EP1182141B1 - Dispositif de protection d'objets pendant le transport, comprenant des cloisons emboítables - Google Patents

Dispositif de protection d'objets pendant le transport, comprenant des cloisons emboítables Download PDF

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EP1182141B1
EP1182141B1 EP20010119914 EP01119914A EP1182141B1 EP 1182141 B1 EP1182141 B1 EP 1182141B1 EP 20010119914 EP20010119914 EP 20010119914 EP 01119914 A EP01119914 A EP 01119914A EP 1182141 B1 EP1182141 B1 EP 1182141B1
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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
    • B65D25/00—Details of other kinds or types of rigid or semi-rigid containers
    • B65D25/02—Internal fittings
    • B65D25/10—Devices to locate articles in containers
    • 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
    • B65D19/00—Pallets or like platforms, with or without side walls, for supporting loads to be lifted or lowered
    • B65D19/38—Details or accessories
    • B65D19/44—Elements or devices for locating articles on platforms
    • 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
    • B65D25/00—Details of other kinds or types of rigid or semi-rigid containers
    • B65D25/02—Internal fittings
    • B65D25/04—Partitions
    • B65D25/06—Partitions adapted to be fitted in two or more alternative positions

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  • the invention relates to a device for securing objects during Transport, consisting of a plurality of comb-like connectors with two essentially plane-parallel main surfaces, each header being made a massive strip area, the at least one narrow side arranged, parallel to each other tines in equidistant intervals, tine-like strip area, and the distance between two tines from each other slightly larger than the thickness of the header so that at least two under 90 degrees crossing connectors by means of their tines plugged into each other and forming partitions for inserting the objects, and at least one the Hauptaberfest each header at least one flat-deep-drawn Tlefsicke leaving a higher, peripheral edge peripherally around the main surface of the header, including the tines wherein the height of the edge lies in the plane of the main surface, according to the preamble of claim 1.
  • Such a device of a plurality of plug strips form in known Make a plug-in system, with the rectangular intersecting connectors put together by means of their tines at virtually any intervals and thereby forming compartments in which items are placed can be. In this way, items can be shipped or in general during transport against impact or impact or slippage be secured.
  • From DE 195 47 862 C1 is a fitting of different fractions Thermoplastic plastics in the form of a comb strip for a pallet transport known.
  • This comb strip is about a first Half of their total height from a solid throughout groin area and about a second half of its total height from a tine-like Last, with all narrow sides of the wall an inclined shape exhibit.
  • the fitting is a thin-walled, with recesses and / or notched and / or notched utensils Shape of a steel mat holder, a comb strip or a notched bar formed, whose sides of the wall with an inclined to a horizontal running form are provided.
  • the comb strip consists of sorted plastic waste the waste industry of the "dual system", which is why the structure of the Crest is highly inhomogeneous and significant contamination, as well as leftovers of aluminum foil, may have. Therefore, such comb strips for the Packaging of electrically or electrostatically sensitive articles only conditionally useful. Because of the inhomogeneity of their structure, the static Properties of the comb strip to be impaired.
  • the subdivision walls have at least one of their side surfaces in the slot in the longitudinal direction At a respective plug-in slot subsequent insertion region at least two spaced apart transversely to the slot longitudinal direction guide projections whose Distance between the thickness of the insertion slot alongside bounding edge of the corresponds to tongue-like wall sections, so that when mated Partition walls the engaging between the guide projections edge part the tongue-like wall portions of these guide projections is supported transversely to the direction of insertion.
  • These are on both sides of the Subdivision walls guide projections provided such that when manufactured Plug connection both the assigned insertion slot limiting edge parts the adjacent tongue-like wall portions are supported transversely.
  • the guide projections extend, starting from the closed End of the slots, at least approximately to the rear Longitudinal edge of the subdivision wall.
  • the guide projections are in extension arranged the edge lines of the slots.
  • the invention is based on the issue, a device of the beginning genus to create, in the headers in their longitudinal direction can be coupled together to header strips of different lengths create.
  • each header means for releasably joining two adjacent headers arranged at the same thickness of the headers are.
  • the connector has due to the use of unmixed Plastic also has the advantage that the same for packaging and shipping of electrically or electrostatically sensitive articles without restriction can be used. Because of the homogeneity of their structure, the static properties of the header despite weight reduction not impaired.
  • each header means for releasably joining two adjacent headers arranged at the same thickness of the headers. This allows headers to vary while maintaining their thickness Length can be created, which is one or at most two or three Basic lengths of individual headers emanates.
  • the connector strip on their narrow sides extending in the direction of the tines flats each half the thickness have the connector, so that the opposing flats two adjacent strips on each other, the thickness of the header have, on the one flattening on the one narrow side of each Header are arranged upwardly projecting pins and on the opposite flattening of the narrow side each with the same header the pin coinciding holes are arranged so that two adjacent Headers by means of adjacent-associated flats in continuous consistent thickness can be joined together and by means of the pins and the holes can be coupled to each other.
  • the headers at least one their narrow sides a recess with at least one hole arranged therein have, wherein the recesses of two adjacent headers at Merging the same form a coherent depression, in which a tab of the size of the contiguous recess is pluggable, which has on one of its sides pins which coincide with the holes, so that after inserting the tab into the contiguous depressions the two headers are fauxgegege together.
  • the strips are elongated rectangular shaped and parallel in Extend direction of the longitudinal axis of the connector strips.
  • the connector strip can be made either solid sorted or made of purified plastic, which in Recycling process is won.
  • the header made of a tough-elastic plastic or either made of a PP or PE plastic.
  • the length of the tines can be equal or shorter than the width of the solid Be ledge region of the header; or the length of the tines can be half as long how to be the width of the header. Preferably, the length of the tines is equal to the Width of the solid strip area of the header.
  • FIGS. 1 and 2 which essentially represent the prior art, consists of a header 1 of a solid strip area 2 and a tine-style ledge region 15, which is formed by individual tines 3 is.
  • the header 1 has two substantially plane-parallel main surfaces 4, 12, wherein the tine-like strip area 15 of the connector 1 at the Narrow side 13 of the massive strip area 2 connects.
  • the individual tines 3 are parallel to each other and have equidistant distances from each other on, wherein the distance a two tines from each other is slightly larger than that Thickness b of the header 1, so that at least two intersecting at 90 degrees Headers 1 by means of their prongs 3 are plugged into each other and compartments for Training objects.
  • the header 1 has at least one of the main surfaces 4, 12 of the connector 1 - in the example of Figure 2 both main surfaces. 4 and 12 - three deep-drawn deep beads 6, 7, 8 leaving one higher standing, peripheral edge 9 peripherally around the main surface 4, 12 of the Header 1, wherein the tine-like strip area 15 and the tines. 3 are included; the header 1 is thus profiled.
  • the height of the edge 9 lies in the plane of the main surfaces 4, 12 of the connector strip. 1
  • the three deep-drawn deep grooves 6, 7, 8 of the massive strip area 2, of which the deep bead 8 the tine-like strip area 15 and the tines. 3 are separated from each other by webs 10, 11 and subdivided, wherein the Height of the webs 10, 11 is also in the plane of the main surfaces 4, 12.
  • the webs 10, 11 serve to stiffen the connector 1 in the field of Tiefsikken 6, 7, 8.
  • the webs 10, 11 are parallel to each other, the upper edges in Height of the main surfaces 4, 12 together with the peripheral edge 9 lie.
  • the length 1 of the tines 3 in Figures 1 and 2 is equal to or shorter than the Width c of the solid strip area 2 of the connector strip 1.
  • the width is 1 of the tine-like ledge portion 15 is half as wide as the width of the entire Header 1.
  • Within the bottom bead 7 of the header 1 are located to Weight saving of the header 1 holes 14.
  • FIG. 3 shows an embodiment according to the invention of a connector strip 15, which of two plug strip parts 15 ', 15 "to a long, contiguous Header 15 of a plurality of similar parts 15 ', 15 “composed can be.
  • each Flattening is half as thick as the thickness of the header 15 ', 15 "as such, so that two abutting flats 16, 17 of two adjacent headers 15 ', 15 “one above the other, the thickness of the header as such had.
  • pins 18, 18 ' are arranged on the one flattening upwards pins 18, 18 'are arranged.
  • the opposite flattening on the other end one and the same Header has with the pins 18, 18 'coinciding holes 19, 19'.
  • the flats 16, 17 of two adjacent headers 15 ', 15 "stacked and the pins 18, 18' of a flattening 17 in the Holes 19, 19 'of the other flat 16 are introduced. In this way can two or more such shaped headers 15 ', 15 "to a connected unit 15 are joined together.
  • each header can be joined together or mating, so that multiple headers to a continuous unit of constant thickness are plugged together.
  • FIG 4 is a perspective view of two further inventive Headers 20, 21 shown, which as a means for lateral joining each two headers 20, 21 a coherent, via two headers 20, 21 extending recess 24, 25 with an indented into the recess Lug 23 have.
  • the headers 20, 21 as such are according to the embodiments of Figures 1 and 2 designed.
  • Each connector strip 20, 21 has at least on one of its narrow sides 22 one of one of the two main surfaces 20 ', 21' outgoing, extending in the direction of the longitudinal axis 33 recess 24, 25 with at least one hole 26, 27 arranged therein.
  • the wells 24, 25 of two adjacent plug-in strips 20, 21 form when joined the same a continuous recess 24 + 25, in which a tab 23 the size of the contiguous recess 24 + 25 is plugged, which on one of its sides has pins 28, 30.
  • These pins 28, 30 coincide with the holes 26,27 of the two headers 20, 21, when these at the Narrow sides 22 are joined together, so that after insertion of the tab 23 in the contiguous recesses 24 + 25, the pins 28, 30 in the associated holes 26, 27 retract and thereby the two headers 20, 21 are contented together.
  • the recesses 24, 25 of the connector strips 20, 21 are here elongated rectangular shaped and extend parallel in the direction of Longitudinal axis 33 of the connector strips 20, 21, whereby other shapes of the Depressions and the associated tab, such as elliptical or circular, are conceivable.
  • the connector strip 1 made of solid sorted plastic, wherein It is also possible to use purified plastic, which is used in recycling processes won.
  • the header 1 made of a tough-elastic plastic consist.
  • the header 1 consists of plastic mixtures, wherein the Components are sorted.
  • the header 1 is made a PP or PE plastic or such a mixture.
  • the device according to the invention is in particular for the creation of a Packaging and transport system to form a plug-in system suitable, can be formed with the compartments, in which objects can be inserted undisturbed or immovable.
  • the device is Weight reduced with high mechanical strength. That way you can Items when shipped or in general when transporting against impact or beating or slipping.

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  1. Dispositif de protection d'objets pendant le transport, comprenant une pluralité de cloisons enboítables en dents de peigne (15,15',15") avec deux surfaces principales essentiellement en plan parallèle (4,12,20',21'), chacune des cloisons emboítables (15,15',15") consistant en une zone de cloison massive (2) laquelle présente sur au moins une tranche (5,13) des dents (3) au tracé parallèle les unes aux autres à des écarts équidistants (a), la zone dentée, et l'écart (a) qui sépare deux dents l'une de l'autre est légèrement plus grand que l'épaisseur (b) de la cloison emboítable (15,15',15"), de sorte que au moins deux cloisons emboítables (15,15',15") se croisant à 90 degrés sont emboítables l'une dans l'autre au moyen de leurs dents (3) et forment des cases pour déposer des objets, et au moins une des surfaces principales (4,12) de chaque cloison emboítable (1) présente au moins une moulure en creux (6,7,8) emboutie en plan, tout en laissant un bord (9) plus élevé faisant le pourtour en périphérie de toute la surface principale (4,12) de la cloison emboítable (1) tout en incluant les dents (3), la hauteur du bord (9) étant située dans le plan de la surface principale (4,12),
    caractérisé en ce que
    sur les tranches de chacune des cloisons emboítables, des moyens (16,17,18,18',19,19') sont disposés pour joindre l'une à l'autre de façon détachable deux cloisons emboítables voisines (15,15',15"), l'épaisseur des cloisons emboítables restant constante.
  2. Dispositif selon la revendication 1, caractérisé en ce que
    la cloison emboítable (15,15',15") présente sur ses tranches des aplatissements (16,17) s'étendant en direction des dents (3) et faisant respectivement la moitié de l'épaisseur de la cloison emboítable (15,15',15"), de sorte que les aplatissements se faisant face (16, 17) de deux cloisons voisines (15', 15") présentent en étant superposés l'épaisseur de la cloison emboítable (15',15"), des goujons (18, 18') faisant saillie vers le haut étant disposés sur un aplatissement (17) sur la tranche de chaque cloison emboítable (15',15") et sur l'aplatissement opposé (16) du petit côté de respectivement la même cloison emboítable (15',15"), sont disposés des trous (19,19') coïncidant avec les goujons (18,18'), de sorte que deux cloisons emboítables voisines (15',15") peuvent être jointes l'une à l'autre au moyen des aplatissements voisins assignés (16,17) dans une épaisseur constante continue et peuvent être couplées l'une à l'autre au moyen des goujons (18,18') ainsi que des trous (19,19').
  3. Dispositif selon la revendication 1, caractérisé en ce que
    les cloisons emboítables (20,21) présentent au moins sur l'une de leurs tranches (22), partant de l'une des deux surfaces principales (20',21'), un évidement (24,25) avec au moins un trou (26,27) disposé à l'intérieur, les évidements (24,25) de deux cloisons emboítables voisines (20,21) formant lors de l'assemblage de celles-ci un évidemment continu (24+25) dans lequel une languette (23) de la grandeur de l'évidement continu (24+25) peut être placée, laquelle languette présente sur l'une de ses faces des goujons (28,30) qui coïncident avec les trous (26,27) de sorte que, après la mise en place de la languette (23) dans les évidements continus (24+25), les deux cloisons emboítables (20,21) sont maintenues solidaires.
  4. Dispositif selon la revendication 3, caractérisé en ce que
    les évidements (24,25) des cloisons emboítables (20,21) ont une forme oblongue rectangulaire et s'étendent en parallèle, dans le sens de l'axe longitudinal (33) des cloisons emboítables (20,21).
  5. Dispositif selon l'une des revendications précédentes,
    caractérisé en ce que la cloison emboítable (15,15',15") consiste en une matière plastique massive pure ou en une matière plastique épurée, laquelle a été obtenue dans un procédé de recyclage.
  6. Dispositif selon l'une des revendications précédentes,
    caractérisé en ce que la longueur des dents (3) est égale ou plus courte que la largeur (c) de la zone de cloison massive (2) de la cloison emboítable (15,15',15") ou la longueur des dents(3) ou la largeur de la zone de cloison dentée est à moitié aussi longue ou aussi large que la largeur de la cloison emboítable (15,15',15").
  7. Dispositif selon l'une des revendications précédentes,
    caractérisé en ce que la cloison emboítable (15,15',15") consiste en une matière plastique PP ou PE ou en un mélange de telles matières plastiques ou au moins en une matière plastique tenace et élastique.
  8. Dispositif selon la revendication 1, caractérisé en ce que
    pour augmenter la rigidité de la cloison emboítable (15,15',15"), la moulure en creux à l'intérieur de la zone de cloison massive (2) est subdivisée en au moins deux moulures partielles (6,7,8) par au moins une traverse (10,11), la hauteur des traverses (10,11) se trouvant également dans le plan des surfaces principales (4,12).
  9. Dispositif selon la revendication 1, caractérisé en ce que
    pour augmenter la rigidité de la cloison emboítable (15,15',15"), la moulure en creux à l'intérieur de la zone de cloison massive (2) est subdivisée en trois moulures partielles en creux (6,7,8) par deux traverses (10,11) dont le tracé est parallèle aussi bien l'une par rapport à l'autre que par rapport à la zone de cloison dentée ou par rapport aux dents (3), lesdites traverses se trouvant à hauteur des surfaces principales (4,12) tout comme le bord (9) qui fait le pourtour.
  10. Dispositif selon la revendication 1, caractérisé en ce que
    les traverses (10,11) à l'intérieur de la moulure en creux (6,7,8) se croisent en formant une pluralité de moulures en creux embouties ayant des contours irréguliers.
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