DE2246680B2 - FOLDING CONTAINER - Google Patents

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The invention relates to a collapsible container made of at least three blanks, one carrier and one Multiple individual containers, each with two side walls, a bottom and a top wall, with the carrier has a rear wall along its one longitudinal edge over a folded edge with a top wall and is connected along its other longitudinal edge with pivotable lower tongues, the top wall is provided with upper tongues along its longitudinal edge facing away from the rear wall, while each lower tongue above the bottom of a single container.

Such a collapsible container is known from the German utility model 18 43 168, but only suitable for packaging and versa; id purposes. To the However, the unknown folding container cannot be used for archiving files, as it is with the known cut there is no longer any security between the carrier and the individual containers. This is for use as a container for archiving files, however, disadvantageous. Even those secured with push-in bottles Upper tongues of the known container prove to be disadvantageous in this context, since they are not are suitable for frequent opening and closing.

The invention is therefore based on the object of the known collapsible container of the type mentioned to the effect that it can be used as a stackable container for archiving files can. This object is achieved in that each upper tongue over the front edge of the associated individual container is folded inwards, while the individual container has a front flap cover and a rear wall have, the lower tongues through a slot between the rear wall and the bottom of the Individual containers are performed. With this training there is no frequent opening and closing of the lid Significant wear and tear possible, with each individual container with respect to the The carrier is fixed in position as the top tongue is folded inward into the individual container while the top wall as well as the back wall of the carrier extend over the entire length of the carrier without any Extending incisions or lines of perforations.

In an advantageous embodiment of the invention it is also provided that the side walls of the individual containers are double-walled. This improves the stackability of the containers, since twice as much Side wall causes particularly great stability.

In a further advantageous embodiment of the invention it is provided that the upper tongues through slots Bendable and supported against the side walls of an individual container formed in the side edges Have locking tabs. This has the advantage that without additional means to be attached from the same Cut the stops for the closed position of the hinged lid.

In a further advantageous embodiment it is finally provided that the hinged cover is known per se Way are folded parallel to their folding axis first inward and then outward, the fold formed by the latter fold forms a pull tab. The basic principle of such a folding is known from FR-PS 9 18 773. But with the well-known folding box, which is also only too Suitable for transport purposes, the corresponding part of the known folding box is not, however, often too opening hinged lid, but only as a stiff and dense base, around powder grains or To be able to fill in pastes and to absorb the transport loads due to the corresponding rigidity to be able to. The well-known training is for archiving files due to the lack of a pull tab unsuitable as a frequently operated hinged cover.

In the drawing, an example embodiment of the subject matter of the invention is shown, and although shows

F i g. 1 is a diagrammatic representation of the closed container,

F i g. 2 shows an identical representation of an individual container that has not yet been fully opened,

F i g. 3 a corresponding representation of the carrier and a single container in a half-erected position,

F i g. 4 shows a section along the line IV-IV in FIG. 1 and

F i g. 5 shows a section along the line V-V in FIG. 4th

In the drawing is an embodiment of the folding container shown with three individual containers, but the number of individual containers can also be changed as desired could be.

The collapsible container, which is preferably made of corrugated cardboard, has a carrier 1 with a rear wall 2 and a cover wall 4 connected to it via the fold line 3 along a longitudinal edge. At that of the fold line 3

averted longitudinal edge 5 are hinged to the rear wall 2 three lower tongues 6, each of which one the individual container 7 is assigned. Likewise, there are corresponding upper tongues on the upper edge of the roof wall 4 8 articulated, each of which at a certain distance from the pivot axis 9 on each side edge is provided with two incisions, through which a bendable locking tab 10 is formed in each case.

Each of the small containers 7 has two side walls Ua and lib, a rear wall 12, a bottom 13, a top wall 14 and a cap 15. All of these tiles are set up from a flat blank, with the base 13 being connected to the two side walls 11a and Ho and the hinged cover 15 via corresponding fold lines, while a wing 16 is hinged along the rear edge of each side wall 11a and 116, which flights ¹ together form the rear wall 12. The height of the wings 16 is chosen so that a push-through gap remains between the rear wall 12 formed by them and the floor 13.

The side walls 11a and 116 each consist of two side parts 17 which are folded over one another along the front edge 18 of the container. The upper edge of the side wall 1 If) is connected via the fold line 19 to the upper wall 14, the free end of which has a fold 20 that is folded downwards (see FIG. 2). The hinged cover 15 has two fold lines 22 and 23 parallel to its hinge axis 21 and is folded inwards around the first and outwards again around the first, the edge facing away from the axis 21 being formed by the outwardly protruding opening tab 24. Are the individual containers 7 set up in that according to F i g. 2 the side walls 11 α and 11 b with folded side parts 17 set up, the fold 20 / wipe the side parts 17 inserted and the wings 16 ^{are folded to form the rear wall 12 by 90 D} with respect to the side walls 11 a and 11 b , where these individual containers are 7 connected to the carrier 1 in that one

each lower tongue 6 pushes through on the underside of the wings 16 until each lower tongue δ on the floor 13 of the corresponding individual container 7 rests (see FIG. 3). The top wall is then pivoted 4 around the folding edge 3 until it rests on the top wall 14 of the individual containers 7, then around each top tongue 8 around the front upper edge 25 of each individual container 7 to fold until they are on the underside of the respective Upper wall 14 rests, the dimensions being chosen so that each upper tongue 8 through its locking tab 10 is held in this position. It is now sufficient to close the hinged cover 15, with in the front edges of the locking tabs 10 serve as stops for the hinged cover 15 in the closed position. The double folding of the hinged cover 15 and their corresponding dimensioning can further be achieved be that they remain resilient in the closed position, which at the same time also have certain manufacturing tolerances can be compensated.

As a result of the arrangement of individual containers, which are combined into a unit by a carrier one succeeds in closing comparatively small but stable compartments formed by the individual containers form. In addition, the connection between the carrier and the individual containers creates a very stable unit, the stability is further increased by the fact that the side walls Ha and 116 of the individual container as from the two side parts 17 existing double walls are formed, which arrangement allows at the same time, insert the fold of each top wall of a single container between the opposite side panels and to secure the upper wall in its position. This stability now allows such containers without the risk of damaging them or deforming the contents of the container, in any quantity on top of one another to be stacked, the easy access / u the comparatively small individual containers on the simplest Way is guaranteed.

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Claims (4)

Patent claims: 1. Folding container from at least three blanks, from a carrier and a plurality of individual containers each with two side walls, a bottom and a top wall, with the carrier having a rear wall has, along its one longitudinal edge over a falling edge with a top wall and along its other Longitudinal edge is connected to pivotable lower tongues, the top wall along its the rear wall facing away from the longitudinal edge is provided with upper tongues, while each lower tongue over is the bottom of a single container, thereby characterized in that each upper tongue (8) over the front edge (25) of the associated individual container (7) is folded inwards, while the individual container (7) has a front hinged lid (15) and a rear wall (12), the lower tongues (6) through a slot between the Rear wall (12) and the bottom (13) of the individual containers (7) are guided. 2. Collapsible container according to claim!, Characterized in that the side wall ^ (11a, Mb) of the individual container (7) are double-walled. 3. Collapsible container according to claim 1 or 2, characterized in that the upper tongues (8) through Slits formed in the side edges, bendable, against the side walls (Ua, Ufa) of an individual container (7) have supportable locking tabs (10). 4. Collapsible container according to one of Claims 1 to 3. characterized in that the hinged cover (15) is parallel to its hinged axis in a manner known per se (21) are folded first inward and then outward, with the one through the latter Fold formed fold (23, 24) forms an opening tab.