EP0610870A1 - Récipient de transport ayant au moins deux parois basculantes - Google Patents

Récipient de transport ayant au moins deux parois basculantes Download PDF

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EP0610870A1
EP0610870A1 EP94101848A EP94101848A EP0610870A1 EP 0610870 A1 EP0610870 A1 EP 0610870A1 EP 94101848 A EP94101848 A EP 94101848A EP 94101848 A EP94101848 A EP 94101848A EP 0610870 A1 EP0610870 A1 EP 0610870A1
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Horst Banaskiwitz
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Berolina Kunststoff GmbH and Co KG
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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
    • B65D21/068—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 consisting of walls or parts thereof, i.e. deformable containers

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  • the invention relates to a transport container, in particular made of plastic, with at least two pivotable walls.
  • Transport containers with rigid, vertical walls can be stacked on top of each other when filled, e.g. B. the well-known bottle crates. However, if they are empty, they need the same stacking space as when they are full.
  • containers with sloping walls are known which can be stacked (nested) to save space when unfilled, because an upper container is almost completely immersed in an empty container underneath. These containers are not very suitable for packaging cuboid goods.
  • collapsible containers are known, in which all four walls can be pivoted, but can be folded over and folded onto the container base.
  • these containers When folded, these containers can be stacked with little space, but are in the opened state however, they are not so stable that many filled containers, such as bottle crates, can be stacked on top of one another. These folding containers are also cumbersome to handle and require a very complex tool technology.
  • the invention has for its object to improve the usability of a transport container with at least two pivotable walls.
  • This object is achieved according to the invention in that the size of the container bottom can be changed and that the lower edge of at least the pivotable container walls is connected to the edge of the container bottom and follows this when the size of the bottom surface is changed, so that the wall is reduced when the bottom surface is reduced Oblique position, assumes a vertical position when enlarged.
  • the invention has the advantage that the container, when its pivotable walls are vertical, has a high stability when filled, so that many filled containers can be stacked on top of one another.
  • the container when its pivotable walls are vertical, has a high stability when filled, so that many filled containers can be stacked on top of one another.
  • the previously vertical walls can be inclined by reducing the floor area, so that the container has an approximately trapezoidal cross-sectional shape and can therefore be stacked in a space-saving manner as the known containers, in which an upper container is almost completely in the submerged container below.
  • the invention can also be implemented in containers in which all four walls are pivotally mounted and the bottom surface can be changed not only in a dimension perpendicular to the pivotable walls, but in both dimensions.
  • the container base has at least one section which extends from edge to edge and which can be removed from the base surface. This removal of the section can, if the section is loose, e.g. B. rests on pads arranged on the edge of adjacent floor sections, by removing this section. In other embodiments of the invention, however, this section is pivotally mounted on the adjacent floor section about an axis running parallel to the pivotable walls, so that this section can be removed from the floor surface by folding up or folding over, for example by 180 °.
  • This embodiment has the advantage that the container has no loose parts.
  • the free edge of the section can be supported on supports which are provided on the bottom section which is adjacent to the free edge of the section.
  • two such sections can also be provided in the surface of the container bottom.
  • these sections are not only on the adjacent bottom sections pivotally mounted, but they are pivotally connected to each other about a further axis parallel to the pivotable walls. When the floor area is reduced, these sections are at right angles to the floor. You can also form a stop for the bottom of the container stacked above it, which then only dips into the container below until it comes to rest on these two raised sections.
  • the two sections can also only assume a roof-shaped position with a reduced bottom surface, so that the bottom of the stacked container is also tight in this area rests and therefore the space requirement of the stacked containers is small.
  • connection between the lower edge of the pivotable walls and adjacent floor sections can be designed to be pivotable.
  • the entire container bottom can only be formed from two sections, which turn up like a roof when the bottom surface is reduced.
  • the container base is in one piece, but is only articulated on a pivotable wall, so that the container base as a whole can be pivoted up by a certain angle, which allows the pivotable walls to be inclined.
  • Devices are then provided which hold the bottom of the container or the individual sections when the bottom forms a flat, horizontal surface, the base in this position so that it can absorb the load of the filling material.
  • the lower one Edge of the pivoting walls rigidly and at right angles to the adjacent portion of the floor surface. If the walls are swiveled inwards into the inclined position, these floor sections also experience a movement into an inclined position with the same swivel angle.
  • an embodiment of the invention is particularly advantageous in which the inclined walls also have a rigid connection to the bottom surface and are therefore also divided in two if the bottom surface is divided, with a slot running in the middle of the inclined walls Upper end has a joint that connects the two halves of the wall sections running at right angles to the pivot axes in the container bottom.
  • This embodiment in which all four walls are rigidly connected to sections of the container base, is characterized by particularly good stability.
  • the planes of the wall halves can also be offset from one another, so that in one end position of the swiveling movement the wall halves are partially one above the other.
  • strips are provided on the upper edge of the container. These can serve, for example, to reinforce the walls and / or as handles.
  • the pivot axes can be formed by joints arranged on the edges of the container bottom, but they can also be realized by hinges extending from edge to edge of the container bottom.
  • these hinges can be formed by film hinges. This has the advantage that if the entire container is made of plastic, these film hinges in the manufacture of the container, for. B. a bottle crate, can be provided in the injection mold, so that they are manufactured in one operation with the container.
  • the invention can be implemented particularly easily in containers in which two walls are already inclined and the other two walls can be pivoted into a vertical and an inclined position.
  • the invention can also be implemented in embodiments in which all four container walls can be pivoted both into a vertical position and into an oblique position.
  • the container bottom has devices with which it can be reduced in the two surface dimensions, for example intersecting bottom slots, z. B. in that embodiment in which the container bottom can be reduced by removing sections.
  • a recess is provided where the swivel axes intersect, which allows the floor sections to be folded up in both directions.
  • the container has two mutually opposite pivotable walls 1 and 2, which are rigidly connected at right angles to sections 3 and 4 of the container bottom. Between the bottom sections 3 and 4 there are relatively narrow bottom sections 5 and 6, the section 5 being connected to the bottom section 3 via a film hinge 7 and the section 6 being connected to the bottom section 4 via a film hinge 8. Sections 5 and 6 are connected to one another via a further film hinge 9. In the position shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, the walls 1 and 2 are in their vertical pivot position. 1 have two in-plane sections 11 and 12 or 13 and 14, which are separated by a slot 15 between the wall sections 11 and 12 and 16 between the wall sections 13 and 14 .
  • the slots 15 and 16 widen from top to bottom, the edges of these slots approximately adjoin the edges of the bottom sections 3 and 4 adjacent to the bottom sections 5 and 6.
  • the walls 11, 12 and 13, 14 are rigidly connected to the bottom sections 3 and 4, but not at right angles, but at an angle which keeps these walls 11, 12, 13, 14 in an inclined position, which can be seen in FIG. 7 and is convenient for stacking empty containers together.
  • the bottom sections 3 to 6 are therefore by the dimension 10 shorter than the corresponding clear dimension at the top of the container which are above the walls 11 to 14 laterally projecting handle strips 17 and 18.
  • the entire container, including the film hinges, is injection molded from plastic. If the film hinge 9 is moved upwards in the direction of the arrow 19 and the bottom sections 5 and 6 are pivoted about the hinges 7 and 8 into the interior of the container, the sections 5 and 6 lie against one another by pivoting around the film hinge 9 by 90 ° and protrude upwards, as shown in FIG. 3.
  • the box bottom is thus shortened by the width of the sections 5 and 6, overall by the dimension designated by 20 in FIG. 2, and the slot 15 to 16 closes, its edges move towards one another in the direction of the arrows 21 and 22.
  • the pivot axes 23 and 24 do not necessarily have to be realized by a joint, usually it will suffice that the grip strips 17 and 18 bend around these joint axes 23 and 24, preferably against a spring force counteracting the bending of these plastic strips, which endeavors to create the side walls 1 and 2 again to pivot back into the vertical position shown in Fig. 1.
  • this spring force is only so great that it does not hinder stacking the empty containers into one another and removing the containers from such a stack.
  • a stack of filled containers is also possible in the container according to the invention, because in the position shown in FIG. 1 the walls 1 and 2 run vertically, as is the case here Fig. 4 shows. It is irrelevant that the other side walls 11, 12, 13, 14 always run obliquely by the dimension 10 required for stacking one into the other.
  • the pivot position of the walls 1 and 2 required for stacking is fixed in that a groove 25 is provided on the outer edges of the container bottom on its underside at least in the region of the walls 1 and 2, which groove fits into the upper edge 26 of the next lower container engages (Fig. 4 and 5).
  • grip strips 40 are provided on edges 41 (FIGS. 8 and 9) which engage in grooves 25 when stacked, these extend so far below the upper edge 26 that they place the bottom of the next upper container and thus insert the upper one Edge 26, 41 in the bottom groove 25 do not hinder.
  • the embodiment of the invention shown in the diagram in FIG. 8 differs from the embodiment described above in that the box bottom can be shortened in two directions perpendicular to one another by the same means as in the previous embodiment. All walls of this container therefore run vertically in the position shown in FIG. 8. In the middle of the floor there is a recess 30 which allows the floor sections 31, 32 and the floor sections 33 and 34 running at right angles to them to pivot up into the position shown in FIG. 9.
  • all wall sections adjoining the floor sections 35 to 38 can therefore be rigidly and perpendicularly connected to the floor sections, but embodiments are also conceivable in which only one of the two wall sections running at right angles to one another has a floor section rigid and is connected at right angles, whereas the other wall section is separated from the floor section by a joint 39.
  • all-round grip strips 40 are arranged at a distance from the upper edge 41 of the container.
  • the planes of the wall halves 11, 12 can also be offset with respect to one another, so that in one end position of the pivoting movement the wall halves 11, 12 are partially one above the other and the slot 15 does not need to widen downwards.
  • Fig. 10 shows an embodiment of the invention in which the outer pivot axes 42, 43 and the corresponding pivot axes leading to the other walls are not perpendicular to the wall but at an angle 44 which is greater than one in the illustrated embodiment right angle is.
  • these pivot axes 42 and 43 run at an angle to the adjacent wall that is smaller than a right one.
  • there is a recess 30 in the middle of the base which in the present case, in which the angle 44 is larger than a right one, is smaller than in the embodiment according to FIG. 8.
  • This embodiment of the invention has the advantage that that the kinematics of the whole arrangement is simpler and allows the designer more freedom in the dimensioning and arrangement of the individual parts of the container and the hinges, in particular the film hinges.

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EP0712788A1 (fr) * 1994-11-17 1996-05-22 Schoeller-Plast S.A. Récipient, en particulier récipient réutilisable
FR2909033A1 (fr) * 2006-11-24 2008-05-30 Maped Soc Par Actions Simplifi Element range-revue juxtaposable et empilable
FR2909584A1 (fr) * 2006-12-08 2008-06-13 Maped Soc Par Actions Simplifi Bannette a courrier emboitable et empilable
CN106742521A (zh) * 2017-04-01 2017-05-31 陈烁 折角式果蔬周转筐
CN106829123A (zh) * 2017-04-01 2017-06-13 陈烁 果蔬周转筐
CN111670146A (zh) * 2017-11-14 2020-09-15 舒乐埃丽伯特有限公司 可扩展容器和包括这种容器的系统

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GB1261883A (en) * 1967-12-22 1972-01-26 Thermo Plastics Ltd Improvements in containers
US3700137A (en) * 1971-01-20 1972-10-24 Polygon Concepts Produce shipping container
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EP0712788A1 (fr) * 1994-11-17 1996-05-22 Schoeller-Plast S.A. Récipient, en particulier récipient réutilisable
FR2909033A1 (fr) * 2006-11-24 2008-05-30 Maped Soc Par Actions Simplifi Element range-revue juxtaposable et empilable
FR2909584A1 (fr) * 2006-12-08 2008-06-13 Maped Soc Par Actions Simplifi Bannette a courrier emboitable et empilable
CN106742521A (zh) * 2017-04-01 2017-05-31 陈烁 折角式果蔬周转筐
CN106829123A (zh) * 2017-04-01 2017-06-13 陈烁 果蔬周转筐
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