Classifications

• • 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
  • B65D83/00—Containers or packages with special means for dispensing contents
  • B65D83/0005—Containers or packages provided with a piston or with a movable bottom or partition having approximately the same section as the container
  • B65D83/005—Containers or packages provided with a piston or with a movable bottom or partition having approximately the same section as the container the piston or movable bottom being pulled upwards to dispense the contents
• • 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
  • B65D1/00—Containers having bodies formed in one piece, e.g. by casting metallic material, by moulding plastics, by blowing vitreous material, by throwing ceramic material, by moulding pulped fibrous material, by deep-drawing operations performed on sheet material
  • B65D1/22—Boxes or like containers with side walls of substantial depth for enclosing contents
  • B65D1/24—Boxes or like containers with side walls of substantial depth for enclosing contents with moulded compartments or partitions
  • B65D1/243—Crates for bottles or like containers
• • 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
  • B65D85/00—Containers, packaging elements or packages, specially adapted for particular articles or materials
  • B65D85/30—Containers, packaging elements or packages, specially adapted for particular articles or materials for articles particularly sensitive to damage by shock or pressure
  • B65D85/305—Bottle-crates
• • 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
  • B65D2501/00—Containers having bodies formed in one piece
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  • B65D2501/24006—Details relating to bottle crates
  • B65D2501/24012—Materials
  • B65D2501/24019—Mainly plastics
• • 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
  • B65D2501/00—Containers having bodies formed in one piece
  • B65D2501/24—Boxes or like containers with moulded compartments or partitions
  • B65D2501/24006—Details relating to bottle crates
  • B65D2501/24012—Materials
  • B65D2501/24025—Mainly metal
• • 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
  • B65D2501/00—Containers having bodies formed in one piece
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  • B65D2501/24006—Details relating to bottle crates
  • B65D2501/24012—Materials
  • B65D2501/24031—Mainly wood
• • 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
  • B65D2501/00—Containers having bodies formed in one piece
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  • B65D2501/24006—Details relating to bottle crates
  • B65D2501/2405—Construction
  • B65D2501/24063—Construction of the walls
  • B65D2501/2407—Apertured
• • 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
  • B65D2501/00—Containers having bodies formed in one piece
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  • B65D2501/2405—Construction
  • B65D2501/24063—Construction of the walls
  • B65D2501/24089—Height of the side walls
  • B65D2501/24095—Height of the side walls corresponding to the full height of the bottles
• • 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
  • B65D2501/00—Containers having bodies formed in one piece
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  • B65D2501/24006—Details relating to bottle crates
  • B65D2501/2405—Construction
  • B65D2501/24121—Construction of the bottom
  • B65D2501/24133—Grid, mesh
• • 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
  • B65D2501/00—Containers having bodies formed in one piece
  • B65D2501/24—Boxes or like containers with moulded compartments or partitions
  • B65D2501/24006—Details relating to bottle crates
  • B65D2501/24197—Arrangements for locating the bottles
  • B65D2501/24203—Construction of locating arrangements
  • B65D2501/24235—Pillars
  • B65D2501/24242—Pillars or circular cross-section
• • 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
  • B65D2501/00—Containers having bodies formed in one piece
  • B65D2501/24—Boxes or like containers with moulded compartments or partitions
  • B65D2501/24006—Details relating to bottle crates
  • B65D2501/24197—Arrangements for locating the bottles
  • B65D2501/24343—Position pattern
  • B65D2501/2435—Columns and rows
• • 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
  • B65D2501/00—Containers having bodies formed in one piece
  • B65D2501/24—Boxes or like containers with moulded compartments or partitions
  • B65D2501/24006—Details relating to bottle crates
  • B65D2501/24866—Other details
  • B65D2501/24955—Means for inserting or extracting the bottles
  • B65D2501/24974—Bottle extracting means
  • B65D2501/2498—Movable bottom

Definitions

• the present invention relates to a crate of the type which is described in the introduction to patent claim 1, particularly for bottles or similar objects, and particularly for use involving display- or sales purposes.
• Such crates are mainly made of plastic, but may also be made of wood, metal or composites.
• the invention also comprises a base pallet foundation, constructed in order to simplify the arranging of one or more crates singly or in a stack.
• the main object of this invention is to find a solution to the disadvantages of known stackable bottle crates with sideways removal. It is particularly an object to create a bottle crate which simplifies removal from the top side, and at the same time gives the bottles an improved exposure, making the bottle shape visible and making the part which is easiest to grasp, namely the neck and cap area, more easily accessible.
• the invention comprises a pallet foundation for arranging them, which is constructed in order to simplify the arrangement of one or more crates, singly or in stacks.
• Said crate makes possible the exposure of the upper portion of the bottles in a crate so that they are made visible and simple to grasp and to remove from the crate. Inasmuch as the upper portion is made visible, consequently the portion of the bottle which has the greatest effect in regard to influencing the buyer becomes visible.
• a crate as claimed in this invention may be used free-standing and singly, but also in stacks together with other, corresponding crates. In the latter case, the bottles in all crates in the stack will be shifted upward. When the top crate is empty, it may be removed and the bottles in the crate beneath it will be visible and accessible.
• fig. 1 is a perspective view of a crate as claimed in the invention, seen in position for use
• fig. 2 is a sectional elevation through the crate in fig.
• fig. 3 is a plan view of a portion of the crate in fig. 1, shown from above, in larger scale
• fig. 4 is a perspective view of a stack foundation for four crates or crate stacks as claimed in the invention, with an erected crate stack.
• Fig. 1 and 2 show a crate body 11 which in the given example consists of four plane sides with rectangular-shaped openings 12. This crate body 11 defines an interior room which is adapted for to contain a certain number of standing bottles A, in the given example 6.
• a bottom plate 13 has been placed, closing the crate downward and giving it the shape of a crate.
• the bottom plate 13 is structured as wickerwork and is provided at each corner with a protruding rod-shaped guiding element 14, which in the given example extends to cover approx. 1/5 of the height of the bottle, but as an alternative embodiment may extend somewhat above the height of the bottle, up to the top edge of the crate.
• the exterior of the guide-edges 14 is designed to cooperate with a groove or a bar placed between two side openings, for example at the edge of a side opening. It is also possible to arrange the guide-edges adjacent to and having them engaging directly into the corner of the crate, i.e. into the central area between two side openings as it is shown in fig. 3, but this will require space, which may reduce the crate capacity.
• the guide-edges 14 are concavely (inwardly) curved toward the bottle space.
• the lower edge of the crate body 11 has a corner flange 16 which protrudes inward and creates on top of it a slanted locking groove 17 which extends along eachside of the crate.
• a slanted locking groove 17 which extends along eachside of the crate.
• an edge flange 19 which is designed to fit into the locking groove 17.
• the examplified crate can be modified in different ways. Some of the sides may remain closed, providing the possibility of adding advertising. It is also possible to make one or more side openings large enough to provide the possibility of sideways removal of bottles. Thus a crate according to the invention may be used optionally for ordinary stacking and sideways removal, or for removal of bottles by lifting them up through the top side of the crate.
• the design of the bottom may be adapted for various objects, so that one crate size may be used alternately for different bottle dimensions and amounts. It may be supplied with partitioning walls or with upwardly protruding, rod-shaped stiffeners, or combinations of such elements.
• two upwardly protruding, column-shaped separators 20 are shown, protruding upward a little past the top of the bottles. In this way, the separators exert a pressure on the bottom of the above-lying crate. Alternatively this pressure may occur by the bottom plate resting on top of the bottle tops in the crate beneath, or by the guide- edges 14 protruding above the bottle tops.
• Fig. 1-3 two upwardly protruding, column-shaped separators 20 are shown, protruding upward a little past the top of the bottles. In this way, the separators exert a pressure on the bottom of the above-lying crate. Alternatively this pressure may occur by the bottom plate resting on top of the bottle tops in the crate
• the pallet base 21 with four blocks 22 placed in a regular pattern for the arranging of four stacks of crates.
• the circumference and height of the blocks 22, which may be of plastic or of wooden material, are adapted to to be able to press up the bottom plate 13 of the lower crate in the stack and thereby also of the above-lying crates, as shown in fig. 2.
• the pallet 21 may be a wood fibre plate with surface treatment or another suitable foundation, which may lift the bottom crate in the stack somewhat up off the floor.

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• 1991
  • 1991-04-19 NO NO911546A patent/NO173053C/no not_active IP Right Cessation
• 1992
  • 1992-04-13 WO PCT/NO1992/000069 patent/WO1992018391A1/en active Application Filing

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