DE8702953U1 - Protective container for documents - Google Patents

Description

HANS LANQOSCH □Ipl.-lng. (1963-1981) UWE DREISS

Dr. Jur., DIpI.-Ina·. M. Sc HEINZ HOSENTHIEN Dr.-lng. DIpI. -Ing. JOERN FUHLENDORF

Dlpl.-lng.

OREISS, HOSENTHIEN & FUHLENDORF. D-7000 STUTTGART 1

Vartroter registered with the European Patent Office European Patent Attorney»

Applicant:

Publisher Das Beste GmbH Augustenstrasse 1 7000 Stuttgart 1

D-7000 STUTTGART 1

QEROKSTRASSE &bgr; TF (0711) 245734/44 TQ IDEAPAT TX 7-22247 Idea d

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Official file no. Z. Off.Ser.No.

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0915

Date

25.02.1987 H/ma

Title: Protective container for documents Description

The innovation concerns a protective container for documents with a base part and a lid part, which are connected to each other via joints for opening and closing.

In such well-known protective containers, the documents lie freely in the container and can slip during transport and possibly even be mixed up. To avoid pre-mixing, it is also known to divide the protective container with partitions.

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In order to avoid the described disadvantage, the present invention is based on the object of improving a protective container of the type mentioned at the beginning so that the stored documents retain the order once established even during transport.

To solve this problem, the invention provides that a bracket-like or ring-like hanging and holding device is provided in the base part and/or cover part, which penetrates the documents or document holders in special openings, protrudes through them in a ring binder-like manner so that they can be turned over, and that the bracket-like or ring-like hanging and holding device is designed to be openable and closable for hanging and/or exchanging the documents or document holders.

The hanging and holding device, which is firmly arranged in the base or bracket part, holds the documents securely during transport so that they cannot get mixed up. At the same time, the prevention of slipping prevents the documents from becoming damaged during transport.

In a particularly advantageous manner, a support plate can be provided to facilitate the use of the documents without having to remove them from the hanging and holding device, this support plate having a pivoting support foot, by means of which the support plate can be

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can be fixed in its position of use at a predetermined angle depending on the length of the support foot. The documents can then be easily viewed after opening. This is particularly advantageous for the protected storage and use of repair and assembly instructions for the maintenance or repair of devices, equipment and vehicles of all kinds. If the hanging and holding device is arranged accordingly, tools and/or machines and devices, spare parts and other necessary small parts can also be transported and stored in special compartments in the protective container, so that the maintenance of machines and devices in particular is made much easier.

A safe, inclined support of the documents with good visibility can be ensured by inserting the free end of the support foot into a holder.

The support plate and the support foot can advantageously be connected to one another via a flexible joint, whereby a one-piece production from plastic by injection or pressing allows a particularly weight-saving design. The support plate and the support foot can be formed by a flat plate and the support foot can be connected to the frame-shaped remaining plate in a swiveling manner via a U-shaped slot in the plate and can be framed by it in the rest position in a volume-saving manner.

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For the inclined installation, the bracket for the free end of the angled support leg can be provided at a distance from the joints on the part that does not support the hanging and holding device. The bracket itself can be formed by two projections, possibly in the form of bars, arranged at a distance from one another, with the distance between the projections corresponding approximately to the thickness of the support leg.

The support plate is provided with at least two openings and is held in place in the hanging and holding device in a foldable manner in the same practical way as the documents, so that they are protected by the support plate in the rest position, preferably in the bottom part of the protective container.

The hanging and holding device can advantageously be a standard ring binder insert holder, which can be fixed in the base or lid part or can also be detachable if necessary. With a detachable arrangement, the protective container can of course be used in more versatile ways.

In a protective container with at least one pivotable closure bracket on the base part or lid part, which interacts with a holding part arranged on the other part, the holding part can have a protruding nose with a locking notch for the closure bracket and can be pivoted over this for a particularly simple, weight-saving design. In this case, to achieve an elastic? gripping of the

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The locking bracket must be provided with a flexible locking element, preferably a rubber-elastic, rotationally symmetrical roller, which can be arranged to rotate on a cross frame of the locking bracket. The rotating arrangement enables closing and opening without any particular material stress or wear and with relatively little effort, and the protective container is nevertheless securely closed even when high forces are applied.

In order to save weight, the protruding nose with the locking notch can be formed by an end face of a cuboid-shaped, one-sidedly open holding part of the base part or the cover part.

In terms of manufacturing and assembly, the locking bracket can be arranged on a further holding part of the lid part or the base part that corresponds to the holding part via the nose. The locking part can be a U-shaped wire part with angled ends that are bent inwards, with the distance between the legs being greater than the width of the holding parts so that it can be swung past them sideways. The angled leg ends can each be inserted from the outside into an opening in the further holding part.

To facilitate handling and at the same time to improve the appearance, a

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cuboid-shaped brackets capped at the sides, which also cover the holding parts.

The leg ends can be prevented from springing out by having the cuboid-shaped bracket cap, which is open towards the retaining element, with guide projections for the wire bracket on its side walls that are opposite one another and into which the wire bracket can be inserted from the open narrow side. This also enables particularly simple assembly without tools and special fastening devices or fastening parts. For this purpose, it is particularly advantageous for one of the guide projections to be U-shaped when closed on one side when viewed from above and the other guide projection to be formed by two strip-like elevations in the side walls of the bracket cap, spaced apart according to the wire thickness of the wire bracket.

Furthermore, to facilitate handling, one side of the cuboid-shaped bracket cap can be provided with a grip projection, which makes opening the closure bracket much easier due to the good grip.

Further embodiments according to the invention can be found in the subclaims and are explained in more detail with their advantages in the following description. The attached drawings show:

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Figure 1 a SfhrffgansTch-fc^ines opened protective container, Figure 2 is a plan view of a support plate in its

surface rest position,

Figure 3 is a partial plan view of the opened

Protective container in area III in Figure 1 on a larger scale,

Figure 4 shows a section through a closed Closure bracket, Figure 5 shows a partial section along the line V-V in Figure 4 without temple cap, Figure 6 is a view of a bracket cap and Figure 7 shows a section along the line VII-VII in Figure 6 through a bracket cap.

A protective container essentially consists of a base part 1 and a cover part 2, which are designed in a mirror image and are connected to one another via three joints3 in the example, which can be opened and closed. Base part 1 and cover part 2 are designed in a bowl-shaped manner for this purpose, whereby in the closed state the circumferential

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Place edges 4, 4' as close together as possible over the edges.

In accordance with the symmetrical design, both the base part 1 and the lid part 2 each have a handle 6 or 7, which, when tilted together, form a single handle.

In the base part 1, a hanging and holding device 7 is fixed near the joints 3. The design is practically similar to the usual hanging and holding devices in ring binders for exchangeable sheets or documents. The ring- or bow-shaped holding parts can be unfolded and folded back together in a known manner to exchange the documents or storage sleeves for documents.

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Suspended in the suspension and holding device 7 is a support plate 8, which is shown in Figure 1 in its position of use S. This support plate 8 is an approximately trapezoidal plate made of plastic with openings 9 arranged near the edge for hanging in the suspension and holding device 7. An approximately U-shaped slot 10 is provided at a distance from the edge, through which a support foot 11 is formed, which is firmly connected to the frame-shaped remaining part of the support plate 8 via a bending joint 12. The bending joint 12 can be made by a relatively thin material bridge

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Approximately in the middle of the base part 2 is a two 1 iron-shaped Bracket formed by projections arranged at a distance from one another

13, between which the free end of the support plate 8 in the use position of the support plate 8 is inserted, as can be seen in Figure 1. In this position of use The documents can then be opened and easily viewed

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to facilitate maintenance work.

To increase the stability of the handle, a stiffening plate 14 is inserted into the partial handles 5 and 6 flush with the edge 4 or 4', preferably by gluing or welding. This stiffening plate 14, 14' is made of the same material as the base part 1 and the cover part 2.

To close the base part 1 and the lid part 2, a locking bracket 15 is attached to both sides of the handle part 5. each pivoted to a holding part 16. The arrangement

and formation of a locking bracket 15 is shown in more detail in Figures 4 to [ 7. Essential component of the j

The locking bracket 15 is a U-shaped wire part 17 with legs 18 , 18', the leg ends 19, 19' of which engage at an angle in openings 20, 20' of the holding part 16.

A holding part 16' corresponding to the holding part 16 is also provided on the

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The upper side of the cuboid-shaped holding part 16 has a nose 22 and then a locking recess 23 in which the locking body 21 can sit.

For covering and better handling, the holding part 16 has a bracket cap 24, which is cuboid-shaped with two open sides. Guide projections 26', 27' are provided on the inside on two opposite side walls 25, 25', whereby the guide projections 26, 26' arranged on one side in the area close to a handle projection 28 are U-shaped, while the other guide projections 27, 27' are formed by two strips arranged at a distance, as can be seen in Figure 7, whereby the distance between the strips corresponds approximately to the thickness of the wire part 17. The bracket cap 24 can therefore be pushed onto the wire part 17 from one side, whereby the legs 18, 18' of the locking bracket 15 are then reliably prevented from moving apart. The locking bracket 15 can thus be easily opened and closed via the handle projection 28, whereby the locking body 21 rolls over the nose 22 with relatively little friction and the elasticity of this locking body 21 ensures that the base part 1 and the cover part 2 are held together securely.

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Claims (21)

1. Protective container for documents with a base part (1) and a lid part (2) which are connected to one another via joints (3) for opening and closing, characterized in that a bracket- or ring-like hanging and holding device (7) is provided protected in the base part (1) and/or lid part (2), which penetrates the documents or receiving sleeves for the documents via special openings (9) so that they can be turned over like a ring binder, and that the bracket- or ring-like hanging and holding device (7) is further designed to be openable and closable for hanging and/or exchanging the documents or receiving sleeves. 2. Protective container according to claim 1, characterized in that a support plate (8) is provided, that this support plate (8) has a pivotable support foot (U) by means of which the support plate (8) can be fixed in a use position in a predetermined angular position dependent on the length of the support foot (11). 3. Protective container according to claim 2, characterized in that the free end of the support foot (11) can be inserted into a holder (13), 4. Protective container according to claim 2 or 3, characterized * t · * I I Ii &bull; * · Il I * 4 * &bull;t* *· '* r* f · ti im &bull; er· ■ · · &igr;» &idigr; characterized in that the support leg ⁽ 8) and the support foot (11) are connected to one another via a flexible joint (12). 5. Protective container according to one of claims 2 to 4, characterized in that the support plate (8) and the support foot (11) are formed by a flat plate and the support foot (11) is connected to the frame-shaped remaining plate in a pivotable manner by an approximately U-shaped slot (10) in the plate and is framed by it in the rest position. 6. Protective container according to one of claims 1 to 5, characterized in that in the part not carrying the suspension and holding device (7) (cover part 2) at a distance from the joints (3) the holder (13) for the free end of the pivoted support foot (11) is provided. 7. Protective container according to claim 6, characterized in that the holder (13) is formed by two projections arranged at a distance from one another, the distance between the projections corresponding approximately to the thickness of the support foot (11). 8. Protective container according to claim 7, characterized in that the projections are two parallel strips arranged on an inner side of the cover part (2). 9. Protective container according to one of claims 1 to 8, characterized in that the support plate (3) has at least two II· »4t ·»·* * fll I # · ··>· · &bgr; lit I · · &eacgr; · * · ti 1 I * 4IM *· *** * · i * · · *· ti t c ( . &sfgr; t * &diams; · · I t I If I &bull; · · * · tt ttf &diams; · ■ * » t t t f ti Openings (9) on the vAM^and^iW^ies^h' through holes in the hanging and holding device (7) is held flippable- 10. Protective container according to one of claims 5 to 9» characterized in that the base of the U-shaped slot (10) is arranged at a small distance from the openings (9) and parallel to their connecting line. 11. Protective container according to claim 1, characterized in that the suspension and holding device (7) a Ring binder insert holder and that this is fastened in the base or cover part (1, 2). 12. Protective container according to one of claims 1 to 11, characterized in that the base part (1) and the lid part (2) are plastic injection-molded shells with edges (4, ⁴¹ ) adapted to one another. 13. Protective container according to one of claims 1 to 12, with partial handles on the lid part and base part which complement each other to form a handle, characterized in that the partial handles (14, 14') are U-shaped in cross section and the open facing edge areas each by a p adapted to the edges of the partial handles (5, 6) < Stiffening plate (14, 14') has a closed cross-section | are connected to each other. I ' » I I t II·· I a · · a 14. Protective container according to ^one of claims 1 to 13, with at least one closure bracket (15) which is pivotably arranged on the base part (1) or cover part (2) and which cooperates with a holding part (16 ¹ or 16 ) arranged on the other part (2) or (1), characterized in that the holding part (16 ¹ ) has a projecting nose (22) with a locking notch (23) for the closure bracket (15) over which the latter can be pivoted. 15. Protective container according to claim 14, characterized in that in order to achieve an elastic engagement behind the closure bracket (15) is provided with an elastically flexible latching body (21). 16. Protective container according to claim 15, characterized in that the elastic locking body (21) is a rubber-elastic, rotationally symmetrical roller which is rotatably arranged on a transverse arm of the closure bracket (15). 17. Protective container according to claim 15, characterized in that the projecting nose (22) with the locking incision (23) is through an end face of the cuboid-shaped holding part (16 ¹ ) of the base part (2) or of the cover part (1), which is open on one side. 18. Protective container according to one of claims 14 to 17, characterized in that the closure bracket (15) is attached to a &bull; I« 1 · · 4* · Holding part (16·) with the nose (22) corresponding further holding part (16) of the base part (1) or the cover part (2) is arranged _s that the closure bracket (15) is a U-shaped part (17) with inwardly angled leg ends (19, 19'), that the distance between the legs (18, 18') is greater than the width of the holding parts (16, 16') and can be pivoted laterally along these, and that the angled leg ends (18, 19 ^! ) are each inserted from the outside in an opening (20, 20') of the further holding part (16) (Figure 5), 19. Protective container according to claim 18, characterized in that a cuboid-shaped bracket cap (24) is placed on the wheel part (17), by which the holding parts (16, 16') are covered at least laterally. 20. Protective container according to claim 19, characterized in that the square-shaped clamp cap (24) open towards the holding parts (16, 16') has on its side walls (25, 25') opposing guide projections (26, 26', 27, 27') for the wire part (17), into which this wire part (17) can be inserted from the open narrow side. 21. Protective container according to claim 20, characterized in that one of the guide projections (26, 26') is closed on one side and is U-shaped in plan view and the other guide projection (27, 27') is formed by two guide projections spaced apart according to the wire thickness &igr; · tt ft » · It t » · · > I I t t > · I I of the wire part (17) 1 bar-like elevations are formed in the side walls (25, 25') of the bracket cap (27). 22, protective container according to one of claims 19 to 21, characterized in that one side of the cuboid-shaped arched cap (24) is provided with a grip projection (28).