EP1554180B1 - Transportvorrichtung für einen behälter mit einem kreiselsystem in dessen innenraum - Google Patents

Transportvorrichtung für einen behälter mit einem kreiselsystem in dessen innenraum Download PDF

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EP1554180B1
EP1554180B1 EP03767933A EP03767933A EP1554180B1 EP 1554180 B1 EP1554180 B1 EP 1554180B1 EP 03767933 A EP03767933 A EP 03767933A EP 03767933 A EP03767933 A EP 03767933A EP 1554180 B1 EP1554180 B1 EP 1554180B1
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  • the present invention relates to a device for transporting a container in a vertical position comprising a package inside which is arranged a gyroscopic system.
  • the invention applies in particular to the field of transport and / or storage of goods, more specifically to the transport of liquid or solid products to be stored in a vertical position during their transport.
  • the products concerned by the invention are in particular, but not exclusively, biological products stored at very low temperature by means of a cryogenic fluid such as liquid nitrogen.
  • non-hermetic containers are used for the transport under atmospheric pressure of gas whose density is high, these containers being designed to allow free escape of the vapors they contain or that they produce as and when they are heated.
  • the nitrogen can be transported in thermally insulated containers and without a device sealing the closure.
  • the container or transport container must, in return, be kept in a vertical position in order to prevent the accidental spilling of liquid nitrogen.
  • this type of container is very widely used especially for the transport or the storage of biological materials requiring conservation at very low temperatures.
  • the weight of the metal containers helps to increase the cost of transport and, on the other hand, the empty repatriation of the container to the place of origin of the shipment must be organized if the costs to be incurred for the restitution are lower than the purchase price of a new unit.
  • This deposit system is an important constraint, especially when it comes to distant shipments or when the shipper has to cope with strong seasonal occasional demands governed by biological laws that are difficult to thwart. This is particularly the case for the reproduction of certain animal species from gametes or frozen embryos.
  • the packages are provided with a gyroscopic system, that is to say an internal mechanism allowing the free rotation of the transport container along two orthogonal axes so that, under the effect of its own weight, the container keeps a constant vertical position and this regardless of the orientation of the package.
  • FR-A-332: 113 and its Addition to Invention Patent no. 2170 describe for example a device for transporting biological products, more particularly live yeasts in their feeder liquids, comprising such a gyroscopic system.
  • the gyroscopic system is secured to a cubic transport package and has a first outer circle which is rotatably mounted relative to the package about a hinge axis by means of two journals carried by two opposite sides of the package and a second inner circle which is rotatably mounted about another axis of rotation within the first circle by means of two further journals carried by the first circle and arranged in a direction perpendicular to that of the trunnions of the package.
  • the two axes of articulation of the circles of the gyroscopic system are orthogonal to each other and perpendicular to the faces of the package.
  • Such devices require first of all time to proceed to their assembly and assembly, in particular to mount the first circle of the gyroscopic system integral with the walls of the package, so that such packages are, by their relatively complex design, long and expensive to produce.
  • the central container transported by means of such packaging is very sensitive to shocks in particular shocks transmitted during transport and / or handling operations, because such shocks received by the package are directly transmitted to the gyro system integral with the walls of the package.
  • such a package must have sufficient rigidity so that the walls can in particular support the weight of the gyro system and the transport container.
  • the invention proposes a device for transporting a container that makes it possible to remedy the disadvantages of the state of the art.
  • the invention proposes a device for transporting a container comprising a polyhedral packaging inside which is arranged a gyroscopic system intended to maintain the container vertically, of the type in which the gyroscopic system comprises a first inner frame that carries the container and a second outer frame, the first inner frame being rotatably mounted relative to the second outer frame about a first hinge pin and the second frame being rotatably mounted relative to the polyhedral packaging around a second axis of articulation orthogonal to the first axis, characterized in that the second axis of articulation extends substantially along one of the diagonals of the polyhedron packaging.
  • the transport device has a structure less sensitive to shocks than the packaging according to the state of the art.
  • the device comprises shock absorption means arranged between the package and the gyroscopic system.
  • the gyroscopic system according to the invention is simpler and faster to arrange in packaging and can be manufactured with materials sufficiently cheap so that it is not necessary to record them and that the transport device is disposable, ie disposable.
  • the device according to the invention is simple in design and easy to implement, in particular because the gyro system can be introduced and maintained in the packaging, of which it is independent, in a simple and fast manner and without putting no tools.
  • the preparation time of the package prior to shipment is significantly reduced compared to the solutions of the state of the art.
  • the transport device according to the invention can be stored in disassembled position generally flat so as to occupy a greatly reduced volume.
  • FIG. 1 shows a transport device 10 comprising, vertically from bottom to top, a package or polyhedric box 12 in which is likely to be received a gyroscopic system 14 for holding a container 16 upright.
  • the polyhedral package 12 is preferably of parallelepipedal shape, in particular of cubic form.
  • the polyhedral package 12 has a lower horizontal face 18, an upper open horizontal loading face 20 and four vertical faces 22, each of the side faces 22 being orthogonal to the faces adjacent thereto and parallel to an opposite side face.
  • the package 12 thus defines an internal volume 24 which is delimited downwards by the lower face 18 forming a bottom, laterally by the four vertical faces 22 and upwards by the upper face 20 which is open to allow the filling of the packing 12.
  • the upper face 20 is, after filling the volume 24, capable of being closed by folding inwardly the two flaps 26, alternatively by a removable cover not shown.
  • the package or box 12 has eight vertices 28 each defined by the intersection of three faces of the parallelepiped.
  • the package also has four internal angles 30 each of which is delimited by the intersection of two consecutive lateral faces 22.
  • a diagonal D is by definition a line joining two vertices 28 not belonging to the same face of the parallelepiped.
  • the packaging thus comprises four vertical diagonals, one of which is illustrated in FIG.
  • the package 12 illustrated in FIG. 1 is a cube forming a box, which is preferably made of cardboard, but which may also be made of other materials and other polyhedral shapes, for example rectangular parallelepiped or 18 "hexagonal base.
  • Figures 1 and 3 respectively show the gyro system 14 in the use position and in the storage position, that is to say advantageously flat.
  • the gyroscopic system 14 includes a first inner frame 32 capable of carrying the container 16 and a second outer frame 34.
  • the first inner frame 32 is rotatably mounted relative to the second outer frame 34 about a first hinge axis A1 and the second outer frame 34 is rotatably mounted relative to the package 12 around a second axis of articulation A2 orthogonal to the first axis of articulation A1.
  • the two axes A1 and A2 are here perpendicular and concurrent.
  • the second outer armature 34 is a flat ring and the second axis of articulation A2 is located in the plane of this ring 34.
  • the second outer armature 34 is a substantially elliptical ring whose major axis is substantially coincident with the second axis of articulation A2.
  • the first inner frame 32 is a flat ring of circular shape and the first hinge axis A1 is located in the plane of this ring 32.
  • first hinge axis A1 is substantially coincident with the minor axis of the ellipse forming the second outer reinforcement 34.
  • the transport device 10 comprises carrying means of the gyroscopic system 14 in particular for setting the gyro system 14 in the package 12.
  • the carrier means of the gyroscopic system 14 are constituted by a frame 36 on which the elliptical armature 34 is mounted mobile in rotation about said second axis of articulation A2.
  • the carrier frame 36 is a planar frame and consists of tubular sections made preferably by plastic molding in one piece as the frames 32 and 34.
  • the carrying frame 36 comprises two vertical and 38 opposite vertical and horizontal uprights 39 which generally form a rectangle whose two diagonally opposite angles are "truncated" by two parallel and opposite branches 40, which form an acute angle with respect to the uprights 38, 40, here substantially equal to 45 °.
  • the branches 40 carry means 42 for articulating the elliptical armature 34 with respect to the carrying frame 36 which, as can be seen in FIG. 2, is fixed with respect to the package 12.
  • the hinge means 42 of the elliptical frame 34 along the axis A2 relative to the frame 36 are for example constituted by pins or any other appropriate means.
  • the gyroscopic system 14 is intended to keep the container 16 upright, especially during transport and / or handling operations during which the package 12 may for example be returned in any orientation or shock .
  • the container 16 is advantageously a cryostat, that is to say a thermally insulated container for maintaining liquid or solid products, for example biological products, at low temperature for a determined duration thanks to a cryogenic fluid, such as liquid nitrogen.
  • a cryogenic fluid such as liquid nitrogen.
  • the container 16 here comprises an outer body 46 which is preferably made of a thermally insulating material as polystyrene or polyurethane and which has a central housing open upwards and closed a plug 48.
  • an outer body 46 which is preferably made of a thermally insulating material as polystyrene or polyurethane and which has a central housing open upwards and closed a plug 48.
  • the housing (not shown) of the outer body 46 of the container 16 is for example capable of receiving an internal insulating bulb (not shown) of the type which comprises a double glass wall separated by a vacuum so as to maintain for a determined duration and to a given temperature the biological products it contains, such a bulb is known commercially as the bulb "Thermos" (trademark).
  • the outer cylindrical body 46 of the container 16 is of generally circular section.
  • the body 46 has a lower portion 50 of diameter D1 substantially equal to the diameter of the circular ring 32 and which is connected to an upper portion 52 of diameter D2 greater than the diameter D1, by a shoulder 54 facing downwards for the positioning of the circular ring 32 along the outer wall of the container 16.
  • the container 16 and the first inner armature 32 comprise complementary means so as to allow the insertion in a "vertical" stroke of fitting perpendicular to the plane of the circular ring 32, then the locking of the container 16 in the circular ring 32 at the end of the press fit.
  • the container 16 can be vertically pushed up and down easily in the circular ring 32 prior to setting the transport configuration of the system 14. If one of the branches 39 of the support frame 36 is likely to interfere with the fitting operation.
  • FIG. 4 more particularly illustrates a first exemplary embodiment of such a container 16 comprising complementary means of the circular ring 32 to achieve a bayonet type mounting.
  • the circular ring 32 has lugs 56 which extend radially inwardly of the ring 32 and the lower portion 50 of the container 16 has two grooves 58 arranged symmetrically with respect to the central vertical axis and of which one is illustrated.
  • Each groove 58 comprises a first guide portion 60 which extends vertically and in a rectilinear manner and which extends, at its upper end, a second horizontal locking section 62 forming a complementary notch of the lugs 56 of the circular ring 32.
  • the lugs 56 being in coincidence with the guide portions 60 of the grooves 58, the container 16 is fitted vertically up and down in the circular ring 32, then the locking is obtained by rotating the container 16 so as to penetrate the lugs 56 in the notches or locking sections 62.
  • the initial introduction of the container 16 into the circular ring 32 is facilitated by the chamfering profile of the lower end of the lower part 50 of the container 16.
  • FIG. 2 illustrates the transport device 10 in transport configuration, that is to say the configuration in which the subassembly constituted by the carrier frame 36 and the gyroscopic system 14 in which the container 16 has been mounted, is arranged in the interior volume 24 of the polyhedral package 12, shown in silhouette.
  • the second axis of articulation A2 of the gyroscopic system 16 extends substantially along the diagonal D of the package 12.
  • the gyro system 14 may be arranged in the interior volume 24 of the package 12 along any one of the four diagonals.
  • the carrier frame 36 is arranged in the package 12 so that the horizontal uprights 39 extend parallel and to the bottom 18 and upper faces 20, so that the uprights 38 are received without play in two interior angles 30 of the packaging 12 opposite diagonally D so as to wedge the subassembly in the package 12.
  • the package 12 can absorb some of the shocks and vibrations without these being transmitted to the gyroscopic system 14 by the carrier frame 36.
  • the carrier frame 36 does not extend into the two opposite upper and lower peaks 28 along the diagonal of the hinge axis A2, so that shocks in this direction are not transmitted, or transmitted little, to the underside. formed by the frame 36 and the gyroscopic system 14.
  • the support frame 36 has four branches 40 of angles so that the frame 36 has no portion which extends into one of the vertices 28 of the package 12.
  • the corners of the package 12 corresponding to the vertices 28 are capable of being deformed by crushing the carton, without, however, the shock wave being directly and integrally transmitted to the gyroscopic system 14 and / or to the container 16.
  • the deformation capacity of the corners of the package 12 is made possible by the arrangement inwardly withdrawing from the package 12 of the branches 40 of the carrier frame 36, and by the choice of the material used for the package 12.
  • the container 16 is better protected against shocks, in particular lateral shocks, that is to say according to one of the faces 22 of the package 12, compared to the state of the art in which one of the hinge axes of the system was integral with the faces.
  • the carrier frame 36 is capable of deforming to absorb the shocks and comprises for example recesses in its structure, as in the horizontal uprights 39, in order to give it a capacity for elastic deformation, in particular in the vertical direction and at the surplus to reduce its weight.
  • the support frame 36 comprises additional shock absorption means which are interposed in a general manner between the frame 36 and the package 12.
  • the carrier frame 36 can thus be provided with shock absorbing means such as split cylindrical foam sleeves which are mounted on the uprights of the frame 36 so as to be interposed between the frame 36 and the package 12 in the corners 30. .
  • shock absorbing means such as split cylindrical foam sleeves which are mounted on the uprights of the frame 36 so as to be interposed between the frame 36 and the package 12 in the corners 30.
  • FIGS 5 to 7 show a second preferred embodiment of the carrier means of the gyroscopic system 14 which will now be described by comparison and analogy with the first embodiment illustrated in Figures 1 to 3.
  • the carrier means of the gyroscopic system 14 comprise two diagonally opposite identical pieces 64, each of which carries means of articulation of the second outer armature 34 in the form of an elliptical ring.
  • each carrier intermediate piece 64 comprises a body or base 66 of generally triangular shape which carries on the one hand the hinge means and, on the other hand, three positioning arms arranged in trihedron which each extend to from one of the vertices of the triangular base 66.
  • each arm 68 is provided to extend in a direction parallel to the intersection of two faces of the packing case 12.
  • the means of articulation of the elliptical ring 34 with respect to the carrier means, and thus with respect to the package 12, along the axis of articulation A2 are constituted for example by a pin 70 integral with the second outer reinforcement 34 which is received in a complementary housing 72 of the base 66 of the intermediate piece 64.
  • the assembly of the elliptical ring 34 with the base 66 of the intermediate piece 64 is made by elastic interlocking of the pin 70 in the housing so that the assembly can be carried out simply and quickly.
  • the shock absorption means shown are constituted by cylindrical sleeves 74 which are preferably made of foam or in any other elastically deformable material.
  • cylindrical sleeves 74 are particularly advantageous in the case of disposable disposable device. Indeed they can be obtained economically by cutting a tubular section foam foam.
  • Each cylindrical sleeve 74 comprises at one end a bearing face 75 and at least in the opposite face of its other end a hole 76 intended to receive, for example by fitting, one of the positioning arms 68 of the carrier piece 64.
  • FIG. 6 represents, before its arrangement in the package 12, the subassembly constituted by the gyroscopic system 14 and the carrier means after assembly of each intermediate piece 64 with the elliptical ring 34 and the damping cylindrical sleeves 74.
  • the container 16 can be mounted by fitting into the circular ring 32 of the gyroscopic system 14 subsequent to the operation of arranging the subassembly in the package 12 so as to obtain the transport configuration illustrated in FIG. .
  • the second axis of articulation A2 of the gyroscopic system 14 extends substantially along one of the diagonals D of the package 12.
  • Each of the intermediate carrier parts 64 is arranged inside one of the two vertices 28 of the packaging 12 opposite along said diagonal D corresponding to the second axis of articulation A2.
  • the base or plate 66 of the piece 64 extends in a plane perpendicular to said diagonal and each of the positioning arms 68 and the associated cylindrical sleeves 74 extends along one of the three edges of the internal angles. from the corresponding top 28.
  • the length of the sleeves 74 is such that their free end faces 75 are in abutment against the lateral faces vis-à-vis so as to ensure the wedging of the workpiece 64 in the body 12.
  • the container 16 is better protected against shocks including lateral shocks that is to say one of the faces 22 of the package 12.
  • the sleeves 74 constitute shock absorption means which are interposed between the carrier means formed by the parts 64 and the package 12.
  • the elliptical ring 34 is also elastically deformable to increase the shock absorption capacity of the device.
  • FIG. 8 represents a second exemplary embodiment for fitting and locking the cryostat container 16 in the circular ring 32 of the gyroscopic system 14.
  • the locking of the container 16 in the first inner frame 32 is obtained, after vertical fitting, by elastic deformation of said first frame 32 so that the frame 32 formed by the circular ring is automatically positioned in a groove. locking 78 complementary to the container 16.
  • the container 16 and the circular ring 32 comprise complementary complementary means, namely at least one radial lug 56 of the ring which penetrates into the rectilinear guide portion 60 of a vertical groove 58 during the press fitting stroke. container according to a movement from top to bottom.
  • the container 16 has a cylindrical lower portion 50, a control section 80 of which, in section along a horizontal plane, a non-circular section and for example oval whose perimeter is substantially equal to the diameter of the circular ring 32 of in order to cause the elastic deformation of said ring during the vertical fitting of the container 16.
  • a shock wave may, by propagating through the outer body 46 made of polystyrene, be transmitted to the bulb, in particular to the vertical walls forming the cylindrical body of the bulb.
  • the cylindrical section with double glass wall is more sensitive to shocks than are the head or the bottom or base of the bulb which, because of blow molding, have a thickness substantially higher.
  • the polyurethane foam After curing, the polyurethane foam forms a layer of material capable of absorbing all or part of the shock wave.
  • the polyurethane foam immobilizes and stall the insulating bulb in the housing, such a bulb obtained by blowing having no bottom or flat base on which it can be placed vertically in the housing.
  • Figure 9 illustrates in detail a third embodiment in which the inner frame 32 previously constituted by the circular ring is integrated in the container 16 so as to improve the shock absorption and the protection of the inner insulating bulb.
  • the container 16 has a generally cylindrical external body 46 which is formed by two recessed half-shells 45 which, after assembly, internally delimit a housing 47 in which an internal insulating bulb 82 is received.
  • the two half-shells 45 are preferably made by molding polystyrene and have a symmetry in a vertical plane containing the central vertical axis of the container.
  • the container 16 is closed, not hermetically, by a plug 48 which is housed in a recess 49 of complementary shape that the outer body 46 has in its upper horizontal face.
  • the body 46 comprises, symmetrically on each of the vertical edges of the shells 45, complementary profiles which, after assembly of the half-shells 45 form the vertical groove 58.
  • the container 16 is intended to be introduced vertically from below upwards, here into the elliptical ring 34 on which the container 16 is fixed, for example by snapping or elastic interlocking.
  • the inner armature 32 has a horizontal upper portion 31 which is received in a complementary recess 92 which internally comprises the upper part 52 of the body 46 of each half-shell 45, and comprises two diametrically opposed vertical arms 33 secured to each of the ends of the the part 31 of the frame 32.
  • the arms 33 extend vertically downwardly through the outer body 46 of the container 16 outside which they extend into the upper section 57 of the groove 58.
  • the arms 33 have at their lower end means 35 which are complementary to the hinge means that the outer frame 34 carries.
  • the articulation means along the axis A1, which is carried by the outer armature 34, consist for example of journals (not shown) which extend radially, in the manner of the lugs 56, inside the elliptical ring 34 and on which are fitted the complementary means 35 of the arms 33 of the inner frame 32.
  • the groove 58 advantageously comprises an enlarged lower rectilinear section 59 to facilitate the vertical fitting of the container 16 in the elliptical ring 34 and that extends a frustoconical guide section 60 which narrows upwards to drive the articulation means of the elliptical ring 34 in axial coincidence with the complementary means 35 of the arms 33, which are in the shape of a ring open downwards.
  • the arms 33 have an elasticity in the radial direction and can deform elastically in the upper portion 57 of the groove 58 so as to filter a portion of the shock wave.
  • the insulating bulb 82 here comprises, vertically from top to bottom, a neck 84 delimiting an upper opening 86 to allow the introduction of the biological products and the cryogenic fluid into the interior volume which laterally delimits a body 88, generally cylindrical, formed by a double glass wall separated by a vacuum and closed by a bottom or base 90.
  • the horizontal portion 31 of the frame is centrally perforated to allow passage with radial clearance of the head 84 of the bulb 82.
  • the inner armature 32 is therefore advantageously secured to the upper part of the outer body 46 of the container 16 so as to avoid in particular that a shock wave is transmitted to the side walls of the insulating bulb.
  • the hinge axis A1 of the inner frame 32 forming a subset with the container 16 relative to the outer elliptical armature 34 is arranged vertically at a substantially equal height of the body 46 of the container 16 as in the embodiments precedents.
  • polyurethane foam can be injected to form a shock absorbing layer interposed between the insulating bulb 82 and the housing 47 of the container 16 and allowing the bulb 82 to be wedged. in said housing 47.
  • the transport device 10 is a disposable device of low manufacturing cost for single use use.
  • the device 10 in storage configuration, has a small footprint, including the gyro system 14 which is then generally flat.
  • the transport device 10 in particular the gyroscopic system 14 arranged in the packaging 12, could be disassembled and provisionally conditioned storage position, prior to repatriation at low cost batch with several devices.
  • the arrangement according to a diagonal D allows, for given dimensions of the cubic box, to have on the one hand an outer reinforcement 34 of the gyroscopic system of the largest possible dimension along the long axis of the ellipse and, d on the other hand, a container of larger size.
  • the outer armature has a large capacity to deform elastically and thus to protect the container 16 from shocks.
  • the transport device according to the present invention is more particularly applicable to the transport of biological products, such as gametes or embryos, which are kept at very low temperature thanks to a cryogenic fluid such as liquid nitrogen for a determined duration sufficient to their routing.
  • a cryogenic fluid such as liquid nitrogen for a determined duration sufficient to their routing.

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  1. Vorrichtung (10) für den Transport eines Behälters (16), die eine Verpackung (12) mit polyedrischer Form aufweist, in der ein Gyroskopsystem (14) angeordnet ist, das dazu bestimmt ist, die Vertikale des Behälters (16) aufrecht zu erhalten, des Typs, bei dem das Gyroskopsystem (14) eine erste innere Armatur (32), die den Behälter (16) trägt, und eine zweite äußere Armatur (34) umfasst, wobei die erste innere Armatur (32) drehbar um eine erste Schwenkachse (A1) in Bezug auf die zweite äußere Armatur (34) angebracht ist und die zweite Armatur (34) drehbar um eine zur ersten Achse (A1) senkrechte zweite Schwenkachse (A2) in Bezug auf die polyedrische Verpackung (14) angebracht ist,
    dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass sich die zweite Schwenkachse (A2) im Wesentlichen längs einer (D) der Diagonalen der polyedrischen Verpackung (12) erstreckt.
  2. Vorrichtung (10) nach Anspruch 1, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass die zweite äußere Armatur (34) ein ebener Ring ist und dass sich die zweite Schwenkachse (A2) in der Ebene des Rings befindet.
  3. Vorrichtung nach Anspruch 2, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass die zweite äußere Armatur (34) ein Ring im Wesentlichen in Form einer Ellipse ist und dass die zweite Schwenkachse (A2) mit der Hauptachse der Ellipse im Wesentlichen zusammenfällt.
  4. Vorrichtung nach Anspruch 3, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass die erste Schwenkachse (A1) mit der Nebenachse der Ellipse im Wesentlichen zusammenfällt.
  5. Vorrichtung nach einem der vorhergehenden Ansprüche,
    dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass die erste innere Armatur (32) ein kreisförmiger flacher Ring ist und dass sich die erste Schwenkachse (A1) in der Ebene dieses kreisförmigen Rings befindet.
  6. Vorrichtung nach einem der vorhergehenden Ansprüche,
    dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass sie Trägermittel (36, 64) des Gyroskopsystems (14) umfasst, an denen die zweite äußere Armatur (34) drehbar um die zweite Schwenkachse (A2) angebracht ist.
  7. Vorrichtung nach Anspruch 6, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass die Trägermittel (36, 64) einen ebenen Trägerrahmen (36) umfassen, der zwei gegenüberliegende, parallele Montagestützen (38) aufweist, die in den zwei inneren Ecken (30) der polyedrischen Verpackung (12), die sich längs der Diagonale (D) gegenüberliegen, aufgenommen sind.
  8. Vorrichtung nach Anspruch 7, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass der Trägerrahmen (36) zwei parallele und einander gegenüberliegende Schenkel (40) aufweist, die Schwenkmittel (42) für die zweite äußere Armatur (34) in Bezug auf den Trägerrahmen (36) tragen und zu den Montagestützen (38, 39) einen spitzen Winkel bilden.
  9. Vorrichtung nach Anspruch 6, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass die Trägermittel (36, 64) aus zwei gegenüberliegenden Teilen (64) gebildet sind, wovon jedes in einem der zwei Eckpunkte (28) der polyedrischen Verpackung (12), die sich längs der Diagonale (D) gegenüberliegen, angeordnet ist und wovon jedes Mittel (70) zum Schwenken der zweiten äußeren Armatur (34) um die zweite Schwenkachse (A2) trägt.
  10. Vorrichtung nach Anspruch 9, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass jedes Zwischenträgerteil (64) eine Basis (66) umfasst, die sich längs einer Ebene senkrecht zu der Diagonalen erstreckt und einerseits die Schwenkmittel (70) und andererseits drei Positionierungsarme (68), die triedrisch angeordnet sind, trägt, wobei sich jeder dieser drei Arme längs einer der drei Kanten, die dem genannten Eckpunkt (28) der Verpackung zugeordnet sind, erstreckt.
  11. Vorrichtung nach Anspruch 10, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass die Basis (66) des Zwischenteils (64) eine dreieckige Form hat und dass sich jeder Positionierungsarm (68) ausgehend von einem (68) der Eckpunkte der dreieckigen Basis erstreckt.
  12. Vorrichtung nach einem der Ansprüche 9 bis 11, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass die Schwenkmittel der zweiten äußeren Armatur (34) durch einen Drehzapfen (70) gebildet sind, der mit der zweiten äußeren Armatur (34) fest verbunden ist und in einem komplementären Aufnahmesitz (72) der Basis (66) des Zwischenteils (64) aufgenommen ist.
  13. Vorrichtung nach Anspruch 12, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass die Zusammenfügung des Drehzapfens (70) der zweiten äußeren Armatur (34) mit der Basis (66) des Zwischenteils (64) durch elastisches Einstecken verwirklicht ist.
  14. Vorrichtung nach einem der Ansprüche 6 bis 13, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass zwischen die Trägermittel (36, 64) und die polyedrische Verpackung (12) insbesondere in den entsprechenden inneren Ecken der Verpackung Stoßabsorptionsmittel eingefügt sind.
  15. Vorrichtung nach Anspruch 14 in Verbindung mit Anspruch 10, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass das Stoßabsorptionsmittel eine zylindrische Muffe (74) ist, die aus einem elastisch verformbaren Werkstoff verwirklicht ist und wovon ein Ende den Positionierungsarm (68) aufnimmt und das andere Ende (75) sich an einer gegenüberliegenden Fläche der polyedrischen Verpackung (12) abstützt.
  16. Vorrichtung nach einem der vorhergehenden Ansprüche,
    dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass der Behälter (16) und die erste innere Armatur (32) des Gyroskopsystems (14) komplementäre Mittel aufweisen, derart, dass ein Einführen des Behälters längs einer Einsteckbahn senkrecht zur Ebene der ersten inneren Armatur (32) und dann die Verriegelung des Behälters (16) in der ersten inneren Armatur (32) am Ende der Einsteckbahn möglich sind.
  17. Vorrichtung nach Anspruch 16, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass die Verriegelung des Behälters (16) in der ersten inneren Armatur (32) nach dem Einstecken durch eine Drehbewegung erhalten wird, derart, dass eine oder mehrere Nasen (56) in komplementären Ausschnitten (62) in einer so genannten Bajonettmontage in Eingriff sind.
  18. Vorrichtung nach Anspruch 16, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass die Verriegelung des Behälters (16) in der ersten inneren Armatur (32) nach dem Einstecken durch elastische Verformung der ersten inneren Armatur (32) erhalten wird, derart, dass sich die innere Armatur (32) automatisch in einer komplementären Verriegelungskehle (78) des Behälters (16) positioniert.
  19. Vorrichtung nach einem der vorhergehenden Ansprüche, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass der Transportbehälter (16) ein Kryostat ist.
  20. Vorrichtung nach einem der vorhergehenden Ansprüche,
    dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass die polyedrische Verpackung (12) ein parallelepipedförmiger, insbesondere kubischer Kasten ist, der eine offene obere Fläche (20) für die Befüllung des Kastens aufweist.
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