EP0553540A1 - Récipient avec moyens d'empilage à trois niveaux différents - Google Patents

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EP0553540A1
EP0553540A1 EP92309115A EP92309115A EP0553540A1 EP 0553540 A1 EP0553540 A1 EP 0553540A1 EP 92309115 A EP92309115 A EP 92309115A EP 92309115 A EP92309115 A EP 92309115A EP 0553540 A1 EP0553540 A1 EP 0553540A1
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Richard Hodson Bebb
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65D—CONTAINERS FOR STORAGE OR TRANSPORT OF ARTICLES OR MATERIALS, e.g. BAGS, BARRELS, BOTTLES, BOXES, CANS, CARTONS, CRATES, DRUMS, JARS, TANKS, HOPPERS, FORWARDING CONTAINERS; ACCESSORIES, CLOSURES, OR FITTINGS THEREFOR; PACKAGING ELEMENTS; PACKAGES
    • B65D21/00—Nestable, stackable or joinable containers; Containers of variable capacity
    • B65D21/02—Containers specially shaped, or provided with fittings or attachments, to facilitate nesting, stacking, or joining together
    • B65D21/06—Containers specially shaped, or provided with fittings or attachments, to facilitate nesting, stacking, or joining together with movable parts adapted to be placed in alternative positions for nesting the containers when empty and for stacking them when full
    • B65D21/062—Containers specially shaped, or provided with fittings or attachments, to facilitate nesting, stacking, or joining together with movable parts adapted to be placed in alternative positions for nesting the containers when empty and for stacking them when full the movable parts being attached or integral and displaceable into a position overlying the top of the container, e.g. bails, corner plates

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  • the present invention relates to an open topped container which can be assembled with several similar containers to form a vertical column in either a nested condition (where an overlying container is partly received within the container which underlies it so that bases of adjacent nested containers are relatively close together) or a stacked condition (in which adjacent containers in the column are supported so that their bases are relatively widely spaced). More particularly the invention concerns open topped containers having pivotally mounted base supports such as bars which are associated with the open top to extend between opposed side walls of the containers and be adjustable to one position in which they provide clearance through the open top for a similar container to be received for nesting and another position in which the supports are located and retained to support the base of an overlying container in column stacking.
  • An example of an open topped container capable of nesting or column stacking by use of pivotal bars is disclosed in G.B. A-1,444,356.
  • an open topped container comprising a base, opposed side walls extending upwardly from the base, and pivotally mounted base support means extending between the side walls, the base support means being selectively pivotal to a first position of adjustment in which they are out of overlying relationship with the base to provide clearance whereby a first of two similar containers can be received through the open top of the second container with its base support means in the first position to be nested in a deep condition in the second container, a second position of adjustment in which the base support means are supported in overlying relationship with the base whereby the said first container can be column stacked with its base supported on the base support means of the said second container with its base support means in the second position, and a third position of adjustment in which the base support means are supported in overlying relationship with the base whereby the said first container can be nested in a shallow condition in the said second container with the base of the first container supported on the base support means of the second container in the third position and in which shallow nested condition the base of the first
  • the first and second positions of adjustment of the base support means in the container of the present invention will typically correspond to nesting and column stacking respectively provided between similar containers as are known, for example, by the disclosure in G.B. 1,444,356.
  • the invention includes the further feature that the base support means is adjustable to a third position in which the upper of two containers assembled as a column can be supported on the base support means of the underlying container with the overlying container partially received within the underlying container in a shallow nested condition.
  • the adjacent bases of the shallow nested containers are spaced to a greater extent than are the adjacent bases of two containers in a deep nested condition (where the base of the upper container is not supported on the base support means of the lower container).
  • the depth to which the containers may be nested or stacked in erecting a vertical column can be selected as an option of at least three selections depending upon the space required for contents of the respective containers in the column.
  • the base and walls will usually be moulded in plastics with plastics or metal forming the pivotted base support means.
  • the base support means will usually be in the form of bars, rods, bar-like components or flaps.
  • the container of the invention when in a deep nested, shallow nested or column stacked condition with a second similar container will have its base substantially parallel with the base of the second container.
  • the container will be provided with two base support means which are located one towards each end of the side walls.
  • the container will be of generally oblong rectangular parallelopipedon shape with the side walls extending over the longer extent and with a base support means provided towards each end of the container so that the support means provide symmetrical support to the base of an overlying container in a stack.
  • the base support means may comprise at least one substantially U-shaped support bar or rod having a back portion which extends between the opposed side walls and leg portions which are mounted for pivotal movement about an axis on the side walls so that the support bar can be pivotted about said axis in effecting selective adjustment of the support bar means.
  • each base support means comprises an upper support component and a lower support component which are pivotally mounted on the side walls to be independently pivotal between a first state in which they are supported to overlie the base and a second state in which they are out of overlying relationship with the base and which upper and lower components are arranged so that said first position of adjustment is provided when both the upper and lower support components are in their second state, said second position of adjustment is provided when the upper support component is in its first state for that support component to support the base of a second container in column stacking, and said third position of adjustment is provided when the upper support component is in its second state and the lower support component is in its first state for the lower support component to support the base of a second container in shallow nesting.
  • the or each base support means comprises a single support component which is pivotally mounted on the side walls and selectively pivotal to a high state corresponding to said second position of adjustment, a low state corresponding to the third position of adjustment and a third state corresponding to the first position of adjustment.
  • the single support component is maintained in its third state or its high state by abutment with a wall of the container and is movable passed the abutment by flexure (either by flexing of the abutment or flexing of the single support component) or by displacement of the pivotal mountings of the support component to permit the support component to be adjustable between the high state and the low state through the third state, between the third state and the low state through the high state, or between the high state and the third state through the low state as the case may be.
  • the pivotal mounting of the support component is displaceable relative to the side walls to permit that component to be movable between at least two of its first, second and third positions.
  • the displacement of the pivotal mounting of the support component relative to the side walls is preferably effected by the ends of the support component being slidable in respective tracks on the side walls, such tracks conveniently being formed as slots in the side walls.
  • the ends of the support component are slidable in tracks it is preferred that in each of the high, low and third states of that component its ends are at the same position in the tracks and at such position the tracks may include seatings within which the respective ends of the support component are received in a stable, relatively firm, manner when the support component is in each of its high, low and third states.
  • cam faces are arranged to promote location of the support component in the third state during displacement of the support component from the low state to the third state - this is to facilitate simple and convenient readjustment of the container from a shallow nesting condition to a deep nesting condition.
  • the side walls of the container may present the aforementioned cam faces remote from the tracks and with which cam faces the leg portions of the support bar slidably abut to provide the required promotion of the support bar to its high, low or third state.
  • the leg portions of the support bar may present cam faces which slidably abut the side walls of the container (possibly abutting predetermined cam faces presented by those side walls) remote from the tracks to provide the required promotion of the support component to its high, low or third state.
  • the support component can conveniently be formed as a plastics moulding and this is particularly advantageous where leg portions of that component are of a predetermined shape for edges thereof to present the aforementioned cam faces for abutment against the side walls.
  • the container will have one or more end walls which extend between the opposed side walls.
  • the single support component can conveniently abut an adjacent end wall.
  • the base support means is itself supported to be maintained in its second or third positions of adjustment by abutment of the base support means against shoulders or seatings presented by upstanding walls of the container.
  • the container of the present invention will have its upstanding walls appropriately tapered, splayed and/or stepped as is well known in the art to provide a required configuration for several similar containers to be nested in a vertical column.
  • the containers 1 have a generally flat oblong rectangular base 2 upstanding from which are opposed longer side walls 3 and 4 and opposed end walls 5 and 6 which extend between the side walls. Usually the base and walls are formed as a plastics moulding.
  • the walls 3 to 6 are stepped to diverge outwardly as they approach and form a rectangular open top 7 within which can be located the base and lower portions of the walls of a similar overlying container (indicated in some Figures at 1A) to provide nesting in the erection of the vertical column in known manner.
  • Extending between the opposed side walls 3 and 4 are two base support means indicated at 8 and 9 which are located, one each, towards the longitudinally opposite ends of the container.
  • the base support means 8 and 9 are constructed in an identical manner to each other and serve a similar purpose, for convenience therefore the means 9 need only be described.
  • the base support means 9 consists of two metal or plastics support rods or bars 10 and 11 each of which has a straight back portion 12 and leg portions 13.
  • the support bar 10 has its leg portions 13 presenting bosses which are pivotally mounted at 14 in the respective side walls 3 and 4 so that the bar 10 can pivot about an axis extending through the pivots 14 for its back portion 12 to be positioned in a rebate 15 in the top edge of the end wall (as shown at the lefthand end of Figure 1) or to be accommodated in seatings 16 in the side walls so that its back portion 10 extends across the open top 7 (as shown at the righthand end of the container in Figure 1).
  • the support bar 11 is located within the container 1 at a lower level than the bar 10 and has the ends of its legs 13 presenting bosses which are pivotally mounted at 17 in the side walls 3 and 4.
  • the bar 11 can be pivotted optionally so that its back portion 12 will lie on an upwardly directed internal shoulder 18 of the adjacent end wall (as shown for the bar 11 at the lefthand end of the container in Figure 1) or to be seated in rebates 19 so that the back portion 12 of the bar 11 extends across the width of the container parallel to and spaced from the end walls (as shown at the righthand end of the container in Figure 1).
  • a second similar container can be lowered through the open top of the underlying container 1 so that its base and lower parts of its walls are received within the underlying container until the base of the overlying container stands on the back portions 12 of the two support bars 11.
  • a second similar container 1A (as indicated in Figure 2) can be received within the open top of the container 1 and lowered to effect nesting in a deep condition.
  • the base indicated at 2A of the upper container is at the closest spacing from the base 2 of the underlying container and therefore the underlying container 1 has less space available for the storage of contents than the space which is available when the upper container is supported in a relatively shallow nested condition.
  • the maximum depth to which the upper container may be received within the underlying container may be determined in conventional manner, for example by an external flange or rib 1C on the upper container 1A abutting the upper rim around the open top of the underlying container or by the base of the upper container abutting an internal shoulder presented by the walls of the underlying container.
  • the upstanding walls 3 to 6 of the container are tapered or splayed to converge as they approach the base 2.
  • the walls are shown with a stepped configuration to provide appropriate clearance for nesting and also to ensure that there is adequate space available for the back portion 12 of the support bar 11 (as shown ghosted at 12 in Figure 2) to be positioned out of overlying relationship with the base 2.
  • the stepped wall and support bar arrangement shown in Figure 2 two containers can be assembled as a vertical column in any one of a deep nested, shallow nested or column stacked conditions with approximately one third of the depth of the container walls separating one condition from another.
  • base support means 8 and 9 in the embodiment of Figures 1 and 2 is described as a U-shaped bar, it is to be realised that other forms are possible, for example the base support means may be in the form of a bar-like component such as a bail arm or a flap.
  • the base support means is in the form of a flap which replaces either or both of the support bars 10 and 11, it will be appreciated by those skilled in the art that the pivotal positions 14 and 17 of the flaps may be moved from those positions shown, for example so that the flaps may extend substantially upwardly from their pivot position within the end walls to be out of overlying relationship with the base 2 or even, in the case of the support bar 10 being replaced by a flap, for that flap to hang from its pivotal mounting on the outside of the end wall to be out of overlying relationship with the base 2.
  • each of the base support means 8 and 9 is in the form of a single U-shaped support rod or bar 20 having a straight back portion 21 which extends between the opposed side walls 3 and 4 of the container and leg portions 22.
  • the base support means 9 has been shown and it will be appreciated that the base support means 8 towards the opposite end of the container will have a similar but mirror image arrangement to that shown.
  • the opposite end of the support bar is arranged on the side wall 4 in a similar manner to that shown on the side wall 3.
  • the leg portions 22 of the support bar 20 have bosses 23 by which they are pivotally mounted on the respective side walls for rotation about a common axis through the two pivots so that the bar can be selectively pivotted.
  • the bar 20 can be pivotted for the back portion 21 to be displaceable between a high state (shown at H in Figure 3) in which the back portion overlies the base 2, a low state (indicated in ghost at L in Figure 3) in which the back portion 21 overlies the base 2 but is nearer to the base 2 than when in the high state H and a third or intermediate state (indicated in ghost at I in Figure 3) through which the back portion 21 passes in moving between states L and H and in which state I the back portion 21 is out of overlying relationship with the base 2.
  • the support bar 20 is supported in its high state H by abutment of the bar on a seating 24 extending from a channel 24A in which the leg portions 22 of the bar are conveniently accommodated in the high state.
  • the support bar 20 is supported in its low state L by an upwardly directed shoulder or seating 25 in the side wall.
  • the support bar 20 is retained in its intermediate state I by abutment with a stop 26 in the form of a small flange or shoulder on the end wall 6.
  • the back portion 21 of the support bar abuts the stop 26 which prevents the support bar from falling into its low state L; however the material, usually plastics, of the stop 26 or the end wall 6 or the back portion 21 of the support bar is sufficiently flexible so that manual downward pressure on the support bar 20 will resiliently displace the bar back portion and stop 26 over each other to move the support bar into its low position L.
  • FIG 4 the support bar 20 is shown in its high state L and with the two support bars so positioned, a second similar container 1A can be column stacked with its base supported on the back portions 21 of the bars as shown.
  • Figure 5 the support bar 20 is shown pivotted to its intermediate state I so that its back portion 21 abuts the stop 26 to be out of overlying relationship with the base 2.
  • a second similar container 1A can be received within the open top 7 in a deep nested condition similar to that previously discussed in connection with the first embodiment.
  • the support bar 22 is shown pivotted passed the stop 26 into its low state L where the back portion 21 is supported by the seatings 25 to overlie the base 2.
  • both support bars 20 for the two support bar means 8 and 9 in their low state a second similar container 1A can be received within the open top 7 of an underlying container so that the base 2A of the overlying container stands on the back portions 21 of the support bars. Consequently the two containers will be in a shallow nested condition similar to that previously discussed in connection with the first embodiment.
  • the containers in the above described embodiments when column stacked or in either of their nested conditions with a similar container will usually be arranged so that the overlying bases of the two containers are in parallel relationship.
  • channels or rebates will normally be provided on the underside face of the base to receive and provide firm engagement with the back portions on the support bars of a similar underlying container on which the base may sit.
  • the support bar 20 has the bosses 23 of its leg portions 22 pivotally and slidably mounted in tracks provided by slots 60 in the opposed side walls 3 and 4.
  • the slots 60 are elongated substantially parallel with the base 2 and the pivotal bosses 23 at the ends of the leg portions 22 are displaceable along the slots 60.
  • Figure 9 illustrates the three positions into which the support bar 20 can be pivotally and optionally adjusted; for convenience the support bar 20 is shown in complete lines in each of the three positions and they consist of the high state H, the low state L and the third state I.
  • the legs 22 can be pivotted upwardly for the back portion 21 to clear the seatings 24 and the pivotal mountings 23 displaced along the slot 60 sufficiently for the back portion 21 to move out of overlying engagement with the seatings 24 so that the support bar can be allowed to fall on to the seating 25 and adopt the low state L.
  • the leg portions 22 of the support bar are shown cranked in Figure 9 and also the slot 60 is shown substantially straight and parallel to the base of the container but it will be appreciated that these characteristics and similar characteristics shown in Figure 7 can be varied as appropriate for a particular design of container. From Figure 9 it will be seen that in each of the three states H, I and L of the support bar 20, the boss 23 is located at substantially the same position in the slot 60, usually seated at one end of that slot to facilitate its positioning.
  • the bosses 23 of the leg portions 22 on the support bar 20 are pivotally and slidably mounted in tracks formed by slots 70 in the opposed side walls 3 and 4.
  • the three positions into which the support bar 20 can be pivotally and optionally adjusted are shown consisting of the high state H, the low state L and the third state I.
  • the modification shown in Figure 10 differs from either of the arrangements shown in Figure 5 or Figure 7 in that during its pivotal movement the support bar 20 is displaceable between its third state I and its high state H effectively through its low state L.
  • the support bar 20 is shown abutting the shoulder 26 on the end wall 6 to permit deep nesting.
  • the support bar By slidably displacing the pivotal boss 23 along the slot 70, the back portion 21 of the support bar can clear the shoulder 26 and drop into the seating 25 at the low state.
  • the support bar may have to be manually press fitted into engagement with its seating 25 to provide a firm fit therewith or may merely fall into that seating as determined by the profile of the slot 70 and that of the seating 25.
  • the support bar may be moved directly from its low state H for shallow nesting into its high state H for column stacking by pivotal movement of the bar and appropriate displacement of its pivotal mountings 23 along the slots 70 to locate the back portion 21 of the support bar over the seating 24 and then allowing the support bar to fall on to that seating.
  • the support bar can be pivotted directly from its high state H to its third state I.
  • Figure 11 shows a modification of the arrangement in Figure 9 whereby the pivotal bosses 23 are slidably mounted in L-shaped slots 60A.
  • An end 60B of the L-shaped slot 60A provides a seating within which the respective boss 23 is located firmly when the support bar 20 is in each of its H, I or L states.
  • the support bar 20 can be pivotted directly between its H and I states. To effect pivotal movement of the support bar from either its H or I state to its L state, or from its L state to either its H or I state, it is necessary for the bosses 23 to be displaced temporarily and reciprocated from their seatings 60B, along the respective slots 60A and then back to their seatings 60B.
  • the legs 22 are cranked or otherwise shaped to present cam surfaces which react against appropriately profiled cam surfaces presented by the side walls 3 and 4 so that the aforementioned reaction provides guidance for the bar back portion 21 under manually applied pressure to move towards and into the seating 25 of the L state or onto the stop 26 of the I state as the case may be.
  • the support bar 20 it is considered particularly advantageous for the support bar 20 to be manually displaceable easily and automatically during pivotal movement from its L state to its I state; the reason for this is that following use of several containers having their support bars in the L state for shallow nesting, the bars of the containers may be readjusted simply, quickly and by inexperienced handlers from the L state to the I state for deep nesting of the empty containers as a stack to facilitate their transport or storage.
  • the legs 22 present convexly curved cam faces 22A which are intended to react against concavely curved cam faces 100 presented by the container side walls 3 and 4 respectively.
  • the bosses 23 are lifted from their seatings 60B and displaced along the slots 60A to the position indicated at 23' in Figure 11 so that sufficient clearance is provided for the bar back portion 21 whereby the bar 20 can pivot on its bosses 23' as indicated at 22' in the direction of arrow D for the legs 22 to approach the stop 26.
  • Figure 12 shows a pivotal mounting arrangement for the support bar 20 which provides similar characteristics to the arrangement as above described with reference to Figure 11 but in which the legs 22 of the support bar are in the form of plate-like sections from which extend the bosses 23 and the bar back portion 21 as shown in Figure 13 and which sections are in the form of cam plates as indicated in Figure 14 so that the side edges thereof present cam faces of predetermined profile which are intended to facilitate and promote displacement of the support bar during its pivotal movement from the L state to the I state. More particularly the cam plate-like section of each leg 22 presents a smoothly curved, generally convex rear cam face 22A' (which is similar to the cam face 22A of Figure 11) and a smoothly curved, generally convex, front cam face 22B.
  • cam faces 22A' and 22B are intended to react with cam faces presented on the respective side wall of the container to facilitate a simple and smooth transition of the support bar during its movement from state L to state I in a similar manner to that described with reference to Figure 11.
  • the front cam face 22B abuts and slides over a cam face 101 presented by the container side wall and the reaction between the cam faces 22B and 101 causes the boss 23 to be lifted smoothly from its seating 60B in the slot 60A and that boss to be displaced along the slot 60A to a position indicated at 23' in Figure 12.
  • the support bar or rod 20 will usually be formed of metal or plastics.
  • the support bar shown in Figure 12 is particularly suitable for moulding in plastics, possibly with glass reinforcement, for convenience of economically forming the cam shape plate-like sections for the legs 22.
  • base support means 8 and 9 for a container can be a combination of the arrangements described and illustrated for the two embodiments.

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