FR2810020A1 - Storage container for wine bottles has false wall panel to aid stacking of shorter bottles in container - Google Patents

Abstract

The storage container has a base (3) and sidewalls and has a floor (5) to allow wedging of the bottles on laths in a position perpendicular to the floor and the entry face of the container. The floor has laths which allow wedging of special bottles (2) such as those which do not occupy the total surface when stacked. For stacking these bottles, a supplementary wall (24) is installed between the sidewalls of the container, to double the rear wall (12) of the container. AN Independent claim is also included for a method of stacking the bottles

Description

The present invention relates to a container for storing cylinders on slats, that is to say a container of the type made of son which allows to lay the bottles flat on the bottom, perpendicular to the entrance face to the rear wall.

 slats arranged on the bottom have a step which is adapted selected according to type of bottles to be stored in the container.

In some areas of use such as for the storage of wine bottles, one can have, for the same wine, bottles of different shape.

For example, the wine can be packaged in bottles of a classic form like light champagne bottles and, for the same wine but intended for another marketing circuit, the packaging can be carried out in special bottles having a more distinctive shape. .

Special bottles may for example have a larger diameter the conventional bottle and have a lower height. Also, when they are stored in the container, they occupy the entire bottom surface of the container because of their lower height than conventional bottles, and also because of their diameter which changes their positioning relative to each other.

This feature implies for the container user, to have two sets of containers of different size.

The present invention proposes a container arranged to offer in a simple way a possibility of storing conventional bottles and special bottles that is to say bottles whose size is significantly different than conventional bottles.

container according to the invention comprises a base and sides consisting of a rear wall, side walls and a front wall, which base is provided with a bottom with slats on which the bottles are placed and set flat, perpendicularly to the front and rear walls and this container has as peculiarities, on the one hand, to have a bottom provided with slats whose pitch is chosen to allow the setting of a first type of bottle, called special bottle, which has the particularity , once stored, not to cover the entire surface of said bottom and, other this container has a doubling of its rear wall, allowing vertical setting of said special bottles, which doubling is in the form of a grid arranged so as to be removable and also used as a doubling said bottom of the base, with slats whose pitch chosen to allow the wedging of a second type of bottles called bottle the classic ones, which, once arranged, occupy the entire surface of said bottom and the entire volume of said container.

According to a preferred embodiment of the invention, the container a collapsible wall type container comprising: a rear wall hinged horizontally on the rear rim of the base, lateral walls each articulated on the vertical edges of said rear wall, and a front wall hinged to the front edge of said base, and consisting for example of a pair of panels, said side walls comprise arrangements set back from their inner surface, to cooperate with hooks arranged at the ends of the grid which forms the doubling .

Still according to the invention, the side walls comprise a sheet metal plate provided with cutouts or notches, the shape of which allows gravity self-locking of the gate in the doubling position of the rear wall.

According to the invention, the cutouts have a shape of the boomerang or sock type, with a vertical branch whose height corresponds at least to the height of the hooks of the grid, and a downwardly inclined branch, which provides a setting of said hooks and the grid.

According to another embodiment of the invention, the grid itself has an area which is substantially smaller than that of the bottom of the base of the means are provided to complete this area when the grid is used in doubling position of the rear wall.

According to the invention, the grid comprises at its lower part, a rod-shaped extension whose ends are folded to the square and are guided in sleeves welded to the sides of said grid. According to another embodiment of the invention, the grid comprises studs which allow centering and its wedging on the bottom of the base and for example on the end slats of said bottom.

According to another embodiment of the invention, the rear wall of the container comprises hooks which cooperate with rings arranged on the grid, to maintain the latter at a distance, while avoiding its deformation, in particular its buckling.

Still according to the invention, the grid is constituted son serving as slats, which slats are welded on son of larger diameter arranged transversely.

The invention also relates to the process which makes it possible to transform a container whose base comprises slats to form a first type of so-called special bottles, and whose rear wall is doubled by a wedging grid is also capable of act doubling of the bottom and which is provided with slats for making the setting second type of bottles, so-called conventional, which method consists in installing or removing said grid, by changing the distance between the side walls of the container so as to allow the engagement or disengagement of the lateral hooks of said grid relative to the cuts or notches made on plate plates integral with said side walls.

The invention will be further detailed with the aid of the following description and the appended drawings, given for information only, and in which - FIG. 1 represents the profile of a so-called conventional bottle, that is to say a bottle of light champenoise kind; - Figure 2 shows a bottle of a different profile, called special bottle, suitable for the packaging of certain varieties of wine; - Figure 3 a schematic perspective view of a container; - Figure 4 shows the grid acting as a doubling of both the rear wall and bottom of the container; - Figure 5 shows, seen from the side, a container in a configuration adapted to the storage and calibration of conventional bottles on the grid dubbed bottom; - Figure 6 is a partial view of the container shown in Figure 5 with so-called conventional bottles placed on the bottom of the lining grid; - Figure 7 shows the container arranged to achieve the storage and calibration of so-called special bottles, with the grid in rear wall lining position; - Figure 8 shows, front view, some special bottles arranged on the bottom of a container partially represented; - Figure 9 shows, in perspective in a partial manner, the anchoring means of the grid acting as a doubling on the container side walls; FIG. 10 represents, in a more detailed manner and in perspective, the lower part of the grid and the means which make it possible to extend it at its lower part; - Figures 11 to 19 illustrate the process of converting a container filled with special bottles into a container adapted to accommodate conventional bottles.

Figure 1 shows the outline of a classic bottle 1 called light champenoise.

Figure 2 shows the outline of a special bottle 2 which is commonly used for certain types of wine such as the wine known under the name Blanquette de Limoux.

This special bottle 2 has a diameter D 1, which is greater than the diameter of the conventional bottle 1 while its height H 2 is smaller than the height of said conventional bottle.

In a winery, both types of bottles can be used. There are therefore containers for conventional bottles 1 are widely used, and given their different size, the special bottles are stored in containers of different sizes. When the bottles are stored and set on laths, that is to say on a bottom or floor having parallel wires between them, arranged in pairs, with a pitch that corresponds to each type of bottle, a container is required for each bottle type to get a good positioning and rigging bottles.

The present invention provides a container which allows by appropriate means, to overcome this problem by accepting at least two types of bottles, such as for example special bottles 2 and conventional bottles 1 of the light champenoise type.

Figure 3 generally shows a container which comprises a base 3 mounted on a base system 4 arranged to allow passage forklifts forklifts. This base 3 is in the form of a vessel made of son whose bottom 5 or floor, includes slats that is to say son that allow the setting of the bottles flat, which bottles are more perpendicular to the face rear 10 and front face 11 of the container.

container type has walls that rise above pedestal, in particular a rear wall 12, side walls 13 and a front wall 14 consisting of two panels 15 and 16.

walls 12, 13 and 14 are collapsible. The wall 12 is hinged upper rim 20 of the base 3 and the side walls 13 are hinged vertical edges 21 of the rear wall 12, falling over said wall and particularly on its inner surface.

front wall 14, consisting of panels 15 and 16, is folded accordion. The panel 16 is articulated on the upper edge before 23 base its panels 15 and 16 are hinged together at mid-wall height, parallel to the edge 23.

FIG. 4 shows a grid 24 whose function is twofold: this grid 24 on the one hand, arranged to constitute a double bottom of the container, placed on the already existing bottom 5 and, on the other hand, it is arranged to act as double wall and in particular doubling of the rear wall 12 to make the wedging of special bottles which, given their length, do not occupy the entire bottom surface, nor the entire volume of the container.

The grid 24 consists of longitudinal bars 25 on which are welded slats 26. These slats 26 are in fact arranged in pairs and the P of these pairs of slats is arranged for setting and storage conventional bottles 1.

This grid 24 is placed on the bottom 5 as shown in FIGS. 5 and 5; it is noted that the conventional bottles 1 are placed on the slats which slats are welded on the longitudinal son 25. These son 25 rest on the bottom 5 which will be detailed later in connection with Figures 7 and 8.

grid 24 has dimensions that allow it to be placed on the bottom 5 of the base 3. It comprises pads 27 which are arranged to allow its setting and its precise positioning relative to the bottom 5. These pads are for example welded on the slats 26 arranged at the ends of the conventional bottle rack 1, as shown in FIG. 5, are positioned over the entire surface of the bottom of the container, laid flat on slats 26, the grid 24, and arranged perpendicularly to the rear and front walls 1 , for use of the container with conventional bottles, the container is similar to a conventional container except it has a double bottom, that is to say on the one hand, a real background 5 which is part of the base else a doubling consisting of the gate 24 placed on said true container bottom alone, without its gate 24, is paradoxically unusable. To stall and store conventional bottles 1, it is necessary to have the grid by placing this grid on the bottom 5 and, to store and staple special bottles 2, it is also necessary to have this grid 24, placed in doubling the rear wall 12 , in order to wedge said special bottles 2 on the bottom 5 to contain them vertically as shown in FIG.

Side walls 13 of the container comprise, as sketched in FIG. 5 and shown in greater detail in FIGS. 7 and 9, arrangements for enabling the grid 24 to be positioned parallel to the rear wall 2 so as to form a double wall which delimits the useful volume. and necessary, occupies by special bottles 2 in the container.

grid 24 comprises at its ends, as shown in Figure 4, hooks 30, three in number on each side. These hooks 30 cooperate with cuts or notches 31 arranged in a sheet metal plate 32 which is welded to the side walls 13, on the structure consisting of the vertical son 33 and horizontal 34.

hooks 30 consist of rods bent to the bracket with return to, and these rods are welded to the grid 24, for example on slats 26 and / or longitudinal rods 25.

notches 31 are in the form of small boomerangs or socks with a branch 35 which is vertical and an inclined branch 36, extends downward to 135 for example with respect to vertical branch.

height of the vertical branch corresponds at least to the height of the hook The inclined branch 36 allows a locking and latching grid 24, including vertical.

grid 24 is positioned and locked by simple gravity in the bottom of the notches 31 and in particular at the end of the branch 36.

grid 24 has a height which corresponds to the length of the bottom This height less than the total height of the container from the bottom Also to properly wedge the first row of special bottles 2 placed on the bottom 5, the grid 24 comprises, as shown in FIG. 10, at its lower part, an extension 40 consisting of a reinforced wire whose ends 41, bent to the square, are guided in sleeves welded to the lower ends of the grid 24 as shown also in FIG.

This extension 40 makes it possible to wedge the bottom of the bottles 2 of first row.

These special bottles 2 are placed on the true bottom 5 of the container. This bottom 5, for setting the bottles 2, rests on the son 44 form the base frame 3 and they consist of longitudinal son on which are welded the slats 46.

slats 46 are arranged as for the grid 24, pairs with a pitch is greater than the pitch Pc used for conventional bottles set on the grid 24.

grid 24 is stiffened with respect to the rear wall by means of hooks which are articulated on said rear wall 12, and cooperate with rings 51 distributed on the surface of said grid and for example with longitudinal rods 25.

hooks 50 appear in Figure 7 in the active position rings 51 are distributed in a triangle as shown in Figure 4, to reinforce the grid 24 and avoid buckling in particular.

FIGS. 11 to 19 illustrate the transformation of the container starting from FIG. 11, corresponds to a configuration for storing the storage of special bottles 2, whereas FIG. 19 the container corresponds to a configuration in which it is filled with conventional bottles In the configuration represented in FIG. 11, the container comprises the grid is placed in a doubling position of the rear wall 12. The grid makes it possible to wedge the special bottles 2, which bottles do not occupy the entire bottom surface, nor the entire volume of the container .

FIG. 12 shows the emptied container of its special bottles 2 and the grid still in place, in lining of the rear wall FIG. 13 is a partial view from above of the container showing the grid in the normal position of doubling the rear wall. This grid 24 s extends between the side walls 13, fixed and locked by means of hooks 30 in notches, on the sheet metal plates 32 which are welded to the inner faces of said walls 13, without protruding inside the container to impede the positioning and the setting of conventional bottles 1.

Figure 13, the grid 24 is positioned and fixed its hooks 30 on the side walls 13 and the hooks 50 on the rear wall 12. There are also the centering pins 27 disposed at the ends of the grid.

The overall length .Lht of the grid 24, because of the hooks is greater than the internal length 1.ç of the container. The useful length of the grid that corresponds to the distance between the end slats 26 is less than the internal length L c of the container.

To install the grid 24 between the side walls 13, it is necessary to rotate at least one of these side walls 13 which are in the form of a door, articulated on the edge 21 of the rear wall 12. This maneuver is illustrated in FIG. 14. The hooks 30 are firstly disengaged from the plate notches 32 by lifting the grid 24; by subsequently rotating one side wall 13, the hooks 30 disengage the plate 32 in particular notches 31 made in this plate. The operation of setting up the grid is done in the same way, conversely.

The figure shows the clearance of the grid 24 with respect to the side walls 13 but also with respect to the base 3.

When the grid is out of the container, FIG. 16, the operator switches this grid as shown in FIG. 17 to introduce it into the base after having put the extension 40 back into the inactive position. The gate 24 is inserted on one side of the base to engage the hooks 30 visible in FIG. 4, in a lateral wall of the base 3 and then it is laid flat and brought back to the other side to introduce hooks on the other side of the base and finally it is centered by means of pins 27, relative true background 5.

Figure 1 the grid 24 is positioned on the bottom 5 in dubbing the latter. hooks 50 are inactive and the plates 32 used for hooking the grid are simply part of the side walls 13.

The figure shows the container filled with conventional bottles 1, which bottles occupy the entire surface of the bottom of the container and in particular the grid 24, and the entire volume of the container.

 To transform the container of conventional bottles as shown in Figure 19, container for special bottles as shown in Figure 11, just take the opposite path of Figure 19 </ B> in Figure 11.

Claims (1)

- CLAIMS - .- Container for storing and setting bottles on slats, of the type consisting of a base (3) and sides comprising: a rear wall (12), side walls (13) and a front wall (14). ), which bottles are laid flat on the bottom (5) of said base and perpendicular to said rear front walls, characterized in that on the one hand, said base (5) base comprises slats (46) whose pitch is chosen for allow the setting of so-called special bottles (2) which have the feature, once stored, to cover the entire surface of said bottom, and in that, on the other hand, it comprises a doubling of said rear wall (12 ) which allows the vertical setting of said special bottles, which doubling is in the form of a grid (24) arranged to be removable and also used as a lining of said bottom (5) of the base, with slats (26) including the step is chosen to allow the setting of conventional bottles (1), which, once arranged, occupy the entire surface of said bottom on said grid (24). Container according to claim 1, of the folding wall type comprising: a rear wall articulated on the upper rim of the pedestal; lateral walls articulated on the vertical edges of said rear wall; a front wall (14) hinged to the front edge (23) of said base and consisting for example of a pair of panels (1 and 16) folding accordion, characterized in that said side walls (13) comprise arrangements located recessed from their inner surface, which arrangements cooperate with hooks (30) arranged at the ends of the grid (24). - Container according to claim 2, characterized in that the side walls (14) comprise a vertical sheet metal plate (32) provided with cutouts (31) whose shape, such as boomerang or sock, allows a gravity self-locking of the grid (24). ) in its doubling position of the rear wall (12). - Container according to claim 3, characterized in that the cutouts (31) in the form of small boomerangs or socks, comprise a vertical leg (35) whose height corresponds at least to the hook height (30) of the grid (24) and an inclined branch (36) which extends downwards and which provides positioning and locking of the grid (24). 5. Container according to any one of claims 1 to characterized in that the grid (24) consists of yarns (26) slatted office, welded to transversely arranged structure son (25), which grid has a surface which corresponds to the surface of the bottom (5) of the base and comprises means for completing its surface when in the doubling position of the rear wall (12). 6. Container according to claim 5, characterized in that the grid (24) has at its lower part, an extension (40) in the form of bar parallel to the bars (25) forming the structure of the grid, which bar (40). ) has ends (41) folded to the square and guided in sleeves (42) welded to the sides of said grid. 7.- Container according to any one of claims 1 to characterized in that the grid (24) comprises centering studs (27), which pads cooperate with the bottom of the base (3) to wedge said gate, and in particular with the end slats of said bottom (5). 8.- container according to any one of claims 1 to characterized in that the rear wall (12) comprises hooks (50) cooperating with rings (51) arranged and distributed on the grid (24) to maintain the latter by relative to said rear wall and in particular to avoid buckling. 9. A method of transforming a container according to any one of claims 2 to 8, the bottom comprises slats (46) for setting special bottles (2), and whose rear wall (12) is doubled at by means of a wedge grid (24), which grid (24) also serves as a bottom with slats (26) arranged to achieve the setting of conventional bottles (1), characterized in that it consists in installing or uninstalling said grid (24), between the side walls (13) of the container, by changing the distance between said side walls (13) so as to allow engagement, or disengagement, of the lateral hooks (30) provided at the ends of said grid (24), in the cuts and notches) made on the sheet metal plates integral with said side walls (13).