CN102971235A - Crate - Google Patents

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CN102971235A
CN102971235A CN2011800181266A CN201180018126A CN102971235A CN 102971235 A CN102971235 A CN 102971235A CN 2011800181266 A CN2011800181266 A CN 2011800181266A CN 201180018126 A CN201180018126 A CN 201180018126A CN 102971235 A CN102971235 A CN 102971235A
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Abstract

A crate (100) comprises a bottom and two respective pairwise opposing side walls and end walls, wherein at least one end wall (130) comprises a thinned portion (910), and wherein the thinned portion is adapted to allow the user to cut the end wall for providing an inspection opening.

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Crate
The application relates to be used to the crate (crate) that holds products such as fruit, vegetables, particularly banana crate.
The crate that is used for storage and transportation such as the products such as fruits and vegetables has been widely used in market.Usually, this kind lath casing is light and firm, this so that this kind crate be applicable to bring the customer with crops from the field.Particularly for tropical fruit (tree), such as banana, commonly also just gather in the crops crops during prematurity crops, and it is packaged in the crate so that shipping subsequently and transportation.In the transportation stroke, fruit is ripe if having time.Before transportation, crate is stacked on top of each other usually, and is arranged side by side on the pallet.At this, in the situation of for example " five vertically configurations (five-down conguration) ", often use the specific Stack Technology that intersects.At these five vertically in the configuration, five crate orthogonal arrays disposed adjacent one another so that wherein two shape is in a row in the longitudinal direction, and other three on Width shape in a row.
Yet a problem is in this configuration, can not be guaranteed according to the minor face (end wall) of adjacent slat case in the prior art and freedom and the uniform wind circulation of growing between the limit (sidewall).This is disadvantageous, because in the transportation and storing process of fruit, because air-distribution is uneven, will cause fruit to can not get uniform temperature control.
Another of known crate is unfavorable to be that the inside face of its sidewall is straight, very inhomogeneous, and may comprise sharp-pointed and/or hard objects, for example corner and seamed edge.Therefore, particularly have the product of circular surface part, for example banana, apple or orange may be easy to by these rough surface breakdowns.
In addition, for the purpose of quality control, may require when crate (not being the highest) is disposed in a plurality of crates stacking middle, controller can be fast and is easy to reach the inboard of specific crate.Yet known crate does not provide this possibility, and when this expression was observed specific crate inside when needs, controller must partly break and ressemble stacking.This process be poor efficiency and also be inconvenient, thereby further shortcoming is shown.
At last, the further shortcoming relevant with known open top crate is, will be wherein two crates in the stacking situation of top of each other, the product of slightly giving prominence to from the upper end of lower strip case (for example, the sweep of banana) may contact with the load of upper strip case, finally cause product destroyed.
Therefore, but the purpose of this invention is to provide a kind of air-flow that allows to improve shipping products, pack, enter and check and stacking crate.
Summary of the invention
According to the embodiment of the present invention, crate comprises bottom and opposing sidewalls and the end wall of two corresponding pairs, and wherein each sidewall is included in a plurality of air extractor vents among the regional A that extends along the horizontal direction of sidewall, and each end wall includes the grasping hole.At this, regional A is apart from d from the corner of crate A, its middle distance d AEqual to grasp the hole from the same corner of crate apart from d GHIn addition, the height h of regional A ASubstantially equal to grasp the height h in hole GH, that is, these have identical lap in short transverse highly at least in part.
This guarantees that for example, described adjacent slat case is with five vertical deployment arrangements for the ventilation path that optimum air stream is provided between the adjacent slat case.As a result, by this ventilation path, can realize fast especially uniformly air-flow, the result causes stationary temperature to control to guarantee fruit quality.
According to embodiment, a plurality of air extractor vents can comprise a pair of air extractor vent, and this a pair of air extractor vent has the combined shaped similar to grasping the hole.A plurality of air extractor vents can be to separate than the little distance of size that grasps the hole.An air extractor vent in a plurality of air extractor vents can comprise than grasping the little lateral dimension of hole dimension.Sidewall and end wall can be configured to collapsible with respect to the bottom, so that in folded state, it is minimum that the residual volume of crate reaches.The bottom can comprise two pairs of vent windows, wherein each vent window in the first pair of vent window has the width that is equal to or greater than 40mm and the length that is equal to or greater than 126mm, and wherein each vent window in the second pair of vent window has the width that is equal to or greater than 40mm and the length that is equal to or greater than 25mm.Each air extractor vent in a plurality of air extractor vents can have the width that is equal to or greater than 20mm and the length that is equal to or greater than 24mm.Each grasps the hole can have the width that is equal to or greater than 30mm and the length that is equal to or greater than 100mm.
Embodiments of the present invention relate to two according to the layout of the crate of embodiment of the present invention, wherein crate is arranged so that the sidewall of contiguous second crate of end wall of the first crate, wherein the first crate is configured to aim at along the first longitudinal axis of the sidewall that is parallel to the first crate, and wherein the second crate is configured to aim at along the second longitudinal axis of the sidewall that is parallel to the second crate, the first longitudinal axis and the second longitudinal axis are perpendicular to one another, wherein the end wall of the sidewall of the first crate and the second crate is aimed at, grasp at least part of overlapping of at least one air extractor vent in a plurality of air extractor vents of hole and the second crate in order to realize the first crate, in order between the first crate and the second crate, provide ventilation path.A plurality of crates can be configured to five vertically configurations, in order to provide ventilation path between the adjacent slat case.
According to another embodiment, each sidewall comprises level and smooth inside face, and described level and smooth inside face is shaped with the convex form towards the crate outside, thereby is provided for holding the product with circular surface part and the inside face of avoiding product to destroy.Sidewall and end wall can comprise stiffening element, and described stiffening element only is provided on the outer surfaces of sidewall and end wall.Sidewall and end wall can be made of plastics, thereby level and smooth inside face (810) is provided.The smooth inner surface of convex shape can have the cross curvature size less than the maximum transverse size of sidewall, wherein inside face is basically only in the sidewall areas protrusions, the discontinuous stiffening element that wherein extends along the vertical direction of sidewall is interrupted, and wherein said zone is middle section.
According to another embodiment, at least one end wall comprises the attenuation part, and wherein said attenuation partly is adapted to allow the user to cut end wall so that inspection opening to be provided.The attenuation part of end wall can be that wherein said groove comprises than one of end wall thickness medium-sized thickness around the groove in the predefine zone of end wall.End wall (130) can also comprise a plurality of holes along groove arrangement, and each hole has the diameter larger than recess width.When cutting the attenuation part by the user, described attenuation part can be configured to hinge is provided be attached to the part opened of end wall, and wherein the predefine zone is rectangle substantially, and at least three sides in its further groove and predefine zone are contiguous.The predefine zone can be than the zone of end wall 1/3rd large.End wall (130) can be made of plastics.Layout according to a plurality of crates of embodiment of the present invention can have a plurality of crates arranged adjacent one another, so that the user can reach at least one end wall that comprises the attenuation part.
According to another embodiment, the bottom is crooked towards the inside of crate arch, in order to provide space S between bottom lower surface and the plane P that limited by the lower end of crate.In fact, this allows two crates stacking in top of each other, does not project to product the space S and can not push or damage from the lower strip case.The bottom can be arch along the direction of crate end wall or along the direction of crate sidewall.The bottom can be along the direction undulate of sidewall in the borderline region of sidewall, and the first of waveform bottom can be in the At The Height on plane, and the second portion of waveform part can be in the At The Height of the lower end on top at the most.The bottom can comprise the upper and lower recessed with respect to the external point of described wall, and recessed distance can equal the thickness of described wall, thereby allows described bottom to engage with the open top of another crate.The bottom can have the zone that the neighboring by the bottom limits, and top can have the zone that the neighboring by top limits, sidewall and end wall can comprise inside face and outside face, wherein interior zone can be limited by inside face at the upper end of crate, and wherein the perimeter can be limited by outside face at the upper end of crate, the wherein said zone that is limited by the neighboring of bottom can approximate greatly the zone that the neighboring by top limits, and described interior zone can approximate greatly described perimeter.The embodiment restriction is stacking according to two crates of the present invention, the wherein interior zone that limited by inside face of the first crate and the second crate upper end that is configured to be provided at the first crate and the zone that limited by the neighboring of the bottom of the second crate, wherein these two zones equate, when being stacked on the first crate top with convenient the second crate, prevent the motion between the first crate and the second crate.The bottom of the second crate can comprise a plurality of vent windows, and described a plurality of vent windows are configured to provide ventilation path between the first crate and the second crate.
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Below, with reference to the description of drawings embodiment of the present invention, in the accompanying drawing:
Fig. 1 illustrates the transparent view of crate embodiment;
Fig. 2 illustrates the top view according to the crate embodiment of Fig. 1;
Fig. 3 illustrates the lateral plan according to the sidewall of the crate embodiment of Fig. 1;
Fig. 4 illustrates the lateral plan according to the end wall of the crate embodiment of Fig. 1;
Fig. 5 illustrates according to the end wall of the crate embodiment of Fig. 1 and the private side view of sidewall, and launch its corner at crate;
Fig. 6 illustrates the size according to a plurality of air extractor vents of the another embodiment of crate and grasping hole;
Fig. 7 a, Fig. 7 b are depicted as local five vertical transparents view of the layout of a plurality of crate embodiments of Fig. 1 to Fig. 5 of configuration;
Fig. 7 c illustrates the lateral plan of the end wall of the crate of arranging according to Fig. 7 a, Fig. 7 b;
Fig. 7 d illustrates the lateral plan of the sidewall of the crate of arranging according to Fig. 7 a, Fig. 7 b;
Fig. 7 e illustrates the top view of the crate of arranging according to Fig. 7 a, Fig. 7 b;
Fig. 8 a, Fig. 8 b are depicted as the transparent view of a plurality of crate embodiments of local five Fig. 6 embodiments that vertically dispose;
Fig. 8 c illustrates the lateral plan of the end wall of the crate of arranging according to Fig. 8 a, Fig. 8 b;
Fig. 8 d illustrates the lateral plan of the sidewall of the crate of arranging according to Fig. 8 a, Fig. 8 b;
Fig. 8 e illustrates the top view of the crate of arranging according to Fig. 8 a, Fig. 8 b;
Fig. 9 illustrates the detailed top view of sidewall of the another embodiment of crate of the smooth inner surface with convex shape;
Figure 10 illustrates the transparent view of the another embodiment of the crate with the part can opened;
Figure 11 a illustrates the transparent view of the another embodiment of the crate with arch bottom;
Figure 11 b illustrates the transparent view according to another embodiment of the crate of Figure 11 a;
Figure 12 a, Figure 12 b illustrate the details according to the bottom of the embodiment of the crate of Figure 11 a, Figure 11 b;
Figure 13 a is illustrated in the partial side view of the stacking embodiment of two stacking on top of each other crates; And
Figure 13 b illustrates the partial side view according to the stacking another embodiment of Figure 13 a, wherein has space (S) between two crates.
The specific embodiment
Fig. 1 illustrates the transparent view of the crate 100 of an embodiment.Crate 100 comprises opposing sidewalls 120 and the end wall 130 of 110 and two corresponding pairs in bottom.With reference to figure 1, sidewall 120 has the ductility larger than end wall 130.Sidewall 120 and end wall 130 are collapsible with respect to bottom 110.Especially, as shown in Figure 1, sidewall 120 and end wall 130 are attached to bottom 110, so that described sidewall and end wall can fold on the described bottom in the direction of arrows.Under folded state, it is minimum that the residual volume of crate 100 reaches.This has advantage, and under folded state, crate 100 only takies low clearance.Therefore, a large amount of empty crates can be stacked to and be used for transportation on the pallet.
In some embodiments, crate 100 is made of plastics, in order to low weight and high stability are provided, so that storage and/or transport applications.
As shown in Figure 1, each sidewall 120 comprises a plurality of air extractor vents 125, and each end wall 130 comprises grasping hole 135 simultaneously.In fact, a plurality of air extractor vent 125 is arranged in the regional A that extends along the horizontal direction 101 of sidewall 120.At this, horizontal direction is defined as the direction than long side along respective side walls.In addition, in fact, regional A is defined as by near two continuous stiffening elements 121 crate 100 upper ends, 122 zones that center on, and wherein a plurality of discrete stiffening elements 123 are continual.Can also in Fig. 1, see, when crate 100 is in its deployed condition lower time, sidewall 120 and end wall 130 can be fastened to each other by using fastener 140.
Fig. 2 illustrates the top view according to the embodiment of the crate 100 of Fig. 1.Especially, bottom 110 can comprise two pairs of vent windows 210,220, and these two pairs of vent windows are arranged symmetrically with respect to the axis 205 that is parallel to end wall 130 along central longitudinal axis 201.Particularly, each vent window in the first pair of vent window 210 has the width 212 that is equal to or greater than 40mm and the length 214 that is equal to or greater than 126mm, and each vent window in the second pair of vent window 220 has the width 222 that is equal to or greater than 40mm and the length 224 that is equal to or greater than 25mm simultaneously.At this, width is defined as being parallel to the size of end wall 130, and length is defined as being parallel to the size of sidewall 120.The two pairs of vent windows 210,220 size should be designed to so that described vent window is enough large in order to suitable ventilation by bottom 110 is provided.Yet described vent window can not be selected as greatly so that specific product will drop out crate 100.As seeing in Fig. 2, the inside face 121 of sidewall 120 is configured to the outer bend (bent) towards crate 100, and this will be described in detail after a while.
Fig. 3 illustrates the lateral plan according to the sidewall 120 of crate 100 embodiments of Fig. 1.In Fig. 3, can clearly see a plurality of air extractor vents 125.Especially, a plurality of air extractor vents 125 can comprise a pair of air extractor vent 310.These air extractor vents can have the combined shaped that is similar to the combined shaped (comparison diagram 1) that grasps hole 135 together.This is favourable, because (for example) is when two crates are arranged to five vertical configurations, by adapting to this combined shaped, can realizes a pair of air extractor vent 310 and grasp the best overlapping of hole 135.With reference to figure 3, each air extractor vent in a plurality of air extractor vents 125 can have the width 312 that is equal to or greater than 20mm and the length 314 that is equal to or greater than 24mm.At this, width is defined as along the size of the vertical direction 301 of sidewall 120, and length is defined as along the size of the horizontal direction 101 of sidewall 120.In addition, in Fig. 3, clearly see, continuous stiffening element 121,122 and a plurality of discrete stiffening element 123 extend along the vertical direction 101 of sidewall 120.
Fig. 4 illustrates the lateral plan according to the end wall 130 of the crate 100 of Fig. 1 embodiment.If see at Fig. 4, grasp hole 135 with respect to two edges 131 of crate 100,132 placed in the middle.Grasp hole 135 also is recessed into about 30mm with respect to the upper end of crate 100 distance 133.Especially, thicken upper frame part 134 by what will grasp that hole 135 is connected to end wall 130, the crate 100 of firm grip to transport loading can be provided.With reference to figure 4, grasp hole 135 and can have the width 137 that is equal to or greater than 30mm and the length 139 that is equal to or greater than 100mm.At this, width is defined as along the size of the vertical direction 402 of end wall 130, and length is defined as along the size of the horizontal direction 401 of end wall 130 simultaneously.What can also see is, grasps the minimum level ductility of hole 135 from the maximum horizontal ductility of upper point 136 to lower point 138 places and is tapered, thereby the grasping of ergonomic is provided.In Fig. 4, also clearly see fastener 140.Fastener 140 can be attached to end wall 130, and described fastener can engage with the recess 128 that provides in the part 126 of sidewall 120 thus.At this, fastening device can be worked based on such mode, and the displacement component 142 of fastener 140 can overcome the power of spring element and be shifted.In addition, as indicating in Fig. 4, end wall 130 can comprise attenuation part 410, and this attenuation part centers on the middle body that comprises a part that grasps hole 135 of end wall 130 basically.Purpose and more details about attenuation part 410 will be described after a while.The further characteristic feature of end wall 130 is, can provide a plurality of stiffening elements 420 near the borderline region of end wall 130.This has increased the ability that supports above-mentioned fastening device.
The layout of air extractor vent (first aspect)
A first aspect of the present invention is devoted to five vertically shortcomings of configuration, for example, can not provide even air stream between the adjacent slat case according to prior art.
Fig. 5 illustrates the end wall 120 of crate 100 and the view of sidewall 130 internally, and described crate launches at identical corner 505 places of crate 100.Alternatively, Fig. 5 can also illustrate the end wall 512 of the first crate 510 of the sidewall 522 that is close to the second crate 520, and wherein the first crate 510 is aimed at the second crate 520 at corner 505 places.As shown in the figure, the sidewall 120 of crate 100, perhaps alternatively, the sidewall 522 of the second crate 520 comprises a plurality of air extractor vents 125 in regional A.In Fig. 5, regional A is by dotted line 501 indications.In some embodiments, regional A apart from corner 505 apart from d AAnd has height h AIn addition, end wall 130, perhaps alternatively, the end wall 512 of the first crate 510 comprises grasping hole 135.In some embodiments, grasp the identical corner 505 of hole 135 distances apart from d GHAnd has height h GHCan in embodiment shown in Figure 5, see, apart from d AApproximate apart from d GH, and height h AApproximate height h GHTherefore, especially in five are vertically disposed (referring to Fig. 7 a, Fig. 7 b, Fig. 8 a, Fig. 8 b), (for example can realize at least one vent window of the grasping hole 135 of the first crate 510 and the second crate 520, air extractor vent 515) at least part of overlapping, and therefore, with the ventilation path that obtains between two crates 510,520.
Fig. 6 illustrates the size according to a plurality of air extractor vents 615 of another embodiment of crate 100 and grasping hole 135.A plurality of air extractor vents 615 shown in Fig. 6 can be corresponding to a plurality of air extractor vents 125 shown in Figure 3.In embodiment shown in Figure 6, a plurality of air extractor vents 615 along the horizontal direction 101 of sidewall 120 with distance s VHThe interval.In addition, each air extractor vent can have identical ductility and can be rectangle.As shown in Figure 4, such apart from s VHCan be chosen to so that this distance than the size l that grasps hole 135 GHLittle, size l wherein GHCan be corresponding to the horizontal ductility 139 of maximum.In addition, the lateral dimension l of air extractor vent VHCan be chosen to than the size l that grasps hole 135 GHLittle.Air extractor vent vertically 301 vertical size can also be less than the vertical ductility that grasps hole 135.Therefore, usually, the characteristic dimension of a plurality of air extractor vents 615 is configured to less than the characteristic dimension that grasps hole 135, in order to can provide at least one air extractor vent 515 overlapping with grasping hole 135, for example in the situation of five vertical configurations.
Fig. 7 a, Fig. 7 b are illustrated in five of parts vertically in the configuration, the transparent view of the layout 700 of a plurality of crates of the embodiment of describing referring to figs. 1 to Fig. 5.In this context, " part " means five three rather than five crates 100 in vertical configuration only is shown.With reference to figure 7a, Fig. 7 b, two specific crates 510,520 are arranged so that the sidewall 522 of end wall 512 contiguous second crates 520 of the first crate 510.At this, the first crate 510 is aimed at along the first longitudinal axis 701, and the second crate 520 is aimed at along the second longitudinal axis 702 simultaneously.If in Fig. 7 a, Fig. 7 b, see, the first longitudinal axis 701 is mutually vertical with the second longitudinal axis 702.In addition, at these five vertically in the configuration, the sidewall 720(of the first crate 510 its can be corresponding to the sidewall 120 of Fig. 3) and the end wall 730(of the second crate 520 its can be corresponding to the end wall 130 of Fig. 4) be aligned to and flush.Correspondingly, can provide at least part of overlapping of at least one air extractor vent in a plurality of air extractor vents 125 of the grasping hole 125 of the first crate 510 and the second crate 520.Therefore the ventilation path 710 that obtains illustrates the ventilation path of air stream, and this ventilation path is indicated by black arrow, thereby guarantees the separately suitable ventilation of inside of crate 510,520.
Fig. 7 c, Fig. 7 d and Fig. 7 e illustrate respectively the different views of end wall 512, sidewall 522 and crate 510.Particularly, in illustrated embodiment, can in the bottom of crate 510, provide other heteroid ventilation zone 705; 706; 709, finally cause better venting capability.
Fig. 8 a, Fig. 8 b are illustrated in five of parts vertically in the configuration, the transparent view of the layout 700 of a plurality of crates of the embodiment of describing with reference to figure 6.In this context, " part " means five three rather than five crates 100 in vertical configuration only is shown.With reference to figure 8a and Fig. 8 b, two specific crates 510,520 are arranged so that the sidewall 522 of end wall 512 contiguous second crates 520 of the first crate 510.At this, the first crate 510 is aimed at along the first longitudinal axis 751, and the second crate 520 is aimed at along the second longitudinal axis 752 simultaneously.If in Fig. 8 a, Fig. 8 b, see, the first longitudinal axis 751 is mutually vertical with the second longitudinal axis 752.In addition, in five of this parts vertically disposed, the sidewall 770 of the first crate 510 and the end wall 780 of the second crate 520 were aligned to and flush.Accordingly, can provide at least part of overlapping of at least one air extractor vent 515 in a plurality of air extractor vents 615 of the grasping hole 135 of the first crate 510 and the second crate 520, wherein overlapping region 765 is indicated by density bullet.Therefore the ventilation path 760 by the arrow indication that obtains illustrates the ventilation path of air stream, thereby guarantees the separately suitable ventilation of inside of crate 510,520.
Fig. 8 c, Fig. 8 d and Fig. 8 e illustrate respectively the different views of end wall 512, sidewall 522 and crate 510.Particularly, in illustrated embodiment, can be in crate 510 bottoms and/or provide other heteroid ventilation zone 755 near the corner (zone 757) of described crate; 756; 759, finally cause better venting capability.
The inside face of crate (second aspect)
A second aspect of the present invention is devoted to another shortcoming, and wherein the inside face of the sidewall of known crate is straight and has unavoidably sharp-pointed and/or hard object.
Fig. 9 illustrates the top view of the sidewall 120 of crate 100 in more detail.In Fig. 9, can see sidewall 120 comprise have stiffening element 121,122 stiffening element 815, this is presented among Fig. 1 equally.Sidewall 120 can comprise level and smooth inside face 810, and described smooth inner surface is configured as the convex form towards the outside of crate 100.In addition, can be only provide stiffening element 815 at the outside face of sidewall 120.For level and smooth inside face 810 is provided, crate 100 or at least sidewall 120 can be made of plastics.Can see in Fig. 9 that the smooth inner surface 810 of convex form has the maximum transverse size d than sidewall 120 SWLittle cross bending size l cAt this, lateral dimensions is defined as the edge perpendicular to the size of the horizontal direction 801 of sidewall 120.Inside face 810 is basically only crooked in the regional B of sidewall 120.With reference to figure 3, this zone B is defined as such zone, and vertically the 301 discontinuous stiffening elements 123 that extend interrupt in this zone.Therefore, regional B is middle section, and this middle section keeps clear of the corner 805 of crate 100, and this middle section is defined by continuous stiffening element 121,122 basically.Use the advantage of the inside face 810 of convex form to be, on the one hand, crate 100 will particularly be suitable for holding the product with circular surface part.On the other hand because can inside face 810 form very level and smooth, that is, and without sharp-pointed Bian Hejiao, so but the risk of damaging or damaging by pressure shipping products in the transportation of product can be reduced to minimum.
Enter fast crate inside (third aspect)
A third aspect of the present invention is devoted to another shortcoming, and this shortcoming is about for example be stacked into row when specific crate when stacking to pallet, can not be fast and easily reach the inside of this specific crate.
Figure 10 illustrates the transparent view of another embodiment of the crate 100 with the part can opened.In embodiment shown in Figure 10, end wall 130 comprises attenuation part 910, and this attenuation part can be corresponding to the attenuation part 410 shown in Fig. 4, and wherein attenuation part 910 can be configured to groove.This groove 910 is made in end wall 130, and centers at least three sides in predefine zone 905.If in Figure 10 embodiment, see, predefine zone 905 is rectangle substantially.Enlarged drawing illustrates groove 910 and comprises that the edge is perpendicular to the thickness l of the direction of end wall 130 GR, the thickness l of this Thickness Ratio end wall 130 EWOne medium-sized.This feature of groove 910 allows to be easy to therein cut.In addition, along groove 910, can arrange a plurality of holes 915, wherein each hole can have the diameter 917 larger than the width 912 of groove 910.Typically, width 912 can be equal to or greater than 6mm(also can be referring to Fig. 4).Therefore the size in these holes 915 is such, so that cutter can be introduced in these holes easily, then cuts along groove 910, and wherein cutter is normally used by controller.By cut-in groove 910, can provide and can open part 920, the described part of opening is attached in fact end wall 130.Part 920 can be opened and the expansion of arrow indication can be pressed.It is the inside that the user can see crate 100 that this purpose that can open part is provided, to check the product that is held.For example, can check whether the fruit (for example banana) that carries has reached certain degree of ripeness.Moreover end wall 130 can be made of plastics, so that normal cutter can be used by controller.The embodiment of Figure 10 also illustrates 1/3rd large that predefine zone 905 can be than the zone of end wall 130, in order to enough large inspection opening is provided.At two or more crate 100 stacking (such as specifically in vertically configuration of five shown in Fig. 7 a, Fig. 7 b, Fig. 8 a, Fig. 8 b) located adjacent one another, these crates 100 are arranged so that like this user can reach the groove 910 of at least one end wall 130.
Arch crate bottom (fourth aspect)
A fourth aspect of the present invention is devoted to another shortcoming, and namely when the upper strip case was stacked on the top of lower strip case, the product outstanding from the lower strip case may be damaged by the load of upper strip case.
Figure 11 a, Figure 11 b illustrate the transparent view of other embodiments of crate 100, and wherein especially, bottom 110 is the arcuate in shape towards crate 100 interior curve.Bottom 110 can be along direction 1001 bendings of end wall 130 (referring to Figure 11 a), perhaps along direction 1002 bendings (referring to Figure 11 b) of sidewall 120.If clearly in Figure 11 a, Figure 11 b find out, two kinds of designs all provide additional space S between the lower surface of bottom 110 and plane P.At this, plane P is limited by the lower end of crate 100 respectively.
Figure 12 a, Figure 12 b illustrate the details according to the bottom 110 of other embodiments of the crate 100 of Figure 11 a, Figure 11 b.Especially, Figure 12 a is the line L along Figure 11 a 1– L 1Partial section, and 12b is the line L along Figure 11 a 2– L 2Partial section.In Figure 12 a and Figure 12 b, bottom 110 comprises top 1110 and bottom 1120, and wherein, bottom 1120 can be recessed with respect to the external point 1101 of the wall of crate 100.If in the face of the cross section of Figure 12 a, clearly see, the bottom 1120 of bottom 110 can be along direction 1101 K/UPs, in order to obtain projection 1125.The exceptional space S that forms shown in Figure 12 a is being the cross-sectional area that increases gradually to the right.
The partial cross section of Figure 12 b illustrates bottom 110 can have wavy shape along direction 1002 near sidewall 120.Shown in Figure 11 a, attention is at the borderline region intercepting L2 of crate 100 – L2.Especially, the wavy shape of bottom 110 is so that projection 1125 arranges that along direction 1002 namely along end wall 120 layouts, this is so that bottom 110 is very firm.
In other embodiments, from the central longitudinal axis of crate 100, the curvature of projection 1125 can also become more remarkable gradually in (namely on the close direction of sidewall 120) on the direction 1001.
In other embodiments, the first of waveform bottom 110 is in the At The Height of plane P, and the second portion maximum of waveform bottom 110 is in the At The Height of the lower end on top 1110, and this is corresponding to the maximum ductility of wavy shape.
Figure 13 a, Figure 13 b show the lateral plan of other embodiments, and wherein, for example, two crates 1210,1220 are stacked on the top of each other.In Figure 12 and two kinds of embodiments shown in Figure 13, recessed apart from d RCan be chosen to so that should recessed thickness l apart from equaling described wall WIn such a way, can realize the bottom 1120 and the first crate 1210 open-topped joints of the second crate 1220, thus preventing along the cross motion of direction 1201 shown in Figure 13 a.
In other embodiments, bottom 1120 has the regional A that the outer perimeter by bottom 1120 limits LP, and top 1110 has the regional A that the outer perimeter by top 1110 limits UPIn addition, interior zone A ISCan limit at the upper end of crate 100 inside face by described wall, and perimeter A OSCan limit at the outside face of crate 100 upper ends by described wall.Especially, regional A LPBe substantially equal to regional A IS, and regional A UPBe substantially equal to regional A OS
In further embodiment, the interior zone A that is limited by described inside face at the upper end of the first crate 1210 IS, 1Can equal the regional A that the outer perimeter by the bottom of the second crate 1220 limits LP, 2, the first crate 1210 and the second crate 1220 are stacked exactly when being stacked on the top of the first crate 1210 with convenient the second crate 1220.
In other embodiments, the bottom 110 of the second crate 1220 can also comprise a plurality of vent windows, in order to provide ventilation path between the first crate 1210 and the second crate 1220.
With reference to figure 13b, provide the advantage of additional space S to be in fact, when two or more crate are stacked into row and when stacking to the pallet in top of each other, can effectively prevent from extending beyond the product 1205(sweep of the outstanding plane P of banana for example of the upper end of the lower strip case 1210 in the described row) pushed by the heavy duty of the upper strip case 1220 in the described row.
In a word, embodiments of the present invention provide a kind of crate, banana crate for example, wherein the air extractor vent of crate design crate be stacked into so that two crates to be arranged to the sidewall of the end wall of a crate and another crate adjacent (for example, five vertically configurations) in the situation, allow the inner suitable ventilation of crate.Particularly, by ventilation path is provided, utilize this design can realize uniform air-distribution, thereby the realization stationary temperature control to guarantee fruit quality.
At this, air extractor vent in the sidewall is arranged so that at least one air extractor vent is being arranged in the described sidewall from each a distance, angle, wherein this distance equals grasping hole in the end wall from the distance of same corner, thereby in the situation of stacking a plurality of crates as described above, guarantee to grasp at least part of overlapping of hole and at least one air extractor vent.According to other embodiments, may be provided in right air extractor vent, described paired air extractor vent can have the shape that is similar to the grasping hole together.And equidistant a plurality of air extractor vents can have than grasping the little interval of hole dimension.
These embodiments be level and smooth inside face on the other hand, wherein said level and smooth inside face is configured as convex form toward the outer side, and therefore, by projection or crooked inside face are provided, the product (for example banana) with circular surface is easier to be contained in the sidepiece place of crate.This both can be applied to sidewall also can be applied to end wall.According to other embodiments, stiffening element (such as rib etc.) only is provided at the outside of crate.
Another feature of these embodiments is that the attenuation part is provided in end wall, this attenuation partly allows thereby opening that provides the user who allows crate to check crate inside is provided for it, and whether this has reached required degree of ripeness for the product (for example banana) of determining crate inside for complete a collection of crate is important.
The 4th feature relates to the bottom of arch.This product on crate inside there is no any direct impact, but to influential at the stacking a plurality of crates of top of each other.This permission provides additional space below crate, thereby avoids damaging from the slight outstanding product in lower strip case upper end.Arch and waveform bottom allow to adapt to this product of slightly giving prominence to below crate.
Above-mentioned embodiment only is used for the explanation principle of the invention.Should be understood that for those skilled in the art the layout that this paper describes in detail and correction and the variation of details are apparent.Therefore, be intended to only limit the present invention by the scope of Patent right requirement rather than by detail, these details are by presenting the description of this paper embodiment and the mode of explanation.

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1. a crate (100) comprises opposing sidewalls (120) and the end wall (130) of bottom (110) and two corresponding pairs, and wherein at least one end wall (130) comprises attenuation partly (410; 910), and wherein said attenuation part (410; 910) be suitable for allowing the user to cut described end wall (130) so that inspection opening to be provided.
2. crate according to claim 1, wherein, the attenuation of described end wall (130) part (410; 910) be that wherein said groove (910) comprises the thickness (l than described end wall (130) around the groove (910) in the predefine zone (905) of described end wall (130) EW) a medium-sized thickness (l GR).
3. crate according to claim 1 and 2, wherein, described end wall (130) also comprises a plurality of holes (915) of arranging along described groove (910), each Kong Jun has the diameter (917) larger than the width of described groove (910) (912).
4. a described crate according to claim 1-3, wherein, described attenuation part (410; 910) be formed at described attenuation part (410; Provide the hinged part opened (920) that is attached to described end wall (130) in the situation of 910) being cut by the user, wherein said predefine zone (905) is rectangle substantially, and wherein said groove (910) is adjacent with at least three sides in described predefine zone (905).
5. a described crate according to claim 1-4, wherein, described predefine zone (905) is greater than 1/3rd of the zone of described end wall (130).
6. a described crate according to claim 1-5, wherein, described end wall (130) is made of plastics.
7. a kind of layout of many described crates in according to claim 1-6, wherein, a plurality of crates are arranged adjacent to each other, comprise described attenuation part (410 so that the user can approach; 910) at least one end wall (130).
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