EP0579158A1 - Stackable and nestable packing crate with skeleton-construction sidewall - Google Patents
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- the present invention relates to the transport of goods and relates more particularly to a packaging case for the transport and storage of fruit and vegetables.
- the applicant imagined a packing case specially designed for the transport and storage of light vegetables. These vegetables are bulky, low cost and inexpensive, which has a primary impact on their cost of transport and storage which must be reduced. Also, the applicant has carried out research which has led to the development of a packaging case the requisite stiffness qualities of which have been studied with a view to packaging light products and the nesting capacity of which is maximum relative to at the height of the box to facilitate their repatriation in numbers.
- the box of the invention for transport and storage of the type adopting the shape of a slightly tapered rectangular parallelepiped open upwards and comprising five walls delimiting the five other faces of the parallelepiped and defining the bottom and the four lateral and longitudinal walls of the body is remarkable in that it is constituted by the association of a rigid frame delimited by two low and high peripheral belts connected, by four corner pillars forming spacers, to panels filling formed by spaced blades of the skeleton type, of less rigidity than that of the elements of said framework.
- the rigid frame of the box of the invention has the role of ensuring the indeformability of the container while the filling walls have the role of ensuring only the retention of the content.
- the distinction of these two roles allows to play on the quantities of materials used, in particular for the realization of these filling walls.
- thinner walls considerably improve their nesting capacity.
- the upper peripheral belt will take the form of a rim overlapping with overhang the four corner pillars.
- the blades spaced from the above filling walls are arranged vertically, so as not to hinder the manipulation of fitting and removing.
- the necessary frustoconical shape of the boxes leaves a vacuum between the boxes juxtaposed at their lower part, which causes a certain play between them when they are subjected to vibrations, in particular during their transport in number.
- the effect of this clearance is to favor the overlapping of the edges of the upper peripheral belts of said boxes, overlapping which destabilizes the entire stack, or even its collapse, risking the content.
- the applicant has also imagined equipping his body with a wedging device produced from at least one lug in the form of a flat which, grafted onto the outer wall of the edge of the peripheral belt upper, extends parallel to the bottom of the box and at a level slightly lower than that of the end of said rim so as to allow it to wedge below the rim of the adjoining box.
- this lug prohibits the overlapping of the edge of the box to which it is attached, on the edge of the adjoining box.
- provision is made to fit two pins only one of the longitudinal edges of the upper peripheral belt to avoid a longitudinal movement of the body thus wedged.
- each stack of boxes can be positioned between four other stacks of boxes, each box will be at least held by another box wedged thanks to its lug.
- the two pins will be judiciously positioned asymmetrically relative to the center of said longitudinal edge to avoid an unfortunate vis-Ă -vis, since two juxtaposed longitudinal edges will be fitted with the wedging device of the invention.
- the above stacking and nesting means allowing their stacking in identical positions and their nesting in positions offset by 180 °, will be preformed by the four corner pillars forming spacers between the low peripheral belt and the high peripheral belt.
- the above stacking and nesting means constituted by two flaps articulated on the lateral edges of the box, the above corner pillars forming spacers will be preformed to allow that the 'fitting one box into the other.
- each of these boxes takes the form of a slightly tapered rectangular parallelepiped, open upwards to fill and empty said boxes. It includes five perforated panels 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 delimiting five sides of the parallelepiped and defining the first (referenced 1) the bottom of the body and the next four the side walls (2 and 4) and longitudinal (3 and 5 ) of the latter.
- the panels 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 providing only a retention role are considerably lightened and produced for this purpose in spaced vertical slats of the skeleton type.
- the rigid frame ensuring the undeformability of the body is formed by a low peripheral belt 1a delimiting the contours of the bottom panels 1, by the high peripheral belt 6a and by four corner pillars 7, 8, 9 and 10 forming spacers.
- the aforesaid high peripheral belt 6a will take the form of a rim overlapping with overhang the four corner pillars 7,8 9 and 10.
- the boxes of the invention are fitted with a wedging device made from two lugs in the form of flats 11a and 11b which are grafted onto the outer wall of one of the longitudinal edges of the upper peripheral belt 6a.
- These lugs which extend parallel to the bottom 1 of the box are positioned at a level slightly lower than that of the end of said rim so as to allow it to be wedged below the rim of the adjoining box.
- these two pins, 11a and 11b will be positioned asymmetrically with respect to the center of said longitudinal edge to avoid an unfortunate vis-Ă -vis when the two juxtaposed longitudinal edges are equipped with the wedging device of the invention.
- the presence of these lugs also has a role of stop, preventing the straps, which are used to moor the boxes, to slide along these.
- Box I of the type of the first case, and as illustrated in the drawings of FIGS. 1, 2 and 3, is distinguished by its stacking and nesting means constituted by bosses and cavities preformed in the four pillars d 'angle 7, 8, 9 and 10.
- the corner pillars 7 and 8 are preformed in their wings extending towards the side panel 2, cavities 7a and 8a opening towards the inside of the body
- the pillars 9 and 10 are preformed in their wings extending towards the side panel 4, located opposite the side panel 2, of bosses 9a and 10a standing towards the inside of the body, so that when two boxes I arranged one above the other are in an identical position (as shown in the drawing in Figure 2), they stack one above the other.
- the bosses 9a and 10a of the two boxes penetrate into the cavities 7a and 8a opposite, thus authorizing the nesting of the upper box in the lower box.
- the upper peripheral belt 6a is furnished with pins 6b projecting in the vicinity of the corner pillars 7, 8, 9 and 10 and intended to penetrate into corresponding slots 1b (cf. FIG. 3) formed in the low peripheral belt 1a (also in the vicinity of the pillars), which they pass right through to receive the nipples 6b of the upper body, regardless of the height of said nipples.
- Shoulders, 7b, 8b, 9b, 10b are judiciously shaped on the aforesaid high peripheral belt 6a in the extension of the abovementioned pillars of angles 7, 8, 9 and 10 and around the aforesaid nipples 6b.
- the internal walls of the angled shoulders 7b, 8b on the one hand and of the U-shaped shoulders, 9b, 10b on the other hand have sides inclined towards the the above nipples 6b, so that they allow the penetration of the nipples into the aforementioned slots 1b of the upper body, penetration which is guided by the positioning of the lower parts of the corner pillars, 7, 8, 9 and 10 of the body coming to engage (cf. FIG. 2), firstly inside the square shoulders 7b and 8b, and secondly, inside the U-shaped shoulders, 9b and 10b.
- Box II of the type of the second case, and as illustrated in the drawings of FIGS. 4, 5 and 6, is distinguished by its aforesaid stacking and nesting means, constituted in turn by two flaps 20 and 30 mounted articulated (as shown by arrow A in FIG. 4a) on the lateral edges of the upper peripheral belt 6a, so that they can be folded down either inwards parallel to the bottom 1 of the box to allow stacking d 'an upper box IIa (as shown in the drawing of Figure 5), either towards the outside according to an angular expansion of 90 ° in the extension of the side walls, in the opposite direction to the arrow A, to allow the fitting from box II to a lower box IIb.
- the position of these flaps on the two side walls therefore allows the stacking or fitting of the next box, whatever its presentation.
- the fold line obtained by molding to form the hinge necessary for the articulation movement A is shaped in the extension of the internal face of the flap 20 on the one hand, and in the extension of the internal face of the side wall 2 on the other hand, in order to limit when the flap 20 is folded outwards (as shown in solid lines in the drawing of Figure 4a), an overflow of the flap out of said box.
- the flaps 20 and 30 are maintained in the extension of the side wall (20 or 30) to which they are attached.
- the perimeter of the upper belt of a nested crate is the same as that of a stacked crate, making it possible to associate, without disadvantage, stacks of stacked crates with stacks of nested crates.
- these flaps 20 and 30 are folded down (arrow A) in a horizontal position, as is the case for box II illustrated in the drawing in FIG. 5, these flaps 20 and 30 kept retained in this position by the corner pillars 7, 8, 9 and 10, define a bearing surface at the bottom 1 of the box IIa coming to stack on it.
- the upper face of the upper peripheral belt 6a at the level of the side walls 2 and 4 on which the flaps 20 and 30 are articulated is at a level lower than the upper face. at the two other longitudinal walls 3 and 5, according to a height difference equal to the thickness of the flaps 20 and 30, so that said flaps in the folded inward position (see Figure 4a) do not overhang opening 6 of the box.
- the flaps 20 and 30 can be folded inwards by bearing, in part or entirely of their width, on the ends of the longitudinal edges of the peripheral belt 6a, the upper face of the latter, is uneven at its ends to be in the same plane as the upper face of the side walls 2 and 4. In this way, each flap in the inwardly folded position will rest on four support points, two at the pillars and two delimited by the parts set back from the longitudinal walls 3 and 5.
- the external face of the flaps 20 and 30 is provided with a longitudinal groove 21 and 31 in which a longitudinal shoulder 1a ′ is wedged (cf. FIG. 4b) preformed at the level of the belt lower device 1a of the bottom 1 of the body, which shoulder is shaped in the extension of the side walls 2 and 4.
- a longitudinal shoulder 1a ′ is wedged (cf. FIG. 4b) preformed at the level of the belt lower device 1a of the bottom 1 of the body, which shoulder is shaped in the extension of the side walls 2 and 4.
- the grooves 21 and 31 formed in the flaps 20 and 30 are wider than the shoulder 1a 'and adopt in cross section an upward flared shape to guide said shoulder.
- the groove (21 or 31) makes it possible to wedge said shoulder either against its internal slope or against its external slope, thereby offering a play making it possible to make up for the different offsets of the shoulder according to the different heights of boxes.
- the groove (21 or 31) makes it possible to wedge said shoulder either against its internal slope or against its external slope, thereby offering a play making it possible to make up for the different offsets of the shoulder according to the different heights of boxes.
- the aforesaid longitudinal groove 21 or 31 preformed in the flaps 20 or 30 is bent at its ends so as to form returns at right angles, respectively 21a and 31a, so that when the flaps 20 and 30 are in the inwardly folded position, the two grooves 21 and 31, seen from above, draw two Cs facing each other.
- the object of these returns 21a and 31a is to receive in part the shoulder 1a ′ of the low peripheral belt, the preformed also at the longitudinal edges, offering a wedging of the stacked boxes, both longitudinal and lateral.
- the latter is provided in its longitudinal walls 3 and 5 with two central pillars 40 and 50 formed on their upper face, with two L-shaped grooves, 41 and 42 (appearing in the drawing only for the pillar 40) so that the two branches of the L are one and the other, parallel to the longitudinal groove 21 or 31 and to its returns 21a or 31a.
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La présente invention a trait au transport de marchandises et concerne plus particulièrement une caisse d'emballage pour le transport et le stockage de fruits et légumes.The present invention relates to the transport of goods and relates more particularly to a packaging case for the transport and storage of fruit and vegetables.
D'une manière générale, le transport des caisses d'emballage acheminées du lieu d'expédition au lieu de réception, quels que soient leurs emplacements géographiques, ne pose aucun problème dans la mesure où les volumes développés par lesdites caisses sont remplis de fruits ou légumes. Cependant, le transport desdites caisses réacheminées du lieu de réception au lieu d'expédition, pose de nombreux problèmes lorsque lesdites caisses sont vides. Considérant que le volume occupé par la caisse vide est le même que celui de la caisse pleine, le coût de réacheminement desdites caisses du lieu de réception au lieu d'expédition est souvent aussi élevé que le coût d'acheminement. En effet, partant du fait que le coût de transport par acheminement routier, ferroviaire ou maritime (les plus usités pour l'acheminement des produits agricoles) est inhérent au volume occupé par les charges, l'acheminement desdites caisses a donc très peu d'incidence sur le prix de revient du transport, que les caisses soient vides ou que les caisses soient pleines.In general, the transport of packing cases sent from the place of dispatch to the place of reception, whatever their geographical locations, poses no problem insofar as the volumes developed by said cases are filled with fruit or vegetables. However, the transport of said boxes redirected from the place of reception to the place of shipment, poses many problems when said boxes are empty. Considering that the volume occupied by the empty case is the same as that of the full case, the cost of re-routing said cases from the place of reception to the place of shipment is often as high as the cost of delivery. Indeed, starting from the fact that the cost of transport by road, rail or sea transport (the most used for the transport of agricultural products) is inherent to the volume occupied by the loads, the transport of said cases therefore has very little impact on the cost price of transport, whether the boxes are empty or the boxes are full.
Aussi, pour abaisser le prix de revient de rapatriement des caisses vides, il a été imaginé d'aménager ces mêmes caisses de moyens de gerbage et d'emboîtage de telle sorte que le volume développé par des caisses vides emboîtées l'une dans l'autre soit nettement moins important que le volume engendré par des caisses pleines empilées.Also, to lower the cost of repatriation of empty boxes, it was imagined to arrange these same boxes of stacking and nesting means so that the volume developed by empty boxes nested one in the other is significantly less than the volume generated by full stacked boxes.
A ce jour, il existe deux types connus de moyens de gerbage et d'emboîtage :
- dans un premier cas, ils sont constitués par des bossages et des cavités façonnés dans les parois latérales en vis-à -vis desdites caisses de manière à autoriser le gerbage des caisses placées dans une position identique, et leur emboîtement dans une position décalée à 180° de telle sorte que les bossages s'enfoncent dans les cavités, et vice versa;
- dans un second cas, ces moyens de gerbage et d'emboîtage sont constitués par deux volets articulés sur les bords latéraux de la susdite caisse de manière à pouvoir se rabattre soit vers l'intérieur parallèlement au fond de la caisse pour autoriser le gerbage d'une caisse, soit vers l'extérieur pour autoriser l'emboîtage d'une caisse.
- in a first case, they are formed by bosses and cavities shaped in the side walls facing said boxes so as to allow stacking of boxes placed in an identical position, and their nesting in a position offset to 180 ° so that the bosses sink into the cavities, and vice versa;
- in a second case, these stacking and nesting means are constituted by two flaps articulated on the lateral edges of the above box so as to be able to fold either inwardly parallel to the bottom of the box to allow stacking of a box, or outwards to authorize the fitting of a box.
De nombreuses améliorations visant à établir un juste équilibre entre les qualités requises de rigidité nécessaire au gerbage des caisses pleines avec un bas prix de revient, ont été apportées à ce type de caisses fabriquées selon les techniques connues de thermoplastique injecté. En outre, la forme des caisses au niveau des moyens de gerbage et d'emboîtage (bossages, cavités, volets) a été étudiée afin d'améliorer la capacité d'emboîtement des caisses vides l'une dans l'autre.Numerous improvements aimed at establishing a fair balance between the required qualities of rigidity necessary for stacking full cases with a low cost price, have been made to this type of cases manufactured according to known techniques of injected thermoplastic. In addition, the shape of the boxes at the stacking and nesting means (bosses, cavities, flaps) has been studied in order to improve the nesting capacity of the empty boxes one inside the other.
Selon les mêmes objectifs, le demandeur a imaginé une caisse d'emballage spécialement conçue pour le transport et le stockage de légumes légers. Ces légumes sont volumineux, d'un bas prix de revient et peu coûteux, ce qui a une incidence première sur leur coût de transport et de stockage qui doit être revu à la baisse. Aussi, le demandeur a mené des recherches qui ont abouti à la mise au point d'une caisse d'emballage dont les qualités requises de rigidité ont été étudiées en vue du conditionnement de produits légers et dont la capacité d'emboîtement soit maximale par rapport à la hauteur de la caisse afin de faciliter leur rapatriement en nombre. Pour ce faire, la caisse de l'invention pour le transport et le stockage, du type de celle adoptant la forme d'un parallélépipède rectangle légèrement tronconique ouvert vers le haut et comprenant cinq parois délimitant les cinq autres faces du parallélépipède et définissant le fond et les quatre parois latérales et longitudinales de la caisse est remarquable en ce qu'elle est constituée par l'association d'une ossature rigide délimitée par deux ceintures périphériques basse et haute reliées, par quatre piliers d'angle formant entretoises, à des panneaux de remplissage formés de lames espacées du type à claire-voie, de rigidité moindre que celle des éléments de ladite ossature.According to the same objectives, the applicant imagined a packing case specially designed for the transport and storage of light vegetables. These vegetables are bulky, low cost and inexpensive, which has a primary impact on their cost of transport and storage which must be reduced. Also, the applicant has carried out research which has led to the development of a packaging case the requisite stiffness qualities of which have been studied with a view to packaging light products and the nesting capacity of which is maximum relative to at the height of the box to facilitate their repatriation in numbers. To do this, the box of the invention for transport and storage, of the type adopting the shape of a slightly tapered rectangular parallelepiped open upwards and comprising five walls delimiting the five other faces of the parallelepiped and defining the bottom and the four lateral and longitudinal walls of the body is remarkable in that it is constituted by the association of a rigid frame delimited by two low and high peripheral belts connected, by four corner pillars forming spacers, to panels filling formed by spaced blades of the skeleton type, of less rigidity than that of the elements of said framework.
Ainsi, l'ossature rigide de la caisse de l'invention a pour rôle d'assurer l'indéformabilité du contenant alors que les parois de remplissage ont pour rôle de n'assurer que la rétention du contenu. La distinction de ces deux rôles (indéformabilité et rétention) permet de jouer sur les quantités de matières employées, notamment pour la réalisation de ces parois de remplissage. De plus, considérant que l'épaisseur des parois des caisses délimite la hauteur d'emboîtement, des parois plus fines améliorent considérablement leur capacité d'emboîtement.Thus, the rigid frame of the box of the invention has the role of ensuring the indeformability of the container while the filling walls have the role of ensuring only the retention of the content. The distinction of these two roles (non-deformability and retention) allows to play on the quantities of materials used, in particular for the realization of these filling walls. In addition, considering that the thickness of the walls of the boxes delimits the nesting height, thinner walls considerably improve their nesting capacity.
Pour conforter l'indéformabilité de la caisse, la ceinture périphérique haute adoptera la forme d'un rebord recouvrant avec débord les quatre piliers d'angle.To reinforce the undeformability of the body, the upper peripheral belt will take the form of a rim overlapping with overhang the four corner pillars.
De préférence, les lames espacées des susdites parois de remplissage sont disposées verticalement, pour ne pas entraver les manipulations d'emboîtage et de déboîtage.Preferably, the blades spaced from the above filling walls are arranged vertically, so as not to hinder the manipulation of fitting and removing.
D'autre part, la forme tronconique nécessaire des caisses laisse un vide entre les caisses juxtaposées au niveau de leur partie inférieure, ce qui provoque un certain jeu entre celles-ci lorsqu'elles sont soumises à des vibrations, notamment lors de leur transport en nombre. Ce jeu a pour conséquence de favoriser le chevauchement des rebords des ceintures périphériques hautes desdites caisses, chevauchement qui déstabilise l'ensemble de l'empilement, voire son effondrement au péril du contenu.On the other hand, the necessary frustoconical shape of the boxes leaves a vacuum between the boxes juxtaposed at their lower part, which causes a certain play between them when they are subjected to vibrations, in particular during their transport in number. The effect of this clearance is to favor the overlapping of the edges of the upper peripheral belts of said boxes, overlapping which destabilizes the entire stack, or even its collapse, risking the content.
Pour éliminer ce risque de chev auchement, le demandeur a aussi imaginé d'équiper sa caisse d'un dispositif de calage réalisé à partir au moins d'un ergot en forme de méplat qui, greffé sur la paroi externe du rebord de la ceinture périphérique supérieure, s'étend parallèlement au fond de la caisse et à un niveau légèrement inférieur à celui de l'extrémité dudit rebord de manière à autoriser son calage au-dessous du rebord de la caisse contigüe. De la sorte, cet ergot interdit le chevauchement du rebord de la caisse à laquelle il est rattaché, sur le rebord de la caisse contigüe. De préférence, il est prévu de n'aménager de deux ergots qu'un seul des rebords longitudinaux de la ceinture périphérique haute pour éviter un débattement longitudinal de la caisse ainsi calée. Il est important de rappeler que chaque pile de caisses pouvant être positionnée entre quatre autres piles de caisses, chaque caisse se trouvera au moins maintenue par une autre caisse calée grâce à son ergot. Les deux ergots seront judicieusement positionnés asymétriquement par rapport au centre dudit rebord longitudinal pour éviter un vis-à -vis malencontreux, dès lors que deux rebords longitudinaux juxtaposés se trouveront équipés du dispositif de calage de l'invention.To eliminate this risk of overlapping, the applicant has also imagined equipping his body with a wedging device produced from at least one lug in the form of a flat which, grafted onto the outer wall of the edge of the peripheral belt upper, extends parallel to the bottom of the box and at a level slightly lower than that of the end of said rim so as to allow it to wedge below the rim of the adjoining box. In this way, this lug prohibits the overlapping of the edge of the box to which it is attached, on the edge of the adjoining box. Preferably, provision is made to fit two pins only one of the longitudinal edges of the upper peripheral belt to avoid a longitudinal movement of the body thus wedged. It is important to remember that each stack of boxes can be positioned between four other stacks of boxes, each box will be at least held by another box wedged thanks to its lug. The two pins will be judiciously positioned asymmetrically relative to the center of said longitudinal edge to avoid an unfortunate vis-à -vis, since two juxtaposed longitudinal edges will be fitted with the wedging device of the invention.
Dans la caisse de l'invention selon le premier cas de réalisation, les susdits moyens de gerbage et d'emboîtage permettant leur gerbage dans des positions identiques et leur emboîtage dans des positions décalées à 180°, seront préformés par les quatre piliers d'angle formant entretoises entre la ceinture périphérique basse et la ceinture périphérique haute.In the box of the invention according to the first embodiment, the above stacking and nesting means allowing their stacking in identical positions and their nesting in positions offset by 180 °, will be preformed by the four corner pillars forming spacers between the low peripheral belt and the high peripheral belt.
Dans la caisse de l'invention selon le deuxième cas de réalisation, les susdits moyens de gerbage et d'emboîtage constitués par deux volets articulés sur les bords latéraux de la caisse, les susdits piliers d'angle formant entretoises seront préformés pour autoriser que l'emboîtage d'une caisse dans l'autre.In the box of the invention according to the second embodiment, the above stacking and nesting means constituted by two flaps articulated on the lateral edges of the box, the above corner pillars forming spacers will be preformed to allow that the 'fitting one box into the other.
L'invention venant d'être évoquée ci-dessus dans sa forme la plus élémentaire, d'autres caractéristiques et d'autres avantages de la présente invention apparaîtront plus clairement à la lecture de la description qui suit, donnant à titre d'exemple non limitatif et en regard des dessins annexés, divers modes de réalisations d'une caisse d'emballage respectant ces concepts fondamentaux. Sur ces dessins :
- La figure 1 est une vue en perspective d'une caisse selon le premier cas.
- Les figures 1a et 1b sont des vues en perspective agrandies de deux détails du dessin de la figure 1.
- La figure 2 est une vue de côté illustrant le gerbage de deux caisses selon le premier cas.
- La figure 3 est une vue de profil illustrant la juxtaposition des deux caisses selon le premier cas.
- La figure 3a est une vue agrandie d'un détail du dessin de la figure 3.
- La figure 4 est une vue en perspective d'une caisse selon le deuxième cas.
- Les figures 4a, 4b, 4c sont des vues agrandies de trois détails du dessin de la figure 4.
- La figure 5 est une vue en perspective illustrant trois caisses selon le deuxième cas, en position de gerbage et d'emboîtage.
- La figure 5a est une vue agrandie d'un tel détail du dessin de la figure 5.
- La figure 6 est une vue en perspective illustrant le gerbage de deux petites caisses sur une grande caisse du deuxième cas.
- Figure 1 is a perspective view of a box according to the first case.
- Figures 1a and 1b are enlarged perspective views of two details of the drawing in Figure 1.
- Figure 2 is a side view illustrating the stacking of two boxes according to the first case.
- Figure 3 is a side view illustrating the juxtaposition of the two boxes according to the first case.
- FIG. 3a is an enlarged view of a detail of the drawing in FIG. 3.
- Figure 4 is a perspective view of a box according to the second case.
- Figures 4a, 4b, 4c are enlarged views of three details of the drawing of Figure 4.
- Figure 5 is a perspective view illustrating three boxes according to the second case, in stacking and nesting position.
- FIG. 5a is an enlarged view of such a detail of the drawing in FIG. 5.
- Figure 6 is a perspective view illustrating the stacking of two small boxes on a large box of the second case.
Telles qu'illustrées sur les dessins des figures 1 et 6, les caisses référencées I, II dans leur ensemble, sont destinées au transport et au stockage de légumes légers. Chacune de ces caisses adopte la forme d'un parallélépipède rectangle légèrement tronconique, ouvert vers le haut pour assurer le remplissage et le vidage desdites caisses. Elle comprend cinq panneaux ajourés 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 délimitant cinq faces du parallélépipède et définissant la première (référencée 1) le fond de la caisse et les quatre suivantes les parois latérales (2 et 4) et longitudinales (3 et 5) de cette dernière.As illustrated in the drawings of Figures 1 and 6, the boxes referenced I, II as a whole, are intended for the transport and storage of light vegetables. Each of these boxes takes the form of a slightly tapered rectangular parallelepiped, open upwards to fill and empty said boxes. It includes five
La sixième face ouverte (référencée 6) du parallélépipède dont les contours sont délimités par une ceinture périphérique haute 6a délimite une ouverture autorisant le remplissage des légumes sur la face supérieure du panneau de fond 1, les faces internes des panneaux formant parois 2, 3,4 et 5 assurant alors la rétention des légumes sur la hauteur de ladite caisse. Les panneaux 1, 2, 3, 4 et 5 n'assurant qu'un rôle de rétention sont considérablement allégés et réalisés à cet effet dans des lames verticales espacées du type à claire-voie.The sixth open face (referenced 6) of the parallelepiped whose contours are delimited by a high
Selon les dispositions principales de l'invention communes à chaque type de caisse, l'ossature rigide assurant l'indéformabilité de la caisse est formée par une ceinture périphérique basse 1a délimitant les contours du panneaux de fond 1, par la ceinture périphérique haute 6a et par quatre piliers d'angle 7, 8, 9 et 10 formant entretoises. Pour conforter l'indéformabilité de la caisse, la susdite ceinture périphérique haute 6a adoptera la forme d'un rebord recouvrant avec débord les quatre piliers d'angle 7,8 9 et 10.According to the main provisions of the invention common to each type of body, the rigid frame ensuring the undeformability of the body is formed by a low
Selon une caractéristique particulièrement avantageuse de l'invention, illustrée plus en détails sur les dessins des figures 3 et 3a, les caisses de l'invention sont aménagées d'un dispositif de calage réalisé à partir de deux ergots en forme de méplats 11a et 11b qui sont greffés sur la paroi externe d'un des rebords longitudinaux de la ceinture périphérique supérieure 6a. Ces ergots, qui s'étendent parallélement au fond 1 de la caisse sont positionnés à un niveau légèrement inférieur à celui de l'extrémité dudit rebord de manière à autoriser son calage au-dessous du rebord de la caisse contigüe. De préférence, ces deux ergots, 11a et 11b seront positionnés asymétriquement par rapport au centre dudit rebord longitudinal pour éviter un vis-à -vis malencontreux lorsque les deux rebords longitudinaux juxtaposés sont équipés du dispositif de calage de l'invention. De plus, la présence de ces ergots a également un rôle de butée, empêchant les sangles, qui servent à amarrer les caisses, de glisser le long de celles-ci.According to a particularly advantageous characteristic of the invention, illustrated in more detail in the drawings of Figures 3 and 3a, the boxes of the invention are fitted with a wedging device made from two lugs in the form of
La caisse I, du type du premier cas, et telle qu'illustrée sur les dessins des figures 1, 2 et 3, se distingue par ses moyens de gerbage et d'emboîtage constitués par des bossages et des cavités préformés dans les quatre piliers d'angle 7, 8, 9 et 10. Pour ce faire, les piliers d'angle 7 et 8 sont préformés dans leurs ailes s'étendant vers le panneau latéral 2, de cavités 7a et 8a s'ouvrant vers l'intérieur de la caisse, et les piliers 9 et 10 sont préformés dans leurs ailes s'étendant vers le panneau latéral 4, situé en vis-à -vis du panneau latéral 2, de bossages 9a et 10a se dressant vers l'intérieur de la caisse, de telle sorte que lorsque deux caisses I disposées l'une au dessus de l'autre sont dans une position identique (comme représentée sur le dessin de la figure 2), elles s'empilent l'une au-dessus de l'autre. A contrario, lorsque les deux même caisses I sont inversées selon un décalage de 180°, les bossages 9a et 10a des deux caisses pénétrent dans les cavités 7a et 8a en regard, autorisant ainsi l'emboîtement de la caisse supérieure dans la caisse inférieure.Box I, of the type of the first case, and as illustrated in the drawings of FIGS. 1, 2 and 3, is distinguished by its stacking and nesting means constituted by bosses and cavities preformed in the four pillars d '
La ceinture périphérique haute 6a est garnie de tétons 6b positionnés en saillie au voisinage des piliers d'angle 7, 8,9 et 10 et destinés à pénétrer dans des lumières correspondantes 1b (cf. figure 3) pratiquées dans la ceinture périphérique basse 1a (également au voisinage des piliers), qu'elles traversent de part en part pour recevoir les tétons 6b de la caisse supérieure, et ce, quelle que soit la hauteur desdits tétons. Des épaulements, 7b, 8b, 9b, 10b sont façonnés judicieusement sur la susdite ceinture périphérique haute 6a dans le prolongement des susdits piliers d'angles 7, 8, 9 et 10 et autour des susdits tétons 6b. Ces épaulements qui adoptent la forme de deux équerres 7b, 8b au voisinage des cavités 7a et 8a et la forme de deux U 9b et 10b, au voisinage des bossages 9a et 10a sont d'une hauteur plus importante que celle des susdits tétons 6b. Comme on peut le voir en détails sur les dessins des figures 1a et 1b, les parois internes des épaulements en équerre 7b, 8b d'une part et des épaulements en U, 9b, 10b d'autre part, présentent des pans inclinés vers les susdits tétons 6b, de telle sorte qu'ils autorisent la pénétration des tétons dans les susdites lumières 1b de la caisse supérieure, pénétration qui est guidée par le positionnement des parties basses des piliers d'angle, 7, 8, 9 et 10 de la caisse venant s'engager (cf. figure 2), dans un premier temps à l'intérieur des épaulements en équerre 7b et 8b, et dans un deuxième temps, à l'intérieur des épaulements en U, 9b et 10b. Les faces supérieures de ces épaulements 7b, 8b, 9b et 10b définissent donc une surface d'appui beaucoup plus importantes, que celle des pointes des susdits tétons 6b, permettant de supporter sans risque d'autres caisses (en carton) ne s'engageant pas sur lesdits tétons.The upper
La caisse II du type du deuxième cas, et telle qu'illustrée sur les dessins des figures 4, 5 et 6, se distingue par ses susdits moyens de gerbage et d'emboîtage, constitués quant à eux par deux volets 20 et 30 montés articulés (telle que le montre la flèche A de la figure 4a) sur les rebords latéraux de la ceinture périphérique haute 6a, de telle sorte qu'ils puissent se rabattre soit vers l'intérieur parallèlement au fond 1 de la caisse pour autoriser le gerbage d'une caisse supérieure IIa (comme montré sur le dessin de la figure 5), soit vers l'exterieur selon une expansion angulaire de 90° dans le prolongement des parois latérales, dans le sens inverse de la flèche A, pour autoriser l'emboîtage de la caisse II dans une caisse inférieure IIb. La position de ces volets sur les deux parois latérales permet donc le gerbage ou l'emboîtage de la caisse suivante, quelle que soit sa présentation.Box II of the type of the second case, and as illustrated in the drawings of FIGS. 4, 5 and 6, is distinguished by its aforesaid stacking and nesting means, constituted in turn by two
Suivant l'invention, et comme montré plus en détails sur le dessin de la figure 4a illustrant le volet 20 et son articulation, la ligne de pliage obtenue par moulage pour former la charnière nécessaire au mouvement d'articulation A, est façonnée dans le prolongement de la face interne du volet 20 d'une part, et dans le prolongement de la face interne de la paroi latérale 2 d'autre part, afin de limiter lors du rabattement du volet 20 vers l'extérieur (tel que représenté en traits pleins sur le dessin de le figure 4a), un débordement du volet hors de ladite caisse. En effet, en position déployée (cf. figure 4), les volets 20 et 30 se maintiennent dans le prolongement de la paroi latérale (20 ou 30) à laquelle ils sont rattachés. Ainsi, le périmètre de la ceinture haute d'une caisse emboîtée est le même que celui d'une caisse gerbée, permettant d'associer sans inconvénient des piles de caisses gerbées à des piles de caisses emboîtées. Les volets 20 et 30, dressés verticalement, pénètrent à l'intérieur du rebord périphérique 6a d'une caisse supérieure II venant s'empiler sur une caisse IIb comme illustré sur le dessin de la figure 5. A l'inverse, lorsque les volets 20 et 30 sont rabattus (flèche A) en position horizontale, comme c'est le cas pour la caisse II illustrée sur le dessin de la figure 5, ces volets 20 et 30 maintenus retenus dans cette position par les piliers d'angle 7, 8, 9 et 10, définissent une surface d'appui au fond 1 de la caisse IIa venant se gerber dessus. En se reportant au dessin de la figure 4, on notera que la face supérieure de la ceinture périphérique haute 6a au niveau des parois latérales 2 et 4 sur lesquelles sont articulés les volets 20 et 30, est à un niveau plus bas que la face supérieure au niveau des deux autres parois longitudinales 3 et 5, selon une hauteur de dénivellation égale à l'épaisseur des volets 20 et 30, de façon à ce que lesdits volets en position rabattue vers l'intérieur (cf. figure 4a) ne surplombent pas l'ouverture 6 de la caisse. Avantageusement, afin que les volets 20 et 30 puissent se rabattre vers l'intérieur en prenant appui, en partie ou en totalité de leur largeur, sur les extrémités des bords longitudinaux de la ceinture périphérique 6a, la face supérieure de cette dernière, est dénivellée à ses extrémités pour être dans le même plan que la face supérieure des parois latérales 2 et 4. De la sorte, chaque volet en position rabattue vers l'intérieur reposera sur quatre points d'appui, deux au niveau des piliers et deux délimités par les parties en retrait des parois longitudinales 3 et 5.According to the invention, and as shown in more detail in the drawing of FIG. 4a illustrating the
Selon un mode de réalisation préférentielle de l'invention, la face externe des volets 20 et 30 est ménagée d'une rainure longitudinale 21et 31 dans laquelle vient se caler un épaulement longitudinal 1a' (cf. figure 4b) préformé au niveau de la ceinture périphérique basse 1a du fond 1 de la caisse, lequel épaulement est façonné dans le prolongement des parois latérales 2 et 4. Comme on peut le voir sur le dessin de la figure 5a, les rainures 21 et 31 ménagées dans les volets 20 et 30 sont plus larges que l'épaulement 1a' et adoptent en coupe une forme évasée vers le haut pour guider ledit épaulement. En étant plus large que l'épaulement 1a', la rainure (21 ou 31) permet de caler ledit épaulement soit contre son versant interne soit contre son versant externe, offrant de ce fait un jeu permettant de rattraper les différents décalages de l'épaulement en fonction des différentes hauteurs de caisses. Ainsi, tout en gardant le même angle de conicité, il sera possible de gerber des caisses de hauteurs différentes.According to a preferred embodiment of the invention, the external face of the
Selon une caractéristique particulièrement avantageuse de l'invention, la susdite rainure longitudinale 21 ou 31 préformée dans les volets 20 ou 30 est recourbée à ses extrémités de manière à former des retours à angles droits, respectivement 21a et 31a, de telle sorte que lorsque les volets 20 et 30 sont en position rabattue vers l'intérieur, les deux rainures 21 et 31, vues de dessus, dessinent deux C en regard l'un de l'autre. Ces retours 21a et 31a ont pour objet de recevoir en partie l'épaulement 1a' de la ceinture périphérique basse la préformé également au niveau des bords longitudinaux, offrant un calage des caisses gerbées tant longitudinal que latéral.According to a particularly advantageous characteristic of the invention, the aforesaid
Comme illustrée sur le dessin de la figure 6, la configuration particulière en C de ces rainures 21, 31 des volets 20 et 30 a un rôle important pour des grandes caisses IIc dont la largeur est égale à la longueur des petites caisses IIa ou IIb et dont la longueur est égale au double de la largeur des même petites caisses IIa et IIb.As illustrated in the drawing of FIG. 6, the particular configuration in C of these
Ainsi, lorsque les volets 20 et 30 sont dans la position rabattue vers l'intérieur pour la grande caisse IIc, deux petites caisses IIa et IIb peuvent alors être gerbées côte à côte sur la grande caisse IIc. Les épaulements 1a' de la ceinture périphérique basse 1a des petites caisses IIa et IIb pénétrent au niveau de leurs bords longitudinaux dans les rainures longitudinales 21 et 31 de la grande caisse IIc et au niveau des bords latéraux dans les retours (21a et 31a) de ces mêmes rainures. Pour maîtriser cette opération de gerbage de deux petites caisses IIa et IIb sur une grande caisse IIc, cette dernière est pourvue dans ses parois longitudinales 3 et 5 de deux piliers centraux 40 et 50 ménagés sur leur face supérieure, de deux rainures en L, 41 et 42 (n'apparaissant sur le dessin que pour le pilier 40) de telle sorte que les deux branches des L soient l'une et l'autre, parallèles à la rainure longitudinale 21 ou 31 et à ses retours 21a ou 31a.Thus, when the
On comprend que les caisses d'emballage, qui viennent d'être ci-dessus décrites et représentées, l'ont été en vue d'une divulgation plutôt que d'une limitation. Bien entendu, divers aménagements, modifications et améliorations pourront être apportés aux exemples ci-dessus, sans pour autant sortir du cadre de l'invention pris dans ses aspects et dans son esprit les plus larges.It is understood that the packaging cases, which have just been described and shown above, have been for the purpose of disclosure rather than limitation. Of course, various arrangements, modifications and improvements could be made to the above examples, without departing from the scope of the invention taken in its broadest aspects and spirit.
Afin de permettre une meilleure compréhension des dessins, une liste des références avec leurs légendes est ci-après énumérée.
- I
- Caisses du premier cas
- II, IIa, IIb , IIc
- Caisses du deuxième cas
- 1
- Panneau de fond
- 1a
- Ceinture périphérique basse
- 1a'
- Epaulement de la ceinture périphérique basse.
- 1b
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- 2, 4
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- 3, 5
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- 6
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- Rainures préformées dans le pilier central 40.
- Flèche A
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- II, IIa, IIb, IIc
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- 1b
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- 6
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- 6a
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- Corner pillars
- 7a, 8a
- Cavities
- 7b, 8b
- Angled shoulders
- 9a, 10a
- Bosses
- 9b, 10b
- U-shaped shoulders
- 11a, 11b
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- Articulated shutters
- 21, 31
- Grooves
- 21a, 31a
- Returns of
21, 31grooves - 40, 50
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central pillar 40. - Arrow A
- Tilting movement of
20 and 30 towards the inside of the body.flaps
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