DE7120934U - Transport container - Google Patents

Description

Patent attorneys

Dipl. Ir.g. H. Hauck

Dipl. Fhys. W. Schmitz

Dipl. Ing. E '.. Graalfs

Dipl. Ing. VV. V / chnert

Dipl. Phys. v '-. /. Carstens

8 Munich 2

Mozartstrasse 23

G 71 2o 9_4.2 January 25, 197 p

S. Strömberg & Co. Lawyer File M-3385

Transport container

The invention relates to a transport container, which preferably is suitable for transporting fish or other foodstuffs. The one having the shape of a can or a can The container is made of a plastic material and has a bottom, side walls and frame-shaped top sides which overlap Extend along the upper edge of the side walls and are provided with buttons or the like.

There are known proposals to manufacture fish containers from plastic material. However, known containers have a shape which require a relatively complicated and expensive method of manufacture. The reason is to be seen in the fact that the container cannot be manufactured as a unit in a single casting or pressing process step. So far the tops have been separated manufactured from the rest of the container part and then preferably applied to the container in a welding process. In the same So far, reinforcement and stiffening elements have been manufactured separately from the rest of the container and are then made attached to this.

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Based on this, the object of the present invention is to provide a transport container in the form of a can or can create, weiciier iiisbcäoridere. suitable for holding fish is. It should be possible to manufacture this container in one piece in a single molding process. That is, the container and its top and that the reinforcing elements are manufactured during one and the same work step. According to the invention For example, a container of the aforementioned type was formed so that the horizontally extending upper side is an extension of the edges of the upper side wall is formed, wherein the edges are bent so that they over more or less perpendicular reinforcement parts form the top, and that the top is provided with a reinforcing edge. -, hand on the opposite Side of the reinforcement is bent down.

A further reinforcement of the upper sides and the container can be achieved by vertically and transversely extending supports which are formed in one piece with the underside of the tops.

To the top or the upper support and the container fiction · According to further reinforce, the corners of the container are tubular with shaped, vertical stiffening parts equipped per se known type. Your hollow interior, which extends vertically, is open at both ends during manufacture. Usually this is the most suitable solution as an accumulation of moisture

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is avoided. The cavities can, however, as desired Manufacture of the container can be closed, e.g. at its top

An embodiment of the present invention is explained by way of example with reference to the accompanying drawings.

Figure 1 of the drawings is a sectional view through a fish tank in accordance with the present invention;

Fig. 2 is a detail view of Fig. 1 as section G;

Fig. 3 is a further detail view of the container shown in Fig. 1 immediately below the top, as section F and

Fig. 4 is a sectional view through the container shown in Fig. 1 showing the reinforced Corners.

To cans or cans of the form according to the invention with the required strength to manufacture so that the upper sides are loaded. can, these and the side walls are effectively reinforced. According to the embodiment shown, the upper edges are for this purpose each of the side walls 2 bent, whereby there are areas of suitable reinforcement. The side wall 2 is accordingly as shown initially bent inwards and runs in the form of an inclined part 2 '. Then the side wall is vertical after bent at the top and forms a short part 2 '', which then

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merges into a horizontally extending upper side 4. the
The outer edge of the upper side 4 is furthermore bent outwards and downwards and in this way forms a partially perpendicular reinforcing edge 4 '. The shape of the cavity 5 within the curved part enables the corresponding pre-setting of the shape to be removed from the finished fish tin without difficulty .

The same applies to the vertical, tubular reinforcements 7 at the corners, the cavity 8 of which is formed by the corresponding cores of the mold. The cores can be moved slightly in the axial direction can be removed through the cavities after the can has been formed.

In addition to the mentioned side members 2 ', 2 ^"1 and the flanges 4 ¹ may be provided at one or at several points with vertical ribs or reinforcing walls 1 ο, the tops 4, which are aligned along the side walls. The ribs or walls are molded simultaneously in one piece with the can during its manufacture.

With the aid of the side walls shaped in the manner described above, an effective reinforcement of the upper sides 4 is achieved. It as a result, it is possible to walk on these tops, for example when the cans serving as fish containers are in the hold stowed or otherwise handled in a ship. As is known, tops of this shape are required for fish transport

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portcases or containers, which are particularly loaded on ships.

In addition, the can is shaped in a known manner. The bottom 1 runs somewhat obliquely with respect to the middle and follows directed outwards and is provided with a drainage for excess water or for other liquids that run off the fish. The bottom 1 is also provided with ribs 15, which the buttons 6 can be adjusted. In this way, cans of the same shape are safely stacked on top of each other, with the buttons in each case 6 are inserted between the ribs 13. !

Through the embodiment of the container described, a can suitable for transporting fish was created, which is very light; can be cleaned. The inclined, upper part 2 ^{1 of} the side wall determines the shape of the inside 11 of the side walls, which enables simple and effective cleaning of the can. Fish tanks of this type, which are known to be known, often have one

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sharp angle below the top. It's difficult in this Cleaning the area because the contamination cannot be seen at first and it is also difficult to: Reach.

The tubular reinforcements 7 have at the edges or corners Cavities 8, which are closed in their upper and / or lower ends by covers 9, 9 '. The covers are over this Openings made in a welded connection. The lower opening

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can be closed if desired by a rubber stopper (not shown) which extends so far into the opening that it is securely held in it. The lower part of this plug extends slightly down over the container. The lower part therefore serves as a support; as its bottom preferably ribbed in the same pattern as the remainder of the can mcer side is a good engagement reached the support. The flexibility of the rubber stop or rubber stoppers allow this to be pressed together at the same height as the remaining ribs of the can bottom, what then happens when the container is stacked with other, corresponding containers.

Doses or containers according to the present invention can therefore be in be molded or pressed in a single operation, what the Production is considerably cheaper and simpler than known methods of production. The container has the required Strength and is particularly easy to clean.

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Claims (4)

-1Jf1 l. iijii VS9 ^ Vrrif ^ .mw-- ι Π TiIiIIiIiIi ι (»üii ^ i -τG 71 2ο 934.2 January 25, 1975 S. Strömberg & Co. Attorney's files M-3385 Protection claims 1. Plastic stackable fish crate with two pairs opposing side walls, the side walls of the first pair extending substantially vertically and the side walls of the second pair each one with respect to the vertical in the direction of the opposite one other side wall of the pair to have inclined section with two extending horizontally and along the top edges of the side walls of the second pair of extending planks through a series of extending normal to the associated side wall and vertically Ribs are supported on this side wall, with a testicle extending outward and from its elevated center is inclined down to the connection area with the side walls of the second pair, and with drain openings from at least in ; this connection area, the fish box is shaped so that a shifting of two boxes stacked on top of each other by a positive engagement of the top of the lower box with the bottom of the upper box is impossible, characterized that the side walls of the second pair of one from the bottom (1) outgoing vertical section [I), the adjoining inwardly inclined section (2'j and a *:! adjoining vertical section (2 ") exist, which is in the associated vcn the edge of the vertical section ( 2 ¹¹ ) outwardly extending plank (4) merges, so that each plank (4) ^{merges into an outer reinforcing flange (4 1} ), e'er is bent downward from the plank so that the vertical ribs (1o) are between the inclined section (2 '), the vertical section (2 ¹¹ ), the plank (4 ¹ ) and the downwardly bent flange (4 ¹ ) extend that on the vertical abutting edges of the side walls (2, 2', 2 '' , 4,4 ·; 3) tubular reinforcement elements (7) open at least at one end, which extend from the plank (4) to the floor (1), and that first locking elements ( 6) and on the underside of the base (1) associated second locking elements (13) are formed d, which interlock when several boxes are stacked on top of one another. 2. fish box according to claim 1, characterized in that the reinforcing elements (7) are closed at least at their upper ends (9). 3. Fish box according to claim 1 or 2, characterized in that the reinforcing elements (7) at their lower end by one each Rubber stopper are closed, which protrudes with its free end over the support plane of the base (1). - 9- 7120934 i2.ne.75 4. Fish box according to one of claims 1 to 3, characterized in that that the contact surface of the rubber stopper according to i the shape of the second locking element (13) designed | is. I. 7120934 06/12/75