LU85655A1 - PLASTIC BOTTLE RACK - Google Patents

Description

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Plastic bottle rack.

The invention relates to a plastic bottle rack with a grid-like bottom, in which tall spacers form compartments for receiving the lower parts of the bottles, and with hollowed out side walls, the upper rails of which serve as handles. .

The bottle racks or transport racks for plastic bottles have given good results, and have completely supplanted the wooden racks commonly used in the past. They had the advantage of being robust, weather resistant and light and in particular easy to clean and handle.

Known transport cases have the disadvantage, on the one hand, of requiring an unnecessarily large amount of plastic, therefore of being heavier than necessary, and also of not being able to be produced as economically as this would be possible under optimal conditions. On the other hand, they have the drawback that the molds used for their manufacture are very complicated, expensive and therefore also sensitive to disturbance, that their production rates remain relatively long and furthermore that there remains, during cleaning them, in the grooves etc., cleaning liquid which must be removed at great cost, or drains from the edges or the like after evaporation.

30 J The invention therefore relates to a bottle rack or a rack for transporting bottles which no longer has the above drawbacks and which can be worn in a particularly favorable and easy manner, even .....

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The bottle rack must also be easy to manufacture, the mold for its manufacture must be able to be "economically constructed and able to work quickly and safely, the weight of the bottle rack must be particularly low and its stability particularly high, c that is to say that its use value must be particularly favorable.

The bearing properties must not only be advantageous during the lifting of the rack, but also allow a secure grip of the hanging rack in one hand, inclined to the side.

This object is achieved in accordance with the invention with the compartments previously mentioned, in that the longitudinal members consist of a rib aligned on the outside wall plane, the upper edge of which has a bulge directed inwards and the lower edge ends in a rounded interior.

„The side walls can advantageously be formed from plates, smooth to facilitate cleaning, the rounding of the gripping beams, which brings stiffening and lightening, forming the upper part of an edge of the gripping openings} turned towards the inside.

To reduce the weight while increasing the stiffness, it is advantageous to provide side by side ~ on the walls of the long sides, two gripping openings between which passes a hollow rib of triangular section with the point facing inwards, of which the lower end opens into the central transverse rib 30 of the bottom. ·

Given the simplicity of the new transport bottle rack and its many advantages, we can

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An exemplary embodiment of the invention is explained in more detail below on the basis of the appended drawing which represents a rack in perspective and in partial section.

5 The transport case for plastic bottles has two walls on the long sides H and two walls on the short sides 5, which form a single piece with a bottom 11. The bottom 11 is in the form of a grid and has a certain number of ribs. which, on the one hand, stiffen it, and on the other hand form compartments for || receive the lower parts of the bottles.

The side walls 4 and 5 consist of smooth plates Q 'pierced with openings, edges being present in the region of the openings.

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3 In the walls of the short sides 5 are arranged respectively a gripping opening 7 and in the walls of the long sides respectively two openings of „. gripping 6, which ends upwards by carrying rails 1. The carrying rails 1 consist of a rib aligned with the plane of the outer wall of the walls 4 and 5, the upper edge of which has a bulge or bead 2 facing inwards, and | the lower edge of which ends in a rounded 3 facing inward. This configuration ensures, on the one hand, a particularly good carrying property, since the fingers can grip in the rounding 3 while allowing sufficient shoring, and in addition the demolding of this carrying spar 1, a mold, is particularly; * favorable.

• 30 d J The grip openings 6 and 7 have a! edge 8 which goes around it, and whose upper edge is formed by the rounding 3 · An improved rigidity is thus obtained.

! The other large openings are also provided with edges, while the small openings of the B 7231 ML / Jl • JAHV.8M are devoid of them.

In the central position between the gripping openings 6 of the walls of the long sides, a hollow rib 5 9 of triangular section is provided on each of the walls of the long sides, the point of which faces towards the inside of the rack, and the lower end of which ““ Opens into the central transverse rib 10 of the bottom 11; A further increase in rigidity and strength is thus obtained while reducing the amount of material.

| As can be seen, the shape of the carrying beam also allows for particularly easy cleaning. This also applies to the smooth surfaces of the side walls 4 and 5. The bottle rack according to the invention therefore has significant advantages, since the smooth surfaces of the side walls can also receive advertising.

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Claims (2)

1. Plastic rack for transporting bottles with a grid-shaped bottom, in which high ribs form compartments to receive the 5 lower parts of bottles, and whose perforated side walls, whose upper side members serve as handles , characterized in that the side members (1) consist of a rib aligned with the outside plane of the wall, the upper edge of which has a bulge (2) directed inwards, and the lower edge of which ends in a rounded (3) directed inward. <Q2. Transport rack according to claim 1, characterized in that the side walls (4,5) are formed from flat plates, the rounding (3) of the gripping beams (1) forming the upper part of an edge (8 ) going all the way around, facing inwards, the gripping openings (6,7). 3. Transport rack according to any one of claims 1 or 2, characterized in that two gripping openings (6) are present side by side on the walls of the long sides (4) and in that they are separate by a hollow rib (9) of triangular section, the tip of which faces inward, and the lower end of which opens into the transverse rib (10) of the bottom (11). f - \