Classifications

• • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
  • A01—AGRICULTURE; FORESTRY; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; HUNTING; TRAPPING; FISHING
  • A01G—HORTICULTURE; CULTIVATION OF VEGETABLES, FLOWERS, RICE, FRUIT, VINES, HOPS OR SEAWEED; FORESTRY; WATERING
  • A01G9/00—Cultivation in receptacles, forcing-frames or greenhouses; Edging for beds, lawn or the like
  • A01G9/02—Receptacles, e.g. flower-pots or boxes; Glasses for cultivating flowers
  • A01G9/026—Foldable pots

Definitions

• the present invention relates to a foldable culture tray for plants.
• a container having a bottom and side faces interconnected by a hinge-type articulated connection to allow said tray to move from an extended position to a folded position and vice versa to allow, in the folded position, a flat storage of said tray.
• Foldable culture tanks are known from the German utility model DE-20 2005 000244.
• the panels constituting the side faces of the tray are assembled by a straight cut.
• Two opposite sides of the tray are each equipped with three hinges for folding accordion said faces. It is therefore necessary, for a parallelepiped bin with four lateral faces, to have at least six hinges.
• the thickness of the tray is important since it is at least equal to four times the thickness of a face to assume that all faces have the same thickness.
• An object of the present invention is therefore to provide an inserts hinged culture tank whose number of hinges is reduced.
• the subject of the invention is a culture vessel of the type comprising a bottom and lateral faces interconnected by an articulated hinge-type connection to enable said tank to pass from an extended position to a folded position and vice versa.
• each lateral face of the tray is formed of a panel chamfered at least at each of its joining edges to an adjacent panel, and in that the connecting hinge connecting each constituent panel of a side face of the tray to an adjacent panel is a piece in at least two parts interconnected by a pivot connection, said insert coupling the assembly edge of a panel to the jointing edge of an adjacent panel.
• each panel which forms a side face of the polyhedric tray has a beveled or chamfered edge or slice and is connected to the constituent panel of an adjacent side face of the tray by an attached hinge disposed at the angle or vertex or edge formed between said sides of the tray, resulting in a reduced number of hinges.
• each side face of the tray is formed of a chamfered panel at least at each of its assembly edges to an adjacent panel for a tab-type assembly of said panels in the deployed position of the tray, each edge of the tray.
• assembly of a panel forming, in the folded position of the tray, with the jointing edge of an adjacent panel, a dihedron, two dihedrons formed being open towards the outside of the volume delimited by the tray, the other dihedra formed being open towards the interior of the volume defined by the tray, each dihedral housing the connecting hinge of two adjacent panels, said connecting hinge being disposed at each dihedron so that the connecting axis pivot of the hinge is disposed substantially coincides with the axis of intersection of the half-planes of the dihedron between them.
• each side face of the tray bears against a single other side face of the tray.
• the tray being a polyhedric tray, preferably parallelepipedic, the assembly edges of a panel to an adjacent panel are chamfered at 45 °.
• the four lateral faces of the tray form a deformable parallelogram capable of passing from a folded position to an extended position and vice versa. The bottom of the tray stiffens the tray in the deployed position and maintains said tray in said position.
• the hinge parts interconnected by a pivot connection are each in the form of a wing, each wing being fixed to apply to an assembly edge of a panel by a connection by screwing and / or gluing and / or stapling to the edge.
• Each hinge is a piano type hinge.
• each assembly edge of a panel to an adjacent panel has a rebate housing a portion of the hinge.
• Each rabbet has a depth at least substantially equal to the thickness of the associated hinge portion for housing said hinge portion in the thickness of said edge.
• the bottom of said tray is a removable bottom which is inserted inside the volume defined by the lateral faces of the tray to a position bearing on abutments each formed by an insert.
• FIG. 1 represents a perspective view of a culture tank in the deployed position
• Figure 2 shows a perspective view of a culture tray in the folded position
• FIG. 3 represents a perspective view of another mode of realization of a culture tank in the deployed position
• Figure 4 shows a perspective view of another embodiment of a culture tray in the folded position
• Figures 5 to 7 show schematic views of the detail of the hinge between two panels
• Figure 8 shows a partial perspective view of the connecting zone between two panels, one of which is provided with a decorative element
• FIG. 1 represents a perspective view of a culture tank in the deployed position
• Figure 2 shows a perspective view of a culture tray in the folded position
• FIG. 3 represents a perspective view of another mode of realization of a culture tank in the deployed position
• Figure 4 shows a perspective view of another embodiment of a culture tray in the folded position
• Figures 5 to 7 show schematic views of the detail of the hinge between two panels
• Figure 8 shows a partial perspective view of the connecting zone between two panels, one of which is provided with a
• FIGS. 10 and 11 are diagrammatic views in section of a another embodiment of an octagonal tray in the deployed position ( Figure 10) and folded ( Figure 11).
• the polyhedric culture tray 1 with polygonal cross-section, object of the invention, comprises a bottom and side faces interconnected by a hinge-type connection to allow said tray to pass from a position deployed to a folded position and vice versa.
• each side face of the tray bears against another side face of said tray, which allows a flat storage of said tray with a reduced storage height.
• each side face of the tray is formed of a panel 2 chamfered at least at each of its edges 2A assembly to an adjacent panel 2, each edge 2A assembly of a panel 2 being coupled to the singing 2A of assembling a adjacent panel 2 by a hinge 4 connecting at least two parts 6 interconnected by a pivot connection 5, each hinge 4 connecting being formed as an insert.
• the polygonal culture vessel can affect a large number of shapes.
• the tray is an octagonal tank.
• the hinges were not represented so as not to burden the representation.
• the edges 2A assembly of a panel 2 to an adjacent panel 2 are for such a polygonal tank chamfered at 45 ° (to be confirmed by the inventor).
• each side face of the tray is formed of a panel 2 chamfered at least at each of its edges 2A assembly to an adjacent panel 2 for a tab-type assembly of said panels. deployed position of the tray.
• Each edge 2A assembly of a panel 2 forms, in the folded position of the tray, with the edge 2A assembly of an adjacent panel 2, a dihedron.
• Two dihedrons formed are open towards the outside of the volume or perimeter delimited by the lateral faces of the tray 1.
• the other dihedrons are open towards the inside of the volume or perimeter delimited by the lateral faces of the tray 1.
• Each dihedron houses the hinge 4 connecting two adjacent panels 2.
• Each hinge 4, in at least two parts interconnected by a pivot connection 5, is in the form of an insert, disposed at each dihedron so that the pivot axis of the pivot hinge 4 is disposed substantially confused with the axis of intersection of the half-planes of the dihedral between them.
• the tray is a parallelepiped bin, as illustrated in Figures 1 to 9, the edges 2A assembly of a panel 2 to an adjacent panel 2 being chamfered at 45 °.
• the chamfers are represented in 3.
• the lateral faces of the tray thus form a deformable parallelogram capable of passing from a folded position in which each of the lateral faces of the tray bears against another lateral face of the tray and extends substantially parallel to the latter at a position deployed in which side faces of the tray extend substantially perpendicular to each other.
• This tray in the deployed position is generally grounded by means of feet equipping said tray.
• These feet may be formed by an extension of a portion of the side faces of the tray or by an insert.
• the tray is preferably maintained in the deployed position through the bottom. Indeed, generally, the bottom of said tray is a removable bottom which fits within the volume defined by the lateral faces of the tray to a position in abutment on abutments 10 provided on the inner parts of said faces, or below said faces, said abutments being in this case formed by at least a portion of the support legs to the culture vessel for the ground support of said tray.
• the bearing abutments 10 are formed by brackets or cleats fastened by one of their branches to the internal face of a lateral face of the tray and forming, by their other limb, a surface bottom support.
• the bottom may also be connected by an articulated connection to one of the constituent panels of a side face of the tray to move from a folded position to an extended position corresponding to the mounted state of the tray. For reasons of space and mounting, this solution is not preferred.
• the hinge parts 6 interconnected by a pivot link 5 are each in the form of a flange 6, each flange 6 being fixedly applied to a panel assembly edge 2A 2a by a connection screwing and / or gluing and / or stapling said edge 2A.
• each wing 6 of the hinge is fixed to the edge 2A of a constituent panel of a side face by screwing to
• the hinge 4 is preferably a hinge of the piano type.
• each edge 2A assembly of a panel 2 to an adjacent panel has a rabbet 7 of housing a part 6 of the hinge 4.
• each rabbet 7 has a depth at least substantially equal to the thickness of the hinge portion 6 associated for the housing of said hinge portion 6 in the thickness of said edge.
• the thickness of each wing of the hinge substantially corresponds to the depth of the groove that houses it.
• FIGS. 5 to 7 respectively illustrate the connection zone of two adjacent panels in the deployed position of the container (FIG. 5) or in the folded position of the container (FIGS. 6 and 7).
• Figure 6 corresponds to a dihedral open towards the outside of the volume or perimeter delimited by the side faces of the tray.
• Figure 7 corresponds to a dihedral open towards the interior of the volume or perimeter delimited by the side faces of the tray.
• the dihedrons are alternately open towards the inside or the outside of the volume or perimeter delimited by the lateral faces of the tray from one panel to another as Figure 4 illustrates this.
• the tray 1 of culture may further comprise decorative elements 9.
• Each decorative element 9 comprises a decoration 9A mounted integral with a plate 9B, itself equipped with a foot 9C for fixing the decorative element 9 to a constituent panel of a side face of the tray, in particular at the upper edge of said panel, so that the plate 9B in the deployed position of said tray 1, straddles the joint plane formed by two edges 2A assembly of two adjacent 2 panels.
• Each panel constituting a side face of the tray may be a solid panel or openwork made in one piece or with an assembly of elements.
• the bottom of the tray can be made in one piece or in several parts.
• the bottom of the tray can be made of a rot or other material.
• the panels and the bottom of the tray can be made of wood, metal, plastic, composite material or other.
• the bin is usually stored flat and the bin is installed as follows. In a first step, the lateral faces of the tray are positioned substantially at right angles to one another in the case of a parallelepipedic tray or, in a general manner, to full contact with the assembly edges of said panels in the case of a tray of Non parallelepipedic polyhedral shape.
• the bottom of the tray is then inserted inside the volume formed by said side faces to a bearing position of the tray on said stops 10. In this position, the assembly is completed and the culture tray can be used. Disassembly of the tray is done in the opposite way. Just remove the bottom of the tray inserted inside the volume defined by the side faces of the tray before bringing said side faces of the tray.

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