EP0668220A1 - Stapelfähiger Behälter - Google Patents

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EP0668220A1
EP0668220A1 EP95200350A EP95200350A EP0668220A1 EP 0668220 A1 EP0668220 A1 EP 0668220A1 EP 95200350 A EP95200350 A EP 95200350A EP 95200350 A EP95200350 A EP 95200350A EP 0668220 A1 EP0668220 A1 EP 0668220A1
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Joseph Leopold Maria Pieters
Johannes Jan Strien
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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
    • B65D71/00—Bundles of articles held together by packaging elements for convenience of storage or transport, e.g. portable segregating carrier for plural receptacles such as beer cans or pop bottles; Bales of material
    • B65D71/70—Trays provided with projections or recesses in order to assemble multiple articles, e.g. intermediate elements for stacking
    • 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
    • B65D21/00—Nestable, stackable or joinable containers; Containers of variable capacity
    • B65D21/02—Containers specially shaped, or provided with fittings or attachments, to facilitate nesting, stacking, or joining together
    • B65D21/0209—Containers specially shaped, or provided with fittings or attachments, to facilitate nesting, stacking, or joining together stackable or joined together one-upon-the-other in the upright or upside-down position
    • B65D21/0215—Containers with stacking feet or corner elements

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  • the invention concerns a crate for forming a pile consisting of a crate, products carried by this crate, another crate carried by these products, and so on, said crate having a rectangular bottom and four side walls.
  • Crates of this type are used for, among other purposes, storing and transporting tins and jars containing foods.
  • a plurality of products are placed on top of the bottom of a first crate, after which another crate is arranged on the upper sides of these products. Subsequently, a plurality of products is placed on top of the bottom of that crate, and so on.
  • Such a pile may also be completed by covering it with a shrink-wrap made of plastic film.
  • a disadvantage of such a crate is that, in a pile formed of these crates, no connection whatsoever can be realized between a crate and the one positioned below it or above it. This means that such a pile possesses little coherence, as a result of which the pile lacks stability. Exterior loads can easily lead to relative displacements of the crates containing the products, as a result of which the pile may become irregular or may even fall down.
  • the invention aims to provide a crate of the type mentioned in the preamble, by means of which this disadvantage can be eliminated in a simple, but nevertheless effective way.
  • the crate according to the invention is characterized by legs projecting from the upper sides of at least some of the side walls and by recesses in corresponding places in the lower sides of the side walls for holding the legs of a crate positioned below that crate, wherein the shape of the legs and the recesses is such that, when these are completely joined together, the lower sides of the side walls of the upper crate are substantially in flush with the upper sides of the side walls of the crate below it.
  • the legs projecting from the upper sides of at least some of the side walls of a crate can be engaged in the recesses formed in the lower sides of the side walls of a crate positioned above that crate, so that the crates are blocked against relative displacements, whereby a pile formed of these crates obtains the desired stability. Since the shape of the legs and the recesses allows the lower sides of the side walls of the upper crate to be substantially in flush with the upper sides of the side walls of the crate below it, the crates can be used for carrying products having different heights.
  • the position in which the lower sides of the side walls of the upper crate are substantially or completely in flush with the upper sides of the side walls of the crate below it, can also be used for storing the crates when they are not used. In this position, such a pile of crates takes up a minimal space.
  • the legs and the corresponding recesses are formed at corners of the crate and each consist of two parts extending in the faces of the two side walls converging at the corner concerned.
  • This embodiment of the crate according to the invention is characterized by a particularly high stability in all directions, as a result of the fact that at each corner, a connection has been realized between two successive crates in two faces which are perpendicular to each other.
  • a favourable embodiment of the crate according to the invention is characterized in that the legs and recesses are formed at each of the four corners of the crate.
  • the recesses can be realized in various ways. These may, for example, consist of canals that have been formed in the side walls and are closed all round.
  • each leg When, on forming a pile of crates, the legs of a crate are accommodated within the thus formed recesses of a crate positioned above it, each leg provides, in conjunction with the corresponding recess, stability in each direction, since the canals that are closed all round enclose the legs on all sides.
  • the recesses consist of depressions formed in the outer sides of the side walls.
  • the recesses are formed in this way, the cooperation between the leg and the corresponding recess can only prevent relative displacements of the crates concerned in a limited number of directions.
  • the crate is provided with such legs and recesses at each side wall and corner, respectively, the desired omnidirectional stability is achieved through the cooperation between all of these legs and recesses.
  • Figure 1 shows a combination of two different embodiments of a crate according to the invention.
  • the part represented on the left-hand side of figure 1 belongs to a crate having four side walls 1 (which will in general be perpendicular to each other) and a generally rectangular bottom 2.
  • This crate comprises, at the corners thereof, legs 3 projecting from the upper sides of the side walls 1, which consist of leg members 4 and 5 in the embodiment shown.
  • the leg members 4 and 5 of a leg 3 extend in the faces of two side walls 1 converging on the corner concerned.
  • recesses 6 have been formed in the side walls 1 at the corners 1 concerned, of which the shape essentially corresponds to the shape of the legs 3. This means that the upper rim 7 and the lower rim 8 of each leg member 4 and 5, respectively, are parallel to each other. This is, however, not necessary.
  • the shape of the recesses 6 is such that the legs 3 of a crate placed below the crate concerned can be accommodated in them to a greater or lesser extent.
  • the recesses 6 extend from the lower sides of the side walls 1 to the upper sides thereof. It is, however, also possible that the recesses 6 only extend over a limited part of the height of the side walls 1; in such a case, the legs 3 will, however, in general not necessarily have a smaller height as well.
  • the leg parts 4 and 5 essentially have a triangular shape; other shapes are, however, also conceivable. It should further be mentioned that, while each of the corners of the crate presents a leg 3 in this embodiment, it is also conceivable that the crate has a smaller number of legs 3, for example at two diagonally opposed corners. Alternatively, an embodiment may be realized wherein the legs are not positioned at the corners of the crate, but, for example, in the middle of the side walls 1 and wherein the leg members 4 and 5 are, for example, positioned in the same plane.
  • FIG. 1 On the right-hand side of figure 1, an alternative embodiment of a crate is shown.
  • This embodiment also comprises side walls 9 and a bottom 10.
  • legs 11 At the corners, legs 11 have been formed, consisting of leg members 12 and 13.
  • the recesses now consist of canals 14, which are closed all round. While in the embodiment shown on the left in figure 1, the cooperation between the a leg 3 and a recess 6 is such that the leg 3 cannot be moved towards the crate, but can be moved away from the crate, a leg 11 of the embodiment shown on the right in figure 1 can be moved neither towards nor away from the crate.
  • the canals 14 do not have to penetrate the side walls 9 completely and may be closed on the upper side and thus form blind canals, which are only accessible from the lower side.
  • Figure 2 shows how, by means of the crate shown on the left in figure 1, a pile consisting of alternating layers of crates and products carried by these crates can be formed.
  • the lower crate carries products 15 on top of its bottom, which in turn support a crate positioned above that crate, and so on.
  • the leg 3 of the lower crate is partly accommodated in the recess 6' of the crate above it, while the leg 3' of that crate in turn partly engages in recess 6'' of the next crate above that crate.
  • the weight load of the products is passed on directly from the products to the bottom of the crate, and subsequently to the products below that crate.
  • the stability in a pile is, however, the result of the cooperation between the legs 3, 3' etc. and the corresponding recesses 6', 6'' etc.
  • Figure 3 shows a situation corresponding to that of figure 2, with this difference that the products 16 have a smaller height than the products 15. As a result of this smaller height, it now becomes clearly visible that the legs 3, 3' and 3'' cooperate to a greater extent with the recesses 6', 6'' and 6''', respectively, of the crates above them. In other words, the crates are fitted "deeper into each other".
  • figure 4 shows a situation, in which either very low products (not visible) are present, or no products at all.
  • the crates are nested into each other in such a way that the lower sides of the side walls of the upper crates are substantially in flush with the upper sides of the side walls of the crates below them.
  • the legs 3 are now completely accommodated in the recesses 6.
  • a compact pile can be obtained, which may be used, for example, for storing empty crates.
  • the side walls 1 of the crates need to have enough supporting power to absorb the loads that arise.

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NL9400237A NL9400237A (nl) 1994-02-16 1994-02-16 Krat.
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DE (1) DE69502639T2 (de)
FI (1) FI950702A (de)
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NO (1) NO950276L (de)

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FR2908397A1 (fr) * 2006-11-15 2008-05-16 Becton Dickinson France Soc Pa Unite d'emballage empilable,element intermediaire destine a etre utilise en combinaison,emballage constitue et ensemble de produits emballes

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US3771646A (en) * 1972-06-28 1973-11-13 Plastofilm Ind Inc Shipping holder for spark plugs or the like
US4523681A (en) * 1984-03-05 1985-06-18 Pinckney Molded Plastics, Inc. Multilevel stacking container
WO1990005679A1 (en) * 1988-11-15 1990-05-31 Rehrig-Pacific Company, Inc. Nestable tray

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US3771646A (en) * 1972-06-28 1973-11-13 Plastofilm Ind Inc Shipping holder for spark plugs or the like
US4523681A (en) * 1984-03-05 1985-06-18 Pinckney Molded Plastics, Inc. Multilevel stacking container
WO1990005679A1 (en) * 1988-11-15 1990-05-31 Rehrig-Pacific Company, Inc. Nestable tray

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FR2908397A1 (fr) * 2006-11-15 2008-05-16 Becton Dickinson France Soc Pa Unite d'emballage empilable,element intermediaire destine a etre utilise en combinaison,emballage constitue et ensemble de produits emballes
WO2008059383A2 (en) * 2006-11-15 2008-05-22 Becton Dickinson France Stackable packaging unit
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FI950702A0 (fi) 1995-02-16
NO950276D0 (no) 1995-01-25
ATE166626T1 (de) 1998-06-15
NL9400237A (nl) 1995-10-02
DE69502639D1 (de) 1998-07-02

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