US2675167A

US2675167A - Bottle case partition

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Publication number: US2675167A
Application number: US192481A
Authority: US
Inventors: Edwin F Deline; Roy M Plack
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1950-10-27
Filing date: 1950-10-27
Publication date: 1954-04-13
Anticipated expiration: 1971-04-13

Description

April 13, 1954 E. F. DELINE ET AL 2,675,167

BOTTLE CASE PARTITION Filed Oct. 27, 1950 2 Sheets-Sheet l INVENTORS.. 50M/v /'a /NE Roy /17 Pm CA Arroz/Vey April 13, 1954 E. F. DELINE ET AL 2,675,167

BOTTLE CASE PARTITION Filed Oct. 27, 1950 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Mmm/fr Patented Apr. 13, 1954 UNITED sTATas earENT OFFICE BOTTLE CASE PARTITION Edwin F. libeline and Roy M. Flack, Denver, Colo. Appiication October 27, 1950, Serial No. 192,481

1 Claim. l.

This invention relates to a bottle crate, and more particularly to a bottle-separating partition for bottle crates. The usual bottle crate partition consists of a plurality oi intersecting partition members deiining separate'compartments for the bottles. Such partition members have not been satisfactory for use with modern bottle packing machines. A bottle packing machine rapidly and simultaneously lowers the entire case load into the case. If the case or the partitions therein are out of line with the descending bottles, the latter will not enter their compartments and will tilt and clog the packaging machine.

The principal object of this invention is to provide a bottle case partition structure which need not be in alignment with the descending bottles, but which will act to guide the individual bottles into their compartments regardless of misalign ment of the case or partitions. f

Another object of the invention is to provide an automatically aligning partition structure which can be cut froma continuous sheet of cardboard or the like without waste.

A further object is to provide highly eihcien't interlocking means for securing the lateral partition members to the longitudinal partition members.

Other objects and advantages reside in the detail construction of the invention, which is designed for simplicity, economy, and efficiency. These will become more apparent from the following description.

In the following detailed description of the invention, reference is had to the accompanying drawing which forms a part hereof. Like numerals refer to like parts in all views of the drawing and throughout the description.

In the drawings:

Fig. 1 is a perspective view of a bottle carton with the improved partition structure in place therein;

Fig. 2 is a similar view illustrating a portion of the partition structure on an enlarged scale, illustrating the automatic action of aligning a bottle with the compartments in the partition structure;

Fig. 3 is a plan View of a cardboard blank, illustrating the method of blanking the improved partition members therefrom; and

Fig. 4 is a plan view of the partition structure, illustrating the action of a misaligned bottle thereon.

In Fig. 1 a typical bottle carton is illustrated at I0, and in Figs. 2 and e a typical bottle is illustrated at I I.

of the longitudinal members simultaneously forms a corresponding series of notches I5 in the bottom edge of each strip I2.

s The same method of cutting is used for the lateral partition members I3, that is, they are cut to form a series of points I 6 along the upper edges, and a corresponding series of notches i1 along the lower edges. This method of cutting avoids waste of the cardboard, since each zigzag cut line forms the upper edge of one strip and the lower edge of another.

At the extremity of each strip a horizontal cut line I8 is formed in alignment with the points along the lower edge of each member, which in cooperation with the inclined adjacent cut leaves small triangular pieces I9, which are discarded. The longitudinal members I2 are separated from the transverse members I3 by means o f a continuous, longitudinal cut line 20 extending throughout the length of the cardboard blank.

A slot 2I is stamped from the cardboard at the apex of each notch I5 in the longitudinal members I2, and a similar slot 22 extends downwardly from each point I6 of the lateral members I3. The width of the slots 2| and 22 corresponds substantially to the thickness of the cardboard from which the members are stamped.

The slots 22 in the lateral members i3 extend further into the member than the slots 2l extend into the longitudinal members. The reason for this difference in length is to allow points 23 in the slots 22 to extend into holes 2d formed at the extremities of the slots 2l to lock the transverse partition members I3 to the longitudinal partition members I2 when the structure is assembled.

The partition members cut from the cardboard strip are assembled in rectangular relation, as shown in Fig. 4, by slipping the longitudinal members downwardly into the slots 22 until the slots 2l pass over the lower portions of the lateral members I 3, and until the points 23 snap into engagement in the holes 24. This produces a plurality of square compartments with a foursided peak or point 25 at the corners of each compartment, formed by the points I 4 and I'I.

and with indented notches 26 in the upper edges of each side wall of each compartment formed by the valleys between the peaks 25. The notches 26 are V-shaped, straight-sided, and preferably have an included angle of 80. At the bottom, the corners of each compartment incline upwardly, due to formation of the notches l5.

The straight, inclined sides of the notches 26 in the upper edges of, the four sides of each compartment cooperate with the round bottoms of the bottles Il to produce what is in eiect four inclined planes all directed downwardly and inwardly toward the axis of each compartment. These empirical, inclined planes have the effect of forcing a bottle which is descending in misalignment with its compartment, as shown in broken line in Figs. 2 and 4, toward the axis of that compartment, as shown in solid line in the latter figures. This action is very definite and positive, yet is exceedingly diicult to illustrate or describe. Itis due to the fact that the notches 26 continually become narrower as the bottle descends. Therefore, the chord or an imaginary line drawn across the bottom of the bottle where it valigns with the partition must continually becomeshorter in order that the bottle may move downwardly. As 'the chord becomes shorter, the axis of the bottle must move 'inwardly toward the axis o'f the pocket. Therefore, the bottle is automatically forced into alignment with the pocket axis as it descends.

If the sides of the notches are inclined very gradually, the `more rapid will be the movement of the bottle toward the axis of the compartment. However, gradual sides require a greater weight of bottle. It has been found by experiment that an inclined angle of approximately 80 is the most satisfactory for the usual bottle.

While a specific form of the improvement has been described and illustrated herein, it is to be understood that the same may be varied, vwithin the scope of the appended claim, without departing from the spirit of the invention.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed and desired secu-red by Letters Patent A partition structure foibottle cartons comprising a plurality of longitudinal partition members formed of sheet material and disposed in spaced parallel relation to each other, a plurality of transverse partition members formed of sheet material and disposed in spaced parallel relation to each other, said longitudinal and transverse partition members being disposed at right angles to each other to form rows of rectangular bottle receiving cells, all of said partition members having zig-zag upper and lower edges providing the partition members with upwardly tapered points along their upper edges and with upwardly tapered inverted V-shaped recesses along their lower edges disposed directly beneath the points of the upper edges, said longitudinal partition members having vertical slots extending upwardly from the top of the recesses formed in their lower edges, said transverse partition members having vertical slots extending downwardly from the apices of the points formed in their upper edges, each partition member being also formed with openings disposed in alignment with the respective slots and Vin spaced relation with respect to the inner ends of the respective slots and each opening being connected to its companion slot by a narrow slit, the crossed portions of the partition members being disposed through the respective slots and each partition member having the portions along the opposite sides of its slits fitting into the openings vof the partition member that it crosses.

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