EP2052986B1 - Stackable tray - Google Patents

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EP2052986B1
EP2052986B1 EP08105595A EP08105595A EP2052986B1 EP 2052986 B1 EP2052986 B1 EP 2052986B1 EP 08105595 A EP08105595 A EP 08105595A EP 08105595 A EP08105595 A EP 08105595A EP 2052986 B1 EP2052986 B1 EP 2052986B1
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Ricard Duran Soler
Steve Loftus
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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
    • B65D21/00—Nestable, stackable or joinable containers; Containers of variable capacity
    • B65D21/02—Containers specially shaped, or provided with fittings or attachments, to facilitate nesting, stacking, or joining together
    • B65D21/04—Open-ended containers shaped to be nested when empty and to be superposed when full
    • B65D21/043—Identical stackable containers specially adapted for nesting after rotation around a vertical axis
    • B65D21/045—Identical stackable containers specially adapted for nesting after rotation around a vertical axis about 180° only

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  • the present invention relates to a stackable and nestable container.
  • a tray is generally used to hold fish or any other kind of food, or even any inedible object.
  • Such bins have a structure for stacking in two different stacking modes.
  • a first stacking mode makes it possible to stack the bins while leaving free an internal space of the stacked bins. This first mode makes it possible to store there food corresponds to the stacking of the bins.
  • a second stacking mode makes it possible to stack the empty trays, so that each tray bottom occupies part of the internal space of the tray on which it is stacked. This second mode corresponds to the casing of the bins.
  • Two opposite walls have pillars. Such pillars protrude on the lower outer face of the walls on which they develop.
  • an upper belt surrounds the tops of the walls with the pillars.
  • Such a belt has on its inner face recesses or protuberances.
  • the pillars located on a first wall of a tank are spaced differently, in a direction of this wall, relative to the pillars located on a second wall opposite this first wall.
  • the recesses located on the first wall of the tray are shifted differently relative to the recesses located on the second wall.
  • the pillars of the first bin are opposite the recesses of the belt of the second bin.
  • the recesses and pillars have a complementary shape such that when the second tray is superimposed with the first tray, the pillars of the second tray are introduced into the recesses of the first tray.
  • the bins are then nested. In such a nesting position, the internal space of the second bin is occupied by the first bin.
  • the nesting position is generally used to store the bins in such a way that they take up as little space as possible.
  • Such a solution may have some disadvantages. Indeed, if the stacking of the bins is easy by the interlocking of the bins between them, because this nesting limits well the movement of the bins by the insertion of the pillars of the upper bins in the recesses of the lower bins, against the stability of the bins when stacked is limited.
  • the water discharge holes may not be able to ensure that the water will be evacuated from the stack of tanks without the water contained in the upper bins are evacuated in the lower bins.
  • a possible solution to solve this problem is to create lugs on the upper surfaces of the belt.
  • Such lugs cooperate in complementarity with hollow portions present on a lower face of the pillars. Indeed, when the lower faces of the pillars of a second tank are supported on the upper face of the belt of the first tray, the lugs of the belt of the first tray are introduced into the hollow portions of the pillars of the second tray.
  • the complementarity of the lugs and the hollow parts into which said lugs are inserted blocks in relative displacement the first tray relative to the second tray. The stability of all stacked bins is then much better.
  • the invention provides a stackable stackable and reversible nesting having a substantially rectangular bottom and four walls extending perpendicularly to the bottom from the edges of said bottom.
  • the walls are two to two adjacent.
  • the walls are two by two vis-à-vis.
  • Projected pillars are located on the outer faces of two opposite walls.
  • An outer upper belt surrounds the top of the walls comprising the pillars.
  • This belt has recesses cooperating with the pillars of another tray so that in a stacking position, the pillars of an upper tray are supported on an upper surface of the belt of the lower tray and that in position of stacking, the pillars of the upper tray are housed in the recesses of the lower tray belt.
  • the belt of the tray comprises a guide rib.
  • a guide rib is located on the upper surface of the belt. More particularly, such a rib is located on the upper surface of the belt at the junction between the upper face of the belt and an outer lateral face of the belt, or the outer lateral face of the belt-belted wall. .
  • This rib extends along the upper surface of the belt in a direction parallel to the plane of the wall belted by the belt.
  • a first rib is located on each surface of the belt on which support the pillars of the upper bins.
  • the tray according to the invention comprises in addition to the rib lugs, typically two lugs for each rib. These lugs are located on the upper surface of the belt. On the upper surface of the belt surrounding a first wall, these lugs are located at the ends of the rib located on the upper surface of said first wall. On the upper surface of the belt surrounding a second wall, opposite the first wall, the lugs are located towards the center of the rib located on the upper surface of the belt surrounding said second wall.
  • the lugs comprise on the one hand a ramp and on the other hand a right drop.
  • the lugs located on the same upper surface of a belt containing a rib are oriented head to tail, that is to say that a ramp of a first lug is located opposite a ramp of a second lug.
  • a user of bins according to the invention wants to stack a first and a second bin together, he orients the second bin in the same way as the first. Then the second bin is pressed on the first bin.
  • the pillars of the second tank are supported on the upper surface of the belt of the first tray.
  • the user slides the second tray on the upper surface of the belt.
  • the guide ribs then guide the second tray on the first tray.
  • the guide ribs then limit the sliding of the second tray to a sliding along said ribs, forcing the pillars of the second tray to rest on the upper surface of the belt of the first tray. When the pillars come into contact with the ramp, these pillars slide and rise on the ramp.
  • the pillars have on their underside hollow portions of complementary shape to that of the lugs.
  • the subject of the invention is therefore a stackable stackable bin with a substantially rectangular bottom, four walls two by two adjacent and two by two facing each other from the bottom, pillars projecting from one side. exterior of two opposite walls, an outer upper belt encircling the tops of the walls characterized in that an upper face of the belt has two elongate guide ribs in two walls facing each other, and in that the The belt has, on one side towards each end of the ribs, two spurs on one side, towards the rib, a ramp and on the other side a straight fall, and on the other side towards the center of the Rib two spits head spade presenting on one side, one towards the other, a ramp and on the other side a straight fall.
  • a preferred embodiment of the invention provides that two facing walls each comprise two pillars placed in first and second positions, the first positions on one wall being different from the second positions on another wall, the outer belt. upper being capable of receiving on one upper side of the pillars of another tray resting in an identical relative position of two superposed bins called stacking position, the upper outer belt having recesses located on the lower and inner face of two opposite walls comprising the pillars, said recesses being able to receive in housing the pillars of another bin in the inverted relative position of two superposed bins called nesting position, the ribs and the lugs being placed on the belt opposite the top of the walls which receive the pillars.
  • a preferred embodiment of the invention provides that the pillars comprise a hollow portion cooperating with the pillar.
  • a preferred embodiment of the invention provides that the pillars comprise a chamfer to guide the lug in a hollow portion of the pillars during a sliding of said pillars on the lugs.
  • a preferred embodiment of the invention provides that a wall comprises a liquid discharge orifice, the belt above said orifice having a water drop receptacle, said drain orifice having a width following a direction parallel to the plane of the wall on which it is made included in the width of said receptacle, this receptacle being supported by a spacer perpendicular to the wall located above said discharge orifice.
  • a bin 1 according to the invention is stackable and nestable by turning.
  • a tray has a bottom 2.
  • the bottom 2 is substantially rectangular.
  • This bottom 2 serves as a base for four walls such as 3.
  • the walls 3 are two adjacent two.
  • the walls 3 are two by two vis-à-vis. These walls 3 extending from the bottom 2. More particularly, each wall 3 extends from an edge 4 of the bottom 2.
  • the walls 3 and the bottom 2 define an internal space 5 of the tray. Said internal space 5 constitutes a storage space, for example for fish.
  • the tray 1 comprises pillars 6.
  • Such pillars project on a lower outer face 7 of two opposite walls 3.
  • the outer faces 7 of the two walls vis-à-vis comprise at least one pillar 6.
  • Preferably two pillars 6 are present by outer face.
  • the pillars 6 may have a parallelepiped shape. Alternatively, they are formed of juxtaposed columns.
  • the pillars have a width measured along the length of the wall 7. The width of the pillars present on a wall is different from the width of the pillars present on the wall which is opposite to this wall.
  • a belt 8 upper, outer belt around the tops of the walls may be a flange 9 extending only offset from the extension of the walls 3 having pillars 6.
  • the belt 8 constitutes a flange 9 on all the walls 3 of the tank 1.
  • the pillars 6 located on a first wall 10 are located in a first position. Such a position may be defined by a spacing 12 between a first pillar 13 and a second pillar 14 and a spacing 15 between a pillar 6 of the first wall 10, the first pillar 13 for example, and a junction between the first wall 10 and a second wall 16, said second wall 16 being adjacent to the first wall 10.
  • the pillars 6 located on a third wall 17 opposite the first wall 10 are located in a second position different from the first position.
  • Such a second position can be defined by a spacing 19 between a third pillar 20 and a fourth pillar 21 and by a spacing 22 between a pillar 6 of the third wall 17, the third pillar 20 for example, and a junction between the third wall 17 and the second wall 16.
  • the belt 8 has internal recesses 23. More particularly, a portion 24 of the belt 8 located on the first wall 10 has a first recess 25 and a second recess 26, and a portion 27 of the belt 8 located on the third wall 17 comprises a third recess 28 and a fourth recess 29.
  • the recesses 23 are of complementary shape of the pillars 6, that is to say that the pillars 6 form a projection occupying a volume substantially equal to an internal volume of the recesses 23. From moreover, the recesses 23 have positions reversed with respect to the pillars 6.
  • a gap 31 between the first recess 25 and the second recess 26 is the same as the gap 19 between the third pillar 20 and the fourth pillar 21.
  • a gap 32 between the third recess 28 and the fourth recess 29 is the same as the gap 12 between the first pillar 13 and the second pillar 14.
  • a The gap 33 between the first recess 25 and a fourth wall 34 is equal to the gap 22 between the third pillar 20 and the second wall 16 and a gap 35 between the third recess 28 and the fourth wall 34 is equal to the gap 15. between the first pillar 13 and the second wall 16, said fourth wall 34 being opposite the second wall 16.
  • the internal space 5 of the tray lower is then occupied by the upper tray.
  • the upper tray In non-inverted superposition, called stacking position, the upper tray is supported on the upper surface 36 of the belt of the lower tray, leaving free the internal space 5 of the lower tray.
  • the bins are preferably two-color.
  • the tray 1 comprises, on an upper face 36 of the belt 8, a guide rib 37.
  • a guide rib 37 is present on any upper surface 36 serving as support for the pillars 6 of an upper tray .
  • the tray 1 comprises two guide ribs 37 on two walls 3 vis-à-vis.
  • the guide ribs 37 are elongate in a direction of development of said two walls 3 vis-à-vis.
  • the pillars 6 of the upper tray are located on said upper surface 36 between the guide ribs 37.
  • These guide ribs 37 may for example grow on a height of a few millimeters, for example 3 mm.
  • the abutment pillars 6 can not then move in a direction other than the direction of development of the guide ribs, typically the ribs 37 form a rail between which the pillars 6 of the upper tray will move.
  • the tray 1 comprises, on the upper surface 36 of its belt 8, a lug 38.
  • lug 38 has, on one side, a ramp 39 and, on the other side, a fall 40.
  • the ramp 39 connects the upper surface 36 and the right drop 40.
  • the right drop 40 connects the ramp 39 and the upper surface 36.
  • such lugs 38 are located on the upper surface 36 of the belt 8 of a first wall 10 towards each end 41 of the rib.
  • the lugs 38 on either side of the rib 37 are head to tail, that is to say that a first ramp 42 of a first lug 43 is vis-à-vis a second ramp 44 d a second lug 45.
  • such lugs 38 are located on the upper surface 36 of the belt of the third wall 17 towards the center of the guide rib 37. These lugs are also head to tail.
  • the ribs 37 and the lugs 38 are placed on the belt opposite the top of the walls which receive the pillars.
  • the bottom of the tray 1 has on a lower face, in the foundation pillars 6, hollow portions 46. Such hollow portions 46 cooperate with the lugs 38.
  • a user wants to stack two trays together, he places the upper tray on the lower tray.
  • the pillars 6 of the upper tray then bear on the upper surface 36 of the belt 8 of the lower tray.
  • the user slides the upper tray on the lower tray, said upper tray being guided during its movement by the guide ribs 37.
  • the upper tray comes into contact with the lugs 38 of the lower tray, the upper tray is positioned inclined by compared to the lower tray.
  • the user slides the upper tray in support on the ramp pins 54 until the lugs are introduced into the corresponding hollow portions. Once introduced into the holes, the pins block in relative movement the trays and said trays are then stacked.
  • the figure 2 is a schematic perspective view of the underside of a tray according to the invention.
  • the pillars 6 comprise a hollow portion 47.
  • a hollow portion 47 represents the hollow portions 46.
  • the lugs 38 are located on the upper surface 36 of the belt 8 in the extension of the pillars 6.
  • the pillars 6 may comprise a chamfer 48.
  • Such a chamfer 48 is located on the pillars 6 vis-à-vis, that is to say that the first pillar has a chamfer 48 vis-à-vis the chamfer present on the second pound and the third pillar has a chamfer vis-à-vis the chamfer present on the fourth pillar.
  • Such a chamfer avoids a user having to tilt the tray 1 to insert it into the lugs 38, when a pillar slides on the ramp of a lug, the other lug 38 on the same wall progressively entering the chamfer of the other pillar.
  • such a chamfer can serve as a guide, the lug being introduced by said chamfer guiding the movement of the tray.
  • the figure 3 represents a side view of a tray according to the invention.
  • a wall 3 comprises a liquid discharge orifice 49.
  • Such an outlet orifice 49 is located near the bottom of the tray 1.
  • the belt 8 then has the plumb with this orifice 49 a water drop receptacle 50.
  • the discharge orifice 49 a a width 51, in a direction parallel to the plane of the wall 3 on which it is made, included in a width 52 of said receptacle 50.
  • any drop of water falling from the discharge orifice 49 of an upper tray falls on the receptacle 50 of the lower tray.
  • the receptacle 50 forms an inclination such that any drop falling on said receptacle can not be introduced into the tray but is rejected towards the outside of the tray.
  • This receptacle 50 is supported by a spacer 53.
  • the spacer 53 is a vertical wall perpendicular to the wall 3 on which said spacer is mounted. Furthermore, the spacer 53 is located below the middle of the receptacle 50 and above said discharge orifice 49. Thus, any drop sliding along the spacer 53 is discharged through the receptacle 50 of the tray located below with the water discharged through the outlet 49 of this tray located below.
  • the figure 3 also shows a recess 54 of a side wall 16 and or 34.
  • This recess 54 allows, in the stacked position with the lugs to allow filling by gravity. In practice, such filling makes it possible to fill up to the overflow, by quantifying in a more or less constant manner the maximum contents of the bins. It also shows that the bottom 2 is arched to facilitate the evacuation of water.
  • the figure 4 shows a variant in which the hollow portions 46 has a lateral opening 55.
  • a lateral opening allows on the one hand a cleaning of these hollow parts as it is necessary in the food field.
  • the lateral opening allows a better tolerance to implementation since the small wall removed does not interfere with the introduction of a lug which would be placed offset from the ideal alignment.

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The pan (1) has an external upper belt (8) comprising an upper surface (36) with two guiding ribs (37) lengthened along two opposite walls (3). The belt has two head-to-foot pins (38) provided towards each end of the ribs, where the pins comprise a grab rail (39) and a right chute (40) provided one towards other. The grab rail is provided towards the ribs, and the right chute is provided towards center of the ribs. Two pillars (6) include a laterally opened hollow portion cooperating with the pins.

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La présente invention se rapporte à un bac gerbable et emboîtable. Un tel bac est généralement utilisé pour contenir des poissons ou toutes autres sortes d'aliments, voire tout objet non comestible. De tels bacs ont une structure permettant l'empilement selon deux modes d'empilement différents. Un premier mode d'empilement permet d'empiler les bacs tout en laissant libre un espace interne des bacs empilés. Ce premier mode permet d'y stocker des aliments correspond au gerbage des bacs. Un deuxième mode d'empilement permet d'empiler les bacs vides, de telle sorte que chaque fond de bac occupe une partie de l'espace interne du bac sur lequel il est empilé. Ce deuxième mode correspond à l'emboîtage des bacs.The present invention relates to a stackable and nestable container. Such a tray is generally used to hold fish or any other kind of food, or even any inedible object. Such bins have a structure for stacking in two different stacking modes. A first stacking mode makes it possible to stack the bins while leaving free an internal space of the stacked bins. This first mode makes it possible to store there food corresponds to the stacking of the bins. A second stacking mode makes it possible to stack the empty trays, so that each tray bottom occupies part of the internal space of the tray on which it is stacked. This second mode corresponds to the casing of the bins.

Dans l'état de la technique, on connaît l'enseignement du document US-A-3 416 704 qui divulgue des récipients empilables ou encastrables, du document GB-A-1 086 256 qui divulgue des récipients empilables ou encastrables et une méthode pour empiler de tels récipients, et du document EP-A-0 371 565 qui divulgue des plateaux empilables. Plusieurs autres solutions sont connues de l'homme du métier afin de fournir de tels bacs aptes à être respectivement gerbés ou emboîtés. La solution la plus classique consiste en un bac ayant un fond sensiblement rectangulaire. Quatre parois s'étendent sensiblement perpendiculairement au fond à partir des bords dudit fond. Ces parois sont deux à deux adjacentes. Par ailleurs ces parois sont deux à deux en vis-à-vis. Certaines parois peuvent comporter des orifices d'évacuation situés dans la partie inférieure. Ces orifices permettent à de l'eau contenue dans les bacs d'être évacuée, par exemple lors de nettoyage à l'aide de jets d'eau desdits bacs.In the state of the art, the teaching of the document is known US-A-3,416,704 which discloses stackable or built-in containers, of the document GB-A-1,086,256 which discloses stackable or built-in containers and a method for stacking such containers, and of the document EP-A-0 371 565 which divulges stackable trays. Several other solutions are known to those skilled in the art to provide such bins able to be respectively stacked or nested. The most conventional solution consists of a tray having a substantially rectangular bottom. Four walls extend substantially perpendicular to the bottom from the edges of said bottom. These walls are two to two adjacent. Moreover, these walls are two by two vis-à-vis. Some walls may have vents at the bottom. These orifices allow water contained in the bins to be evacuated, for example when cleaning with water jets said bins.

Deux parois opposées comportent des piliers. De tels piliers font saillie sur la face extérieure inférieure des parois sur lesquels ils se développent. Par ailleurs, une ceinture supérieure ceinture des sommets des parois comportant les piliers. Une telle ceinture comporte sur sa face intérieure des renfoncements ou des protubérances. Les piliers situés sur une première paroi d'un bac sont écartés différemment, suivant une direction de cette paroi, par rapport aux piliers situés sur une deuxième paroi en vis-à-vis de cette première paroi. De même les renfoncements situés sur la première paroi du bac sont décalés différemment par rapport aux renfoncements situés sur deuxième paroi.Two opposite walls have pillars. Such pillars protrude on the lower outer face of the walls on which they develop. In addition, an upper belt surrounds the tops of the walls with the pillars. Such a belt has on its inner face recesses or protuberances. The pillars located on a first wall of a tank are spaced differently, in a direction of this wall, relative to the pillars located on a second wall opposite this first wall. Similarly, the recesses located on the first wall of the tray are shifted differently relative to the recesses located on the second wall.

Lorsque deux bacs sont superposés, si les bacs sont superposés suivant une orientation identique, une face inférieure des piliers d'un deuxième bac est en vis-à-vis d'une face supérieure de la ceinture d'un premier bac. Les piliers du premier bac prennent alors appui sur ladite surface supérieure de la ceinture du deuxième bac de telle sorte les deux bacs sont gerbés. Dans une telle position de gerbage, l'espace interne des bacs reste libre pour contenir des aliments.When two bins are stacked, if the bins are superimposed in an identical orientation, a lower face of the pillars of a second bin is vis-à-vis an upper face of the belt of a first ferry. The pillars of the first tank then bear on said upper surface of the belt of the second bin so that the two bins are stacked. In such a stacking position, the internal space of the bins remains free to contain food.

Cependant, si les bacs sont superposés suivant une orientation inversée, les piliers du premier bac sont en regard des renfoncements de la ceinture du deuxième bac. Les renfoncements et les piliers ont une forme complémentaire de telle sorte que lorsque le deuxième bac est superposé avec le premier bac, les piliers du deuxième bac sont introduits dans les renfoncements du premier bac. Les bacs sont alors emboîtés. Dans une telle position d'emboîtement, l'espace interne du deuxième bac est occupé par le premier bac. La position d'emboîtement est généralement utilisée afin de stocker les bacs de telle sorte que ceux-ci prennent le moins d'espace possible.However, if the bins are stacked in an inverted orientation, the pillars of the first bin are opposite the recesses of the belt of the second bin. The recesses and pillars have a complementary shape such that when the second tray is superimposed with the first tray, the pillars of the second tray are introduced into the recesses of the first tray. The bins are then nested. In such a nesting position, the internal space of the second bin is occupied by the first bin. The nesting position is generally used to store the bins in such a way that they take up as little space as possible.

Une telle solution peut présenter quelques inconvénients. En effet, si l'empilement des bacs est aisé par l'emboîtement des bacs entre eux, car cet emboîtement limite bien le mouvement des bacs par l'insertion des piliers des bacs supérieurs dans les renfoncements des bacs inférieurs, par contre la stabilité des bacs lorsqu'ils sont gerbés est limitée.Such a solution may have some disadvantages. Indeed, if the stacking of the bins is easy by the interlocking of the bins between them, because this nesting limits well the movement of the bins by the insertion of the pillars of the upper bins in the recesses of the lower bins, against the stability of the bins when stacked is limited.

De plus, lors d'un égouttage de bacs empilés ou gerbés, les orifices d'évacuation de l'eau peuvent ne pas permettre de s'assurer que l'eau sera bien évacuée de la pile de bacs sans que l'eau contenue dans les bacs supérieurs ne soient évacuée dans les bacs inférieurs.In addition, when draining stacked or stacked trays, the water discharge holes may not be able to ensure that the water will be evacuated from the stack of tanks without the water contained in the upper bins are evacuated in the lower bins.

Selon l'invention, une solution envisageable pour résoudre ce problème consiste à créer des ergots sur les surfaces supérieures de la ceinture. De tels ergots coopèrent par complémentarité avec des parties creuses présentes sur une face inférieure des piliers. En effet, lorsque les faces inférieures des piliers d'un deuxième bac prennent appui sur la face supérieure de la ceinture du premier bac, les ergots de la ceinture du premier bac sont introduits dans les parties creuses des piliers du deuxième bac. La complémentarité des ergots et des parties creuses dans lesquels sont introduits lesdits ergots bloque en déplacement relatif le premier bac par rapport au deuxième bac. La stabilité de l'ensemble des bacs gerbé est alors bien meilleure.According to the invention, a possible solution to solve this problem is to create lugs on the upper surfaces of the belt. Such lugs cooperate in complementarity with hollow portions present on a lower face of the pillars. Indeed, when the lower faces of the pillars of a second tank are supported on the upper face of the belt of the first tray, the lugs of the belt of the first tray are introduced into the hollow portions of the pillars of the second tray. The complementarity of the lugs and the hollow parts into which said lugs are inserted blocks in relative displacement the first tray relative to the second tray. The stability of all stacked bins is then much better.

Cependant, une telle solution rend le gerbage des bacs plus délicats. En effet, de tels ergots imposent généralement de devoir gerber les bacs de manière verticale. Typiquement, un utilisateur de tels bacs à ergots doit veiller à placer un nouveau bac de telle sorte que les parties creuses soient bien en vis-à-vis des ergots du bac précédent pour gerber ces bacs. En effet, tant que les ergots ne sont pas introduits dans les trous, la stabilité de l'empilement n'est pas assurée. Ceci impose une manoeuvre délicate que bien souvent les utilisateurs de tels bacs ne prennent pas le temps de faire.However, such a solution makes the stacking of the bins more delicate. Indeed, such lugs usually require the need to stack the bins vertically. Typically, a user of such lug bins must make sure to place a new tray so that the hollow parts are well vis-à-vis the lugs of the previous tray to stack these trays. Indeed, as long as the lugs are not introduced into the holes, the stability of the stack is not assured. This imposes a delicate maneuver that often users of such bins do not take the time to do.

Cette solution ne semble donc pas complètement convenir au gerbage rapide et efficace de bacs gerbables et emboîtables.This solution does not seem to be completely suitable for fast and efficient stacking of stackable and nestable trays.

Pour résoudre ce problème, l'invention prévoit un bac gerbable et emboîtable par retournement comportant un fond sensiblement rectangulaire et quatre parois s'étendant perpendiculairement au fond depuis les bords dudit fond. Les parois sont deux à deux adjacentes. De plus les parois sont deux à deux en vis-à-vis. Des piliers faisant saillie sont situés sur les faces extérieures de deux parois opposées. Une ceinture supérieure extérieure ceinture le sommet des parois comportant les piliers. Cette ceinture comporte des renfoncements coopérant avec les piliers d'un autre bac de telle sorte que dans une position de gerbage, les piliers d'un bac supérieur sont appuyés sur une surface supérieure de la ceinture du bac inférieur et qu'en position d'empilage, les piliers du bac supérieur sont logés dans les renfoncements de la ceinture du bac inférieur.To solve this problem, the invention provides a stackable stackable and reversible nesting having a substantially rectangular bottom and four walls extending perpendicularly to the bottom from the edges of said bottom. The walls are two to two adjacent. In addition the walls are two by two vis-à-vis. Projected pillars are located on the outer faces of two opposite walls. An outer upper belt surrounds the top of the walls comprising the pillars. This belt has recesses cooperating with the pillars of another tray so that in a stacking position, the pillars of an upper tray are supported on an upper surface of the belt of the lower tray and that in position of stacking, the pillars of the upper tray are housed in the recesses of the lower tray belt.

Selon l'invention, la ceinture du bac comporte une nervure de guidage. Une telle nervure est située sur la surface supérieure de la ceinture. Plus particulièrement une telle nervure est située sur la surface supérieure de la ceinture au niveau de la jonction entre la face supérieure de la ceinture et d'une face latérale extérieure de la ceinture, ou de la face latérale extérieure de la paroi ceinturée par la ceinture. Cette nervure s'étend le long de la surface supérieure de la ceinture suivant une direction parallèle au plan de la paroi ceinturée par la ceinture. Une première nervure est située sur chaque surface de la ceinture sur laquelle prennent appui les piliers des bacs supérieurs. Lorsqu'un premier bac est appuyé ou gerbé sur un deuxième bac suivant une orientation identique, les piliers du premier bac sont en appui à la fois sur la surface supérieure de la ceinture du deuxième bac et contre la nervure.According to the invention, the belt of the tray comprises a guide rib. Such a rib is located on the upper surface of the belt. More particularly, such a rib is located on the upper surface of the belt at the junction between the upper face of the belt and an outer lateral face of the belt, or the outer lateral face of the belt-belted wall. . This rib extends along the upper surface of the belt in a direction parallel to the plane of the wall belted by the belt. A first rib is located on each surface of the belt on which support the pillars of the upper bins. When a first tray is supported or stacked on a second tray in an identical orientation, the pillars of the first tray are supported both on the upper surface of the belt of the second tray and against the rib.

Par ailleurs, le bac selon l'invention comporte en plus de la nervure des ergots, typiquement deux ergots pour chaque nervure. Ces ergots sont situés sur la surface supérieure de la ceinture. Sur la surface supérieure de la ceinture ceinturant une première paroi, ces ergots sont situés aux extrémités de la nervure située sur la surface supérieure de ladite première paroi. Sur la surface supérieure de la ceinture ceinturant une deuxième paroi, opposée à la première paroi, les ergots sont situés vers le centre de la nervure située sur la surface supérieure de la ceinture ceinturant ladite deuxième paroi.Furthermore, the tray according to the invention comprises in addition to the rib lugs, typically two lugs for each rib. These lugs are located on the upper surface of the belt. On the upper surface of the belt surrounding a first wall, these lugs are located at the ends of the rib located on the upper surface of said first wall. On the upper surface of the belt surrounding a second wall, opposite the first wall, the lugs are located towards the center of the rib located on the upper surface of the belt surrounding said second wall.

Les ergots comportent d'une part une rampe et d'autre part une chute droite. Les ergots situés sur une même surface supérieure d'une ceinture contenant une nervure sont orientés tête bêche, c'est-à-dire qu'une rampe d'un premier ergot est située en regard d'une rampe d'un deuxième ergot.The lugs comprise on the one hand a ramp and on the other hand a right drop. The lugs located on the same upper surface of a belt containing a rib are oriented head to tail, that is to say that a ramp of a first lug is located opposite a ramp of a second lug.

Lorsqu'un utilisateur de bacs selon l'invention veut gerber un premier et un deuxième bac ensemble, il oriente le deuxième bac de la même manière que le premier. Puis le deuxième bac est appuyé sur le premier bac. Typiquement, les piliers du deuxième bac prennent appui sur la surface supérieure de la ceinture du premier bac. L'utilisateur fait alors glisser le deuxième bac sur la surface supérieure de la ceinture. Les nervures de guidage guident alors le deuxième bac sur le premier bac. Les nervures de guidage limitent alors le glissement du deuxième bac à un glissement le long desdites nervures, forçant les piliers du deuxième bac à rester en appui sur la surface supérieure de la ceinture du premier bac. Lorsque les piliers arrivent au contact de la rampe, ces piliers glissent et montent sur la rampe. Les piliers comportent sur leur face inférieure des parties creuses de forme complémentaire de celle des ergots. Lorsque les parties creuses des piliers ont glissé jusqu'au milieu des ergots, jusqu'à la jonction entre la rampe et le chute droite, les ergots s'introduisent dans les parties creuses et les bacs sont alors automatiquement correctement gerbés.When a user of bins according to the invention wants to stack a first and a second bin together, he orients the second bin in the same way as the first. Then the second bin is pressed on the first bin. Typically, the pillars of the second tank are supported on the upper surface of the belt of the first tray. The user then slides the second tray on the upper surface of the belt. The guide ribs then guide the second tray on the first tray. The guide ribs then limit the sliding of the second tray to a sliding along said ribs, forcing the pillars of the second tray to rest on the upper surface of the belt of the first tray. When the pillars come into contact with the ramp, these pillars slide and rise on the ramp. The pillars have on their underside hollow portions of complementary shape to that of the lugs. When the hollow parts of the pillars have slid to the middle of the lugs, until the junction between the ramp and the right drop, the lugs are introduced into the hollow parts and the bins are then automatically correctly stacked.

L'invention a donc pour objet un bac gerbable et emboîtable par retournement comportant un fond sensiblement rectangulaire, quatre parois deux à deux adjacentes et deux à deux en vis-à-vis s'étendant depuis le fond, des piliers faisant saillies sur une face extérieure de deux parois opposées, une ceinture supérieure extérieure ceinturant des sommets des parois caractérisé en ce qu'une face supérieure de la ceinture comporte deux nervures de guidage allongée selon deux paroi en vis-à-vis, et en ce que la ceinture comporte, d'un coté vers chaque extrémité des nervures, deux ergots tête bêche présentant d'un coté, vers la nervure, une rampe et de l'autre coté une chute droite, et de l'autre coté vers le centre de la nervure deux ergots tête bêche présentant d'un coté, l'un vers l'autre, une rampe et de l'autre coté une chute droite.The subject of the invention is therefore a stackable stackable bin with a substantially rectangular bottom, four walls two by two adjacent and two by two facing each other from the bottom, pillars projecting from one side. exterior of two opposite walls, an outer upper belt encircling the tops of the walls characterized in that an upper face of the belt has two elongate guide ribs in two walls facing each other, and in that the The belt has, on one side towards each end of the ribs, two spurs on one side, towards the rib, a ramp and on the other side a straight fall, and on the other side towards the center of the Rib two spits head spade presenting on one side, one towards the other, a ramp and on the other side a straight fall.

Un mode préférentiel de réalisation de l'invention prévoit que deux parois en vis-à-vis comportent chacune deux piliers placés selon des premières et deuxièmes positions, les premières positions sur une paroi étant différentes des deuxièmes positions sur une autre paroi, la ceinture extérieure supérieure étant susceptible de recevoir sur une face supérieure des piliers d'un autre bac en appui dans une position relative identique de deux bacs superposés appelée position de gerbage, la ceinture extérieure supérieure comportant des renfoncements situés sur la face inférieure et intérieure de deux parois opposées comportant les piliers, lesdits renfoncements étant susceptible de recevoir en logement les piliers d'un autre bac en position relative inversée de deux bacs superposés appelée position d'emboîtement, les nervures et les ergots étant placés sur la ceinture en regard du sommet des parois qui reçoivent les piliers.A preferred embodiment of the invention provides that two facing walls each comprise two pillars placed in first and second positions, the first positions on one wall being different from the second positions on another wall, the outer belt. upper being capable of receiving on one upper side of the pillars of another tray resting in an identical relative position of two superposed bins called stacking position, the upper outer belt having recesses located on the lower and inner face of two opposite walls comprising the pillars, said recesses being able to receive in housing the pillars of another bin in the inverted relative position of two superposed bins called nesting position, the ribs and the lugs being placed on the belt opposite the top of the walls which receive the pillars.

Un mode préférentiel de réalisation de l'invention prévoit que les piliers comportent une partie creuse coopérant avec le pilier.A preferred embodiment of the invention provides that the pillars comprise a hollow portion cooperating with the pillar.

Un mode préférentiel de réalisation de l'invention prévoit que les piliers comportent un chanfrein afin de guider l'ergot dans une partie creuse des piliers lors d'un glissement desdits piliers sur les ergots.A preferred embodiment of the invention provides that the pillars comprise a chamfer to guide the lug in a hollow portion of the pillars during a sliding of said pillars on the lugs.

Un mode préférentiel de réalisation de l'invention prévoit qu'une paroi comporte un orifice d'évacuation de liquide, la ceinture à l'aplomb de cet orifice comportant un réceptacle de goutte d'eau, ledit orifice d'évacuation ayant une largeur suivant une direction parallèle au plan de la paroi sur laquelle elle est réalisée comprise dans la largeur dudit réceptacle, ce réceptacle étant soutenu par une entretoise perpendiculaire à la paroi situé au dessus dudit orifice d'évacuation.A preferred embodiment of the invention provides that a wall comprises a liquid discharge orifice, the belt above said orifice having a water drop receptacle, said drain orifice having a width following a direction parallel to the plane of the wall on which it is made included in the width of said receptacle, this receptacle being supported by a spacer perpendicular to the wall located above said discharge orifice.

L'invention sera mieux comprise à la lecture de la description qui suit et à l'examen des figures qui l'accompagnent. Celles-ci ne sont présentées qu'à titre indicatif et nullement limitatif de l'invention. Les figures montrent :

  • Figure 1 : Une vue en perspective schématique du dessus d'un bac selon l'invention.
  • Figure 2 : Une vue en perspective schématique du dessous d'un bac selon l'invention.
  • Figure 3 : Une vue de profil d'un bac selon l'invention.
    La figure 1 représente une vue en perspective schématique du dessus d'un bac selon l'invention:
  • Figure 4 : une variante de réalisation des parties creuses.
The invention will be better understood on reading the description which follows and on examining the figures which accompany it. These are presented only as an indication and in no way limitative of the invention. The figures show:
  • Figure 1 : A schematic perspective view of the top of a tray according to the invention.
  • Figure 2 : A schematic perspective view of the underside of a tray according to the invention.
  • Figure 3 : A profile view of a tray according to the invention.
    The figure 1 represents a schematic perspective view of the top of a bin according to the invention:
  • Figure 4 : an alternative embodiment of the hollow parts.

Un bac 1 selon l'invention est gerbable et emboîtable par retournement. Un tel bac comporte un fond 2. Le fond 2 est sensiblement de forme rectangulaire. Ce fond 2 sert de base à quatre parois telles que 3. Les parois 3 sont deux à deux adjacentes. De plus les parois 3 sont deux à deux en vis-à-vis. Ces parois 3 s'étendant depuis le fond 2. Plus particulièrement, chaque paroi 3 s'étend depuis un bord 4 du fond 2. Les parois 3 et le fond 2 définissent un espace interne 5 du bac. Ledit espace interne 5 constitue un espace de stockage, par exemple pour des poissons.A bin 1 according to the invention is stackable and nestable by turning. Such a tray has a bottom 2. The bottom 2 is substantially rectangular. This bottom 2 serves as a base for four walls such as 3. The walls 3 are two adjacent two. In addition the walls 3 are two by two vis-à-vis. These walls 3 extending from the bottom 2. More particularly, each wall 3 extends from an edge 4 of the bottom 2. The walls 3 and the bottom 2 define an internal space 5 of the tray. Said internal space 5 constitutes a storage space, for example for fish.

Afin de permettre à des bacs selon l'invention de s'emboîter ou de se gerber, le bac 1 comporte des piliers 6. De tels piliers font saillies sur une face extérieure inférieure 7 de deux parois 3 opposées. Typiquement, les faces extérieures 7 des deux parois en vis-à-vis comportent au moins un pilier 6. De préférence deux piliers 6 sont présents par face extérieure. Les piliers 6 peuvent avoir une forme parallélépipédique. En variante, ils sont formés de colonnettes juxtaposées. Les piliers ont une largeur mesurée selon la longueur de la paroi 7. La largeur des piliers présents sur une paroi est différente de la largeur des piliers présents sur la paroi qui est opposée à cette paroi.In order to allow bins according to the invention to nest or stack, the tray 1 comprises pillars 6. Such pillars project on a lower outer face 7 of two opposite walls 3. Typically, the outer faces 7 of the two walls vis-à-vis comprise at least one pillar 6. Preferably two pillars 6 are present by outer face. The pillars 6 may have a parallelepiped shape. Alternatively, they are formed of juxtaposed columns. The pillars have a width measured along the length of the wall 7. The width of the pillars present on a wall is different from the width of the pillars present on the wall which is opposite to this wall.

Une ceinture 8 supérieure, extérieure, ceinture des sommets des parois. Dans un mode de réalisation de l'invention, une telle ceinture 8 peut être un rebord 9 s'étendant uniquement en décalage du prolongement des parois 3 comportant des piliers 6. Dans un autre mode de réalisation, la ceinture 8 constitue un rebord 9 sur toutes les parois 3 du bac 1.A belt 8 upper, outer belt around the tops of the walls. In one embodiment of the invention, such a belt 8 may be a flange 9 extending only offset from the extension of the walls 3 having pillars 6. In another embodiment, the belt 8 constitutes a flange 9 on all the walls 3 of the tank 1.

Les piliers 6 situés sur une première paroi 10 sont situés dans une première position. Une telle position peut être définie par un écartement 12 entre un premier pilier 13 et un deuxième pilier 14 et par un écartement 15 entre un pilier 6 de la première paroi 10, le premier pilier 13 par exemple, et une jonction entre la première paroi 10 et une deuxième paroi 16, ladite deuxième paroi 16 étant adjacente à la première paroi 10. Les piliers 6 situés sur une troisième paroi 17 opposée à la première paroi 10 sont situés dans une deuxième position différente de la première position. Une telle deuxième position peut être définie par un écartement 19 entre un troisième pilier 20 et un quatrième pilier 21 et par un écartement 22 entre un pilier 6 de la troisième paroi 17, le troisième pilier 20 par exemple, et une jonction entre la troisième paroi 17 et la deuxième paroi 16.The pillars 6 located on a first wall 10 are located in a first position. Such a position may be defined by a spacing 12 between a first pillar 13 and a second pillar 14 and a spacing 15 between a pillar 6 of the first wall 10, the first pillar 13 for example, and a junction between the first wall 10 and a second wall 16, said second wall 16 being adjacent to the first wall 10. The pillars 6 located on a third wall 17 opposite the first wall 10 are located in a second position different from the first position. Such a second position can be defined by a spacing 19 between a third pillar 20 and a fourth pillar 21 and by a spacing 22 between a pillar 6 of the third wall 17, the third pillar 20 for example, and a junction between the third wall 17 and the second wall 16.

La ceinture 8 comporte des renfoncements intérieurs 23. Plus particulièrement, une partie 24 de la ceinture 8 située sur la première paroi 10 comporte un premier renfoncement 25 et un deuxième renfoncement 26, et une partie 27 de la ceinture 8 située sur la troisième paroi 17 comporte un troisième renfoncement 28 et un quatrième renfoncement 29. Les renfoncements 23 sont de forme complémentaire des piliers 6, c'est-à-dire que les piliers 6 forment une saillie occupant un volume sensiblement égal à un volume interne des renfoncements 23. De plus, les renfoncements 23 ont des positions inversées par rapport aux piliers 6. Typiquement, un écart 31 entre le premier renfoncement 25 et le deuxième renfoncement 26 est le même que l'écart 19 entre le troisième pilier 20 et le quatrième pilier 21. Et un écart 32 entre le troisième renfoncement 28 et le quatrième renfoncement 29 est le même que l'écart 12 entre le premier pilier 13 et le deuxième pilier 14. De plus, un écart 33 entre le premier renfoncement 25 et une quatrième paroi 34 est égal à l'écart 22 entre le troisième pilier 20 et la deuxième paroi 16 et un écart 35 entre le troisième renfoncement 28 et la quatrième paroi 34 est égal à l'écart 15 entre le premier pilier 13 et la deuxième paroi 16, ladite quatrième paroi 34 étant opposé à la deuxième paroi 16.The belt 8 has internal recesses 23. More particularly, a portion 24 of the belt 8 located on the first wall 10 has a first recess 25 and a second recess 26, and a portion 27 of the belt 8 located on the third wall 17 comprises a third recess 28 and a fourth recess 29. The recesses 23 are of complementary shape of the pillars 6, that is to say that the pillars 6 form a projection occupying a volume substantially equal to an internal volume of the recesses 23. From moreover, the recesses 23 have positions reversed with respect to the pillars 6. Typically, a gap 31 between the first recess 25 and the second recess 26 is the same as the gap 19 between the third pillar 20 and the fourth pillar 21. a gap 32 between the third recess 28 and the fourth recess 29 is the same as the gap 12 between the first pillar 13 and the second pillar 14. In addition, a The gap 33 between the first recess 25 and a fourth wall 34 is equal to the gap 22 between the third pillar 20 and the second wall 16 and a gap 35 between the third recess 28 and the fourth wall 34 is equal to the gap 15. between the first pillar 13 and the second wall 16, said fourth wall 34 being opposite the second wall 16.

Ces positions relatives des piliers 6 et des renfoncements 23 sont tels que lorsque deux bac se superposent suivant une même orientation, c'est-à-dire que la première paroi 10 du bac supérieur est située au dessus de la première paroi 10 du bac inférieur, les piliers 6 du bac supérieur sont en vis-à-vis d'une surface supérieure 36 de la ceinture 8 du bac inférieur et que lorsque deux bacs se superposent suivant une orientation inversée, c'est-à-dire que la première paroi 10 du bac supérieur est au dessus de la troisième paroi 17 du bac inférieur, les piliers 6 du bac supérieur sont en vis-à-vis des renfoncements 23 du bac inférieur. Typiquement, en superposition inversée, appelée position d'emboîtement, les piliers 6 du bac supérieurs sont insérés dans les renfoncements 23 du bac inférieur. L'espace interne 5 du bac inférieur est alors occupé par le bac supérieur. En superposition non inversée, appelée position de gerbage, le bac supérieur est en appui sur la surface supérieure 36 de la ceinture du bac inférieure, laissant ainsi libre l'espace interne 5 du bac inférieur. Pour faciliter cette mise en place, les bacs sont de préférence bicolores.These relative positions of the pillars 6 and recesses 23 are such that when two trays are superimposed in the same orientation, that is to say that the first wall 10 of the upper tray is located above the first wall 10 of the lower tray , the pillars 6 of the upper tray are vis-à-vis an upper surface 36 of the belt 8 of the lower tray and when two trays are superimposed in an inverted orientation, that is to say that the first wall 10 of the upper tray is above the third wall 17 of the lower tray, the pillars 6 of the upper tray are vis-à-vis the recesses 23 of the lower tray. Typically, in inverted superposition, called nesting position, the pillars 6 of the upper tray are inserted into the recesses 23 of the lower tray. The internal space 5 of the tray lower is then occupied by the upper tray. In non-inverted superposition, called stacking position, the upper tray is supported on the upper surface 36 of the belt of the lower tray, leaving free the internal space 5 of the lower tray. To facilitate this implementation, the bins are preferably two-color.

Le bac 1 selon l'invention comporte, sur une face supérieure 36 de la ceinture 8, une nervure de guidage 37. Une telle nervure de guidage 37 est présente sur toute surface supérieure 36 servant d'appui aux piliers 6 d'un bac supérieur. Ainsi, préférentiellement, le bac 1 comporte deux nervures de guidage 37 sur deux parois 3 en vis-à-vis. Les nervures de guidage 37 sont allongées selon une direction de développement desdites deux parois 3 en vis-à-vis. Lorsqu'un bac supérieur est appuyé sur une surface supérieure 36 d'un bac inférieur, les piliers 6 du bac supérieur sont situés sur ladite surface supérieure 36 entre les nervures de guidage 37. Ces nervures de guidage 37 peuvent par exemple se développer sur une hauteur de quelques millimètres, par exemple 3 mm. Les piliers 6 en appui ne peuvent alors pas se déplacer suivant une direction autre que la direction de développement des nervures de guidage, typiquement, les nervures 37 forment un rail entre lequel les piliers 6 du bac supérieur vont se déplacer.The tray 1 according to the invention comprises, on an upper face 36 of the belt 8, a guide rib 37. Such a guide rib 37 is present on any upper surface 36 serving as support for the pillars 6 of an upper tray . Thus, preferably, the tray 1 comprises two guide ribs 37 on two walls 3 vis-à-vis. The guide ribs 37 are elongate in a direction of development of said two walls 3 vis-à-vis. When an upper tray is supported on an upper surface 36 of a lower tray, the pillars 6 of the upper tray are located on said upper surface 36 between the guide ribs 37. These guide ribs 37 may for example grow on a height of a few millimeters, for example 3 mm. The abutment pillars 6 can not then move in a direction other than the direction of development of the guide ribs, typically the ribs 37 form a rail between which the pillars 6 of the upper tray will move.

De plus, le bac 1 selon l'invention comporte, sur la surface supérieure 36 de sa ceinture 8, un ergot 38. Un tel ergot 38 présente, d'un côté, une rampe 39 et, de l'autre côté, une chute droite 40. La rampe 39 relie la surface supérieure 36 et la chute droite 40. La chute droite 40 relie la rampe 39 et la surface supérieure 36.In addition, the tray 1 according to the invention comprises, on the upper surface 36 of its belt 8, a lug 38. Such lug 38 has, on one side, a ramp 39 and, on the other side, a fall 40. The ramp 39 connects the upper surface 36 and the right drop 40. The right drop 40 connects the ramp 39 and the upper surface 36.

Dans un mode préférentiel de réalisation de l'invention, de tels ergots 38 sont situés sur la surface supérieure 36 de la ceinture 8 d'une première paroi 10 vers chaque extrémité 41 de la nervure. Les ergots 38 de part et d'autre de la nervure 37 sont tête bêche, c'est-à-dire qu'une première rampe 42 d'un premier ergot 43 est en vis-à-vis d'une deuxième rampe 44 d'un deuxième ergot 45. De plus, de tels ergots 38 sont situés sur la surface supérieure 36 de la ceinture de la troisième paroi 17 vers le centre de la nervure de guidage 37. Ces ergots sont eux aussi tête bêche. Les nervures 37 et les ergots 38 sont placés sur la ceinture en regard du sommet des parois qui reçoivent les piliers.In a preferred embodiment of the invention, such lugs 38 are located on the upper surface 36 of the belt 8 of a first wall 10 towards each end 41 of the rib. The lugs 38 on either side of the rib 37 are head to tail, that is to say that a first ramp 42 of a first lug 43 is vis-à-vis a second ramp 44 d a second lug 45. In addition, such lugs 38 are located on the upper surface 36 of the belt of the third wall 17 towards the center of the guide rib 37. These lugs are also head to tail. The ribs 37 and the lugs 38 are placed on the belt opposite the top of the walls which receive the pillars.

Le fond du bac 1 comporte sur une face inférieure, dans le fondement des piliers 6, des parties creuses 46. De telles parties creuses 46 coopèrent avec les ergots 38. Typiquement, lorsqu'un utilisateur veut gerber deux bacs ensemble, il pose le bac supérieur sur le bac inférieur. Les piliers 6 du bac supérieur prennent alors appui sur la surface supérieure 36 de la ceinture 8 du bac inférieur. L'utilisateur fait alors glisser le bac supérieur sur le bac inférieur, ledit bac supérieur étant guidé durant son déplacement par les nervures de guidage 37. Lorsque le bac supérieur arrive au contact des ergots 38 du bac inférieur, le bac supérieur est positionné incliné par rapport au bac inférieur. L'utilisateur fait alors glisser le bac supérieur en appui sur la rampe des ergots 38 jusqu'à ce que les ergots soient introduits dans les parties creuses correspondantes. Une fois introduits dans les trous, les ergots bloquent en déplacement relatif les bacs et lesdits bacs son alors gerbés.The bottom of the tray 1 has on a lower face, in the foundation pillars 6, hollow portions 46. Such hollow portions 46 cooperate with the lugs 38. Typically, when a user wants to stack two trays together, he places the upper tray on the lower tray. The pillars 6 of the upper tray then bear on the upper surface 36 of the belt 8 of the lower tray. The user then slides the upper tray on the lower tray, said upper tray being guided during its movement by the guide ribs 37. When the upper tray comes into contact with the lugs 38 of the lower tray, the upper tray is positioned inclined by compared to the lower tray. The user then slides the upper tray in support on the ramp pins 54 until the lugs are introduced into the corresponding hollow portions. Once introduced into the holes, the pins block in relative movement the trays and said trays are then stacked.

La figure 2 représente une vue en perspective schématique du dessous d'un bac selon l'invention. Dans un mode de réalisation préférentiel de l'invention, les piliers 6 comportent une partie creuse 47. Une telle partie creuse 47 représente les parties creuses 46. Typiquement, les ergots 38 coopérant avec la partie creuse 47 des piliers pour gerber les bacs. Dans un tel mode de réalisation, les ergots 38 sont situés sur la surface supérieure 36 de la ceinture 8 dans le prolongement des piliers 6. Par ailleurs, les piliers 6 peuvent comporter un chanfrein 48. Un tel chanfrein 48 est situé sur les piliers 6 en vis-à-vis, c'est-à-dire que le premier pilier comporte un chanfrein 48 en vis-à-vis du chanfrein présent sur le deuxième piler et le troisième pilier comporte un chanfrein en vis-à-vis du chanfrein présent sur le quatrième pilier. Un tel chanfrein permet d'éviter à un utilisateur d'avoir à incliner le bac 1 pour l'insérer dans les ergots 38, lorsqu'un pilier glisse sur la rampe d'un ergot, l'autre ergot 38 présent sur la même paroi s'introduisant progressivement dans le chanfrein de l'autre pilier. Par ailleurs, un tel chanfrein peut servir de guide, l'ergot étant introduit par ledit chanfrein guidant le déplacement du bac.The figure 2 is a schematic perspective view of the underside of a tray according to the invention. In a preferred embodiment of the invention, the pillars 6 comprise a hollow portion 47. Such a hollow portion 47 represents the hollow portions 46. Typically, the lugs 38 cooperating with the hollow portion 47 of the pillars for stacking the bins. In such an embodiment, the lugs 38 are located on the upper surface 36 of the belt 8 in the extension of the pillars 6. In addition, the pillars 6 may comprise a chamfer 48. Such a chamfer 48 is located on the pillars 6 vis-à-vis, that is to say that the first pillar has a chamfer 48 vis-à-vis the chamfer present on the second pound and the third pillar has a chamfer vis-à-vis the chamfer present on the fourth pillar. Such a chamfer avoids a user having to tilt the tray 1 to insert it into the lugs 38, when a pillar slides on the ramp of a lug, the other lug 38 on the same wall progressively entering the chamfer of the other pillar. Moreover, such a chamfer can serve as a guide, the lug being introduced by said chamfer guiding the movement of the tray.

La figure 3 représente une vue de profil d'un bac selon l'invention.The figure 3 represents a side view of a tray according to the invention.

Dans un mode de réalisation préférentiel de l'invention, une paroi 3 comporte un orifice d'évacuation de liquide 49. Un tel orifice d'évacuation 49 est situé proche du fond du bac 1. La ceinture 8 comporte alors à l'aplomb de cet orifice 49 un réceptacle de goutte d'eau 50. L'orifice d'évacuation 49 a une largeur 51, suivant une direction parallèle au plan de la paroi 3 sur laquelle elle est réalisée, comprise dans une largeur 52 dudit réceptacle 50. Typiquement, toute goutte d'eau tombant de l'orifice d'évacuation 49 d'un bac supérieur tombe sur le réceptacle 50 du bac inférieur. Le réceptacle 50 forme une inclinaison telle que toute goutte tombant sur ledit réceptacle ne peut s'introduire dans le bac mais est rejetée vers l'extérieur du bac.In a preferred embodiment of the invention, a wall 3 comprises a liquid discharge orifice 49. Such an outlet orifice 49 is located near the bottom of the tray 1. The belt 8 then has the plumb with this orifice 49 a water drop receptacle 50. The discharge orifice 49 a a width 51, in a direction parallel to the plane of the wall 3 on which it is made, included in a width 52 of said receptacle 50. Typically, any drop of water falling from the discharge orifice 49 of an upper tray falls on the receptacle 50 of the lower tray. The receptacle 50 forms an inclination such that any drop falling on said receptacle can not be introduced into the tray but is rejected towards the outside of the tray.

Ce réceptacle 50 est soutenu par une entretoise 53. L'entretoise 53 est une paroi verticale perpendiculaire à la paroi 3 sur laquelle ladite entretoise est montée. Par ailleurs, l'entretoise 53 est située en dessous du milieu du réceptacle 50 et au dessus dudit orifice d'évacuation 49. Ainsi, toute goutte glissant le long de l'entretoise 53 est évacuée par le réceptacle 50 du bac situé en dessous avec l'eau évacuée par l'orifice d'évacuation 49 de ce bac situé en dessous.This receptacle 50 is supported by a spacer 53. The spacer 53 is a vertical wall perpendicular to the wall 3 on which said spacer is mounted. Furthermore, the spacer 53 is located below the middle of the receptacle 50 and above said discharge orifice 49. Thus, any drop sliding along the spacer 53 is discharged through the receptacle 50 of the tray located below with the water discharged through the outlet 49 of this tray located below.

La figure 3 montre également un décrochement 54 d'une paroi latérale 16 et ou 34. Ce décrochement 54 permet, en position gerbée avec les ergots d'autoriser un remplissage par gravité. En pratique, un tel remplissage permet de remplir jusqu'au débordement, en quantifiant de manière à peu près constante les contenus maximum des bacs. Elle montre également que le fond 2 est cambré pour faciliter l'évacuation de l'eau.The figure 3 also shows a recess 54 of a side wall 16 and or 34. This recess 54 allows, in the stacked position with the lugs to allow filling by gravity. In practice, such filling makes it possible to fill up to the overflow, by quantifying in a more or less constant manner the maximum contents of the bins. It also shows that the bottom 2 is arched to facilitate the evacuation of water.

La figure 4 montre une variante dans laquelle les parties creuses 46 on une ouverture latérale 55. Une telle ouverture latérale permet d'une part un nettoyage de ces parties creuses comme il est nécessaire dans le domaine alimentaire. En outre l'ouverture latérale autorise une meilleure tolérance à la mise en place puisque la petite paroi enlevée ne gène pas l'introduction d'un ergot qui serait placé en décalage par rapport à l'alignement idéal.The figure 4 shows a variant in which the hollow portions 46 has a lateral opening 55. Such a lateral opening allows on the one hand a cleaning of these hollow parts as it is necessary in the food field. In addition the lateral opening allows a better tolerance to implementation since the small wall removed does not interfere with the introduction of a lug which would be placed offset from the ideal alignment.

Claims (6)

  1. A stackable and reversibly nestable tray (1), comprising
    - a substantially rectangular bottom (2),
    - four walls (3), paired adjacently and opposingly, extending from the bottom,
    - spacers (6) projecting from an outer face (7) of two opposing walls (10; 17).
    - an upper outer belt (8) reinforcing the tops of the walls,
    - characterized in that an upper face (36) of the belt has two guiding ribs (37) running lengthwise along two opposing walls and in that the belt has, above one of these two walls toward each end (41) of the rib, two lugs (38; 43; 45) head to tail forming a ramp (39; 42; 44) toward the rib on one side and a straight drop (40) on the other side, and, above either of the two walls toward the center of the rib, two lugs head to tail forming a ramp toward one another on one side and a straight drop on the other side.
  2. A tray according to claim 1, characterized in that
    - two opposing walls that each have two spacers placed according to first and second positions,
    - the first positions on a wall being different than the second positions on another wall,
    - the upper outer belt being able to support the outer face of spacers on another tray in a relatively identical position, as two stacked trays, called the stacked position,
    - the upper outer belt having recesses (23; 25; 26; 28; 29) located on the inner face of two opposing walls that have spacers, said recesses being able to house the spacers of another tray in a relatively reversed position, as two stacked trays, called the nested position,
    - the ribs and lugs being positioned on the belt opposite the top of the walls supporting the spacers.
  3. A tray according to any one of claims 1 to 2, characterized in that the spacers have a grooved section (46; 47) corresponding with the lugs.
  4. A tray according to claim 3, characterized in that a grooved section is laterally open (55).
  5. A tray according to any one of claims 1 to 4, characterized in that the spacers have a beveled edge (48) to guide the lug into a grooved section of the spacers when said spacers slide on the lugs.
  6. A tray according to any one of claims 1 to 5, characterized in that a wall has an opening (49) for liquid drainage,
    - the belt directly below this opening having a water drop receptacle (50), said drainage opening having a width (51) parallel to the surface of the wall on which it exists, that includes the width (52) of said receptacle,
    - this receptacle being supported by a brace (53) perpendicular to the wall located below said drainage opening.
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