EP0158998A3 - Transport container made of a foldable blank of carton or a similar foldable material - Google Patents

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EP0158998A3
EP0158998A3 EP85104510A EP85104510A EP0158998A3 EP 0158998 A3 EP0158998 A3 EP 0158998A3 EP 85104510 A EP85104510 A EP 85104510A EP 85104510 A EP85104510 A EP 85104510A EP 0158998 A3 EP0158998 A3 EP 0158998A3
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Helmut Lammlein
Manfred Immler
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Europa Carton AG
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
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Abstract

1. Transport container made of a foldable blank of carton, cardboard, corrugated cardboard or a similar foldable material, comprising bottom sections each determining one part of a container bottom, respectively, which sections are foldably hinged to the side walls of the container, the container being able to be assembled with a pallet made from wood, laminated wood or a similar material through the container bottom or by means of its bottom sections, characterised in that recesses (19) are provided in at least one of the bottom sections (13, 14) which lie on top in the case of the blank being folded together, which recesses form an access to a bottom section (13) lying thereunder and being placable on the pallet (2), and a free passage for attachment means (3) for attaching this lower bottom section (13) to the pallet bottom (21) in the folded state of the blank.
EP85104510A 1984-04-19 1985-04-13 Transport container made of a foldable blank of carton, corrugated cardboard or a similar foldable material Expired EP0158998B1 (en)

Priority Applications (1)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
AT85104510T ATE36500T1 (en) 1984-04-19 1985-04-13 TRANSPORT CONTAINER MADE FROM A FOLDABLE BLANK OF CARDBOARD, CORRUGATED OR SIMILAR FOLDABLE MATERIAL.

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DE3415405 1984-04-19
DE3415405A DE3415405A1 (en) 1984-04-19 1984-04-19 TRANSPORT CONTAINER MADE FROM A FOLDABLE CARDBOARD, CARDBOARD OR SIMILAR FOLDABLE MATERIAL

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EP0158998A2 EP0158998A2 (en) 1985-10-23
EP0158998A3 true EP0158998A3 (en) 1986-12-03
EP0158998B1 EP0158998B1 (en) 1988-08-17

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AT (1) ATE36500T1 (en)
DE (1) DE3415405A1 (en)
DK (1) DK169985A (en)

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DE3702848A1 (en) * 1987-01-29 1988-08-11 Europa Carton Ag CONNECTING ELEMENT FOR PRODUCING A DETACHABLE CONNECTION BETWEEN A PALLET AND A FOLDABLE CONTAINER MADE OF CARDBOARD, CARDBOARD OR SIMILAR MATERIAL
DE4117159C2 (en) * 1991-05-25 1993-10-14 Sotralentz Sa Transport and / or storage containers
EP0681964A1 (en) * 1994-05-10 1995-11-15 Claude Detournay Collapsible palletized container
AU774821B2 (en) * 1999-07-23 2004-07-08 Micor Packaging Pty Ltd A method of mounting a box to a pallet and a box and pallet formed by the method

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US4019634A (en) * 1975-03-19 1977-04-26 Pierre Edmond Michel Bonnot Collapsible shipping container
FR2342904A1 (en) * 1976-03-05 1977-09-30 South Warwickshire Packaging S DISMOUNTABLE PACKAGING DEVICE
FR2457811A1 (en) * 1979-06-01 1980-12-26 Gallia Expl Cartonnages Palletised container with integral base - has two triangular wedge feet integral with base
FR2500810A1 (en) * 1981-02-06 1982-09-03 Europa Carton Ag CARTON CONTAINER, CORRUGATED CARTON OR SIMILAR FOLDABLE MATERIAL AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING A CONVEYOR CONTAINER ON PALLETS

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FR2388725A2 (en) * 1977-04-25 1978-11-24 Bonnot Pierre Collapsible container made from cardboard - is permanently fixed to wood or plastics pallet

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Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US4019634A (en) * 1975-03-19 1977-04-26 Pierre Edmond Michel Bonnot Collapsible shipping container
FR2342904A1 (en) * 1976-03-05 1977-09-30 South Warwickshire Packaging S DISMOUNTABLE PACKAGING DEVICE
FR2457811A1 (en) * 1979-06-01 1980-12-26 Gallia Expl Cartonnages Palletised container with integral base - has two triangular wedge feet integral with base
FR2500810A1 (en) * 1981-02-06 1982-09-03 Europa Carton Ag CARTON CONTAINER, CORRUGATED CARTON OR SIMILAR FOLDABLE MATERIAL AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING A CONVEYOR CONTAINER ON PALLETS

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DE3415405A1 (en) 1985-10-31
EP0158998A2 (en) 1985-10-23
ATE36500T1 (en) 1988-09-15
DK169985D0 (en) 1985-04-16
DK169985A (en) 1985-10-20
EP0158998B1 (en) 1988-08-17
DE3415405C2 (en) 1987-01-02

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