SUMMERY OF THE UTILITY MODEL
Based on present not enough, the utility model aims at providing a turnover container, this turnover container's base increases the system of piling up for the turnover container is compatible in the mobilizable pallet truck of current standard tray/band pulley.
To achieve the above object, the present application discloses an epicyclic vessel comprising a rectangular base, a pair of long side plates and a pair of short side plates, the pair of long side plates and the pair of short side plates being foldable with respect to the base, wherein the bottom surface of the base is provided with a base stopper inwardly offset from and arranged parallel to the periphery of the base.
In one embodiment, the base limiting part comprises a corner blocking rib positioned at the corner of the base, a long side blocking rib positioned on the long side of the base and a short side blocking rib positioned on the short side of the base.
In one embodiment, the long side barrier rib and/or the short side barrier rib is one or more discontinuous barrier rib segments.
In one embodiment, the corner blocking rib is an "L" shaped blocking rib.
In one embodiment, the "L" shaped rib comprises two rib segments perpendicular to each other and not connected/connected.
In one embodiment, the blocking rib section of the L-shaped blocking rib arranged parallel to the long side of the base is inwardly offset from the periphery of the base by a distance greater than the thickness of the long side plate.
In one embodiment, the height of the corner rib is not less than the height of the long side rib and/or the short side rib.
In one embodiment, the long side plates are provided with grooves, the positions of which correspond to the positions of the base retaining portions of the upper epicyclic container when the epicyclic containers are stacked on top of each other in the collapsed state, to accommodate the base retaining portions of the upper epicyclic container.
In one embodiment, the lower corners of the long side plates are rounded corners which avoid the corner retaining ribs of the upper epicyclic container when the epicyclic containers are stacked on top of each other in the collapsed state.
In one embodiment, the long side bead is offset inwardly from the outer periphery of the base by a distance greater than the thickness of the long side plate.
In one embodiment, the short side bead is offset inwardly from the outer periphery of the base by a distance greater than the thickness of the short side panel.
In one embodiment, the side edges of the top ends of the long side plates and the short side plates protrude toward the inside of the case body by a plurality of protrusions spaced apart from each other.
The folding box of this application can match current main pallet truck when piling up.
Drawings
Figure 1 is a perspective view of a first embodiment of a pallet that may be used with the transfer container of the present invention.
Figure 2 is a perspective view of a second embodiment of a pallet that may be used with the transfer container of the present invention.
Figure 3 is a bottom perspective view of a transfer container according to the present invention.
Fig. 3A, 3B and 3C are enlarged views of detail A, B, C of fig. 3, respectively.
Figure 4 is a perspective view of a stack of turnaround containers on a first embodiment of a pallet according to the present invention.
Fig. 4A shows an enlarged view of detail D1 in fig. 4.
Fig. 4B shows an enlarged view of detail D2 in fig. 4.
Figure 5 is a perspective view of a stack of turnaround containers on a second embodiment of a pallet according to the present invention.
Fig. 5A shows an enlarged view of detail E in fig. 5.
Figure 6 is a side view of a transfer container according to the invention stacked on top of each other in an upright position.
Fig. 6A shows an enlarged view of detail F in fig. 6.
Fig. 7 is a long side view of an epicyclic vessel according to an embodiment of the invention stacked on top of each other in a collapsed state.
Fig. 7A shows an enlarged view of detail G in fig. 7.
Figure 8 is a short side view of an epicyclic vessel according to another embodiment of the invention stacked on top of each other in a collapsed state.
Fig. 8A and 8B show enlarged views of detail H and detail I in fig. 8, respectively.
Figure 9 is a side view of a stack of turnaround containers on a first embodiment of a pallet according to the present invention.
Fig. 9A shows an enlarged view of detail J in fig. 9.
Figure 10 is a side view of an epicyclic container loaded with a load according to the invention.
Figure 11 is a perspective view of the transfer container according to the invention stacked on each other in a folded state, with the side panels of the upper transfer container removed.
Fig. 11A shows an enlarged view of detail K in fig. 11.
Figure 12 is another perspective view of the transfer container according to the invention stacked on each other in a folded state, with the side panels of the upper transfer container removed.
Fig. 12A shows an enlarged view of detail L in fig. 12.
Detailed Description
The preferred embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings so that the objects, features and advantages of the invention can be more clearly understood. It should be understood that the embodiments shown in the drawings are not intended as limitations on the scope of the invention, but are merely illustrative of the true spirit of the technical solution of the invention.
In the following description, for the purposes of illustrating various disclosed embodiments, certain specific details are set forth in order to provide a thorough understanding of the various disclosed embodiments. One skilled in the relevant art will recognize, however, that the embodiments may be practiced without one or more of the specific details. In other instances, well-known devices, structures and techniques associated with this application may not be shown or described in detail to avoid unnecessarily obscuring the description of the embodiments.
Throughout the specification and claims, the word "comprise" and variations thereof, such as "comprises" and "comprising," are to be understood as an open, inclusive meaning, i.e., as being interpreted to mean "including, but not limited to," unless the context requires otherwise.
Reference throughout this specification to "one embodiment" or "an embodiment" means that a particular feature, structure, or characteristic described in connection with the embodiment is included in at least one embodiment. Thus, the appearances of the phrases "in one embodiment" or "in an embodiment" in various places throughout this specification are not necessarily all referring to the same embodiment. Furthermore, the particular features, structures, or characteristics may be combined in any suitable manner in one or more embodiments.
As used in this specification and the appended claims, the singular forms "a", "an", and "the" include plural referents unless the context clearly dictates otherwise. It should be noted that the term "or" is generally employed in its sense including "and/or" unless the context clearly dictates otherwise.
In the following description, for the sake of clarity, the structure and operation of the present invention will be described with the aid of directional terms, but the terms "front", "rear", "left", "right", "outer", "inner", "outer", "inward", "upper", "lower", etc. should be understood as words of convenience and not as words of limitation.
An epicyclic container 100 according to the invention and its use will be described below with reference to the accompanying drawings.
A perspective view of a pallet 200 that may be used with the epicyclic container 100 is shown in figure 1. The tray 200 includes a tray body 201 and a tray stopper 202 disposed on an upper surface of the tray body 201. Specifically, the tray stopper 202 is a stopper rib provided around four edges of the upper surface of the tray body 201. The tray 200 is provided with a space-escape portion 203 at 4 corners for accommodating rollers thereof when the tray is stacked on top. Therefore, the stopper ribs cannot be provided at the four corners of the tray 200.
A perspective view of a tray 300 that may be used with the epicyclic container 100 is shown in figure 2. The tray 300 includes a tray body 301 and a tray stopper 302 provided on an upper surface of the tray body 301. Specifically, the tray stopper 302 is a stopper rib 202 provided at a periphery and a corner of the upper surface of the tray body 301 and spaced apart therefrom. Wherein the limiting ribs at the corners are L-shaped. The pallet 300 is further provided with a space-avoiding portion 303 at 4 corners for accommodating the rollers when the pallets are stacked on top, the space-avoiding portion being located inside the corner restricting rib of the "L" shape.
The existing transfer container can be generally applied to only one of the trays 200 and 300, and the transfer container 100 of the present invention can be applied to either of the above two types of trays 200 and 300. Referring specifically to fig. 3, a bottom perspective view of the turnaround container 100 in accordance with the present invention is shown. The epicyclic vessel 100 comprises a base 110, a pair of opposing short side plates 120 and a pair of opposing long side plates 130. The two pairs of opposing side panels 120 and 130 are foldable relative to the base 110. When the side panels 120 and 130 are folded relative to the base 110, the epicyclic container 100 is in a stowed condition and when the side panels 120 and 130 are erected relative to the base 110, the epicyclic container 100 is in a use condition.
The bottom surface of the base 110 is provided with a base stopper 111. Specifically, the base stopper 111 is a rib that is offset inward from the outer peripheral edge of the base and is disposed substantially parallel to the outer peripheral edge. The ribs 111 are spaced along a generally rectangular path inwardly offset from the peripheral edge. The ribs 111 include corner ribs 1111 at the corners of the base, long side ribs 1112 parallel to the long side panels, and short side ribs 1113 parallel to the short side panels, shown in enlarged views 3A, 3B, and 3C, respectively. Wherein the corner rib 1111 is "L" shaped and includes two rib segments perpendicular to each other, it is understood that the two rib segments may or may not be connected to each other. The long side barrier rib 1112 and the short side barrier rib 1113 are respectively one or more barrier rib sections with certain lengths. Wherein corner ribs 1111 may be used to cooperate with limiting ribs 302 to prevent the transfer container 100 from sliding off of the tray 300 when the transfer container 100 is stacked on the tray 300, and long side ribs 1112 and short side ribs 1113 cooperate with limiting ribs 202 to prevent the transfer container 100 from sliding off of the tray 200 when the transfer container 100 is stacked on the tray 200. Therefore, the epicyclic container 100 having this design can be applied to different types of trays.
In figure 4 the epicyclic container 100 is shown stacked on a pallet 200. Fig. 4A and 4B show enlarged cross-sectional views of details D1 and D2. Wherein the base of the epicyclic container 100 is placed on the upper surface of the tray 200 and abuts against the limit ribs 202 near the edge of the base, the short side stop ribs 1113 on the base are located inside the limit ribs 202 of the tray 200, thereby preventing the epicyclic container 100 from slipping off the tray 200. As shown in fig. 4B, a plurality of protrusions 1201 and 1301 spaced apart from each other protrude toward the inside of the case at side edges of the top ends of the short side plate 120 and the long side plate 130. Preferably, two projections 1201 spaced apart from each other are provided on each short side plate 120. Two projections 1301 spaced apart from each other are provided on each short side plate 120. Two projections 1201 spaced apart from each other are provided on each short side plate 120. When the boxes stack up each other, bulges 1201 and 1301 cooperate with the limiting ribs on the lower surface of the base of the folding box above the bulges respectively, so that the upper-layer folding box is limited from being dislocated or moved relative to the lower-layer folding box.
In figure 5 the epicyclic container 100 is shown stacked on a pallet 300. Fig. 5A shows an enlarged cross-sectional view of detail E. Wherein the base of the epicyclic container 100 is placed on the upper surface of the tray 300, and two blocking rib sections of the "L" -shaped corner blocking ribs 1111 on the base are positioned inside the "L" -shaped limiting ribs 302 of the tray 300, thereby preventing the epicyclic container 100 from slipping off the tray 300.
In fig. 6 is shown a side view from the side of the short side plate of two epicyclic containers 100 when stacked on each other in an unfolded state. Fig. 6A shows a partial cross-sectional view thereof. As can be seen from fig. 6A, when in the stacked state, the long side blocking rib 1112 is offset inward with respect to the long side plate 130, and specifically, the distance of the long side blocking rib 1112 from the outer edge of the base 110 is greater than the distance of the inner wall surface of the long side plate 130 from the outer edge of the base 110, so that interference with the long side plate 130 does not occur when stacking, and it is possible to ensure that the stacking height between the upper and lower epicyclic containers 100 and 100 in the stacked state is not increased by the presence of the long side blocking rib 1112. And because the long side ribs 1112 are offset inward relative to the long side plates 130, the upper revolving container 100 can be prevented from sliding laterally relative to the lower revolving container 100, and the stability of stacking is further ensured.
In figure 7 is shown a side view of two epicyclic containers 100 in an embodiment from the side of the short side plates when stacked on each other in a collapsed state. A partial cross-sectional view thereof is shown in fig. 7A. In the folded state, the two short side panels 120 are first folded on the base 110, and the two long side panels 130 are folded over the short side panels 120. When two epicyclic containers 100 are stacked on top of each other in the collapsed state, the base stop 111 on the base of the upper epicyclic container 100 rests on the long side plate 130 of the lower epicyclic container 100. When the base width of the epicyclic vessel 100 is greater than twice the height of the long side plates 130, the two long side plates 130 are flush with each other in the collapsed state, and the base limiting part 111 on the base of the upper epicyclic vessel 100 rests on the two long side plates 130. When the width of the base of the epicyclic container 100 is less than twice the height of the long side plates 130, the two long side plates 130 overlap each other in the folded state, and the base stop 111 on the base of the upper epicyclic container 100 rests on the upper long side plate 130.
In one embodiment, a protective edge 112 is provided on the base 110 at the edge below the long side plate 130, as shown in FIG. 7A. The long side panel 130 may pivot and translate relative to the safe edge 112, such as described in chinese patent CN 201610349670.3. Wherein the height of the bead 112 may be such that when the epicyclic vessel 100 is in the collapsed state, the outer surface of the long side plates 130 is below the upper edge of the bead 112, and the difference in height between the outer surface of the long side plates 130 and the upper edge of the bead 112 is no less than the height of the base stop 111 on the base 110. In this case, the base stopper 111 is located in the space formed between the outer surface of the long side plate of the lower folded turnover container 100 and the bead 112 and the upper base 110 in the stacked state, and therefore, the arrangement of the base stopper 111 does not affect the stacking height of the turnover container 100 in the folded state.
In figure 8 is shown a side view of two epicyclic containers 100 in another embodiment, viewed from the side of the long side plates, when stacked on each other in a collapsed state. A partial cross-sectional view thereof is shown in fig. 8A. In this embodiment, the outer surface of the long side plates 130 is provided with a stopper portion 131, the stopper portion 131 being a groove portion provided on the outer surface of the long side plates 130, and when two epicyclic containers 100 are stacked on each other in the collapsed state, the base stopper portion 111 of the base 110 of the upper epicyclic container 100 is accommodated within the stopper portion 131 of the long side plates 130, as shown in fig. 8A. Preferably, the depth of the stop portion 131 is not less than the height of the base stop portion 111, so that the base stop portion 111 of the upper epicyclic container 100 can be fully accommodated within the stop portion 131 when two epicyclic containers 100 are stacked on top of each other. Thus, the arrangement of the base stopper 111 does not increase the stacking height of the plurality of the turnover containers 100.
Fig. 8B shows an enlarged view of the base stopper portion 111. The corner bead 1111 and the long side bead 1112 are partially shown in the figure. As shown, the height of the corner rib 1111 is D2, and the height of the long side rib 1112 is D1. The height of the tray stopper on the tray was D3 (see fig. 4A). The relationship between the above heights may be set such that D2 is not less than D1. Therefore, when D3 is greater than or equal to D2, the long side blocking rib 1112 may be suspended when the turnover container 100 is placed on the tray, and at this time, the base 110 is deformed and sagged due to the influence of the weight of the goods, as shown in fig. 11. The long side ribs 1112 may still interact with the pallet stops to prevent the epicyclic vessel 100 from slipping out of the pallet. It is understood, however, that D3 may be smaller than D2, as shown in fig. 9 and 9A. At this time, it is still possible to set D2 to be not less than D1, the base 110 is still deformed and sagged due to the influence of the weight of the cargo, and the long side ribs 1112 can still interact with the pallet stopper. Similarly, the short side blocking ribs 1113 may be set to a height no greater than that of the corner blocking ribs 1111 and interact with the pallet stopper due to the cargo weight base 110 sinking down.
In order to ensure that the height of the epicyclic container 100 when stacked on top of each other in the collapsed state is not increased by the provision of the base stop 111, the long side plates 130 may be arranged in other ways to avoid the base stop 111 of the epicyclic container 100 stacked above. In the embodiment of fig. 4 and 5, the two lower corners of the long side panels 130 are rounded, thus creating a free space between the lower corners of the long side panels 130 and the beads 112 to accommodate the corner ribs 1111 of the stacked above epicyclic containers 100. In figure 11 there is shown a schematic view of the epicyclic container 100 shown in figures 4 and 5 stacked in a collapsed condition with the side panels of the upper epicyclic container 100 removed but with its base 110 corner cut open to expose the lower corner of the long side panel 130 of the lower epicyclic container 100. An enlarged view of the cut-away portion of fig. 11 is shown in fig. 11A. As can be seen in fig. 11A, the corner bead 1111 of the upper epicyclic receptacle is located in the space between the corner of the long side panel 130 of the lower epicyclic receptacle 100 and the safe edge 112.
In fig. 12 is shown a schematic view of the epicyclic vessel 100 shown in fig. 4 and 5 stacked in a collapsed state with the side plates of the upper epicyclic vessel 100 removed but with the short side edges of its base 110 cut open to expose the short side of the long side plates 130 of the lower epicyclic vessel 100 to expose the recesses provided on the lower long side plates 130, the recesses being located in correspondence with the short side barrier ribs 1113 of the upper epicyclic vessel 100. Similarly, a groove is also provided near the bottom edge of the long side plate 130 to accommodate the long side bead 1112. Since in the stacked state the respective retaining ribs of the upper epicyclic container 100 can be accommodated in the corresponding recesses and/or accommodation spaces formed by the long side plates of the lower epicyclic container 100, the provision of the corner retaining ribs 1111 does not lead to an increase in the stacking height when the epicyclic container 100 is stacked in the collapsed state.
It is contemplated that the placement of the grooves on the outer surface of the long side plates 130 will vary depending on the size and model of the epicyclic vessel 100. For example, when the width of the base of the epicyclic container 100 is greater than twice the height of the long side plates 130, the two long side plates 130 are flush with each other in the collapsed state, and the base retaining part 111 on the base of the upper epicyclic container 100 rests on the two long side plates 130. At this time, short side ribs 1113 corresponding to the upper base 110 are provided near the height direction side edges of the two long side plates 130. When the base width of the epicyclic container 100 is less than twice the height of the long side plates 130 but greater than the height of the long side plates 130, the two long side plates 130 overlap each other in the collapsed state, the base stop 111 on the base of the upper epicyclic container 100 resting on the upper long side plate 130. In order to facilitate folding of the circulation container 100, the grooves near the height direction side edges of the two long side plates 130 are symmetrically arranged, so that it is ensured that the base stopper 111 of the upper circulation container 100 can be accommodated no matter which of the two long side plates 130 is folded first. In the above case, grooves are provided only in the vicinity of the bottom edge and both side edges of the long side plate 130, and there is no need to provide grooves in the vicinity of the fixed edge of the long side plate 130 to accommodate the base stopper portion 111. Whereas when the width of the base 110 of the epicyclic container 100 is substantially equal to said long side plates 130, the long side plates 130 cover almost the entire width of the base 110 in the folded condition, recesses are provided at all four peripheries of each long side plate 130 to accommodate the base retaining portions of the upper epicyclic container.
According to the utility model discloses a turnover container 100 can be applied to the tray of different grade type and be difficult for following the tray roll-off. Furthermore, the provision of the seat stop 111 on the seat of the epicyclic container 100 does not result in an increase in the stacking height of the epicyclic container 100 in the expanded and collapsed states.
While the preferred embodiments of the present invention have been described in detail above, it should be understood that aspects of the embodiments can be modified, if necessary, to employ aspects, features and concepts of the various patents, applications and publications to provide yet further embodiments.
These and other changes can be made to the embodiments in light of the above detailed description. In general, in the claims, the terms used should not be construed to be limited to the specific embodiments disclosed in the specification and the claims, but should be construed to include all possible embodiments along with the full scope of equivalents to which such claims are entitled.