bag pallet, the PET bottle head is fitted to a fitting portion with a circular protrusion formed on the lower surface of the bag pallet. It can only be removed from the plastic bottle that is placed. Of course, the replacement of the PET bottles can be performed only on the PET bottles placed on the uppermost pallet. In other words, the plastic bottles have to be taken out while breaking the steps from the top.
[0006]
For this reason, when there are many types of soft drinks and juices at the store, it is necessary to provide as many stacked rows as there are types, which requires a large display area and is uneconomical. is there. In addition, even if only one or two bottles remain, one plastic bottle pallet must be replaced as it is, so that it can be replaced after it is completely empty, or the number remaining in front of the replaced plastic bottle pallet. The only way was to display and place a plastic bottle of books. In addition, when stacked in a plurality of rows as in the prior art, there is a problem that even if the display place is rearranged, it takes time to transport and cannot be easily moved. The present invention has been made in view of the present situation, and allows PET bottles to be freely taken out and replaced even in the middle of stacking. Therefore, a plurality of types of soft drinks and juices are arranged in the same row. An object of the present invention is to provide a tray for plastic bottles that can be stacked.
[0007]
[Means for Solving the Problems]
In order to achieve the above object, the present invention is configured as follows. In other words, the plastic bottle tray according to claim 1 of the present invention includes a planar rectangular tray main body and a column connecting the tray main bodies, and the tray main body connects the hollow leg portions at the four corners. An upper surface plate for placing PET bottles is provided inside the side plate, and when the tray bodies are stacked, the legs of the upper tray body can be detachably fitted to the legs of the lower tray body. And the lower end of the support column can be fitted to the upper surface of the leg portion of the tray body, and the upper end portion can be fitted to the lower surface of the leg portion of the tray body. Further, in the plastic bottle tray according to claim 2, the leg portion and the support column are provided with a connection protrusion on the upper end portion via a step portion, and the lower surface is opened, and the connection protrusion of the support member is connected to the lower surface of the leg portion. It can be fitted into the opening, and the connecting projection of the leg can be fitted into the lower end surface opening of the column. Further, in the PET bottle tray according to claim 3, the leg portion and the support column are provided with a connection protrusion at a lower end portion through a step portion, and an upper surface is opened, and the connection protrusion of the support member is connected to the upper surface of the leg portion. It can be fitted into the opening, and the projection for connecting the leg can be fitted into the upper surface opening of the support column. Further, the plastic bottle tray according to claim 4 is characterized in that an island-shaped convex portion is provided on the upper surface plate, and a space surrounded by the convex portion is used as a fitting portion for fitting a bottom portion of the plastic bottle. And Further, the plastic bottle tray according to claim 5 is provided with a grid-like partition plate on the upper surface plate to form a plurality of compartments, and the compartments are used as fitting portions for fitting the bottoms of the plastic bottles. It is characterized by. Further, the plastic bottle tray according to claim 6 is characterized in that a caster is attached to a leg portion of the tray body via a connecting material.
[0008]
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION
Hereinafter, the illustrated embodiment will be described in detail. FIG. 1 is an explanatory top perspective view in which a part of a plastic bottle tray showing a first embodiment is cut out, and is a rectangular tray body 1, an upper tray body 1 and a lower tray body at four corners. 1 includes a detachable support column 3 that connects to the tray 1, and a caster portion 5 that is attached to the bottom surface of the four corners of the tray body 1. The tray body 1 has four leg portions 7 connected to a side plate 9, and an upper surface plate 10 on which a plastic bottle is placed is integrally provided inside the side plate 9. An upper portion of the leg portion 7 is a connecting projection 11. The connecting projection 11 protrudes upward from the side plate 9, and the lower portions of the leg portions 7 at the four corners are formed to protrude downward from the side plate 9.
[0009]
The leg portion 7 is a hollow structure having an open bottom surface and is formed in a substantially triangular shape. As shown in FIG. 2, the connecting protrusion 11 is a step portion 13 formed on the top surface of the leg portion 7. Are connected together. When the trays are stacked, the connection projections 11 of the lower tray are fitted into the lower surface openings of the leg portions 7 of the upper tray so that stable stacking is possible. The side plate 9 connecting the leg portions 7 is a double wall structure having an open bottom surface, and reinforcing ribs 9a are formed at appropriate intervals inside. The upper surface plate 10 is provided at a substantially intermediate height position of the side plate 9, and therefore, the side plate 9 protrudes substantially half from the upper surface plate 10. On the lower surface of the upper surface plate 10, lattice-shaped reinforcing ribs 10a are provided.
[0010]
The column 3 is formed in substantially the same manner as the structure of the leg 7. That is, as shown in FIG. 4, the support column 3 is a hollow structure having a substantially triangular cross section and an open bottom surface, and the upper portion is formed with a connecting projection 15 projecting inward by the width of the stepped portion 17. Has been. The struts 3 can be connected to each other by fitting the connecting protrusions 15 of the other struts to the lower surface opening, and can be integrated by fitting the connecting protrusions 11 of the tray body 1 to the lower surface opening. It is formed so that it can be fitted. By connecting the lower tray body 1 and the upper tray body 1 via the support column 3, the upper tray body 1 can be stacked without being placed on the plastic bottles placed on the lower tray 1. Is.
[0011]
Accordingly, the height of the support column 3 is such that the plastic bottle head placed on the lower tray body and the lower surface of the upper tray body are arranged so that the plastic bottle placed on the tray body 1 can be taken in and out. It is formed in a size having a gap between them. A plurality of types of support columns 3 having different length dimensions may be prepared in accordance with the size of the PET bottle placed on the tray main body 1 and used as appropriate.
[0012]
Next, the caster part 5 attached to the lower surface of the leg part 7 will be described. The caster part 5 includes a connecting member 17 and a caster 19. The connecting member 17 is formed by closing one end surface of the insertion portion 20 detachably fitted in the lower surface opening of the leg portion 7 with a bottom plate 21. A cylindrical body 23 in which one of the open ends is open to the bottom plate 21 is disposed at a substantially central portion of the insertion portion 20. The periphery of the bottom plate 21 is a protrusion 25 that protrudes from the periphery of the insertion portion 20, and is formed so that the protrusion 25 abuts the lower surface of the leg 7 when the insertion portion 20 is fitted to the leg 7. Has been. The caster 19 is provided with a fixing rod 27 which is attached by fitting the fixing rod 27 into the cylindrical body 23.
[0013]
As described above, when the caster unit 5 is provided in the lowermost tray body among the tray bodies stacked via the support columns 3, the display can be easily moved and rearranged. Can do. The caster unit 5 can be omitted.
[0014]
5 and 6 are top perspective views in which a part of another embodiment of the tray body is omitted. In FIG. 5, four leg portions 30 are connected by a side plate 31, and an upper surface plate 33 on which a plastic bottle is placed is integrally provided inside the upper end of the side plate 31. The structure of the leg part 30 is the same as that of the leg part 7 of the above embodiment, but differs in that the connecting projection 35 also serves as a substantially triangular convex part for fixing the bottom part of the plastic bottle placed at the four corners. The upper surface plate 33 is provided with a fitting portion 37 for fitting the bottom portion of the placed plastic bottle. In this embodiment, the substantially triangular convex part 39 and the substantially quadrangular convex part 40 protrude at the same interval, and the space surrounded by these convex parts is used as the fitting part 37 for fitting the bottom part of the plastic bottle. . The side surfaces of the substantially triangular convex portion 39 and the substantially quadrangular convex portion 40 that are in contact with the fitted plastic bottle are preferably curved with the same curvature so that the plastic bottle can be securely stored.
[0015]
At the four corners, the connecting projection 35 also serves as a substantially triangular convex portion that forms the fitting portion 37, and on the outer side of the substantially triangular convex portion 39 positioned at the peripheral edge portion of the upper surface plate 33, a step portion 41 is provided. Is formed. When the connecting projection 35 of another tray body is fitted into the lower surface opening of the leg portion 30 by the step portion 41, the side plate 31 is stacked by contacting the outside of the substantially triangular convex portion 39. . When the length of the leg portion 30 is set so that the lower end of the side plate 31 does not contact the substantially triangular convex portion 39, the step portion 41 is omitted and the outer surface of the substantially triangular convex portion 39 and the side plate 31 are omitted. It is possible to make the outer surface of the same surface.
[0016]
On the lower surface of the upper surface plate 33, lattice-shaped reinforcing ribs 43 are provided. The grid-like reinforcing ribs 43 are located on the lower surface between the convex portions, and are inserted between the lower convex portions when the tray bodies are stacked.
[0017]
In FIG. 6, a plurality of compartments are formed by the grid-like partition plate 45, and the compartments are used as fitting portions 47 for fitting the bottoms of the plastic bottles. That is, four leg portions 49 are connected by a side plate 51 having an outward flange 50 at the upper end, and an upper surface plate 53 on which the plastic bottle is placed is integrally provided on the inner side of the side plate 51, and the upper surface plate 53 is fitted with a fitting portion. A grid-like partition plate 45 forming 47 is provided. Reinforcing ribs may be provided on the lower surface of the upper surface plate 53. Since the structure and operation of the leg portion 49 are the same as those of the leg portions 7 and 30, description thereof will be omitted. Moreover, the structure for mounting the plastic bottle in the tray body is not limited to the above-described embodiment, and can be changed as appropriate.
[0018]
In the above embodiment, the pillar and the leg of the tray body are hollow structures having a substantially triangular cross section. However, the cross sectional shape is not limited to a triangular shape, and the connecting protrusion is formed on the lower surface opening. Any shape that can be fitted can be used, such as a circle or a rectangle. At this time, it is needless to say that the connecting member 17 is also changed in accordance with the shape of the leg opening. In addition, the leg portions of the support column and the tray body have a configuration in which the upper end portion is formed as a connecting projection by a stepped portion, and the connecting projection is fitted into the opening on the lower surface, but this may be reversed. That is, the supporting column and the leg portion of the tray body can be configured such that a connecting projection protrudes from the lower end portion by a stepped portion, and is fitted into an opening formed on the upper surface. In this way, when the lower end portion is a connection protrusion, the connection member 17 may be inserted into the connection protrusion as in the above embodiment, but the connection protrusion is inserted into the connection member. It is good.
[0019]
Next, a method of using the plastic bottle tray having the above configuration will be described. First, the casters 19 are attached to the legs of the lower tray body via the connecting members 17. Next, the plastic bottle is placed on the upper surface plate and arranged in parallel, and the lower part of the support column is fitted to the connection protrusions 11 and 35 at the four corners, and the connection protrusion 15 of the support column 3 is connected to the tray main body. The bottoms of the legs 7, 30 and the like are fitted and stacked, and a plastic bottle is further placed on the stacked tray body and arranged in parallel. In this way, the tray main body may be stacked through the support columns 3. Since the placed plastic bottle is held by the side plate 9, the convex portions 39 and 40, the grid-like partition plate 45, or the like, it is placed in a stable state without falling down. Since a gap is provided between the head of the PET bottle and the upper tray body, the PET bottle placed on the lower tray can be easily put in and out even when stacked.
[0020]
Further, when stacking the tray main bodies, the legs 3 of the tray main body may be fitted to the connecting projections of the lower tray main body after the support column 3 is removed. FIG. 7 is a front view in which the tray main bodies of the second embodiment are stacked, and the leg portions 30 are fitted to the connecting projections 35 of the lower tray main body, so that the cargo collapse does not occur and is stored and transported. Is easy to handle. At this time, the removed column 3 can be stored between the lower and upper tray bodies, and can be stored and transported together.
[0021]
【The invention's effect】
According to the plastic bottle tray of the present invention, the plastic bottle can be stably placed in the same manner as the conventional plastic bottle tray, and is stacked through the detachable support column, and the upper tray and the lower tray are stacked. Since the gap is provided between the plastic bottle placed on the container, the lower plastic bottle can be easily put in and out while being stacked. Accordingly, not only can a fresh beverage be always displayed when displayed at a store, even when there are many types of soft drinks and juices, trays on which different types of plastic bottles are placed can be stacked one on the other. It is possible to display a plurality of types of plastic bottles on one tray. Thus, it is not necessary to provide a stacked row for each tray on which different types of PET bottles are placed, so that the display place can be used effectively. Moreover, it can be used as a plurality of plastic bottle trays having different sizes by replacing the columns with different lengths, and can have versatility. In addition, since empty tray bodies can be stacked on each other, there is no risk of collapse of the cargo, storage and transportation can be easily performed, and the removed column can be stored in the tray body. Can be stored and managed together with the tray.
[Brief description of the drawings]
FIG. 1 is a top perspective view for explaining a plastic bottle tray according to a first embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 2 is a cross-sectional view of a main part showing a relationship between a support column and a leg portion of a tray main body.
FIG. 3 is a developed perspective view showing a caster part.
FIG. 4 is a cross-sectional perspective view showing an upper portion of a column.
FIG. 5 is a cross-sectional perspective view showing a main part of another embodiment of the tray body.
FIG. 6 is a cross-sectional perspective view showing a main part of another embodiment of the tray body.
FIG. 7 is a front view showing a state in which tray bodies are stacked.
[Explanation of symbols]
DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Tray body 3 Support | pillar 5 Caster part 7 Leg part 9 Side plate 9a Reinforcement rib 10 Upper surface board 10a Grid-like reinforcement rib 11 Connection protrusion 13 Step part 15 Connection protrusion 17 Connection material 19 Caster 20 Insertion part 21 Bottom plate 23 Cylindrical body 25 Protrusion Part 27 Fixing rod 30 Leg 31 Side plate 33 Top plate 35 Connecting projection 37 Fitting part 39 Roughly triangular convex part 40 Roughly square convex part 41 Step part 43 Grid-shaped reinforcing rib 45 Grid-shaped partition plate 47 Fitting part 49 Leg part 50 Flange 51 Side plate 53 Top plate

Claims (6)

It consists of a flat rectangular tray main body and a column that connects the tray main bodies, and the tray main body is provided with an upper surface plate on which a plastic bottle is placed inside a side plate that connects hollow legs at four corners. When the tray bodies are stacked, the legs of the upper tray body can be detachably fitted to the legs of the lower tray body. The plastic bottle tray is characterized in that it can be fitted to the lower end of the leg portion of the tray body. The leg portion and the support column are provided with a connection projection on the upper end portion via a step portion, and the lower surface is opened, and the connection projection of the support column can be fitted into the lower surface opening of the leg portion. The plastic bottle tray according to claim 1, wherein the projections can be fitted in the lower end surface openings of the support columns. The leg portion and the support column are provided with a connecting projection at a lower end portion through a step portion, and the upper surface is opened, and the connecting projection of the support column can be fitted to the upper surface opening of the leg portion. The plastic bottle tray according to claim 1, wherein the projections can be fitted into the upper surface openings of the columns. The island-shaped convex part was provided in the said upper surface board, and the space enclosed by the said convex part was made into the fitting part which fits the bottom part of a PET bottle, The any one of Claims 1-3 characterized by the above-mentioned. The tray for plastic bottles as described in the item. 5. The structure according to claim 1, wherein a plurality of compartments are formed by providing a lattice-shaped partition plate on the upper surface plate, and the compartments are used as fitting portions for fitting bottom portions of the plastic bottles. The tray for plastic bottles according to claim 1. The plastic bottle tray according to any one of claims 1 to 5, wherein a caster is attached to a leg portion of the tray body via a connecting member.

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