Classifications

• • 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
  • B65D21/0209—Containers specially shaped, or provided with fittings or attachments, to facilitate nesting, stacking, or joining together stackable or joined together one-upon-the-other in the upright or upside-down position
  • B65D21/0217—Containers with a closure presenting stacking elements
  • B65D21/0223—Containers with a closure presenting stacking elements the closure and the bottom presenting local co-operating elements, e.g. projections and recesses
• • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
  • A45—HAND OR TRAVELLING ARTICLES
  • A45C—PURSES; LUGGAGE; HAND CARRIED BAGS
  • A45C7/00—Collapsible or extensible purses, luggage, bags or the like
  • A45C7/0018—Rigid or semi-rigid luggage
  • A45C7/0045—Rigid or semi-rigid luggage comprising a plurality of separable elements which can be used independently of one another
• • 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
  • B65D21/0209—Containers specially shaped, or provided with fittings or attachments, to facilitate nesting, stacking, or joining together stackable or joined together one-upon-the-other in the upright or upside-down position
  • B65D21/0228—Containers joined together by screw-, bayonet-, snap-fit or the like
• • 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
  • B65D45/00—Clamping or other pressure-applying devices for securing or retaining closure members
  • B65D45/02—Clamping or other pressure-applying devices for securing or retaining closure members for applying axial pressure to engage closure with sealing surface
  • B65D45/16—Clips, hooks, or clamps which are removable, or which remain connected either with the closure or with the container when the container is open, e.g. C-shaped
  • B65D45/20—Clips, hooks, or clamps which are removable, or which remain connected either with the closure or with the container when the container is open, e.g. C-shaped pivoted
• • 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
  • B65D2525/00—Details of other kinds or types of rigid or semi-rigid containers
  • B65D2525/28—Handles
  • B65D2525/281—Details relating to handles
  • B65D2525/286—Details relating to handles movable between two or more stable positions, e.g. a retracted and an extended position
  • B65D2525/288—Details relating to handles movable between two or more stable positions, e.g. a retracted and an extended position by pivoting action

Definitions

• the invention relates to a container arrangement comprising at least one stackable container which has a first engagement structure arranged on its upper side and a second engagement structure arranged on its underside, wherein the two engagement structures are coordinated with one another such that in the stacked state of two containers the upper first engagement structure the lower container and the underlying lower engagement structure of the upper container engage each other such that the two containers are displaceable relative to one another transversely to the stacking direction and on the other by engaging behind transversely to the stacking Schugreif beautician the engagement structures a lifting of the upper container from the lower container at least partially preventing locking between the containers is present.
• a container arrangement of this type known from DE 44 09 411 A1 has a container designed as a packaging container, which can be stacked vertically with its like with a sideways-oriented opening and also has means which, in order to obtain a container assembly which can be handled in a uniform manner, enable a coupling of the respective stacked containers ,
• These coupling-enabling means include, inter alia, an uppermost ste engagement structure consisting of two back hooks and two arranged in the front of the bolt-like projections.
• a second engagement structure formed from depressions or recesses is formed, which is adapted to the components of the first engagement structure such that an upper container can be placed on a lower container in the context of a combined plug-in pivoting operation.
• the upper container is initially placed obliquely until the second engagement structure has hooked or engaged behind the hooks of the first engagement structure, then the upper container is lowered in its front region until there is a transversely secured to the stacking direction by the engagement of the projections Fixation takes place.
• the Schugreiftician consisting of the hooks and the associated recesses of the engagement structures cause a mutual vertical fixation of the container in the rear tank area.
• a corresponding fixation in the front container area by means of a plurality of additional coupling devices which have formed in the manner of rotating latches coupling means and which are also used to hold two of the container opening, laterally arranged lid walls to hold in the closed position, after they have been stacked by appropriate folding
• a person using the container may easily be injured by the raised formed engagement structure exposed at the top of the container.
• this raised first engagement structure obstructs the placement of other containers that do not have a correspondingly adapted second engagement structure.
• Another disadvantage is that the container when parking on uneven ground due to its smooth-surfaced underside not be safely turned off can and that possibly the lower container wall is pressed or damaged by unevenness of the ground.
• a container arrangement is already known from EP 1 059 240 B1, in which stackable containers are equipped with coupling devices which have rotary latches which allow a vertical coupling of stacked containers.
• the rotary bolts are in each case rotatably mounted on a lower part of the container and can be rotated into a coupling position passing over the cover arranged above, in each of which they engage behind an anchoring projection of the lower part arranged above it.
• the containers are provided with raised feet which can be immersed in engagement recesses formed on the top of the container in order to fix the stacked containers non-displaceably transversely to the stacking direction.
• the object of the present invention to provide a container arrangement in which the stackable container has cost-feasible measures that favor a secure vertical coupling stacked containers and also a safe parking of the container on a substrate.
• the first engagement structure consists of engagement recesses arranged on the upper side of the container and the second engagement structure consists of engaging projections arranged on the underside of the container, the container having on its underside a plurality of distributed, downwardly projecting feet that belong to the second engagement structure and that at least partially form their Hintergreif felter.
• first engagement structure By the arranged at the top of the container first engagement structure consists of recesses, the risk of injury during handling of the container is considerably reduced for lack of upstanding sharp-edged projections.
• further containers can easily be placed on the container, not equipped with a complementary engagement structure, without damaging the first engagement structure or even being damaged.
• the engagement projections cooperating with the engagement recesses are part of the arranged on the underside of the container second engagement structure and therefore facing away from the user in the usual handling of the container, so that there is no longer a risk of injury. Feet on the underside of the container allow safe parking even on uneven ground and no risk of damage to the lower tank wall, wherein one or more of the feet itself directly form a Schugreif beauteil the second engagement structure, which cooperates with the first engagement structure.
• the second engagement structure has a plurality of feet, wherein one or more of these feet 5 a locking base and at least one other
• the locking pedestal acts as an undercut component with locking function in the stacking direction, while the support pedestal does not effect such locking and serves to provide support transverse to the stacking direction so that the stacking containers are secured relative to each other.
• the at least one locking stand can additionally exercise such a support function serving to prevent displacement.
• the second engagement structure preferably contains at least two spaced-apart locking feet which, in the stacked state of two containers, lock each into its own or jointly associated engagement recess of the first engagement structure
• the locking bar 0 may be integrally formed with the two locking feet and has expediently a lower height as these locking feet so that selbige continue to be selectively deposited on a substrate.
• Each locking stand has for engaging behind the first engagement structure expediently via a wedge-shaped profiled rear engagement portion, which is in particular oriented so that it points away from the at least one additional existing support base.
• a wedge-shaped profiled rear engagement portion which is in particular oriented so that it points away from the at least one additional existing support base.
• an opposite orientation would also be conceivable.
• the first engagement contour expediently has at least one locking engagement recess, which has a cross-section through, arranged at its edge a Häifvorsprung oriented at right angles to the stacking direction, from one into the locking Engaging recess immersing locking base can be locked behind.
• the locking engagement recess can readily be designed so that all locking feet and a possibly existing locking strip can interact with its associated rear engagement projection. In this way it is possible to realize at least one locking engagement recess having preferably an elongated shape, which acts in the manner of a stiffening bead and gives the container wall a high structural rigidity.
• the supporting engagement recesses serving to receive the supporting feet are laterally suitably provided with an oblique sliding surface which supports the immersion process of the associated supporting stand and in this way provides a centering function when placing them on one another two containers takes over.
• Corresponding sliding surfaces can also be assigned to the at least one locking engagement recess if required.
• Transport has.
• This carrying handle can conveniently be pivoted into a non-use position on the top of the container, so that it sunk into a receiving recess of the container comes to rest. In this way, the stacking of the container is not affected by the carrying handle and no special formation is required at the bottom of the container.
• the receiving recess is simultaneously formed as an engagement recess of the first engagement structure and expediently a
• Locking engagement recess forms, with which the Hintergreif Anlagenmaschine the second engagement contour can interlock.
• At least one locking engagement recess may be provided with dimensions such that it also forms a recessed handle for supporting the container, independently of any additional pivotal carrying handle.
• the recessed grip is particularly useful when the container is to be worn individually and has a low height 5, comparable to the dimensions of a briefcase, so that it can be transported in a vertical orientation, in which equipped with the recessed top of the container sideways is oriented.
• the first and second engagement structures can be configured overall in such a way that they intermesh with each other. stand alone effect that the upper container is prevented in its entirety from lifting from the lower container. This can be done, for example, by a suitable distribution of the Hintergreif istmaschine functioning
• At least one additional coupling device is present, which is effective between the relatively pivotable areas of the container in a detachable manner, so that by actuation of the at least one coupling device, the vertical coupling is finally completed or again can be lifted.
• the stackable container has a box-shaped or dish-shaped lower part which has an opening and a cover which is associated with the opening of this lower part and which is movable relative to the lower part for selectively releasing or closing the opening of the lower part.
• the lid can in principle be designed without permanent connection to the lower part, so that it can be completely removed when not in use. Convenient, however, is a design in which the lid is pivotally mounted on the lower part, wherein the pivot bearing is advantageously carried out in the region of the back.
• the first engagement structure is expediently located at the top of the lid and the second engagement structure at the bottom of the base.
• the engagement structures may be formed so that they lock the auffactitzenden container only partially and another area of the upper container is in principle upholsterednverschwenkbar relative to the lower region.
• the at least one coupling device present in this case for coupling the height-pivotable regions of the container here expediently has a coupling means movably mounted on the lid of the container, which is movable relative to the lid into a coupling position in which it is to receive the interconnected container composite simultaneously with the lower parts of the lower and the upper container is in coupling engagement.
• Such a design has the advantage that the mobility of the coupling means ensuring storage are relieved when manufactured coupling engagement, because by the coupling engagement, the two lower parts of the container to be coupled to each other are connected directly by the coupling means.
• the storage means are therefore not or only insignificantly stressed by the transferred between the coupled containers carrying capacity and require no special reinforcement, so that they can be produced inexpensively.
• the coupling means is expediently designed as a rotary latch which is mounted rotatably on the cover and which is in coupling engagement with anchoring means arranged on the lower part in the coupling position.
• the anchoring means of the lower part are expediently subdivided into first anchoring means closer to the cover and second anchoring means located closer to the underside. If two containers equipped with a matching coupling device are in contact with one another, a locking with the first anchoring means of the lower lower part and the second anchoring means of the upper lower part can thus be effected by turning the rotary latch arranged on the lower cover.
• An advantage of the splitting of the anchoring means is that they can be mounted in any vertical spread on the lower part and thus regardless of the height dimensions of the lower part a problem-free locking of multiple containers is possible, including a lock between containers of different heights.
• the rotary latch is equipped with adapted locking structures.
• Both the anchoring means and the locking structures are suitably designed arcuate, so that they can be very easily brought into and out of engagement by turning the rotary latch and at the same time made in a coupling engagement due to the curved surface a large distribution of the loads to be transferred, which is the specific Load of the individual components keeps extremely low.
• the anchoring means are formed as projections and the locking structures as components of groove-like depressions, but also a reverse arrangement is possible.
• the at least one coupling device is expediently located on an end face of the container oriented at right angles to the stacking direction of the container, which is the front side, when the engagement structures are designed such that the associated locking region is located in the vicinity of the rear side of the container lies.
• the at least one coupling device can advantageously have a multiple functionality. In this context, it is possible to form them so that the movable coupling means is movable except in the coupling position at least in a closed position in which it is decoupled from a seated on the associated container container, while still a lock between the lid and the lower part of the container in question produces. In this way, the lid of the container is locked in the stoppage position and the container can be handled individually, without coupled further container. In the closed position of the coupling means it is too it is possible to place another container on the container without hindrance or to remove it from the container.
• the coupling means is designed as a rotary latch, its rotational position assumed in the coupling position is different from that in the closed position.
• offset to the rotary latch in the rotational direction locking structures are arranged, which are in the coupling position and in the closed position, each with the same arranged on the lower part anchoring means in coupling engagement.
• the mutual offset of the locking structures in the direction of rotation is in particular so great that the rotary latch is rotatable in at least one open position in which the anchoring means arranged on the lower part lie between the mutually offset locking structures, so that the coupling engagement is canceled.
• the lid In this position, the lid can then lift off the base.
• the conditions may be such that an upper container possibly sitting on the container is then decoupled and can be removed.
• the closed position thus has the same effect as the open position.
• the at least one coupling device can provide the possibility of transferring the movable coupling means into a position designated as a half-coupling position, in which, in addition, the coupling engagement with an upper container arranged above is provided, the locking with the lower part arranged below the cover but is canceled. You can thus the Lift the lid without having to remove the upper container, with the upper container still fixed to the lid.
• the container arrangement may comprise a plurality of containers, which differ from each other in particular in their height dimensions, but which are equipped with mutually similar engagement structures and coupling devices, so that they can be stacked in any order and releasably coupled together to obtain a container composite.
• FIG. 1 shows a perspective view of a container according to the invention in the closed state
• FIG. 2 shows the container from FIG. 1 with the lid pivoted into an open position
• FIG. 3 shows a bottom view of the container with a viewing direction according to arrow III from FIG. 1,
• FIG. 4 shows an oblique view of the container on its underside
• FIG. 5 shows a container arrangement consisting of two containers stacked on top of one another, coupled together to form a container composite
• Figure 6 is a front view of the arrangement of Figure 5 with
• Figure 7 is a plan view of the container assembly of FIG.
• Figure 8 is a side view of the arrangement of Figure 5 with
• FIG. 9 shows the container arrangement from FIG. 5 from another
• FIG. 10 shows the container arrangement from FIG. 5 in a perspective side view in the state of placement of an upper container onto a lower container
• FIG. 11 shows a cross section through the container arrangement according to FIG.
• FIG. 12 is a detail view of a coupling means in a rear view looking in the direction of arrow XII from FIG. 9,
• FIG. 12 is a sectional view XI-XI in FIG. 5 and 6 shows the engagement structures meshing with one another;
• FIG. 14 shows the arrangement from FIG. 13 in a section according to FIG.
• FIG. 15 shows detail A of FIGS. 5 and 6 in the same sectional view as in FIG Closed position moving coupling means and in section along section line XV-XV of Figure 16,
• Figure 16 shows the arrangement of Figure 15 in section along section line XVI-XVI
• Figure 17 shows the detail A of Figures 5 and 6 in a with
• Figure 18 shows the detail A of Figures 5 and 6 in a the
• FIGS. 13 and 15 corresponding representation, wherein the coupling means is shown in the half-coupling position
• FIG. 19 shows the container arrangement from FIG. 5 in an open position of the lower container with the upper container simultaneously coupled to the lid of the lower container
• the container arrangement shown in FIGS. 1 to 4 consists of a container 1 which is designed to stack a plurality of containers 1 of its kind in a vertical stacking direction 2, for example, comprising a plurality of containers 1 stacked on top of one another, for example from FIGS To obtain container arrangement.
• the container 1 is also preferably equipped with at least one coupling device 3 as well as with an engagement device 4, which make it possible to releasably couple together abutting bags in such a way that the container arrangement comprises a plurality of contiguous containers 1. forming container composite, which can be handled as a unit and in particular transported.
• the container 1 is expediently designed essentially cuboid. Inside it has a receiving space 5 for receiving any objects. Its body 6 is expediently subdivided into a box-shaped or dish-shaped lower part 7 and a lid 8 associated with the opening 12 of the lower part 7, which in turn may also be constructed in a box-shaped or cup-shaped manner. In the normal position of use of the container 1, the lower part 7 is below and the lid 8 is arranged above. The present description refers to this normal position of use.
• the cover 8 can assume a covering position which can be seen, for example, from FIGS. 1 and 5. It sits here completely on the edge of the lower part 7 and closes the opening 12, so that the receiving space 5 is covered inaccessible.
• the cover 8 can also be moved away from the lower part 7 in an open position, which can be seen for example from FIGS. 2 and 19, in order to expose the opening 12 and make the receiving space 5 accessible.
• the container 1 With reference to the normal position of use, the container 1 has on the outside a front end face 16a, an opposite rear end face 16b and two also opposite, between the front and the rear end face 16a, 16b extending lateral end faces 16c, 16d. These lo end faces 16a-16d are part of a frame-shaped peripheral wall 17, which is divided in the embodiment in a belonging to the lower part 7 peripheral wall portion 17a and a cover 8 belonging upper peripheral wall portion 17b.
• the two circumferential wall sections 17a, 17b are expediently flush with one another.
• the container 1 has on the outside a lower outer surface referred to as lower side 18 and an upper outer surface designated as upper side 19.
• the underside 18 is loading
• the upper wall 19 is part of a lid 8 belonging to the ceiling wall 23.
• the bottom wall 22 and the ceiling wall 23 extend in the normal position of use in each case in a horizontal plane, with the H ⁇ henraum of Benzol- 5 ters 1 coinciding stacking direction 2 is oriented at right angles thereto.
• the lid 8 of the currently lower container 1 is in the stacking direction 2 between the lower o part 7 of the lower container 1 and the lower part 7 of the upper container 1 arranged above.
• the order is special made so that the upper container 1 rests with its bottom wall 22 directly on the top wall 23 of the underlying cover 8.
• the hinge means 13 are expediently arranged so that the lid pivot axis 14 is associated with the rear end face 16b. To open the container 1, the lid 8 can therefore be swung up in the region of its front.
• Transverse direction 24 refers to a direction which is perpendicular to the stacking direction 2 and at the same time parallel is aligned with the front and rear end face 16a, 16b.
• a direction perpendicular to the transverse direction 24 is referred to as the depth direction 25.
• the coupling device 3 makes it possible to detachably connect a lower container 1 to an upper container 1 currently seated thereon. As indicated in phantom in FIG. 7, at least one coupling device could in principle be provided on several or also on all end faces 16a-16d of the container 1 3 be arranged. Due to the additional presence of the engagement device 4 is limited in the embodiment, the arrangement of the coupling device 3 on only the front end surface 16a, preferably only a single coupling device 3 is provided, the center of the transverse direction 24, so placed in the center of the front end face 16a is. The handling is thereby greatly simplified. A multiple arrangement of in particular independently operable coupling devices 3 is particularly recommended if the load to be transmitted by the coupling process is very high and should be selectively distributed to several points len.
• the coupling device 3 has a coupling means 26 which is mounted on the cover 8 and is movable relative to the cover 8 and which is movable into a coupling position which can be seen in the lower half of FIGS. 5 and 6 and in FIGS. 13 and 14, in which it simultaneously engages the lower parts 7 of both auffact sitting container 1 is in such coupling engagement, that the two lower parts 7 in the stacking direction 2 can not be moved relative to each other.
• the coupling means 26 prevents the lifting of the upper container, in the opposite direction, the fixation is carried out by the mutual direct vertical support of the container 1 with each other.
• FIG. 12 shows an individual view of a preferred embodiment of the rotary latch 27 in a rear view.
• the rotary latch 27 is suitably at the front
• the rotary bearing means 28 consist of a frontwardly projecting from the front end face 16a of the cover 8, for example a pipe socket. formed bearing pin 32 and one in which preferably integrally and in particular as a plastic material rotary latch 27 formed bearing recess 33, with the rotary latch 27 is rotatably attached to the bearing pin 32 plugged.
• the axial fixation can be effected by any securing means, locking means 34 serve as examples (FIGS. 14 and 16).
• the pivot bearing means 28 may be provided with indexing means 35, which cause the rotary latch 27 is fixed in various preferred positions so non-rotatable with respect to the lid 8, that it continues to rotate only by slightly increased force leaves. It may be, for example, locking means here. Also indexing means 35 of the type, which are based on a locking principle and make an active unlocking with the finger of a hand necessary, would be conceivable.
• the rotary latch 27 has on its back facing the body 6 36 via a plurality of 12 apparent locking structures 37 which are arranged at a radial distance from the axis of rotation 29, said radial distance is expediently the same for all locking structures 37.
• These locking structures 37 are distributed in the circumferential direction of the rotation axis 29 and arranged at a distance from each other, but are preferably on a common circular arc 38, the center of which lies on the axis of rotation 29.
• the locking structures 37 comprise at least three locking structures hereinafter referred to as first, second and third locking structures 37a, 37b, 37c, of which the first and second locking structures 37a, 37b are preferably diametrically opposed with respect to the axis of rotation 29, ie on each other opposite sides of the axis of rotation 29 are arranged.
• the circumferential offset of the first and second locking structures 37a, 37b with respect to the axis of rotation 29 is thus at least substantially 180 °.
• the third locking structure 37c is arranged offset by 90 ° to the two aforementioned locking structures 37a, 37b.
• the rotary latch 27 is particularly easy to grip if it is formed as T-shaped as shown, in particular with three substantially equal length latch arms 42, which extend radially outward starting from the locking recess 33 having locking center.
• each locking arm 42 is provided with one of the locking structures 37a, 37b, 37c. Between the locking arm 42 having the third locking structure 37c and each of the two other locking arms 42, it is expedient to gap a gap 43 whose determination will be explained below.
• the locking structures 37 consist of the radially outer, the rotation axis 29 facing outer recess flanks depending on a groove-like recess 44 which is formed in the back of the body of the rotary latch 27.
• Each recess 44 expediently has an arcuate extent along the circular arc 38.
• the outer locking flanks acting as locking structures 37 accordingly have an arcuate shape with arc centers lying on the axis of rotation 29.
• the latch arms 42 pivot about the rotation axis 29, whereby a latch arm 42 which projects upwards or downwards in the stacking direction 2 protrudes beyond the cover 8 in the corresponding direction. So it is the distance of the locking structures 37 of the rotation axis 29 larger as the distance between the rotation axis 29 and the top and bottom of the lid. 8
• the coupling device 3 has as further components via first and second anchoring means 46, 47, which are arranged on the front end face 16a of that lower part 7, to which also the rotary latch 27 bearing cover 8 belongs.
• the two anchoring means 46, 47 are preferably arranged in the stacking direction 2 at a distance below the cover 8, wherein they are expediently aligned in the stacking direction 2 and in particular spaced from each other such that the first anchoring means 26 are placed closer to the lid 8 than the second anchoring means 47.
• the anchoring means 46, 47 in the exemplary embodiment are each formed by an in particular circular arc-shaped projection.
• the thus arcuate first anchoring means 46 are arranged on the lower part 7 such that their curvature corresponds to that of the circular arc 38 and they are arranged on exactly this circular arc 38.
• the curvature of the second anchoring means 47 is opposite to that of the first anchoring means 46.
• the convex surfaces of the two anchoring means 46, 47 face.
• the curvature of the second anchoring means 47 is the same as that of the first anchoring means 46, the second anchoring means 47 being placed spaced from the axis of rotation 29 so that the distance between the second anchoring means 47 of an upper container 1 and the axis of rotation of the container 1 below it is equal is like the distance between the rotation axis 29 and the first anchoring means 46.
• the first anchoring means 46 of the lower container 1 and the second anchoring means 47 of the upper container 1 lie together on the circular arc 38 (see FIG. 13).
• anchoring means 46, 47 are formed as groove-like depressions, can engage in the anchoring structures formed by projections 37 of the rotary latch 27.
• first and second soldering means 46, 47 in modular form.
• the rotary latch 27 of the lower container 1 can be rotated into the coupling position shown in Figures 5, 6, 13 and 14, in which the first locking structure 37a with the first locking means i5 46 of the lower base 7 is in coupling engagement and at the same time a coupling engagement between the arranged on the upwardly projecting locking arm 42 second locking structure 37b and the second anchoring means 47 of the upper lower part 7.
• the anchoring means 46, 47 are overlapped on the sides facing the stacking direction 2 in opposite directions by the first and second locking structures 37a, 37b so that the lower parts 7 in the stacking direction 2 can no longer be removed from each other.
• the lid 8 of the lower container Here, ters 1 can be clamped between the lower parts 7 flanking it above and below.
• the rotary bolt 27 can still be positioned in further rotational positions which each fulfill a specific function.
• the positioning is expediently supported by the indexing means 35.
• Another such rotational position is the closed position shown, for example, in FIGS. 1, 15 and 16, which is also present in the rotary latch of the container 1 at the top in FIGS. 5 to 10.
• the closed position differs from the coupling pitch by a 90 ° rotated position, so that the first and second locking structures 37a, 37b come to rest without effect in the region of the front end face 16a of the lid 8 and only the third locking structure 37c is effective, which are connected to one in the
• This third locking structure 37c is in a coupling engagement with the first anchoring means 46, so that the cover 8 is locked in an irreversible manner with respect to the lower part 7.
• the effective between the lid 8 and the lower part 7 locking force is transmitted here by the lid 8 through the mediation of the pivot bearing means 28, but this is not problematic because it is only a closing force, which is relatively low and the pivot bearing means 28 only little stressed.
• the design of the rotary latch 27 is selected such that in the closed position it does not project into the region in which the second anchoring means 47 of a further, upper container 1 possibly placed on this container is located. Particularly advantageous is a pertinent structure that the rotary latch 27 in the closed position not at all or only slightly protrudes beyond the top 19 of the lid 8.
• the closed position of the rotary latch 27 can therefore be used to decouple the container composite.
• it serves to lock the cover 8 of a container 1 to be used singly with respect to the lower part 7, so that the cover 8 is secured in the covering position.
• the locking structures 37 of the rotary latch 27 cooperate both in the coupling position and in the closed position with always the same, first anchoring mittein 46 of the lower base 7.
• the design effort is therefore relatively low.
• FIG. 2 and 17 Another functional position of the rotary latch 27 is shown in Figures 2 and 17. This is an open position in which the lock between the lid 8 and lower part 7 is released, so that the lid 8 can be swung up to open the container 1 according to arrow 15. Conveniently, this open position, as well as the above-described closed position, simultaneously forms a release position with respect to the seated on the container 1 upper container, with respect to the locking engagement of the rotary latch 27 in both the open position and in the
• gaps 43 their meaning.
• the width of these gaps 43 is at least as great as the width of the first anchoring means 46, wherein the rotary latch 27 is positioned in the open position such that the gap 43 comes to lie in the region of the first anchoring means 46.
• the first anchoring means 46 are thus arranged in the gap 43, which is large enough to allow the lid 8 to pivot upwardly without this being hindered by the first anchoring means 46.
• the first anchoring means 46 are thus completely out of coupling engagement with any locking structures 37 in the open position.
• this can be positioned alternatively two open positions, which are achieved starting from the closed position by turning the rotary latch 27 in one or the other direction, wherein the angle of rotation is preferably 45 °. If only one open position is provided, one of the gaps 43 can be omitted.
• the rotary latch 27 can also spend in an apparent from Figure 18 functional position, which is referred to as half-coupling position, because although the coupling engagement with the lid 8 belonging to the lower part 7 is repealed, but not the coupling engagement with the lower part 7 of the lower container 1 seated upper container 1.
• the half-coupling position is also again in Figure 19 in the lower container 1 associated rotary latch 27 can be seen.
• the Halbkoppel ein is a rotated in the embodiment by 90 ° with respect to the coupling position rotational position.
• the locking arm 42 equipped with the third locking structures 37c protrudes upward, in front of the front end. surface 16a of the lower part 7 of the upper container 1.
• the first anchoring means 46 With regard to the first anchoring means 46, the locking engagement is released, the first and second locking structures 37a, 37b are in the same position as in the closed position according to FIG. 15, merely reversed in their orientation.
• the cover 8 which is no longer locked to the lower part of the lower container 1, can be pivoted upwards, as shown in FIG. 19, together with the at least one further container 1 arranged on this cover 8, which remains in the same position on the swiveling cover 8 Is locked, as in the case of a coupling position.
• the container composite is therefore not repealed and still allows the lower container 1 to open the receiving space 5 open.
• the shape of the rotating bolt 27 may differ from the one shown, in particular it would be possible to provide additional wall structures that cover the gaps 41 towards the front, so that the rotary latch 27 has a rather uniform outer contour, for example comparable to Shape of a circle segment.
• the additionally provided engagement device 4 includes a arranged on the upper side 19 of the container 1 first engagement structure 48 and disposed on the underside 18 of the container 1 second engagement structure 49.
• the first engagement structure 48 is located on the outside of the top wall 23 of the lid 8 and second engagement structure 49 on the outside of the bottom wall 22 of the lower part 7.
• the two engagement structures 48, 49 are so mutually different it is agreed that in the stacked state of two containers 1, the upward-pointing first engagement structure 48 of the lower container 1 and the downward-facing second engagement structure 49 of the upper container 1 engage in one another.
• This mutual engagement has the effect that the stacked containers 1 are mutually supported transversely to the stacking direction 2 and can not be displaced relative to one another.
• the engagement structures 48, 49 are at least partially engaged transversely to the stacking direction in such a way that there is an effective locking in the stacking direction, which is at least a directly vertical upward lifting at least a certain portion of the upper container 1 from the lower container 1 prevented.
• the engagement structures 48, 49 are preferably designed so that they prevent lifting of the rear portion 52 of the upper container 1, however, allow lifting of the front portion 53 of the upper container 1. This fact becomes clear from FIG.
• the front portion 53 is inadvertently locked to the lower container 1 and thus the entire upper container 1 enters into a stable connection with the lower container 1, the already explained in detail at least one coupling device 3 is present.
• This coupling device 3 which expediently sits in the region of the front end face 16a, holds the upper lower part 7 and the lower lower part 7 firmly together with the lower cover 8 interposed when the coupling position is assumed.
• the first engagement structure 48 consists of a plurality of formed on the upper side 19 of the lid 8, distributed over the cover surface engaging recesses 54.
• the second engagement structure 49 consists of several, expediently in the same distribution as the Eingriffsvertie- 54 arranged engagement projections 55, which after down over the expediently at least flat outer base 56 of the bottom wall 22 protrude.
• feet 57 which are expediently distributed over the underside 18 selectively, the embodiment having a total of four such feet 57, which are placed in the corner regions of the outer base 56 of the bottom wall 22, but in this case to the end faces 16a - 16d each maintain a certain distance.
• Each container 1 can be parked stable on single use with the help of the feet 57 on a ground. The same applies to the use of a container 1 as a lower container of a stacked container arrangement.
• the feet 57 are suitably integrally formed with the body 6, but could also be at least partially releasably secured, if necessary, to allow replacement in the event of wear.
• the rear engagement recess 54b can have an elongated shape with a longitudinal extent extending in the transverse direction 24 and extend parallel to the rear end face 16b.
• the front engagement recesses 54a like the associated front feet 57 are of punctiform shape and have, for example, a square outline.
• the two front feet in the embodiment form pure supporting feet 57a having a complementary plan shape with respect to the front engaging recesses 54a so as to bear against the inner side walls of the front engaging recesses 54a in the state inserted in the front engaging recesses 54a, thereby supporting the attached container 1 perpendicular to the stacking direction 2 can not be moved on the lower container 1.
• the structuring of the supporting feet 57a and the front engaging recesses 54a is such that there is no locking in the stacking direction 2, so that the front portion 53 of the upper container 1 can be raised at any time when the coupling means 26 is in the release position.
• the rear feet 57 cooperating with the preferably single rear engagement recess 54b are designed as locking feet 57b. Their special This means that they function as undercut components of the second engagement structure 49, which are able to engage behind the locking engagement formed in the rear engagement recess 54b transversely to the stacking direction 2, so that there is a relative movement in the stacking direction 2 preventing locking engagement.
• the rear engagement recess 54b is also referred to as a locking engagement recess.
• each locking stand 57b has its own engagement recess 54, it is also designed as a locking engagement recess.
• the otherwise upwardly open locking engagement recess 54b has at least at its the rear end surface 16b adjacent edge region in the depth direction 25 forwardly projecting, preferably rib-shaped Schugreifvor- jump 58, which results in that the locking engagement recess 54b has an opening cross-section , which is less than the base area of the recess bottom.
• Each locking pedestal 57b has on the rear end face 16b facing the rear side over a suitably wedge-shaped profiled rear gripping portion 62, so that in the transition region to the outer base 56 of the bottom wall 22 results in a gap which is complementary to the Schumreifvorsprung 58 cross-section has ( Figure 11).
• the dimensions of the opening of the lock engagement recess 54b are larger in the depth direction 25 than those of each lock stand 57b.
• the upper container 1 In order to place an upper container 1 on a lower container 1, the upper container 1 according to FIG. 10 is placed in an inclined position and with the downwardly inclined rear portion 52 prepositioned on the upper side 19 of the lower container 1, the locking feet 57b dive into the locking engagement recess 54b. At the same time or subsequently, the upper container 1 is pushed or pushed backwards in accordance with arrow 63, so that the rear engagement sections 62 engage in locking engagement with the at least one rear engagement projection 58.
• the area in which this locking engagement takes place may be referred to as the locking area 64.
• the rear portion 52 of the upper case 1 is engaged by the locking engagement between the lock upstands 57b and the lock engagement recess 54b secured vertical lift.
• the corresponding vertical securing of the front region 53 takes place by turning the coupling means 26 into the coupling position.
• the insertion of the support feet 57a into the front engagement recesses 54a can be facilitated by the fact that the side wall of the front engagement recesses 54a is at least partially formed as an inclined sliding surface 67.
• the front engagement recesses 54a thus have a larger cross-section in the region of their opening than on the bottom surface, wherein this cross-sectional difference is bridged by the oblique sliding surfaces 67. There is thus an automatic centering when placing the upper container instead.
• an additional locking strip 68 can extend between the two locking feet 57b spaced apart from one another in the transverse direction 24, which also has a rear engagement section 62 comparable to that of the locking feet 57b and expediently the entire intermediate space bridged between the two locking feet 57b.
• This locking bar 68 also forms an engagement component of the second engagement structure 49, which is effective in addition to the locking feet 57b and which increases the length of the locking contact, so that a greater carrying capacity is achieved.
• the measured in the stacking direction 2 height of the locking bar 68 is suitably lower than that of the locking feet 57 b, so that the latter project beyond the locking bar 68 downwards.
• the locking strip 68 is formed integrally with the locking feet 57b. she may in particular in the same manner as the feet 57 integrally connected to the body of the lower part 7.
• feet 57 Another than the existing in the embodiment number of feet 57 is readily possible.
• a single strip-shaped locking foot 57b could be present on the back side, ie comparable to an arrangement in which the locking strip 68 has the same height as the locking feet 57b.
• the container 1 expediently has a carrying handle 72 on its upper side. Conveniently, this carrying handle 72 is arranged on the lid. In addition, it is advantageously designed so that it can take a selectively apparent from the drawing, tilted to the top i5 19 non-use position
• an upwardly open receiving recess 73 is formed in the top 19 of the lid 8, in which the carrying handle 72 sunk in the non-use position. It is advantageous in this case if this 5 receiving recess 73 is formed directly from the correspondingly large-formed locking engagement recess 54b.
• the said locking engagement recess 54b forms in the embodiment at the same time at the top 19 of- fene recessed grip 74. This opens up the possibility of a to transport individual containers in a respect to the normal position of use rotated by 90 ° upright alignment comparable to a briefcase and thereby engage with one hand from above into the recessed grip 74, wherein the Schugreifvorsprung 58 can engage around with the fingers, so that a safe transport is possible.
• the locking feet 54b could also be designed so that their Hintergreif- section 62 is oriented towards the front.
• the rear engagement projection 58 would also be located on the edge region of at least one locking engagement depression 54b that is closer to the front end surface 16 and point to the rear.
• the entire load capacity between two vertically coupled containers 1 is transmitted via a three-point coupling.
• the three coupling points consist of the interlocking measures in the area of the two locking feet 75b and the rotary bolt 27 arranged at a distance from the locking area 64.
• a certain area force can also be transmitted by the locking strip 68.
• containers 1 of different heights which have the same coupling devices 3 and engagement devices 4 as the container 1 explained above.
• containers 1 differing in size can be easily stacked in any order and made into one Container group are summarized.
• the combined presence of the engagement device 4 and the at least one coupling device 3 is particular advantageous, but the container can in principle be equipped without a coupling device 3 and / or with at least one deviating from the type described coupling device.

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