Special receptacle or package – For plural beverage-type receptacles
Patent
1997-09-13
2000-07-18
Hughes, S. Thomas
Special receptacle or package
For plural beverage-type receptacles
206503, 206509, 206511, 220507, B65D 6500, B65D 7500
Patent
active
060893729
DESCRIPTION:
BRIEF SUMMARY
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
Not applicable.
STATEMENT REGARDING FEDERALLY SPONSORED RESEARCH OR DEVELOPMENT
Not applicable.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
The invention relates to a carrier for product pots and more particularly to a carrier for yogurt pots.
2. Discussion of Relevant Art
Carriers of this kind are used in various forms of embodiment and consist, as a rule, of cardboard blanks which are connected to one another by sticking or needling. These carriers are thrown away after being used once.
It is also known practice to distribute milk products such yogurt or cottage cheese in boxes which are injection-moulded from plastic and are provided with a formed-on internal division, in a similar manner to bottle baskets. Crate-shaped carriers of this kind have the advantage that the forces to be transmitted when a fairly large number of carriers are stacked on top of one another are passed on exclusively via the carriers, but not via the products located in the latter. However, they have the disadvantage that they are expensive and bulky.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
The present invention is intended to indicate a carrier for yogurt pots and the like which is inexpensive, can be stacked in a compact manner and keeps stacking forces away from the pots contained in it.
This object is achieved, according to the invention, by means of a carrier having a carrier plate that has a multiplicity of pot receptacles for one pot in each case, which have, in each case, a bottom portion interacting with the bottom of an inserted pot, wherein the pot receptacles have, in each case, a peripheral wall that extends essentially perpendicularly to the plane of the carrier plate, surrounds the peripheral wall of the associated pot and is inclined in relation to the longitudinal axis of the pot receptacle, and the lower end of which is connected, in each case, to a bottom wall, and that there are provided on the carrier plate, in the vicinity of each pot receptacle on the said carrier plate, positioning means between which the bottom wall of a pot receptacle of a carrier placed thereabove can be received.
In the carrier according to the invention, the vertical transmission of forces between carriers stacked on top of one another takes place via the peripheral walls of the pot receptacles, which walls surround the individual pots. Since there is a closed peripheral wall of this kind for each pot receptacle in the carrier, the transmission of forces from one carrier to the other takes place via a multiplicity of transmission points, so that the individual transmission point does not have to receive any extreme force. For this reason, it is possible to manufacture the force-transmitting walls of the pot receptacles from relatively weak material, for example to manufacture the entire carrier from a foil, a metal sheet or a blank made of coated cardboard by deep drawing or vacuum forming.
As a result of the fact that the bottom walls of the pot receptacles are, in each case, positioned in the plane of the carrier by positioning means adjacent to the receptacle openings, a stack of carriers according to the invention is stable, even in the lateral direction. Stacks of this kind can therefore be handled in a satisfactory manner, both manually and mechanically.
The further development of the invention wherein the peripheral wall is provided with at least two gripping grooves that are located opposite one another with respect to the axis of a pot receptacle facilitates the removal of pots from a carrier. This further development is also advantageous as regards the mechanical filling of carriers.
The further developments of the invention wherein the bottom wall has a run-off aperture, wherein the bottom wall is annular, and wherein the bottom walls fall away towards their run-off apertures, are advantageous as regards simple cleaning of the carrier for subsequent re-use.
What is achieved with the further development of the invention wherein the positioning means that are positioning ribs that
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patent: 3142407 (1964-07-01), Poupitch
patent: 3282458 (1966-11-01), Rudd
patent: 5213211 (1993-05-01), Umiker
Cozart Jermie E.
Hughes S. Thomas
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