EP0293687B1 - Plastic storage or transport container - Google Patents

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EP0293687B1
EP0293687B1 EP88108104A EP88108104A EP0293687B1 EP 0293687 B1 EP0293687 B1 EP 0293687B1 EP 88108104 A EP88108104 A EP 88108104A EP 88108104 A EP88108104 A EP 88108104A EP 0293687 B1 EP0293687 B1 EP 0293687B1
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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
    • 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
    • B65D21/06—Containers specially shaped, or provided with fittings or attachments, to facilitate nesting, stacking, or joining together with movable parts adapted to be placed in alternative positions for nesting the containers when empty and for stacking them when full
    • B65D21/062—Containers specially shaped, or provided with fittings or attachments, to facilitate nesting, stacking, or joining together with movable parts adapted to be placed in alternative positions for nesting the containers when empty and for stacking them when full the movable parts being attached or integral and displaceable into a position overlying the top of the container, e.g. bails, corner plates

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  • the invention relates to a storage and / or transport container made of plastic with four longitudinal and transverse side walls extending from a rectangular bottom to an enlarged, rectangular opening and with two flap-like strips which are hinged in the region of the upper edges of the transverse side walls a pivot position exposing the rectangular opening up to the transverse side walls can be moved into a pivot position partially bridging the rectangular opening following the transverse side walls, in which the distance between the mutually facing edges of the strips is smaller than the width of the container bottom between the transverse side walls.
  • Storage and / or transport containers of this type are known from DE-A-35 11 321. They are used wherever, on the one hand, it is important to stack unfilled or empty storage and / or transport containers into one another to save space, while on the other hand, storage and / or transport containers filled with goods or goods must be stacked securely and stably.
  • the flap-like hinged strips are brought into the pivoting position that releases the rectangular opening up to the transverse side walls, while for the second case, there is the possibility of folding these flap-like strips into a pivoting position that partially bridges the rectangular opening following the transverse side walls.
  • the strips then form a secure stacking support for the storage and / or transport containers placed thereon.
  • Storage and / or transport containers of the generic type in which not only the containers themselves, but also the flaps assigned to them, are made by molded parts made of plastic, in particular polypropylene, have been in use in England and Canada for a long time Use.
  • a container made of plastic is known with two flap-like hinged strips, which can be moved into a pivoting position that partially bridges the container opening and into a pivoting position that opens the container opening.
  • the strips are protected by the container walls.
  • the strips are articulated in the area of the upper edges of two opposite side walls by means of a pin / hole connection.
  • this has a negative impact on the load-bearing capacity of the strips, especially when storing heavy goods, when containers are stacked on top of each other.
  • the object of the invention is therefore to improve a storage and / or transport box of the type specified initially so that the flap-like hinged strips are stably and securely attached in the area of the container opening and the load-bearing capacity of the strips is improved.
  • the set goal is achieved according to the invention according to the characterizing part of claim 1 in that the strips carry at their ends transversely to their longitudinal bearing cheeks, which are pivotally mounted in the bearing blocks located at the top edges of the longitudinal side walls, that the Strips are received and supported in their release pivot position in a gutter-like upwardly open edge section on the upper edges of the transverse side walls, and that the strips in their bridging pivot position with their ends and the bearing cheeks in troughs which are open towards the top and towards the inside of the container Upper edges of the longitudinal side walls are received and supported.
  • This feature of the invention not only ensures a stable and well-protected attachment of the strips in the area of the container opening. Rather, there is - according to claim 2 - the possibility that the strips in their transition areas to the bearing cheeks are each provided with rounding sections, which are in the release pivot position of the strips in the vicinity with corresponding rounding areas on the upwardly open edge sections of the container corners.
  • the stirrup-like design of the strips makes it easy to optimally adapt to the respective needs.
  • the strips have a stepped profile cross section which is stabilized by molded-in transverse ribs and / or webs, and additionally contain a longitudinal channel , which forms a slide-in receptacle for a stiffening rod, a stiffening tube or a stiffening profile.
  • the flap-like hinged strips can be significantly stabilized in this way with regard to their load-bearing capacity.
  • the bearing cheeks of the strips each have two parallel legs, between which the bearing blocks can be inserted at the upper edges of the containers.
  • each bearing bracket can be designed as a latching bracket, the latching lugs or cams of which are assigned latching engagements in the edge sections of the container upper edges.
  • the strips are provided with alignment stops which, in their bridging swivel position, form receptacles for the corner zones of the container bottom and thus ensure stack fixing between stacked storage and / or transport containers .
  • these alignment stops are provided in a protruding manner at the ends of the recessed step of the stepped profile cross section of the strip.
  • a particularly advantageous design for a storage and / or transport container according to the invention results according to the invention - according to claim 9 - in that the upward edge portions of the stiffening collar form an approximately U-shaped bed for the strips, at least in their central region.
  • the U-shaped bed is stiffened by cross and / or node webs.
  • the value in use of a storage and / or transport container according to the invention can be further improved in that - according to claim 11 - below the U-shaped bed, the downward web of the stiffening collar has an interruption, which are assigned openings in the transverse side walls, in the Area the bed forms a grip strip that can be gripped through to the inside of the container.
  • the bar has a bead-like thickening at the free end of its cross-sectional web, which is in the release pivot position of the bar at a distance above the U-shaped bed and a handle for the Groin forms.
  • the storage and / or transport container 1 shown in the drawing is made in one piece from plastic, for example by injection molding in a corresponding shape. He points a substantially flat and rectangularly delimited floor 2, from which two longitudinal side walls 3 and 4 and two transverse side walls 5 and 6 extend, which delimit an enlarged, rectangular opening 7 with their upper edges 3a, 4a, 5a and 6a.
  • a stiffening collar 8 is connected in one piece to the outside of the container 1, which is in the usual manner by means of ribs or webs 9 against the The outside of the longitudinal side walls 3 and 4 and the transverse side walls 5 and 6 can be braced, as is indicated in FIG. 1 in the region of the transverse side wall 5.
  • the stiffening collar 8 forms, together with the upper sections of the transverse side walls 5 and 6, an approximately H-shaped cross-sectional profile, as can be seen in particular from FIGS. 4 to 6.
  • This approximately H-shaped cross-sectional profile also extends around the corner regions 10 of the stiffening collar up to partially in the region of the two longitudinal side walls 3 and 4, as can be seen in the drawing.
  • the stiffening collar 8 Over the entire width of the transverse side walls 5 and 6, the stiffening collar 8 forms an edge section 11 which is open upwards in a channel-like manner and which can be seen particularly clearly in FIGS. 5 and 6.
  • the stiffening collar 8 along the longitudinal side walls 3 and 4 has a U-cross section which is open at the bottom.
  • a bearing block 14 rises from the bottom of each trough 12, as can be seen in FIGS. 2, 3 and 6.
  • the bearing blocks 14 are arranged within the trough 12 in such a way that they each lie somewhat behind a plane coinciding with the upper edge 5a or 6a of the transverse side walls 5 or 6.
  • fork-like bearing cheeks 16 are engaged via bearing journals 15, which sit at the ends of a strip 17 and extend essentially transversely to the longitudinal direction thereof, as can be seen particularly clearly in FIGS. 2, 3 and 6.
  • the strips 17 can be brought into two different pivoting positions relative to the storage and / or transport container 1, as can be seen in FIGS. 1 and 2 to 5.
  • one pivot position which can be seen in the right half of FIG. 1 and in FIGS. 2 and 4, the strip 17 is completely absorbed by the edge section 11 of the stiffening collar, which is open upward in the manner of a channel, so that the opening 7 of the Storage and / or transport container 1 up to the transverse side walls 5 and 6 is completely released.
  • this release pivoting position of the strips 17 there is then the possibility of stacking several identical storage and / or transport containers 1 in the empty state in a space-saving manner, as is indicated in FIG. 4 of the drawing.
  • the strips 17 with their bearing cheeks 16 and bearing pins 15 are pivoted through 180 ° in the bearing blocks 14, then they reach the pivoting position shown in the left half of FIG. 1 and in FIGS. 3 and 5, in which they open the opening 7 of the storage and / or transport container 1 in the connection to the transverse side walls 5 and 6 each partially bridge.
  • the strips 17 lie with their end sections adjacent to the bearing cheeks 16 and also with the bearing cheeks 16 themselves supported on the bottom of the depressions 12 (see FIG. 5), while the strips 17 pass through the openings 13 in the depressions 12 Push through the area of the opening 7 at a distance in front of the transverse side walls 5 and 6.
  • their mutually facing longitudinal edges are at a distance from one another which is dimensioned to be smaller than the width of the container base 2 between the adjoining transverse side walls 5 and 6.
  • the particularly advantageous mounting of the strips 17 in the area of the stiffening collar 8 makes it possible to provide the end section of the strips in the transition areas to the bearing cheeks 16 with rounded sections 18. Since the rounded sections 18 of the strips 17 are in their release pivot position adjacent to the corner regions 10 of the stiffening collar 8, the possibility is readily available here Given that the corner regions 10 of the stiffening collar 8 are to be designed accordingly as rounding regions 19, which improve the ability to negotiate curves and gradients of the storage and / or transport containers 1 when they are used on transport and / or conveyor systems. It can be seen particularly clearly from FIGS. 4 and 5 of the drawing that the strips 17 have a stepped cross section with different cross-sectional webs 17a, 17b, 17c, 17d and 17e.
  • the cross-sectional webs 17a, 17e and 17c, 17d run essentially parallel to one another, while the cross-sectional web 17b extends transversely thereto.
  • the cross-sectional web 17e lies on the same level as the cross-sectional web 17a, while the cross-sectional webs 17c and 17d adjoin the cross-sectional web 17b at approximately a right angle.
  • the two cross-sectional webs 17c and 17d of the strips 17 are each connected to one another by transverse ribs 17f, while a longitudinal channel remains free between the cross-sectional webs 17b, 17d and 17e, which is only closed at its ends by a web 17h.
  • a stiffening profile 20 for example a tube or a rod, can be inserted into this longitudinal channel, as is indicated in FIGS. 2 to 5 of the drawing. Through this stiffening profile 20, the load capacity of the bar 17 can be increased considerably if necessary.
  • the cross-sectional web 17b of the strip 17 near the two ends of the strips is each provided with an alignment stop 21 projecting approximately over the entire height of the cross-sectional web 17a, as can be seen in FIGS. 1 and 3 to 5.
  • These alignment stops 21 interact with the corner areas of a storage and / or transport container 1 directly above the base 2 when it is placed on the strips 17 from above. With the help of the alignment stops 21 and the cross-sectional web 17a of the strips 17 in this way a secure stack centering of the attached storage and / or transport container 1 takes place.
  • each bearing block 14 is completed by a bearing bracket 23 which can be pushed from above between the two legs of the bearing cheeks 16 over the bearing journal 15 and the bearing block 14.
  • the bearing bracket 23 is designed as a latching bracket which has latching lugs or nocks 24 with which it can be engaged in latching engagements which are located on the bottom of the trough 12 or in the wall section of the stiffening collar 8 forming this.
  • the stiffening collar 8 in the region of the transverse side walls 5 and 6 also has an essentially H-shaped cross-sectional profile.
  • the edge section 1 of the stiffening collar 8 which is open upwards in a channel-like manner, is formed over a length section which corresponds to at least one hand width to an approximately U-shaped profiled bed 26, the profile height of which is below the upper one Boundary plane of the stiffening collar 8 ends, as can be clearly seen in FIGS. 7 and 8.
  • the entire profile height of the U-shaped bed 26 ends approximately at the same height with the upper edges 5a and 6a of the transverse side walls 5 and 6.
  • the stiffening collar 8 or its edge section 11, which is open like a gutter, is stabilized by transverse and / or node webs 27, as is also made clear by FIGS. 7 and 8.
  • the bed 26 has only one profile height which is suitable to take up the cross-sectional web 17a of this strip 17, while the cross-sectional webs 17c and 17d and also the cross-sectional web 17b come to lie above the bed 26 (FIG. 7).
  • the downward web 28 of the stiffening collar 8 has an interruption 29 over its length range, ie in a section corresponding to at least one hand's width.
  • This interruption 29 is associated with an opening 30 in each of the transverse side walls 5 and 6, such that the U-shaped bed 26 in the region of the interruption 29 and the opening 30 forms a grip strip 31 which leads to the interior of the bearing and / or Transport container 1 can be safely gripped with one hand, as can be clearly seen in FIGS. 7 and 8.
  • the outer cross-sectional web 17c is provided on its free longitudinal edge with a bead-like thickening 17g.
  • This bead-like thickening 17g is in the release pivot position of the bar 17 at such a distance above the U-shaped bed 26 that it can be easily gripped with the fingers and thus forms a pivoting handle for the bar 17. If a storage and / or transport container 1 is carried in the release pivot position of the strips 17 by gripping the handle 31, then the strips 17 are also gripped by the hands and thereby form an additional stiffening, that is to say an increase in stability in the region of the grip strip 31.

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The container has four longitudinal and transverse side walls which extend from a rectangular bottom to a widened rectangular opening. The container provides the possibility, on the one hand, of nested stacking in a space-saving manner in the empty state, but also, on the other hand, permits a secure and stable stack formation from several filled units. There are therefore provided two strips 17 which are hinged on in the manner of a flap in the region of the upper edges 6a of the transverse side walls 6, which strips can be folded from a swivel position, which exposes the rectangular opening up to the transverse side walls 6, to a swivel position which partially bridges said first swivel position adjoining the transverse side walls 6, and in which the distance between the mutually facing edges of the strips 17 is of smaller dimensions than the width of the container bottom between the transverse side walls 6. At their ends, the strips 17 bear bearing cheeks 16 which extend transversely to the longitudinal direction of said strips and are held swivellably in bearing blocks, arranged away from the corners of the container, at the upper edges of the longitudinal side walls. The strips 17 are received and supported in their exposing swivel position in a channel-type edge portion, which is open at the top, at the upper edges of the transverse side walls 6, whereas they are received and supported in their bridging swivel position with their ends and the bearing cheeks 16 in troughs 12, which are open at the top and towards the interior of the container, of edge portions of the longitudinal side walls. <IMAGE>

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Die Erfindung betrifft einen Lager- und/oder Transportbehälter aus Kunststoff mit vier sich von einem rechteckigen Boden aus zu einer erweiterten, rechteckigen Öffnung erstreckenden Längs- und Quer-Seitenwänden und mit zwei im Bereich der Oberkanten der Quer-Seitenwände klappenartig angelenkten Leisten, welche aus einer die rechteckige Öffnung bis zu den Quer-Seitenwänden freigebenden Schwenkposition in eine die rechteckige Öffnung im Anschluß an die Quer-Seitenwände teilweise überbrückende Schwenkposition umlegbar sind, bei welcher der Abstand zwischen den einander zugewendeten Kanten der Leisten kleiner bemessen ist als die Breite des Behälterbodens zwischen den Quer-Seitenwänden.The invention relates to a storage and / or transport container made of plastic with four longitudinal and transverse side walls extending from a rectangular bottom to an enlarged, rectangular opening and with two flap-like strips which are hinged in the region of the upper edges of the transverse side walls a pivot position exposing the rectangular opening up to the transverse side walls can be moved into a pivot position partially bridging the rectangular opening following the transverse side walls, in which the distance between the mutually facing edges of the strips is smaller than the width of the container bottom between the transverse side walls.

Lager- und/oder Transportbehälter dieser Art sind aus DE-A-35 11 321 bekannt. Sie werden überall dort zum Einsatz gebracht, wo es einerseits darauf ankommt ungefüllte bzw. leere Lager-und/oder Transportbehälter möglichst raumsparend ineinanderzustapeln, während andererseits mit Waren bzw. Gütern gefüllte Lagerund/oder Transportbehälter sicher und stabil zu Stapeln übereinandergesetzt werden müssen.Storage and / or transport containers of this type are known from DE-A-35 11 321. They are used wherever, on the one hand, it is important to stack unfilled or empty storage and / or transport containers into one another to save space, while on the other hand, storage and / or transport containers filled with goods or goods must be stacked securely and stably.

Im ersteren Falle werden die klappenartig angelenkten Leisten in die die rechteckige Öffnung bis zu den Quer-Seitenwänden freigebende Schwenkposition gebracht, während für den zweiten Fall die Möglichkeit besteht, diese klappenartig angelenkten Leisten in eine die rechteckige Öffnung im Anschluß an die Quer-Seitenwände teilweise überbrückende Schwenkposition umzulegen. Die Leisten bilden dann eine sichere Stapelunterstützung für die jeweils darauf abgestellten Lager- und/oder Transportbehälter.In the former case, the flap-like hinged strips are brought into the pivoting position that releases the rectangular opening up to the transverse side walls, while for the second case, there is the possibility of folding these flap-like strips into a pivoting position that partially bridges the rectangular opening following the transverse side walls. The strips then form a secure stacking support for the storage and / or transport containers placed thereon.

Lager- und/oder Transportbehälter der gattungsgemäßen Bauart, bei welchen nicht nur die Behälter selbst, sondern auch die diesen klappenartig zugeordneten Leisten durch Formteile aus Kunststoff, insbesondere Polypropylen, hergestellt sind, befinden sich zumindest in Großbritannien und in Kanada schon seit längerer Zeit im praktischen Gebrauch.Storage and / or transport containers of the generic type, in which not only the containers themselves, but also the flaps assigned to them, are made by molded parts made of plastic, in particular polypropylene, have been in use in Britain and Canada for a long time Use.

Aus der DE-A-35 11 321 ist ein Behälter aus Kunststoff mit zwei klappenartig angelenkten Leisten bekannt, die in eine die Behälteröffnung teilweise überbrückende und in eine die Behälteröffnung freigebende Schwenkposition bewegt werden können. In beiden Schwenkpositionen werden die Leisten von den Behälterwänden schützend umfaßt. Die Leisten sind im Bereich der Oberkanten zweier gegenüberliegender Seitenwände mittels einer Zapfen-/Lochverbindung angelenkt. Dies macht sich jedoch, insbesondere bei der Einlagerung schwergewichtiger Güter, bei übereinandergestapelten Behältern hinsichtlich der Tragfähigkeit der Leisten negativ bemerkbar.From DE-A-35 11 321 a container made of plastic is known with two flap-like hinged strips, which can be moved into a pivoting position that partially bridges the container opening and into a pivoting position that opens the container opening. In both swivel positions, the strips are protected by the container walls. The strips are articulated in the area of the upper edges of two opposite side walls by means of a pin / hole connection. However, this has a negative impact on the load-bearing capacity of the strips, especially when storing heavy goods, when containers are stacked on top of each other.

Aufgabe der Erfindung ist es daher, einen Lager- und/oder Transportkasten der anfangs spezifizierten Bauart so zu verbessern, daß die klappenartig angelenkten Leisten stabil und sicher im Bereich der Behälteröffnung angebracht sind und die Tragfähigkeit der Leisten verbessert wird.The object of the invention is therefore to improve a storage and / or transport box of the type specified initially so that the flap-like hinged strips are stably and securely attached in the area of the container opening and the load-bearing capacity of the strips is improved.

Erreicht wird das gesteckte Ziel erfindungs gemäß nach dem Kennzeichen des Anspruchs 1 dadurch, daß die Leisten an ihren Enden quer zu ihrer Längsrichtung verlaufende Lagerwangen tragen, die in von den Behälterecken entfernt angeordneten Lagerböcken an den Oberkanten der Längs-Seitenwände schwenkbeweglich gehalten sind, daß die Leisten in ihrer Freigabe-Schwenkposition in einem rinnenartig nach oben offenen Randabschnitt an den Oberkanten der Quer-Seitenwände aufgenommen und abgestützt sind, und daß die Leisten in ihrer Überbrückungs-Schwenkposition mit ihren Enden und den Lagerwangen in nach oben und zum Behälterinneren hin offenen Mulden von Oberkanten der Längs-Seitenwände aufgenommen und abgestützt sind.The set goal is achieved according to the invention according to the characterizing part of claim 1 in that the strips carry at their ends transversely to their longitudinal bearing cheeks, which are pivotally mounted in the bearing blocks located at the top edges of the longitudinal side walls, that the Strips are received and supported in their release pivot position in a gutter-like upwardly open edge section on the upper edges of the transverse side walls, and that the strips in their bridging pivot position with their ends and the bearing cheeks in troughs which are open towards the top and towards the inside of the container Upper edges of the longitudinal side walls are received and supported.

Diese Erfindungsmerkmalemaßnahme gewährleisten nicht nur eine stabile und nach außen gut geschützte Anbringung der Leisten im Bereich der Behälteröffnung. Vielmehr besteht - nach Anspruch 2 - auch die Möglichkeit, daß die Leisten in ihren Übergangsbereichen zu den Lagerwangen jeweils mit Abrundungsabschnitten versehen sind, die in der Freigabe-Schwenkposition der Leisten sich in Nachbarschaft mit entsprechenden Abrundungsbereichen an den nach oben offenen Randabschnitten der Behälterecken befinden. Die bügelartige Gestaltung der Leisten macht also eine optimale Anpassung an die jeweiligen Bedürfnisse ohne weiteres möglich.This feature of the invention not only ensures a stable and well-protected attachment of the strips in the area of the container opening. Rather, there is - according to claim 2 - the possibility that the strips in their transition areas to the bearing cheeks are each provided with rounding sections, which are in the release pivot position of the strips in the vicinity with corresponding rounding areas on the upwardly open edge sections of the container corners. The stirrup-like design of the strips makes it easy to optimally adapt to the respective needs.

Im Rahmen der erfindungsgemäßen Weiterbildung eines Lager-und/oder Transportbehälters hat es sich - gemäß Anspruch 3 - weiterhin als vorteilhaft herausgestellt, daß die Leisten einen abgestuften Profilquerschnitt haben, der durch eingeformte Querrippen und/oder Stege stabilisiert ist, wobei sie zusätzlich einen Längskanal enthalten, der eine Einschub-Aufnahme für einen Versteifungsstab, ein Versteifungsrohr oder ein Versteifungsprofil bildet. Besonders an Behältern, die für die Aufnahme schwergewichtiger Güter eingesetzt werden sollen, können die klappenartig angelenkten Leisten auf diese Art und Weise mit einfachen Handgriffen hinsichtlich ihrer Tragfähigkeit wesentlich stabilisiert werden.In the context of the further development of a storage and / or transport container according to the invention, it has furthermore proven to be advantageous, according to claim 3, that the strips have a stepped profile cross section which is stabilized by molded-in transverse ribs and / or webs, and additionally contain a longitudinal channel , which forms a slide-in receptacle for a stiffening rod, a stiffening tube or a stiffening profile. Especially on containers that are to be used to hold heavy goods, the flap-like hinged strips can be significantly stabilized in this way with regard to their load-bearing capacity.

Vorteilhaft ist es nach der Erfindung weiterhin, wenn - gemäß Anspruch 4 - die Lagerwangen der Leisten jeweils zwei parallele Schenkel haben, zwischen die die Lagerböcke an den Behälter-Oberkanten einrückbar sind.It is also advantageous according to the invention if - according to claim 4 - the bearing cheeks of the strips each have two parallel legs, between which the bearing blocks can be inserted at the upper edges of the containers.

Zwischen den Schenkeln der Lagerwangen kann - nach Anspruch 5 -  als erfindungs gemäße Weiterbildung eine Lagerachse sitzen, die in eine Lagermulde der Lagerböcke einrückbar und in dieser durch einen sie übergreifenden Lagerbügel festlegbar ist. Dabei kann - nach Anspruch 6 -jeder Lagerbügel als Rastbügel ausgebildet sein, dessen Rastnasen oder -nocken Rasteingriffe in den Randabschnitten der Behälter-Oberkanten zugeordnet sind.Between the legs of the bearing cheeks can - according to claim 5 - sit as a fiction, according to a further development, a bearing axis which can be inserted into a bearing recess of the bearing blocks and in this can be fixed by an overlapping bracket. In this case - according to claim 6 - each bearing bracket can be designed as a latching bracket, the latching lugs or cams of which are assigned latching engagements in the edge sections of the container upper edges.

Eine andere Weiterbildung der Erfingdung wird - gemäß Anspruch 7 - auch noch darin gesehen, daß die Leisten mit Ausrichtanschlägen versehen sind, die in ihrer Überbrückungs-Schwenkposition Aufnahmen für die Eckzonen des Behälterbodens bilden und somit eine Stapelfixierung zwischen übereinanderstehenden Lager- und/oder Transportbehältern gewährleisten. Diese Ausrichtanschläge sind - nach Anspruch 8 - erfindungsgemäß jeweils an den Enden der vertieften Stufe des abgestuften Profilquerschnitts der Leiste hochragend vorgesehen.Another development of the invention is - according to claim 7 - also seen in the fact that the strips are provided with alignment stops which, in their bridging swivel position, form receptacles for the corner zones of the container bottom and thus ensure stack fixing between stacked storage and / or transport containers . According to the invention, these alignment stops are provided in a protruding manner at the ends of the recessed step of the stepped profile cross section of the strip.

Eine besonders vorteilhafte Bauart für einen erfindungsgemäßen Lager- und/oder Transportbehälter ergibt sich nach der Erfindung - gemäß Anspruch 9 - dadurch, daß die aufwärts gerichteten Randabschnitte des Versteifungskragens zumindest in ihrem Mittelbereich ein etwa U-förmig ausgestaltetes Bett für die Leisten bilden.A particularly advantageous design for a storage and / or transport container according to the invention results according to the invention - according to claim 9 - in that the upward edge portions of the stiffening collar form an approximately U-shaped bed for the strips, at least in their central region.

Zur Stabilisierung des Versteifungskragens ist es dabei vorteilhaft, wenn - gemäß Anspruch 10 - das U-förmige Bett durch Quer- und/oder Knotenstege versteift ist.To stabilize the stiffening collar, it is advantageous if - according to claim 10 - the U-shaped bed is stiffened by cross and / or node webs.

Der Nutzungswert eines erfindungsgemäßen Lager- und/oder Transportbehälters läßt sich weiterhin dadurch verbessern, daß - gemäß Anspruch 11 - unterhalb des U-förmigen Bettes der abwärts gerichtete Steg des Versteifungskragens eine Unterbrechung aufweist, der in den Quer-Seitenwänden Durchbrüche zugeordnet sind, in deren Bereich das Bett eine zum Behälterinneren hin durchfaßbare Griffleiste bildet.The value in use of a storage and / or transport container according to the invention can be further improved in that - according to claim 11 - below the U-shaped bed, the downward web of the stiffening collar has an interruption, which are assigned openings in the transverse side walls, in the Area the bed forms a grip strip that can be gripped through to the inside of the container.

Schließlich hat es sich aber auch noch bewährt, wenn - nach Anspruch 12 - die Leiste am freien Ende ihres Querschnittssteges eine wulstartige Verdickung aufweist, welche in der Freigabe-Schwenkposition der Leiste mit Abstand oberhalb des U-förmigen Bettes liegt und eine Handhabe für die der Leiste bildet.Finally, it has also proven itself if - according to claim 12 - the bar has a bead-like thickening at the free end of its cross-sectional web, which is in the release pivot position of the bar at a distance above the U-shaped bed and a handle for the Groin forms.

In der Zeichnung ist ein Ausführungsbeispiel des Gegenstandes der Erfindung dargestellt. Es zeigen

  • Figur 1 in räumlicher Ansichtsdarstellung einen Lager-und/oder Transportbehälter aus Kunststoff mit im Bereich seiner erweiterten, rechteckigen Öffnung parallel zu den Quer-Seitenwänden klappenartig verschwenkbar angelenkten Leisten,
  • Figur 2 eine Ansicht in Pfeilrichtung II der Fig. 1 auf eine Eckzone des Behälters in einer ersten Schwenkposition der klappenartig angelenkten Leiste,
  • Figur 3 eine der Fig. 2 entsprechende Darstellung, jedoch bei in die zweite Schwenkposition gebrachter Leiste,
  • Figur 4 einen Schnitt entlang der Linie IV-IV in Fig. 2,
  • Figur 5 einen Schnitt entlang der Linie V-V in Fig. 3,
  • Figur 6 in räumlicher Sprengdarstellung und größerem Maßstab eine Einzelheit der in Fig. 1 mit II gekennzeichneten Eckzone eines Lager- und/oder Transportbehälters,
  • Figur 7 einen der Fig. 4 entsprechenden Schnitt einer abgewandelten Bauart des Lager- und/oder Transportbehälters, und
  • Figur 8 einen der Fig. 5 entsprechenden Schnitt dieser abgewandelten Bauart eines Lager- und/oder Transportbehälters.
In the drawing, an embodiment of the object of the invention is shown. Show it
  • FIG. 1 is a three-dimensional view of a storage and / or transport container made of plastic, with strips hinged in a flap-like manner in the region of its enlarged, rectangular opening parallel to the transverse side walls,
  • FIG. 2 shows a view in the direction of arrow II in FIG. 1 of a corner zone of the container in a first pivoting position of the flap-like bar,
  • 3 shows a representation corresponding to FIG. 2, but with the bar brought into the second pivot position, FIG.
  • FIG. 4 shows a section along the line IV-IV in FIG. 2,
  • FIG. 5 shows a section along the line VV in FIG. 3,
  • 6 shows a detail of the corner zone of a storage and / or transport container marked II in FIG. 1 in a spatial exploded view and on a larger scale,
  • 7 shows a section corresponding to FIG. 4 of a modified design of the storage and / or transport container, and
  • 8 shows a section corresponding to FIG. 5 of this modified type of storage and / or transport container.

Der in der Zeichnung dargestellte Lager- und/oder Transportbehälter 1 ist aus Kunststoff, bspw. durch Spritzgießen in einer entsprechenden Form, einstückig hergestellt. Er weist einen im wesentlichen ebenen und rechteckig begrenzten Boden 2 auf, von dem zwei Längs-Seitenwände 3 und 4 sowie zwei Quer-Seitenwände 5 und 6 ausgehen, die mit ihren Oberkanten 3a, 4a, 5a und 6a eine erweiterte, rechteckige Öffnung 7 eingrenzen. Die Längs-Seitenwände 3 und 4, wie auch die Quer-Seitenwände 5 und 6 haben also, vom Boden 2 ausgehend, eine nach oben und auswärts geneigte Lage.The storage and / or transport container 1 shown in the drawing is made in one piece from plastic, for example by injection molding in a corresponding shape. He points a substantially flat and rectangularly delimited floor 2, from which two longitudinal side walls 3 and 4 and two transverse side walls 5 and 6 extend, which delimit an enlarged, rectangular opening 7 with their upper edges 3a, 4a, 5a and 6a. The longitudinal side walls 3 and 4, as well as the transverse side walls 5 and 6, therefore, starting from the bottom 2, have an upward and outward inclined position.

Im Bereich der Oberkanten 3a, 4a, 5a, 6a der Längs-Seitenwände 3, 4 und der Quer-Seitenwände 5, 6 schließt sich außen an den Behälter 1 einstückig ein Versteifungskragen 8 an, der in üblicher Weise durch Rippen oder Stege 9 gegen die Außenseite der Längs-Seitenwände 3 und 4 sowie der Quer-Seitenwände 5 und 6 abgesteift werden kann, wie dies in Fig. 1 im Bereich der Quer-Seitenwand 5 angedeutet ist.In the area of the upper edges 3a, 4a, 5a, 6a of the longitudinal side walls 3, 4 and the transverse side walls 5, 6, a stiffening collar 8 is connected in one piece to the outside of the container 1, which is in the usual manner by means of ribs or webs 9 against the The outside of the longitudinal side walls 3 and 4 and the transverse side walls 5 and 6 can be braced, as is indicated in FIG. 1 in the region of the transverse side wall 5.

Im Bereich der Quer-Seitenwände 5 und 6 bildet der Versteifungskragen 8 zusammen mit den oberen Abschnitten der Quer-Seitenwände 5 und 6 ein etwa H-förmiges Querschnittsprofil, wie das insbesondere den Fig. 4 bis 6 entnommen werden kann.In the area of the transverse side walls 5 and 6, the stiffening collar 8 forms, together with the upper sections of the transverse side walls 5 and 6, an approximately H-shaped cross-sectional profile, as can be seen in particular from FIGS. 4 to 6.

Dieses annähernd H-förmige Querschnittsprofil erstreckt sich dabei auch um die Eckbereiche 10 des Versteifungskragens herum bis teilweise in den Bereich der beiden Längs-Seitenwände 3 und 4, wie das der Zeichnung entnommen werden kann.This approximately H-shaped cross-sectional profile also extends around the corner regions 10 of the stiffening collar up to partially in the region of the two longitudinal side walls 3 and 4, as can be seen in the drawing.

Über die gesamte Breite der Quer-Seitenwände 5 und 6 bildet der Versteifungskragen 8 einen rinnenartig nach oben offenen Randabschnitt 11 aus, welcher besonders deutlich in den Fig. 5 und 6 zu sehen ist. Dieser rinnenartig nach oben offene Randabschnitt 11 des Versteifungskragens 8 setzt sich dabei über den jeweiligen Eckbereich 10 des Versteifungskragens 8 hinweg bis in die anschließende Längs-Seitenwand 3 bzw. 4 fort und bildet dort jeweils eine Mulde 12 aus, die zum Behälterinneren hin eine Öffnung 13 hat, welche bis zu ihrem Boden herabreicht.Over the entire width of the transverse side walls 5 and 6, the stiffening collar 8 forms an edge section 11 which is open upwards in a channel-like manner and which can be seen particularly clearly in FIGS. 5 and 6. This edge section 11 of the stiffening collar 8, which is open at the top in a channel-like manner, extends over the respective corner region 10 of the stiffening collar 8 into the subsequent longitudinal side wall 3 or 4 and forms a trough 12 there, which has an opening 13 towards the inside of the container, which extends down to its bottom.

Im Anschluß an die Mulde 12 hat der Versteifungskragen 8 entlang der Längs-Seitenwände 3 und 4 einen nach unten offenen U-Querschnitt.Following the trough 12, the stiffening collar 8 along the longitudinal side walls 3 and 4 has a U-cross section which is open at the bottom.

Vom Boden jeder Mulde 12 ragt ein Lagerbock 14 hoch, wie das die Fig. 2, 3 und 6 erkennen lassen. Dabei sind die Lagerböcke 14 so innerhalb der Mulde 12 angeordnet, daß sie jeweils gegenüber einer mit der Oberkante 5a oder 6a der Quer-Seitenwände 5 oder 6 zusammenfallenden Ebene etwas zurückliegen. Jeweils mit zwei Lagerböcken 14 stehen über Lagerzapfen 15 gabelartige Lagerwangen 16 in Eingriff, welche an den Enden einer Leiste 17 sitzen und sich im wesentlichen quer zu deren Längsrichtung erstrecken, wie das besonders deutlich den Fig. 2, 3 und 6 entnommen werden kann.A bearing block 14 rises from the bottom of each trough 12, as can be seen in FIGS. 2, 3 and 6. The bearing blocks 14 are arranged within the trough 12 in such a way that they each lie somewhat behind a plane coinciding with the upper edge 5a or 6a of the transverse side walls 5 or 6. In each case with two bearing blocks 14, fork-like bearing cheeks 16 are engaged via bearing journals 15, which sit at the ends of a strip 17 and extend essentially transversely to the longitudinal direction thereof, as can be seen particularly clearly in FIGS. 2, 3 and 6.

Mittels der Lagerböcke 14, der Lagerzapfen 15 und der Lagerwangen 16 lassen sich die Leisten 17 relativ zum Lager- und/oder Transportbehälter 1 in zwei verschiedene Schwenkpositionen bringen, wie das den Fig. 1 und 2 bis 5 ohne weiteres zu entnehmen ist. In der einen Schwenkposition, welche in der rechten Hälfte der Fig. 1 sowie in den Fig. 2 und 4 zu sehen ist, wird die Leiste 17 jeweils von dem rinnenartig nach oben offenen Randabschnitt 11 des Versteifungskragens vollständig aufgenommen, so daß die Öffnung 7 des Lager-und/oder Transportbehälters 1 bis zu den Quer-Seitenwänden 5 und 6 vollständig freigegeben ist. In dieser Freigabe-Schwenkposition der Leisten 17 besteht dann die Möglichkeit, mehrere gleichartige Lager-und/oder Transportbehälter 1 im Leerzustand raumsparend ineinander zu stapeln, wie das in Fig. 4 der Zeichnung angedeutet ist.By means of the bearing blocks 14, the bearing pin 15 and the bearing cheeks 16, the strips 17 can be brought into two different pivoting positions relative to the storage and / or transport container 1, as can be seen in FIGS. 1 and 2 to 5. In one pivot position, which can be seen in the right half of FIG. 1 and in FIGS. 2 and 4, the strip 17 is completely absorbed by the edge section 11 of the stiffening collar, which is open upward in the manner of a channel, so that the opening 7 of the Storage and / or transport container 1 up to the transverse side walls 5 and 6 is completely released. In this release pivoting position of the strips 17, there is then the possibility of stacking several identical storage and / or transport containers 1 in the empty state in a space-saving manner, as is indicated in FIG. 4 of the drawing.

Werden hingegen die Leisten 17 mit ihren Lagerwangen 16 und Lagerzapfen 15 in den Lagerböcken 14 um 180° verschwenkt, dann gelangen sie in die aus der linken Hälfte der Fig. 1 sowie aus den Fig. 3 und 5 ersichtliche Schwenkposition, in welcher sie die Öffnung 7 des Lager- und/oder Transportbehälters 1 im Anschluß an die Quer-Seitenwände 5 und 6 jeweils teilweise überbrücken.If, on the other hand, the strips 17 with their bearing cheeks 16 and bearing pins 15 are pivoted through 180 ° in the bearing blocks 14, then they reach the pivoting position shown in the left half of FIG. 1 and in FIGS. 3 and 5, in which they open the opening 7 of the storage and / or transport container 1 in the connection to the transverse side walls 5 and 6 each partially bridge.

In der Überbrückungs-Schwenkposition liegen die Leisten 17 mit ihren den Lagerwangen 16 benachbarten Endabschnitten sowie auch mit den Lagerwangen 16 selbst abgestützt auf dem Boden der Mulden 12 auf (siehe Fig. 5), während die Leisten 17 durch die Öffnungen 13 der Mulden 12 den Bereich der Öffnung 7 mit Abstand vor den Quer-Seitenwänden 5 und 6 durchsetzen. Bei der Überbrückungs-Schwenkposition beider Leisten 17 haben deren einander zugewendete Längskanten einen Abstand voneinander, welcher kleiner bemessen ist, als die Breite des Behälterbodens 2 zwischen den daran anschließenden Quer-Seitenwänden 5 und 6. Es besteht dann die Möglichkeit, mehrere mit Gütern gefüllte Lager- und/oder Transportbehälter 1 sicher ausgerichtet übereinander zu setzen, wie das aus Fig. 5 deutlich hervorgeht.In the bridging swivel position, the strips 17 lie with their end sections adjacent to the bearing cheeks 16 and also with the bearing cheeks 16 themselves supported on the bottom of the depressions 12 (see FIG. 5), while the strips 17 pass through the openings 13 in the depressions 12 Push through the area of the opening 7 at a distance in front of the transverse side walls 5 and 6. In the bridging swivel position of the two strips 17, their mutually facing longitudinal edges are at a distance from one another which is dimensioned to be smaller than the width of the container base 2 between the adjoining transverse side walls 5 and 6. There is then the possibility of several bearings filled with goods - and / or to place the transport container 1 aligned one above the other, as can be clearly seen in FIG. 5.

Auch in der Überbrückungs-Schwenkposition der Leisten 17 liegen diese völlig unterhalb der oberen Begrenzungskante des Versteifungskragens 8 und sind dadurch in jedem Falle gegen äußere Einflüsse geschützt untergebracht.Also in the bridging pivot position of the strips 17, these lie completely below the upper boundary edge of the stiffening collar 8 and are therefore protected against external influences in any case.

Die besonders vorteilhafte Lagerung der Leisten 17 im Bereich des Versteifungskragens 8 macht es möglich, die Endabschnitt der Leisten in den Übergangsbereichen zu den Lagerwangen 16 mit Abrundungsabschnitten 18 zu versehen. Da die Abrundungsabschnitte 18 der Leisten 17 in ihrer Freigabe-Schwenkposition den Eckbereichen 10 des Versteifungskragens 8 benachbart liegen, ist hier ohne weiteres die Möglichkeit gegeben, auch die Eckbereiche 10 des Versteifungskragens 8 entsprechend als Abrundungsbereiche 19 zu gestalten, welche die Kurven- und Steigungsgängigkeit der Lager- und/oder Transportbehälter 1 bei ihrer Benutzung auf Transport- und/oder Förderanlagen verbessern. Besonders deutlich ist aus den Fig. 4 und 5 der Zeichnung ersichtlich, daß die Leisten 17 einen abgestuften Querschnitt mit verschiedenen Querschnittsstegen 17a, 17b, 17c, 17d und 17e haben. Die Querschnittstege 17a, 17e und 17c, 17d verlaufen dabei im wesentlichen parallel zueinander, während der Querschnittssteg 17b sich quer hierzu erstreckt. Der Querschnittssteg 17e liegt auf gleicher Ebene mit dem Querschnittssteg 17a, während die Querschnittsstege 17c und 17d sich etwa im rechten Winkel an den Querschnittssteg 17b anschließen.The particularly advantageous mounting of the strips 17 in the area of the stiffening collar 8 makes it possible to provide the end section of the strips in the transition areas to the bearing cheeks 16 with rounded sections 18. Since the rounded sections 18 of the strips 17 are in their release pivot position adjacent to the corner regions 10 of the stiffening collar 8, the possibility is readily available here Given that the corner regions 10 of the stiffening collar 8 are to be designed accordingly as rounding regions 19, which improve the ability to negotiate curves and gradients of the storage and / or transport containers 1 when they are used on transport and / or conveyor systems. It can be seen particularly clearly from FIGS. 4 and 5 of the drawing that the strips 17 have a stepped cross section with different cross-sectional webs 17a, 17b, 17c, 17d and 17e. The cross-sectional webs 17a, 17e and 17c, 17d run essentially parallel to one another, while the cross-sectional web 17b extends transversely thereto. The cross-sectional web 17e lies on the same level as the cross-sectional web 17a, while the cross-sectional webs 17c and 17d adjoin the cross-sectional web 17b at approximately a right angle.

Die beiden Querschnittsstege 17c und 17d der Leisten 17 sind jeweils durch Querrippen 17f untereinander verbunden, während zwischen den Querschnittsstegen 17b, 17d und 17e ein Längskanal frei bleibt, der lediglich an seinen Enden jeweils durch einen Steg 17h geschlossen ist. In diesen Längskanal kann dabei bedarfsweise ein Versteifungsprofil 20, bspw. ein Rohr oder ein Stab eingeschoben werden, wie das in den Fig. 2 bis 5 der Zeichnung angedeutet ist. Durch dieses Versteifungsprofil 20 kann die Tragfähigkeit der Leiste 17 im Bedarfsfalle beträchtlich erhöht werden.The two cross-sectional webs 17c and 17d of the strips 17 are each connected to one another by transverse ribs 17f, while a longitudinal channel remains free between the cross-sectional webs 17b, 17d and 17e, which is only closed at its ends by a web 17h. If necessary, a stiffening profile 20, for example a tube or a rod, can be inserted into this longitudinal channel, as is indicated in FIGS. 2 to 5 of the drawing. Through this stiffening profile 20, the load capacity of the bar 17 can be increased considerably if necessary.

Auf der dem Querschnittssteg 17a benachbarten Seite ist der Querschnittssteg 17b der Leiste 17 nahe den beiden Enden der Leisten jeweils mit einem etwa über die ganze Höhe des Querschnittssteges 17a vorspringenden Ausrichtanschlag 21 besetzt, wie das die Fig. 1 und 3 bis 5 erkennen lassen. Diese Ausrichtanschläge 21 wirken dabei mit den Eckbereichen eines Lager- und/oder Transportbehälters 1 unmittelbar oberhalb des Bodens 2 zusammen, wenn dieser von oben her auf die Leisten 17 aufgesetzt wird. Mit Hilfe der Ausrichtanschläge 21 und der Querschnittssteg 17a der Leisten 17 findet auf diese Art und Weise eine sichere Stapelzentrierung des aufgesetzten Lager- und/oder Transportbehälters 1 statt.On the side adjacent to the cross-sectional web 17a, the cross-sectional web 17b of the strip 17 near the two ends of the strips is each provided with an alignment stop 21 projecting approximately over the entire height of the cross-sectional web 17a, as can be seen in FIGS. 1 and 3 to 5. These alignment stops 21 interact with the corner areas of a storage and / or transport container 1 directly above the base 2 when it is placed on the strips 17 from above. With the help of the alignment stops 21 and the cross-sectional web 17a of the strips 17 in this way a secure stack centering of the attached storage and / or transport container 1 takes place.

Aus Fig. 6 der Zeichnung geht noch hervor, daß der Lagerzapfen 15 einstückig zwischen die beiden parallelen Schenkel der Lagerwangen eingeformt werden kann, wenn der Lagerbock 14 mit einer nach oben offenen Lagermulde 22 versehen ist, in die der Lagerzapfen 15 eingelegt werden kann. Vervollständigt wird in diesem Fall jeder Lagerbock 14 durch einen Lagerbügel 23, welcher sich von oben her zwischen den beiden Schenkeln der Lagerwangen 16 hindurch über den Lagerzapfen 15 und den Lagerbock 14 schieben läßt. Dabei ist der Lagerbügel 23 als Rastbügel ausgebildet, der Rastnasen oder -nokken 24 aufweist, mit denen er jeweils in Rasteingriffe eingerückt werden kann, die sich am Boden der Mulde 12 bzw. in dem diesen bildenden Wandabschnitt des Versteifungskragens 8 befinden.From Fig. 6 of the drawing it can still be seen that the bearing pin 15 can be integrally molded between the two parallel legs of the bearing cheeks if the bearing block 14 is provided with an upwardly open bearing recess 22 into which the bearing pin 15 can be inserted. In this case, each bearing block 14 is completed by a bearing bracket 23 which can be pushed from above between the two legs of the bearing cheeks 16 over the bearing journal 15 and the bearing block 14. The bearing bracket 23 is designed as a latching bracket which has latching lugs or nocks 24 with which it can be engaged in latching engagements which are located on the bottom of the trough 12 or in the wall section of the stiffening collar 8 forming this.

In den Fig. 7 und 8 der Zeichnung ist zu sehen, daß die Ausbildung des Versteifungskragens 8 im Bereich der Quer-Seitenwände 5 und 6 sowie auch die Ausbildung der zugehörigen Leiste 17 gegenüber der Ausführungsform nach den Fig. 4 und 5 in vorteilhafter Weise variiert werden kann.7 and 8 of the drawing it can be seen that the design of the stiffening collar 8 in the region of the transverse side walls 5 and 6 and also the design of the associated strip 17 advantageously vary compared to the embodiment according to FIGS. 4 and 5 can be.

Auch beim Ausführungsbeispiel nach den Fig. 7 und 8 hat der Versteifungskragen 8 im Bereich der Quer-Seitenwände 5 und 6 ein im wesentlichen H-förmiges Querschnittsprofil.7 and 8, the stiffening collar 8 in the region of the transverse side walls 5 and 6 also has an essentially H-shaped cross-sectional profile.

Etwa in der Mitte der Quer-Seitenwände 5 und 6 ist dort jedoch der rinnenartig nach oben offene Randabschnitt 1 des Versteifungskragens 8 über einen Längenabschnitt, welcher mindestens einer Handbreite entspricht, zu einem etwa U-förmig profilierten Bett 26 ausgeformt, dessen Profilhöhe unterhalb der oberen Begrenzungsebene des Versteifungskragens 8 endet, wie das deutlich den Fig. 7 und 8 zu entnehmen ist. Die gesamte Profilhöhe des U-förmigen Bettes 26 endet dabei etwa auf gleicher Höhe mit den Oberkanten 5a und 6a der Quer-Seitenwände 5 und 6.Approximately in the middle of the transverse side walls 5 and 6, however, the edge section 1 of the stiffening collar 8, which is open upwards in a channel-like manner, is formed over a length section which corresponds to at least one hand width to an approximately U-shaped profiled bed 26, the profile height of which is below the upper one Boundary plane of the stiffening collar 8 ends, as can be clearly seen in FIGS. 7 and 8. The entire profile height of the U-shaped bed 26 ends approximately at the same height with the upper edges 5a and 6a of the transverse side walls 5 and 6.

Innerhalb des Bettes 26 ist der Versteifungskragen 8 bzw. dessen rinnenartig nach oben offener Randabschnitt 11 durch Quer- und/oder Knotenstege 27 stabilisiert, wie das die Fig. 7 und 8 ebenfalls deutlich machen.Within the bed 26, the stiffening collar 8 or its edge section 11, which is open like a gutter, is stabilized by transverse and / or node webs 27, as is also made clear by FIGS. 7 and 8.

Während die Profilhöhe des nach oben offenen Randabschnitts 11 am Versteifungskragen 8 so bemessen ist, daß diese die in die Freigabe-Schwenkposition nach Fig. 7 gebrachte Leiste 17 über ihre volle Profilhöhe aufnehmen kann, hat das Bett 26 nur eine Profilhöhe, welche geeignet ist, den Querschnittssteg 17a dieser Leiste 17 aufzunehmen, während die Querschnittsstege 17c und 17d sowie auch der Querschnittssteg 17b oberhalb des Bettes 26 zu liegen kommen (Fig. 7).While the profile height of the upwardly open edge section 11 on the stiffening collar 8 is dimensioned such that it can accommodate the bar 17 brought into the release pivot position according to FIG. 7 over its full profile height, the bed 26 has only one profile height which is suitable to take up the cross-sectional web 17a of this strip 17, while the cross-sectional webs 17c and 17d and also the cross-sectional web 17b come to lie above the bed 26 (FIG. 7).

Unterhalb des U-förmigen Bettes 26 weist der abwärts gerichtete Steg 28 des Versteifungskragens 8 über dessen Längenbereich hinweg, also in einem mindestens einer Handbreite entsprechenden Abschnitt, eine Unterbrechung 29 auf. Dieser Unterbrechung 29 ist in jeder der Quer-Seitenwände 5 und 6 ein Durchbruch 30 zugeordnet, derart, daß das U-förmige Bett 26 im Bereich der Unterbrechung 29 und des Durchbruches 30 eine Griffleiste 31 bildet, die zum Inneren des Lager-und/oder Transportbehälters 1 mit einer Hand sicher umgriffen werden kann, wie das den Fig. 7 und 8 deutlich zu entnehmen ist.Below the U-shaped bed 26, the downward web 28 of the stiffening collar 8 has an interruption 29 over its length range, ie in a section corresponding to at least one hand's width. This interruption 29 is associated with an opening 30 in each of the transverse side walls 5 and 6, such that the U-shaped bed 26 in the region of the interruption 29 and the opening 30 forms a grip strip 31 which leads to the interior of the bearing and / or Transport container 1 can be safely gripped with one hand, as can be clearly seen in FIGS. 7 and 8.

Mit Hilfe dieser Griffleisten 31 können nicht nur einzelne Lager- und/oder Transportbehälter 1 leichter und sicherer gehandhabt werden, sondern es wird auch die Handhabung von Behälterstapeln erleichtert, wenn also mehrere gleichartige Lager- und/oder Transportbehälter 1 in gefülltem Zustand übereinandergesetzt sind, wie dies in Fig. 8 angedeutet ist.With the help of these handle strips 31, not only individual storage and / or transport containers 1 can be handled more easily and safely, but also the handling of Stacking of containers is facilitated if several storage and / or transport containers 1 of the same type are stacked on top of one another in the filled state, as is indicated in FIG. 8.

Damit die Handhabung der Leisten 17 zwischen ihrer Freigabe-Schwenkposition nach Fig. 7 und ihrer Überbrückungs-Schwenkposition nach Fig. 8 nicht beeinträchtigt wird, ist deren äußerer Querschnittssteg 17c an seiner freien Längskante mit einer wulstartigen Verdickung 17g versehen. Diese wulstartige Verdickung 17g befindet sich in der Freigabe-Schwenkposition der Leiste 17 mit einem solchen Abstand oberhalb des U-förmigen Bettes 26, daß sie sich leicht mit den Fingern erfassen läßt und damit eine Schwenkhandhabe für die Leiste 17 bildet. Wird ein Lager- und/oder Transportbehälter 1 in der Freigabe-Schwenkposition der Leisten 17 durch Erfassen des Handgriffs 31 getragen, dann werden die Leisten 17 von den Händen miterfaßt und bilden dadurch eine zusätzliche Aussteifung, also eine Stabilitätserhöhung im Bereich der Griffleiste 31.So that the handling of the strips 17 between their release pivot position according to FIG. 7 and their bridging pivot position according to FIG. 8 is not impaired, the outer cross-sectional web 17c is provided on its free longitudinal edge with a bead-like thickening 17g. This bead-like thickening 17g is in the release pivot position of the bar 17 at such a distance above the U-shaped bed 26 that it can be easily gripped with the fingers and thus forms a pivoting handle for the bar 17. If a storage and / or transport container 1 is carried in the release pivot position of the strips 17 by gripping the handle 31, then the strips 17 are also gripped by the hands and thereby form an additional stiffening, that is to say an increase in stability in the region of the grip strip 31.

Claims (12)

1. A storage and/or transport container (1) made of plastic having four longitudinal (3, 4) and transverse side walls (5, 6) extending from a rectangular base (2) to an enlarged rectangular opening (7) and having two bars (17) hinged like flaps in the region of the upper edges of the transverse side walls (5, 6), which can be reversed from a swivel position uncovering the rectangular opening (7) right up to the transverse side walls (5, 6) into a swivel position partly spanning the rectangular opening (7) in contact with the transverse side walls, in which the distance between the edges of the bars (17) turned towards one another is less than the width of the container base (2) between the transverse side walls,
characterised in that at their ends the bars (17) support bearing side walls (16) extending at right angles to their longitudinal direction, which are rotatably held in bearing blocks (14) disposed at a distance from the container's corners on the upper edges (3a, 4a) of the longitudinal side walls (3, 4),
in that in their uncovering position the bars (17) are housed and supported in an edge part (11), which is open at the top like a channel, on the upper edges (5a, 6a) of the transverse side walls (5, 6),
and in that in their spanning swivel position the strips (17) are housed and supported with their ends and the bearing side walls (16) in troughs (12) open at the top and towards the interior of the container by upper edges (3a, 4a) of the longitudinal side walls (3, 4).
2. A storage and/or transport container according to Claim 1,
characterised in that in their transitional regions to the bearing side walls (16), the bars (17) are provided with curved parts (18), which in the uncovering swivel position of the bars are located in the vicinity with corresponding curved regions (19) on the edge parts (11) of the corners (10) of the container open at the top.
3. A storage and/or transport container according to one of Claims 1 and 2,
characterised in that the bars (17) have a stepped cross section, which is stabilised by moulded transverse ribs and/or cross-pieces (17f), with them also containing a longitudinal duct (17b, 17d, 17e) which forms a slide-in housing for a strengthening bar (20), a strengthening rod or a strengthening section.
4. A storage and/or transport container according to one of Claims 1 to 3,
characterised in that the bearing side walls (16) of the bars (17) respectively have two parallel flanks, between which the bearing blocks (14) can be inserted on the upper edges (3a and 4a) of the container.
5. A storage and/or transport container according to one of Claims 1 to 4,
characterised in that between the flanks of the bearing side walls (16) there is a bearing journal (15), which can be inserted into a trough (22) of the bearing blocks (14) and can be secured therein by a bearing bracket (23) grasping over it (Fig. 6).
6. A storage and/or transport container according to one of Claims 1 to 5,
characterised in that each bearing bracket (23) is constructed as a locking bracket, to the detents or cams (24) of which are assigned catches (25) in the troughs (12) of the upper edges (3a, 4a) of the container (Figure 6).
7. A storage and/or transport container according to one of Claims 1 to 6,
characterised in that the bars (17) are provided with alignment stops (21), which in their spanning swivel position form housings for the corner zones of the container base (2) (Fig. 3).
8. A storage and/or transport container according to one of Claims 1 to 7,
characterised in that the alignment stops (21) respectively rise up at the ends of the recessed step of the stepped cross section of the bar (17).
9. A storage and/or transport container according to one of Claims 1 to 8,
characterised in that the upwardly directed edge parts (11) of the strengthening collar (8) form a roughly U-shaped bed (26) for the bars (17) at least in its central region.
10. A storage and/or transport container according to one of Claims 1 to 9,
characterised in that the U-shaped bed (26) is strengthened by transverse and/or nodular webs (27).
11. A storage and/or transport container according to one of Claims 1 to 10,
characterised in that underneath the U-shaped bed (26) the downwardly directed cross-piece (28) of the strengthening collar (8) comprises an opening (29), to which gaps (30) in the transverse side walls (5, 6) are assigned, in the region of which the bed (26) forms a grip which can be grasped towards the interior of the container.
12. A storage and/or transport container according to one of Claims 1 to 11,
characterised in that at the free end of its sectional cross-piece (17c) the bar (17) comprises a bead-like thickened part (17g), which in the uncovering swivel position of the bar (17) lies at a certain distance above the U-shaped bed (26) and forms a handhold for the bar (17); Fig. 7.
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