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EP0599028A2
EP0599028A2 EP93115950A EP93115950A EP0599028A2 EP 0599028 A2 EP0599028 A2 EP 0599028A2 EP 93115950 A EP93115950 A EP 93115950A EP 93115950 A EP93115950 A EP 93115950A EP 0599028 A2 EP0599028 A2 EP 0599028A2
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Horst Banaskiwitz
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Berolina Kunststoff GmbH and Co KG
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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
    • B65D1/00—Rigid or semi-rigid 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 or 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
    • B65D25/00—Details of other kinds or types of rigid or semi-rigid containers
    • B65D25/28—Handles
    • B65D25/32—Bail handles, i.e. pivoted rigid handles of generally semi-circular shape with pivot points on two opposed sides or wall parts of the conainter
    • 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
    • B65D2501/2405—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
    • B65D2501/24—Boxes or like containers with moulded compartments or partitions
    • B65D2501/24006—Details relating to bottle crates
    • B65D2501/2405—Construction
    • B65D2501/24191—Divisible into subparts
    • 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
    • B65D2501/24261—Ribs on the side walls
    • 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
    • B65D2501/24363—Handles
    • B65D2501/24426—Swingable handles
    • B65D2501/24464—Swingable handles centrally located in open container
    • 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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    • B65D2501/24554—Stacking means
    • B65D2501/24585—Stacking means for stacking or joining the crates together one upon the other, in the upright or upside-down position

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  • the invention relates to a bottle crate with a foldable handle, which can be placed on the upper edge of the crate, in particular in a divisible bottle crate.
  • the external dimensions of a bottle crate for bulk buyers are determined on the one hand by the fact that a certain number of bottle crates must find space on the usual pallets, the dimensions of which are standardized. On the other hand, these external dimensions are determined by the fact that bottle crates from different bulk buyers can be stacked on top of one another if necessary. This means that the external dimensions of such bottle crates cannot be chosen arbitrarily, but should not exceed a certain target dimension, for example approx. 400 mm ⁇ approx. 300 mm for a crate for 20 bottles.
  • Target dimension is to be understood as the dimension prescribed by the client, which the designer must comply with.
  • the inside dimension of the bottle crates is determined, however, by the fact that a certain number of specific bottles are to be accommodated in the crate, with the aforementioned external dimensions, for example 20 bottles, the largest radius of which, as a rule on the bottom of the bottle, does not exceed a target dimension of approximately 72 mm.
  • the required internal dimension of the bottle crate is also determined by the fact that the bottle crates can be equipped with the usual machines. If you measure the interior of the bottle crate too narrowly, it can happen that the bottles jam when inserted into the bottle crate if several bottles are inserted into the crate by a gripping device at the same time.
  • the above-mentioned problems occur particularly in bottle crates which have a handle in the form of a bracket which can be folded down and placed against the upper edge of the crate in such a way that the crates can be stacked one above the other as usual.
  • the invention relates to a divisible bottle crate, which consists of two halves, each half of which has a foldable handle.
  • the outer wall of the crate extends over its full height
  • the folded handle bar lies on the outside of the upper crate of the crate.
  • the invention has for its object to improve these bottle crates.
  • the invention consists in that when the handlebar is folded over, the inner surface thereof forms the inner box boundary at least in sections.
  • the box wall can be interrupted in sections at its upper edge or at one Embodiment of the invention, the handle bar rest on the top of the edge of a box wall, so the box wall is lower by the width of the bracket than the nominal size of the box wall.
  • the inner surface of the folded bracket can protrude somewhat into the interior of the box relative to the inner surface of the box wall.
  • the maximum dimension available for inserting the bottles is determined from the smallest distance between the inner sides of the long sides of the handles in the folded state.
  • the at least partial interruption of the box wall in the bracket area frees up space, which makes it easier to insert the bottles and possibly increase the thickness of the handle bar.
  • the inner surface of the folded handle bar lies at least in sections in one plane with the inner surface of a box wall.
  • the box wall has an outwardly projecting shoulder on which the lower edge of the folded handle bar rests.
  • the invention can be implemented both in bottle crates with a compartment division consisting of compartment walls and in bottle crates in which only quills filling the space between the bottles are provided.
  • the invention can also be implemented in bottle crates in which at least one vertical bar arranged on the inside of the crate wall is provided in the area between the lines on which the bottles have the inner wall touch.
  • these strips protrude above the lower edge of the bracket when the bracket is folded over.
  • This upwardly projecting section can protrude upwards by the width of the handle, so that these strips at least partially absorb the load of the boxes stacked on top of one another when boxes are stacked on top of one another.
  • the section of the bar which projects upward beyond the edge of the box wall is not as high as the handle bar is wide. These sections then support the handlebar in its folded position.
  • the wall section which adjoins the shoulder and extends upwards can in the same way either be led up to the upper edge of the handle bar which has been folded over, or this section can be smaller, possibly also be higher than the width of the handlebar.
  • the inner surface of the handle bar can lie in one plane over its entire length. In embodiments of the invention, however, this inner surface of the handle bar lies only in sections in one plane, namely where the bottles touch this inner surface. However, it is not necessary that the inner surface of the handle in the areas between these lines, on which the bottles touch the inner surface of the handle, also run in one plane with the remaining inner surface of the handle. If the box has strips on the inner surface of the box wall that protrude beyond the upper edge of the box wall, and if these strips are designed as hollow profiles, the wall of the hollow profiles adjacent to the handle bar can have a recess. engage in the projections of the handlebar.
  • a bottle crate is divided along its longitudinal center plane into two halves 1 and 2, which are connected to one another in the region of a joint 3 by a fastening device (not shown).
  • Each of these halves 1 and 2 has a handle 4 which is pivotally mounted on the outside at the upper edge 5 of the two side walls 6 of a box half about an axis 7 which is arranged approximately in the middle of the side wall 6 is.
  • the handle 4 is extended beyond the axis 7 and has at its end a projection 8, with which it engages when turning the handle 4 in the fastening device, not shown, and locks it so that the two box halves 1 and 2 are rigidly connected .
  • the box halves have on the inner surface of their longitudinal wall 9 vertical strips 10, which are designed as hollow profiles in the embodiment shown. They protrude from the wall 9 inwards into the space between two of the bottles inserted in the box.
  • the bottles lie along a line 11 on the inner surface of the walls 9.
  • the strips 10 are therefore located in the area between two adjacent contact lines 11.
  • the upper edge 12 of the longitudinal walls 9 runs below the upper end of the strips 10, the height of which corresponds to the nominal size of the box. These strips protrude beyond the upper edge 12 of the longitudinal wall 9 as far as the handle 4 is wide.
  • the handle 4 of the box half 2 is drawn in the folded state. It lies on the upper edge 12 of the longitudinal wall 9 of the box half 2, the upper edge of the handle 4 in this position lies approximately in one plane with the upper ends of the strips 10.
  • the area of the contact line 11 there is a space between two adjacent strips 10 13, which is covered with a handle section 4 by a bracket section to the outside, this section projecting somewhat inwards relative to the inner surface 18 of the box wall 9.
  • the outer surface of the bracket can lie in one plane with the outer surface of a box wall.
  • the outer boundary of the upper ledge ends can then have a distance from the plane of the outer surface of the box wall which corresponds to the thickness of the handle.
  • FIG. 2 shows a section along the line II-II in FIG. 1 through the upper region of the box half 2.
  • the handle 4 rests on the upper edge 12 of a box longitudinal wall 9 and runs behind the strips 10.
  • the outer wall of the folded bracket 4 flush with the outer wall of the longitudinal wall 9.
  • the bracket 4 protrudes somewhat beyond the level of the inner surface of the wall 9 inwards. Its cross section is thicker than the wall thickness of wall 9.
  • the longitudinal side walls 9 can also have recesses in the usual way and can be designed in any way. Only for the sake of simplicity, a divisible box with closed longitudinal side walls is shown in FIG. In addition, the usual division of compartments within the box is not shown in FIG. 1, nor is a longitudinal bar, which usually closes the two box halves 1 and 2 in the parting plane and can be part of a compartment.
  • FIG. 3 shows a section corresponding to FIG. 2 through an embodiment of a bottle crate, in which a shoulder 15 is provided at the height at which the upper edge 12 of a longitudinal side wall 9 is located in the embodiment according to FIG. 1, on which the folded strap 4 rests.
  • the shoulder 15 is adjoined by a board-like, raised edge strip 16, which in the embodiment shown is as high as the bracket 4 is wide.
  • no strips 10 are provided on the inner surface of the wall 9, at least in the region of its upper end.
  • the inner surface 17 of the folded handle 4 extends a little further inward beyond the plane of the inner surface of the box wall and thus forms the boundary of the inside of the box.
  • the inner surface of the handle bar can lie in one plane with the inner surface 18 of the longitudinal side wall of the box. Only in the section in the area of the contact line 11, namely, where bottles placed in the bottle crate touch an outer wall, must the handle bracket be designed in such a way that the dimension required for the inner crate limitation is achieved.
  • its inner surface 17 can be designed differently, for example, in the embodiment according to FIG. 3, have inwardly projecting projections which engage in the space between two adjacent bottles.
  • the section is made through a hollow profile 10 of the bottle crate shown in Figure 1.
  • the handle 4 has in the region of a hollow profile 10 a projection 19 which engages in a recess 20 on the back of the hollow profile 10 or another bar.
  • the strip 10 and also the edge strip 16 can, as shown in FIGS. 2 and 3, reach the height of the upper edge of the folded handle 4. However, you can also protrude this upper edge of the handle 4 or end below this edge.
  • the sections of the strips 10 projecting beyond the upper edge 12 of the longitudinal side wall 9 may also be missing, the strips 10 then ending in the region of the upper edge 12 of the longitudinal side wall 9 Handle 4 is then just as in the other embodiments on the upper edge 12 of the box, and its upper edge then forms the upper end of the longitudinal side walls 9 of the box, so that the longitudinal side walls 9 have the desired size for the box height.
  • the handle bracket can also consist of a material that is so rigid that its thickness corresponds approximately to the thickness of a box wall, for example if the bracket is made of a suitable, for example reinforced or glass fiber reinforced plastic. Then, in embodiments of the invention, both the inner surface of the handle and its outer surface can lie in one plane with the outer surface or the inner surface of the box wall. Then it is not necessary to change the outer dimension or the inner dimension of the box compared to a box without a bracket because of the handle.

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DE4236484A1 (de) 1994-05-05

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