CN211568948U

CN211568948U - Sealing mechanism and container

Info

Publication number: CN211568948U
Application number: CN201921855321.4U
Authority: CN
Inventors: 蒋胡明; 刘波; 姜笃良; 闫雯
Original assignee: China International Marine Containers Group Co Ltd; Yangzhou Runyang Logistic Equipment Co Ltd; CIMC Containers Holding Co Ltd
Current assignee: China International Marine Containers Group Co Ltd; Yangzhou Runyang Logistic Equipment Co Ltd; CIMC Containers Holding Co Ltd
Priority date: 2019-10-30
Filing date: 2019-10-30
Publication date: 2020-09-25
Anticipated expiration: 2029-10-30

Abstract

The utility model provides a sealing mechanism and container. The container comprises a container door and a door frame, the sealing mechanism comprises a first sealing strip, a pressing plate assembly and a ground lock assembly, the first sealing strip is used for being connected to the container door, the pressing plate assembly comprises a connecting end and a free end connected with the connecting end, the connecting end is used for being connected to the lower portion of the container door, the free end extends beyond the bottom surface or the side surface of the container door, a matching portion is arranged at the free end, the inner surface of the free end is tightly attached to the first sealing strip, the ground lock assembly is used for being hinged to the door frame and comprises a hook portion with an opening direction facing to the inside of the container, the hook portion can hook the matching portion and apply pressing force facing to the inside of the container to the free. According to the utility model discloses a sealing mechanism had both avoided liquid to get into the inside of container to avoid the liquid of the inside of container or bulk cargo to flow out from the container.

Description

Sealing mechanism and container

Technical Field

The utility model relates to a container technical field generally, more specifically relates to a sealing mechanism and container.

Background

The cross-sectional shape of the existing sealing strip for sealing the door gap of the container is generally "J" shaped. The upper surface of the sill of a container is usually designed to be high inside and low outside to effectively prevent water from entering the container from outside the container. However, in the case of containers containing some chemicals, it is necessary to prevent not only water from entering the container from the outside, but also chemical waste liquid from flowing out of the container, which causes environmental pollution.

Accordingly, there is a need to provide a sealing mechanism and container that at least partially address the above-mentioned problems.

SUMMERY OF THE UTILITY MODEL

In the summary section a series of concepts in a simplified form is introduced, which will be described in further detail in the detailed description section. The inventive content does not imply any attempt to define the essential features and essential features of the claimed solution, nor is it implied to be intended to define the scope of the claimed solution.

In order to at least partially solve the above problem, according to a first aspect of the present invention, there is provided a sealing mechanism for a container, the container including a door and a door frame hinged to the door, the sealing mechanism comprising:

a first seal for connection to the cabinet door;

the pressing plate assembly comprises a connecting end and a free end connected with the connecting end, the connecting end is used for being connected to the lower portion of the box door, the free end extends out of the bottom surface or the side surface of the box door, the free end is provided with a matching portion, and the inner surface of the free end is tightly attached to the first sealing strip; and

the ground lock assembly is used for being hinged with the door frame and comprises a hook part facing the inside of the container in the opening direction, and the hook part can hook the matching part and apply pressing force facing the inside of the container to the free end so that the first sealing strip is tightly attached to the outer surface of the door frame.

According to the utility model discloses a sealing mechanism, including first sealing strip, clamp plate subassembly and ground lock subassembly, first sealing strip is connected to the chamber door, clamp plate subassembly's free end extends and surpasss the basal surface of chamber door or the free end of side surface and clamp plate subassembly is provided with the cooperation portion, ground lock subassembly is articulated with the door frame and includes the hook portion of opening direction towards the inside of container, hook portion can catch on the cooperation portion and exert the packing force towards the inside of container to clamp plate subassembly's free end, so that the surface of first sealing strip and door frame closely laminates, make the gap of the lower part of the sealed chamber door of first sealing strip and door frame, both avoid liquid to get into the inside of container, and avoid the inside liquid of container or bulk cargo to flow out from the container.

Optionally, the first weatherstrip has a longitudinal cross-sectional shape that is substantially P-shaped.

Optionally, the first sealing strip includes a horizontal section and a sealing section connected to the horizontal section, the horizontal section is configured to be connected to the bottom surface or the side surface of the door, and the sealing section is configured to be closely attached to the outer surface of the door frame.

Optionally, the seal segment comprises a hollow cavity.

Optionally, the platen assembly comprises:

the matching plate comprises a matching connecting end and a matching free end connected with the matching connecting end, the matching connecting end is used for being connected with the lower part of the box door, and the matching free end is provided with the matching part; and

the pressing plate comprises a pressing connecting end and a pressing free end connected with the pressing connecting end, the pressing connecting end is used for being connected with the lower portion of the box door, the pressing free end extends out of the bottom surface or the side surface of the box door, and the pressing free end is used for being tightly attached to the sealing section of the first sealing strip.

Optionally, the ground lock assembly further comprises:

a shaft disposed inside the container, one end of the shaft being connected to a link;

a hinge portion hinged to the link; and

and the sliding part is hinged with a sliding plate, and the sliding plate is movably arranged in the sliding groove of the door frame along the horizontal direction.

Optionally, the first sealing strip extends in a horizontal direction to seal a gap between the bottom surface of the door and the door frame, and/or the first sealing strip extends in a height direction of the container to seal a gap between the side surface of the door and the door frame.

Optionally, the door further comprises a second sealing strip for connecting to an upper portion of the door, the second sealing strip having a generally J-shaped longitudinal cross-section.

The utility model also provides a container, container includes foretell sealing mechanism and chamber door.

According to the utility model provides a container, container include foretell sealing mechanism, chamber door and door frame. The sealing mechanism comprises a first sealing strip, a pressing plate assembly and a ground lock assembly, the first sealing strip is connected to the container door, the free end of the pressing plate assembly extends out of the bottom surface or the side surface of the container door, the free end of the pressing plate assembly is provided with a matching portion, the ground lock assembly is hinged to the door frame and comprises a hook portion facing the inside of the container in the opening direction, the hook portion can hook the matching portion and apply pressing force facing the inside of the container to the free end of the pressing plate assembly, the first sealing strip is tightly attached to the outer surface of the door frame, the first sealing strip seals a gap between the lower portion of the container door and the lower portion of the door frame, liquid is prevented from entering the inside of the container, and liquid or bulk cargo.

Optionally, the door is a tilt-up door.

Drawings

The following drawings of the present invention are used herein as part of the present invention for understanding the present invention. There are shown in the drawings embodiments of the invention and the description thereof for the purpose of illustrating the devices and principles of the invention. In the drawings, there is shown in the drawings,

fig. 1 is a schematic end view of a container according to a preferred embodiment of the invention;

FIG. 2 is a side cross-sectional view of the container shown in FIG. 1;

fig. 3 is a partially enlarged view of a portion a shown in fig. 2;

fig. 4 is a partially enlarged view of a portion B shown in fig. 2;

FIG. 5 is a schematic longitudinal cross-sectional view of the first sealing tape shown in FIG. 4; and

fig. 6 is a longitudinal sectional view of the second sealing tape shown in fig. 3.

Description of reference numerals:

100: the container 101: first sealing strip

102: second seal tape 103: horizontal segment

104: sealing section 105: hollow cavity

106: the deformation part 110: box door

111: door frame: 112: door frame side

113: threshold 114: outer surface of the door

115: bottom surface of door 120: pressure plate assembly

121: the mating plate 122: mating part

123: the pressing plate 140: ground lock assembly

141: hook portion 142: shaft

143: connecting rod 144: hinge part

145: sliding portion 146: sliding plate

Detailed Description

In the following description, numerous specific details are set forth in order to provide a more thorough understanding of the present invention. It will be apparent, however, to one skilled in the art, that the present invention may be practiced without one or more of these specific details. In other instances, well-known features have not been described in order to avoid obscuring the present invention.

In the following description, for purposes of explanation, numerous specific details are set forth in order to provide a thorough understanding of the present invention. It is apparent that the practice of the invention is not limited to the specific details known to those skilled in the art. The present invention is described in detail below with reference to the preferred embodiments, however, the present invention can have other embodiments in addition to the detailed description, and should not be construed as being limited to the embodiments set forth herein.

It is to be understood that the terms "a," "an," and "the" as used herein are intended to describe specific embodiments only and are not to be taken as limiting the invention, which is intended to include the plural forms as well, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise. When the terms "comprises" and/or "comprising" are used in this specification, they specify the presence of stated features, integers, steps, operations, elements, and/or components, but do not preclude the presence or addition of one or more other features, integers, steps, operations, elements, components, and/or groups thereof. The terms "upper", "lower", "front", "rear", "left", "right" and the like as used herein are for illustrative purposes only and are not limiting.

Ordinal words such as "first" and "second" are referred to in this application as labels only, and do not have any other meanings, such as a particular order, etc. Also, for example, the term "first component" does not itself imply the presence of "second component", and the term "second component" does not itself imply the presence of "first component".

Hereinafter, specific embodiments of the present invention will be described in more detail with reference to the accompanying drawings, which illustrate representative embodiments of the present invention and do not limit the present invention.

As shown in fig. 1, the present invention provides a preferred embodiment sealing mechanism for a container 100. Container 100 may include door 110 and door frame 111, and door 110 may be hingedly coupled to door frame 111. The container 100 may be a bulk container and the door 110 may be an upturned door that is rotatable in a closed position to an upward flip to open position to expose the interior space of the container 100 to facilitate the discharge of bulk cargo from the interior of the container 100.

The door 110 may be provided at an end of the container 100, and the end of the container 100 may include an end plate and corner posts respectively located at both sides of the end plate, and the end plate may be coupled with the corner posts. The door 110 may be located below an end panel of the container 100.

The door frame 111 may include a top portion, two side portions 112 and a threshold 113, wherein a length direction of the top portion may be parallel to a width direction of the container 100, a length direction of the side portions 112 may be parallel to a height direction of the container 100, and a length direction of the threshold 113 may be parallel to the width direction of the container 100. The top of the door frame is used for being connected with the end plate, two opposite sides of the top of the door frame are respectively connected with the two corner posts, and two opposite sides of the threshold 113 are respectively connected with the two corner posts. The two door frame side portions 112 are connected to the two corner posts, respectively, the top portion of the door frame side portion 112 in the height direction of the container 100 is connected to the door frame top portion, and the bottom portion of the door frame side portion 112 in the height direction of the container 100 is connected to the rocker 113. The door 110 may be hinged to the top of the door frame to allow the door 110 to be flipped up to the open position in the closed position.

Of course, the door 110 and the door frame 111 may be provided at the side of the container 100. The door 110 may be a flip-up door that may be hinged to the top of the door frame. Door 110 may also be a side-by-side door that may be hingedly attached to door frame side 112.

The present invention provides a sealing mechanism of a preferred embodiment for sealing a gap between a door 110 and a door frame 111 to prevent liquid from entering the inside of the container 100 and to prevent liquid or bulk cargo inside the container 100 from flowing out of the container 100.

Specifically, the sealing mechanism may include a first sealing strip 101, a platen assembly 120, and a ground lock assembly 140, the first sealing strip 101 being connected to the door 110 for sealing the door 110 and the lower gap of the door frame 111. As shown in fig. 2 and 4, the first sealing strip 101 may be attached to the bottom surface 115 of the door 110, and the bottom surface 115 of the door 110 in the closed position is opposite the threshold 113. The first sealing strip 101 extends in parallel with the width direction of the container 100 to seal the gap between the door 110 and the threshold 113. The first sealing strip 101 may further extend in a height direction of the container 100, and the first sealing strip 101 may further be coupled to a side surface of a lower portion of the door 110, the side surface of the lower portion of the door 110 in the closed position being opposite to the door frame side portion 112, the first sealing strip 101 for sealing a gap between the door 110 and the door frame side portion 112.

The first weather strip 101 has a substantially P-shaped longitudinal cross-section as shown in fig. 5, and is configured to effectively seal a gap between the door 110 and the lower portion of the threshold 113, thereby preventing liquid from entering the container 100 and preventing liquid or bulk cargo in the container 100 from flowing out of the container 100. When the first weather strip 101 is disposed between the door and the doorsill, the longitudinal sectional shape of the first weather strip 101 is substantially P-shaped on a plane parallel to the height direction of the container 100. When the first sealing strip 101 is disposed at the lower portion of the door and the door frame and the first sealing strip 101 extends in the height direction of the container, the cross-sectional shape of the first sealing strip 101 in the horizontal plane is P-shaped.

The first sealing strip 101 may include a horizontal section 103 and a sealing section 104, wherein the horizontal section 103 is connected to the sealing section 104, the horizontal section 103 is configured to be connected to the door 110, and the sealing section 104 is configured to closely fit to an outer surface of the door frame. Alternatively, the horizontal segment 103 may be connected to the door 110 by rivets and compression straps.

When the first sealing tape 101 is used to seal the gap between the door 110 and the threshold 113, the horizontal section 103 is connected to the bottom surface 115 of the door 110. When the first sealing tape 101 is used to seal a gap between the door 110 and the lower portion of the door frame, the horizontal section 103 is connected to a side surface of the door 110.

The seal segment 104 may include a hollow cavity 105 to facilitate elastic deformation of the seal segment 104. The sealing section 104 may comprise a deformation 106 and a compression part connected to the deformation 106, with a cavity 105 between the deformation 106 and the compression part. The deformation portion 106 is capable of being elastically deformed so that the volume of the cavity 105 is changed. The compressing portion may be vertically connected to the horizontal section 103 to ensure that the compressing portion is uniformly stressed.

The platen assembly 120 is disposed at a lower portion of the door 110. As shown in fig. 2, the platen assembly 120 includes a connection end connected to a lower portion of the door 110 and a free end connected to the connection end, the free end may extend beyond the door 110, the free end may be provided with a fitting portion, and an inner surface of the free end is closely attached to the first sealing tape 101. Specifically, as shown in fig. 4, the pressure plate assembly 120 may include a fitting plate 121 and a pressing plate 123, and the longitudinal sectional shape of the fitting plate 121 may be substantially L-shaped on a plane parallel to the height direction of the container. The mating plate 121 includes a mating connection end and a mating free end, and the mating connection end may be connected to the mating free end. The respective inner surfaces of the mating connection end and the mating free end may be perpendicular to each other. When the door 110 is in the closed position, the inner surface of the mating connection end may face in the direction of the bottom of the container and the inner surface of the mating free end may face in the direction of the interior of the container.

The mating connection end is for connecting with a lower portion of door 110, and preferably, the mating connection end is for connecting with an outer surface 114 of the lower portion of door 110. The outer surface 114 of door 110 may face the outside of container 100. The mating free end may be provided with a mating portion 122. Alternatively, the mating free end may extend downwardly beyond the bottom surface 115 of the door 110 in the height direction of the container 100. Further, the engagement free end may extend downward in the height direction of the container 100 beyond the gap between the threshold 113 and the bottom surface 115 of the door 110, and the upper surface of the threshold 113 may be higher than the lowermost end of the engagement free end in the height direction of the container 100.

The vertical cross-sectional shape of the pressing plate 123 may be substantially L-shaped in a plane parallel to the height direction of the container. The compression plate 123 includes a compression connection end and a compression free end, and the compression connection end may be connected to the compression free end. The inner surfaces of the compression connection end and the compression free end may be perpendicular to each other. When the door 110 is in the closed position, the inner surface of the compression link end may face in the direction of the bottom of the container, and the inner surface of the compression free end may face in the direction of the interior of the container.

The compression link is adapted to be coupled to a lower portion of door 110, and preferably, to an outer surface 114 of the lower portion of door 110. Alternatively, the compression free end may extend downward beyond the bottom surface 115 of the door 110 in the height direction of the container 100. The compression free end may extend downward in the height direction of the container 100 beyond a gap between the threshold 113 and the bottom surface 115 of the door 110, and the upper surface of the threshold 113 may be higher than the lowermost end of the compression free end in the height direction of the container 100. The pressing free end may cover a gap between the door 110 and the threshold 113 in a height direction of the container 100.

The first seal 101 may be coupled to the bottom surface 115 of the door 110 such that the first seal 101 is closer to the interior of the container 100 than the compression plate 123 when the door 110 is in the closed position. The inner surface of the pressing free end is adapted to abut against the first sealing strip 101 so that the first sealing strip 101 can completely cover the gap between the door 110 and the doorframe 111, so that the first sealing strip 101 seals the gap between the door 110 and the doorframe 111. Preferably, the pinched free end may abut against the sealing section 104 of the first sealing strip 101.

Optionally, the mating free end may abut the compression free end to reduce the size of the platen assembly 120 in the horizontal direction. In an embodiment not shown, the mating free end may be spaced from the compression free end along the length of the container, thereby reducing the difficulty of machining.

Of course, the first sealing tape 101 may also be attached to the side surface of the door 110, and the mating plate 121 and the pressing plate 123 may also extend beyond the side surface of the door 110 in the horizontal direction. The engagement free end may extend beyond the side surface of the door 110 in the width direction of the container 100, the outermost end of the engagement free end may be closer to the corner post than the inner surface of the door frame side 112, and the inner surface of the door frame side 112 may face in the direction of the door 110. In this way, the engagement free end can be made to cover the gap between the door 110 and the door frame side 112 in the width direction of the container 100. The compression free end may extend beyond the side surface of the door 110 in the width direction of the container 100, and the outermost end of the compression free end may be closer to the corner post than the inner surface of the door frame side 112, so that the compression free end can cover the gap between the door 110 and the door frame side 112 in the width direction of the container 100. The compression free end is capable of applying a compression force against the first sealing strip 101 towards the interior of the container such that the first sealing strip 101 is capable of sealing the gap between the door 110 and the frame side 112.

The ground lock assembly 140 is capable of applying a compressive force to the platen assembly 120 toward the interior of the container. The ground lock assembly 140 is hinged to the doorframe 111, and preferably, the ground lock assembly 140 is hinged to the doorsill 113. The specific structure of the ground lock assembly 140 can be as shown in fig. 2 and 4, the ground lock assembly 140 includes a hinge plate and a shaft 142, and the shaft 142 is disposed inside the container 100. One end of the shaft 142 may be connected to a link 143, and the other end of the shaft 142 may be connected to the container 100. The length of the link 143 can be adjusted to flexibly set the shaft 142. The hinge plate may be hinged with the link 143, and may include a hook 141, a hinge 144, and a sliding part 145, the hook 141 may be located above the hinge 144 in the height direction of the container 100, and the sliding part 145 may be located below the hinge 144 in the height direction of the container 100. The hinge 144 is hinged to the link 143, and the sliding portion 145 may be hinged to the sliding plate 146. The shaft 142 is rotatable about the axis so that the hook 141 can hook over the mating part and exert a pressing force on the free end towards the interior of the container. Of course, the shaft 142 can also rotate around the shaft center to enable the hook portion 141 to be separated from the engagement portion, thereby enabling the door in the closed position to be flipped to the open position.

The door frame 111 may be provided with a sliding groove, and preferably, the threshold 113 may be provided with a sliding groove, and an extending direction of the sliding groove may be parallel to a length direction of the container 100. The sliding plate 146 may be movably disposed in the sliding groove in a horizontal direction, and preferably, the sliding portion 145 may be movably disposed in the sliding groove in a length direction of the container 100.

The opening direction of the hook 141 may be toward the inside of the container 100, and the hook 141 may hook the engagement portion 122 of the engagement free end. The mating portion 122 may be configured as a substantially cylindrical body. When the door 110 rotates downward from the open position to the closed position, the engaging portion 122 can enter the groove of the hook portion 141. The hook portion 141 is capable of applying a pressing force toward the inside of the container 100 to the mating free end, and since both the mating free end and the pressing free end are connected to the door 110, the hook portion 141 applies a pressing force toward the inside of the container 100 to the pressing free end. The free end is tightly attached to the sealing section 104 of the first sealing strip 101, and the free end applies pressure to the sealing section 104 of the first sealing strip 101 towards the inside of the container 100, so that the deformation part 106 of the first sealing strip 101 deforms, the volume of the cavity 105 is compressed, and finally the first sealing strip 101 is tightly attached to the outer surface of the door frame 111.

The first sealing strip 101 extends in a horizontal direction, and the sealing section 104 of the first sealing strip 101 can closely fit with the outer surface of the threshold 113 to seal the gap between the bottom surface 115 of the door 110 and the threshold 113. The first sealing strip 101 may extend along the height direction of the container 100, and the sealing section 104 of the first sealing strip 101 may be closely attached to the outer surface of the door frame side portion 112 to seal the gap between the side surface of the door 110 and the door frame side portion 112, and finally the first sealing strip 101 seals the gap between the door 110 and the lower portion of the door frame 111.

According to the utility model discloses a sealing mechanism, including first sealing strip 101, clamp plate assembly 120 and ground lock assembly 140, first sealing strip 101 is connected to chamber door 110, the free end of clamp plate assembly 120 extends beyond the basal surface 115 or the side surface of chamber door 110 and the free end of clamp plate assembly 120 is provided with cooperation portion 122, ground lock assembly 140 is articulated with door frame 111 and includes the hook portion 141 of opening direction towards the inside of container 100, hook portion 141 can catch on cooperation portion 122 and exert the packing force towards the inside of container 100 to the free end of clamp plate assembly 120, so that first sealing strip 101 closely laminates with the surface of door frame 111, make first sealing strip 101 seal the gap of the lower part of chamber door 110 and door frame 111, both avoid liquid to get into the inside of container 100, and avoid the inside liquid or the bulk cargo of container 100 to flow out from container 100.

Further, as shown in fig. 2 and 3, the sealing mechanism further includes a second sealing strip 102, and the second sealing strip 102 may be disposed on an upper portion of the door 110. The door 110 may be an up-turned door, the up-turned door may be hinged to the top of the doorframe, and the second sealing strip 102 may be disposed at an upper portion of the up-turned door to seal a gap between the door 110 and an upper portion of the doorframe 111. As shown in fig. 6, when the second weather strip 102 seals the gap between the tilt-up door and the top of the door frame, the longitudinal section of the second weather strip 102 is substantially J-shaped on a plane parallel to the height direction of the container. When the second weather strip 102 seals the gap between the tilt-up door and the door frame side portion, the sectional shape of the second weather strip 102 in the horizontal plane is substantially J-shaped. As shown in fig. 3, the middle portion of the second sealing strip 102 may be connected to the door 110 by rivets and beads.

The second sealing strip 102 may extend both in the horizontal direction to seal the gap between the tilt-up door and the top of the door frame and the second sealing strip 102 may extend in the height direction of the container 100 to seal the gap between the tilt-up door and the upper portion of the door frame side 112. In this way, the first sealing strip 101 and the second sealing strip 102 are disposed around the tilt-up door, and the first sealing strip 101 and the second sealing strip 102 jointly seal the gap between the tilt-up door and the door frame 111, thereby enhancing the sealing performance of the sealing mechanism and preventing the goods inside the container 100 from leaking to the outside of the container 100 through the gap between the tilt-up door and the upper portion of the door frame 111.

The utility model also provides a container, container include foretell sealing mechanism. The container also includes a door and a door frame hingedly connected to the door.

According to the utility model provides a container, sealing mechanism includes first sealing strip, clamp plate subassembly and ground lock subassembly, first sealing strip is connected to the chamber door, clamp plate subassembly's free end extends and surpasss the basal surface of chamber door or the free end of side surface and clamp plate subassembly is provided with the cooperation portion, ground lock subassembly is articulated with the door frame and includes the hook portion of opening direction towards the inside of container, hook portion can catch on the cooperation portion and exert the packing force towards the inside of container to clamp plate subassembly's free end, so that the surface of first sealing strip and door frame closely laminates, make the gap of the lower part of the sealed chamber door of first sealing strip and door frame, both avoid liquid to get into the inside of container, and avoid the inside liquid of container or bulk cargo to flow out from the container.

The door may be a flip-up door that may be rotated in a closed position to flip up to an open position to expose the interior space of the container 100 to facilitate the discharge of bulk cargo within the container 100.

Unless defined otherwise, technical and scientific terms used herein have the same meaning as commonly understood by one of ordinary skill in the art to which this invention belongs. The terminology used herein is for the purpose of describing particular embodiments only and is not intended to be limiting of the invention. Terms such as "part," "member," and the like, when used herein, can refer to either a single part or a combination of parts. Terms such as "mounted," "disposed," and the like, as used herein, may refer to one component as being directly attached to another component or one component as being attached to another component through intervening components. Features described herein in one embodiment may be applied to another embodiment, either alone or in combination with other features, unless the feature is otherwise inapplicable or otherwise stated in the other embodiment.

The present invention has been described in terms of the above embodiments, but it is to be understood that the above embodiments are for purposes of illustration and description only and are not intended to limit the invention to the described embodiments. Furthermore, it will be understood by those skilled in the art that the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiments, and that many more modifications and variations can be made in accordance with the teachings of the present invention, all of which fall within the scope of the invention as claimed. The scope of the invention is defined by the appended claims and equivalents thereof.

Claims

1. A sealing mechanism for a container, the container including a door and a door frame hingedly connected to the door, the sealing mechanism comprising:

a first seal for connection to the cabinet door;

2. A seal arrangement according to claim 1, wherein the longitudinal cross-sectional shape of the first sealing strip is substantially P-shaped.

3. The seal mechanism of claim 2, wherein the first seal strip includes a horizontal segment for connecting to the bottom surface or the side surface of the door and a sealing segment connected to the horizontal segment for mating engagement with the outer surface of the door frame.

4. The seal mechanism of claim 3, wherein the seal segment comprises a hollow cavity.

5. The sealing mechanism of claim 4, wherein the platen assembly comprises:

6. The seal mechanism of claim 1, wherein the ground lock assembly further comprises:

a hinge portion hinged to the link; and

7. The sealing mechanism of claim 1, wherein the first sealing strip extends in a horizontal direction to seal a gap between the bottom surface of the door and the door frame, and/or the first sealing strip extends in a height direction of the container to seal a gap between the side surface of the door and the door frame.

8. The seal mechanism of claim 1, further comprising a second seal strip for attachment to an upper portion of the door, the second seal strip having a generally J-shaped longitudinal cross-section.

9. A container, characterized in that it comprises a sealing mechanism according to any of claims 1-8 and a door.

10. The container of claim 9, wherein the door is a tilt-up door.