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US 7,350,647 B2Granted
Bottle rack and a bottle storage device
AssigneeLiebherr-Hausgeraete Ochsenhausen GmbH
InventorsErna Haller, Martin Goeppel
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Abstract
A bottle rack is provided with a plurality of receivers for storage of bottles in prone position. A certain number of the receivers are foldable to be angularly tilted with respect to the non-foldable receivers and to receive respective bottles in sloping position.
Claims13
A bottle rack comprising
- a width (B) and length (L),
- a number (N) of receivers (2) each extending parallel to the length (L) and arranged adjacent one another in the direction of the width (B) for receiving and storing bottles (20) in alignment parallel to the length (L),
- wherein a number (N-N1) of the adjacently-arranged receivers (2) are stationary and a number (N1) of the adjacently-arranged receivers (2) each comprise a pivotal portion (3) having a length (L1>L) less than length (L) of the bottle rack (1) and are pivotal to a downward angular position relative to the adjacent, stationary receivers (2), such that bottles (22) supported upon said respective pivotal portions (3) are presented in sloping position,
- additionally comprising a latching device (9, 10) arranged to fix the downwardly pivotal portions and stationary receivers (2, 3) to one another without downward pivoting of the pivotal portions (3), and
- wherein the latching device comprises a displaceable fixing spigot which can be displaced from either a stationary part into a downwardly pivotal part of the bottle rack (1) or from the downwardly pivotal part into the stationary part of the bottle rack (1).
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A bottle rack, comprising
- a width (B) and length (L),
- a number (N) of receivers (2) each extending parallel to the length (L) and arranged adjacent one another in the direction of the width (B) for receiving and storing bottles (20) in alignment parallel to the length (L),
- wherein a number (N-N1) of the adjacently-arranged receivers (2) are stationary and a number (N1) of adjacently-arranged receivers (2) each comprise a pivotal portion (3) having a length (L1>L) less than length (L) of the bottle rack and are pivotal to a downward angular position relative to the adjacent, stationary receivers (2), such that bottles (22) supported upon said respective pivotal portions (3) are presented in sloping position,
- a separately-mounted central strip (4) upon the bottle rack (1) extending beneath a pivoting axis (8) of a downwardly pivotal part of the bottle rack (1),
- both the separately-mounted central strip (4) and pivoting axis (8) extending in the width direction (B), and the central strip (4) being chamfered such that the downwardly pivoted portions (3) of the receivers (2) are supported against the central strip (4) in the sloping position.
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A bottle rack, comprising
- a width (B) and length (L),
- a number (N) of receivers (2) each extending parallel to the length (L) and arranged adjacent one another in the direction of the width (B) for receiving and storing bottles (20) in alignment parallel to the length (L),
- wherein a number (N-N1) of the adjacently-arranged receivers (2) are stationary and a number (N1) of adjacently-arranged receivers (2) each comprise a pivotal portion (3) having a length (L1>L) less than length (L) of the bottle rack and are pivotal to a downward angular position relative to the adjacent, stationary receivers (2), such that bottles (22) supported upon said respective pivotal portions (3) are presented in sloping position,
- each said receiver (2) comprising the pivotal portion (3) also comprises a stationary portion (2), and an axis (8) positioned thereon and extending in the width direction (B) such that the pivotal portion (3) is directly mounted upon the adjacent stationary portion (2) to pivot about the axis (8),
- a separately-mounted central strip (4) upon the bottle rack (1) extending beneath the pivoting axis (8) of a downwardly pivotal part (3) of the bottle rack (1) and extending in the width direction (B), and
- the central strip (4) being chamfered such that the downwardly pivoted portions (3) of the receivers (2) are supported against the central strip (4) in the sloping position.
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