NL7907165A - PLASTIC CRATE. - Google Patents

Abstract

A plastics crate or tray comprises an outer wall 1 and an inner wall 2 as well as a partitioning 6, forming compartments 7, 16 and 16a. Compartments 16, 16a along the side walls extend towards the outer wall due to partial absence of the inner wall 2. The lower edge of inner wall 2 in these compartments 16, 16a and a height 19 of partitioning walls 6 min is such that bottles 8 may be positioned in said compartments 16, 16a, said bottles partially extending below the upper part of inner wall 2.

Description

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Applicant: Wavin Β.Υ. in Zwolle Title: Plastic crate

Drill Applicant is named as inventor:

Mr. E. Ettema in Hardenberg.

The invention relates to a plastic crate provided with a compartments forming a compartment division, wherein the outer walls are closed or not closed completely, while the zi; -walls are at least partly double-walled.

Such a plastic crate is known. Drill the walls for these crates to be double-walled. the use of less plastic nevertheless gives the desired strength without the walking when stacking such filled crates. of the crates undergo unwanted deformations.

However, a drawback of such double-walled plastic crates is that, given their internal dimensions as a result of their double-walledness, they have too large external dimensions. an optimal number of bottles can be accommodated in such a crate, but in practice this is usually still insufficient.

The object of the invention is now to provide a plastic crate of the above-mentioned type, wherein the above-mentioned drawbacks do not occur and, while retaining small external dimensions, an optimum number of bottles can be accommodated in such a plastic crate.

According to the invention, a bit object is achieved in that a plastic crate provided with a compartment dividing compartments, wherein the outer walls are closed or not, while the side walls are at least partly double-walled, characterized in that compartments located on the wall sides of the crate extend to the outer wall of the plastic crate and in these compartments the inner walls of the crate at a distance from the top of the compartment dividers; end, in such a way that in such compartments suitable 7907165 ϊ-! Ί> - 2 - bottles, when submerged by the crate bottom, extend at least partly under said inner walls.

When such compartments are used, a larger number of bottles can be accommodated in the crate, since now the space formed by the inner and outer wall of the crate can also be used for accommodating a bottle body, while maintaining a high strength. of the crate.

With particular advantage, the inner walls of the crate extend from the top edge of the crate to at least the top of bottles to be contained in such a crate and at most to an area above a cylindrical bottle body. With a suitable choice of the height of the inner wall and the height of the compartment divider, one can ensure that a bottle! when placed in such a compartment, no clamping occurs between the bottom of the inner wall, the top of the compartment division and the inner side of the outer wall.

[0007] The compartment division expediently forms rows of bottle compartments, with a bottle compartment of each row only extending at one end to the outer wall of the plastic crate. 20 | In this way it is achieved that recesses in the inner wall of the inner wall which are opposite each other are not always on both sides. plastic crate are present.

This maintains sufficient strength of the walls when the plastic crates are stacked on top of each other, even filled with filled bottles.

It is recommended to arrange the division by walls that are staggered relative to each other.

The division of the division is preferably staggered said that 20 bottles could be included in the crate; divided into ... 4 rows of 5, which rows run in the longitudinal direction of the plastic crate.

| The compartment is designed such that the bottles are separated from one another and of such height that the bottles cannot touch each other when two bottles are placed in adjacent compartments of the compartment.

The division of compartments in the corners of 4 7907165 - 3 - dust crates has advantageously been lowered, so that neighboring bottles can come into contact with each other there. This is necessary so that the bottles can easily be accommodated in the compartments of the compartments without much noise.

The invention will now be elucidated on the basis of an exemplary embodiment with the aid of the drawing, in which - fig. 1 shows a top view of a plastic crate according to the invention; fig. 2 shows a longitudinal section of a plastic crate according to the invention along the line II-II; fig. 5 shows a section along the line III-III in fig. 2 - fig. 4 shows the position of a bottle during the placing of the bottle in a compartment that extends to the outer wall; Fig. 5 shows a view from the bottom of a detail 15 of a corner part of a crate according to the invention.

Fig. 1 is a top view of a plastic crate comprising an outer wall 1 and an inner wall 2, which are connected at the top by the top edge 3 *.

The outer walls 1 extend from the top edge 20 3 to the bottom 4 of the plastic crate. These outer walls 1 are closed or not.

Due to the fact that the crates can stack well in a stable condition, they are provided on their bottom side with protruding edges 5 »which are located within the space bounded by the inner walls 2.

In the plastic crate there is a compartment 7 forming compartment division 6, wherein a bottle 8 can be accommodated in each compartment 7.

Such a bottle 8 comprises a cylindrical bottle body 8a and a neck portion 8b, as well as an upper portion 8c.

As can be seen, the division 6 forms four rows of compartments, viz. The rows of compartments 9, 10, 11, 12.

In this case, only one of the end compartments 7 * 7a of each row is designed such that this compartment extends ff the outer wall 1 of the plastic crate. On the other side, the row is closed by a "partition" 7907165 i-* _ 4 _ dividing wall 13, which ends at a distance from the inner wall of the Iconic dust crate.

The same applies to the wall 13a, of the second row 11 of compartments 7c, 7d of the compartment division.

3 Se rows 10 and 12 of the compartments are provided at the opposite ends with compartment dividing walls 14 and 14a, which are spaced from the inner wall 2 of the Iconic dust crate.

Due to this arrangement of the compartments of the compartment divider, it is clear that the compartment divider walls are arranged in an offset manner.

As can be seen, at the compartments 16 which extend to the inner wall 1 of the plastic crate, the inner wall 2 ends with an edge portion 13 · Seze bottom edge 13 ▼ an 13, the inner wall 2 of the plastic crate, extends at least beyond the top edge 8c of a bottle 8, but does not extend any further than the neck portion 8b, all this in such a way that in any case the bottle can be accommodated in the section bounded by the outer wall 1 of the material crate, without, when placing the bottle in the compartment is clamped between the top edge 19 of the compartment divider wall 6 'of this compartment 1; and the bottom edge 13 of inner wall 2.

As can be seen, the inner walls of the compartments located along the longitudinal walls of the crate are always partly removed. Certain portions 17, 17a, 17b, 17c, however, may extend to the bottom 4 of the material crate.

Obviously, one can of course have the inner wall 2 terminate over the entire inner side 2 with the lower edge 15 · Usually, reinforcement bulkheads 20 extend on the inner side of the outer wall ·· 20, which continue in the upper part of the crate and there the inner and outer walls connect the outer wall together.

The compartment divider has such a height that the top edges 18 of the compartment divider in any case prevent the bottles from touching each other.

At the location of the compartments of the lattice partition extending to the outer wall, which are located in the 7907165 - 5 - # corners, and preferably along the walls, the compartment divider walls are lowered in order to allow the slats to be that they can become virtually trouble-free in these compartment sections when they drop downwards suspended from the arm of a crate-filling machine.

The top edge of the plastic crate is preferably a tight rectangle, with rounded corners.

In Fig. 5 it is shown that reinforcements in the form of reinforcing columns 24 can be provided at the locations where the compartments extend to the outer wall.

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Claims (12)

1. Plastic crate, provided with a compartmentalising compartment division, wherein the outer walls may or may not be completely closed, while the side walls are at least partly double-walled, characterized in that compartments located on the wall sides of the crate extend to the outer wall of the crate, and in these compartments the inner walls of the crate terminate at a distance from the top of the compartment division, such that in such compartments suitable bottles, when supported by the crate bottom, extend at least partly below said inner walls. 2. Plastic crate according to claim 1, characterized in that the inner walls of the crate extend to at least the top side of bottles to be accommodated in such a crate and at most to an area which extends above a cylindrical bottle body. Plastic crate according to one or more of the preceding claims, characterized in that the inner walls of the plastic crate extend from the top edge of the crate to the height (18) of the compartment divider. Plastic crate according to one or more of the preceding claims, characterized in that the compartments of the compartment division, which are all located along the longitudinal side of a plastic crate, all extend to the outer wall of the plastic crate. Plastic crate according to one or more of the preceding claims, characterized in that the compartment division forms several rows of compartments, a last compartment of each row extending to the outer wall of the plastic crate and to the other end of such a row. located compartment is bounded by a wall (13, 14 »13a» 14a) which is spaced from the inner wall of the plastic crate. Plastic crate according to one or more of the preceding claims, characterized in that at least two diagonally opposite corners are substantially entirely double-walled. Plastic crate according to one or more of the preceding claims, characterized in that the inner wall of a plastic crate extends over an important part, preferably over the entire height of the crate, over a distance on either side of a compartment dividing wall connect this inner wall. Plastic crate according to one or more of the preceding claims, characterized in that the compartment dividing walls are lowered in corner compartments that extend to the outer wall of the plastic crate. 9 «. Plastic crate according to one or more of the preceding claims, characterized in that the top edge of the plastic crate is designed as a rectangle with rounded corners. Plastic crate according to one or more of the preceding claims, characterized in that the wall dividing walls (é ', 15) delimiting the compartments which extend to the outer wall are lower than the. other partition walls (22). Plastic crate according to one or more of the preceding claims, characterized in that the inner surface of the outer wall carries reinforcing ribs (21) which are connected to the inner wall and preferably extend between the top edge and bottom of the crate. Plastic crate according to one or more of the preceding claims, characterized in that the corner compartments extending to the outer wall are provided with reinforcing columns (24). ---- 7907165