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EP0359903A2
EP0359903A2 EP89108243A EP89108243A EP0359903A2 EP 0359903 A2 EP0359903 A2 EP 0359903A2 EP 89108243 A EP89108243 A EP 89108243A EP 89108243 A EP89108243 A EP 89108243A EP 0359903 A2 EP0359903 A2 EP 0359903A2
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  • the invention relates to a suitcase according to the preamble of the main claim.
  • Such cases which use, for example, plates made of aluminum or aluminum-clad wooden plates and are then known under the term aluminum case, are used, for example, to accommodate high-quality devices such as photographic or video equipment.
  • high-quality devices such as photographic or video equipment.
  • the softer carrier bags which are also available, they are primarily intended to provide robust protection for the high-quality and expensive devices.
  • Such cases have three levels in which the profile strips run, which form a frame for the individual plates. These levels are formed on the one hand by the two outer profiles, which run around the bottom or lid of the case as the top or bottom of the three levels, and by two middle profiles, which form the middle level and together when the case is closed adjoin others.
  • the invention has for its object to improve the stability of a generic case.
  • This configuration achieves a much greater stability of the case than when using four individual profile sections to form a middle profile, the four individual profile sections being connected to one another by edge reinforcements.
  • the one-piece circumferential center profile with rounded edges is also more stable than a one-piece circumferential center profile, in which the edges are angular, because with this strong deformation the material of the center profile is structurally heavily loaded and accordingly has little load reserve.
  • profile strips of the central profiles typically have a certain thickness, so that this profile strips can not be bent readily through 90 o.
  • a recess is provided towards the inside of the case, so that the profile material is reduced to a minimum in the area of the later kink and can be bent at this point. This measure, however, further weakens the profile in the corner area.
  • the eight case corners can be advantageous to form the eight case corners from special molded parts, which fix the outer profiles and the vertical profile strips with the help of tenon joints and thereby ensure good stability and a secure fit of the individual profile elements on the case corner.
  • the stability, in particular of the longer profile parts, namely the outer profiles, is supported by the fact that such a case corner covers these outer profiles to a certain extent.
  • Caps which are inserted into the inside of the eight case corners, offer an advantageous appearance and, in particular, good cleaning options, so that there are no badly accessible edges or hollows where profile elements meet.
  • the stability of the entire case can be increased by gluing the individual components of the case together.
  • Fig. 1 it can be seen that the case consists of individual straight plates, namely a cover plate 1, which is assigned a similar but not shown bottom plate opposite. Furthermore, from a front plate 2, which has an upper section 2a and a lower section 2b and to which similar back plates are assigned. Finally, the case has two side plates 3, one of which is shown, the upper section of which is labeled 3a and the lower section of which is labeled 3b.
  • the plates 1, 2 and 3 of the case are connected to one another by profiled strips, with outer profiles 4 each adjoining the cover plate 1 and the base plate (not shown), while in the middle of the case two middle profiles 5 abut one another, which surround the two half-shells of the case.
  • case corners 7 which are designed as one-piece plastic molded parts and which partially cover the elements of the outer profile 4.
  • case corners 7 upward or downward facing crooks 8 are formed, the cams 8 each extending only over half of the top and bottom of a case corner 7. Due to this design and due to the different orientation of the cams 8 on the upward or downward-facing case corners 7, a stackability of several suitcases is effected one above the other, in which the cams 8 of different suitcases make it more difficult or impossible for the individual suitcases to slide over one another.
  • FIG. 1 An edge of the case of FIG. 1 is designated in more detail in FIG. 2, the base plate and the lower sections 2a of the front plate 2 and 3a of the side plate 3 not being shown.
  • the vertical profile bar 6 forms the edge of the case and receives at its upper end a one-piece insert 9, which in turn defines the rounded area of the central profile 5.
  • This rounded area of the central profile 5 has a recess so that only the outward-facing wall remains of the essentially H-shaped profile cross-section in the area of the case edge.
  • the insert 9 fills out the removed cross-sectional part of the central profile 5 and also fixes the two ends, at which the cross-section is still H-shaped, by means of a pin connection, so that, in this edge region, the stability of the profile bar forming the central profile 5 is scarcely is reduced or impaired.
  • pins 10 and 11 with which the insert 9 extends into the central profile 5 and into the vertical profile strip 6, can be clearly seen.
  • the pin 11 is formed in three parts, on the one hand, in the middle channel and on the other hand to be able to extend into the two outer grooves of the profile bar 6.
  • the case corner 7 has pins which are similar to the pins 11 of the insert 9 and also serve to fix the vertical profile bar 6. Furthermore, the case corner 7 has pins 12 on which the elements of the outer profile 4 are inserted. To increase the stability, these pins 12 are arranged at a distance from an outer surface 14 of the case corner 7, so that the outer profiles 4 are not only fixed on the pin 12, but also between the pin 12 and the outer surface 14. This arrangement makes the optical Appearance improved in that an always clean and seamless connection of the outer profiles 4 to the case corners 7 is achieved.
  • this trough is covered by a cap 15, so that, as can be seen particularly from FIG. 2, a flush closure and connection of the individual profile elements in the area of the case corner 7 is reached.
  • the case shown and described gives the continuous center profile 5 a very good stability, which can be further increased by the fact that the pins 10, 11 and 12 are dimensioned so that they fix the associated profile elements slightly clamping, so that thereby a secure bond of individual frame parts is effected with each other.
  • the plates 1, 2 and 3 defined later in the frame further increase the stability of the case.
  • the individual frame parts can be glued to one another or to the plates, which brings about a further gain in stability, particularly in the case of larger suitcases.
  • the case as a whole (FIG. 1) appears flatter and less bulbous than a case with the same dimensions solutions, but round outer profiles.

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Aluminium suitcases or similar suitcases, which consist of several panels and a frame composed of profile elements, serve in many cases for transporting and for storing expensive equipment. In this case, the profile elements of the frame form two outer profiles and two central profiles. The outer profiles and central profiles are connected to each other by perpendicular profile strips. The intention of the invention is to improve the stability of a suitcase of this type. The invention proposes to manufacture the central profiles of uninterrupted and continuous profile strips, these central profiles having a rounded contour in the region of the suitcase edges, inserts being able to avoid weakening of the central profiles in the region of the suitcase edges. Furthermore, the stability can be increased by the fact that the individual profile elements are linked by means of pin connections to connection elements which connect the individual profile elements to one another. Finally, the outer profiles can advantageously be formed from angular profile strips, and the individual elements of the suitcase can be bonded together so that an extremely stable structure is achieved by this means too.

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Die Erfindung bezieht sich auf einen Koffer gemäß dem Oberbegriff des Hauptanspruches.The invention relates to a suitcase according to the preamble of the main claim.

Derartige Koffer, die beispielsweise Platten aus Aluminium bzw. aluminiumkaschierte Holzplatten ver­wenden und dann unter dem Begriff Aluminiumkoffer bekannt sind, dienen beispielsweise der Aufnahme hochwertiger Geräte, wie Foto- oder Videoausrüstun­gen. Im Gegensatz zu den ebenfalls erhältlichen weicheren Tragetaschen sollen sie in erster Linie einen robusten Schutz für die hochwertigen und teuren Geräte darstellen.Such cases, which use, for example, plates made of aluminum or aluminum-clad wooden plates and are then known under the term aluminum case, are used, for example, to accommodate high-quality devices such as photographic or video equipment. In contrast to the softer carrier bags, which are also available, they are primarily intended to provide robust protection for the high-quality and expensive devices.

Derartige Koffer weisen drei Ebenen auf, in denen die Profilleisten verlaufen, welche einen Rahmen für die einzelnen Platten bilden. Dieses Ebenen werden zum einen durch die beiden Außenprofile gebildet, welche um den Boden bzw. Deckel des Koffers verlau­fen als oberste bzw. unterste der drei Ebenen, so­wie durch zwei Mittelprofile, welche die mittlere Ebene bilden und bei geschlossenem Koffer anein­ ander angrenzen.Such cases have three levels in which the profile strips run, which form a frame for the individual plates. These levels are formed on the one hand by the two outer profiles, which run around the bottom or lid of the case as the top or bottom of the three levels, and by two middle profiles, which form the middle level and together when the case is closed adjoin others.

Der Erfindung liegt die Aufgabe zugrunde, bei einem gattungsgemäßen Koffer die Stabilität zu verbessern.The invention has for its object to improve the stability of a generic case.

Diese Aufgabe wird gelöst durch einteilig umlaufende Mittelprofile, die im Bereich der Kofferkanten gerun­det verlaufen.This problem is solved by one-piece circumferential center profiles that are rounded in the area of the case edges.

Durch diese Ausbildung wird eine wesentlich größere Stabilität des Koffers erreicht als bei der Verwen­dung von jeweils vier einzelnen Profilabschnitten zur Bildung eines Mittelprofils, wobei die vier ein­zelnen Profilabschnitte jeweils durch Kantenver­stärker miteinander verbunden werden. Das einteilig umlaufende Mittelprofil mit gerundeten Kanten ist weiterhin auch stabiler als ein einteilig umlaufen­des Mittelprofil, bei welchem die Kanten eckig aus­gebildet sind, da bei dieser starken Verformung der Werkstoff des Mittelprofils gefügemäßig stark be­lastet wird und dementsprechend wenig Belastungs­reserven aufweist.This configuration achieves a much greater stability of the case than when using four individual profile sections to form a middle profile, the four individual profile sections being connected to one another by edge reinforcements. The one-piece circumferential center profile with rounded edges is also more stable than a one-piece circumferential center profile, in which the edges are angular, because with this strong deformation the material of the center profile is structurally heavily loaded and accordingly has little load reserve.

Zudem weisen die Profilleisten der Mittelprofile üblicherweise eine gewisse Dicke auf, so daß diese Profilleisten nicht ohne weiteres um 90o geknickt werden können. Entsprechend wird bei derartigen Profilleisten eine Ausnehmung zum späteren Koffer­inneren hin vorgesehen, so daß das Profilmaterial im Bereich des späteren Knicks auf ein Mindestmaß verringert wird und an dieser Stelle geknickt werden kann. Durch diese Maßnahme wird jedoch eine weitere Schwächung des Profils im Eckbereich be­wirkt.In addition, the profile strips of the central profiles typically have a certain thickness, so that this profile strips can not be bent readily through 90 o. Correspondingly, in such profile strips, a recess is provided towards the inside of the case, so that the profile material is reduced to a minimum in the area of the later kink and can be bent at this point. This measure, however, further weakens the profile in the corner area.

Aus diesem Grunde kann es vorteilhaft sein, Aus­nehmungen auch zum Herstellen der gerundeten Koffer­kante im Bereich der Mittelprofile vorzusehen, wobei jedoch durch die Rundung des Profils ein größerer zum Kofferinneren weisender Freiraum geschaffen wird, den ein spezieller Einsatz ausfüllen kann, so daß hier im Gegensatz zu den geknickten Mittel pro­filen ein Ausgleich für die Querschnittsverringe­rung erfolgen kann.For this reason, it can be advantageous to provide recesses for the manufacture of the rounded case edge in the area of the middle profiles, whereby the rounding of the profile creates a larger space facing the inside of the case, which a special use can fill, so that here in contrast to the kinked middle profiles can compensate for the reduction in cross-section.

Darüber hinaus kann es vorteilhaft sein, die acht Kofferecken aus speziellen Formteilen auszubilden, welche die Außenprofile sowie die senkrechten Pro­filleisten mit Hilfe von Zapfverbindungen festlegen und dadurch eine gute Stabilität und sicheren Sitz der einzelnen Profilelemente an der Kofferecke ge­währleisten. Unterstützt wird die Stabilität insbe­sondere der längeren Profilteile, nämlich der Außen­profile dadurch, daß eine derartige Kofferecke diese Außenprofile zu einem gewissen Teil überdeckt.In addition, it can be advantageous to form the eight case corners from special molded parts, which fix the outer profiles and the vertical profile strips with the help of tenon joints and thereby ensure good stability and a secure fit of the individual profile elements on the case corner. The stability, in particular of the longer profile parts, namely the outer profiles, is supported by the fact that such a case corner covers these outer profiles to a certain extent.

Durch eine Ausführung der Außenprofile als winklig gekantete und nicht gerundet verlaufende Profile wird eine zusätzliche Stabilität dieser Profile erreicht und darüber hinaus dem Koffer ein eleganteres und flacheres Aussehen verliehen als bei der Verwendung von gerundeten Außenprofilen.By designing the outer profiles as angularly edged and non-rounded profiles, these profiles are given additional stability and, moreover, the case is given a more elegant and flatter appearance than when using rounded outer profiles.

Ein vorteilhaftes Erscheinungsbild und insbesondere gute Reinigungsmöglichkeiten bieten Kappen, welche innen in die acht Kofferecken eingesetzt sind, um dort, wo jeweils Profilelemente aneinander anstoßen, keine schlecht erreichbaren Kanten oder Mulden ent­stehen zu lassen.Caps, which are inserted into the inside of the eight case corners, offer an advantageous appearance and, in particular, good cleaning options, so that there are no badly accessible edges or hollows where profile elements meet.

Schließlich kann die Stabilität des gesamten Koffers dadurch gesteigert werden, daß die einzelnen Bau­teile des Koffers miteinander verklebt werden.Finally, the stability of the entire case can be increased by gluing the individual components of the case together.

Anhand der Zeichnungen wird ein erfindungsgemäßer Koffer dargestellt. Dabei zeigt

  • Fig. 1 eine schaubildliche Gesamtansicht des Koffers,
  • Fig. 2 eine Kofferkante vom Kofferinneren her gesehen und
  • Fig. 3 die Kofferkante von Fig. 2, wobei die einzelnen Bauteile auseinandergezogen dargestellt sind.
A case according to the invention is shown with the aid of the drawings. It shows
  • 1 is a diagrammatic overall view of the case,
  • Fig. 2 seen a case edge from inside the case and
  • Fig. 3 shows the edge of the case of Fig. 2, wherein the individual components are shown pulled apart.

In Fig. 1 ist erkennbar, daß der Koffer aus einzel­nen geraden Platten besteht, nämlich aus einer Deckelplatte 1, der eine gleichartige jedoch nicht dargestellte Bodenplatte gegenüberliegend zugeordnet ist. Weiterhin aus einer Frontplatte 2, die einen oberen Abschnitt 2a und einen unteren Abschnitt 2b aufweist und der gleichartige Rückenplatten zugeord­net sind. Schließlich weist der Koffer zwei Seiten­platten 3 auf, von denen eine dargestellt ist, de­ren oberer Abschnitt mit 3a und deren unterer Ab­schnitt mit 3b bezeichnet sind.In Fig. 1 it can be seen that the case consists of individual straight plates, namely a cover plate 1, which is assigned a similar but not shown bottom plate opposite. Furthermore, from a front plate 2, which has an upper section 2a and a lower section 2b and to which similar back plates are assigned. Finally, the case has two side plates 3, one of which is shown, the upper section of which is labeled 3a and the lower section of which is labeled 3b.

Die Platten 1, 2 und 3 des Koffers sind durch Profilleisten miteinander verbunden, wobei an die Deckelplatte 1 sowie die nicht dargestellte Boden­platte jeweils Außenprofile 4 angrenzen, während in der Mitte des Koffers zwei Mittelprofile 5 anein­ander anstoßen, welche die beiden Halbschalen des Koffers einfassen.The plates 1, 2 and 3 of the case are connected to one another by profiled strips, with outer profiles 4 each adjoining the cover plate 1 and the base plate (not shown), while in the middle of the case two middle profiles 5 abut one another, which surround the two half-shells of the case.

Neben diesen waagerecht verlaufenden Profilen 4 und 5 werden die Platten 1 bis 3 des Koffers weiterhin durch senkrechte Profilleisten 6 verbunden, die je­weils senkrecht zwischen zwei übereinanderliegenden Kofferecken verlaufen.In addition to these horizontal profiles 4 and 5, the plates 1 to 3 of the case are still connected by vertical profile strips 6, each of which runs vertically between two superimposed case corners.

Im Bereich der Kofferecken werden die jeweils zwei Elemente des Außenprofils 4 mit der senkrechten Profilleiste 6 durch Kofferecken 7 verbunden, die als einteilige Kunststofformteile ausgebildet sind und die die Elemente des Außenprofils 4 teilweise überdecken. An die Kofferecken 7 sind nach oben bzw. nach unten weisend Hocken 8 angeformt, wobei sich die Nocken 8 jeweils nur über die Hälfte der Ober- bzw. Unterseite einer Kofferecke 7 erstrecken. Auf­grund dieser Ausbildung und aufgrund der unter­schiedlichen Ausrichtung der Nocken 8 an den nach oben bzw. den nach unten gerichteten Kofferecken 7 wird eine Stapelbarkeit mehrerer Koffer überein­ander bewirkt, bei der die Nocken 8 verschiedener Koffer ein Verrutschen der einzelnen übereinander­gestapel ten Koffer erschweren oder verhindern.In the area of the case corners, the two elements of the outer profile 4 are connected to the vertical profile bar 6 by case corners 7, which are designed as one-piece plastic molded parts and which partially cover the elements of the outer profile 4. On the case corners 7 upward or downward facing crooks 8 are formed, the cams 8 each extending only over half of the top and bottom of a case corner 7. Due to this design and due to the different orientation of the cams 8 on the upward or downward-facing case corners 7, a stackability of several suitcases is effected one above the other, in which the cams 8 of different suitcases make it more difficult or impossible for the individual suitcases to slide over one another.

In Fig. 2 ist eine Kante des Koffers von Fig. 1 näher bezeichnet, wobei die Bodenplatte sowie die unteren Abschnitte 2a der Frontplatte 2 sowie 3a der Seitenplatte 3 nicht dargestellt sind. Die senkrechte Profilleiste 6 bildet die Kofferkante und nimmt an ihrem oberen Ende einen einteiligen Einsatz 9 auf, welcher wiederum den gerundeten Bereich des Mittel­profils 5 festlegt. Dieser gerundete Bereich des Mittelprofils 5 weist eine Ausnehmung auf, so daß von dem im wesentlichen H-förmigen Profilquer­schnitt im Bereich der Kofferkante lediglich die nach außen gerichtete Wand stehen bleibt.An edge of the case of FIG. 1 is designated in more detail in FIG. 2, the base plate and the lower sections 2a of the front plate 2 and 3a of the side plate 3 not being shown. The vertical profile bar 6 forms the edge of the case and receives at its upper end a one-piece insert 9, which in turn defines the rounded area of the central profile 5. This rounded area of the central profile 5 has a recess so that only the outward-facing wall remains of the essentially H-shaped profile cross-section in the area of the case edge.

Durch den sanft gerundeten Verlauf dieser Kante ist das Gefüge des Profilmaterials in diesem Biegebe­reich nicht so stark belastet wie es beispielsweise beim Knicken eines solchen Profils um 90o der Fall wäre. Weiterhin füllt der Einsatz 9 den entfernten Querschnittsteil des Mittelprofils 5 aus und legt darüber hinaus die beiden Enden, an denen der Quer­schnitt noch H-förmig ist, durch eine Zapfenver­bindung fest, so daß ,in diesem Kantenbereich die Stabilität der das Mittelprofil 5 bildende Profil­leiste kaum verringert oder beeinträchtigt wird.Through the gently rounded edge course of this, the structure of the profile material is not as heavily loaded in this bending portion as at 90 o would be the case for example when buckling of such a profile. Furthermore, the insert 9 fills out the removed cross-sectional part of the central profile 5 and also fixes the two ends, at which the cross-section is still H-shaped, by means of a pin connection, so that, in this edge region, the stability of the profile bar forming the central profile 5 is scarcely is reduced or impaired.

Insbesondere aus Fig. 3 ist die Ausbildung von Zapfen 10 und 11 deutlich erkennbar, mit denen sich der Einsatz 9 in das Mittelprofil 5 erstreckt sowie in die senkrechte Profilleiste 6. Der Zapfen 11 ist dabei dreiteilig ausgebildet, um sich einerseits in den mittleren Kanal und andererseits in die beiden äußeren Nuten der Profilleiste 6 erstrecken zu können.3, the formation of pins 10 and 11, with which the insert 9 extends into the central profile 5 and into the vertical profile strip 6, can be clearly seen. The pin 11 is formed in three parts, on the one hand, in the middle channel and on the other hand to be able to extend into the two outer grooves of the profile bar 6.

Die Kofferecke 7 weist Zapfen auf, die den Zapfen 11 des Einsatzes 9 ähnlich sind und ebenfalls dazu dienen, die senkrechte Profilleiste 6 festzulegen. Weiterhin weist die Kofferecke 7 Zapfen 12 auf, auf welche die Elemente des Außenprofils 4 gesteckt werden. Zur Vergrößerung der Stabilität sind diese Zapfen 12 im Abstand von einer Außenfläche 14 der Kofferecke 7 angeordnet, so daß die Außenprofile 4 nicht nur auf den Zapfen 12 festgelegt werden, son­dern auch zwischen den Zapfen 12 und der Außen­fläche 14. Durch diese Anordnung wird das optische Erscheinungsbild insofern verbessert, als ein stets sauberer und fugenloser Anschluß der Außenprofile 4 an die Kofferecken 7 erzielt wird.The case corner 7 has pins which are similar to the pins 11 of the insert 9 and also serve to fix the vertical profile bar 6. Furthermore, the case corner 7 has pins 12 on which the elements of the outer profile 4 are inserted. To increase the stability, these pins 12 are arranged at a distance from an outer surface 14 of the case corner 7, so that the outer profiles 4 are not only fixed on the pin 12, but also between the pin 12 and the outer surface 14. This arrangement makes the optical Appearance improved in that an always clean and seamless connection of the outer profiles 4 to the case corners 7 is achieved.

Um bei einem zusammengefügten Verbund der in Fig. 3 dargestellten einzelnen Elemente nicht im Bereich der Kofferecke 7 eine schlecht zugängliche Mulde zu schaffen, wird diese Mulde durch eine Kappe 15 abge­deckt, so daß, wie insbesondere aus Fig. 2 ersicht­lich ist, ein bündiger Abschluß und Anschluß der einzelnen Profilelemente im Bereich der Kofferecke 7 erreicht wird. Somit wird verhindert, daß im Bereich der Kofferecke 7 die senkrechte Profilleiste 6 und das Außenprofil 4 scharfkantige Möglichkeiten zur Beschädigung der Geräte im Kofferinnern schaffen, daß die Reinigung in dieser Ecke erschwert wird oder auch daß Kleinteile wie Schrauben od. dgl. in einer derartigen Mulde unerreichbar verschwinden.In order not to create a poorly accessible trough in the area of the case corner 7 in an assembled composite of the individual elements shown in FIG. 3, this trough is covered by a cap 15, so that, as can be seen particularly from FIG. 2, a flush closure and connection of the individual profile elements in the area of the case corner 7 is reached. This prevents the vertical profile bar 6 and the outer profile 4 from creating sharp-edged possibilities in the area of the case corner 7 for damaging the devices inside the case, that cleaning in this corner is made difficult, or that small parts such as screws or the like in such a trough disappear unreachable.

Dem dargestellten und beschriebenen Koffer verleiht das durchlaufende Mittelprofil 5 eine sehr gute Stabilität, die weiterhin dadurch gesteigert werden kann, daß die Zapfen 10, 11 und 12 so bemessen sind, daß sie die zugehörigen Profilelemente leicht klem­mend festlegen, so daß dadurch ein sicherer Verbund der einzelnen Rahmenteile untereinander bewirkt wird. Die später in dem Rahmen festgelegten Platten 1, 2 und 3 bewirken eine weitere Verstärkung der Stabilität des Koffers. Zusätzlich können die ein­zelnen Rahmenteile miteinander oder mit den Platten verklebt werden, was insbesondere bei größeren Kof­fern einen weiteren Stabilitätsgewinn bewirkt .The case shown and described gives the continuous center profile 5 a very good stability, which can be further increased by the fact that the pins 10, 11 and 12 are dimensioned so that they fix the associated profile elements slightly clamping, so that thereby a secure bond of individual frame parts is effected with each other. The plates 1, 2 and 3 defined later in the frame further increase the stability of the case. In addition, the individual frame parts can be glued to one another or to the plates, which brings about a further gain in stability, particularly in the case of larger suitcases.

Die Außenprofile 4 weisen, wie insbesondere auch aus den Fig. 2 und 3 ersichtlich ist, einen winkligen Querschnitt auf, so daß die Stabilität gegenüber runden Querschnitten verbessert wird. Darüber hin­aus wirkt der Koffer insgesamt (Fig. 1) flacher und weniger bauchig als ein Koffer mit gleichen Abmes­ sungen, jedoch runden Außenprofilen.The outer profiles 4, as can also be seen in particular from FIGS. 2 and 3, have an angled cross section, so that the stability compared to round cross sections is improved. In addition, the case as a whole (FIG. 1) appears flatter and less bulbous than a case with the same dimensions solutions, but round outer profiles.

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1. Koffer aus mehreren Einzelplatten, die durch Profilleisten zu zwei Halbschalen verbunden sind, wobei die Profilleisten jeder Halb­schale ein Außen- und ein Mittelprofil bil­den, gekennzeichnet durch einteilig umlaufen­de Mittelprofile (5), die im Bereich der Kof­ferkanten gerundet verlaufen.1. Case made of several individual plates, which are connected by profile strips to form two half-shells, the profile strips of each half-shell forming an outer profile and a central profile, characterized by one-piece circumferential central profiles (5) which are rounded in the area of the case edges. 2. Koffer nach Anspruch 1, gekennzeichnet durch zum Kofferinnern weisende Ausnehmungen in den Mittelprofilen (5) im Bereich der Kofferkan­ten, wobei diese Ausnehmungen Einsätze (9) aufnehmen, die jeweils mit den angrenzenden Querschnitten eines Mittelprofils sowie mit einer senkrechten Profilleiste (6) verbunden sind.2. Case according to claim 1, characterized by recesses pointing towards the inside of the case in the central profiles (5) in the area of the case edges, these recesses receiving inserts (9), each connected to the adjacent cross sections of a central profile and to a vertical profile strip (6) are. 3. Koffer nach Anspruch 1 oder 2, gekennzeichnet durch aus separaten Formteilen gebildete Kof­ferecken (7), wobei die Kofferecken (7) durch Zapfverbindungen mit den Außenprofilen (4) und den senkrechten Profilleisten (6) verbunden sind und wobei die Kofferecken (7) die Außenprofile (4) teilweise überdecken.3. Case according to Claim 1 or 2, characterized by case corners (7) formed from separate molded parts, the case corners (7) being connected by means of journal connections to the outer profiles (4) and the vertical profile strips (6), and the case corners (7) partially cover the outer profiles (4). 4. Koffer nach einem oder mehreren der Ansprüche 1 bis 3, gekennzeichnet durch im Querschnitt winklige Profilleisten in den Außenprofilen (4).4. Case according to one or more of claims 1 to 3, characterized by cross-sectionally angled profile strips in the outer profiles (4). 5. Koffer nach einem oder mehreren der vorher­gehenden Ansprüche, gekennzeichnet durch Kappen (15), welche innen in die Kofferecken (7) eingesetzt sind und bündig an die zum Kofferinneren gerichteten Oberflächen der Außenprofile (4) und der senkrechten Pro­filleisten (6) anschließen.5. Case according to one or more of the preceding claims, characterized by caps (15) which inside the case corners (7) are inserted and connect flush to the surfaces of the outer profiles (4) and the vertical profile strips (6) facing the inside of the case. 6. Koffer nach einem oder mehreren der vorher­gehenden Ansprüche, gekennzeichnet durch mit­einander verklebte einzelne Elemente (Plat­ten (1, 2, 3), Außen- (4) und Mittelprofile (5), senkrechte Profil leisten (6), Koffer­ecken (7), Einsätze (9), Kappen (15)) des Koffers.6. Case according to one or more of the preceding claims, characterized by glued together individual elements (plates (1, 2, 3), outer (4) and middle profiles (5), vertical profile strips (6), case corners (7), Inserts (9), caps (15)) of the case. 7. Koffer nach einem oder mehreren der vorher­gehenden Ansprüche, gekennzeichnet durch Hocken (8), die an den Kofferecken (7) ange­formt sind und sich über die Hälfte der Ober- bzw. Unterseite einer Kofferecke (7) er­strecken.7. Case according to one or more of the preceding claims, characterized by squats (8) which are integrally formed on the case corners (7) and extend over half the top or bottom of a case corner (7).
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