Transport Container with Side Wall Slots for Composite Stacking
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing transport containers for bottles and glasses face challenges in balancing space-saving empty stacking with adequate protection and stability when full, as well as limited transport volume and increased damage risk due to recesses in the side walls.
Innovation Solution
The transport container features perpendicularly extending rectangular slots in the side walls that interrupt the terminal edge, allowing for compact empty stacking while maintaining protection by keeping the longitudinal sides mostly closed, with slots and recesses designed to reduce height and increase stacking efficiency.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Volume of moving object
If square recesses are formed in the side walls to enable composite stacking, then the transport height of empty containers is reduced by half, but the goods are essentially unprotected in the area of the recesses and the risk of damage is increased
Solution Approach 1:
The side walls have different properties in different areas: slots are provided only in specific locations (adjacent to corner columns) rather than large recesses throughout. This localized approach maintains protection in most areas while enabling stacking functionality where slots are present.
Solution Approach 2:
Instead of providing full recesses that would maximize stacking efficiency, only partial openings (slots) are created. The slots are shallower and more limited than full recesses, providing a compromise between stacking efficiency and goods protection.
2Volume of moving object
If square recesses are formed in the side walls, then the transport height of empty containers is reduced, but the area for advertising is significantly reduced
Solution Approach 1:
Slots are provided only in specific locations adjacent to corner columns rather than large recesses throughout the side walls. This preserves most of the side wall surface area for advertising purposes while still enabling the composite stacking function where the slots are located.
3Reliability
If compartments are provided on the bottom to ensure non-destructive transport, then the bottles are securely held, but the number of containers that can be transported is limited by transport volume
Solution Approach 1:
The invention enables containers to be stacked in a composite manner by turning them at 90 degrees, utilizing horizontal space more effectively. This dimensional change in stacking arrangement increases the number of containers that can be transported without compromising the compartment design for bottle protection.
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AI summary
The invention relates to a transport container for bottles, jars, or the like, comprising a base (1) from which corner columns (2) extend and which are connected to one another by side walls (3, 4), wherein the first side walls (3) form the end faces and the second side walls (4) form the longitudinal sides, and which is provided with a finishing edge (5) at the end facing away from the base (1), and a compartment (8) is provided on the base. Slots (10) are formed in the second side walls (4) which interrupt the finishing edge (5) in the side walls (4).