EP0155154A2 - Verbindungsvorrichtung für übereinander gesetzte Behälter - Google Patents

Verbindungsvorrichtung für übereinander gesetzte Behälter Download PDF

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EP0155154A2
EP0155154A2 EP85301618A EP85301618A EP0155154A2 EP 0155154 A2 EP0155154 A2 EP 0155154A2 EP 85301618 A EP85301618 A EP 85301618A EP 85301618 A EP85301618 A EP 85301618A EP 0155154 A2 EP0155154 A2 EP 0155154A2
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blank
connectors
pieces
slots
sheet
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Nigel Ervine Claxton
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South African Inventions Development Corp
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65D—CONTAINERS FOR STORAGE OR TRANSPORT OF ARTICLES OR MATERIALS, e.g. BAGS, BARRELS, BOTTLES, BOXES, CANS, CARTONS, CRATES, DRUMS, JARS, TANKS, HOPPERS, FORWARDING CONTAINERS; ACCESSORIES, CLOSURES, OR FITTINGS THEREFOR; PACKAGING ELEMENTS; PACKAGES
    • B65D5/00—Rigid or semi-rigid containers of polygonal cross-section, e.g. boxes, cartons or trays, formed by folding or erecting one or more blanks made of paper
    • B65D5/001—Rigid or semi-rigid containers of polygonal cross-section, e.g. boxes, cartons or trays, formed by folding or erecting one or more blanks made of paper stackable
    • B65D5/005—Separate or attached stacking elements
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65D—CONTAINERS FOR STORAGE OR TRANSPORT OF ARTICLES OR MATERIALS, e.g. BAGS, BARRELS, BOTTLES, BOXES, CANS, CARTONS, CRATES, DRUMS, JARS, TANKS, HOPPERS, FORWARDING CONTAINERS; ACCESSORIES, CLOSURES, OR FITTINGS THEREFOR; PACKAGING ELEMENTS; PACKAGES
    • B65D21/00—Nestable, stackable or joinable containers; Containers of variable capacity
    • B65D21/02—Containers specially shaped, or provided with fittings or attachments, to facilitate nesting, stacking, or joining together
    • B65D21/0201—Containers specially shaped, or provided with fittings or attachments, to facilitate nesting, stacking, or joining together stackable or joined together side-by-side
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65D—CONTAINERS FOR STORAGE OR TRANSPORT OF ARTICLES OR MATERIALS, e.g. BAGS, BARRELS, BOTTLES, BOXES, CANS, CARTONS, CRATES, DRUMS, JARS, TANKS, HOPPERS, FORWARDING CONTAINERS; ACCESSORIES, CLOSURES, OR FITTINGS THEREFOR; PACKAGING ELEMENTS; PACKAGES
    • B65D5/00—Rigid or semi-rigid containers of polygonal cross-section, e.g. boxes, cartons or trays, formed by folding or erecting one or more blanks made of paper
    • B65D5/001—Rigid or semi-rigid containers of polygonal cross-section, e.g. boxes, cartons or trays, formed by folding or erecting one or more blanks made of paper stackable
    • B65D5/005—Separate or attached stacking elements
    • B65D5/0055—Separate or attached stacking elements saddling the side walls of the container

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  • a method of producing connectors for interlocking containers placed side-by-side each container having upstanding tongues and each connector having slots in it for receiving the tongues, the method comprising cutting, from a rectangular sheet of material, a blank which can be erected to form a container, the shape of the blank being such that pieces of said sheet are not incorporated into the blank, these pieces each having at least two slots cut therein thereby converting said pieces into connectors.
  • said slots are cut in said pieces simultaneously with the step of cutting said blank from said sheet. Similarly, it is preferred that said pieces be trimmed to rectangular form simultaneously with the step of cutting said blank from said sheet.
  • Said pieces are preferably corner pieces of said sheet.
  • the container illustrated is generally designated 10 and is fabricated using five components. These are a blank 12 of paper board or corrugated board (see Figure 2), two end pieces 14 (see Figures 4 and 5) and two rectangular inserts 16 (one of which is shown in Figure 3).
  • the inserts 16 can be of wood, pressed board such as chip board, chemically treated or coated corrugated board, synthetic plastics material etc. and must be capable of withstanding loading in the direction of the arrows X in Figure 3 without fracturing or collapsing.
  • the blank 12 of Figure 2 is cut from a rectangular piece of cardboard the borders of which are designated 18, 20, 22 and 24.
  • the blank 12 is cut and creased to form a base panel 26 which is bounded by crease lines 28 and 30.
  • Outer end wall panels 32 are joined to the base panel 26 along the crease lines 28.
  • Side wall panels 34 are joined to the panel 26 along the crease lines 30 and lid flaps 36 are joined to the panels 34 along crease lines 38.
  • Ventilation holes 40 are punched in the panel 26 as well as four rectangular apertures 42 which lie adjacent the crease lines 28.
  • the panels 32 are punched with apertures designated 44.
  • End wall flaps 46 are joined to the side wall panels 34 along crease lines 48. Holes 50 are punched in the flaps 46 and there are rectangular cut-outs 52 in those edges of the flaps 46 which are adjacent the panels 32. Lid closing tabs 54 are provided at each end of each lid flap 36 and are joined thereto along crease lines 56.
  • the outline of the blank 12 in relation to the rectangular piece of cardboard is such that waste areas which are designated 58 are left at each corner of the rectangular piece of cardboard.
  • the left hand waste areas 58 are used to form two connectors of rectangular shape which have been designated 60 and 62.
  • the connector 60 has two pairs of parallel slots 64 running in the longitudinal direction thereof, and the connector 62 has two parallel transverse slots 66. Two further connectors can be cut from the waste material 58 at the right hand end of the blank if desired.
  • the connectors 60 and 62 are preferably trimmed to rectangular shape and the slots 64, 66 are cut therein simultaneously with the step of cutting the blank 12 from the rectangular piece of cardboard.
  • the end piece 14 is, in vertical section, of inverted U-shape and comprises a front wall 68, a rear wall 70 and a top wall 72 which joins the front and rear walls 68 and 70. At each end of the wall 68 there are downwardly depending ears 74. The front wall 68 merges with a pair of end walls 76. It will be noted that the rear wall 70 is not joined to the end walls 76.
  • Locking protrusions 78 and gripping projections 80 are provided on the inner faces of the walls 68 and 70.
  • the top wall 72 has slots 82 therein. Tongues 84 protrude upwardly from the top wall 72.
  • the container 10 is erected by folding the blank 12 so that the wall panels 34 stand up with respect to the base panel 26, and then the flaps 46 are folded inwardly (see the right hand flap in Figure 3). Once both flaps are so folded, the insert 16 is placed against their outer faces and the flap 32 is stood up so as to sandwich the insert 16 between the flaps 46 and 32.
  • connectors having a wide variety of forms can be produced.
  • Two possible forms (designated 60 and 62) have been shown in Figure 2.
  • a further form, designated 86, is shown in Figures 3 and 9c.
  • one of the connectors 60 is also shown in Figure 3.
  • the connector 86 has two slots 88 which are aligned with one another.
  • the connector 90 in Figure 9a is similar to the connector 60 but additionally has a central hole designated 92.
  • the squarish connector 94 of Figure 9c has two parallel slots 96.
  • Containers 10 are intended to be transported on a pallet and are placed side-by-side.
  • the tongues 84 lie close enough together to be linked by a connector of the form shown at 86 in Figure 3 (see also Figure 9b). This is achieved by pressing the connector 86 down so that the tongues 84 enter the slots 88. Once the two adjacent tongues 84 have been inter-connected in this way, the containers 10 are restrained against lateral movement with respect to one another.
  • a connector 60 can be used to inter-connect the four adjacent tongues 84.
  • the tongues 84 protrude upwardly through the apertures 42 in the base panel 26 thereby interlocking the two layers of containers in the palletised load.
  • Any containers which have upwardly projecting tongues can be inter-connected in the manner described above by connectors formed from what would otherwise be waste material.

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EP85301618A 1984-03-13 1985-03-08 Verbindungsvorrichtung für übereinander gesetzte Behälter Withdrawn EP0155154A2 (de)

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Cited By (3)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
EP0525928A2 (de) * 1991-08-01 1993-02-03 David Landsberger Modularer Ständer für Proberöhrchen
EP0620158A1 (de) * 1993-04-10 1994-10-19 Reppel-Plastic Gmbh Stapelbehälter
US10399740B2 (en) * 2015-09-22 2019-09-03 Karimov GmbH Transport pallet, module and folding sheets for same, and method for producing a transport pallet

Cited By (4)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
EP0525928A2 (de) * 1991-08-01 1993-02-03 David Landsberger Modularer Ständer für Proberöhrchen
EP0525928A3 (de) * 1991-08-01 1993-04-14 David Landsberger Modularer Ständer für Proberöhrchen
EP0620158A1 (de) * 1993-04-10 1994-10-19 Reppel-Plastic Gmbh Stapelbehälter
US10399740B2 (en) * 2015-09-22 2019-09-03 Karimov GmbH Transport pallet, module and folding sheets for same, and method for producing a transport pallet

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