EP0697341B1 - Behälter mit dreifacher Stapelmöglichkeit - Google Patents

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EP0697341B1
EP0697341B1 EP95114080A EP95114080A EP0697341B1 EP 0697341 B1 EP0697341 B1 EP 0697341B1 EP 95114080 A EP95114080 A EP 95114080A EP 95114080 A EP95114080 A EP 95114080A EP 0697341 B1 EP0697341 B1 EP 0697341B1
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65D—CONTAINERS FOR STORAGE OR TRANSPORT OF ARTICLES OR MATERIALS, e.g. BAGS, BARRELS, BOTTLES, BOXES, CANS, CARTONS, CRATES, DRUMS, JARS, TANKS, HOPPERS, FORWARDING CONTAINERS; ACCESSORIES, CLOSURES, OR FITTINGS THEREFOR; PACKAGING ELEMENTS; PACKAGES
    • B65D21/00—Nestable, stackable or joinable containers; Containers of variable capacity
    • B65D21/02—Containers specially shaped, or provided with fittings or attachments, to facilitate nesting, stacking, or joining together
    • B65D21/06—Containers specially shaped, or provided with fittings or attachments, to facilitate nesting, stacking, or joining together with movable parts adapted to be placed in alternative positions for nesting the containers when empty and for stacking them when full
    • B65D21/062—Containers specially shaped, or provided with fittings or attachments, to facilitate nesting, stacking, or joining together with movable parts adapted to be placed in alternative positions for nesting the containers when empty and for stacking them when full the movable parts being attached or integral and displaceable into a position overlying the top of the container, e.g. bails, corner plates

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  • the present invention relates to an open topped container which can be assembled with several similar containers to form a vertical column in either a nested condition (where an overlying container is partly received within the container which underlies it so that bases of adjacent nested containers are relatively close together) or a stacked condition (in which adjacent containers in the column are supported so that their bases are relatively widely spaced). More particularly the invention concerns open topped containers having pivotally mounted base supports such as bars which are associated with the open top to extend between opposed side walls of the containers and be adjustable to one position in which they provide clearance through the open top for a similar container to be received for nesting and another position in which the supports are located and retained to support the base of an overlying container in column stacking.
  • An example of an open topped container capable of nesting or column stacking by use of pivotal bars is disclosed in G.B. A-1,444,356.
  • containers which are capable of both nesting and column stacking are well known in the art. Principally these are that the containers when empty can be assembled as a vertical column in a nested condition to minimise the space occupied by the containers (as is desirable for storage and transport) and the containers when full can be stacked as a vertical column (which is again convenient for storage and transport) while the base supports ensure that the contents of a container will not be compressed or otherwise damaged by overlying containers.
  • open topped containers of this latter type it is frequently found that with several containers stacked as a column, the column occupies an amount of storage space which is not justified by the contents of the containers.
  • an open topped container comprising a base, opposed side walls and opposed end walls extending upwardly from the base, and two U-shaped support bars located one towards each end of the opposed side walls, each support bar having a back portion which extends between the opposed side walls and leg portions which are mounted on the side walls so that the support bar can be pivoted for effecting selective adjustment thereof, the two support bars being selectively adjustable to a first position of adjustment in which they are supported with the back portions thereof out of overlying relationship with the base to provide clearance whereby a first of two similar containers can be received through the open top of the second container having its two support bars in the first position for the first container to be nested in a deep condition in the second container, a second position of adjustment in which the two support bars are supported by first seatings of the side walls with their back portions in overlying relationship with the base whereby the said first container can be column stacked with its base supported on the back portions of the two support bars of the second container having those bars in the second position and a third position of adjustment in which
  • the base and walls will usually be moulded in plastics with plastics or metal forming the U-shaped support bars. It is also usual that the container of the invention when in a deep nested, shallow nested or column stacked condition with a second similar container will have its base substantially parallel with the base of the second container.
  • the container will be of generally oblong rectangular parallelopipedon shape with the side walls extending over the longer extent and with a support bar provided towards each end of the container so that the support bars provide symmetrical support to the base of an overlying container in a stack.
  • the support bar is maintained in its first position of adjustment by abutment with a wall of the container and is moveable passed the abutment by flexure (either by flexing of the abutment or flexing of the support bar). This may permit the support bar to be adjustable between the second position and the third position through the first position.
  • the support bar In the first position of adjustment the support bar can conveniently abut an adjacent end wall.
  • the container of the present invention will have its upstanding walls appropriately tapered, splayed and/or stepped as is well known in the art to provide a required configuration for several similar container to be nested in a vertical column.
  • the containers 1 have a generally flat oblong rectangular base 2 upstanding from which are opposed longer side walls 3 and 4 and opposed end walls 5 and 6 which extend between the side walls. Usually the base and walls are formed as a plastics moulding.
  • the walls 3 to 6 are stepped to diverge outwardly as they approach and form a rectangular open top 7 within which can be located the base and lower portions of the walls of a similar overlying container (indicated in some Figures at 1A) to provide nesting in the erection of the vertical column in known manner.
  • Extending between the opposed side walls 3 and 4 are two base support means indicated at 8 and 9 which are located, one each, towards the longitudinally opposite ends of the container.
  • the base support means 8 and 9 are constructed in an identical manner to each other and serve a similar purpose, for convenience therefore the means 9 need only be described.
  • the base support means 9 consists of two metal or plastics support rods or bars 10 and 11 each of which has a straight back portion 12 and leg portions 13.
  • the support bar 10 has its leg portions 13 presenting bosses which are pivotally mounted at 14 in the respective side walls 3 and 4 so that the bar 10 can pivot about an axis extending through the pivots 14 for its back portion 12 to be positioned in a rebate 15 in the top edge of the end wall (as shown at the lefthand end of Figure 1) or to be accommodated in seatings 16 in the side walls so that its back portion 10 extends across the open top 7 (as shown at the righthand end of the container in Figure 1).
  • the support bar 11 is located within the container 1 at a lower level than the bar 10 and has the ends of its legs 13 presenting bosses which are pivotally mounted at 17 in the side walls 3 and 4.
  • the bar 11 can be pivotted optionally so that its back portion 12 will lie on an upwardly directed internal shoulder 18 of the adjacent end wall (as shown for the bar 11 at the lefthand end of the container in Figure 1) or to be seated in rebates 19 so that the back portion 12 of the bar 11 extends across the width of the container parallel to and spaced from the end walls (as shown at the righthand end of the container in Figure 1).
  • a second similar container can be lowered through the open top of the underlying container 1 so that its base and lower parts of its walls are received within the underlying container until the base of the overlying container stands on the back portions 12 of the two support bars 11.
  • a second similar container 1A (as indicated in Figure 2) can be received within the open top of the container 1 and lowered to effect nesting in a deep condition.
  • the base indicated at 2A of the upper container is at the closest spacing from the base 2 of the underlying container and therefore the underlying container 1 has less space available for the storage of contents than the space which is available when the upper container is supported in a relatively shallow nested condition.
  • the maximum depth to which the upper container may be received within the underlying container may be determined in conventional manner, for example by an external flange or rib 1C on the upper container 1A abutting the upper rim around the open top of the underlying container or by the base of the upper container abutting an internal shoulder presented by the walls of the underlying container.
  • the upstanding walls 3 to 6 of the container are tapered or splayed to converge as they approach the base 2.
  • the walls are shown with a stepped configuration to provide appropriate clearance for nesting and also to ensure that there is adequate space available for the back portion 12 of the support bar 11 (as shown ghosted at 12 in Figure 2) to be positioned out of overlying relationship with the base 2.
  • the stepped wall and support bar arrangement shown in Figure 2 two containers can be assembled as a vertical column in any one of a deep nested, shallow nested or column stacked conditions with approximately one third of the depth of the container walls separating one condition from another
  • each of the base support means 8 and 9 is in the form of a single U-shaped support rod or bar 20 having a straight back portion 21 which extends between the opposed side walls 3 and 4 of the container and leg portions 22.
  • the base support means 9 has been shown and it will be appreciated that the base support means 8 towards the opposite end of the container will have a similar but mirror image arrangement to that shown.
  • the opposite end of the support bar is arranged on the side wall 4 in a similar manner to that shown on the side wall 3.
  • the leg portions 22 of the support bar 20 have bosses 23 by which they are pivotally mounted on the respective side walls for rotation about a common axis through the two pivots so that the bar can be selectively pivotted.
  • the bar 20 can be pivotted for the back portion 21 to be displaceable between a high state (shown at H in Figure 3) in which the back portion overlies the base 2, a low state (indicated in ghost at L in Figure 3) in which the back portion 21 overlies the base 2 but is nearer to the base 2 than when in the high state H and a third or intermediate state (indicated in ghost at I in Figure 3) through which the back portion 21 passes in moving between states L and H and in which state I the back portion 21 is out of overlying relationship with the base 2.
  • the support bar 20 is supported in its high state H by abutment of the bar on a seating 24 extending from a channel 24A in which the leg portions 22 of the bar are conveniently accommodated in the high state.
  • the support bar 20 is supported in its low state L by an upwardly directed shoulder or seating 25 in the side wall.
  • the support bar 20 is retained in its intermediate state I by abutment with a stop 26 in the form of a small flange or shoulder on the end wall 6.
  • the back portion 21 of the support bar abuts the stop 26 which prevents the support bar from falling into its low state L; however the material, usually plastics, of the stop 26 or the end wall 6 or the back portion 21 of the support bar is sufficiently flexible so that manual downward pressure on the support bar 20 will resiliently displace the bar back portion and stop 26 over each other to move the support bar into its low position L.
  • FIG 4 the support bar 20 is shown in its high state H and with the two support bars so positioned, a second similar container 1A can be column stacked with its base supported on the back portions 21 of the bars as shown.
  • FIG 5 the support bar 20 is shown pivotted to its intermediate state I so that its back portion 21 abuts the stop 26 to be out of overlying relationship with the base 2.
  • a second similar container 1A can be received within the open top 7 in a deep nested condition similar to that previously discussed in connection with the first embodiment.
  • the support bar 22 is shown pivotted passed the stop 26 into its low state L where the back portion 21 is supported by the seatings 25 to overlie the base 2.
  • both support bars 20 for the two support bar means 8 and 9 in their low state a second similar container 1A can be received within the open top 7 of an underlying container so that the base 2A of the overlying container stands on the back portions 21 of the support bars. Consequently the two containers will be in a shallow nested condition similar to that previously discussed in connection with the first embodiment.
  • the containers as above described when column stacked or in either of their nested conditions with a similar container will usually be arranged so that the overlying bases of the two containers are in parallel relationship. Also channels or rebates will normally be provided on the underside face of the base to receive and provide firm engagement with the back portions on the support bars of a similar underlying container on which the base may sit.

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  1. Ein oben offener Behälter mit einer Basis (2), sich von der Basis nach oben erstreckenden, einander gegenüberliegenden Seitenwänden (3, 4), und einander gegenüberliegenden Stirnwänden (5, 6), sowie zwei jeweils an einem Ende der gegenüberliegenden Seitenwände (3, 4) angeordneten U-förmigen Stützstreben (20), wobei jede Stützstrebe (20) einen Rückbereich (21) hat, der sich zwischen den gegenüberliegenden Seitenwänden (3, 4) erstreckt, und Beinbereiche (22) aufweist, die an den Seitenwänden (3, 4) befestigt sind, erstreckt, so daß die Stützstrebe (20) verschwenkt werden kann, um eine wahlweise Einstellung zu bewirken, wobei die zwei Stützstreben (20) wahlweise auf eine erste Einstellungsposition (I) einstellbar sind, in der sie so abgestützt sind, daß ihre Rückbereiche (21) sich nicht in überlagernder Stellung bezüglich der Basis (2) befinden, um eine Öffnung zu schaffen, mittels derer ein erster von zwei ähnlichen Behältern durch den offenen oberen Teil (7) des zweiten Behälters aufgenommen werden kann, dessen Stützstreben (20) sich in der ersten Einstellungsposition (I) befinden, so daß der erste Behälter nestartig tief in dem zweiten Behälter aufgenommen werden kann; auf eine zweite Einstellungsposition (H), in der die zwei Stützstreben (20) durch erste Sitze (24) der Seitenwände (3, 4) gestützt werden, wobei ihre Rückbereiche (21) sich in überlagernder Beziehung zur Basis (2) befinden, so daß der erste Behälter säulenartig auf den zweiten Behälter gestapelt werden kann, wobei die Basis (2) des ersten Behälters sich auf die Rückbereiche (21) der beiden Stützstreben (20) des zweiten Behälters abstützt, dessen Stützstreben in der zweiten Einstellungsposition (H) stehen; und eine dritte Einstellungsposition (L), in der die zwei Stützstreben (20) von zweiten Sitzen (25) der Seitenwände (3, 4) so gestützt werden, daß sich Ihre Rückbereiche (21) in überlagernder Beziehung zur Basis (2) befinden, wodurch der erste Behälter nestartig flach in dem zweiten Behälter so aufgenommen werden kann, daß sich die Basis (2) des ersten Behälters auf den Rückbereichen (21) der beiden, in der dritten Einstellungsposition (L) befindlichen Stützstreben (20) des zweiten Behälters abstützen kann, wobei in diesem flach genesteten Zustand die Basis (2) des ersten Behälters von der Basis (2) des zweiten Behälters mehr beabstandet ist als in dem tief genesteten Zustand, und geringer beabstandet ist als wenn die Behälter säulenartig aufgestapelt sind, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß während der Verstellung jeder Stützstrebe (20) sowohl aus ihrer ersten Einstellungsposition (I) als auch aus ihrer zweiten Einstellungsposition (H) in ihre dritte Einstellungsposition (L) die jeweilige Stützstrebe (20) mit einem Widerlager (26) an einer Wand des Behälters in ihrer ersten Einstellungsposition (I) eingreift und an dem Widerlager (26) vorbei durch relative Biegung zwischen der Stützstrebe (20) und dem Widerlager (26) beweglich ist, um sich von ihrer ersten Einstellungsposition (I) in ihre dritte Einstellungsposition (L) zu bewegen.
  2. Ein Behälter gemäß Anspruch 1, bei dem die Stützstreben (20) aus Kunststoff bestehen und sich relativ zu den Wänden des Behälters biegen können, um zu gestatten, daß sich die Stützstreben (20) an den Widerlagern (26) vorbei und in ihre jeweiligen dritten Einstellungspositionen (L) bewegen lassen.
  3. Ein Behälter gemäß Anspruch 1 oder 2, bei dem die Beinbereiche (22) der Stützstreben (20) in Nuten (24a) in den jeweiligen Seitenwänden (3,4) angeordnet sind.
  4. Ein Behälter gemäß Anspruch 3, bei dem die ersten und zweiten Sitze (24, 25) sich von den Nuten (24A) in den jeweiligen Seitenwänden (3, 4) erstrecken.
  5. Ein Behälter gemäß einem der vorhergehenden Ansprüche, bei dem die Widerlager (26) sich auf den gegenüberliegenden Stirnwänden (5, 6) des Behälters befinden.
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