EP2602067B1 - Container for small parts with metering disc - Google Patents

Description

The invention relates to a transport and storage container for small parts with a metering disk, and a dosing.

When storing small parts in containers with removal openings, it must usually be ensured that the small parts can not fall out of the removal opening or "trickle out". This is particularly problematic when the container should be as completely as possible to be filled with the small parts, since in this case the filling level of the container is above the edge of the removal opening.

From the state of the art DE 9 111 034 U1 . FR 2591201 . US 4,349,128 and DE 10 2007 055 099 A1 Various containers for small parts are known. These containers use partly metering devices which protect small parts stacked in the container from falling out of the removal opening.

The invention has for its object to provide an improved container for small parts, as well as a dosing. The objects underlying the invention are achieved with the features of the independent patent claims 1. Preferred embodiments of the invention are indicated in the dependent claims.

There is provided a transport and storage container for small parts, wherein the container has a bottom, two side parts and two end faces, wherein one of the end faces has a removal opening, wherein the bottom opposite the container side is open and has a container edge, wherein the container is a dosing wherein the dosing between a first and a second dislocation is pivotally hinged in the region of the container edge, wherein in the first end position, a passage opening for the small parts between the container bottom and the container bottom facing side of the dosing and wherein in the second end position the dosing is arranged parallel to the bottom of the container. The side parts, the front sides and the bottom are made of plastic.

Embodiments of the invention may have the advantage that in a flexible manner, a restraint system for small parts can be provided, which can be adapted to the size of the small parts to be stored.

In the following, "small parts" is understood to mean any type of piece goods to be stored, which can be received in the container. A complete shot is not required - so it is possible that parts of the piece project out of the container.

If, for example, very small small parts are to be stored in the container compared to the container dimensions, the metering disk could be transferred to the first end position. As a result, trickling out of the small parts from the removal opening is avoided, even when the container area is filled on the side of the metering disk facing away from the removal opening, up to the edge of the container. The small parts gradually slip under the metering disc when the small parts are removed via the removal opening.

If, by contrast, large small parts in the container are to be stored, for example, in comparison to the container dimensions, and if the metering disk were in the first end position, removal of these small parts via the removal opening could be hindered or even impossible. In this case, the area accessible via the removal opening is increased by transferring the metering disk into the second disfigurement.

Overall, it is therefore flexible according to the dimensions of the small parts to be stored to ensure a protected against unintentional falling out of small parts removal option. The dosing preferably remains permanently in the container, so that even with changing applications for different small parts is always guaranteed that the dosing is not lost.

According to one embodiment of the invention, the dosing disc is fixed releasably in the first and / or second end position. This ensures that even when the container is moving, eg during transport, there is no unintentional movement of the metering disk and thus, for example, jamming of the small parts. For example, the dosing is fixed by locking means in the first and / or second end position.

According to one embodiment of the invention, the metering disk has a latching nose, wherein the latching means are formed by the latching lug of the metering disk and at least one counterpart recess of one of the side walls. Thus, e.g. In an injection molding process, both container and metering disc can be inexpensively manufactured.

According to one embodiment of the invention, at least one of the side parts has a positive guide for a guide nose arranged on the metering disk, wherein the movement between the first and the second end position is guided by the positive guide. This could be dimensioned weaker overall, the articulation of the dosing to the container. During the movement of the metering disk between the two end positions, canting forces occurring as a result of the movement could be absorbed by the positive guidance, whereby the articulation is relieved.

According to one embodiment of the invention, the positive guidance is formed by a gate of the at least one side part, wherein the gate next to two side guides has an end guide, wherein the distance of the forehead guide from the end face of the guide nose between the first and second end position varies continuously and or remains the same. Due to the frictional forces between the side part and metering disc occurring thereby, strictly speaking, between the forehead guide and the front side of the guide nose, overall a haptic feedback is generated, which - due to the stiffness of the movement - leaves a high-quality impression.

In particular, in combination with the counterpart recess of one of the side walls, this could also have the advantage that with slow increasing force, the locking lug of the dosing into the counterpart recess can be transferred. So instead of "abruptly" overcome a locking force to transfer the locking lug in the recess, this locking force is overcome over a longer way. This can make the movement of the metering disk easier.

According to one embodiment of the invention, the pivotable articulation of the metering disc is formed by a hinge, wherein the hinge has an axle and an axle receiving, wherein the axle protrudes laterally from the dosing and the axle is formed in at least one of the side parts in the region of the container edge. Thus, e.g. In an injection molding process, both container and metering disc can be inexpensively manufactured.

According to one embodiment of the invention, the axle of the metering is used from above in the direction of the bottom in the axle. In addition to a simple mounting option could here, for example, offer the advantage that is provided with the provision of a plurality of axle receptacles in the at least one side wall further adaptation possibility of the container to the size of the small parts to be stored. By "moving" the metering disk, the area within the container could be flexibly designed, from which the small parts are removed. Is z. B. the dosing far away from the discharge opening in the direction of the rear end wall to the rear, could be taken by reaching in with a "full hand" a variety of small parts at the same time. If, on the other hand, the metering disk were moved forwards in the direction of the removal opening, only individual small parts could be removed with the fingers by reaching in - the remaining small parts would then be behind the metering disk.

According to one embodiment of the invention, the axle element in the axle receptacle is releasably latched.

According to one embodiment of the invention, the dosing disc is further detachably fixable in at least one further position between the first and the second disfigurement. This could also make it possible to flexibly avoid the shape and size of the small parts in accordance with a trickling out of the small parts from the removal opening and to ensure that larger small parts can "trickle through" even under the metering disk.

According to one embodiment of the invention, the container further comprises a sliding disk, wherein the sliding disk is displaceable between an open and a closed position, wherein in the open position, the removal opening is released and in the closed position the removal opening is closed, wherein the sliding disc in a slotted guide of the side walls wherein the sliding disc and the sliding disc facing end face of the container locking means), wherein the sliding disc-side locking means are formed on a side facing the container bottom of the sliding disc, wherein the locking means are formed to a releasable positive locking of the sliding disc in the closed position.

According to one embodiment of the invention, the latching means comprise a claw-shaped formation on the sliding disk or the sliding disk facing end face of the container.

In another aspect, the invention relates to a metering disk for a container as described above.

Figur 1

eine perspektivische Sicht eines Behälters,

Figur 2

eine perspektivische Ansicht eines Behälters,

Figur 3

eine perspektivische Ansicht einer Seitenwand eines Behälters,

Figur 4

eine perspektivische Frontansicht eines Behälters,

Figur 5

eine perspektivische Ansicht einer Schiebescheibe.

In the following, preferred embodiments of the invention are explained in more detail with reference to the drawing. Show it:

FIG. 1

a perspective view of a container,

FIG. 2

a perspective view of a container,

FIG. 3

a perspective view of a side wall of a container,

FIG. 4

a front perspective view of a container,

FIG. 5

a perspective view of a sliding disc.

Hereinafter, similar elements will be denoted by the same reference numerals.

In the FIGS. 1 and 2 Several perspective views of a container (100) for small parts are shown. The container has a bottom (102) and two opposite side parts (106). On the front side (108), the container has a removal opening, wherein the removal opening can be closed by a sliding disc (108).

Furthermore, the container has a metering disk (114), wherein the metering disk (114) is pivotably articulated between a first and a second end position in the region of the container edge. Specifically, the articulation is realized by a hinge, which is given by a recess (116) in the container edge and an associated hinge axis (118) of the dosing. In the first end position there is a passage opening between the container bottom (102) and the container bottom facing side of the dosing (114). In contrast, in the second end position, the metering disk (114) is arranged substantially parallel to the bottom (102) of the container.

In the FIGS. 1 and 2 is now shown the metering disc (114) in the first end position, but it is also possible that the first end position does not correspond to a vertical orientation of the metering disc (114) relative to the bottom (102), but an angled thereto position. For example, it could be at the first end position to a 45 ° to the FIG. 1 and 2 shown positioning of the metering act.

The transfer of the metering disc (114) from its first end position to the second end position takes place by a folding movement in the direction (126). During this folding movement, the metering disk (114) undergoes a forced guidance in the side parts (106), positive guidance being realized by a slide guide (122).

Both in the first end position, as well as in the second end position, the metering disc (114) locked with corresponding counterpart locking means of the two parts (106). With respect to the second end position, this is as in the FIGS. 1 and 2 shown, for example, realized by a recess (120) of the side walls and a counter-latching lug of the dosing (114).

Furthermore, in FIG. 1 a locking means (110) arranged on the sliding disk (108), which can engage in a counterpart locking means (112) of the front side of the container. This will be discussed in more detail FIG. 4 explained.

In the FIG. 1 apparent slide guide (124) serve to record, for example, cutting discs, by means of which vertical room divider can be inserted into the container. As a result, the available space between the removal opening and the room divider can be variably adjusted overall.

In FIG. 2 is again clearly visible marked with reference numeral 200 front side, which has an upper edge (112). In this edge (112) can, as closer in FIG. 4 will be explained in the FIG. 1 apparent latching means (110) of the sliding disc (108) claw-shaped engage for releasable positive locking of the sliding disc in the closed position.

The FIG. 3 shows a perspective view of a side part (106) of the container (100), in which case the positive guide (122) for the dosing disc is clearly visible. This forced tour is a backdrop. From the first end position engages a corresponding locking element in the recess (300) of the slotted guide (122). Similarly, this element engages in the second end position in the recess (120).

Preferably, the depth of the gate (122) varies continuously between the first and second end positions, ie, between the recesses (120 and 300). For example, it is possible that the depth decreases steadily from the recess (120) towards the recess (300). This has the consequence that a movement of Dosing in the upper half of the side part (106) is relatively smooth, but when moving the locking lug of the metering on the recesses (300) the force expended for this is always higher due to the decreasing depth of the link (122) and thus increasing frictional forces , The depression (300) has a ramp at the transition of the slotted guide and the lowest point of the depression, so that upon initial movement of the dosing disc out of the recess (300) in the direction of the recess (120) initially initially the force required for this purpose increases very sharply. After overcoming the ramp, this force assumes a value and then steadily reduces in the direction of the recess (120) due to the increasing distance between the guide of the guide and the end face of the guide nose of the metering disk, which counteracts the guide.

The pivotable articulation of the metering disc (114) is formed by a hinge, wherein the hinge is an axle element (118) (cf. FIG. 1 and 2 ) and the in FIG. 3 has particularly clearly visible axle receptacle (116). The axle element (118) projects perpendicularly from the metering disk (114) and the axle receptacle (116) is formed by a recess in one of the side parts (106) in the region of the container edge. The axle mount is in FIG. 3 upwards U-shaped open, so that it is possible to insert the metering disk from above in the direction of the bottom (102) in the axle receptacle (116). In addition, the axle receptacle preferably has latching elements.

It should be pointed out that preferably the axle element (118) protrudes so far from the lateral edge of the metering disk (114) that it projects through the axle receptacle (116). Thus, an upper limit of the axle is formed by the container edge itself.

The FIG. 4 shows a perspective view of the sliding disc (108). The sliding disc is displaceable between the open and closed positions, wherein in the open position, the removal opening is released and in the closed position, the removal opening is closed. The sliding disc is through a slotted guide (402) of the side walls, wherein the sliding disc (108) and the sliding disc facing end side of the container (200) latching means (110 and 112). The sliding disc-side latching means (110) are arranged on a side of the sliding disc (108) facing the container bottom (102), and the latching means are also designed to release the sliding disc (108) in a releasable form-locking manner in the closed position. In the in FIG. 4 In particular, the locking means are formed by a claw-shaped formation (110) on the sliding disc (108), wherein the claws (110) can engage around the web (112) of the front side (200).

Alternatively, however, it is also possible to arrange the claws on the front side (200) and instead to arrange the web (112) on the sliding disc (108).

As further in FIG. 5 it can be seen, serves to initiate a movement of the sliding disk between the open and closed position, a handle (400) which protrudes from the sliding disc (108). This makes it possible, by a combined pulling movement in the direction 404, ie consisting of a force component in a direction perpendicular to the ground (102), and a force component in a direction 406, ie parallel to the bottom (102), the locking means) from its Verrastungsposition lift out. For example, this means in FIG. 4 in that the claws (110) are lifted out of their grip on the web (112) (movement in the direction 406), and then, by the subsequent movement in the direction 404, the sliding disk of the in FIG. 4 shown closed position is transferred to the open position.

In order to prevent that in the closed position, an independent movement of the sliding disc (108) takes place in the direction 406 and thus an unintentional independent opening of the sliding disc (108), spring elements (500) are arranged on the sliding disc in the gate guide. These spring elements press in the closed position, the claws (110) on the web (112) of the front side (200). Further guide elements (502) of the sliding disc (108) serve for a clean, guide the sliding disc in the backdrop (402) of the side parts (106).

LIST OF REFERENCE NUMBERS

100

container

102

ground

106

Side wall

108

sliding plate

110

locking element

112

web

114

metering

116

admission

118

axle

120

recess

122

link guide

124

link guide

126

direction

200

front

300

recess

400

Handle

402

link guide

404

direction

406

direction

500

spring element

502

guide element

Claims (11)

1. A transport and storage container (100) for small parts, wherein the container (100) has a base (102), two side parts (106), and two end faces made of plastic, wherein one of the end faces has a removal opening, wherein the container side opposite the base (102) is open and has a container edge, wherein the container (100) has a metering panel (114), characterised in that the metering panel (114) is hinged in the region of the container edge so as to be pivotable between a first and second end position, wherein in the first end position a through-opening for the small parts exists between the container base (102) and the side of the metering panel (114) facing toward the container base (102), and wherein in the second end position the metering panel (114) is arranged parallel to the base (102) of the container, wherein the metering panel (114) is detachably fixed in the first and/or second end position, wherein the metering panel (114) remains permanently in the container.
2. The container (100) according to Claim 1, wherein the metering panel (114) is fixed in the first and/or second end position by detent means (120; 300).
3. The container (100) according to Claim 2, wherein the metering panel (114) has a detent lug, wherein the detent means are formed by the detent lug of the metering panel (114) and at least one complementary recess (120; 300) in one of the side walls.
4. The container (100) according to Claim 1, wherein at least one of the side parts (106) has a forced guidance means (122) for a guide lug arranged on the metering panel (114), wherein the movement between the first and the second end position is guided by the forced guidance means (122).
5. The container (100) according to Claim 4, wherein the forced guidance means is formed by a slotted guide (122) of the at least one side part (106), wherein the slotted guide, in addition to two side guides, also has an end guide, wherein the distance of the end guide from the end face of the guide lug varies continuously between the first and second end position.
6. The container (100) according to Claim 1, wherein the pivotable hinging of the metering panel (114) is formed by a hinge (116; 118), wherein the hinge (116; 118) has a spindle element (118) and a spindle receptacle (116), wherein the spindle element (118) protrudes laterally from the metering panel (114) and the spindle receptacle (116) is formed in at least one of the side parts (106) in the region of the container edge.
7. The container (100) according to Claim 6, wherein the spindle element of the metering panel (114) can be inserted into the spindle receptacle (116) from above in the direction of the base (102).
8. The container (100) according to Claim 7, wherein the spindle element (118) can be detachably latched in the spindle receptacle (116).
9. The container (100) according to Claim 1, wherein the metering panel (114) also can be detachably fixed in at least one further position between the first and the second end position.
10. The container (100) according to Claim 1, also having a sliding panel (108), wherein the sliding panel (108) can be slid between an open position and a closed position, wherein in the open position the removal opening is released and in the closed position the removal opening is closed, wherein the sliding panel (108) is guided in a panel slotted guide device (402) of the side walls, wherein the sliding panel (108) and the end face of the container facing toward the sliding panel (108) have detent means (110; 112), wherein the sliding panel detent means (110) are formed on a side of the sliding panel (108) facing toward the container base (102), wherein the detent means are configured to detachably fix the sliding panel (108) in the closed position in an interlocking manner.
11. The container (100) according to Claim 10, wherein the detent means comprise a claw-like shaping (110) on the sliding panel (108) or on the end face of the container facing toward the sliding panel (108).

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