DE2838322A1 - STACKABLE CONTAINER WITH FOLDING FRONT PANEL MADE OF WIRE GRID - Google Patents

Description

PATENT Attorney DIPLtSNG. PAUL DIE LIETZENBURGER STRASSE 53-1000 BERLIN 15 CALL (030) 882 2O 63/882 2O 64

August 30, 1978 D / Ke

CAMPISUSA SpA
Via Dante, 19th

I-2OO32 Ospitaletto di Corpieno (Kcllano), Italy

Stackable container with a hinged front wall made of wire mesh

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The invention relates to a stackable container with a hinged front wall made of wire mesh.

For offering for sale of certain goods in department stores ,, Supermarktenj self-service stores and similar sale = are transactions often used of wire mesh existing stacked containers, which have a large front access opening, so that the stored in the container products can be easily removed _o This front access opening is usually be one that is also made of wire mesh trap door closed, the purpose of removing the goods folded down _e must in order to ensure that in folded-down part of the access opening of the underlying container is not partially covers the front wall of a container, to this fold-down part of the front wall has a Container already divided into two foldable parts in turn _s where = when the requirement must be met that the two folded-down sections do not protrude below the bottom of the container ₀

The previously known container of the type described, the foldable parts of the front wall are divided into two mutually foldable sections again, require that the foldable parts are grasped with both hands. Furthermore, the tilting and swiveling operations of the two foldable interconnected parts of the front wall with respect to the lower, fixed part of the container must be carried out with considerable care, and it is often the case

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it happens that the person concerned pinches their fingers between the folded-over sections.

The invention is based on the object of creating a stackable container of the type described above, which has a foldable front wall that is easy to handle without the risk of injury by pinching the fingers between the folded ones Sharing consists.

According to the invention, this object is achieved in that the front wall consists of a lower stationary section, lateral stationary sections and from two horizontally extending, vertically displaceable and foldable sections, namely a middle section and an upper section connected to this exists, these sections are equipped with laterally protruding elements that have appropriate Cross struts of the side sections are to be hooked o

In a further development of the invention, there is the upper edge of the stationary section of the front wall from a cross strut, connected to the eyelets into which the Base cross strut of the central foldable portion of the front wall engages rotatably.

A particularly advantageous embodiment of the invention consists in that the hinged as hooking elements Sections each serve the outer ends of the upper cross struts of these foldable sections, wherein

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these laterally protruding ends of the upper cross struts towards the inside of the container and angled downwards are.

j To make it easier to hook in, the two fixed lateral sections of the front wall of the container each at the corresponding height horizontal Cross struts over which the ends of the horizontal upper cross struts of the foldable sections grip. To the For hooking purposes, the individual sections must be shifted slightly upwards or downwards can. Since the foldable sections are in turn each pivotably mounted in elongated eyelets such vertical displacements for the purpose of hooking or unhooking of the sections are easily possible.

In the context of the invention, the middle foldable section has an elastic, slightly protruding forward Retaining seat provided over which the associated vertical struts of the upper foldable section when Fold down desselbsn are pressed and behind which they then snap into place. In this way, the upper foldable section, which is unhooked and folded down first, with the middle section detachable, but sufficiently firmly connected for the folding process. Then the middle section is made unhooked the lateral cross braces of the side sections of the front wall and also, now together with the upper section folded down until it is attached to the stationary lower part of the front wall of the container comes to rest. The access opening of the

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The container is now released for the purpose of removing goods

Unfolding the front wall is particularly simple in that the upper foldable section after unhooking from the cross struts of the side sections under the action of gravity up to Support is pivoted on the middle section and can be easily locked there. The following Folding down both sections together has already been described.

The hinged sections are only unhooked by gently pushing the sections under then pull it forward, whereupon the folding down process already begins. This process can therefore can be initiated and performed with a single finger without difficulty. The pinching of Fingers is completely excluded,

The inventive design of the foldable sections has the further advantage that it only takes up an extremely small amount of space when folded down claim.

The invention is described below with reference to the exemplary embodiment shown in the drawing the same explained in more detail. Show it:

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Fig. 1 is the front view of the container, the side of the successive folding operations of the two movable sections of the front wall are shown on the basis of schematic side views, . .

FIG. 2 is a schematic enlarged in relation to FIG Perspective view of a section of the hooking system between the movable upper one Section and the stationary side sections of the front wall according to Fig. 1,

Fig. 3 shows the connection between the two foldable upper and middle sections and

4 shows the connection between the movable central section and the lower stationary section.

Thereafter, the container according to the invention has a front wall which consists of a front lower stationary section 1 of two lateral stationary sections 2 and 2 ¹ and of two horizontal movable sections, namely a middle section 7 and an upper section 14.
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The lateral sections 2 and 2 ^f each have a horizontal cross strut 3 and a common base cross strut 4, which forms the upper edge of the stationary section 1, at appropriate heights. 30th

On the base cross strut 4 are arranged vertically

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Eyelets 5 attached, in which the base cross brace 6 of the central foldable section 7 of the front wall engages.

The middle hinged section 7 carries at its upper edge the cross brace 8, the lateral ends 9 and 9 ¹ protrude from the structure and are angled inward and downward so that they each form a hook which is shaped so that it over the conces- jQ located crosspiece 3 can be one of the lateral portions or hung 2 '.

The middle section 7 also has at least one retaining seat 10 in the lower middle area, ■ jr that protrudes slightly and essentially consists of one rectangular frame, the shorter sides of which are bent forward.

In addition, the middle section 7 is equipped with two 2Q side posts 11, the upper ends of which are bent over to form eyelets 12, in which the base cross strut 13 of the upper foldable section 14 engages.

This upper section 14 contains, in the area of its upper edge, a cross strut 15, the ends 16 and 16 of which protrude laterally and are angled inwards and downwards so that they form a hook that extends over the in the upper part of the stationary sections 2 and 2 ¹ arranged cross struts 3 engages.

The holding seat 10 is dimensioned so that its position

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associated two vertical struts of the upper section 14, which after folding down the same hit this retaining seat, snap into place elastically behind it with slight deformation. Then, while slightly lifting the so united middle upper sections 7 and 14, the ends u.9 'hooked from the cross braces 3 and both sections 7 and 14 folded down as a unit, as shown in the lower left schematic functional drawing according to Fig. 1 reveals.

Patent attorney

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Claims (6)

Expectations : 1. Stackable container with a foldable, wire mesh> existing front wall, characterized in that ■ that the front wall consists of a lower stationary section (X), two lateral stationary sections (2,2 ') and two horizontally extending, vertically displaceable and foldable Sections, namely a middle section (7) and an upper section (14) connected to this, these sections (7,14) being equipped with laterally protruding elements (9,9 ·; 16,16 ') which over corresponding cross struts (3) of the side sections (2, 2 ') are to be hooked. 2. A container according to claim 1, characterized in that g e k e η η draw ne, t that the upper edge of the stationary lower section (1) consists of a cross strut (6), with the eyelets (5) are connected, in which the Base cross strut (6) of the central foldable section (7) engages rotatably. 3. Container according to one of claims 1 and 2, characterized in that the lateral Elements for hooking the sliding and folding sections (7, 14) into the side sections (2.2 ·) serve, from the ends of the respective upper cross struts (8.15) of the middle section (7) and the upper section (14) are angled towards the inside of the container and downwards are. 909812/0793 4. Container according to one of claims 1 to 3, characterized in that the lateral
Fixed sections (2.2 ·) are equipped with horizontal cross struts (3) over which the elements (9.9 '; 16.16 ·) used for hooking grip. 5. Container according to one of claims 1 to 4, characterized in that the middle foldable Section (7) in its central lower region contains a retaining seat (10) which protrudes slightly. 6. Container according to one of claims 1 to 5, characterized in that the middle folding section (7) is equipped with two side posts (11), the upper end of each is bent to form an eyelet (12) into which the base cross strut (13) of the upper section (14) engages. 909812 / 07Ö3