EP0990589B1 - Zusammenklappbare Transportkiste - Google Patents

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EP0990589B1
EP0990589B1 EP98500266A EP98500266A EP0990589B1 EP 0990589 B1 EP0990589 B1 EP 0990589B1 EP 98500266 A EP98500266 A EP 98500266A EP 98500266 A EP98500266 A EP 98500266A EP 0990589 B1 EP0990589 B1 EP 0990589B1
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S.A. Ribawood
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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
    • B65D1/00—Containers having bodies formed in one piece, e.g. by casting metallic material, by moulding plastics, by blowing vitreous material, by throwing ceramic material, by moulding pulped fibrous material, by deep-drawing operations performed on sheet material
    • B65D1/22—Boxes or like containers with side walls of substantial depth for enclosing contents
    • B65D1/225—Collapsible boxes
    • 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
    • B65D11/1833—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 whereby all side walls are hingedly connected to the base panel

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  • the present invention refers to a recyclable, mounting receptacle, which is specially conceived for transporting perishable products such as fruit, horticultural and fruticultural products, fish, etc. and is constituted in such a manner that it can be kept in unfolded position for storage and transportation, and be mounted in an easy, rapid and safe manner prior to use.
  • the receptacle of the invention is of the type which adopts a rectangular, straight, prismatic shape, open at the upper base, the walls and bottom walls of which are comprised of other corresponding stiff panels, the panels of the walls being related to the bottom panel by means of flexible joining strips which serve as articulation elements between one and another panel.
  • Spanish Utility Model No. 295.405 describes a container of the type specified, in which the wall panels are finished off at their vertical corner edges with a reinforcement column which presents adjacent, 45° oblique longitudinal surfaces for their joint embedding during the mounting of the assembly.
  • Said columns present appreciably cylindrical extensions with vertical axis, which project as from the interior edge of the columns and alternatively couple to each other in alignment when two columns embed.
  • Said extensions are provided with a coaxial hole which defines a passage to receive a locking pin.
  • FR-A-2 019 196 discloses a tray for the storage of articles, such tray having collapsible sidewalls, said sidewalls being formed firstly with means for interengaging them.
  • the object of the present invention is a container in accordance with claim 1 which simplifies the constitution of the columns finishing off the vertical wall corner edges, thus eliminating the need to include a locking pin of different nature.
  • the panels which form the side walls are provided on the upper corner edge, at least on the end portions, with an internal step, interrupted by transversal projections, in correspondance to which, the bottom edge presents recesses of approximately equal dimensions to receive, when the receptacles are superposed or layed-up, the transversal projections of the container placed immediately below, said projections and recesses defining altogether, mutual anchorage elements.
  • small projections with oblique, free surfaces may project as from the angle, which serve as guiding and centering elements of the bottom of a container, layed-up immediately on top.
  • one of the columns is provided with a lateral flap, as an extension of the free edge of said column, said flap being dimensioned and formed to embed on the external surface of the adjacent column when the assembly is mounted, joining to said surface so as to maintain and secure the mounting.
  • the union is preferably achieved by means of heat.
  • Each pair of adjacent columns shall present, as from their embedding longitudinal surfaces, corresponding formations which couple to each other when mounting the assembly.
  • the columns shall be preferably hollow, open externally and the flap which starts from one of the columns of each two forming a corner, shall be provided with transversal formations to couple externally to the adjacent column on which it embeds.
  • the receptacle of the invention is manufactured in unfolded form, with the object of reducing transportation and storage costs when they are empty.
  • the final mounting is carried out with compact and portable robots which fold the sides and weld the flap of one of the columns at each corner, to the exterior surface of the adjacent column, all this by means of a simple rapid, heat application and without requiring specialized manpower.
  • the assembly robots are placed in the clients facilities or their vicinity, in such a way that a flexible and low cost logistic is achieved.
  • the receptacle shown in figure 1 is of straight prismatic configuration, of rectangular plan, and open at its upper base, including bottom 1, two larger longitudinal walls 2 and two smaller transversal walls which are referenced with number 3.
  • Said panels can present ventilation orifices 5 and reinforcement ribs 6.
  • longitudinal walls 2 and transversal walls 3 are finished off at their transversal edges by columns 7 which present surfaces confronted at 45° for their embedding and to determine a corner reinforcement, as can be better observed in figure 1.
  • Figure 3 shows a perspective view of adjacent columns 7 which configurate one same corner and which correspond to consecutive walls 2 and 3. Said columns may present, as from their embedding surface, recesses 8 and corresponding projections 9, which remain coupled to each other when the receptacle is mounted, such as is shown in figure 1.
  • Columns 7 are preferably hollow and open at the rear surface, as can be observed in figures 4 and 5. Furthermore, flap 10, as can be observed in figure 3, includes formations 9' and 8' intended to couple externally on formations 9 and 8 of the adjacent column.
  • flap 10 embeds and couples externally on the adjacent column 7, to which it attaches, preferably by means of heat, remaining in the position shown in figure 5 so as to secure the mounting of the assembly.
  • the walls of the receptacle are provided at the upper corner edge, at least at the end portions, with an internal step 11, which is interrupted by transversal projections 12.
  • the bottom edge 13 presents recesses or openings 14 with approximately equal dimensions to those of projections 12 and located at coinciding position.
  • top step 11 may present small projections 15 with inclined surface which act as centering elements of the bottom of a container layed-up immediately on top.
  • Projections 12 and recesses or openings 14 may be placed only on two of the opposite sides, or else on the four sides.
  • a receptacle is obtained with the described constitution which does not require independent auxiliary elements of different nature in order to carry out its mounting. A one-use recyclable receptacle is thus obtained.
  • the receptacle of the invention also permits the superposing or lay-up of various receptacles in corresponding position, due to the anchorage elements which define projections 12 and recesses or openings 14. Furthermore, the upper notch of its longitudinal walls also permits the superposing of the containers placed perpendicular to each other.
  • the receptacles of the invention may be closed by means of an upper cover, made up of a stiff panel, for example of equal dimensions to that of the open base of the receptacle.
  • This panel shall be embedded along its perimeter in a small wall for its embedding with the container on the outside of the side panels.

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  1. Aufbaubehälter rechteckiger, gerader, prismatischer Form, offen an seiner oberen Basis und mit Wänden und Bodenteil aus entsprechenden steifen Tafeln (2,3 und 1), die miteinander durch flexible Gelenkstreifen (4) verbunden sind, wobei die Wandtafeln (2 und 3) an ihrem querlaufenden Rand zu Verstärkungssäulen (7) geformt sind, die schräge, angrenzende, längsverlaufende Flächen mit 45° für ihr gegenseitiges Einbetten, wenn die Einheit aufgebaut wird, aufweisen, wobei eine von jeweils zwei angrenzenden Säulen (7), welche eine und dieselbe vertikale Ecke bilden, mit einer seitlichen Klappe (10) als Fortsatz der Kante oder des freien Randes der genannten Säule (7) versehen ist, welche Klappe (10) so dimensioniert und geformt ist, daß sie entsprechende Ausgestaltungen (8',9') für das Einbetten an der Außenfläche der angrenzenden Säulen (7) bildet, wobei jedes Paar aneinandergrenzender Säulen (7) an ihren längslaufenden Einbettungs-Flächen entsprechende Ausgestaltungen (8,9) aufweist, die miteinander kuppeln, wenn die Einheit aufgebaut wird, und die genannte äußere Fläche vereinigen, um den Aufbau zu halten und zu sichern, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß die Tafeln (2,3), die die Seitenwände bilden, an ihrem oberen Eckrand, zumindest an den Endteilen, mit einer inneren Stufe (11) versehen sind, die durch querlaufende Vorsprünge (12) unterbrochen ist, in Entsprechung zu welchen der Bodenrand (13) Vertiefungen oder Öffnungen (14) etwa gleichen Abmessers aufweist, um während dem Aufeinanderlegen oder Auflegen von Behältern die querlaufenden Vorsprünge (12) des unmittelbar oberhalb plazierten Behälters aufzunehmen, um miteinander gegenseitige Verankerungselemente zu definieren.
  2. Behälter nach Anspruch 1, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß sich von der inneren Stufe kleine Vorsprünge (15) mit freien Flächen in schrägem Winkel erstrecken, die als Führungselemente und als Zentrierungselement des Bodenteils eines unmittelbar oben aufgelegten Behälters dienen.
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