DK2020188T3

DK2020188T3 - Suitcase like container, in particular for receiving portable tools

Info

Publication number: DK2020188T3
Application number: DK07014964.6T
Authority: DK
Inventors: Peter Maier; Fabian Klopfer
Original assignee: TTS Tooltechnic Systems AG & Co KG
Priority date: 2007-07-31
Filing date: 2007-07-31
Publication date: 2016-08-01
Also published as: PL2020188T3; ES2573472T3; HUE029034T2; EP2020188A1; EP2020188B1

Description

The invention relates to a case-type container, in particular for the accommodation of portable machine tools, comprising a box- or tray-shaped base part and a container cover, which is assigned to the open top side of the base part and at the top of which a carrying handle having a U-shape is provided with a carrying web and two holding legs projecting from the carrying web with mutual spacing, wherein the holding legs are pivotably mounted on the container cover at their end regions opposite the carrying web, so that the carrying handle can be pivoted between a position of nonuse, in which it lies on the container cover, and a carrying position, in which it stands up from the container cover, and wherein an accommodating chamber open at the top of the container cover is provided on the container cover for accessories and/or other parts, in particular small parts, the accommodating chamber having a closing cover movable between a closed position in which it closes the accommodating chamber and an open position allowing access to the accommodating chamber.

Such a container is known from US-A-5553712 and US 2003/106821 A. It is in particular intended for tradesmen who store their hand-held machine tools, such as compass saws, circular saws, grinders, drilling machines etc., in containers of this type and transport them to the job site.

In their work, these tradesmen frequently require accessories and tools for their machines, as well as small parts such as screws, nails, dowels etc. In the known containers, these items can be stored in accommodating chambers formed in the top of the container cover and lockable by a closing cover.

On this basis, the invention is based on the problem of facilitating an orderly transport of accessories and other parts as simply as possible and making good use of available space.

In a container of the type referred to above, this problem is solved by providing that the accommodating chamber and the closing cover are partially enclosed by the carrying handle in the position of non-use of the carrying handle as viewed from the top by engaging with the U formed by the carrying handle.

The parts are therefore assigned a specific place in the container, so that they are immediately available without having to search for a long time. Furthermore, the space intended for accommodating the machine remains free, so that the machine can be removed and inserted without impediment.

By locating the carrying handle at the top of the container cover, it is ensured that the accommodating chamber maintains its horizontal position while the container is carried, so that the parts contained therein cannot become jumbled.

Owing to the location of the closing cover on the top of the container cover, the accommodating chamber can have a relatively large surface area. As a result of the feature that the closing cover and the accommodating chamber are partially enclosed by the carrying handle in the position of non-use of the carrying handle by engaging with the U of the carrying handle, the available space is used to optimum advantage. As mentioned above, the carrying handle has a U-shape, forming in the position of non-use, as it were, a lying U, into which the closing cover can extend.

The measures according to the invention can nonetheless be implemented in a structurally simple and cost-effective way in production.

Expedient variants of the invention are specified in the dependent claims.

An embodiment of the invention is explained below with reference to the drawing, of which:

Figure 1 is a front view according to arrow I in Figure 2 of a container according to the invention, the carrying handle being in the upward carrying position,

Figure 2 is an oblique view of the container according to Figure 1, with the carrying handle pivoted into its position of non-use,

Figure 3 is an oblique view corresponding to Figure 2 of the same container, with the container cover open.

Figure 4 is another oblique view of the same container, with the container cover closed, but the closing cover on the container cover being open, and

Figure 5 shows two containers according to Figures 1 to 4 stacked on top of one another and releasably but securely joined to one another.

The drawing shows a case-type container 1, which can be used for the accommodation of a portable machine tool (not shown), such as a compass saw, circular saw, grinder or drilling machine, but also for any other items.

The container 1 comprises a box- or tray-shaped base part 2 with a container base 3 and an open top 4. From the container base 3, a front wall 5, an opposite rear wall 6 and two side walls 7, 8 project upwards, resulting in a substantially rectangular interior open at the top, in which the respective machine tool can be placed. A container cover 9, with which the base part 2 can be closed (Figures 1, 2, 4 and 5) or opened (Figure 3), is assigned to the open top 4 of the base part 2. The container cover 9 is hinged to the base part 2 in the region of the rear wall 6 in a manner which is of no further interest in the present context. The associated articulation axis line 10 is indicated by a dotted line in Figure 3.

On the top of the container cover 9, a carrying handle 11 having a U-shape with a carrying web 12 and two holding legs 13, 14 projecting from the carrying web 12 at a distance from one another is provided. At their end regions 15, 16 opposite the carrying web 12, the holding legs 13, 14 are mounted on the container cover 9 for pivoting about the pivot axis lines 17, 18, so that the carrying handle 11 can be pivoted between a position of non-use (Figures 2 and 3), in which it rests on the container cover 9, and a carrying position (Figure 1), in which it projects upwards from the container cover 9 and in which the user can grasp the carrying web 12 for carrying the container 1.

The carrying handle extends in the longitudinal direction 19 of the container cover 9 parallel to the articulation axis line 10, i.e. the pivot axis line 17, 18 is parallel to the articulation axis line 10. Viewed perpendicular to the longitudinal direction 19, the pivot axis line 17, 18 of the carrying handle 11 is located at the half-width of the container cover 9. A further expedient measure provides that the carrying handle 11 is recessed into the container cover 9 in respect to the top of the container cover 9 in its position of nonuse. This is particularly advantageous in the context of stacking several containers 1 on top of one another and releasably but securely joining them, as described at a later point. At the position of the carrying handle 11, the container cover 9 has a recessed cover section 20 corresponding to the thickness of the carrying handle, where the carrying handle 11 is accommodated in its position of non-use. The recessed cover section 20 can be seen from below in Figure 3.

The container is further expediently arranged such that the carrying handle 11 can be pivoted into its position of non-use from its carrying position in one direction only. As Figures 2 and 4 show, the position of non-use faces the rear wall 6 of the base part 2.

It should further be pointed out that the container cover 9 does not have to be hinged to the base part 2 in the context of the present invention, but it can as a whole be removably and releasably secured to the base part.

An accommodating chamber 21 for accessories and/or other parts which the user may require for his work with the machine tool is provided on the container cover 9. As Figure 4 shows, the accommodating chamber 21 can be divided into variable compartments. In Figure 3, the container cover 9 and the floor surface 22 of the accommodating chamber 21 can be seen from below.

The accommodating chamber 21 is open at the top of the container cover 9. The accommodating chamber 21 is assigned a closing cover 23, which is movable between a closed position closing the accommodating chamber 21 and an open position (Figure 4) allowing access to the accommodating chamber 21, being expediently pivotably mounted on the container cover 9.

The accommodating chamber 21 is expediently represented by a cavity formed in the container cover 9. The container cover 9 can be produced as a moulded plastic part, so that the production of the accommodating chamber 21 does not involve any particular effort or cost.

For optimum use of the space at the container cover 9, the closing cover 23 is shaped and arranged such that it is partially enclosed by the carrying handle 11 in the position of non-use of the carrying handle 11.

As already mentioned, the carrying handle 11 has a U-shape and lies in its position of non-use in or parallel to the plane of the container cover 9, so that its carrying web 12 and its holding legs 13, 14 enclose an area occupied by a closing cover section 24. In a manner of speaking, the closing cover 23 engages with its closing cover section 24 with the U formed by the carrying handle 11. The closing cover section 24 is expediently contoured to match the inside 25 of the carrying handle 11 and at least substantially fills the area enclosed by the carrying handle 11.

As far as its area is concerned, the accommodating chamber 21 is substantially the same size as the closing cover 23.

The closing cover 23 further expediently has a square or rectangular shape. In the position of non-use of the carrying handle 11, the closing cover 23 projects from the carrying handle 11 on the side opposite the carrying web 12.

As mentioned above, the closing cover 23 is pivotably mounted on the container cover 9. In principle, the arrangement could be different. In a pivotable arrangement, the closing cover 23 is expediently joined pivotably to the container cover 9 by the region which faces the carrying web 12 in the position of non-use of the carrying handle 11. For this purpose, the closing cover 23 can at the rear on both sides be provided with laterally projecting bearing pins 26, 27, which engage with a bearing recess in the container cover 9, forming an articulation axis line 28, about which the closing cover 23 can be pivoted.

In its closed position, the closing cover 23 expediently extends away from the carrying web 12 of the carrying handle 11 to the front container cover edge region 29 adjacent to the front wall 5 of the base part 2. The accommodating chamber 21 is sized accordingly.

In its closed position, the closing cover 23 can be releasably latched to the container cover 9. In principle, a locking or other securing arrangement would be possible. The latching arrangement is based on a latching device 31 located in the front closing cover edge region 30, to which a mating latching device 3Γ in the facing container cover edge region 29 is assigned.

The latching device 31 can, for example, be represented by a latching projection, while the mating latching device 3Γ can be represented by a vertical, elastically flexible latching web with an inward-oriented latching lug. When the closing cover 23 is closed, the latching web is elastically deflected by the latching projection, until the latter engages the latching lug from behind and the latching web snaps back into its starting position. To release the latch, the latching web can be deflected elastically using a hand, thereby releasing the latching projection. A great variety of such latching devices is known. There should therefore be no need for any further description. A further expedient measure provides that the closing cover 23 is located in or below the plane of the top side of the container cover 9 in its closed position. This is likewise advantageous in the context of stacking several containers 1 on top of one another and releasably but securely joining them, so that the stacked containers 1 form a cohesive unit which can be carried by the carrying handle 11 of the topmost container 1. Figure 5 shows two containers 1 stacked on top of one another.

To join the stacked containers 1, each container 1 has on its outside upper connecting means 32 distributed around its circumference in its upper region and lower connecting means 33 distributed accordingly in its lower region. The arrangement is designed such that the upper connecting means 32 of the respective bottom container 1 can be releasably joined to the lower connecting means 33 of the respective top container 1. Like the lower connecting means 33, the upper connecting means 32 are expediently located at the container base 2, so that the stacked containers 1 can be secured to one another by their bases 2 without involving the container cover 9 of the respective bottom container 1.

The upper connecting means 32 are vertically adjustable. In the upward-adjusted state, which is indicated by a dotted line in Figure 5, they project above the container cover 9 as far as the lower connecting means 33 of the top container 1 and can be brought into engagement therewith.

The lower connecting means 33 can be represented by outward-projecting latching pins 34. The upper connecting means 32 can have pivotably mounted latching parts 35 with latching recesses on the inside. To join the containers, the suitably upward-adjusted latching parts 35 of the bottom container 1 are latched onto the latching pins 34 of the top container 1 by their latching recesses.

Further connecting means 36, for example likewise represented by latching pins, may be provided on the container cover 9, so that, if the container 1 is not stacked, the latching parts 35 provided on the base 2 latch onto the further connecting means 36 of the same container and the container cover 9 can be secured to the base 2 in its closed position. In this case, the latching parts 35 are obviously adjusted downwards accordingly.

Suitable connecting means and connecting facilities provided thereby - securing stacked containers to one another and securing the container cover 9 to the base 2 of an individual container - are known and described in detail in EP 0 555 533 Bl, for example. For further details, please refer to this publication.

Claims

1. Suitcase like container, in particular for receiving portable tools, with a box-shaped or cup-shaped lower part (2) and a container lid (9) which is assigned to the open top side (4) of the base (2) and, on top of which is disposed a carrying handle (11) having a U-like configuration with a carrier web (12) and two holding legs (13, 14) projecting from the support the spacer (12) at a distance from each other, wherein the holding legs (13, 14) is pivotally mounted on the container lid (9) with their end regions (15, 16) which is opposite the support the spacer (12) such that the carrying handle (11) can be pivoted between a rest position in which it is located on the container lid (9), and a support position, wherein the upstanding from the container lid (9), and wherein the container lid (9) is disposed an open receiving space (21) of beholderlågsoversiden for accessories and / or other components, in particular small parts, with an assigned closure cap (23) which is movable between a closed position that closes the accommodation space (21), and an open position which provides access to the accommodation space (21), wherein the receiving space (21) and the closure cap (23) top plan bæregrebets (11) rest position partially enclosed by the carrying handle (11 ) in that they interfere with the U formed by the carrying handle (11).

2. Container according to claim 1, characterized in that the receiving space (21) is formed by a recess formed in the container lid (9).

3. The container according to claim 1 or 2, characterized in that the lukkelågsdelen (24) which is enclosed by the carrying handle (11) in its rest position, and the recording space (21) sections, located in bæregrebets (11) U, is correspondingly contoured in compared to the gradient of bæregrebets (11) inner surface (25) and at least substantially fills the area to be surrounded by the carrying handle (11).

4. Container according to one of claims 1 to 3, characterized in that the support lever (11), starting from its carrying position, can only be turned in one direction to its rest position.

5. Container according to one of claims 1 to 4, characterized in that the bæregrebets (11) the support web (12) extending in beholderlågets (9) the longitudinal direction (19) and the carrying handle (11) is mounted on the container lid (9) rotatable about an d shrimp nje shaft (17, 18) extending in beholderlågets (11) half the width of beholderlågets (9) the longitudinal direction (19).

6. Container according to one of claims 1 to 5, characterized in that the closure lid (23) and the receiving space (21) has a square or rectangular configuration.

7. Container according to one of claims 1 to 6, characterized in that the closure lid (23) and the receiving space (21) in bæregrebets (11) resting position protruding from bæregrebets (11) U on the opposite side of the support the spacer (12).

8. Container according to one of claims 1 to 7, characterized in that the closure lid (23) is arranged rotatably between the closed position and the open position on the container lid (9).

9. A container according to claim 8, characterized in that the closure lid (23) with the area that faces the carrier adapter (12) in the bæregrebets (11) rest position, is pivotally connected with the container lid (9).

10. Container according to one of claims 1 to 9, characterized in that the closure lid (23) extends to beholderlågskantområdet (29).

11. Container according to one of claims 8 to 10, characterized in that the closure lid (23) in the closed position can go releasably engage the container lid (9).

12. A container according to claim 11, characterized in that the closure lid (23) on one side is pivotally connected with the container lid (9) and, on the other hand, in the opposite lukkelågskantområde (30) has engagement means (31) to which a modindgrebsindretning ( 31 ') is associated with the opposing receptacle-lågskantområde (29).

13. Container according to one of claims 1 to 12, characterized in that the closure lid (23) in the closed position is disposed in or under beholderlågets (9) The upper-side plane.

14. Container according to one of claims 1 to 13, characterized in that the support lever (11) in the rest position is arranged recessed in the container lid (9) relative to confirm holderlågets upper side.

15. Container according to one of claims 1 to 14, characterized in that on the outside the upper connection means (32) which is arranged in the upper region and the lower connection means (33) disposed in the lower region, on a such that several containers (1) can be stacked on top of each other and can be connected releasably fixed to each other, the upper connection means (32) of the lower container (1) is connected releasably with the lower connection means (33) of the upper container (1).

16. A container according to claim 15, characterized in that the lower connection means (33) and the upper connection means (32) is arranged on the container bottom part (2) ·