EP2794410B1 - Bidon empilable - Google Patents

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EP2794410B1
EP2794410B1 EP12809200.4A EP12809200A EP2794410B1 EP 2794410 B1 EP2794410 B1 EP 2794410B1 EP 12809200 A EP12809200 A EP 12809200A EP 2794410 B1 EP2794410 B1 EP 2794410B1
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    • BPERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65DCONTAINERS 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
    • B65D21/00Nestable, stackable or joinable containers; Containers of variable capacity
    • B65D21/02Containers specially shaped, or provided with fittings or attachments, to facilitate nesting, stacking, or joining together
    • B65D21/0209Containers 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
    • B65D21/023Closed containers provided with local cooperating elements in the top and bottom surfaces, e.g. projection and recess
    • B65D21/0231Bottles, canisters or jars whereby the neck or handle project into a cooperating cavity in the bottom
    • BPERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65DCONTAINERS 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
    • B65D25/00Details of other kinds or types of rigid or semi-rigid containers
    • B65D25/28Handles
    • B65D25/2882Integral handles
    • B65D25/2894Integral handles provided on the top or upper wall
    • BPERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65DCONTAINERS 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
    • B65D2501/00Containers having bodies formed in one piece
    • B65D2501/0009Bottles or similar containers with necks or like restricted apertures designed for pouring contents
    • B65D2501/0018Ribs
    • B65D2501/0027Hollow longitudinal ribs

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  • the present invention relates to a stackable canister for the storage and transport of flowable material according to claim 1.
  • a canister which has a lower side, an upper side and at least one side wall connecting the underside and the upper side and defining the canister circumference, and a pouring opening which can be closed by a cap (5), the underside having spaced-apart base sections and the upper side receiving surfaces from the pouring opening (6) are spaced.
  • the top of this canister has a local maximum, which is followed by a pouring opening, wherein the underside has a pointing in the direction of the canister interior and spaced from the base sections depression, of which the receiving surfaces of the top and closed with the cap pouring a second identical canister at least partially receivable, wherein on the upper side on opposite sides of the pouring opening at least two boundary surfaces are provided which have a positive slope in the direction of the pouring opening, wherein the upper side between the boundary surfaces and a side wall portion extending approximately perpendicular to this side wall portion edge portion as a receiving surface wherein the receiving surfaces comprise at least 10% of the cross-sectional area of the canister
  • Such canisters are used for example for the transport and storage of chemicals, pesticides and / or fertilizers.
  • they often have on their upper side laterally arranged beads which project upwards beyond a pour spout and form a receiving surface or base for a canister to be stacked above it.
  • this entails the drawback that the liquid contained in such a canister, even if the canister is turned upside down, partially collects in the depressions formed by the beads in this position. The canister is therefore not completely emptied and there is always a residue of the contents in the canister.
  • the canister content is an environmentally harmful and / or hazardous product
  • the disposal of the product is not completely emptied Kanisters associated with a considerable effort and costs.
  • the consumer can not use a part of his purchased product, as this remains in conventional canisters in the canister. Particularly with comparatively expensive products, noticeable losses occur.
  • the above NL 6 707 947 provides a depression at the bottom of the canister. She is silent about whether the depression takes up the collection of an underneath canister with little play or not. Such a game can add up to a larger number of stacked canisters and lead to a tilting of the stack.
  • the present object is achieved by a canister having the features of claim 1
  • the recess (9) of the underside corresponding to first receiving surfaces (8) hereinafter referred to only as “receiving surfaces (8)", without “first" of the top (3) designed so that two identical canisters ( 1) equal to a key-lock principle, that is complementary and fit, are engageable with each other.
  • this local maximum during a pouring process corresponds to a local minimum on the inner surface of the upper side, in which the canister content collects or in whose direction the canister contents flow. This allows complete emptying of the canister contents.
  • the local maximum of the top must also be the absolute maximum or the only local maximum of the top, although this is generally advantageous. Another, far away from the pouring spout maximum will not prevent complete emptying when the container is tilted over one side and largely emptied and placed only shortly before the complete emptying upside down.
  • the local maximum is arranged and configured such that, in the case of a pouring operation, ie with a corresponding inclined position of the canister, the entire canister contents are directed in the direction of the pouring opening is movable. This avoids that a portion of the canister contents during pouring in other possibly existing local maxima of the top collects, as long as they are in the region of the relatively tilted when tilting the canister area of the top. If necessary, the transfer and discharge of a portion of the canister contents which has accumulated in a further local maximum of the top of the upside-down canister can also be achieved by tilting the canister back and forth.
  • a “local maximum of the top” refers to an orientation of the canisters with its footprint on flat, horizontal ground. Specifically, the local maximum refers to the inner surface of the top of the canister, located within the canister interior. If the upper side has a constant wall thickness, then a local maximum of the inner surface of the upper side simultaneously corresponds to a local maximum of the outer surface of the upper side.
  • a local maximum within the meaning of the invention also includes a saddle point, in which part of the canister contents can collect during a pouring operation.
  • the underside of the canister has a pointing in the direction of the canister interior and spaced from the base portions recess from which the local maximum of the top and the cap-closed pour opening of a second identical canister are receivable, a plurality of identically constructed canisters are stacked.
  • the multiple identical canisters can be arranged so space-saving and safe one above the other for transport and / or storage.
  • a plate for stacking, as in conventional canisters, is therefore not necessary in the canisters according to the invention.
  • the receiving surfaces of the upper side of the lower canister engage with corresponding surfaces of the underside at least in sections.
  • the receiving surfaces of the lower canister engage with the base surfaces and with the surfaces of the upper canister delimiting the underside of the underside. The weight of the upper canister is thus distributed over the corresponding receiving surfaces on the lower canister.
  • a cap means any device with which the pouring opening of the canister can be closed in such a way that the canister contents can not escape through the closed pouring opening.
  • a cap can be a screw cap, a stopper or a seal, the latter also being able to be glued onto the pouring opening.
  • a closure seal sometimes under a (screw) cap additionally provided a closure seal.
  • the canister may have a rectangular or other polygonal or even a circular cross section in a plan view of the upper side.
  • Canisters with a rectangular cross-section can be particularly space-saving next to each other and arranged one above the other, so that a high packing density can be achieved.
  • At least two receiving surfaces which have a positive gradient in the direction of the pouring opening, are provided on the upper side on opposite sides next to the pouring opening.
  • the receiving surfaces interact with corresponding surfaces on the underside of a similar canister, so that the two canisters are stacked securely on top of each other. If the receiving surfaces have a positive slope in the direction of the pouring opening, the contents of the canister can only be moved along the inner surface of the receiving surfaces during a pouring process Flow direction of the pouring opening. If the receiving surfaces are arranged on at least two opposite sides of the pouring opening, this causes a symmetrical load distribution when stacking canisters of identical construction.
  • the canister contents may flow from each of these sides toward the pouring spout.
  • the pouring opening is offset on one side from the side wall of the canister in the plan view from above, between the pouring opening and the nearest side wall section and the adjoining sections of the side wall and in the immediate vicinity the pouring opening no further local maximum is present at the top.
  • the "vicinity" of the pouring opening is the environment which is in a plan view of the top within a concentrically arranged around the pouring hole circle whose radius is at most twice as large as the smallest distance between the center of the pouring and the nearest side wall of the canister.
  • the canister has a substantially rectangular cross section in plan view from above and the pouring opening is offset toward one of the four side walls of the canister, between the pouring opening and the nearest Side wall and the adjoining sections of the adjacent side walls no further local maximum of the top is present.
  • such a canister is usually tilted over the pouring opening at the nearest side wall, so that without the presence of further local maxima between the pouring opening and the nearest side wall of the canister is completely emptied.
  • the upper side between the pouring opening and the nearest side wall section has an edge section extending approximately perpendicular to the side wall section as a further receiving surface. This edge portion can be brought into engagement with corresponding surface portions of the bottom of a similar canister, so that they can be stably stacked.
  • the peripheral edge portion when the peripheral edge portion extends circumferentially along part of the circumference, preferably along more than one third of the circumference, a canister having the same configuration and footprint portions appropriately formed on the bottom surface can be securely placed on the peripheral portion of a canister disposed thereunder.
  • the edge portions may comprise a plurality of spaced-apart portions, but preferably extend in their entirety along more than one-third of the circumference.
  • the edge section comprises at least two sections arranged on opposite sides of the pouring opening, since in this way the edge sections can be brought into engagement particularly well with corresponding base sections of the underside.
  • the receiving surfaces comprise at least 10%, preferably at least 20%, of the cross-sectional area of the canister.
  • such sized receiving surfaces provide sufficient space to engage with boundary surfaces of existing on the underside of a similar canister recess.
  • the proportion of the receiving surface related to the cross-section is at most 80%, preferably at most 60%, and preferably less than 50%.
  • a step is provided between a side wall portion and the receiving surface. The step prevents, if it is taken up by the recess of the underside of a similar canister, that two superimposed canisters can slip against each other.
  • the canister has a handle connected to the upper side, which can form an additional receiving surface, which is provided for engagement with a complementary surface in a recess on the underside of another, similar to be stacked canister is.
  • An additional receiving surface causes the weight force acting on the top of a canister to be distributed more evenly.
  • the top of the cap, with which the pouring spout is closed, may be part of the additional receiving surface in one embodiment.
  • the entire receiving surface is enlarged in this way, so that the weight is distributed more evenly on the top of each canister.
  • the handle may be hollow or made of solid material, the former does not necessarily mean that the volume of the hollow handle is part of the canister volume.
  • the cavity of a handle may be separated from the interior volume of the canister by squeezing the neck at the top.
  • the recess of the underside is designed to be complementary to the receiving surfaces of the upper side.
  • the recess of the bottom and the receiving surfaces of the top of two identical canisters are brought equal to a key-lock principle engaged with each other.
  • the key-lock principle ensures a precise alignment of containers stacked on top of one another and prevents slippage of several identically arranged canisters arranged one above the other.
  • the recess of the underside extends in a side view over the entire diameter of the canister.
  • the recess does not have a uniform depth, but is advantageously the variation of the height of components, such as the pouring opening with cap and a handle adjusted.
  • the bottom of the recess may have an outwardly projecting portion provided for engagement between a pour spout and a handle portion of a canister located thereunder.
  • the sidewall and / or corner regions of the canister have a plurality of narrow, flat grooves extending vertically from the top to the bottom.
  • holding means such as ropes, cords or straps
  • holding means such as ropes, cords or straps
  • canisters stacked one above the other can be fixed in their respective position.
  • the grooves or beads extending vertically from the upper side to the lower side prevent the fastening means arranged in the grooves from slipping.
  • a canister according to the invention has, for example, a circular cross-section in a plan view of the top, it is particularly expedient if the vertical grooves extending from the top to the bottom of the canister are provided diametrically opposite one another and preferably along the entire circumference. In the event that the canister has a rectangular cross section, the vertical grooves extending from the top to the bottom are expediently arranged at the opposite corner regions of the canister.
  • the circumferential side wall has at least two recessed grips arranged at a distance or opposite one another. It can be z. B a smaller canister with the recessed grips are held better in a pouring process.
  • FIG. 1 an embodiment of the present invention is shown wherein FIG. 1 a is a side view, FIG. 1b a top view on the front, Figure 1c a top view on the bottom and Figure 1d is a plan view of the top of a canister 1 according to the invention.
  • the canister 1 for the storage and transport of flowable material has a bottom 2, a top 3 and at least one of the bottom 2 and the top 3 connecting and the canister circumference defining side wall 4 and a closable with a cap 5 pouring opening 6.
  • the underside 2 of the canister 1 comprises spaced-apart base sections 7 and the upper side 3 receiving surfaces 8.
  • the receiving surfaces 8 are spaced from the pouring opening 6 and are arranged on two opposite sides of the pouring opening 6.
  • the receiving surfaces 8 in the direction of the pouring opening 6 on a positive slope.
  • the receiving surfaces 8 are recognizable substantially triangular surfaces which can be brought into engagement with corresponding boundary surfaces of the recess 9 of the underside 2 of a further identical canister 1.
  • a plurality of stacked canisters 1 through the receiving surfaces 8 and the corresponding boundary surfaces of the recess 9 of the bottom 2 are arranged one above the other centered.
  • Top 3 has in all the canisters of the present an elevation, which is here precisely referred to as a local maximum, on which the pouring opening 6 is arranged, wherein the underside 2 has a pointing in the direction of the canister interior and spaced from the base sections 7 recess 9 of which the receiving surfaces 8 of the upper side 3 and closed with the cap 5 pouring opening 6 of a second identical canister 1 are at least largely absorbable, as in FIG. 1 a is indicated.
  • the canister 1 has in a plan view from above a substantially rectangular cross-section, wherein the pouring opening 6 is offset to one of the four side walls 4, wherein between the pouring opening 6 and the nearest side wall 4 and the adjoining sections of the adjacent side walls 4 no further local maximum Top 3 is present. That is, in particular, the inner sides of the receiving surfaces 8, when the canister is placed by 180 ° on the head, no depressions or depressions, in which any befindlichem in the canister 1 flowable material could accumulate during a pouring process.
  • the upper side 3 between the arranged on opposite sides of the pouring opening 6 receiving surfaces 8 and the side wall 4 two approximately perpendicular to the side wall 4 extending edge portions 10 which as a further receiving surface over a total of more than a third along the Extending extent, namely along three sides of the approximately rectangular Kanisterqueriteses.
  • the receiving surfaces 8 and the associated edge portions 10, on which stand surfaces on the bottom of a canister stacked above, comprise more than 20% of the cross-sectional area of the upper side 3 of the canister 1, so that on the one hand there is sufficient space for arranging a container 1 of the same design on the upper side 3 on the other hand, the weight of the upper canister 1 is well distributed on the top 3 of the canister 1 arranged underneath.
  • a step 15 is formed between the receiving surfaces 8 and the edge portions 10, which prevents accidental slipping stacked canisters 1 when the step 15 is engaged with a portion of the complementarily shaped recess 9 of another identically constructed canister 1.
  • the handle 11 connected to the canister 1 and the pouring opening 6 closed by a cap 5 form a common further receiving surface, which runs essentially perpendicular to the side wall 4.
  • this additional receiving surface serves for a better distribution of the weight which a second upper canister 1 exerts on a first canister 1 arranged thereunder.
  • the recess 9 of the underside 2 is configured in a manner corresponding to the receiving surfaces 8 of the upper side 3, so that two identical canisters 1 can be arranged one above the other such that the receiving surfaces 8 of the first canister 1 with the recess 9 of the second canister equal a key lock Principle, that is complementary and fit exactly in each other.
  • FIGS. 1a to 1d but especially in the Figures 1c and 1d , a plurality of narrow, flat grooves or beads 13 can be seen, which extend vertically for stabilization from the upper side 3 to the lower side 2 and are arranged in the corner regions 12 of the canister 1.
  • FIGS. 2a to 2d shows the FIG. 2a a side view, the FIG. 2b a top view on the front, Figure 2c a plan view of the bottom 2 and Figure 2d a top view of the top 3 of the canister 1.
  • the canister 1 for the storage and transport of flowable material has a bottom 2, a top 3 and at least one of the bottom 2 and top 3 and the canister periphery defining side wall 4 and a pouring opening 6 on.
  • the pouring opening 6 is closable with a cap 5 and arranged at a local maximum of the top 3, as it is both in FIG. 2a is shown.
  • a plurality of identical canisters 1 of this type are stackable, also here the bottom 2 has a recessed in the direction of the canister interior recess 9, from which the receiving surfaces 8 of the top 3 and closed with the cap 5 pouring 6 of a similar canister 1 in sections receivable are, as it is also in the FIG. 2a is indicated by way of example.
  • the receiving surfaces 8 are arranged on opposite sides of the pouring opening 6 on the upper side 3, wherein the receiving surfaces 8 from the side walls to the pouring opening and in the direction of the pouring opening 6 have a uniform positive slope.
  • a flowable material located in the canister can therefore flow in the direction of the pouring opening 6 along the interior surfaces of the receiving surfaces 8 arranged inside the canister during a pouring operation.
  • the receiving surfaces 8 are essentially triangular surfaces which, in this case, can be brought into engagement only with the corresponding, inclined surfaces of the recess 9 of the underside 2 of an identically constructed canister 1.
  • Due to the adapted inclination of the receiving surfaces 8 and the oblique boundary surfaces 16 of the recess 9 a plurality of identical canisters 1 can be arranged one above the other centered.
  • the oblique surfaces 8 and 16 also prevent the superimposed canisters 1 from slipping against one another.
  • the pouring opening 6 in a plan view from above on one side to the side wall 4 of the canister 1 is added. In addition, between the pouring opening 6 and the nearest side wall portion 4 and the adjoining portions of the side wall 4 and in the vicinity of the pouring opening 6 no further local maximum at the top 3 available. During a pouring operation, in which the canister 1 is first tilted and then held "overhead", the pouring opening 6 is at a local minimum so that the canister contents can flow completely out of the canister 1 through the pouring opening 6.
  • a connected to the canister 1 handle 11 is so squeezed that although he is hollow, it can not fill with flowable material from the canister interior.
  • the upper side of the handle 11 forms a substantially perpendicular to the side wall 4 extending further receiving surface, which can be brought into engagement with the recess 9 of a further identical canister 1 in engagement.
  • the further receiving surfaces formed by the handle 11 and the cap 5 with the cap 5 causes a uniform distribution of the identical canister arranged on the upper side 3 of another canister 1 1 acting weight.
  • the underside 2 has two spaced-apart base sections 7, with which the canister 1 on the ground or, im Case of the embodiments of FIGS. 1 and 3 , can be placed on another canister 1.
  • the canister 1 has a plurality of oppositely disposed grooves 13 which extend vertically from the top 3 to the bottom 2 of the canister 1.
  • the grooves 13 in the canister 1 with a rectangular cross section, as in the Figures 2c and 2d recognizable, arranged in the corner regions 12 of the canister 1.
  • FIGS. 3a to 3d different views of another canister 1 according to the present invention are shown. That's how it shows FIG. 3a a side view, FIG. 3b a front view, Figure 3c a plan view of the bottom 2 and 3d figure a top view of the top 3 of the canister 1.
  • the canister 1 has a bottom 2, a top 3 and at least one of the bottom 2 and the top 3 and connecting the canister circumference defining side wall 4 and a pouring opening 6 has.
  • the pouring opening 6 is as in the FIG. 3a indicated with a cap 5 closed.
  • the canister 1 comprises on its top 3 a local maximum at which the pouring opening 6 is arranged.
  • top 3 also has two arranged on opposite sides of the pouring opening 6 receiving surfaces 8, which are designed triangular, each at a corner of the receiving surfaces 8, the pouring opening 6 adjacent. It is in the FIGS. 3a and 3b to recognize that the receiving surfaces 8 have a pointing in the direction of the pouring opening 6, positive slope. Due to the positive slope of the canister contents in a pouring process flows in the direction of the pouring opening 6, so that the canister 1 is completely emptied and no remainder of the canister contents in the canister 1 remains.
  • the canister 1 has in a plan view from above in approximately a rectangular cross section, wherein the pouring opening 6 is arranged on one side to one of the four side walls 4 offset. Between the pouring opening 6 and the nearest side wall 4 and the adjoining portions of the adjacent side walls 4 no further local maximum of the top 3 is present.
  • the top 3 further comprises a rim portion 10 which extends as a further receiving surface in the circumferential direction along three sides of the canister 1, as shown in FIG 3d figure is shown.
  • the edge portion 10 comprises two portions which are arranged on opposite sides of the pouring opening 6 and which can be brought into engagement with the base portions 7 of another identical canister 1 when stacked (as, for example, in a schematic partial sectional view of FIG. 5 in connection with another embodiment).
  • the underside 2 of the canister 1 has a pointing in the direction of the canister interior recess 9, from which the receiving surfaces 8 of the top 3 and sealed with a cap 5 pouring opening 6 of a second identical canister 1 are partially receivable.
  • a handle 11 is connected to the upper side 3 of the canister 1, which forms a further receiving surface 6 closed with the cap 5, which is arranged at a common height and perpendicular to the peripheral side wall 4.
  • the canister 1 further has two recessed grips 14 circumferentially disposed on opposite sides of the rectangular canister 1 in the side walls 4, so that the canister 1 is inter alia. can be kept well in a pouring.
  • this has in its corner regions perpendicular to the top 3 to the bottom 2 extending beads 13.
  • the canister 1 of this embodiment differs from the previously described embodiments only by the shape of the recess on the bottom 2 and the elevation and the local maximum on the top 3, which are again formed substantially complementary to each other, but not the inclined receiving surfaces 8 or oblique boundary surfaces 16 of the recess which receive in the case of the other two embodiments described embodiments when stacking supporting loads. In the present case, such support loads are transmitted only by the edge portions 10 and the base surfaces 7.
  • the pouring opening 6 is formed by an upwardly projecting, approximately cylindrical spout.
  • the bottom of the recess 9 has an outwardly projecting portion 17 which is provided for engagement between a pouring opening 6 and a handle portion 11 of an underlying canister 1.
  • FIGS. 4a to 4d Another embodiment is in the FIGS. 4a to 4d shown, wherein the FIG. 4a a side view, FIG. 4b a top view on the front, Figure 4c a plan view of the bottom 2 and FIG. 4d a top view of the top 3 of a canister 1 shows.
  • the canister 1 has a lower side 2, an upper side 3 and at least one side wall 4 connecting the underside 2 and the upper side 3 and defining the canister circumference.
  • the canister 1 has a pouring opening 6, which can be closed with a screw cap 5.
  • the underside 2 of the canister 1 comprises a recess 9 which points in the direction of the canister interior and two stand surface sections 7 which are arranged on opposite sides of the recess 9 and are spaced apart from one another.
  • a first canister 1 can be placed on the top 3 of a second, identical canister 1.
  • the upper side 3 of the second canister 1 for this purpose has an edge portion 10, with which the stand surface portions 7 of the first Canister 1 are engageable, wherein the edge portion 10 extends in the circumferential direction along more than one third of the circumference.
  • the canister 1 has an approximately rectangular cross-section and the edge portion 10 extends along three sides of the canister.
  • the upper side 3 comprises, in addition to the edge section 10, two receiving surfaces 8 arranged on opposite sides of the pouring opening 6, the edge sections 10 being arranged between the receiving surfaces 8 and the side wall sections 4.
  • the edge sections 10 extend approximately perpendicular to the side wall sections 4.
  • the depression 9 in the underside 2 of the canister 1 is configured such that the pouring opening 6, which is arranged in the local maximum of the upper side 3 and closed by a cap 5, can be received therein by the depression 9.
  • the receiving surfaces 8 of the upper side 3 are complementary to the receiving surfaces 8 formed boundary surfaces 16 of the recess 9 at.
  • the receiving surfaces 8 have a pointing in the direction of the pouring opening 6 positive slope. Also, the receiving surfaces 8 comprise more than 10% of the cross-sectional area of the canister 1.
  • FIGS. 4a to 4d shown embodiment of the in the FIGS. 3a to 3d shown embodiment in that in the embodiment according to the FIGS. 4a to 4d the canister 1 in the side wall 4 has two oppositely arranged recessed grips 14, which, as in the side view of FIG. 4a shown are arranged in the lower third of the side wall 4 and not as in the embodiment of FIG. 3 which has on opposite sides each a recessed grip in the lower and in the upper third.
  • FIG. 5 A state in which two identical, inventive canisters 1 according to the in FIGS. 4a to 4d is shown stacked one above the other, is shown as a partial perspective sectional view in the FIG. 5 shown.
  • FIGS. 4a to 4d Perspective views of a canister 1 according to the embodiment of the FIGS. 4a to 4d are in the Figures 6a and 6b displayed.
  • the outwardly projecting portion 17 can be seen, which has the bottom of the recess 9 and is provided for engagement between a pour spout and a handle portion 11 of an underlying canister 1.

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  1. Bidon (1) empilable pour le stockage et le transport de matière fluide, comprenant une face inférieure (2), une face supérieure (3) et au moins une paroi latérale (4) reliant la face inférieure (2) à la face supérieure (3) et définissant le pourtour du bidon, ainsi qu'une ouverture verseuse (6) pouvant être fermée à l'aide d'un capuchon (5), la face inférieure (2) comprenant des parties de surface de pose (7) espacées les unes des autres et la face supérieure (3) comprenant des surfaces de réception (8) qui sont espacées de l'ouverture verseuse (6), la face supérieure (3) comprenant un maximum local auquel est disposée l'ouverture verseuse (6), la face inférieure (2) comprenant un enfoncement (9) orienté vers l'intérieur du bidon et espacé des parties de surface de pose (7) par lequel les surfaces de réception (8) de la face supérieure (3) et l'ouverture verseuse (6) fermée à l'aide du capuchon (5) d'un deuxième bidon (1) identique peuvent être reçues au moins partiellement, au moins deux premières surfaces de réception (8) qui présentent une pente positive en direction de l'ouverture verseuse (6), étant prévues sur la face supérieure (3) sur des côtés opposés de l'ouverture verseuse (6), la face supérieure (3) comprenant comme surface de réception supplémentaire, entre les premières surfaces de réception (8) et une partie de paroi latérale (4), une partie de bord (10) s'étendant approximativement perpendiculairement à cette partie de paroi latérale (4), les premières surfaces de réception et les surfaces de réception supplémentaires représentant au moins 10 % de l'aire de la section transversale du bidon (1) et l'enfoncement (9) de la face inférieure est formé de façon à correspondre aux premières surfaces de réception (8) de la face supérieure (3), si bien que deux bidons (1) identiques puissent être engagés l'un avec l'autre selon le principe de verrou/clé, c'est-à-dire de façon complémentaire et parfaitement ajustée.
  2. Bidon (1) selon la revendication 1, caractérisé en ce que, dans une vue de dessus, l'ouverture verseuse (6) est décalée sur un côté vers la paroi latérale (4) du bidon (1), aucun autre maximum local n'existant sur la face supérieure (3) entre l'ouverture verseuse (6) et la partie de paroi latérale la plus proche et les parties de paroi latérale adjacentes ni dans les alentours proches de l'ouverture verseuse (6).
  3. Bidon (1) selon la revendication 1 ou 2, caractérisé en ce que le bidon (1) présente, en une vue de dessus, une section transversale sensiblement rectangulaire et l'ouverture verseuse (6) est décalée vers une des quatre parois latérales (4) du bidon (1), aucun autre maximum local de la face supérieure (3) n'existant entre l'ouverture verseuse (6) et la paroi latérale (4) la plus proche et les parties adjacentes des parois latérales (4) avoisinantes.
  4. Bidon (1) selon la revendication 1, caractérisé en ce que la partie de bord (10) s'étend dans la direction circonférentielle le long d'une partie du pourtour, de préférence le long de plus qu'un tiers du pourtour.
  5. Bidon (1) selon la revendication 1 ou 4, caractérisé en ce que la partie de bord (10) comprend au moins deux parties disposées sur des côtés opposés de l'ouverture verseuse (6).
  6. Bidon (1) selon l'une des revendications 1 à 5, caractérisé en ce que les premières surfaces de réception (8, 10) et les surfaces de réception supplémentaires représentant au moins 20 % de l'aire de la section transversale du bidon (1).
  7. Bidon (1) selon l'une des revendications 1 à 6, caractérisé en ce que le bidon (1) comprend une poignée (11) rattachée à la face supérieure (3) et formant une surface de réception supplémentaire qui est prévue pour l'engagement avec une surface complémentaire dans un enfoncement (9) sur la face inférieure (2) d'un autre bidon (1) identique destiné à être empilé là-dessus.
  8. Bidon (1) selon l'une des revendications 1 à 7, caractérisé en ce que l'enfoncement (9) sur la face inférieure (2) s'étend, dans une vue latérale, sur le diamètre entier du bidon (1).
  9. Bidon (1) selon l'une des revendications 1 à 8, caractérisé en ce que le fond de l'enfoncement comprend une partie (17) en saillie vers l'extérieur qui est prévue pour un engagement entre un bec verseur et une partie de poignée (11) d'un bidon situé en-dessous.
  10. Bidon (1) selon l'une des revendications 1 à 9, caractérisé en ce que les parois latérales (4) et/ou les zones d'angle (12) du bidon (1) comprennent une pluralité de rainures minces de faible profondeur qui s'étendent verticalement de la face supérieure (3) à la face inférieure (2).
  11. Bidon (1) selon l'une des revendications 1 à 10, caractérisé en ce que le maximum local comprenant l'ouverture verseuse (6) est le seul maximum local de la face supérieure (3).
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