DE2813364A1 - Double skinned plastics bottle case - has flat outer walls joined to inner ones partly enclosing bottle positions - Google Patents

Abstract

The bottle case has one or two rows of bottle carriers holding the bottles, and a plastics box in which the bottles can be transported individually and also in carriers. The box is double-skinned, with flat outer walls (1) and inner ones (3) formed by part-cylindrical dish sections (3a) extending part-way round the bottle positions. These are joined to the outer ones at the narrowest parts of the intervening space. The inner and outer walls can merge directly together at these points, or there can be ribs between them.

Description

Bottle packaging

The invention relates to a bottle packaging consisting of a Row or two rows of bottle carriers and a bottle crate Made of plastic, in the bottles both individually and in bottle carriers are transportable.

Bottle packaging of this type has been known for a long time.

However, they have not been able to prevail because of the price of the Plastic-made bottle carriers were relatively high, the durability of the made However, the bottle carrier made of thin material was low. Also prepared the automatic packaging of bottles in the bottle carriers and the filled ones Bottle carriers in the bottle crates Difficulties. An automatic one Setting the bottle crates already stocked with empty bottle racks proved not possible because the bottle carriers are automatically inserted when the bottles are inserted went to break and their broken parts partly the way of the bottles locked in the bottle compartments.

Only when, after many years, a possibility was found, one To divide the bottle crate into compartments for bottle carriers made of cardboard and to further subdivide each compartment into bottle spaces using columnar spacers, it was made possible from cardboard with bottom holes in the places where between bottles standing together in an empty space is provided with bottle carriers to accommodate two rows of bottles in plastic bottle crates. Through this had succeeded in transporting bottle crates from the bottling plant to the retailer to use in which the bottle carrier with two rows of bottles is stallt were so that the retailer's customers put several together in a bottle carrier Carry bottles home. However, these bottle carriers are made of cardboard designed in such a way that they are destroyed when opened. The return of the bottles from the customer's house to the retailer must therefore be done individually. From the retailer On the other hand, the bottles can be individually placed in the bottle box up to the bottling station can be transported upright. The return of the individual empty bottles to the Retailer is burdensome for the customer. Bottle carrier not unpacking are destroyed, would have the advantage that the return transport of empty bottles from Customer to single dealer could also be made in bottle carriers. Despite this However, they have advantages for the reasons mentioned above the known Bottle carriers that can be used in plastic bottle crates have not been tried and tested.

Developments in this area are hampered by the fact that bottle crates and bottle carriers cannot be produced in arbitrary dimensions. It standardized bottles are used to a large extent by the industry. With their standardization At the time, no consideration was given to the fact that bottle crates were standardized Pallets should be set to make them easier to sell in grocery stores to be able to. In order to be able to place bottle crates on standardized pallets, it is necessary to that the bottle crates do not exceed certain dimensions. The in itself for Bottles with a diameter that are too large for these dimensions force them Bottle crate manufacturers on special measures in the construction of bottle crates, in order to produce these in the required tight dimensions. The construction of such Bottle crates causes difficulties because not only the requirement of this particular one Dimensions of the bottle crate exist, but the bottle crate in addition must have high stability so that it can be stacked in high stacks. The storage rooms of breweries, for example, are often set up so that bottle crates must be stacked in stacking heights of up to 6 m on top of each other. That requires a high stability of the bottle crate with extremely small wall dimensions.

These are demands that are actually mutually exclusive.

It is the object of the invention to create a blister pack, which meets all these requirements, namely several bottles in one from little Material manufactured To accommodate bottle carriers, for his part in a plastic bottle crate with high stability and small wall dimensions adjustable, with bottle crate and bottle carrier so ab6stii & '0 are that bottles with automatic packing systems in the bottle crates and bottle carriers can be used without breaking the bottle carriers.

The invention solves this problem with bottle packaging in that that the bottle crate of this bottle packaging is made double-walled, and Although formed from flat outer walls and partial cylinder shells, the bottle spaces partially encompassing inner walls, which with the outer stands at narrow points are connected in the space between the outer and inner band.

Such a bottle crate can be quite stable with high stability Make it thin-walled because the inner wall jumps into the interior of the bottle crate and in this way hollow columnar elements are combined to form a wall. Hollow columns have a very high stability against vertical, but also other loads on.

Thereby the connection between the outer and inner wall can through direct transition of the inner wall into the outer wall. That is a possibility to produce the wall with extremely little space required, Another possibility is that ribs are the connection between external and make up the inner wall of the bottle crate. This possibility will be used there where a little more space is available. Because this execution creates a possibility : to absorb shocks from the side of the bottle case without the in The bottles placed in the bottle crate will be damaged.

The bottle crate is expediently with a web base and with provided on these attached columnar spacers. This columnar Spacers create a way to put bottles very close together, on the other hand but also a possibility to form supports for the bottle carrier, because these columnar spacers into the space between bottles extend and thus can have a considerable width.

According to the invention, the bottle carrier is this bottle packaging designed so that the bottle carrier for each row of bottles to be carried one long, the bottles of the row underneath the bottom bridge, one encompassing the row of bottles Wrapping tape and four for each bottle location from the bottom bar to the wrapping tape Has running bands and a handle. Such a bottle dispenser can be made from little material in a permanent design and.

It is advantageous if the bottom web is narrower than the diameter every bottle space and in places where the edge of a bottle space the edge of the body dough scjineides, has projections that merge into the ligaments.

Very little material is used in this construction.

The consumption of material could be further reduced by that the bottom bar has holes.

To give this bottle carrier increased stability, it is expedient if the surrounding band at points between bottle places one after has inwardly directed approach, in the edges of which the bands merge. To this In addition to increased stability, a particularly stable attachment of the Ribbons reached so that they do not tear at their attachment points.

It is advantageous if in a bottle carrier for a number of Bottles the handle is attached to one side of the wraparound tape. then that is, when carrying two bottle carriers, the handles can face each other and it creates the impression in the person carrying the bottle carriers, as if he were only carrying a bottle carrier. This arrangement of the handle makes it easier in addition, the automatic insertion of the bottles into the bottle crate.

It is advantageous if there is a bottle carrier for two rows of bottles the handle is attached between the straps.

In order to automatically insert the bottles in the bottle crate to prevent the bottles from rubbing against the straps of the blade carrier and the When doing this, press the straps downwards, it is useful if on the spacers and on the cylinder shell parts of the inner wall which run essentially vertically Ribs are placed in places next to the straps of the bottle carriers, from above run down and are stronger than the ligaments. When inserting the Bottles Then rub the bottles on the ribs while holding the straps between the surfaces the spacer or

of the cylinder shell parts and the outer surface of the bottle.

In this way it is achieved that when inserting the bottles Tapes cannot be pressed down or compressed.

It is advantageous if the upwardly directed surfaces of the spacers and / or cylinder shell parts, depressions or other supports for the surrounding band have the flascye carrier. In this way, the strap around the bottle carrier hangs on the upper edge of the spacer and the upper edge of the cylindrical shell-shaped Parts of the inner wall and is thereby in this position when the bottles are inserted kept what is achieved.

that the bottle carrier does not do the automatic insertion of bottles to be damaged.

The essence of the present invention is explained below with reference to in the drawing schematically illustrated embodiments explained in more detail. It 1 shows a longitudinal section through the flash box; Fig. 2 is a cross section through the bottle case; 3 shows a view of the bottle crate from above; Fig. Figure 4 is a side view of the bottle carrier; Fig. 5 is an end view of the bottle carrier; Fig. Figure 6 is a top view of the bottle carrier; Fig. 7 is an end view of a Bottle carrier for two rows of i'laschen.

The strap box is made in one piece from plastic. He has a substantially flat outer wall 1, which is formed by ribs 2 of low thickness can be reinforced.

Such small ribs are recommended for printing to protect the outer surfaces of the bottle box from external damage. Of the In addition to the outer wall 1, the bottle crate has an inner wall 2, which in its shape This is adapted to the shape of the bottles to be placed in the bottle crate Inner wall 3 is made up of cylindrical shell-shaped parts 3A and - at the corners - 3C and short straight pieces in between are formed by this shape between the outer wall 1 and the inner wall 3 cavities 4, which are open at the bottom are closed at the top. These cavities 4 give the box a very great stability. The partial cylinder shells 3A go along the long side of the box and 3O directly into the outer wall 1. On the broadside, however, are how from the partially sectioned illustration of FIG. 3, ribs 5 can be seen provided between the cylinder shell parts 3A and 3C and the outer wall n. Even here hollow columns 6 that are open at the bottom and closed at the top are created.

The bottom of the bottle crate consists of parallel to the side walls running webs 7. Each square of such webs becomes a circular support 8 surrounded by a spacer 9 and held by short web pieces 10.

This results in a very stable construction that is immovable Securing the spacer 9 during the automatic filling process. The spacers 9 are designed in the form of hollow columns, namely from four partial cylinder surfaces, which are adapted to the size of the bottle to be set and to the inside of the spacer to bulge. The places at which the partial cylindrical surfaces of the Spacers 9 touch each other are rounded.

The bottle crate has a handle hole 11 on each of the broad sides provided, over the handle hole is the handle 12 of U-shaped in cross-section Shape. The individual hbstandflalter 9 and the cavities 4, 6 can be upward have an opening 13 towards.

The bottle carrier consists of a base web 14, a surrounding band 15, bands 16 that extend between the surrounding band 15 and the web 14 and a handle 17. The handle 17 is, as can be seen in FIG. 5, on one side attached to the surrounding band 15. The one shown in Fig.

The bottle carrier shown in 4 to 6 is used to hold a row of four bottles 18. The bottle carrier shown in FIG. 7 in an end view on the other hand, it is used to hold two rows of bottles.

The bottle carrier made from so little material has its own high stability in that projections 19 are provided on the web 14, which are located where the circumference of the bottle storage area intersects the web 14.

These projections 19 merge into the bands 16, so that Here a very stable transition point of the band 16 into the bottom web 14 is guaranteed is. The surrounding band 15 is given a higher stability X that between the Bottle storage inwardly directed lugs 20 are provided. These Approaches 20 extend from the perimeter of a bottle storage area to the perimeter of the adjacent bottle storage area. The binders 16 are of this kind on these approaches attached that they integrally in the lugs 20 over.> Ehen. In this way a very stable suspension of the band 16 on the surrounding band 15 is achieved. About that in addition, the band 16 also goes directly into the surrounding band 15, see above that formed between the band 16, the surrounding band 15 and the approach 20 gussets are.

Because the tape 16 is perpendicular to the attachment 20 and at an acute angle is attached to this over the entire width of the surrounding band 15, arises at the location of the gusset a particularly stable connection between the band 16 and the surrounding band 15 and approach 20. In the illustration of FIG. 6, the location of the attachment is the Bands 16 on the bottom web 14 and on the surrounding band 15 are shown in dashed lines.

The upwardly directed surfaces of the spacers 9 and the partial cylinder shells 3A of the inner walls 9 can have one or more recesses 21, which for Serve to support the surrounding band 15 of the bottle carrier. That way will the bottle carrier in the area between the parking spaces for bottles from below supported so that no damage to the bottle carrier during automatic Insertions can occur.

Ribs 22 are attached to the spacers 9, as well as to the cylinder shell parts 34, which leave a distance between the outer wall of the bottle and the cylinder shell parts or the spacers.

This is useful so that the straps 16 do not become jammed Contact between the bottle surface and the surfaces of the spacers 9 or the cylinder shell parts 3A of the inner wall. Because such a Pinching contact could cause the straps to be compressed or down be pulled and thereby the bottle carriers are destroyed. They have ribs 22 prevent such destruction. They are therefore arranged there when they are at set bottle carriers are located next to the belts 16.

In addition, the ribs 22 have the advantage of preventing bottles placed individually in the bottle crate knock against each other during transport.

The special shape of the bottle carrier has the advantage with the fact that this is responsible for the transport of the beer from its place of manufacture to the bottling plant can be transported nested, as their shape tapers towards the bottom. This is also an advantage where the bottle carriers before they are placed in the Bottle crates are filled with bottles.

There is also the possibility that the spacers in wing-shaped Pass over the dividing wall bags, however, where they cross a bottle carrier, do not extend from a distance to the spacer, but between them one Leave blank space. In this case, the bottom of the bottle rack has each slits directed transversely to the longitudinal axis, with a gap between them leave so that the bottom of the bottle rack remains a cohesive piece into which slots extend into it on both sides. Parallel to the longitudinal axis of the floor On the other hand, partition walls from spacer to spacer can be placed on the plate carrier extend if this is desired for any reason.

Claims (11)

Protection claims: 1. Bottle packaging consisting of a row or two rows of bottle carriers and a bottle crate Plastic, in which bottles are tied individually as well as in bottle carriers are transportable, characterized in that the bottle crate is double-walled is made, namely from flat outer walls (1) and from partial cylindrical shells (3A, 3B) formed inner walls (3) partially encompassing the bottle spaces, those with the outer walls at the narrow points in the central space between outer and inner wall are connected. 2. Bottle packaging according to claim 1, characterized in that the connection between the outer (1) and inner wall (3) by direct transition the inner wall (3) is made into the outer wall (1). 3. Bottle packaging according to claim 1, characterized in that Ribs (5) the connection between the outer and inner walls of the bottle crate form. 4. Bottle packaging according to claim 1, characterized in that that the pocket box has a web base (7) with a columnar base attached to it Has spacers (9). 5. 2'laschenpaket according to claim 1, characterized in that the bottle carrier for each row of bottles to be carried (18) is a long one, the bottles the bottom web (14) underlying the row, a surrounding band surrounding the row of bottles (15) and four for each bottle space from the base bar (14) to the surrounding band (15) having running bands (16) and a handle (17). 6. Bottle packaging according to claim 5, characterized in that the bottom web (14) is narrower than the diameter of each bottle space and on Places where the edge of the Flasohenplatz intersects the edge of the bottom web (14), Has projections (19) which merge into the bands (16). 7. Bottle packaging according to claim 5 and 6, characterized in that that the surrounding band (15) at points between bottle positions one inward directed approach (20), in the edges of which the bands (16) merge. 8. Blasohenverpa ¢ kung according to claim 5 to 7, characterized in that that in the case of a bottle carrier for a number of bottles, the handle (17) on one Side of the surrounding tape (15) is attached. 9. Bottle packaging according to claim 5 to 7, characterized in that that with a bottle carrier for two rows of bottles (18) the handle (17) is attached between the straps (15). 10. Bottle packaging according to claim 1 to 9, characterized in that that on the spacers (9) and on dan cylinder shell parts (3A, 3C) of the inner wall (3) ribs (22) are arranged in locations adjacent to the straps (16) of the bottle carriers which run from top to bottom and are stronger than the bands (16). 11. Bottle crate according to claim 1 l-nd 5, characterized in that that the upwardly geric.lteten surfaces of the spacers (9) and / or cylinder shell parts (3A,; O) recesses (21) or other supports for the surrounding tape (15) of the bottle carrier.