DE8323428U1 - DEVICE WITH INCREASED PLANT TANKS - Google Patents

Description

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Device with raised plant containers

( ^! The invention relates to a device with raised plant containers "which in the area of the bottom opposite" the outer sides of the side walls have stacking webs set back,

In the known plant containers of this type, the stacking webs are around the The thickness of the side walls is set back so that they fit together. can be provided. The stack web of the upper plant container is then formed into the one formed by the side walls of the lower plant container Recording introduced so that the two plant containers are held laterally immovable. The adjustable heights are through given the height of the planter. Only the top plant container is planted, while the other plant containers are used as stands ζ are used. The shape of the stand is always determined by the outer contour of the plant container. Because the planter not only have to be watertight, but mostly also have a special design due to the material and the surface properties, their use as a stand element is uneconomical.

It is the object of the invention to provide a device of the type mentioned at the outset Kind to create in a simple way for a height change of plant containers with different sizes and with different shapes suitable is.

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This object is achieved according to the invention in that a hollow body arranged concentrically to one another on the two end faces Stee rims is provided with their outer and / or inner contours are adapted to the inner and / or outer contour of the stacking webs of different sizes and / or differently shaped plant containers.

This hollow body can be used in two twisted by 180 positions ⁶ 'so that each plug-edge can be utilized for the parking of a plant container of different size and / or other form. The hollow body can therefore be used as a stand element for a number of plant containers.

According to one embodiment it is provided that the plug-in edges are round, have a square or polygonal contour.

These contours correspond to the contours of commercially available plant containers. In this case, plug-in webs of the same or different shape can be attached to one end face of the hollow body.

The number of plug-in edges on the hollow body can thereby be increased be that the hollow body is provided on one end face with an end wall on which further plug-in edges are formed, these Plug-in edges lie approximately in a common plane with the plug-in edge forming the end of the hollow body. Here too, the Mating edges arranged concentrically to one another, optionally the same or the same have different contours.

Since the contour of the plug-in edges can also differ on the two end faces of the hollow body, a further embodiment provides that the two plug-in edges, which form the end of the hollow body, into one another via corresponding adaptation sections of the hollow body pass over. The configuration is preferably such that the largest

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Mating edge of the smaller face determines the contour of the hollow body and that the adaptation section is the hollow body with the largest plug-in edge the other larger face connects.

The hollow body is designed and manufactured as a one-piece plastic part with the plug-in edges and the end wall.

An embodiment of the hollow body is characterized in that the Hollow body on the larger end face via an extension section is extended into the area of this end face and the largest plug-in edge that the end wall is formed on the extension section 1st and that the end wall is provided with further smaller plug-in edges. The hollow body does not form any in the direction of its central axis Undercuts and can therefore be made with a simple tool.

The hollow body can be produced in an equally advantageous manner, if its configuration is carried out in such a way that the hollow body is attached to the smaller front side is closed by means of the end wall set back by the height of the plug-in edge and that the end wall with further smaller plug-in edges is provided.

The possible combinations with plant containers can be based on a further development by the fact that the hollow body is closed on the smaller end face by means of the end wall set back by the height of the plug-in edge, that the end wall is provided with smaller plug-in edges and that the hollow body on the larger Front side is extended within the larger mating edge as a smaller mating edge with the contour of the hollow body.

So that several hollow bodies of this type to increase the height of the Stand for the plant container can be used, provides a further embodiment that two plug-in edges that on the two

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End faces of the hollow body are distributed, so coordinated are that the same hollow bodies can be stacked on top of each other.

The invention is explained in more detail with reference to various exemplary embodiments shown in the drawings. It shows in each case

Partial section and in the partial view:

Fig. 1 shows a hollow body with a smaller lower end face and a larger upper face, the lower face itself forming a plug-in edge and two on the upper face Mating edges are arranged,

Fig. 2 shows a hollow body with a larger lower end face and a smaller upper face, the lower face itself forming a plug-in edge and three on the upper face Mating edges are provided and

3 shows a hollow body with a larger lower end face and a smaller upper end face, the lower end face having two plug-in edges and the upper end face three plug-in edges.

The hollow body 10 according to FIG. 1 can have a round, square or polygonal cross section, so that the side walls on the lower end face themselves form the plug-in edge 11. Like the plant container 30 with it The bottom 31 and the stacking web 32 indicate, the plant container 30 can be connected flush with the hollow body 10. The upper The end face of the hollow body 10 is used as a standing surface.

The hollow body 10 merges towards the upper end face via the adaptation section 12 into the plug-in edge 13. The contour can remain the same or change. The form compensation then also takes over the

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Adaptation section 12. With a round plug-in edge 11, the plug-in edge 13 can be square or polygonal and vice versa with square or polygonal mating edge 11 of the mating edge 13 can also be round. In addition to adapting the shape, the adaptation section 12 also performs the size adaptation, since the plug-in edge 13 is suitable for a larger planter 20 with a base 21 and a stacking edge 22.

The extension section 14 sets the shape of the hollow body 10 in Area of the larger end face and is through the final wall 15 completed, which is set back from the open face by the height of the plug-in edges. This end wall 15 carries another Mating edge 16, which is matched to the mating edge 11 of the other end face so that the same hollow bodies 10 are stacked on top of one another can. The end wall 15 can carry further plug-in edges, the same or can have other contours. All the mating edges are aligned symmetrically to the central axis of the hollow body 10, i.e. arranged concentrically.

In the embodiment of FIG. 2 is in the area of the smaller Front side, the end wall 17 is drawn in, which in turn is set back by the insertion depth. The concentric to the plug edge 11 arranged Plug-in edges 18 and 19 can have the same or different contours; they are on the stacking edges of smaller planting containers designed any cross-section. The adaptation section 12 connects the hollow body 10 with the largest Steci <: edge 13, the foot of the hollow body 10 can be exploited. This hollow body 10 is also in the two positions rotated by 180 ° with one or the other end face to be used facing upwards to place plant containers.

Finally, in the embodiment according to FIG. 3, the upper one is smaller The end face of the hollow body 10 has the same design as in the exemplary embodiment according to FIG. 2, with the lower end face forming the extension

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of the hollow body 10 within the plug-in edge 13 a smaller plug-in edge 16 with the contour of the hollow body 10, which on a certain Plant container is abstinint.

In all three embodiments are in the direction of the central axis of the Hollow body 10 has no undercuts, so that the hollow body 10 can be produced with simple tools in a plastic injection molding process can, wherein the hollow body is formed integrally with the plug-in edges and the end wall.

Claims (10)

A 5165 29, July 1983 TWL International Hydrokultur GmbH Hans-Sachs-Strasse 36 Rüsselsheim claims 1. Device with raised planters, which are in the area of the floor opposite the outer sides of the side walls carry recessed stacking bars, characterized, that a hollow body (10) on the two end faces with concentric mutually arranged plug-in edges (11,13,16,18,19) is provided, which with their outer and / or inner contours to the inner and / or the outer contour of the stacking webs (22, 32) of different sizes and / or differently shaped plant containers (20, 30) are. 2. Device according to claim 1,
characterized, that the plug-in edges (11,13,15,18,19) have round, square or polygonal contour. 3. Device according to claim 1 or 2,
characterized, that the hollow body (10) has an end wall at one end (15 or 17) is provided, on which further plug-in edges (16 or 18) are formed, these plug-in edges (16 or 18, 19) with the A 5165 - 2 - the end of the hollow body (10) forming the plug-in edge (11 or 13) lie roughly in a common plane. 4. Device according to one of claims 1 to 3, characterized, that the two plug-in edges (11,13), which form the conclusion of the hollow body (10), via corresponding adaptation sections (12) of the Hollow body (10) merge into one another. 5. Device according to one of claims 1 to 4, characterized, that the largest mating edge (11) of the smaller end face the contour of the hollow body (10) determined and that the adaptation section (12) the hollow body with the largest Mating edge (13) connects the other larger end face. 6. Device according to one of claims 1 to 5, characterized, that the hollow body (10) with the plug-in edges (11,13,16,18,19) and the end wall (15 or 17) is designed as a one-piece plastic part. 7. Device according to one of claims 1 to 6, characterized, that the hollow body (10) on the larger end face over a Extension section (14) up to the area of this end face and the largest plug-in edge (13) is extended, that on the extension section (H) the end turn (15) is molded and that the end wall (15) with further smaller plug-in edges (16) is provided (Fig. 1). A 5165 - 3 - 8. Device according to one of claims 1 to 6, characterized, that the hollow body (10) on the smaller end face by means of the the height of the plug-in edge (11) recessed end wall (17) is closed and that the end wall (17) with further smaller plug-in edges (18,19) is provided (Fig. 2). 9. Device according to one of claims 1 to 6, characterized, that the hollow body (10) on the smaller end face by means of the the height of the plug-in edge (11) set back end wall (17) is closed, that the end wall (17) is provided with smaller plug-in edges (18,19), that the hollow body on the larger end face within the larger plug-in edge (13) as a smaller plug-in edge (16) with the contour of the hollow body (10) is extended (Fig. 3). 10. Device according to one of claims 1 to 9, characterized, that two plug-in edges (11 and 16) on the two end faces of the hollow body (10) are distributed, are coordinated so that the same hollow body (10) can be stacked on top of one another.