EP0801197B1 - Conteneur isotherme comportant une porte à double articulation - Google Patents

Conteneur isotherme comportant une porte à double articulation Download PDF

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EP0801197B1
EP0801197B1 EP96830198A EP96830198A EP0801197B1 EP 0801197 B1 EP0801197 B1 EP 0801197B1 EP 96830198 A EP96830198 A EP 96830198A EP 96830198 A EP96830198 A EP 96830198A EP 0801197 B1 EP0801197 B1 EP 0801197B1
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    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E05—LOCKS; KEYS; WINDOW OR DOOR FITTINGS; SAFES
    • E05D—HINGES OR SUSPENSION DEVICES FOR DOORS, WINDOWS OR WINGS
    • E05D3/00—Hinges with pins
    • E05D3/06—Hinges with pins with two or more pins
    • E05D3/12—Hinges with pins with two or more pins with two parallel pins and one arm
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A47—FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
    • A47B—TABLES; DESKS; OFFICE FURNITURE; CABINETS; DRAWERS; GENERAL DETAILS OF FURNITURE
    • A47B31/00—Service or tea tables, trolleys, or wagons
    • A47B31/06—Service or tea tables, trolleys, or wagons adapted to the use in vehicles
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A47—FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
    • A47B—TABLES; DESKS; OFFICE FURNITURE; CABINETS; DRAWERS; GENERAL DETAILS OF FURNITURE
    • A47B2220/00—General furniture construction, e.g. fittings
    • A47B2220/0061—Accessories
    • A47B2220/0069—Hinges
    • A47B2220/0072—Hinges for furniture
    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E05—LOCKS; KEYS; WINDOW OR DOOR FITTINGS; SAFES
    • E05Y—INDEXING SCHEME ASSOCIATED WITH SUBCLASSES E05D AND E05F, RELATING TO CONSTRUCTION ELEMENTS, ELECTRIC CONTROL, POWER SUPPLY, POWER SIGNAL OR TRANSMISSION, USER INTERFACES, MOUNTING OR COUPLING, DETAILS, ACCESSORIES, AUXILIARY OPERATIONS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR, APPLICATION THEREOF
    • E05Y2900/00—Application of doors, windows, wings or fittings thereof
    • E05Y2900/20—Application of doors, windows, wings or fittings thereof for furniture, e.g. cabinets

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  • the present invention is related to isothermal containers, i.e. having a structure made of a thermally-insulating material, adapted for transportation of perishable foodstuffs for instance from the production or storage plants where the foodstuffs are preserved at low temperature, to the distribution locations.
  • the invention refers to an isothermal container comprising a body having an aperture and a door having one side pivoted to a vertical edge of the aperture of the body through of a double hinge, wherein this double hinge comprises a first hinge pin fitted across first spaced-apart hinge lugs fixed to the door, a second hinge pin parallel to the first hinge pin and fitted across second spaced-apart hinge lugs fixed to the body, and intermediate link members formed as double sleeves interconnecting said first and second hinge pins between said first and said second hinge lugs.
  • An isothermal container of the above-referenced type is known, for instance, from French Patent FR-2.699.587, wherein the door is enabled to swing through 270o from the closed position, so as to be located against and parallelly to one side wall of the body.
  • the containers of this type involve a problem consisting of that, on one hand owing to clearance between the two hinge pins and the respective hinge lugs which are necessary so as to allow mutual pivoting thereof, and on the other hand due to deformations of the intermediate link members, during opening and closing rotations the door may be subject to downward yelding deriving from the double hinge being out of alignment with respect to a vertical line. As a consequence, the closing operation of the door may be difficult.
  • the already cited document FR-2.699.587 provides that the intermediate link members have a longer axial size and that the ends of the hinge pin carried by the door, projecting beyond the corresponding upper and lower hinge lugs, are guided by ramps formed at the ends of the vertical edge of the body aperture.
  • This arrangement has a relatively complicated construction and further may even become ineffective following repeated opening and closure strokes of the door, should the guide ramps of the ends of the door hinge pin be worn.
  • the object of the present invention is to give a solution to the above-referenced problem in a constructively more simple and functionally more reliable way.
  • the double hinge is provided with a relatively stiff structure with respect to twisting and bending strains, which ensures proper stability of the -door during swinging thereof, thus avoiding any trouble during closing operation.
  • the invention provides a pair of end plates to which the upper and lower ends of the first and second hinge pins are rigidly secured.
  • a mutual abutment member is provided, which is operative during the closure phase of the door so as to ensure resetting of the correct position of the double hinge in the closed condition of the door.
  • This abutment member is advantageously constituted by a shim projecting from the hinged side of the door.
  • the container further comprises an anchoring device between the body of the container and the door to lock the latter in its fully open condition.
  • This anchoring device may be comprised of a hook member rotatably carried by a support bar arranged in correspondence of a lateral recess of the container body and adapted to engage a corresponding seat formed on the upper side of the door.
  • reference numeral 1 generally designates an isothermal container according to the invention, formed by a body 2 having a generally parallelepipedal shape, equipped with castor wheels 3 and having a front aperture 4 to which a swinging door 5 is associated.
  • the body 2 and the door 5 have both conveniently a moulded plastic material hollow structure filled with a thermally insulating material.
  • Swinging of the door 5 relative to the body 1 is performed by means of a double hinge, generally designated as 6, through which a vertical side 7 of the door 5 is pivoted to the corresponding vertical edge 8 of the aperture 4.
  • the double hinge 6 allows the door 5 to swing between the closed position depicted in figure 1 and the fully open position shown in figure 2, through an angular extent of 270o.
  • the door 5 In the closed position, the door 5 is locked relative to the body 2 by means of a manually operable latching system, arranged on the side opposite to the double hinge 6.
  • the door 5 In the fully open position, the door 5 is positioned parallelly to a lateral wall 9 of the body 2, and is maintained thereagainst by means of a hook member 10, shown in better detail in figure 4.
  • the hook member 10 is rotatably carried by a horizontal bar 11 arranged in correspondence of a lateral upper recess 12 of the body 2, between an inoperative raised position (shown with dotted lines in figure 4) and a raised position in which it is engaged into a corresponding seat 13 formed at the upper side 14 of the door 5.
  • the hook member 10 can be positioned in an inoperative condition even in the raised position shown in figure 1. In any case, in the inoperative condition it does not generally projects beyond the outline of the container 1.
  • the double hinge 6 comprises a pair of adjacent vertical rods, shown in detail in figure 3, defining a first hinge pin 15 and a second hinge pin 16.
  • the first hinge pin 15 is rotatably fitted across first spaced-apart hinge lugs 17 which are fixed to (and normally formed integrally with) the side 7 of the door 5, and the second hinge pin 16 is rotatably fitted across spaced-apart hinge lugs 18 which are fixed to (and normally formed integrally with) the edge 8 of the aperture 4.
  • an intermediate articulation link member 19 is arranged, which is formed as a double sleeve normally made of moulded plastic material, vertically passed across by the two hinge pins 15,16.
  • the two hinge pins 15,16 are rigidly connected to each other, normally by means of a pair of end transverse plates 20 to which the upper ends 15a, 16a, and the lower ends 15b, 16b of the hinge pins 15 and 16, respectively, are fixed.
  • this fixed connection is carried out by means of transverse pegs 21.
  • rigid connection might be performed by bonding or any other equivalent system.
  • the double hinge 6 is provided with a high twisting and bending rigidity which prevents, during swinging of the door 5 and particularly upon closing thereof, its tendency to lean downwardly. Thus, when the door 5 is being closed any possible difficulty is avoided.
  • a shim 22 is arranged which may also be formed integrally.
  • the shim 22, shown in detail in figure 5, constitutes an abutment member whose function is to ensure proper positioning of the double hinge 6 when the door 5 is being closed.
  • FIG 6 shows the fully closed condition of the door 5
  • figure 7 depicts the beginning of the opening phase
  • figure 8 depicts opening at 90o
  • figure 9 shows opening at 180o
  • figure 10 shows full opening at 270o of the door 5.
  • the door 5 is angularly displaced towards the opened position at 180o of figure 9 through rotation thereof about the hinge pin 15.
  • the shim 22 performs no task.

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Claims (5)

  1. Conteneur isotherme (1) comprenant un corps (2) ayant une ouverture (4) et une porte (5) ayant un côté (7) qui peut pivoter sur un bord vertical (8) de l'ouverture (4) du corps (2) à l'aide d'une charnière double (6), dans lequel la charnière double (6) comporte une première broche (15) de charnière disposée entre des premières pattes espacées (17) de charnière fixées à la porte, une seconde broche (16) de charnière parallèle à la première broche (15) de charnière et montée entre des secondes pattes distantes (18) de charnière fixées au corps (2), et des organes intermédiaires de liaison formés par des doubles manchons (19) qui raccordent les première et seconde broches (15, 16) de charnière entre les premières et secondes pattes (17, 18) de charnière, caractérisé en ce que les première et seconde broches (15, 16) de charnière sont raccordées rigidement l'une à l'autre, et en ce qu'un organe (22) de butée mutuelle est placé entre l'organe intermédiaire de liaison le plus bas (19) et le côté (7) de la porte (5), et fonctionne pendant la phase de fermeture de la porte (5) pour assurer la remise en position convenable de la charnière double (6) à l'état de fermeture de la porte (5).
  2. Conteneur isotherme selon la revendication 1, caractérisé en ce que l'organe de butée est formé par une cale (22) qui dépasse dudit côté (7) de la porte (5).
  3. Conteneur isotherme selon la revendication 1, caractérisé en ce qu'il comprend une paire de plaques (20) d'extrémité auxquelles les extrémités supérieure et inférieure (15a, 16a, 15b, 16b) des première et seconde broches (15, 16) de charnière sont fixées rigidement.
  4. Conteneur isotherme selon une ou plusieurs des revendications des revendications précédentes, caractérisé en ce qu'il comporte en outre un dispositif d'ancrage (10) placé entre le corps (2) du conteneur (1) et la porte (5) pour bloquer la porte (5) à son état totalement ouvert.
  5. Conteneur isotherme selon la revendication 4, caractérisé en ce que le dispositif d'ancrage est formé par un organe (10) à crochet supporté afin qu'il puisse tourner par une barre de support (11) disposée afin qu'elle corresponde à une cavité latérale (12) du corps (2) du conteneur (1) et destiné à coopérer avec un siège correspondant (13) formé du côté supérieur (14) de la porte (5).
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DE69613557T DE69613557D1 (de) 1996-04-09 1996-04-09 Isothermischer Behälter mit doppelgelenkiger Tür
EP96830198A EP0801197B1 (fr) 1996-04-09 1996-04-09 Conteneur isotherme comportant une porte à double articulation
AT96830198T ATE202617T1 (de) 1996-04-09 1996-04-09 Isothermischer behälter mit doppelgelenkiger tür

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FR2883902B1 (fr) * 2005-04-05 2011-03-18 Lamberet Const Isothermes Dispositif d'articulation d'un ouvrant sur une structure, tel qu'une porte de conteneur isotherme
NL2008693C2 (en) * 2012-04-24 2013-10-28 Driessen Aircraft Interior Systems Europ B V Device for accommodating objects and transportation means comprising such a device.
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