EP0586822A2 - Caisse de transport en matière plastique - Google Patents

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EP0586822A2
EP0586822A2 EP93110919A EP93110919A EP0586822A2 EP 0586822 A2 EP0586822 A2 EP 0586822A2 EP 93110919 A EP93110919 A EP 93110919A EP 93110919 A EP93110919 A EP 93110919A EP 0586822 A2 EP0586822 A2 EP 0586822A2
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flap
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Ulrich Prödel
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Stucki Kunststoffwerk und Werkzeugbau GmbH
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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
    • B65D11/00—Containers having bodies formed by interconnecting or uniting two or more rigid, or substantially rigid, components made wholly or mainly of plastics material
    • B65D11/18—Containers having bodies formed by interconnecting or uniting two or more rigid, or substantially rigid, components made wholly or mainly of plastics material collapsible, i.e. with walls hinged together or detachably connected
    • B65D11/182—Containers having bodies formed by interconnecting or uniting two or more rigid, or substantially rigid, components made wholly or mainly of plastics material collapsible, i.e. with walls hinged together or detachably connected comprising two side walls hinged along the sides of a base panel and to an upper frame and two other side walls being hinged only to the upper frame
    • B65D11/1826—Containers having bodies formed by interconnecting or uniting two or more rigid, or substantially rigid, components made wholly or mainly of plastics material collapsible, i.e. with walls hinged together or detachably connected comprising two side walls hinged along the sides of a base panel and to an upper frame and two other side walls being hinged only to the upper frame and one or more side walls being foldable along a median line
    • 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
    • B65D25/00—Details of other kinds or types of rigid or semi-rigid containers
    • B65D25/005—Side walls formed with an aperture or a movable portion arranged to allow removal or insertion of contents

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  • the invention relates to a transport box made of plastic, consisting of a bottom and four side walls, which are connected at their upper edge by an upper frame.
  • Discounters especially in the food sector, often sell their goods from boxes and crates that are left on a pallet in the stack.
  • corrugated cardboard boxes that are stacked on a pallet. These are opened laterally, especially with higher stacks, so that buyers have access to the goods from the side.
  • the corrugated cardboard boxes are opened in such a way that a side wall of the box is cut away with a sharp knife. This makes the corrugated cardboard box unusable for any reuse, which in itself is no longer tragic, since corrugated cardboard boxes are not reused anyway. They are only recycled as fiber raw materials.
  • waste paper and cardboard increase over time, so that their recycling as a fiber raw material is only partially possible.
  • the aim is therefore to use reusable boxes for transport. These are primarily boxes made of plastic, but boxes made of sheet metal could also be considered. If they are made in the usual way, these boxes cannot be opened laterally. Goods can therefore only be removed from the boxes from above. With boxes in the stack, goods can only be removed from the top layer. However, the top layer of boxes is usually so high that smaller people, primarily women, cannot get into the boxes in the stack from above.
  • the invention avoids the disadvantages shown and the disadvantages of the prior art. It is the object of the invention to provide a box which can be produced primarily from plastic and which allows an orderly lateral removal of the goods when the transport box is in the stack.
  • the invention consists in that an opening is provided in at least one side wall, which can be closed by a flap, that means for fastening, fastening and / or closing the flap are arranged on the side wall and / or the upper frame and / or the floor that laterally projecting guide pins are arranged on the upper edge or on the lower edge of the flap, that storage space is provided for the flap under the floor, in the upper frame or in the lid, and that under the floor, in the upper frame or in the lid parallel guide rails for guiding the Pins on the flap are provided.
  • the flap for the lateral box opening can be stowed away in a simple manner so that it does not hinder the removal of goods from other transport boxes in the same stack.
  • the flap is captively attached to the transport box, it can only be moved in two positions, an open position in which it is located in the storage space, and a closed position in which it closes the box opening for the transport of the goods.
  • the storage space for the flap can be located at three locations as required, under the floor of the transport box, in the upper frame or in a lid that closes the transport box.
  • the side wall is provided with lateral limiting ribs which carry parts of fastening devices which engage in further parts of the fastening devices which are provided on the edge of the opening or on ribs on the edge of the opening.
  • the fastening devices consist of pegs on the one hand and elongated holes with a lateral insertion slot for the associated peg on the other hand.
  • the guide pins arranged on the end edge of the flap and running in the guide rails have to be raised above the position in which the flap is stowed under the floor, in which they rest when the flap is closed, it is expedient if the guide rails on their in the parts lying in the buffer-like projections are drawn in a quarter circle towards the center plane of the box and are closed at the end here. The same is also useful if the flap is stowed inside the upper frame or inside the lid. In this case, the bearing pins of the cover are raised from their rest position to the level of the guide rails running horizontally in the cover or in the upper frame, around the To be able to detach the flap from the locking pin.
  • the upper edge of the flap is provided with a rib which projects beyond the sides of the flap on at least one side, and if the projecting end of this rib is provided with an opening into which a engages fastener fastened to the box.
  • This rib can also serve to seal the flap of the transport box: If the rib protrudes at least on one side beyond the sides of the flap and the protruding end of this rib is provided with an opening for pulling a sealing wire through, the sealing wire can pass through a further opening be guided in the side wall or in a projection of the side wall.
  • the closure can be realized in a simple manner in that it consists of at least one resilient pin which extends through the opening in the rib in the closed state and that the pin has a lateral projection which engages behind the rib.
  • the flap can be inserted into guide rails which are arranged in the lid or in the upper frame if the guide pins running in the guide rails are arranged at the upper end of the flap if ribs are arranged on the sides of the flap with elongated holes opened inwards at the lower end, which overlap pins arranged on the side wall when the flap is closed if a rib is arranged at the lower end of the flap with an opening into which a closure fits.
  • the invention can also be realized on a collapsible transport box which is made up of two oppositely arranged side walls which are foldable parallel to the floor and which are fastened to the frame with their lower edge via joints on the floor and with their upper edge via joints to the frame, and from two further one-piece side walls , which are attached with their upper edge to the frame via joints and are attached with their lower edge to the floor by means of catches and stops, the one-piece side walls supporting the foldable side walls from the inside when the box is open.
  • the one-piece side wall is designed as a frame which surrounds the opening which can be closed by the flap.
  • the transport box consists of a base 1, two longitudinal side walls 2 and end side walls 3 and an upper frame 4 which combines the side walls at their upper edge. As shown in FIG. 3, the end side wall 3 has an opening 5 which can be closed by the flap 6.
  • This flap 6 has on its lower edge two laterally protruding bearing pins 7, which are displaceable between guide rails 9 running under the floor 1. These guide rails are attached to the inside of spars 9, between which the bottom 1 extends. These spars 9 protrude a little way over the end wall 6 like a buffer. In this buffer-like projection 10, the guide rails 8 are pulled upwards in a quarter circle and closed at the top, so that the bearing pins 7 cannot be pulled out of the guide rails.
  • the flap 6 has lateral ribs 11, in which elongated holes 12 are arranged, which are open through a lateral recess 13 on the side facing the inside of the box, so that pins 14 can enter the elongated hole.
  • pins 14 are arranged on ribs 15, which laterally limit the opening 5 in the end wall 3.
  • the pins 14 and the elongated holes 12 with their recesses 13 form a closure for the flap 6 when it is in the position in which it closes the opening 5.
  • a rib 16 is arranged on the upper edge of the flap 6, which is expediently designed like a handle.
  • This rib 16 protrudes on both sides beyond the side edges of the flap 6.
  • These two parts of the rib 16 projecting beyond the side edge of the flap 6 are each provided with a hole.
  • a lock reaches through the hole on the left.
  • This closure consists of two pins 18, which stand on a bracket 17 and each have a projection 19 directed outwards. These projections 19 engage behind the edge of the opening in the rib 16.
  • the two pins 18 must be pressed together so that the projections 19 come to rest in the opening, then the rib 16 can be held with the other hand and pull the flap 6 up with it by the required distance, which is necessary so that the bearing pins 14 can emerge from the recesses 13 in the elongated holes 12.
  • a projection 20 is arranged, which also has a hole.
  • the wire 21, which is secured by the seal 22, is pulled through the hole in the rib 16 and the hole in the projection 20.
  • the flap 6 is stowed below the bottom 3. It lies entirely below the base 3 and, with its end carrying the rib 16, rests on projections 23 which hold it against falling out of its stowed position.
  • a collapsible box is shown in the embodiment of FIGS. 5 to 8.
  • This consists of an upper frame 24 and a lower frame 25, in which the bottom 26 is fastened.
  • the longitudinal side walls 27 and the end side walls 28 are articulated between the upper frame 24 and the lower frame 25.
  • the upper part of the longitudinal side wall 27 is connected to the lower part of the longitudinal side wall by means of the joint 29.
  • the lower part of the longitudinal side wall 27 is connected to the lower frame 2 by means of an invisible joint, while the upper part of the longitudinal side wall 27 is connected to the upper frame 24 by means of an invisible joint.
  • the upper frame 24 has recesses 30 as handle holes.
  • the front side wall 28 is designed as a frame, which is formed in one piece from two side rails, an upper rail, which is connected to the upper frame via articulated joints and a lower rail. These four bars enclose the opening 5. This can be closed by the flap 6.
  • the box is closed at the top by a lid 31.
  • the guide rails 32 for the bearing pin 7 of the flap 6. These are pulled down a bit at their front end so that the closing process of the flap 6 can take place, in which the locking pin 14 engages in elongated holes 12 which pass through a recess 13 are opened towards the interior of the box. These recesses 13 are located at the lower end of the elongated holes 12. If the journals 14 are inserted into the elongated holes 12, the flap automatically falls into its closed position by gravity.
  • a pair of pins 18 with lateral projections 19 are arranged on the lower frame 25, which pass through an opening in the rib 33 designed as a handle on the lower edge of the closure flap 6.
  • holes can be provided for pulling through a sealing wire.
  • the guide rails 32 are accommodated in the upper frame 24.

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EP93110919A 1992-09-09 1993-07-08 Caisse de transport en matière plastique Expired - Lifetime EP0586822B1 (fr)

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DE4229802A DE4229802C2 (de) 1992-09-09 1992-09-09 Transportkasten aus Kunststoff
DE4229802 1992-09-09

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EP0586822A2 true EP0586822A2 (fr) 1994-03-16
EP0586822A3 EP0586822A3 (fr) 1994-11-30
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EP0619237A2 (fr) * 1993-04-05 1994-10-12 Stucki Kunststoffwerk und Werkzeugbau GmbH. Caisse de transport
FR2774661A1 (fr) * 1998-02-10 1999-08-13 Atlas Sa Conteneur repliable pour le stockage d'objets tels que des panneaux d'habillage de portieres d'automobiles
FR2842787A1 (fr) * 2002-07-29 2004-01-30 Allibert Equipement Bac de manutention pliable et gerbable
CN107187701A (zh) * 2017-06-20 2017-09-22 安徽省安国渔具有限公司 一种便携式渔网收取装置
EP3816063A1 (fr) * 2019-10-28 2021-05-05 Schoeller Allibert GmbH Récipient de préparation de commande

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US3870185A (en) * 1972-06-05 1975-03-11 Pinckney Molded Plastics Collapsible container
US4176747A (en) * 1976-09-29 1979-12-04 Sarvis Oy Stackable crates
EP0484718A1 (fr) * 1990-11-07 1992-05-13 Fritz Schäfer Gesellschaft mit beschränkter Haftung Boîte empilable en métal

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EP0619237A2 (fr) * 1993-04-05 1994-10-12 Stucki Kunststoffwerk und Werkzeugbau GmbH. Caisse de transport
EP0619237A3 (fr) * 1993-04-05 1995-04-05 Stucki Kunststoffwerk Caisse de transport.
FR2774661A1 (fr) * 1998-02-10 1999-08-13 Atlas Sa Conteneur repliable pour le stockage d'objets tels que des panneaux d'habillage de portieres d'automobiles
WO1999041154A1 (fr) * 1998-02-10 1999-08-19 Atlas S.A. Conteneur repliable pour le stockage de panneaux d'habillage de portieres d'automobiles
FR2842787A1 (fr) * 2002-07-29 2004-01-30 Allibert Equipement Bac de manutention pliable et gerbable
EP1386847A1 (fr) * 2002-07-29 2004-02-04 Allibert Equipement Bac de manutention pliable et gerbable
CN107187701A (zh) * 2017-06-20 2017-09-22 安徽省安国渔具有限公司 一种便携式渔网收取装置
EP3816063A1 (fr) * 2019-10-28 2021-05-05 Schoeller Allibert GmbH Récipient de préparation de commande

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EP0586822B1 (fr) 1997-03-26
EP0586822A3 (fr) 1994-11-30
DE4229802C2 (de) 1996-09-19

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