CN101166668A

CN101166668A - Reusable container

Info

Publication number: CN101166668A
Application number: CNA2006800138867A
Authority: CN
Inventors: W·J·斯基利特; K·R·斯托亚克; R·G·哈尔
Original assignee: PACKAGING ENGINEERING LLC
Current assignee: PACKAGING ENGINEERING LLC
Priority date: 2005-02-24
Filing date: 2006-02-23
Publication date: 2008-04-23

Abstract

A reusable container comprises a base comprising a pair of frame members, a pair of end pieces and a center section, wherein the base is provided with a plurality of tab slots, a lid provided with a plurality of tab slots, and at least one wall comprising a plurality of locking tabs formed as unitary extensions of the wall, wherein the plurality of locking tabs engage the plurality of tab slots, securing the to the base and to the lid. A back brace carrier having at least one rib formed as a unitary extension of the back brace carrier cooperates with a rib on the lid to removably captivate a back brace. The back brace provides support for the product. The walls may have a length and define a first plane, and have unitary exterior ribs running along the length. The walls also have unitary corner flanges formed at a right angle to the first plane.

Description

Reusable container

Priority request

The application requires the preceence of U.S. Provisional Patent Application No.60/655942, and its submission date is on February 24th, 2005.

Technical field

The present invention relates to pack the improvement with transfer cask, and more specifically relate to improved recyclable and reusable container.

Background technology

Container can depend on the designing requirement of container by multiple material manufacture.Such as, only more durable in use and can load heavier goods by the container of timber manufacturing.Yet the cost of timber and initial stack-mounted labour cost may be quite high.Cootle can be repeatedly used, but the known container of this kind is not easy to shrivel so that return transportation.So, this kind container traffic return just requires bigger space.

How production corrugated material, such as, the combined material of corrugated board or corrugated material and timber is known.Such as, US Patent 5174448 discloses a kind of Wooden tray with reusable edible paperboard version sidewall.The intensity and the stowage capacity of this kind container are limited.In addition, when wishing the repeated usage container, as under the situation that can return packing, known container can only stand limited repeated usage.Equally, make it can compact return transportation though some container can shrivel, need do a lot of work and could the reconstruct containers be used for repeated usage.

Preferably provide a kind of reusable container that is used for the big and friable material of domestic shipping weight, and this structure of container is firm and cost is cheaper, and is easy to assembling and disintegrates.

Summary of the invention

According to first aspect, a kind of formation of reusable container comprises: by a pair of member, a pair of dististyle and the end that the stage casing constitutes,, wherein the end, be provided with a plurality of joint film traps; A lid that is provided with a plurality of joint film traps; And at least one wall that constitutes by a plurality of locked joints sheets that form as the unit extension of wall, wherein a plurality of locked joints chip bondings are fixed in Di Hegai with wall among a plurality of joint film traps.According on the other hand, have at least one back pole-bracket and combine with back brace with removably with the floor cooperation that covers as the floor of the unit extension formation of back pole-bracket.This back brace can provide support to product.According on the other hand, wall can have a length and determine one first plane, and has the modular external reinforcing rib that extends along length.This wall also has and the rectangular unitary corner flanges of first planar shaped.

According to top open and detailed description to various preferred implementations, apparent for those skilled in the art, the present invention is providing huge advance made aspect the reusable container technique.Huge especially in this respect is the potentiality that the present invention can provide a kind of high quality, low-cost reusable container.Other characteristics of various preferred implementations and advantage can obtain better understanding according to the detailed description that provides below.

Description of drawings

Fig. 1 is the transparent view that is suitable for reusable container according to preferred implementation that Windshield is housed.

Fig. 2 is the end, dististyle, the stage casing perspective cut-away schematic view that the preferred implementation of Fig. 1 is shown.

Fig. 3 is the independent transparent view according to the back brace of preferred implementation.

Fig. 4 is the independent transparent view according to the anchor clamps of preferred implementation.

Fig. 5 is the independent transparent view according to the end wall of preferred implementation.

Fig. 6 is the independent transparent view according to the sidewall of preferred implementation.

Fig. 7-8 be respectively according to a pair of roof of preferred implementation separately on look and under look transparent view.

Fig. 9 illustrates one to cover the end wall of optional end cap of the opening lead to tray slot to the connection lateral plan of dististyle.

Figure 10 covers the bonded assembly close-up perspective view for sidewall arrives.

Should be appreciated that accompanying drawing is not necessarily drawn according to dimension scale, just introduces certain reduced representation of the various preferred features of groundwork of the present invention.The specific design part of reusable container disclosed herein partly will be by predetermined concrete application and environment for use decision.Some parts of the embodiment that illustrates other parts relatively amplified to some extent or are out of shape so that clear the demonstration and understanding.Particularly, thick part possibility attenuate, such as, clearer in order to show.All directions and position reference except as otherwise noted, all are meant the location shown in the accompanying drawing.

The specific embodiment

To those skilled in the art, promptly for the personnel of the knowledge and experience with present technique field, it is evident that to use and design for reusable container disclosed herein to have a lot of variations.Discussed in more detail below various can alternative and preferred part and embodiment put up with and be specially adapted to the window part, introduce groundwork of the present invention as the reusable container of Windshield, back window glass and other glass board.Utilize the disclosure, other embodiments that are applicable to other application are conspicuous for those skilled in the art.

Below with reference to accompanying drawing, Fig. 1 illustrates the reusable container of the product that is suitable for loading a kind of picture Windshield 54 or the transmission assembly drawing of plate case 10.At the bottom of container 10 has one or pallet 20,

sidewall

90,91 is generally perpendicular to the

end wall

80,81 installed at the end and by being generally perpendicular to the lid that roof 100,101 that sidewall and end wall install constitutes.Back brace 70 support products also directly extend in the middle of roof and pallet 20.Perhaps, as shown in drawings, back brace 70 is installed on the back pole-bracket 60 that is positioned at pallet center section 30.Band 52 bundle is around product 54 and pass opening 95 on the

sidewall

90,91, and arrives back pole-bracket 60 and pallet 20 downwards.Band 52 is to be used for when transportation product being remained on the original place.Anchor clamps 50 are fixed in each

sidewall

90,91 and

end wall

80,81 end of with, and roof 100,101 is fixed in sidewall and end wall.Pallet 20 have be used for accepting fork

truck side channel

26,27 for preferred.

Preferably pallet 20,

wall

80,81,90,91, and back brace 70, back pole-bracket and roof 100,101 all are to be made of the Wood composite material that forms by moulding process.This has very big advantage, because this allows strengthening rib 96, and post 97,

flange

84,85 and will can greatly increase intensity, column load and the durability of this container 10 as the similar constructional delails that unit (single) extension of parts is installed.This noun of " wood composite " material of Shi Yonging herein can be described by producing wood, mainly with particle, thin slice and/or fibers form and resin, thermosetting resin normally, knot is incorporated under the High Temperature High Pressure, normally in the heated pressure device, and the bonding material that forms.Wood composite products is preferably used the waste material of other technological processes, thus the create environment interests.Wood composite material also can be resisted the invasion and attack of insect.Recently to utilizing container by the material manufacture of the insect of can hiding to carry out the care use of international transport of goods as the Wood composite material advantageous particularly.The timber that uses in some known current packings must be heat-treated and can not be accepted by some countries.The intensity of Wood composite material can be identical with the intensity of timber or higher, in most of the cases has competitiveness with timber on cost, and also more stable dimensionally, than timber moisture-resistant more.The wood composite crate that illustrates is compared the life-span that have 4 to 5 times with the common corrugation paper mold plate case design that known being used for can be return packing.

Fig. 2 illustrates the various parts of pallet/base 20 with the back pole-bracket 60 according to the preferred implementation of Fig. 1.Two are generally

microscler member

23,24 shown in it, and each is determined a

corresponding groove

21,21 and respectively has the

side channel

26,27 that is used to accept fork truck accordingly.Dististyle 40,41 is installed in the end of member.Each dististyle has a groove 44 that forms directed flange 43, and this directed flange 43 cooperates with directed flange 42 is positioned on the

member

23,24 dististyle.Also be provided with clip groove 34 and be used for accepting

end wall

80,81 is connected to the anchor clamps of pallet, and be provided with the joint film trap 32 that is used for accepting unit tab 92 that extends to end wall from end wall.End wall can bond to member by lining cement.

Bonding to has a stage casing 30 on the

member

23,24 in addition.The flange 39 that stage casing 30 has a middle cave 37 and extends downwards, working in coordination makes the stage casing be positioned

member

23,24, and it is identical that its mode and groove 44 and flange 42 cooperations are positioned on the member dististyle 40,41.Stage casing 30 also has a plurality of openings and groove: being used on

sidewall

90,91 accepted the joint film trap 32 of tab 92; Be used for accepting

sidewall

90,91 is connected to the clip groove 34 at the end 20; And be used for accepting to tie band hole 35,36 around the band 52 of product.

In the preferred implementation in being shown in Fig. 2, pallet 20 is by

member

23,24, and

dististyle

40,41 and stage casing 30 form.During assembling and disintegrating, these parts, keeping together after bonding to together becomes a slice for preferred.What be positioned the top, stage casing is back pole-bracket 60.Preferably back pole-bracket 60 can be removed when disintegrating.One of back pole-bracket 60 tool embed the cave 65 in the middle cave 37 in stage casing 30, and have a series of floor 64 that cooperates with the floor 109 of lid shown in Figure 8 and be used for supporting back brace shown in Figure 3 70.Band 52 passes band hole and

breach

66,67, and they are aimed at band hole 35,36 in stage casing 30 respectively.Product places on the slide plate 62 usually, and slide plate 62 can select to dispose the foam filling material or other padded coamings help reduce the possibility that product sustains damage when transportation.

The design of back brace 70 shown in Figure 3 is to be used to provide one to make product stop wallboard thereon.Preferably back brace 70 has a pair of strengthening rib 72 and the band hole 36 of accepting band along its length configuration.Second halved tie with holes 36 can be set.Although only by a pair of band hole, the design of symmetry can make installation easier to band usually.

According to a very big advantage, anchor clamps 50 are used for pallet 20 is connected to

sidewall

90,91 and

end wall

80,81, and sidewall and end wall are connected to roof 100,101.The installation of anchor clamps 50 is simple, can significantly reduce the assembling and the broken-up time, and can exempt the outside bonding, the fastener that nail or other are difficult to remove.Anchor clamps 50 joining jig grooves 34 respectively have one so that parts are fixed together on two different parts.Fig. 4 illustrates a preferred fastener (anchor clamps 50), the stationkeeping of

end wall

80,81,90,91 can be fixed in

end wall

80,81,90,91 on pallet 20 and with the roof 100,101 of plate case 10.Preferably anchor clamps 50 are locked among the clip groove 34 that forms in the Wood composite material so that allow fastener by the flexible material manufacturing with certain spring-like character.Preferably anchor clamps 50 are the fastener of the L type clip class of crude metal wire producing.The angle [alpha] that most preferably is anchor clamps formation thus is slightly less than acute angle, such as, be 87 degree, so that certain elastic force is applied on two parts that tighten together.

Fig. 5 illustrates end wall 81, and Fig. 6 illustrates sidewall 90.Preferably two walls are installed among the plane 96 that is generally perpendicular to pallet 20 and roof 100,101.Can select end wall and sidewall identical in fact.This helps to simplify the assembling and the disintegration of plate case 10, and can reduce the possibility of assembly defect.Each all has the tab 92 that can be inserted in the end (in

dististyle

40,41 and stage casing 30) and cooperation in the joint film trap 32 that roof 100,101 (being shown in Fig. 7-8) upward forms these walls.Unit tab 92 as a slice extension of wall and form, keeps together wall and lid and bottom, and anchor clamps 50 can be installed.The wall that illustrates also has the modular external reinforcing rib 96 that extends along the length of

wall

81,90, and has shape and the similar unit of strengthening rib external slot 97, except these unit external slots 97 are not along the whole length extension of wall.Strengthening rib 96 and groove 97 be from the skew of the remainder of wall but make it still the end of perpendicular to, but be within second plane 57 with first planar offset of wall.These strengthening ribs 96 and groove 97 cooperate the intensity that can advantageously strengthen wall.The intensity that can provide much bigger is compared in vertically vertical strengthening rib configuration with flat board.The concrete size of strengthening rib 96 was optimized before molding so that desirable bearing strength to be provided.The setting of strengthening groove 97 and the design of curve shape thereof are so that provide desirable load-carrying capacity to bottom parts for the intensity of optimizing bottom parts.

In embodiment shown in the drawings, wall generally is the plane, and each

wall

81,90 has corresponding width 181,190 and length 281,290 respectively.But, strengthening rib, groove and flange are determined the nonplanar section of fitfull.Its very big advantage is the strength of parts and the durability that can increase container.Such as,

unitary corner flanges

84,85 generally is arranged on the

vertical end

98,99 of wall and the width of corresponding wall meets at right angles.This kind corner flange helps to increase the accumulation intensity of wall.The known independent reinforcement of reusable packing requirements increases accumulation intensity.

Preferably

wall

80,81,90,91 does not connect mutually so that each limit of plate case 10 is not sealed.Its advantage is to allow to see product, can reduce the possibility of concealed product damage.This point under the more frangible situation of product, such as, in the occasion of glasswork, desirable especially.Other geometric configuration is conspicuous for those skilled in the art, as long as useful to the disclosure.Such as, can use single cylindrical or four walls of semi-cylindrical shaped wall replacement.

Fig. 7 and Fig. 8 illustrate roof 100,101.Preferably roof is identical in fact, just as the situation of sidewall and end wall, helps assembling equally and disintegrate to carry out easily.Provide roof 100,101 can avoid occur keeping the problem of the different size panel of sufficient amount in the place that assembling vessel maybe may re-assembly container with same size.Also may reduce the initial cost of making.All being provided with a series of floor 109 for each roof 100,101 cooperates with the floor 64 that being used on back pole-bracket 60 installed back brace 70.The tab 92 that joint film trap 32 is accepted from

end wall

80,81,90,91, and the anchor clamps that clip groove 34 is accepted from end wall.Yet be provided with band hole 36, comprise be arranged on not with roof that back brace contacts on redundant band hole.

According to a very big advantage, this reusable container can stack together.As mentioned above, the structure of wall is enough solid, allows stacked.At the rectangular groove 108 that covers setting are the bottoms that are used for being received in the

member

23,24 of its container above tight.

Advantage be disclosed herein return can " flatten " with reusable container or plate case 10 become more smoothly, compact shape allows that more plate casees pack into, such as, autotruck or tramway train are convenient to return and deposit.Plate case 10 can also increase the quantity that can be loaded into the plate case of returning in the truck trailer greatly, compares ratio with existing returnable container vanning and can reach 9: 1.

Fig. 9 is the bonded assembly lateral plan that is illustrated in anchor clamps 50 between end wall 80 and the dististyle 40.Groove 21 on end cover plate 45 covering member 23.A little opening 53 allows that anchor clamps extend to the clip groove on dististyle 40 (not shown), and the other end of anchor clamps inserts in the clip groove 34 of end wall 80.Groove 44 is determined directed flange 43, and this directed flange 43 cooperates with directed flange 42 aims at dististyle 40 relative members 23.Figure 10 illustrates the similar connection between roof 101 and the end wall 80.Preferably anchor clamps 50 be positioned roughly with flange 84 in abutting connection with and with vertical channel 97 away from.

According to top open and detailed description to some preferred implementations, apparent, do not break away from true scope of the present invention and spirit and can realize various modification, increase and other replacement embodiments.The embodiment of discussing and selecting is for the best illustration of the principle of the invention and practical application is provided, thereby so that makes those of ordinary skill can use the present invention in various embodiments and adopt the various remodeling of the concrete application that is fit to expection.All these kinds remodeling and changing is included within the scope of being determined by attached down claim of the present invention, when according to these claims in justice, the scope of legal and just mandate is in its explanation.

Claims

1. reusable container that is used for shipping products comprises in combination:

Comprise a pair of member, the end in an a pair of dististyle and a stage casing;

The lid that comprises at least one roof; And

At least one has the wall of vertical end, but the end, be connected to lid with operating mode, be mounted to roughly vertically with lid the end of with in first plane, this at least one wall comprises that at least one is from the modular external reinforcing rib of first planar offset and at least one part and meet at right angles unitary corner flanges of formation of first plane approximation vertical end.

2. reusable container as claimed in claim 1 also comprises: the locked joints sheet that forms as the modular extension of at least one wall and the end of in and the joint film trap that forms in lid, the wherein corresponding joint film trap of locked joints chip bonding.

3. reusable container as claimed in claim 2, wherein the joint film trap forms at dististyle with on the stage casing.

4. reusable container as claimed in claim 1, wherein the end, lid and at least one wall are made by the molding Wood composite material.

5. reusable container as claimed in claim 1 comprises at least two walls, and the both is installed in the end and covers, and its mesospore is separated from each other.

6. reusable container as claimed in claim 1, also comprise a plurality of anchor clamps and the corresponding clip groove that is positioned at at the end, at least one roof and at least one wall, but wherein anchor clamps are connected to roof at least one wall and the end are connected at least one wall with operating mode joining jig groove.

7. reusable container as claimed in claim 6, wherein anchor clamps are to form with about 87 acute angles of spending.

8. reusable container as claimed in claim 1, wherein the stage casing has a middle cave and modular directed flange, and working in coordination aims at the stage casing on member.

9. reusable container as claimed in claim 1, wherein each dististyle has the groove of a definite directed flange, cooperates with modular directed flange dististyle is aimed on member.

10. reusable container as claimed in claim 1 also comprises two roofs, and each all has an enough groove of width and accepts corresponding member.

11. reusable container as claimed in claim 1 also comprises four walls, wherein these walls are identical in fact.

12. reusable container as claimed in claim 1, wherein at least one wall has a length and modular external reinforcing rib and extends along the length of at least one wall.

13. reusable container as claimed in claim 12, wherein at least one wall also comprises a groove that length is littler than the length of at least one wall.

14. a reusable container that is used for shipping products comprises in combination:

Comprise a pair of member, the end in an a pair of dististyle and a stage casing,, wherein the end, be provided with a plurality of joint film traps;

Be provided with a plurality of joint film traps and comprise the lid of at least one roof; And

At least one comprises that a plurality of joint film traps of wherein a plurality of locked joints chip bondings are fixed in Di Hegai with at least one wall as the wall of a plurality of locked joints sheets of the modular extension formation of wall.

15. reusable container as claimed in claim 14, also comprise a plurality of anchor clamps and the corresponding clip groove that is positioned at at the end, at least one roof and at least one wall, but wherein anchor clamps are connected to roof at least one wall and the end are connected at least one wall with operating mode joining jig groove.

16. a reusable container that is used for shipping products comprises in combination:

The lid that comprises a pair of roof, each roof comprise at least one floor as the modular extension formation of corresponding roof;

But four walls that connect the end and lid with operating mode;

Back pole-bracket with at least one as the floor of the modular extension formation of back pole-bracket; And

Back brace with removably combination between at least one floor at least one floor that covers and the back pole-bracket, this back brace can provide support to product.

17. reusable container as claimed in claim 16, wherein back pole-bracket and back brace are made by the molding Wood composite material.

18. reusable container as claimed in claim 16, wherein back pole-bracket separates formation the end of with.

19. reusable container as claimed in claim 18, wherein a middle cave is determined in the stage casing, and back pole-bracket has the cave in the cave in the embedding.

20. reusable container as claimed in claim 16 also is included in the band hole that forms on the wall, back brace, and back pole-bracket and acceptance are with the stage casing of product against the fixing band of back brace.