EP0499852A3 - Plastic container in the form of a crate - Google Patents

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EP0499852A3
EP0499852A3 EP19920101523 EP92101523A EP0499852A3 EP 0499852 A3 EP0499852 A3 EP 0499852A3 EP 19920101523 EP19920101523 EP 19920101523 EP 92101523 A EP92101523 A EP 92101523A EP 0499852 A3 EP0499852 A3 EP 0499852A3
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reinforcing ribs
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crate
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Gerhard Schaefer
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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—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, by deep-drawing operations performed on sheet material
    • B65D1/40—Details of 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
    • B65D25/00—Details of other kinds or types of rigid or semi-rigid containers
    • B65D25/20—External fittings
    • B65D25/24—External fittings for spacing bases of containers from supporting surfaces, e.g. legs

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  • Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • Mechanical Engineering (AREA)
  • Ceramic Engineering (AREA)
  • Containers Having Bodies Formed In One Piece (AREA)
  • Details Of Rigid Or Semi-Rigid Containers (AREA)
  • Rigid Containers With Two Or More Constituent Elements (AREA)
  • Packaging Of Annular Or Rod-Shaped Articles, Wearing Apparel, Cassettes, Or The Like (AREA)
  • Table Devices Or Equipment (AREA)

Abstract

A plastic container 1 in the form of a crate, specifically in particular a storage and transport crate, is proposed, in which a bottom 4 having a flat upper side is stabilised on the underside by reinforcing ribs 5, 6, and in which flat webs 8 extend along the bottom edge 7 in the direction of the bottom plane, are supported with spacing below the bottom plane by reinforcing ribs 9 extending transversely to the bottom edge 7, and form the standing surfaces of the container 1. Gaps bounded in the manner of pockets between the underside of the bottom, the upper side of the flat web and the transversely directed reinforcing ribs are provided with openings 14 at the edge of the bottom. In order that the containers 1 can be reliably cleaned at all points in practical usage and without cumbersome additional manipulations with a simple manufacturing possibility by means of the usual plastic injection moulding tools, the inwardly directed boundary edges 11 of the flat webs 8 forming the standing surfaces have a spacing 12 from bottom reinforcing ribs 5 and 6 running parallel to them on the underside and form at that point downwardly open passages 15 in the gaps 13 bounded in the manner of pockets. <IMAGE>
EP92101523A 1991-02-22 1992-01-30 Plastic container in the form of a crate Expired - Lifetime EP0499852B1 (en)

Applications Claiming Priority (2)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
DE4105527 1991-02-22
DE4105527A DE4105527A1 (en) 1991-02-22 1991-02-22 BOXED PLASTIC CONTAINER

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EP0499852A2 EP0499852A2 (en) 1992-08-26
EP0499852A3 true EP0499852A3 (en) 1993-02-24
EP0499852B1 EP0499852B1 (en) 1996-05-01

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EP92101523A Expired - Lifetime EP0499852B1 (en) 1991-02-22 1992-01-30 Plastic container in the form of a crate

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US (1) US5397022A (en)
EP (1) EP0499852B1 (en)
AT (1) ATE137461T1 (en)
CA (1) CA2061677A1 (en)
DE (2) DE4105527A1 (en)

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DE8137907U1 (en) * 1981-12-28 1982-04-15 Fritz Schäfer GmbH, 5908 Neunkirchen Box-shaped containers, especially storage and transport boxes
DE8903430U1 (en) * 1989-03-07 1989-07-20 Stucki Kunststoffwerk Und Werkzeugbau Gmbh, 4902 Bad Salzuflen Storage and transport equipment made of plastic
DE9002339U1 (en) * 1990-02-28 1990-06-13 Stucki Kunststoffwerk Und Werkzeugbau Gmbh, 4902 Bad Salzuflen Plastic transport box

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GB2076366A (en) * 1980-05-20 1981-12-02 Utz Ag Georg Stackable crates
DE8137907U1 (en) * 1981-12-28 1982-04-15 Fritz Schäfer GmbH, 5908 Neunkirchen Box-shaped containers, especially storage and transport boxes
DE8903430U1 (en) * 1989-03-07 1989-07-20 Stucki Kunststoffwerk Und Werkzeugbau Gmbh, 4902 Bad Salzuflen Storage and transport equipment made of plastic
DE9002339U1 (en) * 1990-02-28 1990-06-13 Stucki Kunststoffwerk Und Werkzeugbau Gmbh, 4902 Bad Salzuflen Plastic transport box

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US5397022A (en) 1995-03-14
ATE137461T1 (en) 1996-05-15
DE4105527C2 (en) 1993-09-23
EP0499852B1 (en) 1996-05-01
DE4105527A1 (en) 1992-08-27
CA2061677A1 (en) 1992-08-23
DE59206146D1 (en) 1996-06-05
EP0499852A2 (en) 1992-08-26

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