US3828927A - Plastic bottle crates - Google Patents

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US3828927A
US3828927A US00183597A US18359771A US3828927A US 3828927 A US3828927 A US 3828927A US 00183597 A US00183597 A US 00183597A US 18359771 A US18359771 A US 18359771A US 3828927 A US3828927 A US 3828927A
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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
    • B65D21/0235—Containers stackable in a staggered configuration

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  • Conventional bottle crates of this kind can be stacked not only in vertical alignment but also when they are relatively horizontally displacedor when they are superimposed on the cross.
  • the rib configurations on the underside of the crate are so designed and located that they engage the top of a crate underneath and thus provide location by virtue of the upper edge of the crate underneath, or the adjoining upper edges of two side-by-side crates underneath, engaging between said rib configurations. In this way large numbers of crates can be stacked in locating interengagement.
  • the spaces between the rib configurations are bridged by projections of the same height as the ribs in such a manner that the rollers of roller beds cannot slip into these spaces.
  • the edge at the top of the crate is provided with corresponding recesses for the reception of the downward projections when the crates in a stack are relatively displaced.
  • the crates are then able to run on roller beds without rattling and at the same time it is even possible to stack the crates in relatively staggered positions.
  • the additional expenditure in material is negligible.
  • the projections may complete the rib portions of the rib configurations at the external crate edge to form an unbroken peripheral stacking edge.
  • a conventional peripheral stacking edge as in normal bottle crates that stack in vertical alignment and locate themselves in a vertical stack, is thus created.
  • those parts of the stacking edge which bridge the spaces between the rib configurations are received into the recesses in the edge at the top of the crate underneath so that the crate above can still engage the top of the crate underneath for stable location.
  • parallel projections in the form of webs, may extend from the rib configurations to the center of the intervening spaces in pairs. These projections likewise present an unbroken surface to the relatively long rollers or a roller bed so that the rollers cannot drop into the remaining gaps.
  • the webs are arranged to extend at an angle of 45 to the sides of the crate.
  • the projections may consist of groups of bosses so disposed that the corresponding recesses in the edge at the top of the crate enable an unbroken face of the edge to remain. This continuous face enables stacked crates to be easily withdrawn from the stack without any risk of the edge at the top being broken or damage being done to the recesses themselves.
  • the groups of bosses may comprise opposed bosses adjoining the ribs of two neighboring rib configurations and associated with at least one isolated boss, the edge at the top of the crate being provided with corresponding slots in its sides.
  • the recesses of all embodiments are preferably provided with tapering entry faces which slope downwardly toward the base of the recess.
  • FIG. 1 is a side elevation of a first embodiment of a bottle crate according to the invention
  • FIG. 2 is a view of the underside of the crate of FIG.
  • FIGS. 3 and 4 are schematic views respectively of the underside and top of a second embodiment
  • FIG.- 5 is a fragmentary view of the edge at the top of a third embodiment
  • FIG. 6 is a view of the underside of the bottle crate of FIG. 5;
  • FIG. 7 shows cross sectional shapes for recesses in the edge at the top of a crate.
  • the bottle crate shown in FIGS. 1 and 2 is of conventional construction having closed sides 1, a handhold 2 as well as a reinforcing rib 3, 4 respectively at the top and the bottom edges of the crate.
  • An additional reinforcing rib 5 above the handhold 2 as well as vertical reinforcing ribs 6 further increase the stability of the crate.
  • three closed rib configurations 7 are provided on the underside of the crate in each half thereof. These project from the underside downwardly. Lengths of rib 8 between rib configurations 7 complete the rib portion which at the crate edge forms a stacking edge engaging the edge 3 at the top of a crate underneath when the crates are stacked in alignment.
  • the position and size of the rib configurations 7 are so chosen that when a crate is stacked that has been turned through an angle of i.e., when a transversely placed crate is stacked on a longitudinally placed crate,
  • the corner configurations 7 on one side of the crate and the two center configurations 7 engage the edge at the top of the crate underneath and thus ensure location.
  • One pair of the rib members 8 facing each other on the longitudinal sides of the crate engage the pairs of slots 9a respectively 91) in the peripheral rib 3 at the top.
  • the slots 9c permit relatively staggered stacking, for instance only one corner of the upper crate engaging the crate underneath or the upper crate being only horizontally displaced without being turned.
  • FIGS. 3 and 4 schematically illustrate another embodiment of the invention.
  • the rib configurations 7 are not here joined together to complete a stacking edge around the underside of the crate, as in FIGS. 1 and 2. Instead, pairs of parallel webs 10a and 10bextend to roughly the center of the intervening spaces. These webs run at an angle of 45 to the sides of the crate and their height corresponds to the height of the rib configurations 7.
  • the webs 10a respectively 10b engage slots 11 of matching disposition and shape in the peripheral reinforcing rib 3 at the top of the crate underneath.
  • the pairs of webs 10a prevent the rollers from slipping into the spaces between the rib configurations 7 when the crate runs longitudinally, whereas the pairs of webs 10b prevent the rollers from entering the gaps when the crate runs in the sideways direction, so that in either case the crate rides smoothly.
  • bosses l2, 13 are provided between each two rib configurations 7 in the longitudinal direction of the crate, two bosses l2 adjoining the neighboring rib configurations 7 and one boss 13 being located centrally between the bosses 12.
  • bosses 12 of one rib configuration engage corresponding inside slots 14a respectively 14b in the edge 3 at the top of the crate underneath and the outer slots 15a respectively 15b are engaged by the associated isolated bosses 13.
  • the crate edge 3 which has a quasi wave-shaped configuration is thus able to fit itself between the bosses l2 and 13 without its upper face having to be interrupted.
  • the bosses 12, 13 close the spaces between the rib configurations 7 to the rollers of a roller bed, the crate will run lengthwise on a roller bed smoothly. If the crate is also required to run crosswise, corresponding groups of bosses can also be provided in the transverse direction in the spaces between the rib configurations.
  • the webs 8 at the end face (FIG. 2) or the webs 10b (FIG. 3) in the embodiments of FIGS. 1 and 2 can be omitted if these crates are required to ride on a roller bed exclusively in the lengthwise position.
  • FIG. 7 shows possible cross sectional shapes for the recesses or slots.
  • the cross sections in the middle and on the right have the advantage that even when the crates are inaccurately located, corresponding projections or ribs on the underside of the crate can readily drop into the slots.
  • the bottom of said crate having a periphery such that one crate may be stacked on another in aligned fashion with the upper edge of one crate surrounding the bottom of the crate above it,
  • said upper edge having a plurality of recesses complementary to portions of said rib projections
  • said rib projections comprising groups of bosses
  • said groups of bosses comprising opposed bosses adjoining opposed portions of adjacent rib configurations and at least one isolated boss intermediate the opposed bosses in the space therebetween,
  • said recesses comprising corresponding slots in the upper peripheral edge of the crate.

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US4095720A (en) * 1975-09-03 1978-06-20 Freya-Plastic Franz Delbrouck Gmbh Plastic carrier for fluid containers
US4609106A (en) * 1983-11-22 1986-09-02 Vittorio Gentili Portable jerrican-like container having a suitable-to-be-palletized casing
US5099968A (en) * 1991-05-17 1992-03-31 Takeshi Kikuchi Suitcase assembly

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US4095720A (en) * 1975-09-03 1978-06-20 Freya-Plastic Franz Delbrouck Gmbh Plastic carrier for fluid containers
US4609106A (en) * 1983-11-22 1986-09-02 Vittorio Gentili Portable jerrican-like container having a suitable-to-be-palletized casing
US5099968A (en) * 1991-05-17 1992-03-31 Takeshi Kikuchi Suitcase assembly

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