DE3344410A1 - Plastic bottle crate - Google Patents

Abstract

A transporting crate, made of plastic, for bottles has a grid-type bottom, in which upright webs form compartments for receiving the lower parts of the bottles, and has interrupted side walls, whose upper beams serve as handles, the beams (1) consisting of a web which is flush with the outer plane of the wall and whose upper edge has an inwardly pointing bead (2) and whose lower edge merges into an inwardly pointing curvature (3). <IMAGE>

Description

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Applicant: Henk Reinders Großringer Str.

Rings, OT. Neugnadenfeld

Title: Plastic bottle crate

Representative: patent attorneys

Dipl. Ing. S. Schulze Horn M. Sc. Dr. H. Hoffmeister Goldstrasse 4400 Munster

The invention relates to one made of plastic Transport costs for bottles, with a lattice-shaped Bottom in which the raised bars form boxes to accommodate the lower bottle sections, and with openwork Side walls, the upper bars of which serve as handles.

Bottle crates or bottle transport crates of plastic have proven themselves well and have now completely replaced the wooden boxes that were common in the past. They showed the advantage that they are robust, weatherproof and light and that they are particularly easy to clean and to handle have are.

The disadvantage of the known transport boxes, however, is that, on the one hand, they use an unnecessarily large amount of plastic need, i.e. are heavier than necessary and also not as economical as optimally possible to produce. . . They also have the disadvantage that the molds used for their production are very complicated, expensive and thus also prone to failure that the cycle times that can be achieved in production are still are relatively long and that cleaning fluid remains in grooves and the like when cleaning, which either has to be removed at great expense or after

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Evaporation leaves edges and the like.

It is accordingly the object of the invention to provide a bottle crate or to create a bottle transport box, in which the aforementioned disadvantages are no longer present and which is particularly cheap and easy can be worn even if it is done with one hand.

Furthermore, the bottle crate should be easy to manufacture and the shape for its manufacture should be economical The weight of the bottle crate should be able to be created and work quickly and reliably particularly low and its stability particularly high, d. H. its use value to be particularly favorable.

The carrying properties should be beneficial not only when lifting the box, but also one enable a secure grip of the box hanging sideways in one hand.

This object is achieved in the case of the aforementioned box according to the invention in such a way that the spars from one there are webs aligned with the outer wall plane,

the upper edge of which has an inwardly pointing bead and its lower edge in an inwardly pointing one Bulge expires. '

The side walls can advantageously be made of smooth panels to facilitate cleaning, whereby the curvature of the handle holms a stiffening and Relief forms the upper part of a circumferential, inward-facing edge of the handle openings form.

To reduce the weight while increasing it at the same time The rigidity can advantageously have two handle openings next to one another on the longitudinal side walls be present, between which .a groove at the top inwardly pointing hollow web of triangular cross-section runs, the lower end of which in the center transversely running web of the bottom opens.

In view of the simplicity of the new bottle transport case and its many advantages, one can think of an ideal Solution of the problems at hand.

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The following is an embodiment of the invention on the basis of a perspective, partially cut Drawing explained in more detail.

The plastic transport box for bottles has two longitudinal side walls 4 and two Transverse side walls 5 which merge in one piece with a base 11. The bottom 11 is designed in the form of a grid and has a number of webs that stiffen it once and also boxes for receiving the lower ones Form bottle lots.

The side walls 4 'and 5 consist of smooth plates with openings therein, with edges being present in the opening area.

In the transverse side walls 5 are each a handle opening 7 and in each of the longitudinal side walls two handle openings 6 are arranged, the upwards with support bars Complete 1. The support bars 1 consist of one with the outer wall plane of the walls 4 and 5 aligned web, the upper edge of which has an inwardly pointing bead 2 and the lower edge in an inwardly facing bulge 3 expires. These

Training ensures a particularly good wearing property, since the fingers are in the curvature 3 can claw in, but still enough support is available and still is Forming of this support beam 1 in a form particularly favorable.

The handle openings 6 and 7 have a circumferential edge 8, the upper edge of which is formed by the curvature 3 · will. This increases the rigidity.

Further, larger openings are also with borders provided, while smaller openings remain frameless.

Centered between the handle openings 6 in the longitudinal side walls 4 is a with on each of the longitudinal side walls Hollow web pointing towards the inside of the box. 9 triangular cross-section available, the lower one End in the centrally transverse web 10 of the bottom 11 opens. This will further increase the rigidity and strength achieved with material reduction.

Obviously, the spar training can

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also particularly easy to clean; the same "applies to the smooth surfaces of the side walls 4 and 5. The inventive The bottle crate therefore has considerable advantages, since the smooth surfaces of the side walls continue to exist can be used for receiving advertising.

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Reference number: Support spar (Handle) 1 bead (Handle) 2 Bulge 7th 3 Long side wall 4th Transverse sidewall 5 openings in 4 6th openings in 5 7th Edge of 6 and δ Hollow web 9 web 10 floor 11

Claims (3)

■ Patent claims : f i.j Transport box made of plastic for ■ ■. Bottles, with a lattice-shaped bottom, in which upstanding bars form boxes to accommodate the lower bottle sections, and with openwork Side turns, the upper bars of which serve as handles, characterized in that the bars (1) consist of a web aligned with the outer plane of the wall, the upper edge of which is pointing inwards Has bead (2) and the lower edge of which runs out in an inwardly facing bulge (3). 2. Transport box according to claim 1, characterized in that that the side walls (4, 5) are formed from smooth plates, the curvature (3) of the handle bars (1) the upper part of a circumferential, inward-facing edge (8) of the handle openings (6, 7) form. 3..Transport box according to claim 1 or 2, characterized in that that there are two handle openings (6) next to one another on the longitudinal side walls (4) and between them a hollow web (9) with a triangular cross-section pointing inwards with the tip is present, the lower end of which opens into the raittig transverse web (10) of the bottom (11).