US3575311A - Fruit case having ventilation openings - Google Patents
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- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
- B65D—CONTAINERS FOR STORAGE OR TRANSPORT OF ARTICLES OR MATERIALS, e.g. BAGS, BARRELS, BOTTLES, BOXES, CANS, CARTONS, CRATES, DRUMS, JARS, TANKS, HOPPERS, FORWARDING CONTAINERS; ACCESSORIES, CLOSURES, OR FITTINGS THEREFOR; PACKAGING ELEMENTS; PACKAGES
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- B65D9/32—Details of wooden walls; Connections between walls
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- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
- B65D—CONTAINERS FOR STORAGE OR TRANSPORT OF ARTICLES OR MATERIALS, e.g. BAGS, BARRELS, BOTTLES, BOXES, CANS, CARTONS, CRATES, DRUMS, JARS, TANKS, HOPPERS, FORWARDING CONTAINERS; ACCESSORIES, CLOSURES, OR FITTINGS THEREFOR; PACKAGING ELEMENTS; PACKAGES
- B65D21/00—Nestable, stackable or joinable containers; Containers of variable capacity
- B65D21/02—Containers specially shaped, or provided with fittings or attachments, to facilitate nesting, stacking, or joining together
- B65D21/0209—Containers specially shaped, or provided with fittings or attachments, to facilitate nesting, stacking, or joining together stackable or joined together one-upon-the-other in the upright or upside-down position
- B65D21/0215—Containers with stacking feet or corner elements
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- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
- B65D—CONTAINERS FOR STORAGE OR TRANSPORT OF ARTICLES OR MATERIALS, e.g. BAGS, BARRELS, BOTTLES, BOXES, CANS, CARTONS, CRATES, DRUMS, JARS, TANKS, HOPPERS, FORWARDING CONTAINERS; ACCESSORIES, CLOSURES, OR FITTINGS THEREFOR; PACKAGING ELEMENTS; PACKAGES
- B65D9/00—Containers having bodies formed by interconnecting or uniting two or more rigid, or substantially rigid, components made wholly or mainly of wood or substitutes therefor
- B65D9/12—Containers having bodies formed by interconnecting or uniting two or more rigid, or substantially rigid, components made wholly or mainly of wood or substitutes therefor collapsible, e.g. with all parts detachable
- B65D9/14—Containers having bodies formed by interconnecting or uniting two or more rigid, or substantially rigid, components made wholly or mainly of wood or substitutes therefor collapsible, e.g. with all parts detachable with all parts hinged together
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- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
- B65D—CONTAINERS FOR STORAGE OR TRANSPORT OF ARTICLES OR MATERIALS, e.g. BAGS, BARRELS, BOTTLES, BOXES, CANS, CARTONS, CRATES, DRUMS, JARS, TANKS, HOPPERS, FORWARDING CONTAINERS; ACCESSORIES, CLOSURES, OR FITTINGS THEREFOR; PACKAGING ELEMENTS; PACKAGES
- B65D9/00—Containers having bodies formed by interconnecting or uniting two or more rigid, or substantially rigid, components made wholly or mainly of wood or substitutes therefor
- B65D9/12—Containers having bodies formed by interconnecting or uniting two or more rigid, or substantially rigid, components made wholly or mainly of wood or substitutes therefor collapsible, e.g. with all parts detachable
- B65D9/18—Containers having bodies formed by interconnecting or uniting two or more rigid, or substantially rigid, components made wholly or mainly of wood or substitutes therefor collapsible, e.g. with all parts detachable with some parts detachable and other parts hinged together
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- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
- B65D—CONTAINERS FOR STORAGE OR TRANSPORT OF ARTICLES OR MATERIALS, e.g. BAGS, BARRELS, BOTTLES, BOXES, CANS, CARTONS, CRATES, DRUMS, JARS, TANKS, HOPPERS, FORWARDING CONTAINERS; ACCESSORIES, CLOSURES, OR FITTINGS THEREFOR; PACKAGING ELEMENTS; PACKAGES
- B65D9/00—Containers having bodies formed by interconnecting or uniting two or more rigid, or substantially rigid, components made wholly or mainly of wood or substitutes therefor
- B65D9/12—Containers having bodies formed by interconnecting or uniting two or more rigid, or substantially rigid, components made wholly or mainly of wood or substitutes therefor collapsible, e.g. with all parts detachable
- B65D9/22—Fastening devices for holding collapsible containers in erected state, e.g. integral with container walls
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- TRACT A case to be assembled, to be used for products needing ventilation, particularly for fruits, comprises a bottom solid panel section; two pairs of opposite solid side panel sections; connection strip means extending between the bottom panel section and at least one pair of side panel sections and defining therebetween ventilation openings.
- a pair of battens is secured along the lateral edges of one pair of the side panels and means connect the other pair of side panel sections with said battens, after setting up the side panel, sections so as to define a housing with said battens disposed outwardly thereof.
- the battens project beyond the bottom in setup relation of the side panel sections to provide supports for the case, such battens stopping short from the upper edges of the side panel sections, with the height of the projection portion of said battens being greater than the distance separating the top thereof from the upper edges.
- the present invention relates to a case to be assembled to be used for products needing ventilation, particularly for perishable foodstuffs, comprising side panels and a bottom, at least two of the side panels being hinged on the panel making up the bottom of the case and being provided along their edges at right angles to the plane of the bottom in the assembly position of the case with battens acting as stops for the outside faces of the two other side panels.
- This type of case offers interesting advantages for packing particularly fruits and vegetables, as the case can be fabricated, stored and supplied in the flat condition to the point of picking, where it may be assembled by unskilled personnel.
- cases for fruits or similar products must ensure a ventilation of the products.
- the known cases of the said type are either made up from solid panels with a lid clamping two of the sidewalls against the battens of the two other sidewalls (French Patent 1,159,438) or their panels are made up from spaced laths, the edges of which damage the fruits (US. Pat. 1,287,506), which the farmers prevent by providing the case with a sheet of corrugated paper; this however burdens the cost of fabrication and moreover reduces considerably the ventilation of the fruits.
- the cases in point should afford the possibility of being stacked, particularly for palletization; now the cases known up to the present of the type under consideration are fitted with .elements for holding the case in the assembled'position which are hardly in keeping with a stacking of such cases, either because the battens are shorter than the side panels, or because a hooping hinders the provision of members pennitting the stacking. 3) lastly, the cost price of the cases must be very low considering that the majority of industrially developed nations have passed regulations which make it mandatory on the farmers to supply their fruits in cases of low capacity, cases meant for transport as far as the retailer, which 'has spread the use of nonretumable empties.
- the present invention has for its object to put forward a case meeting the three conditions set forth above.
- the zones connecting the panels and the bottom are provided with ventilation openings, the battens projecting beyond the edges of the panels hinged on the bottom in order to provide supports, the same battens stopping short for preference from the opposite edges of the panels, so as to provide with the upper zones of the panels seatings for the supports of a case to be stacked above.
- the articulation members of the side panels at the bottom comprise flexible strips determining inbetween the panels and the bottom the said ventilation openings.
- the bottom is provided with at least one longitudinal beam for the purpose of limiting the dishing of the bottom and to provide, if need be, two additional points of support of the cases when stacked.
- FIG. II shows a plan view of a case according to the invention prior to being assembled.
- FIG. 2 shows a perspective view, partially broken away, of two cases according to FIG. 1, stacked after assembly.
- FIG. 3 shows an exploded view of an alternative form of embodiment of a detail of the cases in FIG. 2.
- FIG. 4 shows a plan view of an alternative form of embodiment of the means of assembly of cases according to the invention.
- FIGS. 5 and 6 show plan views of an alternative form of embodiment of cases according to the invention.
- FIGS. 1-4 comprises a bottom 50 on each of the two parallel edges thereof are hinged, by means of flexible but strong strips 51, two solid side panels 52, 53 carried out, same as the bottom, for preference in agglomerated wood known by the trademark Unalit.”
- the length of the panels 52, 53 exceeds the length of the bottom edge 50 whereon the panels are hinged and'they are fringed by internal battens 54, portions of which project on the bottom side in order to provide supports 55 while the said battens 54 stop short from the opposite panel edge 56.
- a longitudinal central beam 57 is fastened to the outside face of the bottom 50.
- the two other side panels of the case comprise independent solid panes 58, 59 each of which is only provided with an opening 60 to be used as a handle.
- the height of the panels 58, 59 is of the same magnitude as that of the panels 52, 53 and they are carried out for preference in the same material.
- the height of the supports 55 exceeds the distance determined by the strips 51, between the adjacent edges of the bottom 50 and of the panels 52, 53, so that the bottom 50 is depended from the panels 52, 53 and determines with the edges thereof ventilation openings 63. Ventilation openings 64 are likewise formed between the adjacent edges of the panels 58, 59 and of the bottom 50.
- the top of battens 54 of a case 1 provides with the adjacent upper of the side panels 52, S8, 53, 59 seatings 65 for locking in the two axial directions of the case, for the supports 55 of a case I I stacked on the top thereof.
- the panels 52, 53 are advantageously provided, close to the battens, with openings of small size. Such openings, which on the case being assembled are positioned inside the fruitreceiving space, provide an additional ventilation to that of the openings 63, 64 without risk of the fruits being damaged.
- the battens 5d project slightly upwards in 66 beyond the top edge of the side panels 52, 53 of the case; however, as from the top edge 67 which is parallel to the edge of the panel 58, 59 each batten is provided with a bevel cant 68 towards the panel 58, 59 while the bottom end 55 of the batten is provided with a complementary oblique face 68'.
- This form of embodiment is preferred for certain cases at least when the stacking of the cases is carried out jointly with palletization,
- the battens 54 provided on the inside of the faces 52, 53 are of L- shaped cross section; the edges at right angles to the connecting edge with the bottom 50 of each of the panels 58, 59 carry an outside rib 69 of substantially square cross section and of such a size that this external rib 69 penetrates inside the cavity 70 provided by the bases 71 of the L-shaped sections of the ribs 54 and the panels 52. 53,
- This combination of the ribs 54, 69 enables the case to be locked in the assembled position without the use of tools and to take down the case after use for a possible return, in the flat condition, to the point of loading the cases.
- This form of embodiment supposes that the cases shall be delivered with the four panels 52, 53, and 58, 59 connected to the bottom 50.
- the case shown in the FIGS. 5 and 6 is carried out from a rectangular blank 41 of sheet material, such as cardboard for example.
- This blank is cut out along two parallel lines 42 starting from the two small sides of the rectangle and is provided in addition with fold lines 43, 44 determining the bottom 45 of the case.
- Two side panels 46 are formed between the cuts 42 and the fold lines 44; battens 47 are fastened along the edges at right angles to those connected to the bottom 45, on such panels 46.
- the two other side panels 48 are formed by the fold lines 43 and 76, the latter being provided at a distance from the lines 44 substantially equal to the thickness of the battens 47.
- a beam 57 is fastened on the outside face of the bottom 45.
- the comer zones 49 positioned beyond the fold lines 76 are folded back round the battens 47 against the panels 46 and fastened to the latter by means of clamps 71.
- the ventilation is assured by means of openings 72 fitted along the connecting lines between the side panels and the bottom 45 as well as in 77 close to the fold lines 76, if need be.
- a case to be assembled to be used for products needing ventilation, particularly for perishable foodstuffs comprising side panels and a bottom panel, at least two of the side panels and said bottom panel being provided with hinge means to hingedly connect said two side panels to said bottom panels, said two side panels being provided along their edges at right angles to the plane of the bottom panel in the assembled position of the case with battens means securing said battens to said two side panels and acting as stops for the outside faces of two other side panels wherein the zones connecting the panels and the bottom are provided with ventilation openings and wherein the battens project beyond the edges of the panels hinged on the bottom panel in order to provide supports, said bottom panel being provided with at lest one longitudinal beam wherein the latter beam has a thickness at the most equal to the height of the supports measured between the bottom and the ground less the distance separating the top of the battens from the edges of the side panels abutting against the battens.
- a case to be assembled, to be used for products needing ventilation, particularly for fruits comprising a bottom solid panel section; two pairs of opposite solid side panel sections; connection strip means extending between said bottom panel section at least one pair of side panel sections and defining therebetween ventilation openings; a pair of battens secured along the lateral edges of one pair of said side panels; means to connect the other pair of side panel sections with said battens, after setting up the side panel, sections so as to define a housing with said battens disposed outwardly of the internal volume enclosed by the case and said battens projecting beyond the bottom in setup relation of the side panel sections to provide supports for the case, said battens stopping short from the upper edges of said side panel sections, with the height of the projection portion of said battens being greater than the distance separating the top thereof from said upper edges.
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Applications Claiming Priority (2)
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BE706668 | 1967-11-17 | ||
BE714482 | 1968-04-30 |
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Cited By (6)
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US4588087A (en) * | 1984-01-03 | 1986-05-13 | Menasha Corporation | Fruit container |
US4872574A (en) * | 1987-11-17 | 1989-10-10 | Lam David C S | Container |
US5121877A (en) * | 1989-09-12 | 1992-06-16 | Chiquita Brands, Inc. | Stackable container for ripening of fruit during shipment and storage |
US20040188507A1 (en) * | 2003-03-25 | 2004-09-30 | Machado Craig Dale | System and method for packaging of fresh produce incorporating modified atmosphere packaging |
US9527648B2 (en) | 2010-04-19 | 2016-12-27 | Firma Ip Corp. | Treatment of modified atmosphere packaging |
US20220117170A1 (en) * | 2020-10-19 | 2022-04-21 | Frank Barcik | Hinged planter box |
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US767613A (en) * | 1903-11-18 | 1904-08-16 | Enos L Walker | Knockdown fruit-package. |
US1717733A (en) * | 1928-03-28 | 1929-06-18 | Prati Enrico | Folding box |
US2360360A (en) * | 1940-02-12 | 1944-10-17 | Julius J Miller | Wire bound box |
FR68832E (fr) * | 1955-12-06 | 1958-06-10 | Nouvelle fermeture pour caisses en carton | |
US2868405A (en) * | 1957-07-15 | 1959-01-13 | White Ind Inc | Tote box |
GB1016874A (en) * | 1963-06-10 | 1966-01-12 | Hygrade Corrugated Cases Ltd | Improvements in or relating to containers for the transportation of vegetables |
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- 1968-11-14 US US775715A patent/US3575311A/en not_active Expired - Lifetime
- 1968-11-15 GB GB54366/68A patent/GB1246506A/en not_active Expired
- 1968-11-15 NL NL6816265A patent/NL6816265A/xx unknown
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US767613A (en) * | 1903-11-18 | 1904-08-16 | Enos L Walker | Knockdown fruit-package. |
US1717733A (en) * | 1928-03-28 | 1929-06-18 | Prati Enrico | Folding box |
US2360360A (en) * | 1940-02-12 | 1944-10-17 | Julius J Miller | Wire bound box |
FR68832E (fr) * | 1955-12-06 | 1958-06-10 | Nouvelle fermeture pour caisses en carton | |
US2868405A (en) * | 1957-07-15 | 1959-01-13 | White Ind Inc | Tote box |
GB1016874A (en) * | 1963-06-10 | 1966-01-12 | Hygrade Corrugated Cases Ltd | Improvements in or relating to containers for the transportation of vegetables |
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US4588087A (en) * | 1984-01-03 | 1986-05-13 | Menasha Corporation | Fruit container |
US4872574A (en) * | 1987-11-17 | 1989-10-10 | Lam David C S | Container |
US5121877A (en) * | 1989-09-12 | 1992-06-16 | Chiquita Brands, Inc. | Stackable container for ripening of fruit during shipment and storage |
US20040188507A1 (en) * | 2003-03-25 | 2004-09-30 | Machado Craig Dale | System and method for packaging of fresh produce incorporating modified atmosphere packaging |
US6880748B2 (en) | 2003-03-25 | 2005-04-19 | Craig Dale Machado | System and method for packaging of fresh produce incorporating modified atmosphere packaging |
US20050123656A1 (en) * | 2003-03-25 | 2005-06-09 | Machado Craig D. | System and method for packaging of fresh produce incorporating modified atmosphere packaging |
US20050161362A1 (en) * | 2003-03-25 | 2005-07-28 | Machado Craig D. | System and method for packaging of fresh produce incorporating modified atmosphere packaging |
US7597240B2 (en) | 2003-03-25 | 2009-10-06 | Craig Dale Machado | System and method for packaging of fresh produce incorporating modified atmosphere packaging |
US9527648B2 (en) | 2010-04-19 | 2016-12-27 | Firma Ip Corp. | Treatment of modified atmosphere packaging |
US20220117170A1 (en) * | 2020-10-19 | 2022-04-21 | Frank Barcik | Hinged planter box |
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NL6816265A (ja) | 1969-05-20 |
BE714482A (ja) | 1968-09-16 |
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