EP0351530B1 - Storage device with easy access to components - Google Patents

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EP0351530B1
EP0351530B1 EP89110178A EP89110178A EP0351530B1 EP 0351530 B1 EP0351530 B1 EP 0351530B1 EP 89110178 A EP89110178 A EP 89110178A EP 89110178 A EP89110178 A EP 89110178A EP 0351530 B1 EP0351530 B1 EP 0351530B1
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Peter Drexel
Gottfried Dipl.-Ing. Schumacher (Ba)
Petra Dipl.-Ing. Bauer
Torsten Dipl.-Ind. Des. Bünning
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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A47—FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
    • A47B—TABLES; DESKS; OFFICE FURNITURE; CABINETS; DRAWERS; GENERAL DETAILS OF FURNITURE
    • A47B87/00—Sectional furniture, i.e. combinations of complete furniture units, e.g. assemblies of furniture units of the same kind such as linkable cabinets, tables, racks or shelf units
    • A47B87/02—Sectional furniture, i.e. combinations of complete furniture units, e.g. assemblies of furniture units of the same kind such as linkable cabinets, tables, racks or shelf units stackable ; stackable and linkable
    • A47B87/0207—Stackable racks, trays or shelf units
    • A47B87/0261—Independent trays
    • A47B87/0269—Independent trays without separate distance holders
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B25—HAND TOOLS; PORTABLE POWER-DRIVEN TOOLS; MANIPULATORS
    • B25H—WORKSHOP EQUIPMENT, e.g. FOR MARKING-OUT WORK; STORAGE MEANS FOR WORKSHOPS
    • B25H3/00—Storage means or arrangements for workshops facilitating access to, or handling of, work tools or instruments
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  • the invention relates to a device according to the preamble of the main claim.
  • the gripping containers can be filled with bulk goods or with the help of special inserts with position-oriented assembly parts. They are attached to the holding device at the manual work station and provide the assembly parts there in the most convenient grip area for the employee.
  • the gripping tongue upstream of the gripping container makes it easier to grasp, in particular, small parts which the employee can grasp on the gripping tongue more securely and strip away from it.
  • the gripping tongue is placed obliquely over its entire length to the bottom of the gripping container, which is aligned obliquely as a whole on the holding device provided at the assembly work station, so that the small parts contained in the gripping container under the The influence of gravity on the gripping tongue slip.
  • the gripping tongue forms a side edge of limited height, which prevents small parts from falling out.
  • a disadvantage of this embodiment is that the gripping tongue is integrally formed on the gripping container, as a result of which it is difficult to stack the gripping containers in a larger magazine container or a larger stacking space is required for a gripping container than corresponds to the storage volume of the gripping container.
  • the gripping container is detachably attached by means of bolts to a frame attached to the assembly work station. Due to the inclined position, the gripping container is covered with a lid to which the gripping tongue is attached. The lid is provided with an opening through which the assembly parts can reach the gripping tongue.
  • a device is only useful in conjunction with inclined gripping containers, since the opening of the cover must always be actuated to feed the mounting parts onto the gripping tongue and only then does the mounting parts reach the gripping tongue by means of the inclined position of the gripping container.
  • the gripping tongue is formed in one piece on a receiving container for the gripping container, which is preferably provided with its own means for detachable attachment to a holding device provided at the assembly work station.
  • the receptacle can always remain at the assembly work station and, moreover, can also be designed such that it can be used for gripping containers of different types and sizes.
  • the receptacle can also serve as a gripping container for stored parts if necessary.
  • a consequent separation of transport and storage function results when the gripping container is provided on the access side with a front wall, which is arranged so as to slope outwards and is rounded off so that it merges into the bottom of the gripping container in such a way that small parts stored can easily be removed from the gripping container via the The front wall can be pulled out, but cannot fall out of it when the filled gripping container is being transported.
  • a subset of the stored small parts is transferred over the sloping front wall to the gripping tongue, where they can be easily gripped and stripped between the fingers.
  • the container bottom be provided with scraper grooves, which preferably extend into the fillet at the transition to the inclined front wall.
  • an information carrier can be easily and possibly also attached to and removed from the gripping container by a handling device.
  • a gripping container 10 has a base 11 which on the access side, via a rounded intermediate region 12, merges continuously into a front wall 13 which rises obliquely upwards and has a rounded region 14 which ends at an end edge 15.
  • the gripping container 10 also has two side walls 16, 17 and a rear wall 18, which are provided at the top with a peripheral edge flange 19.
  • the rear wall 18 also merges into a noticeably rounded area 20 in the floor 11, which is provided with parallel scraper grooves 21.
  • On the edge flange 19 two hooking tabs 22 are also formed in the area of the rear wall 18 at a distance from the rear wall 18 and a support strip 23 is provided on the lower area thereof.
  • the one rear corner of the gripping container 10 is chamfered by a corner wall 24, in the area of which the edge flange 19 is provided with a grip symbol 25 formed by grooves.
  • the edge flange 19 is provided on the outside with an upwardly directed guide strip 28, 29, which extend from the front end edge 15 to the beginning of the corner wall 24 or to the end of the side wall 17.
  • the guide strips 28, 29 merge into downward stiffening edge strips 30, which are each provided with a recess 31 at the lower end, the height of the height of the guide strips 28 and 29 and the depth of the width of the guide strips 28 and 29 corresponds.
  • the side walls 16, 17 are each provided with two guide knobs 32 and 33, which protrude laterally outward beyond the side wall 16 and 17 so that they fit with little play between the guide strips 28, 29 of a gripping container 10 of the same design.
  • the gripping container 10 is each provided with two guide knobs 34, 35, the ones measured perpendicular to the guide strips 28, 29 Width corresponds to the width of the lower guide knobs 32, 33.
  • the free distance a between the two upper guide knobs 34, 35 corresponds, with a slight excess, to the distance b that the two side flanks of the lower guide knobs 32, 33 face away from one another.
  • the guide knob 32 is so far away from the front face that its rear side flank assumes the distance b from the vertical edge 30a of the edge strip 30.
  • the gripping container 10 On the front end side (access side), the gripping container 10 is provided with a vertical end wall 36, a free space 38 being formed between this, the front wall 30 and the side walls 16, 17, possibly divided by stiffening ribs 37 (FIG. 2).
  • the end wall 36 has an inwardly displaced rectangular area 39, which is provided with a slot-like opening 41 on each of its vertical offset edges 40.
  • the offset depth corresponds approximately to the thickness of a plastic plate 42 which is provided with lateral locking legs 43 which can be pushed through the openings 41 and then hold the plastic plate 42 firmly against the gripping container 10 in a shaking manner.
  • the plastic plate 42 can either serve as a carrier for an information element 44, or can itself be an information element, or can form a cover for an inserted information carrier. In this case, it is expedient if the surface of the plastic plate 42 is non-reflective by a suitable method.
  • the gripping container 10 described is characterized, inter alia, by a high torsional rigidity and by a small space requirement for transport in larger magazine containers. Due to the special design and arrangement of the guide means, two identically designed gripping containers 10 can either be congruent or, as shown in FIG. 6, also stacked one above the other in an offset position. By arranging the scraper grooves 21 on the bottom 11, the inclined front wall 13 and the strongly rounded areas 12, 14, 20, the removal of stored small parts is much easier. If the gripping containers 10 are stacked offset from one another, the parts in the gripping container located below can also be gripped without hindrance. The removal of residual quantities can expediently be carried out by wiping over the inclined front wall 13.
  • the gripping container 10 itself is easy to handle due to the presence of the space 38 between the front wall 13 and the end wall 36, and the beveled corner makes it easier to remove the gripping container 10 from a larger magazine container, in which a plurality of gripping containers are inserted adjacent to one another.
  • the plastic plate 42 can also be unlatched from the gripping container 10 via the free space 38, which can optionally also be done via an automatic handling device.
  • the side walls 16, 17 of the gripping container can also be provided with grooves 45.
  • a gripping container 50 (FIG. 3) is assigned to the gripping container 10 and is provided with a base 51, a rear wall 52 and two side walls 53, 54, which fit around an inserted gripping container 10 on its edge flange 19 and the lower guide knobs 32, 33.
  • the rear wall 52 is also chamfered by a corner wall 55 to facilitate removal of the receptacle 50 from a larger magazine container at a corner.
  • the side walls 53, 54 are each provided with a locking cam 56 on the inside, which hold a gripping container 10 inserted from above with little play on the rear wall 52.
  • the receptacle 50 is designed in the same way as the gripping container 10, namely provided with two hanging tabs 22 and a support strip 23.
  • a feature of the receptacle 50 according to the invention is that a gripping tongue 60 is integrally formed on the bottom 51 thereof and is transition-free, which protrudes beyond an inserted gripping container 10 on the access side (FIG. 4).
  • the bottom 51 and the gripping tongue 60 are also provided with scraper grooves 61 and 62 for securely gripping small parts.
  • the gripping tongue 60 is laterally delimited by side walls 63 and 64, which are integrally and seamlessly molded onto the side walls 53 and 54.
  • the gripping tongue 60 also has an end portion 65 which is angled slightly upward and into which the scraper grooves 62 extend.
  • the gripping tongue 60 is used for the pre-separation of the small parts stored in the gripping container 10 that is installed.
  • FIG. 4 clearly shows that the parts can easily be slipped out of the gripping container 10 via the inclined front wall 13 and can be moved onto the gripping tongue 60.
  • the receptacle 50 can expediently remain at the assembly work station, while the gripping container can be handled on its own for the purpose of transportation or replacement or refilling. To emphasize a uniform container system or container program, the receptacle 50 can also be provided with grooves 66 on the side walls 53, 54.
  • the device according to the exemplary embodiment also includes at least one gripping shell 70 (FIG. 5), the rear region 71 of which practically corresponds to the design of the corresponding region of the gripping container 10.
  • the same features are denoted by the same reference numbers and are no longer described in more detail.
  • the length 1 of the gripping shell 70 corresponds to half the length of a gripping container 10, so that two gripping shells 70 can be stacked one behind the other on a gripping container 10 without projecting beyond its outline profile. If only one gripping tray 70 is placed on a gripping container 10, this can be moved so far back that the contents is easily accessible from both containers.
  • the gripping shell 70 has a front wall which consists of two wall sections 73 and 74 enclosing a flat angle, which merge into one another via a slight curve 75. To a certain extent, the outer edge section 74 functions here as a gripping tongue. Scraper grooves 76 on the bottom of the gripping shell extend into the wall section 73 of the front wall. A wall corresponding to the end wall 36 of the gripping container 10 is not provided in the gripping shell 70.
  • the gripping container 10 is also assigned a substantially flat cover 80 (FIG. 6) formed from a plastic injection molded part, which has a recessed grip 81 and is provided on the two longitudinal edges with cutouts 82 which are connected to the guide knobs 34, 35 of the gripping container 10 correspond.
  • the attached cover 80 rests on the edge flange 19 and is held there immovably by the guide knobs 34, 35.
  • the height of the guide knobs 34, 35 and the guide strips 28, 29 is dimensioned such that a further gripping container 10 can be stacked in a position-oriented manner even when the cover 80 is in place.
  • the cover 80 has two reinforced and anti-reflective edge zones 83, 84, to which markings can be attached. At a corner, the cover 80 is also provided with a corner slope 85 and a handle symbol 86 (corrugation).
  • FIG. 6 also shows how two gripping containers 10 can be stacked offset.
  • the lower guide knobs 32 and the end wall 36 of the upper gripping container 10 engage between the upper guide knobs 34 and 35 of the lower gripping container 10, thereby ensuring the mutual orientation and fixation of the two containers.
  • a holding device 90 for gripping containers 10 and / or holding containers 50 and / or gripping shells 70 provided at the assembly work station and only partially shown in FIG. 7 has a fixed profile rod 91 which is provided with lateral grooves 92 for receiving fastening elements 93 for holding tabs 94 which are fixed are stretched against the relevant side wall of the profile bar 91.
  • Each retaining tab 94 has an insertion slot 95 at the top for the hanging tabs 22 on the containers 10 or 50 or 70 and is provided at the bottom with a support shoulder 96 against which the support strip 23 of the suspended containers comes to rest.
  • FIG. 8 shows individual elements of such a system, which is matched to the dimensions of the EURO standard pallets.
  • the system comprises a magazine container 98, which preferably also has features of a workpiece carrier for assembly line production and whose side lengths, for example, are 40 and 60 cm in coordination with the EURO standard pallets.
  • three gripping containers 10a, 10b and 10c of different sizes are provided, the length of the largest gripping container 10a corresponding to the width of the magazine container 98 and the width of the gripping container 10a corresponding to half the length of the magazine container 98.
  • the mutually identical base areas of the two other gripping containers 10b and 10c are each determined by transverse division of the base area of the largest gripping container 10a. Furthermore, the smallest gripping container c is only half as high as the two other gripping containers 10a and 10b. Through these divisions, which maintain the basic dimensions of the EURO standard pallet, it is possible to carry the magazine container 98 without losing space Fill gripping containers 10a to c of different sizes and stack them congruently on top of each other.
  • the system according to FIG. 8 can also be supplemented with the described gripping shells 70 and lids 80 (not shown in FIG. 8) and also contain further gripping containers 99, which are the same length as the gripping containers 10b and 10c but narrower, preferably only half as wide like these are.
  • the gripping container 99 can be designed at the lower edge in a slight modification to the described embodiments so that they can be placed transversely on the gripping container 10a and are held between its guide knobs 34, 35.

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Die Erfindung bezieht sich auf eine Einrichtung nach der Gattung des Hauptanspruchs. Die Greifbehälter lassen sich mit Schüttgut oder mit Hilfe spezieller Einsätze mit lageorientierten Montageteilen füllen. Sie werden am manuellen Arbeitsplatz an der Haltevorrichtung angebracht und stellen dort die Montageteile in dem für den Mitarbeiter günstigsten Griffbereich bereit. Die dem Greifbehälter vorgelagerte Greifzunge erleichtert das Greifen insbesondere von Kleinteilen, welche der Mitarbeiter auf der Greifzunge sicherer erfassen und von dieser abstreifen kann. Bei einer bekannten Ausführung der gattungsmäßigen Art DE-A-26 30 681 ist die Greifzunge über ihre gesamte Länge schräg zum Boden des Greifbehälters gestellt, der an der am Montagearbeitsplatz vorgesehenen Haltevorrichtung als ganzes schräg ausgerichtetet ist, so daß die im Greifbehälter enthaltenen Kleinteile unter dem Einfluß der Schwerkraft auf die Greifzunge rutschen. Beim Transport der Greifbehälter bildet die Greifzunge einen Seitenrand begrenzter Höhe, die ein Herausfallen von eingelagerten Kleinteilen verhindert. Nachteilig bei dieser Ausführung ist, daß die Greifzunge einstückig an den Greifbehälter angeformt ist, wodurch ein Stapeln der Greifbehälter in einem größeren Magazinbehälter erschwert ist beziehungsweise für einen Greifbehälter ein größerer Stapelraum benötigt wird, als es dem Speichervolumen des Greifbehälters entspricht.The invention relates to a device according to the preamble of the main claim. The gripping containers can be filled with bulk goods or with the help of special inserts with position-oriented assembly parts. They are attached to the holding device at the manual work station and provide the assembly parts there in the most convenient grip area for the employee. The gripping tongue upstream of the gripping container makes it easier to grasp, in particular, small parts which the employee can grasp on the gripping tongue more securely and strip away from it. In a known embodiment of the generic type DE-A-26 30 681, the gripping tongue is placed obliquely over its entire length to the bottom of the gripping container, which is aligned obliquely as a whole on the holding device provided at the assembly work station, so that the small parts contained in the gripping container under the The influence of gravity on the gripping tongue slip. When transporting the gripping container, the gripping tongue forms a side edge of limited height, which prevents small parts from falling out. A disadvantage of this embodiment is that the gripping tongue is integrally formed on the gripping container, as a result of which it is difficult to stack the gripping containers in a larger magazine container or a larger stacking space is required for a gripping container than corresponds to the storage volume of the gripping container.

Bei einer anderen bekannten Einrichtung (GB-A 759 558) ist der Greifbehälter mittels Bolzen lösbar an einem am Montagearbeitsplatz angebrachten Rahmen geneigt befestigt. Durch die Schrägstellung ist der Greifbehälter mit einem Deckel abgedeckt, an dem die Greifzunge angebracht ist. Der Deckel ist mit einer Öffnung versehen, durch die die Montageteile auf die Greifzunge gelangen können. Eine derartige Einrichtung ist nur in Verbindung mit schräggestellten Greifbehältern zweckmäßig, da zum Zuführen der Montageteile auf die Greifzunge stets die Öffnung des Deckels betätigt werden muß und nur dann die Montageteile vermittels der Schrägstellung des Greifbehälters auf die Greifzunge gelangen.In another known device (GB-A 759 558), the gripping container is detachably attached by means of bolts to a frame attached to the assembly work station. Due to the inclined position, the gripping container is covered with a lid to which the gripping tongue is attached. The lid is provided with an opening through which the assembly parts can reach the gripping tongue. Such a device is only useful in conjunction with inclined gripping containers, since the opening of the cover must always be actuated to feed the mounting parts onto the gripping tongue and only then does the mounting parts reach the gripping tongue by means of the inclined position of the gripping container.

Vorteile der ErfindungAdvantages of the invention

Besonders vorteilhaft ist es, wenn die Greifzunge einstückig an einem Aufnahmebehälter für den Greifbehälter angeformt ist, der vorzugsweise mit eigenen Mitteln zum lösbaren Anbringen an einer am Montagearbeitsplatz vorgesehenen Haltevorrichtung versehen ist. Der Aufnahmebehälter kann in diesem Fall ständig am Montagearbeitsplatz verbleiben und darüberhinaus auch so ausgebildet sein, daß er für Greifbehälter unterschiedlicher Typen und Größen verwendbar ist. Der Aufnahmebehälter kann gegebenenfalls auch selbst als Greifbehälter für eingelagerte Teile dienen.It is particularly advantageous if the gripping tongue is formed in one piece on a receiving container for the gripping container, which is preferably provided with its own means for detachable attachment to a holding device provided at the assembly work station. In this case, the receptacle can always remain at the assembly work station and, moreover, can also be designed such that it can be used for gripping containers of different types and sizes. The receptacle can also serve as a gripping container for stored parts if necessary.

Eine konsequente Trennung von Transport- und Lagerfunktion ergibt sich, wenn der Greifbehälter auf der Zugriffseite mit einer Vorderwand versehen ist, die derart nach außen schräg ansteigend angeordnet ist und derart ausgerundet in den Boden des Greifbehälters übergeht, daß eingelagerte Kleinteile leicht aus dem Greifbehälter über die Vorderwand herausstreifbar sind, beim Transport des gefüllten Greifbehälters jedoch nicht aus diesem herausfallen können. Bei am Montagearbeitsplatz angebrachtem Greifbehälter wird jeweils eine Teilmenge der eingelagerten Kleinteile über die schräge Vorderwand auf die Greifzunge überführt, wo sie leicht zwischen den Fingern greifbar und abstreifbar sind.A consequent separation of transport and storage function results when the gripping container is provided on the access side with a front wall, which is arranged so as to slope outwards and is rounded off so that it merges into the bottom of the gripping container in such a way that small parts stored can easily be removed from the gripping container via the The front wall can be pulled out, but cannot fall out of it when the filled gripping container is being transported. When the gripping container is attached to the assembly work station, a subset of the stored small parts is transferred over the sloping front wall to the gripping tongue, where they can be easily gripped and stripped between the fingers.

Zur weiteren Verbesserung des Ergreifens der Kleinteile sowie der Verhinderung des Haftens verschmutzter Kleinteile am Behälterboden wird vorgeschlagen, daß der Behälterboden mit Abstreifrillen versehen ist, die sich vorzugsweise bis in die Ausrundung am Übergang zur schräg ansteigenden Vorderwand hinein erstrecken.To further improve the grasping of the small parts and the prevention of sticking of dirty small parts on the container bottom, it is proposed that the container bottom be provided with scraper grooves, which preferably extend into the fillet at the transition to the inclined front wall.

In Weiterbildung der Erfindung wird vorgeschlagen, die an einem Greifbehälter vorgesehenen Mittel zum lagerorientierten Stapeln mehrerer Behälter gemäß den Merkmalen der Ansprüche 11 und 12 auszubilden. Durch die Möglichkeit, Greifbehälter und Greifschale auch versetzt zueinander lagerorientiert und -fixiert stapeln zu können, ist erreicht, daß die Greifbehälter bzw. -schalen auch am Montagearbeitsplatz unmittelbar übereinander gestapelt angebracht sein können, ohne daß der Zugriff zu den jeweils untenliegenden Behältern beeinträchtigt wird.In a development of the invention, it is proposed to design the means provided on a gripping container for stack-oriented stacking of several containers according to the features of claims 11 and 12. The possibility of stacking the gripping container and the gripping tray offset and fixed in relation to one another means that the gripping container or gripping shells can also be stacked directly on top of one another at the assembly work station, without impairing access to the respective underlying containers.

Bei Ausbildung des Greifbehälters gemäß den Ansprüchen 15 - 17 läßt sich ein Informationsträger leicht und gegebenenfalls auch durch ein Handhabungsgerät am Greifbehälter anbringen und von diesem wieder entfernen.When the gripping container is designed according to claims 15-17, an information carrier can be easily and possibly also attached to and removed from the gripping container by a handling device.

Das Ausheben von in einem größeren Behältnis bzw. Magazinbehälter eingesetzten Greifbehältern und Greifschalen wird durch die Merkmale der Ansprüche 25 - 27 erleichtert.The lifting of gripping containers and gripping shells used in a larger container or magazine container is facilitated by the features of claims 25-27.

Ein vollständiges und einheitliches Behältersystem, mit welchem Kommissionier-, Lager-, Transport- und Bereitstellungsaufgaben in vielfältiger Weise ausführbar sind, ergibt sich mit den Merkmalen des Anspruchs 30.A complete and uniform container system, with which order picking, storage, transport and preparation tasks can be carried out in a variety of ways, results with the features of claim 30.

Weitere vorteilhafte Ausgestaltungen gehen aus der nachfolgenden Beschreibung eines Ausführungsbeispiels hervor.Further advantageous configurations emerge from the following description of an exemplary embodiment.

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Ein Ausführungsbeispiel der Erfindung ist in der Zeichnung dargestellt und in der nachfolgenden Beschreibung näher erläutert.An embodiment of the invention is shown in the drawing and explained in more detail in the following description.

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  • - Figur 1 einen Greifbehälter in perspektivischer Darstellung,
  • - Figur 2 einen Schnitt nach der Linie II, Figur 1,
  • - Figur 3 einen Aufnahmebhälter für den Greifbehälter nach Figur 1,
  • - Figur 4 den Greifbehälter nach Figur 1 und den Aufnahmebehälter nach Figur 3 im zusammengesetzen Zustand, in einer gegenüber den Figuren 1 und 3 um 90° gedrehten Lage
  • - Figur 5 eine Greifschale der Einrichtung nach dem Ausführungsbeispiel, ebenfalls in perspektivischer Darstellung und in einem etwas größeren Maßstab,
  • - Figur 6 zwei versetzt zueinander gestapelte Greifbehälter nach Figur 1 und einen zugehörigen Deckel,
  • - Figur 7 eine Haltevorrichtung gemäß dem Ausführungsbeispiel und
  • - Figur 8 ein einheitliches Behältersystem mit nach dem Ausführungsbeipiel ausgebildeten Einzelbehältern.
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  • 1 shows a gripping container in a perspective view,
  • 2 shows a section along the line II, FIG. 1,
  • 3 shows a receptacle for the gripping container according to FIG. 1,
  • 4 shows the gripping container according to FIG. 1 and the receiving container according to FIG. 3 in the assembled state, in a position rotated by 90 ° with respect to FIGS. 1 and 3
  • 5 shows a gripping shell of the device according to the exemplary embodiment, likewise in perspective and on a somewhat larger scale,
  • 6 shows two gripping containers according to FIG. 1 stacked offset from one another and an associated lid,
  • - Figure 7 is a holding device according to the embodiment and
  • 8 shows a uniform container system with individual containers designed according to the exemplary embodiment.

Beschreibung des AusführungsbeispielsDescription of the embodiment

Ein Greifbehälter 10 hat einen Boden 11, der auf der Zugriffseite über einen ausgerundeten Zwischenbereich 12 in eine schräg nach oben ansteigende Vorderwand 13 stufenlos übergeht, die einen abgerundeten Bereich 14 hat, der an einer Stirnkante 15 endet. Der Greifbehälter 10 hat ferner zwei Seitenwände 16, 17 und eine Rückwand 18, die oben mit einem umlaufenden Randflansch 19 versehen sind. Die Rückwand 18 geht ebenfalls über einen merklich ausgerundeten Bereich 20 in den Boden 11 über, der mit parallelen Abstreifrillen 21 versehen ist. Am Randflansch 19 sind ferner im Bereich der Rückwand 18 zwei Einhängelappen 22 im Abstand zur Rückwand 18 angeformt und an deren unterem Bereich ist eine Stützleiste 23 vorgesehen. Das eine hintere Eck des Greifbehälters 10 ist abgeschrägt durch eine Eckwand 24, in deren Bereich der Randflansch 19 mit einem durch Rillen gebildeten Griffsymbol 25 versehen ist.A gripping container 10 has a base 11 which on the access side, via a rounded intermediate region 12, merges continuously into a front wall 13 which rises obliquely upwards and has a rounded region 14 which ends at an end edge 15. The gripping container 10 also has two side walls 16, 17 and a rear wall 18, which are provided at the top with a peripheral edge flange 19. The rear wall 18 also merges into a noticeably rounded area 20 in the floor 11, which is provided with parallel scraper grooves 21. On the edge flange 19 two hooking tabs 22 are also formed in the area of the rear wall 18 at a distance from the rear wall 18 and a support strip 23 is provided on the lower area thereof. The one rear corner of the gripping container 10 is chamfered by a corner wall 24, in the area of which the edge flange 19 is provided with a grip symbol 25 formed by grooves.

Im Bereich der Seitenwände 16, 17 ist der Randflansch 19 außen je mit einer nach oben gerichteten Führungsleiste 28, 29 versehen, die sich von der vorderen Stirnkante 15 bis zum Beginn der Eckwand 24 bzw. bis zum Ende der Seitenwand 17 erstrecken. An der Zugriffseite gehen die Führungsleisten 28, 29 in nach unten gerichtete versteifende Randleisten 30 über, die am unteren Ende je mit einer Aussparung 31 versehen sind, deren Höhe der Höhe der Führungsleisten 28 bzw. 29 und deren Tiefe der Breite der Führungsleisten 28 bzw. 29 entspricht. Am unteren Längsrand sind die Seitenwände 16, 17 je mit zwei Führungnoppen 32 und 33 versehen, die so weit über die Seitenwand 16 bzw. 17 seitlich nach außen vorstehen, daß sie mit geringem Spiel zwischen die Führungsleisten 28, 29 eines gleichgestalteten Greifbehälters 10 passen. An den Innenseiten der Führungsleisten 28, 29 ist der Greifbehälter 10 je mit zwei Führungsnoppen 34, 35 versehen, deren senkrecht zu den Führungsleisten 28, 29 gemessene Breite der Breite der unteren Führungsnoppen 32, 33 entspricht. Der freie Abstand a zwischen den beiden oberen Führungsnoppen 34, 35 entspricht mit einem leichten Übermaß dem Abstand b, den die beiden voneinander abgekehrten Seitenflanken der unteren Führungsnoppen 32, 33 zueinander einnehmen. Der Führungsnoppen 32 ist so weit von der vorderen Stirnseite entfernt, daß seine hintere Seitenflanke den Abstand b zur senkrechten Randkante 30a der Randleiste 30 einnimmmt.In the area of the side walls 16, 17, the edge flange 19 is provided on the outside with an upwardly directed guide strip 28, 29, which extend from the front end edge 15 to the beginning of the corner wall 24 or to the end of the side wall 17. On the access side, the guide strips 28, 29 merge into downward stiffening edge strips 30, which are each provided with a recess 31 at the lower end, the height of the height of the guide strips 28 and 29 and the depth of the width of the guide strips 28 and 29 corresponds. At the lower longitudinal edge, the side walls 16, 17 are each provided with two guide knobs 32 and 33, which protrude laterally outward beyond the side wall 16 and 17 so that they fit with little play between the guide strips 28, 29 of a gripping container 10 of the same design. On the inside of the guide strips 28, 29, the gripping container 10 is each provided with two guide knobs 34, 35, the ones measured perpendicular to the guide strips 28, 29 Width corresponds to the width of the lower guide knobs 32, 33. The free distance a between the two upper guide knobs 34, 35 corresponds, with a slight excess, to the distance b that the two side flanks of the lower guide knobs 32, 33 face away from one another. The guide knob 32 is so far away from the front face that its rear side flank assumes the distance b from the vertical edge 30a of the edge strip 30.

An der vorderen Stirnseite (Zugriffseite) ist der Greifbehälter 10 mit einer senkrechten Stirnwand 36 versehen, wobei zwischen dieser, der Vorderwand 30 und den Seitenwänden 16, 17 ein freier, gegebenenfalls durch Versteifungsrippen 37 unterteilter Raum 38 gebildet ist (Figur 2). Die Stirnwand 36 hat einen nach innen versetzten rechteckigen Bereich 39, der an seinen senkrechten Versetzungsrändern 40 je mit einem schlitzartigen Durchbruch 41 versehen ist. Die Versetzungstiefe entspricht etwa der Stärke einer Kunststoffplatte 42, die mit seitlichen Rastschenkeln 43 versehen ist, welche durch die Durchbrüche 41 durchdrückbar sind und danach die Kunststoffplatte 42 schüttelsicher am Greifbehälter 10 festhalten. Die Kunststoffplatte 42 kann entweder als Träger für ein Informationselement 44 dienen, oder selbst ein Informationselement sein, oder eine Abdeckung für einen eingelegten Informationsträger bilden. Für diesen Fall ist es zweckmäßig, wenn die Oberfläche der Kunststoffplatte 42 durch ein geeignetes Verfahren entspiegelt ist.On the front end side (access side), the gripping container 10 is provided with a vertical end wall 36, a free space 38 being formed between this, the front wall 30 and the side walls 16, 17, possibly divided by stiffening ribs 37 (FIG. 2). The end wall 36 has an inwardly displaced rectangular area 39, which is provided with a slot-like opening 41 on each of its vertical offset edges 40. The offset depth corresponds approximately to the thickness of a plastic plate 42 which is provided with lateral locking legs 43 which can be pushed through the openings 41 and then hold the plastic plate 42 firmly against the gripping container 10 in a shaking manner. The plastic plate 42 can either serve as a carrier for an information element 44, or can itself be an information element, or can form a cover for an inserted information carrier. In this case, it is expedient if the surface of the plastic plate 42 is non-reflective by a suitable method.

Der beschriebene Greifbehälter 10 zeichnet sich u. a. durch eine hohe Verwindungssteifigkeit und durch einen geringen Platzbedarf beim Transport in größeren Magazinbehältern aus. Durch die besondere Ausgestaltung und Anordnung der Führungsmittel können zwei gleichgestaltete Greifbehälter 10 entweder deckungsgleich oder, wie Figur 6 zeigt, auch in einer versetzten Stellung übereinander gestapelt werden. Durch die Anordnung der Abstreifrillen 21 am Boden 11, der schräg gestellten Vorderwand 13 und der stark ausgerundeten Bereiche 12, 14, 20 wird das Entnehmen von eingelagerten Kleinteilen wesentlich erleichtert. Wenn die Greifbehälter 10 versetzt zueinander gestapelt sind, können auch die Teile im jeweils unten liegenden Greifbehälter ungehindert erfaßt werden. Die Entnahme von Restmengen kann zweckmäßig durch Abstreifen über die schräge Vorderwand 13 erfolgen. Der Greifbehälter 10 selbst ist durch das Vorhandensein des Raumes 38 zwischen der Vorderwand 13 und der Stirnwand 36 leicht handhabbar und die abgeschrägte Ecke erleichtert das Herausnehmen des Greifbehälters 10 aus einem größeren Magazinbehälter, in welchen mehrere Greifbehälter aneinanderliegend eingesetzt sind. Über den freien Raum 38 läßt sich auch die Kunststoffplatte 42 vom Greifbehälter 10 entrasten, was gegebenenfalls auch über ein selbsttätiges Handhabungsgerät erfolgen kann. Aus geschmacklichen Gründen können auch die Seitenwände 16, 17 des Greifbehälters mit Rillen 45 versehen sein.The gripping container 10 described is characterized, inter alia, by a high torsional rigidity and by a small space requirement for transport in larger magazine containers. Due to the special design and arrangement of the guide means, two identically designed gripping containers 10 can either be congruent or, as shown in FIG. 6, also stacked one above the other in an offset position. By arranging the scraper grooves 21 on the bottom 11, the inclined front wall 13 and the strongly rounded areas 12, 14, 20, the removal of stored small parts is much easier. If the gripping containers 10 are stacked offset from one another, the parts in the gripping container located below can also be gripped without hindrance. The removal of residual quantities can expediently be carried out by wiping over the inclined front wall 13. The gripping container 10 itself is easy to handle due to the presence of the space 38 between the front wall 13 and the end wall 36, and the beveled corner makes it easier to remove the gripping container 10 from a larger magazine container, in which a plurality of gripping containers are inserted adjacent to one another. The plastic plate 42 can also be unlatched from the gripping container 10 via the free space 38, which can optionally also be done via an automatic handling device. For taste reasons, the side walls 16, 17 of the gripping container can also be provided with grooves 45.

Dem Greifbehälter 10 ist ein Aufnahmebehälter 50 (Figur 3) zugeordnet, der mit einem Boden 51, einer Rückwand 52 und zwei Seitenwänden 53, 54 versehen ist, die einen eingesetzten Greifbehälter 10 an dessen Randflansch 19 und den unteren Führungsnoppen 32, 33 passend umgreifen. Die Rückwand 52 ist zum erleichterten Entnehmen des Aufnahmebehälters 50 aus einem größeren Magazinbehälter an einem Eck ebenfalls durch eine Eckwand 55 abgeschrägt. Am Boden 51 des Aufnahmebehälters 50 sind die Seitenwände 53, 54 innen mit je einem Arretiernocken 56 versehen, die einen von oben eingesetzen Greifbehälter 10 mit geringem Spiel an der Rückwand 52 angelegt halten. An der Rückwand 52 ist der Aufnahmebhälter 50 gleich wie der Greifbehälter 10 ausgebildet, nämlich mit zwei Einhängelappen 22 und einer Stützleiste 23 versehen.A gripping container 50 (FIG. 3) is assigned to the gripping container 10 and is provided with a base 51, a rear wall 52 and two side walls 53, 54, which fit around an inserted gripping container 10 on its edge flange 19 and the lower guide knobs 32, 33. The rear wall 52 is also chamfered by a corner wall 55 to facilitate removal of the receptacle 50 from a larger magazine container at a corner. At the bottom 51 of the receptacle 50, the side walls 53, 54 are each provided with a locking cam 56 on the inside, which hold a gripping container 10 inserted from above with little play on the rear wall 52. On the rear wall 52, the receptacle 50 is designed in the same way as the gripping container 10, namely provided with two hanging tabs 22 and a support strip 23.

Ein erfindungsgemäßes Merkmal des Aufnahmebehälters 50 ist, daß an dessen Boden 51 eine Greifzunge 60 einstückig und übergangslos angeformt ist, welche einen eingesetzten Greifbehälter 10 zugriffseitig überragt (Fig. 4). Der Boden 51 und die Greifzunge 60 sind ebenfalls mit Abstreifrillen 61 und 62 zum sicheren Greifen von kleinen Teilen versehen. Die Greifzunge 60 ist seitlich von Seitenwände 63 und 64 begrenzt, die einstückig und übergangslos an die Seitenwangen 53 und 54 angeformt sind. Die Greifzunge 60 hat ferner einen leicht nach oben abgewinkelten Endabschnitt 65, in den sich die Abstreifrillen 62 hineinerstrecken.A feature of the receptacle 50 according to the invention is that a gripping tongue 60 is integrally formed on the bottom 51 thereof and is transition-free, which protrudes beyond an inserted gripping container 10 on the access side (FIG. 4). The bottom 51 and the gripping tongue 60 are also provided with scraper grooves 61 and 62 for securely gripping small parts. The gripping tongue 60 is laterally delimited by side walls 63 and 64, which are integrally and seamlessly molded onto the side walls 53 and 54. The gripping tongue 60 also has an end portion 65 which is angled slightly upward and into which the scraper grooves 62 extend.

Die Greifzunge 60 dient zur montagegerechten Vorvereinzelung der im eingesetzten Greifbehälter 10 gespeicherten Kleinteile. Figur 4 zeigt anschaulich, daß die Teile leicht über die schräge Vorderwand 13 des Greifbehälters 10 aus diesem herausgestreift und auf die Greifzunge 60 verlagert werden können. Der Aufnahmebehälter 50 kann zweckmäßig am Montagearbeitsplatz verbleiben, während der Greifbehälter zum Zweck des Transportes bzw. Auswechselns oder Nachfüllens für sich allein handhabbar ist. Zur Betonung eines einheitlichen Behältersystems bzw. Behälterprogramms kann auch der Aufnahmebehälter 50 an den Seitenwänden 53, 54 mit Rillen 66 versehen sein.The gripping tongue 60 is used for the pre-separation of the small parts stored in the gripping container 10 that is installed. FIG. 4 clearly shows that the parts can easily be slipped out of the gripping container 10 via the inclined front wall 13 and can be moved onto the gripping tongue 60. The receptacle 50 can expediently remain at the assembly work station, while the gripping container can be handled on its own for the purpose of transportation or replacement or refilling. To emphasize a uniform container system or container program, the receptacle 50 can also be provided with grooves 66 on the side walls 53, 54.

Zur Einrichtung gemäß dem Ausführungsbeispiel gehört ferner mindestens eine Greifschale 70 (Figur 5), deren rückseitiger Bereich 71 mit der Ausbildung des entsprechenden Bereichs des Greifbehälters 10 praktisch übereinstimmt. Die gleichen Merkmale sind mit gleichen Bezugszahlen bezeichnet und nicht mehr näher beschrieben. Die Länge 1 der Greifschale 70 entspricht der halben Länge eines Greifbehälters 10, so daß zwei Greifschalen 70 hintereinander auf einen Greifbehälter 10 stapelbar sind, ohne über dessen Umrißprofil hinauszuragen. Wenn auf einem Greifbehälter 10 nur eine Greifschale 70 aufgesetzt ist, kann diese so weit nach hinten verschoben werden, daß der Inhalt aus beiden Behältern leicht greifbar ist. Die Greifschale 70 hat eine Vorderwand, die aus zwei einen flachen Winkel miteinander einschließenden Wandabschnitten 73 und 74 besteht, die über eine leichte Rundung 75 ineinander übergehen. Der äußere Randabschnitt 74 übt hier gewissermaßen gleichzeitig die Funktion einer Greifzunge aus. Abstreifrillen 76 am Boden der Greifschale erstrecken sich bis in den Wandabschnitt 73 der Vorderwand hinein. Eine der Stirnwand 36 des Greifbehälters 10 entsprechende Wand ist bei der Greifschale 70 nicht vorgesehen.The device according to the exemplary embodiment also includes at least one gripping shell 70 (FIG. 5), the rear region 71 of which practically corresponds to the design of the corresponding region of the gripping container 10. The same features are denoted by the same reference numbers and are no longer described in more detail. The length 1 of the gripping shell 70 corresponds to half the length of a gripping container 10, so that two gripping shells 70 can be stacked one behind the other on a gripping container 10 without projecting beyond its outline profile. If only one gripping tray 70 is placed on a gripping container 10, this can be moved so far back that the contents is easily accessible from both containers. The gripping shell 70 has a front wall which consists of two wall sections 73 and 74 enclosing a flat angle, which merge into one another via a slight curve 75. To a certain extent, the outer edge section 74 functions here as a gripping tongue. Scraper grooves 76 on the bottom of the gripping shell extend into the wall section 73 of the front wall. A wall corresponding to the end wall 36 of the gripping container 10 is not provided in the gripping shell 70.

Dem Greifbehälter 10 ist ferner ein aus einem Kunststoff-Spritztteil gebildeter, im wesentlichen ebener Deckel 80 zugeordnet (Figur 6), der eine Griffmulde 81 hat und an den beiden Längsrändern mit Aussparungen 82 versehen ist, die mit den Führungsnoppen 34, 35 des Greifbehälters 10 korrespondieren. Der aufgesetzte Deckel 80 liegt am Randflansch 19 auf und wird dort durch die Führungsnoppen 34, 35 unverschiebbar festgehalten. Die Höhe der Führungsnoppen 34, 35 und der Führungsleisten 28, 29 ist so bemessen, daß auch bei aufgesetztem Deckel 80 ein weiterer Greifbehälter 10 lageorientiert stapelbar ist. Der Deckel 80 hat zwei verstärkte und entspiegelte Randzonen 83, 84, an denen Kennzeichnungen angebracht sein können. An einem Eck ist auch der Deckel 80 mit einer Eckschräge 85 und einem Griffsymbol 86 (Riffelung) versehen.The gripping container 10 is also assigned a substantially flat cover 80 (FIG. 6) formed from a plastic injection molded part, which has a recessed grip 81 and is provided on the two longitudinal edges with cutouts 82 which are connected to the guide knobs 34, 35 of the gripping container 10 correspond. The attached cover 80 rests on the edge flange 19 and is held there immovably by the guide knobs 34, 35. The height of the guide knobs 34, 35 and the guide strips 28, 29 is dimensioned such that a further gripping container 10 can be stacked in a position-oriented manner even when the cover 80 is in place. The cover 80 has two reinforced and anti-reflective edge zones 83, 84, to which markings can be attached. At a corner, the cover 80 is also provided with a corner slope 85 and a handle symbol 86 (corrugation).

In der Figur 6 ist ferner gezeigt, wie zwei Greifbehälter 10 versetzt stapelbar sind. In diesem Falle greifen die unteren Führungsnoppen 32 und die Stirnwand 36 des oberen Greifbehälters 10 zwischen die oberen Führungsnoppen 34 und 35 des unteren Greifbehälters 10 ein, wodurch die gegenseitige Orientierung und Fixierung der beiden Behälter sichergestellt ist.FIG. 6 also shows how two gripping containers 10 can be stacked offset. In this case, the lower guide knobs 32 and the end wall 36 of the upper gripping container 10 engage between the upper guide knobs 34 and 35 of the lower gripping container 10, thereby ensuring the mutual orientation and fixation of the two containers.

Eine am Montagearbeitsplatz vorgesehene, in Figur 7 nur teilweise dargestellte Haltevorrichtung 90 für Greifbehälter 10 und/oder Aufnahmebehälter 50 und/oder Greifschalen 70 hat einen feststehenden Profilstab 91, der mit seitlichen Nuten 92 zur Aufnahme von Befestigungselementen 93 für Haltelaschen 94 versehen ist, die fest gegen die betreffende Seitenwand des Profilstabs 91 gespannt sind. Jede Haltelasche 94 hat oben einen Einsteckschlitz 95 für die Einhängelappen 22 an den Behältern 10 bzw. 50 bzw. 70 und ist unten mit einer Stützschulter 96 versehen, an welcher die Stützleiste 23 der eingehängten Behälter zur Anlage kommt.A holding device 90 for gripping containers 10 and / or holding containers 50 and / or gripping shells 70 provided at the assembly work station and only partially shown in FIG. 7 has a fixed profile rod 91 which is provided with lateral grooves 92 for receiving fastening elements 93 for holding tabs 94 which are fixed are stretched against the relevant side wall of the profile bar 91. Each retaining tab 94 has an insertion slot 95 at the top for the hanging tabs 22 on the containers 10 or 50 or 70 and is provided at the bottom with a support shoulder 96 against which the support strip 23 of the suspended containers comes to rest.

Die beschriebenen Gegenstände bilden Einzelelemente eines einheitlichen Behältersystems, das auch Greifbehälter unterschiedlicher Höhen und Seitenabmessungen, sowie auch einen größeren Magazinbehälter zum Transport mehrer Greifbehälter umfassen kann. In Figur 8 sind Einzelelemente eines derartigen Systems gezeigt, das auf die Maße der EURO-Norm-Paletten abgestimmt ist. Das System umfaßt einen Magazinbehälter 98, der vorzugsweise auch Merkmale eines Werkstückträgers für Fließbandfertigung aufweist und dessen Seitenlängen in Abstimmung auf die EURO-Norm-Paletten beispielsweise 40 und 60 cm betragen. Zusätzlich zum Magazinbehälter 98 sind drei unterschiedlich große Greifbehälter 10a, 10b und 10c vorgesehen, wobei die Länge des größten Greifbehälters 10a der Breite des Magazinbehälters 98 und die Breite des Greifbehälters 10a der halben Länge des Magazinbehälters 98 entspricht. Die untereinander gleichen Grundflächen der beiden anderen Greifbehälter 10b und 10c sind jeweils durch Querteilung der Grundfläche des größten Greifbehälters 10a bestimmt. Ferner ist der kleinste Greifbehälter c nur halb so hoch wie die beiden anderen Greifbehälter 10a und 10b. Durch diese, die Grundflächen-Maßverhältnisse der EURO-Norm-Palette beibehaltenden Teilungen ist es möglich, den Magazinbehälter 98 ohne Platzverlust mit Greifbehälter 10a bis c unterschiedlicher Größe aufzufüllen und diese deckungsgleich übereinander zu stapeln.The objects described form individual elements of a uniform container system, which can also include gripping containers of different heights and side dimensions, and also a larger magazine container for transporting several gripping containers. FIG. 8 shows individual elements of such a system, which is matched to the dimensions of the EURO standard pallets. The system comprises a magazine container 98, which preferably also has features of a workpiece carrier for assembly line production and whose side lengths, for example, are 40 and 60 cm in coordination with the EURO standard pallets. In addition to the magazine container 98, three gripping containers 10a, 10b and 10c of different sizes are provided, the length of the largest gripping container 10a corresponding to the width of the magazine container 98 and the width of the gripping container 10a corresponding to half the length of the magazine container 98. The mutually identical base areas of the two other gripping containers 10b and 10c are each determined by transverse division of the base area of the largest gripping container 10a. Furthermore, the smallest gripping container c is only half as high as the two other gripping containers 10a and 10b. Through these divisions, which maintain the basic dimensions of the EURO standard pallet, it is possible to carry the magazine container 98 without losing space Fill gripping containers 10a to c of different sizes and stack them congruently on top of each other.

Das System gemäß Fig. 8 kann ferner mit den beschriebenen, in Fig. 8 nicht dargestellten Greifschalen 70 und Deckeln 80 ergänzt sein und außerdem noch weitere Greifbehälter 99 enthalten, die gleich lang wie die Greifbehälter 10b und 10c jedoch schmäler, vorzugsweise nur halb so breit wie diese sind. Die Greifbehälter 99 können am unteren Rand in geringfügiger Abwandlung zu den beschriebenen Ausführungen so ausgebildet sein, daß sie quer auf den Greifbehälter 10a aufsetzbar sind und zwischen dessen Führungsnoppen 34, 35 gehalten werden.The system according to FIG. 8 can also be supplemented with the described gripping shells 70 and lids 80 (not shown in FIG. 8) and also contain further gripping containers 99, which are the same length as the gripping containers 10b and 10c but narrower, preferably only half as wide like these are. The gripping container 99 can be designed at the lower edge in a slight modification to the described embodiments so that they can be placed transversely on the gripping container 10a and are held between its guide knobs 34, 35.

Claims (30)

  1. Device for the easy-to-reach supply of assembly parts at manual assembly workplaces, having at least one grab receptacle receiving the assembly parts, which grab receptacle is provided with means for detachable attachment to a holding apparatus provided at the assembly workplace and to which grab receptacle there is assigned, following attachment to the holding apparatus, on that side of the grab receptacle facing the working area of the assembly workplace, a grab tongue, characterised in that the grab tongue (60) is formed in one piece onto a take-up receptacle (50), in that the grab receptacle (10) can be inserted into the take-up receptacle (50) and in that the grab tongue (60) protrudes on the access side over the inserted grab receptacle (10).
  2. Device according to Claim 1, characterised in that the take-up receptacle (50) is provided with its own means (22, 23) for detachable attachment to a holding apparatus (90) provided at the assembly workplace.
  3. Device according to Claim 2, characterised in that the take-up receptacle (50) is constructed on the grab tongue (60) side without a side wall and exhibits on its base (51) two knobs (56), preferably adjoining the side walls (53, 54), for the displacement-proof securement of a grab receptacle (10) inserted from above.
  4. Device according to Claim 2 or 3, characterised in that the base (51) of the take-up receptacle (50) merges continuously into the grab tongue (60) and each side wall (53, 54) merges continuously into a side cheek (63, 64) which laterally bounds the grab tongue (60) and preferably decreases in height in the direction of the free end.
  5. Device according to one of the preceding claims, characterised in that the front end region (65) of the grab tongue (60) is angled-off slightly upwards.
  6. Device according to one of Claims 2 - 5, characterised in that the base (51) of the take-up receptacle (50) and preferably also the grab tongue (60) is provided with scrape channels (61, 62).
  7. Device according to one of the preceding claims, characterised in that a front wall (13) of the grab receptacle (10), which front wall is assigned to the working area of the assembly workplace, is disposed in such a way in an outwardly obliquely rising arrangement and in that a rounding-out (12) forming the transition between the front wall (13) and the receptacle base (11) is dimensioned in such a way that deposited small parts or residual quantities of deposited small parts can easily be scraped out of the grab receptacle (10) over the front wall (13).
  8. Device according to Claim 7, characterised in that the upper end region (14) of the front wall (13) is rounded in the direction of the end border (15).
  9. Device according to Claim 7 or 8, characterised in that the transition between the rear wall (18) of the grab receptacle (10) and the receptacle base (11) is also noticeably rounded.
  10. Device according to one of Claims 7 - 9, characterised in that the base of the grab receptacle (10) is provided with scrape channels (21), which preferably extend right into the rounding-out (12) on the transition to the front wall (13).
  11. Device according to one of the preceding claims, having a grab receptacle which is provided at the upper receptacle border with a flat bearing surface and with stops for the position-orientated stacking of another receptacle, characterised in that the stops are formed by guide knobs (32 - 35), a first cluster (34, 35) of which is disposed on or next to the bearing surface (19) and projects upwards over this, whilst a second cluster (32, 33) of guide knobs is disposed on the lower side border of the grab receptacle (10) and juts out laterally from the receptacle wall (16, 17), and in that, moreover, the two clusters (32, 33 and 34, 35) of guide knobs are disposed in a mutually offset arrangement such that two grab receptacles (10) mounted one on top of the other cannot be mutually displaced.
  12. Device according to Claim 11, characterised in that the guide knobs (32 - 35) are provided only on two opposing receptacle sides (16, 17), preferably on two longitudinal sides, and are disposed in such a way that two grab receptacles (10) can be stacked in one normal and at least one offset position.
  13. Device according to Claim 12, characterised in that those guide knobs (34, 35) of a receptacle side which project over the upper bearing surface (19) are formed onto a guide rail (28, 29) which likewise projects upwards over the bearing surface (19) and preferably extends approximately across the entire length of the receptacle side.
  14. Device according to one of Claims 11 - 13, characterised in that the guide knobs (34, 35) on the upper bearing surface (19) are dimensioned in terms of height such that they also maintain their position-orientating function if a lid (80) is mounted onto the grab receptacle (10) and if this lid forms, for its part, a bearing surface for a mounted grab receptacle.
  15. Device according to one of the preceding claims, characterised in that the grab receptacle (10) is provided, on its front side assigned to the working area of the assembly workplace, with a supporting wall (36, 39) for an information carrier, which supporting wall stands at least approximately perpendicular to the receptacle base (11).
  16. Device according to Claims 7 and 15, characterised in that a back-grippable interspace (38) is formed between the obliquely disposed front wall (13) and the supporting wall (36, 39).
  17. Device according to Claim 16, characterised in that the supporting wall (36, 39) is provided with slots (41) for the passage of catch-legs (43) of an information carrier (42) which can be detachably attached to the supporting wall (36, 39) or of a cover for an inserted information carrier.
  18. Device according to Claim 17, characterised in that the information carrier (42) or the cover consists of transparent plastic, the surface regions of which are dereflected by erosion.
  19. Device according to one of the preceding claims, characterised in that at least one grab receptacle is configured as a smaller grab bucket (70), which is equally as wide as the larger grab receptacle (10) but is only half as long as this and the lower border of which is provided with means (33) for position-orientated stacking on the larger grab receptacle (10).
  20. Device according to Claims 11 and 19, characterised in that the grab bucket (70) is provided at the lower side border with guide knobs (33), which are matched to the upper guide knobs (34, 35) of a grab receptacle (10) in such a way that the grab bucket (70) mounted onto this grab receptacle (10) can be displaced by a short distance on the grab receptacle (10).
  21. Device according to Claim 19 or 20, characterised in that the grab bucket (70) is provided at the upper receptacle border with a flat bearing surface (19) and with stops (35) for the position-orientated stacking of another grab bucket (70).
  22. Device according to Claim 21, characterised in that the stops (35) on the upper receptacle border of the grab bucket (70) are configured such that a grab receptacle (10) can be mounted, in a position-orientated manner, onto two grab buckets (70) disposed one behind the other.
  23. Device according to one of the preceding claims, characterised in that onto the grab receptacle (10) there can be mounted, in a position-orientated manner, a lid (80) consisting of transparent plastic, which is preferably provided with a recessed grip (81) close to the front edge of the lid .
  24. Device according to Claims 11 and 23, characterised in that the lid (80) is provided with marginal recesses (82) for the engagement of the upper centring knobs (34, 35) of the grab receptacle.
  25. Device according to one of the preceding claims, characterised in that the grab receptacle (10) and, where appropriate, the take-up receptacle (50) and the grab bucket (70), is provided with at least one cutout, accessible from above, on the rear wall (18 or 52).
  26. Device according to Claim 25, characterised in that the cutout is formed on a corner of the receptacle (10, 50) or of the grab bucket (70) and is bounded by an obliquely inclined corner wall (24 or 55).
  27. Device according to Claim 26, characterised in that a flat bearing flange (19) formed on the upper receptacle border is guided over the corner wall (24), forms a back-grippable flange border there and is provided on the top side with a grip symbol (ribbing 25).
  28. Device according to one of the preceding claims, characterised in that the grab receptacle (10) is provided on the rear wall (18) with an upper marginal flange (19), at least one suspension lug (22) of which juts out downwards from the rear wall (18) at a distance which is back-grippable by a holding tab (94) of the holding apparatus (19), and in that the grab receptacle (10) is provided, furthermore, in the lower region of the rear wall (18), with at least one supporting rail (23) protruding over the rear wall (18).
  29. Device according to Claims 2, 19 and 28, characterised in that the take-up receptacle (50) and the grab bucket (70) are also configured with the same means (22, 23) for detachable attachment to the holding apparatus (90) as the grab bucket [sic] (10).
  30. Device according to one of the preceding claims, characterised by a set of mutually matching receptacles, which set comprises a magazine receptacle (98), preferably configured as a workpiece carrier, and at least three different-sized grab receptacles (10a, 10b, 10c), the length of the largest grab receptacle (10a) corresponding to the width of the magazine receptacle (98) and the width of the largest grab receptacle (10a) corresponding to half the length of the magazine receptacle (98), the length of the two smaller grab receptacles (10b, 10c), on the other hand, corresponding in each case to the width of the largest grab receptacle (10a) and the width of the smaller grab receptacle (10b, 10c) to half the length of the largest grab receptacle (10a), and, furthermore, one of the two smaller grab receptacles (10b) being equally as tall as the largest grab receptacle (10a) and the other, smallest grab receptacle (10c) only being half as tall as the largest grab receptacle (10a).
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