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
  • B65D71/00—Bundles of articles held together by packaging elements for convenience of storage or transport, e.g. portable segregating carrier for plural receptacles such as beer cans or pop bottles; Bales of material
  • B65D71/70—Trays provided with projections or recesses in order to assemble multiple articles, e.g. intermediate elements for stacking

Definitions

• the invention relates to a bottle carrier for plastic bottles according to the preamble of claim 1.
• Such bottle carriers for plastic bottles take up the bottles for each receiving part and support them via their base. The load transfer in the stack takes place directly via the bottles received in the carrier.
• the invention is applicable to bottle carriers for plastic bottles made of PET in the disposable sector. Since such disposable bottles are simply thrown away by the consumer in many countries, the bottle carrier, once emptied, should return to the bottler using as little transport volume as possible. For this reason, girders comparable to civil engineering kits are largely used.
• the lower support profile lies flat on the bottle
• Bottle and carrier have almost the same mechanical hardness, the carrier even slightly more than the bottle; the coefficient of friction ⁇ between bottle and carrier is very small due to the material, which is why the bottle rotates during transport due to the transport vibrations; Dust and sand particles support this effect.
• the object of the invention is to remedy the disadvantages of the prior art described, in particular to provide a bottle carrier in which damage to the bottle and / or bottle cap of the next lower stacking position is secure, but without a great deal of production and construction effort could be avoided on the carrier side.
• At least one preferably ring-like contact member made of material softer than the carrier material is arranged on the contact surface (s) between each receiving element and the associated bottle of the lower stack layer on the carrier side.
• these contact members can be held in the cutouts or undercuts by positive locking or negative pressure, but preferably a sprayable compound is used which is injected into the undercuts and in this case protrudes slightly above the carrier.
• a sprayable compound is used which is injected into the undercuts and in this case protrudes slightly above the carrier.
• annular contact surfaces it is also possible to use individual contact pieces which are arranged circumferentially around the bottle in the receiving element. Instead of holding the contact surfaces in recesses etc., these can also be realized by coating the carrier base.
• an elastic, resilient plastic is used as the material of this contact surface.
• the advantage of the invention is to be seen in particular in the fact that the mass binds to the carrier body and that, since it consists of elastic, resilient material, it can be loaded in the long term. It is also advantageous that the contact members made of elastic, resilient material can adapt to the bottle body. Due to the elastic, resilient material of the contact surfaces, the bottle neck or bottle shoulders and / or the bottle cap are no longer scratched. Furthermore, by interposing the contact surface, it can also be ensured that the bottle no longer rotates during transport. This also contributes significantly to the fact that the bottle can no longer scratch. According to a further aspect of the invention, the material of the contact surfaces and the material of the carrier body are preferably so chemically related that the recycling process is not disrupted.
• FIG. 1 shows the schematic side view of a bottle carrier, in which a cut was made at the bottom left in the area of a receiving element.
• FIG. 2 shows the schematic side view of a further bottle carrier, in which a cut was made at the bottom left in the region of a receiving sleeve.
• 1 denotes a bottle carrier made of plastic, which serves to hold several plastic bottles 2, one of which is shown purely schematically at the top right in FIG. 1.
• plastic bottles which primarily represent disposable bottles, stand in corresponding bottle receiving elements of the carrier 1 and are supported its bottom off.
• the left receiving element is shown in section.
• the bottles 5 of the lower stack layer are immersed in this receiving element 4, the carrier 1 of the upper stack being supported in the stack via these bottles 5. This means that the bottles 5 bear the load of the upper and higher stack layers.
• the receiving element is designed such that it surrounds the immersing bottle 5 at its upper section.
• the support in the exemplary embodiment shown is carried out directly via the receiving element 4 via the bottle stopper designated 7.
• contact surfaces denoted by 6 are interposed, which are made of an elastic, flexible plastic, preferably ethylene-vinyl -Acetate (EVA) exist.
• EVA ethylene-vinyl -Acetate
• These contact surfaces 6 are formed on the carrier base 3, preferably in the case of the individual receiving elements 4, by coating. That is, the support of the carrier 1 of the upper stack layer relative to the bottles 5 of the lower stack layer takes place with the interposition of this coating 6.
• the contact surface 6 touches the bottles 5 of the lower stack layer in the area of the bottle stopper 7.
• FIG. 2 11 denotes a bottle carrier made of plastic, which is used to hold a plurality of plastic bottles 12, which are shown in FIG. 2 only in a purely schematic manner with their lower section.
• These plastic bottles which are preferably made of PET and represent disposable bottles, are located in corresponding bottle receiving compartments of the carrier 11 and are supported on the base thereof, which is not shown in detail.
• Receiving elements 14 project from the bottom region 13 downward, of which the left receiving element 14 is shown in section.
• the bottles 15 of the lower stack layer are immersed in these receiving elements 14, the carrier 11 of the upper stack layer being supported in the stack via these bottles 15. That is, the bottles 15 carry the load of the top and top stack layers down.
• the receiving element 14 is designed as a sleeve and as such surrounds the immersing bottle 15 at its upper section.
• the support would normally take place directly via the receiving elements 14 on the bottle shoulders denoted by 16.
• contact members designated 17 are interposed in the manner of sealing rings. These contact members 17 are accommodated in the corresponding groove-like or groove-like recesses 18 on the inner surface of the sleeve or the receiving element 14. That is, the support of the carrier 11 of the upper stacking layer with respect to the bottles 15 of the lower stacking layer takes place with the interposition of these contact members 17.
• a total of two sealing ring-like contact members 17 are arranged axially one above the other and contact the bottles 15 of the lower stacking layer in the Area of the respective bottle shoulder.
• sealing ring-like, circumferentially formed contact members 17 it is possible to use individual contact member pieces instead of the rings, the individual contact pieces then being circumferentially spaced around the bottles, for example 3 or 4 or even purely by way of example several contact pieces can be provided NEN, which perform the same function as the ring-like contact members. These contact pieces are also arranged in corresponding recesses in the inner surface of the sleeve 14 or the receiving element 14.

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