CN103097256B - Transport unit for large bottles - Google Patents

Abstract

The invention relates to a transport unit, a transport rack and a transport packaging device. The transport unit comprises a transport carrier for the engagement of a fork-lift and large bottles arranged thereon with shoulders below the neck, which have a filling volume of approximately 10 to 30 liters and are arranged next to one another in bottle receptacles of the transport carrier, wherein the transport unit is assembled in a stacked connection to form a transport packaging unit for the purpose of load distribution. The transport frame is composed of a flat cover plate, and the top side of the cover plate is provided with a bottle body accommodating grid; the bottle bodies are arranged in the bottle body accommodating grids on the cover plate in an upright manner, namely by respectively seating the bottoms of the bottle bodies on the cover plate; the cover plate has downwardly projecting support elements on the underside which are aligned with the bottle receptacles, so that the load is transmitted from the cover plate stacked above to the cover plate below in the stacked connection via the respective support elements resting on the shoulders of the bottles.

Description

Transport unit for large bottles

The invention relates to a transport unit for large bottles.

Large bottles with a fill volume of approximately 10 to 30 liters are suitable for manual transport and at the same time provide a relatively large volume of liquid in the container. In most cases, the well-known large bottle is a water reservoir, but of course it can also be used for many other liquids, such as in large kitchens, food production or industrial production. These large bottles are made of plastic for weight reasons. For transport, these large bottles are usually arranged horizontally, ie lying flat, in a transport rack which, with its rigid frame structure, takes up all the loads. The disadvantage of this transport packaging device is that a maximum of eight large bottles can be accommodated in the rack, and the requirements for the material of the rack are relatively high. If a plurality of brackets are stacked and assembled into a transport packaging device, then there is a relatively high space requirement, which is very unfavorable for storage and transportation, and is especially expensive.

It is therefore an object of the present invention to provide a transport unit which is particularly suitable for flat-bed transport, which is capable of accommodating a large number of large bottles and which constitutes an easy-to-handle transport package consisting of transport units stacked on top of each other . Furthermore, the inventive transport unit for large bottles has the advantage of a low material consumption.

The above object is achieved according to the technical solution of the present invention, wherein preferred embodiments of the present invention are specifically illustrated by the following content.

According to the present invention, a transport unit is provided, which is mainly composed of a flat cover plate, on which a large bottle body is erected, that is, the bottom of the large bottle body is seated on the upper surface of the cover plate. A support member protruding downward is provided on the bottom side of the cover plate for each receiving compartment. These supporting parts are arranged in such a way that, when the transport units are arranged in a stack, these supporting parts are respectively positioned on the bottles of the transport unit located below, so that the load is carried by the cover plate above or from the transport unit above. The transfer is via the support part to the shoulder of the large bottle, in particular, and from there, via the bottle, finally to the cover plate lying below. Due to the upright arrangement of the large bottles, significantly more bottles can be accommodated in the transport rack, so that, compared to the prior art, a compact transport packaging consisting of a plurality of transport units stacked on top of one another is achieved. Due to the load transfer via the supporting parts, a very flat construction of the transport unit is required, so that less material is required per support for a large number of bottles and only a small space requirement is required for returning empty transport racks . The height of the transport rack is determined only by the height of the downwardly protruding support parts and the height of the cover plate, wherein the height of the support parts is substantially within the range of the neck height of the large bottles. However, in an advantageous embodiment, the cover plate also has upwardly protruding, preferably cylindrical supports, which delimit the bottle receiving compartment between each other and support the large bottle, however, these supports Parts must only have a small height. The height of the supporting member is below one-third of the height of the large bottle body, especially below one-fourth of the height of the large bottle body. Depending on actual requirements, the height of the supports can be selected individually in such a way that the bottle body is fixed and positioned laterally on the bottom region.

The transport rack is provided for the engagement of the forklift and thus enables the transport rack, together with a layer already carrying large bottles, to be placed by the forklift on the bottles located on the next layer. The support component is aligned with the center of the upper bottle accommodation compartment. As a result, when the stack is interconnected, the loads on the respective upper cover plate are transferred to the respective lower cover plate via the respective support element which is in contact with the shoulder of the bottle. The load transfer from the support part to the shoulder of the large bottle has the advantage that, on the one hand, the surface for force transmission is increased and thus the specific stresses are reduced, so that large bottles with thin walls can be moved without defects. and transport reliably.

Expediently, the support part is formed as a circular ring structure, preferably with a larger diameter, so that the load transfer distance from the support part in the shoulder area to the outer end edge of the shoulder of the large bottle is considerably reduced. In this way, the load on the large bottle is reduced to such an extent that it is no longer increased and standardized customary large bottles can be used for the transport packaging.

In a particular embodiment of the invention, it is also possible to provide section-wise recesses in the support part on the underside of the cover plate. This makes it possible to integrate the receiving surface of the forklift in the transport frame without requiring additional space.

In another particular embodiment, the bottle-receiving compartment on the top side of the cover is defined by upstanding supports. These supports support the large bottle from the sides and prevent the large bottle from sliding out of the top side of the cover. The support surface of the support can be flat or arched, or match the shape of the outside of the large bottle. The support members can have different numbers and different positions, as long as it can ensure the reliable positioning of the large bottle body on the transport rack. It is also conceivable to dispense with supports on the inside of the transport rack, in which case the large bottles located on the inside are supported on the large bottles located on the outside. In order to facilitate increased stability of the support, the cover is supported on the underside by additional ribs. It is also advantageous that the supports form a hollow structure, so that the weight of the transport rack is reduced and the use of material is kept to a minimum.

In yet another specific embodiment of the present invention, the cover plate is provided with openings, and these openings are respectively arranged in the center of each bottle containing compartment, and are used to accommodate the bottle head located below. In order to facilitate the placement of the transport rack on the large bottles located on the lower level, it is advantageous if the diameter of the opening is significantly greater than the diameter of the head of the bottle. Because many large bottles have inwardly extending arches in the center of the vertical surface, it is possible to accommodate the head of the bottle below through the opening in these arches, thereby making the large bottles As well as the height and space requirement of the stack of transport packaging devices is reduced. In a further advantageous embodiment, the cover of the transport rack has a planar structure, and the supports and their end faces have a closed structure.

In an advantageous embodiment, the supporting elements on the underside of the cover form a closed circumferential ring structure protruding downwards, or a plurality of supporting elements are arranged around each grid in an annular manner. These annular support parts ensure a uniform loading of the large bottle body on the shoulder region by means of a constant distance to the end edge of the shoulder region of the large bottle body. As a result, load extremes on individual areas are avoided and a maximum load-bearing capacity of the transport packaging is achieved.

In order to achieve the largest possible surface transfer of the load-bearing load from the support part to the shoulder of the large bottle, and to avoid unintentional load extremes, it is advantageous if the faces of the support part are rounded, inclined, or aligned with The shoulder structure of the large bottle body matches. Furthermore, it is also conceivable to extend the surface radially in two directions in order to achieve a load transfer over the largest possible surface area.

It can be seen from the foregoing that it is advantageous to keep the distance from the outer edge of the shoulder of the large bottle to the force transmission area of the support part on the shoulder of the large bottle as small as possible. In this case, it has proven to be useful to support the supporting part on the underside of the cover plate on the shoulder of the large bottle body beyond half, preferably beyond two thirds, of the diameter of the large bottle body.

The transport rack according to the invention is expediently produced in one piece from plastic, in particular by injection moulding. Even when transporting a large number of large bottles (approximately 15 large bottles) on such a transport rack, the thickness of the cover plate and also the thickness of the side walls of the support parts and the supports can be kept small, wherein , the wall thickness may be in the range of 2 to 8 mm, especially 2 to 5 mm.

Load transfer via the bottles is well known in the field of beverage crates to accommodate standard sized beverage bottles, but it is not known to accommodate more than 10 large bottles, especially 15 large bottles, for flat-bed transport racks body. Due to the size, the high weight and in particular also the fact that several transport racks are stacked on top of each other for transport, these large bottles are arranged horizontally, i.e. lying flat, and only a maximum of 8 bottles can be placed on each transport rack body, so that the transport frame can withstand the larger weight.

The invention also relates to a transport rack for accommodating large bottles in an upright arrangement, and also to a transport package having a plurality of transport units connected in a stack, In this case, a lower flat bottom is preferably used in a transport packaging of this type, which is preferably provided on the sides with two forklift recesses or snap-in openings in each case. As a result, the transport packaging device can use four transport racks and thus transport 60 bottles on these transport racks, while at the same time requiring only a small amount of space.

Next, preferred embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. which shows:

Fig. 1 is a three-dimensional schematic view of a transport packaging device viewed from above at an oblique angle;

Fig. 2 is a three-dimensional schematic view viewed from above at an oblique angle for transport racks for large bottles arranged in rows;

Fig. 3 is a three-dimensional schematic view of the transport rack in Fig. 2 viewed from below at an oblique angle;

Fig. 4 is a three-dimensional schematic view viewed from above at an oblique angle for the transport frame of large bottles that can be exchanged in rows;

Fig. 5 is a three-dimensional schematic view of the transportation frame of Fig. 4 viewed from below at an oblique angle;

Figure 6 is a side view of the transport packaging device;

FIG. 7 is a cross-sectional view of the transport packaging device along the section line shown in FIG. 6 .

FIG. 1 shows a transport packaging device with a flat base frame 1 and four layers of large bottles 2 stacked one on top of the other, which are accommodated on a transport frame 3 . For the transport racks in this embodiment, large bottles are arranged on each transport rack 3, and these large bottles are divided into three rows, five in each row. The base 1 is formed as a flat plate for transport with forklift recesses 4 to enable transport of the transport package. Furthermore, the transport racks 3 also each have a forklift pocket 5 . As can be seen from the accompanying drawings, in the shown embodiment, the bottom member of the transport rack has a flat plate measurement, wherein, the size of the flat plate commonly used in this transport rack is 1100 * 1100 mm, 800 * 1200 mm, 1000 * 1200 mm. mm or 1200 x 1200 mm, where the transport racks are configured for these flat panel sizes. Reference is made here to customary standard measurements for such flat panels. That is to say, the flat plate of the transport rack approximately has such a planar dimension that substantially all of the transport receiving surface of the flat base frame is utilized.

FIG. 2 shows a transport rack with a cover plate 6 in planar or planar form, from the top side of which a cylindrical support 7 protrudes upwards. Corresponding supports 8 are provided on the corners of the plates. The supports 7 have a plurality of support surfaces 9 for placing the bottles on the cover plate 6 ; however, the corner supports 8 only have one support surface 10 each. The supports are each arranged in parallel rows, wherein each of the four supports forms with one another a receiving compartment 11 for large bottles. Obviously, a total of 15 large bottles can be arranged adjacently and successively on the cover plate 6 in FIG. 2 .

An opening 12 is respectively arranged in the center of each bottle accommodating compartment 11, so that the necks of the large bottles respectively located on the next floor can be inserted into the opening. The cover plate 6 is also peripherally provided with a surrounding collar 13 which extends vertically downward from the cover plate 6 .

On the underside of the cover plate 6 , for each compartment, there is provided a support element 14 coaxial with the opening 12 , which is formed as an annular support element 14 in the exemplary embodiment shown in FIG. 3 . During the stacking of the transport racks, the support elements 14 rest with their support surfaces 15 on the shoulders of the large bottles located on the next level. In this way it is achieved that the load acts directly from the cover plate via the supporting part on the shoulder of the bottle body, and from the shoulder to the cover plate lying below. The large bottle body is supported laterally in the accommodation compartment of the cover plate 6 by the support members 7,8 protruding upwards through their support surfaces 9,10, and further the bottle head and the bottle body of each large bottle body The neck is then snapped into the opening 12 of the cover plate 6 stacked on top, so when the transport racks are stacked and connected to each other to form a transport packaging device, it is ensured that the large bottles are in the transport rack. A stable support, or a stable support within a transport package consisting of a plurality of transport frames arranged one above the other.

In order to transfer the load optimally through the bottles in the stack, the diameter of the support member 14 is determined such that its diameter is as close as possible to the outer radius of the footing of the large bottles, so that the load is as direct as possible It is transferred to the cover plate 6 located below via the support member and the bottle body row. It is also expedient for load transmission if the support part 14 is formed by a surrounding ring structure, but this is not essential. In other words, it is also possible to use a plurality of surrounding, in particular ring-shaped, groups of supporting elements on the underside of the cover plate 6 instead of a single surrounding closed ring structure.

As is evident from FIG. 2 , recesses or flattenings are provided on the edge of the support part 14 in order to form recesses 5 for the engagement of the forklift, thereby facilitating the engagement of the fork of the forklift. Here, as shown in FIG. 2 , the long side 2 is provided with a recess 5 for the engagement of the forklift. However, according to actual needs, the recess can also be provided on the short side of FIG. 2 . According to actual needs, the recess can also be arranged on the area surrounding the collar 13 .

The height of the supports 7 , 8 can be set arbitrarily, but it is expedient to determine the lower height in such a way that the overall height just has the effect of being suitable for forming a receiving compartment. Generally, the height of the supporting member is less than 1/3 of the height of the large bottle body, especially less than 1/4. The supports 7, 8 are not used for load transmission in the case of stacked interconnection, they only play the role of laterally supporting the bottle body.

Only to clearly show the underside of the cover plate 6 , two parts are shown in open or section view in FIG. 2 . It can be seen from this that the support member 7 and the support member 8 are configured at the corners such as to form a hollow columnar structure, and the rib structure on the bottom side of the cover plate 6 can also be clearly seen, especially in FIG. 3 . . Obviously, between the openings 12 of each lattice and the annular support member 14 extend ribs denoted by reference numeral 18, which are provided for the purpose of achieving structural stability. In Fig. 3, the ribs are formed as radial bars. In FIG. 3, a recess in the support part 14 is also clearly visible from FIGS. 3 and 5 and is therefore also located at the adjacent support part 14, thereby forming a recess for the engagement of the forklift. . Furthermore, in the corner areas of the bottom, corresponding recesses are provided at the two supports 7, 8 to form snap-in recesses for the forklift.

In the transport rack formed as a pallet in FIG. 2 (the transport rack is generally indicated by reference numeral 19 as a whole), the bottle accommodation compartments 11 are arranged in a row one behind the other, wherein a total of three bottles consisting of the bottle accommodation compartments 11 are formed. The three parallel columns are not offset from each other.

In the embodiment shown in FIG. 4 , there are also three rows of bottle housing compartments 11 , but the position of the middle row is shifted relative to the two outer rows. Therefore, the tray of Figure 4 can only accommodate 14 large bottles. In other respects, however, the structure of the transport rack of FIG. 4 is substantially the same as that of the transport rack 19 of FIGS. 2 and 3 .

It is also clear from FIG. 3 that the through-bands 20 , which are aligned with the recesses 5 for the fork-handler engagement, interact with the forks of the fork-handler to which they are engaged. In the embodiments of FIGS. 4 and 5 , no corresponding belt is provided, however, corresponding recesses can be provided on the side walls of the supporting member according to actual needs, thereby forming corresponding forklift recesses. It can also be seen clearly from Fig. 5 that the rib structure at the bottom line of the cover plate 6 forms vertically staggered ribs, while the rib structure inside the support member 14 forms radial ribs 18, thereby strengthening the tray.

FIG. 6 shows a side view of the transport package shown in FIG. 1 , comprising a base 1 and a total of four transport racks 19 stacked on top of each other, the base having recesses for the engagement of a forklift. 4. Therefore, in the case of using the transport rack of FIG. 2, a total of 75 large bottles are contained in the transport packaging device. It is clear from FIG. 6 that these large bottles have slightly inclined shoulders 22 below the bottle neck 21 or the bottle head. As mentioned above, the supporting surface 15 of the support member is supported on these shoulders. The shoulders act on the load of the pallet with the large bottles above via the bottles to the cover plate below. Due to the clearly upright arrangement of the large bottles in the transport rack, relatively many large bottles can be accommodated in an easy-to-transport transport package. This ensures a stable and reliable interconnection of the transport racks via the bottles, which are fixed laterally on the bottom region by the supports and also on the top region by snapping the necks of the bottles onto the cover plate located above. Come and fix.

Claims (13)

1. a transportation unit, comprise the pallet (19) for forklift occlusion and large-scale bottle (2), described large-scale bottle is arranged on described pallet, and described large-scale bottle is formed with bottle shoulder below bottle neck, described large-scale bottle is configured to the packing volume with 10 to 30 liters, described large-scale bottle is made of plastics, and the bottle that described large-scale bottle is arranged on described pallet (19) adjacent to each other holds in lattice (11), wherein, transport package device is configured for and carries out load effect in stacked interconnected

It is characterized in that, described pallet is made up of plate shaped cover plate (6), and described cover plate has bottle and holds lattice (11) in top side; Described bottle (2) is erect and is arranged, and this just means, the bottle of its bottle body bottom correspondingly on cover plate (6) holds the described cover plate of contact (6) in lattice (11); And, described cover plate (6) has and holds lattice (11) with described bottle and aim at support component (14) that arrange, that stretch out downwards on bottom side, described support component is formed like this, that is, make load when stacked interconnected from the cover plate above being stacked on to be delivered to via the support component of bottle shoulder (22) described in corresponding contact be positioned at below cover plate; Be positioned at described support component (14) on described cover plate (6) bottom side and/or described cover plate (6) and there is dimple (5) for forklift occlusion piecemeal; Described cover plate (6) is provided with the perforate (12) of the bottle head (21) for holding described large-scale bottle (2), wherein, each bottle holds lattice (11) and is respectively provided with a perforate (12), and described perforate is arranged on described bottle holds lattice (11) central authorities, described support component (14) is formed as the circular ring structure with larger diameter thus, thus the support component in shoulder regions is significantly reduced to the dynamic changes process distance of the outer end edge of large-scale bottle shoulder.

2. transportation unit according to claim 1, is characterized in that, described bottle hold lattice (11) each via upwards towards strut member (7,8) be limited to the top side of described cover plate.

3. transportation unit according to claim 2, is characterized in that, described strut member (7,8) is formed as hollow general layout.

4. the transportation unit according to Claims 2 or 3, is characterized in that, the height being formed in the strut member (7,8) on described cover plate (6) top side is less than 1/3 of described large-scale bottle (2) height.

5. the transportation unit according to Claims 2 or 3, is characterized in that, the height being formed in the strut member (7,8) on described cover plate (6) top side is less than 1/4 of described large-scale bottle (2) height.

6. the transportation unit according to Claims 2 or 3, is characterized in that, described cover plate forms planar structure except the support component (14) that stretches out and strut member (7,8).

7. the transportation unit according to Claims 2 or 3, it is characterized in that, described support component (14) corresponding configuration on the bottom side of described cover plate (6) is the cyclic structure of the periphery seal stretched out downwards, or for the multiple support component of each segmented configuration.

8. transportation unit according to claim 7, is characterized in that, for multiple support components that each segmented configuration is organized in the form of a ring.

9. the transportation unit according to Claims 2 or 3, it is characterized in that, the described support component (14) be positioned on described cover plate bottom side forms circular, incline structure on the front end face of this support component towards the shoulder of described large-scale bottle, or matches with the shoulder structure of described large-scale bottle.

10. the transportation unit according to Claims 2 or 3, it is characterized in that, being positioned at described support component (14) on described cover plate bottom side beyond the half of described large-scale bottle (2) diameter, being supported on the shoulder (22) of described large-scale bottle with stacking form for realizing dynamic changes process.

11. transportation units according to Claims 2 or 3, it is characterized in that, being positioned at described support component (14) on described cover plate bottom side beyond 2/3rds of described large-scale bottle (2) diameter, being supported on the shoulder (22) of described large-scale bottle with stacking form for realizing dynamic changes process.

12. 1 kinds of pallets for large-scale bottle, the packing volume of described large-scale bottle is 10 to 30 liters, it is characterized in that, described pallet has the plate shaped cover plate (6) according to aforementioned at least one claim.

13. 1 kinds of transport package devices for large-scale bottle, the packing volume of described large-scale bottle is 10 to 30 liters, it is characterized in that, described transport package device has multiple mutually stacked pallet (19) according to aforementioned any one claim, erects the large-scale bottle (2) and plate shaped base plate (1) that are contained in described pallet, and described base plate is provided with the dimple (4) for forklift occlusion.