EP0399657B1 - Stirnwand zum Zusammensetzen eines Behälters - Google Patents

Stirnwand zum Zusammensetzen eines Behälters Download PDF

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EP0399657B1
EP0399657B1 EP90304341A EP90304341A EP0399657B1 EP 0399657 B1 EP0399657 B1 EP 0399657B1 EP 90304341 A EP90304341 A EP 90304341A EP 90304341 A EP90304341 A EP 90304341A EP 0399657 B1 EP0399657 B1 EP 0399657B1
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Stephen Woodthorpe Clarke
Edward Philip Bacon
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65D—CONTAINERS FOR STORAGE OR TRANSPORT OF ARTICLES OR MATERIALS, e.g. BAGS, BARRELS, BOTTLES, BOXES, CANS, CARTONS, CRATES, DRUMS, JARS, TANKS, HOPPERS, FORWARDING CONTAINERS; ACCESSORIES, CLOSURES, OR FITTINGS THEREFOR; PACKAGING ELEMENTS; PACKAGES
    • B65D21/00—Nestable, stackable or joinable containers; Containers of variable capacity
    • B65D21/02—Containers specially shaped, or provided with fittings or attachments, to facilitate nesting, stacking, or joining together
    • B65D21/0209—Containers specially shaped, or provided with fittings or attachments, to facilitate nesting, stacking, or joining together stackable or joined together one-upon-the-other in the upright or upside-down position
    • B65D21/0212—Containers presenting local stacking elements protruding from the upper or lower edge of a side wall, e.g. handles, lugs, ribs, grooves
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65D—CONTAINERS FOR STORAGE OR TRANSPORT OF ARTICLES OR MATERIALS, e.g. BAGS, BARRELS, BOTTLES, BOXES, CANS, CARTONS, CRATES, DRUMS, JARS, TANKS, HOPPERS, FORWARDING CONTAINERS; ACCESSORIES, CLOSURES, OR FITTINGS THEREFOR; PACKAGING ELEMENTS; PACKAGES
    • B65D15/00—Containers having bodies formed by interconnecting or uniting two or more rigid, or substantially rigid, sections made of different materials
    • B65D15/22—Containers having bodies formed by interconnecting or uniting two or more rigid, or substantially rigid, sections made of different materials of polygonal cross-section

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  • the invention relates to an end panel, particularly an end panel which with another similar one and a body part or blank may be erected to provide a container for produce such as vegetables.
  • an end panel for use in erecting a container for produce comprising a body having two spaced apart opposite surfaces each having respective complementary spigot and orifice means so that a container erected using the panel may be stacked vertically with another similar container with the end panels thereof interengaged to provide a stack which is stable laterally and longitudinally of a container, characterised by the body comprising outwardly directed means having a groove and spaced apart facing hooks or noses which in use overlap and retain a strap in the groove when passed round an erected container.
  • the complementary interlocking means may comprise projecting spigots on one surface and aligned orifices on the opposite surface.
  • the aligned orifices may comprise notches or recesses in the opposite surface.
  • the opposite surfaces may comprise elongate body parts which have opposite edges, and there may be two interlocking means adjacent one edge and two adjacent the opposing edge.
  • the interlocking means may be adjacent an outer, in use, surface of the end panel.
  • the spigots may each comprise a hollow body tapered towards the inner (in use) surface of the end panel.
  • the body may be a thin-walled plastic body comprising a lattice of generally open channel lattice members which have means to strengthen them against bowing under compression, tension or torsion.
  • the means may comprise ribs joining the base and side walls of the channel lattice members.
  • the body may comprise a holder for an indicator card or the like.
  • the end panel may include at opposite sides connecting means whereby an end panel may be connected with similar connecting means of another similar panel to make a stable array of panels.
  • the connecting means may comprise complementary hooks.
  • the invention provides a set of parts for making a container, comprising two separate end panels as hereinbefore defined and a body part for defining at least a base of the container when erected by being interengaged with the end panels.
  • the end part 1 shown is injection moulded to provide a thin wall plastic body having two spaced apart opposite surfaces 3 and 4 having respective interlockable means 5 and 6 so arranged that a container erected using the panel 1 may be stacked vertically with another similar end panel to provide a stack which is stable laterally and longitudinally of the container.
  • the opposite surfaces 3 and 4 are substantially planar strips and the interlockable means 5 and 6 comprise four integral upstanding spigots 5 on the upper (as viewed in and use) strip 3, and four vertically aligned orifices in the form of notches or recesses 6 formed in the opposite or lower (as viewed and in use) strip 4.
  • the notches or recesses 6 are spaced apart along the length of the strip 4, there being two at the ends 7, 7' of the strip 4 and two intermediate the length thereof. The two at the end are in one lateral edge 8, the intermediate two are in the opposite lateral edge 9 so that immediately adjacent notches or recesses 6 are laterally offset. It follows that the spigots 5 are positioned identically as shown in Fig.
  • the body 2 is a thin walled plastic body which comprises a lattice of elongate members 11 of generally channel shape in cross-section.
  • the walls and base of most or all of the channels are tied together by ribs 12 transversed to the length of the channel 1 and formed integrally during the moulding process.
  • the lattice arrangement provides ventilation, while the ribs 11, 13 maintain the integrity of the lattice structure so that there is no twisting or bowing of the body so that an erected container does not collapse under applied loads from without or within.
  • the body 2 also has retaining means 16 for a strap which is sometimes passed round an erected container, the retaining means 16 comprising two slots 17 defined by two facing hooks or noses 18 which have a gap between them less than the width of the strap so that the strap is retained in the slots 17.
  • the retaining means 16 comprising two slots 17 defined by two facing hooks or noses 18 which have a gap between them less than the width of the strap so that the strap is retained in the slots 17.
  • the end part 1 has a configuration comprising a groove 19 defined by sides 20 and 21 the groove 19 defining the configuration of the base and walls of an assembled container.
  • interengaging means in the form of spaced lugs, upstands or teeth 15 which project from side 20 towards the wall 21 and behind (or viewed to the right in Fig. 1) which means there is a cut-out or hole 22 in the wall 21.
  • the blank has pairs of parallel slits, slots, or apertures, hereinafter called slits, defined by a cut-out or flap which is not removed and is hinged to the sheet body part, which are spaced apart and define a width of material just wide enough to accommodate a lug, upstand or tongue 15.
  • the lugs, upstands or tongues 15 and the slits 16 comprise the interengaging means for the end part and the blank.
  • the height of the groove 12 in each end part 4 is slightly narrower or just equal to the thickness of the sheet material.
  • the lugs, upstands or tongues 15 may be of wedge-shape to provide an inclined surface leading into the groove 19 to act as a guide for the leading edge of the material of the flank.
  • the wedge shape in the groove comprises four spaced apart supports or struts 23 for wall 24 with a hook end 25 which butts against a boundary edge of the slit in the blank to secure the end wall and body part together, the body part riding over the supports or struts 23 to allow the parts 24, 25 to engage in and against the adjacent boundary of the blank defining the slit.
  • Such a container 27 can then be stacked on a similar container, and so on, to provide a stack 28, and two such stacks 28 may be stacked side by side as shown at 29 in Fig. 6 where they are mounted on a pallet 30.
  • the strap referred to hereinbefore can then be passed round the stacks 29 to provide horizontal (as viewed) bands.
  • the right hand and left hand sides or boundaries (as viewed in Fig. 1) 31 and 32 of the end part 1 may include integral connecting means 33 and 34 respectively, the former comprising a laterally projecting downwardly directed hook 35 and the latter an upwardly directed hook 36.
  • These hooks 35 and 36 can then be connected together when like containers 27 are stacked side by side, the connection being achieved either by simple snap engagment when the containers 27 are pushed together laterally, or by sliding longitudinally.
  • the engaged hooks 35 and 36 provide a locking system which maintains the stack stable.
  • the hooks 35 and 36 may be replaced by a peg or hook on one side, 31 say, and a loop of the other side 32.
  • the pegs or hooks and loops on facing sides of adjacent containers can be engaged to form, as before, a stable array of stacked containers.
  • the hooks 35 and 36, or pegs and loops then form a releasable fastening means on opposite sides of the container.
  • the notches or recesses 6 are formed in the lower (as viewed in Fig. 1) or outer side 20 of the groove 19.
  • the end part 1 also includes an integral holder 38 for an indicator card or the like comprising a panel 39 with spaced lugs 40.
  • An indicator such as a price and/or name label can be slipped down between the panel 39 and the lugs to rest on a ledge 41, the panel 39, being apertured at 42, the apertures being spaced by a rib 43. The lable in then held in place by the lugs 40 and supported by the panel, including the rib 43 and is nevertheless unobstracted from the viewing or reading purposes from the exterior of the end part 1 in use.

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Claims (10)

  1. Stirnwand, die zum Aufbau eines Produktbehälters verwendet wird, mit einem Körper der zwei gegenüberliegende, beabstandete Flächen aufweist, wobei jede Fläche mit jeweils komplementären Zapfen und Löchern versehen ist damit ein unter Verwendung der Wand aufgestellter Behälter vertikal mit einem anderen, ähnlichen Behälter stapelbar ist, wobei die Stirnwände der Behälter in der Weise miteinander in Eingriff sind, daß ein zur Seite und zur Länge eines Behälters stabiler Stapel entsteht,
    dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß der Körper (1) Elemente (16) umfaßt, die nach außen gerichtet und mit einer Nut (17) versehen sind sowie mit gegenüberliegenden Haken und Ösen (18), die sich bei Verwendung überlappen und in der Nut (17) einen um einen aufgestellen Behälter geführten Gurt festhalten.
  2. Die Stirnwand nach Anspruch 1,
    dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß an einer Fläche (3) vorspringende Zapfen (5) und in der gegenüberliegenden Fläche (4) dazu ausgerichtete Löcher vorgesehen sind.
  3. Die Stirnwand nach Anspruch 2,
    dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß die ausgerichteten Löcher (6) in der gegenüberliegenden Fläche (6) Kerben oder Ausnehmungen sind.
  4. Die Stirnwand nach einem der vorhergehenden Ansprüche, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß jeder Zapfen (5) einen sich nach der inneren (in Verwendung befindenden) Fläche der Stirnwand (1) verjüngenden Hohlkörper umfaßt.
  5. Die Stirnwand nach einem der vorhergehenden Ansprüche, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß der Körper (1) einen dünnwandigen Kunststoffkörper umfaßt aus einem Gitter aus normalerweise offenen Profilgitterelementen (11), die Mittel (2) zur Verstärkung gegen Durchbiegen unter Druck, gegen Zugspannung oder Verdrehung umfassen.
  6. Die Stirnwand nach Anspruch 5,
    dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß die Mittel (12) Rippen umfassen, die mit der Basis und den Seitenwänden der Rofilgitterelemente (11) verbunden sind.
  7. Die Stirnwand nach einem der vorhergehenden Ansprüche, gekennzeichnet durch einen Halter (38) für eine Hinweiskarte oder dergleichen.
  8. Die Stirnwand nach einem der vorhergehenden Ansprüche, gekennzeichnet durch gegenüberliegende Seiten (31, 32) und Verbindungsmittel (33, 34) an den gegenüberliegenden Seiten (31, 32), wodurch eine Stirnwand (1) mit ähnlichen Verbindungsmitteln (33, 34) einer anderen, ähnlichen Wand verbunden werden kann, um eine stabile Wandformation zu erstellen.
  9. Die Stirnwand nach Anspruch 9,
    dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß die Verbindungsmittel komplementäre Haken (35, 36) umfassen.
  10. Ein Satz von Teilen für den Aufbau eines Behälters, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß er zwei getrennte Stirnwände (1) nach einem der vorhergehenden Ansprüchen umfaßt, sowie ein Teil (26), das zumindest als Basis für den dann aufgebauten Behälter dadurch dient, daß es mit den Stirnwänden (1) in Eingriff steht.
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