EP0212874A3 - Universal case for transporting bottles - Google Patents

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EP0212874A3
EP0212874A3 EP86305810A EP86305810A EP0212874A3 EP 0212874 A3 EP0212874 A3 EP 0212874A3 EP 86305810 A EP86305810 A EP 86305810A EP 86305810 A EP86305810 A EP 86305810A EP 0212874 A3 EP0212874 A3 EP 0212874A3
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bottle
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Roy Hammett
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International Container Systems Inc
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Abstract

A universal case is capable of transporting PET bottles of a basecup type and a petaloid type. The case (2) includes an outer shell (4, 6) and a plurality of support ribs (32, 34, 36, 38) for reinforcing the shell. The outer shell and support ribs are shaped to define a plurality of bottle pockets (25) for receiving the bases of PET bottles. A bottle seating structure (40) is as­ sociated with each bottle pocket (25) and includes a base-cup-­ bottle alignment structure (42, 44, 48) and a petaloid-bottle alingment structure (54, 56). The base-cup-bottle alignment structure (42, 44, 48) is configured to orient (42, 44) a PET bottle (100) of the base-cup-type seated in the bottle pocket (25) so that a longitudinal symmetry axis of the bottle extends generally parallel to a pocket centerline. The petaloid-bottle alignment structure (54, 56) is adapted to orient a PET bottle of the petaloid type seated in the bottle pocket (25) so that the longitudinal symmetry axis of the bottle extends generally parallel to the pocket centerline. The case also includes a case rest (60) associated with each bottle pocket (25). The case rest (60) has a central-base-surface bottle-to-case load-transmis­ sion surface (61) facing the bottle pocket (25) and a case-to-­ closure load-transmission surface (63) facing outward from the bottom of the case. Contact surfaces of the base-cup-bot­ tle alignment structure and the petaloid-bottle alignment struc­ ture are offset from one another so that the central base sur­ face bottle-to-case load-transmission surface (61) of the case rest (60) is positioned to contact a central base surface (108, 130) of bottles (100, 120) of both the base-cup type and the petaloid type when the bottles are seated in the bottle seating structure (40). Cases of the invention filled with PET bottles of either the base-cup type of the petaloid type can be stacked in multitiered structures with the case-to-closure load-transmis­ sion surfaces (63) of the case rests (60) in the upper tiers rest­ ing on the tops of the closures (112, 128) of bottles (100, 122) in cases immediately below with weight tending to be transmit­ ted from a central base surface (108, 130) of a bottle (100, 120) in an upper case substantially directly compressively through the case rest (60) of the case to the tops of the closures (112, 128) of the bottles (110, 122) in a next lower case.
EP86305810A 1985-08-01 1986-07-29 Universal case for transporting bottles Withdrawn EP0212874A3 (en)

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DE8717618U1 (en) * 1987-01-15 1989-06-08 Alexander Schoeller & Co. AG, Romont Box made of plastic in particular, for holding containers, in particular bottles

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US4161259A (en) * 1977-10-17 1979-07-17 Procesos Plasticos, S.A. Stackable container for bottles and the like
US4204617A (en) * 1978-03-17 1980-05-27 Kyowa Electric & Chemical Co., Ltd. Two bottle carrier
US4249671A (en) * 1979-04-12 1981-02-10 Rehrig Pacific Company Carrying case
EP0114392A1 (en) * 1983-01-11 1984-08-01 Franz Delbrouck GmbH Plastic crate for bottles

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Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US4161259A (en) * 1977-10-17 1979-07-17 Procesos Plasticos, S.A. Stackable container for bottles and the like
US4204617A (en) * 1978-03-17 1980-05-27 Kyowa Electric & Chemical Co., Ltd. Two bottle carrier
US4249671A (en) * 1979-04-12 1981-02-10 Rehrig Pacific Company Carrying case
EP0114392A1 (en) * 1983-01-11 1984-08-01 Franz Delbrouck GmbH Plastic crate for bottles

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