Patent ID: 6571533
Filing Date: 2003-06-03
Classification: B65B,Y10S

Abstract:
A bottle handling device for inserting a predetermined number of similar bottles in an upright orientation into a rectangular container having a bottom, two sides and two end walls and which container is adapted to be fully filled by said number of bottles when in that orientation, the device comprising a generally rectangular frame adapted to be removably inserted into and nestle in said container which frame is constructed of a series of spaced mutually generally parallel longitudinal wall members and a series of spaced mutually generally parallel transverse wall members both series of members having ends which extend substantially to a container end wall or a container sidewall respectively when the device is located in said container, each member of each series being joined at a series of connections with members of the other series to form a plurality of similar sized cells each of which is bound on at least two sides by sections of said longitudinal and said transverse members each cell being adapted to allow passage therethrough of a main body of a bottle, said frame being adapted, when located in a container, to be maintained via support means parallel to a base of said container and in a volume in said container above a lower volume occupied by main bodies of bottles when located in said container, a bottle guide member extending at right angles from each connection which is shared by four cells and which is adapted to extend toward said container base, each said bottle guide member being dimensioned to fit within a void existing between four bottles when located in said cells, and wherein said support means comprises of bottle guide members extending from the connections of the intersections between longitudinal and transverse members.