Bulk Glass Bottle and
Jar Restraint System
Press Release Info
Demonstration Videos Comming Soon! Operate in CA? Delivery of prototypes for evaluation is available.
Patent Information
Pallet and panel storage system and related methods.
US-12162645-B2 – US-20240092530-A1 – US-11834224-B2 – US-20230062117-A1
Disclosed are systems, apparatus and methods for transporting a palletized stack of bottles or other similar bulk-produced containers using a unique pallet base and a unique set of side panels that may be engaged with the base and with each other in order to protect the stacks of bottles on the pallet base during shipping and transport. Embodiments of the invention dampen vibrations, protect the bottles from exterior contaminants, and allow the bottles to be viewed from the outside if desired. Embodiments of the invention also provide reusable pallet systems that are easy to assemble and disassemble, and ship back for reuse closing the loop on bulk glass bottle and jar production lines.
Waste Statistics
The graph below illustrates the amount of stretch wrap a high speed bottling line produces hourly,weekly and yearly. The shroud style stretch wrap is a shroud design that is heat shrinked around the pallet stack. The most common style is the clear stretch wrap which is half the weight.
Stretch Wrap Recycling
Is a Failure.
An estimated 5.4% of plastic stretch wrap gets recovered and recycled each year in the U.S. This low rate happens because thin film clogs standard municipal sorting machinery, meaning it must be kept clean, dry, and baled separately through commercial or industrial collection programs to avoid landfills.
Paper Air Bags For Transporting
Bulk Glass Are Not Recyclable.
Inside a paper dunnage airbag, you will find an inflatable polyethylene (PE) plastic bladder or film core enclosed by multiple outer plies of high-strength extensible kraft paper, all connected to an inflation/deflation valve.
Urge Your Supplier for Change.
1. Call your supplier and let them know about my panel system. Explain to them that your company would prefer an environmentally friendly alternative delivered to your bottling facility.
2. Forward my website to your collegues, and ask them to do the same.
3. Research your states single use plastic laws. Twelve U.S. states have enacted statewide bans on single-use plastic checkout bags: California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Hawaii, Maine, New Jersey, New York, Oregon, Rhode Island, Vermont, and Washington. Many of these states also restrict expanded polystyrene (Styrofoam) foodware and single-use plastic straws. If a stack of bulk glass comes into your facility and it is wrapped in stretch wrap, that is considered single use. Please note that my invention is quite new and the industry is obviously not going to just start changing over for the betterment of the environment.
How Does My Tech Remove
The Cap And Panels?
Panels and lid may be assenbled and disassembled manually. However, its advisable to use todays lift assist technology to create a safer workplace. Technologies such as vacuum lifters, manipulators, and articulated jib arms eliminate the need for manual lifting.
1. Place vacuum assist device on top of lid and lift approximately one foot.
2. Pry each panel off (Approximately 20LBS) letting them lean on the safety support that is in front of each panel.
3. Lower lid back on the stack and start removing the panels and place them on their corresponding pallets (long and short).
4. Note: The lid can be stacked robotically taking the place of the wood frame.
5. Panels are shipped back to your supplier just like pallets.
Benefits Of Using A Panel System
1. The elimination of plastic in the glass bottle and jar industry will have a positive impact on the environment.
2. The panels have an interlocking feature that prevents movement side to side or back and forth. This feature eliminates the paper styled air bags that are used to stabalize loads in route to customers. These bags are even worse than stretch wrap because you cannot recycle them.
3. Wine change?, glass change? bad wine? bad glass? wrong glass? All of these problems are simplified for the line worker because all that is required to get the glass off the line is to place the panels and lid back on and return it to stock. No more fumbling with straps and manuallly rewrapping the stack which is time consumming.
4. Store them inside or outside, our panel design keeps your bottles clean and dry!
Does your driver need to dump a bad stack of glass? Remove the front panel and start pushing from the back with a broom. Each layer is controlled by the other three panels which makes it much easier to handle.
Restraint System Parts
Top Cap
Weight – 5 Lbs.
Dimensions – 56x44x4
Panel
Weight – 15 LBS
Dimensions – 56X72
Panel Attachement Illustration
Letter From Product Developer Mark H. Costello:
Hello!
Everyone loves to eat and drink out of glass containers. I think we can all agree that the glass bottle and jar industry is of vital importance to consumers who want the unmistakable fresh taste glass gives us in our beverages and food products. My goal is to promote an enviromentally friendly alternative on how bulk glass and jars are stored and shipped.
