EP1375382B2 - Conteneur intermédiaire de faible hauteur pour produits en vrac - Google Patents

Conteneur intermédiaire de faible hauteur pour produits en vrac Download PDF

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EP1375382B2
EP1375382B2 EP03076942.6A EP03076942A EP1375382B2 EP 1375382 B2 EP1375382 B2 EP 1375382B2 EP 03076942 A EP03076942 A EP 03076942A EP 1375382 B2 EP1375382 B2 EP 1375382B2
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Claude Decroix
Sylvain Tragin
Laurent Berthy
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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
    • B65D77/00—Packages formed by enclosing articles or materials in preformed containers, e.g. boxes, cartons, sacks or bags
    • B65D77/04—Articles or materials enclosed in two or more containers disposed one within another
    • B65D77/0446—Articles or materials enclosed in two or more containers disposed one within another the inner and outer containers being rigid or semi-rigid and the outer container being of polygonal cross-section not formed by folding or erecting one or more blanks
    • B65D77/0453—Articles or materials enclosed in two or more containers disposed one within another the inner and outer containers being rigid or semi-rigid and the outer container being of polygonal cross-section not formed by folding or erecting one or more blanks the inner container having a polygonal cross-section
    • B65D77/0466—Articles or materials enclosed in two or more containers disposed one within another the inner and outer containers being rigid or semi-rigid and the outer container being of polygonal cross-section not formed by folding or erecting one or more blanks the inner container having a polygonal cross-section the containers being mounted on a pallet

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  • the present invention relates to an IBC comprising a base constructed as a pallet, a cage, fitted thereon, within which a plastic container is placed, which container is provided at the top with a fill opening with a filler cap, said pallet comprising a deck for supporting the bottom of said container, a supporting structure for said deck and a connection face for connecting the lower part of said cage.
  • IBC of this type is generally known in the state of the art and is used on a large scale for the transport of a wide variety of types of fluids and other materials.
  • the dimensions of the IBC have been normalised and standardised to a substantial extent for example with a nominal capacity of 1000 1. Because of the large production numbers, deviations for specific applications are very expensive and will directly lead to a much higher price for the IBC.
  • the current standard height of an IBC is such that it is possible only to load one IBC on the last row in the height of a standard sea container. As a result of extensive standardisation, modification of dimensions is precluded for these sea containers as well.
  • EP 1241109 A1 which was published after the priority date of subject application discloses a single part moulded plastic pallet having a reces for receiving the lower part of the grid.
  • the aim of the present invention is to provide an IBC that can be produced in a simple manner using standard components but which enables more efficient loading in a standard sea container.
  • the cage of the IBC downwards somewhat with respect to the container. That is to say, the top of the container comes closer to the top of the cage.
  • the supporting face for the container (bottle) and the connection face for the cage are at the same level.
  • Supporting structure is any structure which is distinguishable from the deck on which the bottle bears during normal use.
  • this difference in height is at least 10 mm and more particular minimum 18 mm.
  • Such difference in height can be obtained according to a further preferred embodiment of the invention in case of a normally used (wooden) pallet by having the deck constructed to only support the container. This means that the lower part of the cage is not longer supported by the deck of the pallet but by the layer immediately below. Normally this will be the planks or any combination of the blocks and planks which are below the deck.
  • the usual pallet has the following parts in the position of use from top to bottom: deck comprising a number of slats; planks also comprising of slats but extending perpendicular to the deck, blocks functioning as spacer allowing introduction of lift forks and runners extending parallel to the slats of deck and perpendicular to the planks.
  • a further measure for achieving lowering of the IBC is restriction of the height of the slots for inserting the forks of a fork lift truck. It has proved possible to restrict this height to approximately 6 cm and more particularly to approximately 58 mm at maximum.
  • the complete IBC is constructed in such a way that the height thereof is approximately 111 cm and more particular 112 cm. When two such IBCs according to the invention are placed on top of one another a total height of approximately 2.23 m at maximum is obtained, which is precisely adequate to be fitted through the door of a (sea) container of the customary dimensions.
  • the lower part of the pallet also functions as centering means for centering an upper pallet relative to a lower pallet in a stack of at least two pallets.
  • the blocks extend somewhat beyond the runners or other part of the pallet being above such centering means.
  • the blocks are intended to bear during stacking on the upper edge of the cage of the IBC being below. This means that the centering means extend below the upper edge of the cage and could compress the container.
  • the centering means described above can be formed by the runners of the pallet. With this arrangement the extent of the runners is less than the inner circumference of the top boundary of the cage. As a result the runners drops inside the periphery of the cage of the IBC beneath it. With this arrangement the runners will bear on the top of the container over a relatively large surface area, which provides for uniform compression.
  • an intermediate bulk container or IBC is indicated by 1.
  • This consists of a plastic container with a volume of, for example, nominal 1,000 litres. However, other volumes are also possible.
  • the plastic container is provided with a fill opening 12 onto which a cap 11 can be screwed.
  • a tap or other shut-off element can optionally be fitted thereon.
  • a cage 3 is present to protect and support the container 2.
  • This cage 3 consists of vertical parts 4 and horizontal parts 5. These parts are fixed to one another in some way or other at the points where they cross.
  • the vertical parts 4 have been made larger and provided with holes for accommodating the horizontal parts 5 through these.
  • Horizontal reinforcing bars 13 are present.
  • At the top and bottom the horizontal part is fixed to the vertical part by welding.
  • a cage of this type can be produced in any way known in the state of the art. For instance, it is possible to produce the cage shape shown in the figure starting from an elongated grid by bending. With this procedure the
  • the pallet base on which the container 2 is placed is indicated by 6 in the drawings.
  • This pallet base consists of an deck 7 and a runners 9 between which blocks 8 and planks 15 are fitted. As can be seen from Fig. 2 , these blocks 8 and planks 15 extend further outwards than either the deck 7 or the runners 9.
  • the peripheral boundary of the runners 9 approximately corresponds to the inner periphery of the top of the cage 3.
  • the deck 7 is constructed in such a way that this supports the container 2 but, as can be seen from Fig. 1 , the underside of the cage rests on the circumferential edge realised by the planks.
  • the difference in height is indicated by c in fig. 2 and is more than 10 mm and more particular about 18 mm at minimum.
  • the cage can be connected with any fastening means known in the art. This means that compared with the conventional situation, the cage has been moved downwards over the height of the deck 7, whilst the container 2 remains in the conventional position.
  • the container is not completely filled, so that the compression of the container over this small distance is possible in a simple manner.
  • the IBC be completely filled there are still found to be no problems.
  • the container will give way somewhat and bulge.
  • the strength of a plastic container 2 is such that such a movement is possible without damage.
  • the runners 9 are so constructed that there is no stress on the location close to the filler cap 11 of an underlying IBC. That is to say, in principle pressure is not exerted directly on the top of filler cap 11.
  • the pallet can be produced from any material known in the state of the art, such as plastic. Preferably, however, wood is used for the various components of the pallet.
  • the distance between the upper face and runners, that is to say the thickness of the blocks 8 and planks 15, is indicated by a in the figure 2 .
  • the thickness of these blocks is preferably approximately 58 mm maximum.

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  1. Conteneur intermédiaire pour produits en vrac (IBC) (1,21) comprenant une base construite sous la forme d'une palette (6), une cage (3) fixée sur celui-ci, à lintérieur de laquelle est placé un conteneur en plastique (2), lequel conteneur est muni sur le dessus d'une ouverture de remplissage (12) avec un capuchon de remplissage (11), ladite palette comprenant une plate-forme pour supporter le fond dudit conteneur, une structure de support pour ladite plate-forme et une face de liaison destine à relier la partie inférieure de ladite cage, dans lequel ladite face de liaison comprend la partie supérieure de la structure de support qui se situe au moins à 10 mm (c) au-dessous de ladite face supérieure de la plate-forme, dans lequel ladite structure de support comprend une couche de planches (15) au-dessous de ladite plate-forme supérieure (7) et s'étendant dans la direction latérale au-delà de ladite plate-forme pour fournir un bord de support destiné à relier ladite cage, les blocs (8) au-dessous desdites planches et glissières, dans lequel ladite palette est munie sur le fond de moyens de support (8) et de moyens de centrage (9), lesdits moyens de support étant construits de façon à s'appuyer sur le dessus de la cage d'un conteneur intermédiaire pour produits en vrac sous-jacent et lesdits moyens de centrage étant construits de façon à fixer la position de la cage d'un conteneur intermédiaire pour produits en vrac sous-jacent, lesdits moyens de centrage s'étendant sur une distance (d) qui est supérieure à la différence en hauteur entre le dessus de la cage et le dessus du conteneur (b).
  2. Conteneur intermédiaire pour produits en vrac selon la revendication 1, dans lequel ladite face de liaison est au minimum à environ 18 mm au-dessous de ladite face de fond.
  3. Conteneur intermédiaire pour produits en vrac selon l'une des revendications précédentes, dans lequel la hauteur (a) desdits blocs (8) et planches (15) est d'environ 6 mm.
  4. Conteneur intermédiaire pour produits en vrac selon la revendication 3, dans lequel la hauteur maximum desdits blocs et planches est d'environ 58 mm.
  5. Conteneur intermédiaire pour produits en vrac selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes, dans lequel la hauteur de la limite supérieure de la cage à partir du côté inférieur de la base de la palette est d'environ 111 mm.
  6. Conteneur intermédiaire pour produits en vrac selon la revendication 5, dans lequel ladite hauteur est d'environ 112 cm au maximum.
  7. Empilement comprenant deux conteneurs intermédiaires pour produits en vrac (1, 21) selon l'une des revendications précédentes, placés l'un au-dessus de l'autre, dans lequel la hauteur totale est d'environ 2,23 m au maximum.
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NL1020918A NL1020918C2 (nl) 2002-06-21 2002-06-21 Intermediate bulk container met geringe hoogte.
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