Stackable tray for bags containing liquids, stacked arrangements and stacking methods
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IPC분류정보
국가/구분
United States(US) Patent
등록
국제특허분류(IPC7판)
B65D-021/02
B65D-071/70
출원번호
US-0136032
(2013-12-20)
등록번호
US-9233778
(2016-01-12)
발명자
/ 주소
Prince, Sidney Scott
Hoover, Lee Scott
Cugliari, Antonino
출원인 / 주소
Parmalat Canada Inc.
대리인 / 주소
Wolf, Greenfield & Sacks, P.C.
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2인용 특허 :
27
초록▼
Stackable trays for bags containing liquids, stacked arrangements and stacking methods are disclosed. A tray has a first surface to support one or more bags containing liquid and could include a plurality of cells adapted to receive the bags. The tray has a second surface opposite the first surface.
Stackable trays for bags containing liquids, stacked arrangements and stacking methods are disclosed. A tray has a first surface to support one or more bags containing liquid and could include a plurality of cells adapted to receive the bags. The tray has a second surface opposite the first surface. The second surface transfers at least a portion of a load on the first surface to one or more bags containing liquid arranged below the second surface. A stacked arrangement includes multiple layers of bags containing liquid with a respective stackable tray between adjacent layers of the multiple layers. The trays could thus be used in stacking or otherwise arranging bags containing liquid in multiple layers.
대표청구항▼
1. A stacked arrangement comprising: a first tray comprising: a first surface for supporting one or more substantially identical compressible bladders containing liquid, wherein each of said bladders has a resting height,one or more columns extending from said first surface, anda second surface, opp
1. A stacked arrangement comprising: a first tray comprising: a first surface for supporting one or more substantially identical compressible bladders containing liquid, wherein each of said bladders has a resting height,one or more columns extending from said first surface, anda second surface, opposite said first surface, said second surface comprising one or more recesses;said one or more bladders containing liquid arranged on said first tray; andan identical, second tray stacked on said first tray, wherein the one or more recesses of said second tray receive ends of said one or more columns of said first tray, wherein a vertical distance between said first surface of said first tray and the second surface of said second tray is less than said resting height, and wherein the second tray is supported at least partially by said one or more bladders on said first tray and at least partially by said one or more columns of said first tray, said one or more bladders being at least partially compressed between said first surface of said first tray and said second surface of said second tray. 2. The stacked arrangement of claim 1, wherein said first surface comprises a plurality of cells adapted to receive said one or more bladders containing liquid. 3. The stacked arrangement of claim 2, wherein said second surface is substantially flat opposite each of said plurality of cells. 4. The stacked arrangement of claim 1, said first surface comprising one or more reinforcement ribs to strengthen said first surface. 5. The stacked arrangement of claim 4, wherein said first surface comprises cells of varying or substantially similar shape defined by said one or more reinforcement ribs. 6. The stacked arrangement of claim 5, wherein said cells are each shaped to receive three bladders containing liquid. 7. The stacked arrangement of claim 5, wherein said cells are each shaped to receive one bladder containing liquid. 8. The stacked arrangement of claim 1, said second surface comprising channels to strengthen said second surface. 9. The stacked arrangement of claim 1, wherein said one or more columns are arranged at intersections of two or more reinforcement ribs formed on said first surface. 10. The stacked arrangement of claim 1, wherein said one or more columns each comprise a top and a base and are tapered, being narrower at said top than at said base. 11. The stacked arrangement of claim 1, wherein said one or more columns of said first tray are releasably connectable to the one or more recesses of said second tray. 12. The stacked arrangement of claim 1, wherein said one or more columns are integral with a side wall extending along a periphery of said first surface. 13. The stacked arrangement of claim 1, wherein said first surface comprises two or more columns of varying height, and said second surface comprises two or more recesses of varying depth. 14. A method comprising: providing a tray for storing a plurality of substantially identical compressible bladders containing liquid, wherein each of said bladders has a resting height, said tray comprising: a first surface for supporting one or more of said bladders containing liquid;one or more columns extending from said first surface; anda second surface, opposite said first surface, the second surface comprising one or more recesses for receiving ends of the one or more columns of an identical tray to permit said identical tray to be stacked on said tray, wherein, in stacked arrangement, a vertical distance between said first surface of said tray and said second surface of said identical tray is less than said resting height and said identical tray is supported at least partially by said one or more bladders on said tray and at least partially by said one or more columns of said tray;providing a plurality of bladders containing liquid; andstacking the plurality of bladders containing liquid in multiple layers using said tray, said one or more bladders being at least partially compressed between said first surface of said tray and said second surface of said identical tray.
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Altman Francis M. (R-1 ; Box 41 Johnsonville SC 29555), Apparatus for forming stacking surfaces on flexible film freezer bags.
Dull Lawrence Clifford (Greensboro NC) Simmons Larry Arnold (Winston-Salem NC), Package for use in the transport of water-soluble bags of agricultural chemicals in gel or liquid form.
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