EP0650899A2 - Palette repliable - Google Patents

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EP0650899A2
EP0650899A2 EP94116954A EP94116954A EP0650899A2 EP 0650899 A2 EP0650899 A2 EP 0650899A2 EP 94116954 A EP94116954 A EP 94116954A EP 94116954 A EP94116954 A EP 94116954A EP 0650899 A2 EP0650899 A2 EP 0650899A2
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Lothar Schmidt
Michael W. Luib
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Holzindustrie Fuerst Zu Fuerstenberg KG
Volkswagen AG
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  • the invention relates to a container according to the preamble of claim 1.
  • Such containers are known as reusable transport containers in the form of small containers and are designed for multiple circulation in materials management. They have a floor in the form of a continuous base plate or a slatted arrangement on which a flat-lay structure can be placed.
  • the structure is designed as a so-called folding frame, i. H. the longitudinal and end walls are hinged together, for example by means of bands, so that the structure is held together, but folded for the purpose of space-saving return transport and can be placed flat on the floor.
  • the two end walls are designed to be divided and also held together by a hinge-like band, so that the structure, when folded and placed on the floor, does not protrude from the outside.
  • the invention has for its object to provide a container of the type mentioned, which avoids the disadvantages described and therefore has a high inherent stability, quick and easy to set up or lay flat and is inexpensive to manufacture.
  • the container should be stackable and suitable for transport routes even under harsh conditions, such as sea transport.
  • the invention is based on the idea of equipping the floor all around with a floor frame, against which the foldable walls of the structure are brought into contact in the erected state, and furthermore the floor frame has inward-facing latching elements, which have correspondingly designed, on the walls of the Structure attached snap receptacles are engaged. This ensures that the structure in the floor area is stabilized. This is achieved by resting on the floor frame and by the locking elements that provide additional support. By appropriate dimensioning of the fits that occur, it is e.g. B. possible in a preferred embodiment in wood to connect the structure by light press fit in an extremely stable position with the floor. An approximately automatic buckling of the structure along the articulated connections in the unfilled or only partially filled state of the container is thereby reliably prevented.
  • the set-up times of the container according to the invention are significantly reduced compared to known solutions, since only the structure lying flat on the floor within the Unfold the outline of the floor and bring it to the inner plant on the floor frame. This installation or laying down is easy and uncomplicated, even without instruction, by unfamiliar persons. When the return transport is empty, no individual parts can be lost, and the flat construction can be clamped between the floor and its locking elements. This prevents rattling and slipping.
  • the high stability enables problem-free stacking of several containers on top of one another.
  • a preferred embodiment of the invention has a pallet-like undercarriage construction which is offset inwards from the floor outline. This enables the containers to be stacked in a particularly non-slip manner.
  • the undercarriage construction can also be designed flush with the floor outline and have additional fixing elements for securing the transport.
  • the locking elements are designed as pins, which are designed, for example, as a cylindrical dowel or cuboid, and the locking receptacles are designed as corresponding bores or openings.
  • the pins and openings angles with corresponding slots can also be used if necessary.
  • angle fittings can be placed on the corners of the floor frame, onto which the structure is slid in the erected state with corresponding, obliquely arranged slots.
  • a preferred embodiment has two openings along the longitudinal walls of the structure and corresponding pins configured as cylindrical dowels on the base frame, while the end walls are free of locking elements.
  • the container according to the invention can have an attachment frame which essentially corresponds to the outline of the floor.
  • This is preferably designed as an L-shaped, metallic angle, which lies flush on the outside of the floor frame in the flat state of the structure.
  • the mounting frame has retaining tabs projecting towards the floor, which engage behind the floor frame. In the erected state of the superstructure, this mounting frame is placed on the longitudinal or end walls from above, the retaining tabs encompassing the superstructure from the outside and thereby drastically increasing the stability, particularly against bulging.
  • the holding tabs can be in the area of the corners of the support frame as angled corner tabs be executed and along the walls of the structure as guide tabs.
  • some of the retaining tabs can be arranged on the mounting frame such that they are pushed inwards from above onto the walls of the mounting frame after the structure has been completely set up, thereby securely preventing the walls from buckling outwards or inwards is prevented.
  • Such retaining tabs which surround the walls on both sides and are offset from one another are preferably arranged in the region of the articulated connection of adjacent walls of the structure.
  • this mounting frame has locking elements on the retaining tabs which engage in corresponding locking receptacles of the corresponding body wall. These locking elements or receptacles are comparable to the locking elements or receptacles arranged close to the floor.
  • the mounting frame is placed on the structure that has not yet been fully unfolded but has already been erected, and then the structure is fully unfolded.
  • the inside of the base frame has recesses made as milled recesses, into which the retaining tabs engage when the attachment frame is placed on it. With this, the mounting frame is fixed in its position clearly and non-slip.
  • the walls adjoining each other at the folded edges are provided with grooves in which a flexible band is inserted.
  • This can be easily fixed in the grooves by clamping, gluing or by staples.
  • the grooves can additionally be provided with a groove cover at their two ends.
  • the container according to the invention is advantageously a lidless transport container of high static and dynamic load capacity, which has extremely short set-up times. It has a maximum of three handling parts, the bottom, the structure and, if applicable, the mounting frame, which are all captive. It is particularly suitable for Larger dimensions, preferably for a so-called Euro pallet. Such a container can thus advantageously be placed and stacked in common high-bay warehouses, on roller conveyors or in other larger containers.
  • the extremely small folded dimensions when folded, for example, enables the arrangement of approx. 25 percent more containers in a standard 40-foot container than in known designs.
  • FIGS. 1A and 1B, 2 and 5 to 9B the first embodiment of a container 1 is explained on the basis of various stages during construction, as is shown in FIGS. 1A and 1B, 2 and 5 to 9B.
  • the container 1 has a bottom 2 to which an undercarriage construction 3 is attached. It serves to capture and transport the container 1 (in a manner not shown here) with the fork of a forklift truck or hand pallet truck. Its basic dimensions therefore correspond approximately to those of a so-called Euro pallet, so that there is full compatibility with the widespread Euro pallets in terms of logistics.
  • the undercarriage construction consists of two rows of blocks 31, 32, of which two corner blocks 32 attached in the corner area are stabilized by a connecting block 33 with a support block 31 located in between.
  • this is not completely flush with the floor 2, but runs set back a bit inside. It is thus matched to a mounting frame 6 in such a way that it can be used when stacked on top of one another and is thus secured against lateral displacement.
  • a floor frame 4 is placed flush with the outside. It consists of two transverse slats 42 and two longitudinal slats 43 which are attached to the base plate 21 so as to be flush with the outside.
  • the base frame 4 carries the pins 45 serving as locking elements. In this embodiment, two pins 45 are spaced apart and attached to the longitudinal batten 43 pointing inwards.
  • a structure 5 (FIG. 5) can be placed on the floor 2 and is formed by end walls 51 and by longitudinal walls 53.
  • the end walls 51 are divided and consist of the two partial walls 51a, 51b. All walls 51a, 51b, 53 are connected to one another in a hinge-like manner, so that the structure 5 is designed to be foldable overall. It is thus possible to fold the structure 5 by folding the partial walls 51a and 51b inward and to lay it flat on the floor 2 or to set it up and bring it into contact with the floor frame 4 from the inside.
  • the structure 5 is placed flat on the floor 2 in the folded state and does not exceed the area circumscribed by the floor frame 4.
  • the height of the slats 42, 43 is selected so that when the structure 5 is laid flat on the floor 2, it at least slightly projects above it. This allows another container 1 to be placed, so that its undercarriage structure 3 can rest on the floor frame 4 or on the mounting frame 6 placed thereon, without touching the structure 5 lying flat within the floor frame 4.
  • FIGS. 1A and 1B Such a situation is shown in FIGS. 1A and 1B, in which two containers 1 with a flat structure 5 (not visible) are stacked on top of one another.
  • the undercarriage 3 of the upper container 1 is inserted into the mounting frame 6 of the container 1 underneath, so that both containers 1 are exactly aligned.
  • All assemblies of container 1, ie floor frame 4, mounting frame 6, and undercarriage construction 3 are chosen in their dimensions so that they do not protrude the floor 2 outwards at any point, and thus the standardized external dimensions are nowhere exceeded.
  • a single container 1 can be seen in FIG. 2, in which the mounting frame 6 rests on the base frame 4.
  • On the mounting frame 6 attached formed as corner tabs 65 and guide tabs 66 retaining tabs 62 are on the inner sides 42b, 43b ( Figure 5) of the Cross battens 42 and longitudinal battens 43.
  • the mounting frame 6 also consists of a circumferential profile 61, which is L-shaped in cross section and can thus take over the lateral fixation of the undercarriage construction 3 of another container 1.
  • Figures 3 and 4 show a modification of the first embodiment.
  • the undercarriage construction 3 is designed to be flush with the floor 2 or the floor frame 4 and for fixing containers stacked one inside the other carries inward-moving fixing elements 34 on the undercarriage construction 3.
  • the latching elements are designed as cuboid pins 45a which engage in the corresponding state of the structure 5 according to FIG. 4 in the corresponding latching receptacles designed as rectangular openings 55a.
  • Figure 3 illustrates how the flat folded structure 5 between the bottom 2 and pin 45a of a longitudinal slat 43 is fixed pushed.
  • the mounting frame 6 is removed so that the structure 5 can be placed on the base plate 21.
  • the structure 5 is still partially folded, i.e. H. the partial walls 51a, 51b are not yet aligned with a continuous end wall 51.
  • two openings 55 which are designed as bores and are aligned with two pins 45, can be seen.
  • Four of these pins 45 are attached to the base frame 4, two pins 45 being attached to the longitudinal slats 43 spaced apart.
  • the structure 5 is completely set up, the end walls 51 and the longitudinal walls 53 each being brought to bear against the inner sides 42b, 43b of the slats 42, 43 in the lower region.
  • the pins 45 are inserted into the holes, so that the structure is fixed in relation to the floor frame 4.
  • the mounting frame 6 (FIGS. 7A to 7E) is placed on the end walls 51 and longitudinal walls 53 from above.
  • the corner plates 65 and guide plates 66 are guided on the outside on the end walls 51 and longitudinal walls 53, as shown in FIG. 8.
  • a deflection of the structure 5 to the outside as a result of loading by further, attached containers 1 or by bulk goods-like transport goods within the structure 5 is thus avoided, since all walls are guided both through the mounting frame 6 at the top and also through the base frame 4 at the bottom.
  • FIGS. 9A and 9B show two containers 1 stacked on top of one another in the erected state.
  • the latching element is designed as an angle 46. It consists of a tongue 46a which is directed inwards and is intended to engage in a slot 56 which is made in the longitudinal wall 53.
  • the second leg of the angle 46 is designed as a fastening leg 46b, which allows the angle 46 to be placed on the longitudinal batten 43 from the outside and screwed to the outside 43a thereof.
  • This type of attachment is simpler and less expensive than the attachment of the pins 45, 45a of the variant described above.
  • the third exemplary embodiment shown in FIGS. 16A to 24B is again in broad agreement with the two variants described above.
  • the latching elements are designed as angle fittings 47.
  • the floor frame 4 carries such an angle fitting 47 at each corner, which is placed and screwed from above in the corner area between the crossbar 42 and the longitudinal crossbar 43.
  • the angle fitting 47 further comprises the crossbar 42 and the longitudinal bar 43 on the outer sides 42a, 43a and is furthermore on the upper sides 42c, 43c, so that it also has a stabilizing effect on the base frame 4.
  • a slot 57 is made in the corner area of the end wall 51 and the longitudinal wall 53, which is cut diagonally and is therefore matched to the angle fitting 47.
  • the structure 5b is thus positioned and fixed in its corner area.
  • FIG. 21 shows a view from above.
  • the end wall 51 and the longitudinal wall 53 are pushed relatively far into the angle fitting 47, so that a large contact surface is formed.
  • FIG. 21 also illustrates the articulated connection along a folded edge between the end wall 51 and the longitudinal wall 53.
  • a groove 51c, 53c is milled continuously from top to bottom in both walls, into which a band 50 is inserted. It is fastened in the grooves 51c, 53c in a manner not shown here, so that it cannot slide out.
  • the grooves 51c, 53c are provided with groove covers 52, 54 which are fitted onto the walls 51, 53 from above and below.
  • this type of connection is equally suitable for the two embodiment variants of the container 1 described above, with an extremely high-quality finish being achievable as a departure from the previous nailed-on walls.
  • the mounting frame 6a shown in FIGS. 22A to 22E is designed differently from the above embodiments. Thus, it has no corner tabs of the type of the corner tabs 65 described above, but only guide tabs 66, three guide tabs 66 being assigned to each of the sides.
  • the omission of corner brackets is based on the fact that when fitting onto the base frame 4 in the corner area, the angle fittings 47 are attached, so that these points are eliminated as supports for the mounting frame 6.
  • the mounting frame 6 can each have, for example, one, two or three guide tabs 66 along the end wall 51 or the longitudinal wall 53.
  • FIG. 25 illustrates how the mounting frame 6 rests with its profile 61 on the upper side 43c of the base frame 4 when the structure 5 is laid flat.
  • the bottom frame 4 carries on its inside recesses 48, in which the retaining tabs 62 engage.
  • dash-dotted lines a longitudinal wall 53 is shown with the mounting frame 6 then removed and the structure 5 set up, the pin 45 engaging in the opening 55.
  • the mounting frame 6 can, in order to further stabilize the container 1 to prevent the end walls 51 or longitudinal walls 53 from buckling or buckling, in addition to the holding tabs 62 already described, further holding tabs 62 offset inwards. These engage behind the structure 5 from the inside, so that buckling approximately along a folded edge of the structure is reliably prevented.
  • FIG. 26 shows the profile 61 of the mounting frame 6 with the guide tab 66.
  • a dash-dotted line shows a longitudinal wall 53 of the erected structure 5.
  • the mounting frame 6 carries locking elements 67 designed as bolts 68, which engage in corresponding locking receptacles 58 of the end walls 51 or longitudinal walls 53 of the structure 5.

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