EP2994274A1 - Container assembly - Google Patents
Container assemblyInfo
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- EP2994274A1 EP2994274A1 EP13735200.1A EP13735200A EP2994274A1 EP 2994274 A1 EP2994274 A1 EP 2994274A1 EP 13735200 A EP13735200 A EP 13735200A EP 2994274 A1 EP2994274 A1 EP 2994274A1
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- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
- B65D—CONTAINERS FOR STORAGE OR TRANSPORT OF ARTICLES OR MATERIALS, e.g. BAGS, BARRELS, BOTTLES, BOXES, CANS, CARTONS, CRATES, DRUMS, JARS, TANKS, HOPPERS, FORWARDING CONTAINERS; ACCESSORIES, CLOSURES, OR FITTINGS THEREFOR; PACKAGING ELEMENTS; PACKAGES
- B65D21/00—Nestable, stackable or joinable containers; Containers of variable capacity
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- 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
- B65D21/023—Closed containers provided with local cooperating elements in the top and bottom surfaces, e.g. projection and recess
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- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B25—HAND TOOLS; PORTABLE POWER-DRIVEN TOOLS; MANIPULATORS
- B25H—WORKSHOP EQUIPMENT, e.g. FOR MARKING-OUT WORK; STORAGE MEANS FOR WORKSHOPS
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Definitions
- the invention relates to a container assembly comprising at least one stackable container having a base unit with a main receiving body, wherein the main receiving body defines a main receiving space accessible at its upper side via a main opening, that of a bottom and one of the edge of the bottom is limited in a height direction of the container upstanding peripheral side wall, wherein the container in the region of its top has a arranged on the main receiving body carrying handle and wherein on the base unit coupling means are arranged, which are suitable to at least two in the height direction
- One known from EP 2 551 210 AI container assembly of this type includes, inter alia, a plurality of stackable container of the same type, each having a base unit consisting of an open-top main receiving body and arranged on the main receiving body, upstanding rigid carrying handle.
- the markable as the main opening upper opening of the main receiving body allows any insertion and removal of objects, such as tools.
- the contents located in the main receiving body are always accessible through the main opening. This allows easy handling. On the other hand, the contents of the main receiving body can be easily contaminated by the constantly open main opening. Also, the container is less suitable for the storage of small parts, as they can easily fall out due to the constantly exposed main opening and may be lost.
- a stacking container arrangement is known from EP 2 315 701 B1 and EP 0 555 533 B1, which has a plurality of containers which can be stacked on one another and coupled to one another, each of which comprises a lower part and a lid so that access to an inner space of the container is possible Opening can be closed if necessary.
- the invention has for its object to provide a container assembly which has at least one stacking and vertical coupling enabling container, the interior of which is suitable for a well-organized storage and protected housing of objects.
- the container has two in a retracted basic position while covering the main opening side by side on the main receiving body seated additional receiving body, each having an accessible at its top via an additional opening additional receiving space define, bounded by a bottom and a peripheral side wall projecting upwardly from the edge of the bottom in a height direction of the container, wherein each additional receiving body with respect to the main receiving body while maintaining its with respect to the main receiving body spatial orientation due to existing storage under Execution of a transitional movement into a main opening for access to the main receiving space to ⁇ at least partially releasing and thereby laterally above the main receiving body protruding extended access position is movable, and wherein at each additional receiving body a between the associated additional opening covering closed position and at least one additional opening releasing release position movable closure lid is arranged, wherein in the stacked and coupled state of several containers the basic position engaging additive receiving body of a respective lower container together with their closed position engaging closure lids are arranged between the main receiving bodies of the directly
- the stackable container formed in accordance with the invention provides the user with a plurality of receiving spaces for the separate storage of items when required. All of the recording spaces defined by the various recording media can be put into a state in which they are closed to the environment. Thus, the main opening of the main receiving space is closed by the retracted in the retracted position auxiliary receiving body, while the additional receiving bodies formed in the additional storage spaces can be closed by the relevant movable and in particular pivotally arranged closure lid when not in use. In this way, the products housed inside are protected from contamination and prevented from falling out, so that the at least one stackable container especially for storing small parts, such as machine tools such as drills or small hardware such as screws or nails, is suitable.
- larger objects can be accommodated in the main receiving space, for example hand tools, while the additional receiving spaces are particularly suitable for receiving the already mentioned small parts.
- Each recording room can also be divided into individual compartments if required.
- the design is such that the additive receptacles in the access Position completely free the main opening of the main storage room.
- the additive-receiving body can be positioned independently of one another either in the normal position or in the access position.
- the coupling means disposed on the base unit allow the stackable container to be vertically stacked with one or more similar containers, despite the movable auxiliary receiving bodies, and to couple into a contiguous stackable composite which is easily transported by gripping the carrying handle of the uppermost container.
- the additive-receiving body and closure lid of each placed below an upper container alone by the stacking of multiple containers and / or preferably by special locking means are fixed so that they during transport of the Stack composite do not accidentally extend into the access position or moved to the release position.
- the stackable containers has locking means which make it possible to lock the closure lid releasably in its closed position and - in particular indirectly by these locking - also the additional -Avem Spotify Economics in their basic position to blo ⁇ ckieren, especially in single use of a stackable container and preferably also in the state of a produced by coupling, vertically contiguous stack composite.
- the container assembly has a plurality of stackable container of the type described above, which are both used individually and in their height direction stackable on each other to be coupled by the coupling means provided to them in pairs releasably, so that there is a stack composite, within which the coupled containers in the height direction tensile strength connected to each other and prevented from lifting each other.
- stackable containers are suitably identical.
- the additive-receiving body are expediently arranged at right angles to a longitudinal axis of the associated container next to each other, wherein they have a minimum distance from each other in the normal position and occupy a maximum distance between them in the extended access position of both additive-receiving body.
- the additional receiving body are elongate and arranged alongside each other.
- the execution of the guided transition movement enabling bearing means are in particular designed as a pivot bearing means, so that the transitional movement is at least partially and preferably in its entirety a Schwenkbewe ⁇ tion, in the execution of the addition -Ahm body does not change its spatial orientation with respect to the main receiving body. In this way it is prevented that the additive-receiving body during pivoting, for example ge ⁇ tends, which could have the consequence that recorded objects fall out. This is ensured by the consistently maintained spatial alignment between the auxiliary receiving bodies and the main receiving body when performing any transitional movement.
- the pivot bearing means are in particular designed so that the transitional movement takes an arcuate course.
- each additive-receiving body in the Transitional changes its height position, in particular, it passes through a highest point and wherein it is expedient if the occupied with respect to the main receiving body height position of the additional receiving body in the
- each additional receiving body is preferably pivotally mounted by means of two pairs of guide arms, which are pivotally mounted on the one hand on the additional Qualcommper and on the other hand on the base.
- the guide arms protrude into storage chambers of the main receiving body and of the additional receiving body which are formed by double-wall sections of the side walls and are stored therein, whereby in the basic position the additional receiving body is directed outwards towards the surroundings of the container , are covered. In this way, damage or contamination of the pivot bearing means are avoided. It is also advantageous if the guide arms are also sealed off from both the main receiving space and the respective associated additional receiving space, so that the pivoting movement can not be hindered by located in the respective receiving space objects.
- the coupling means serving for vertically coherent coupling of a plurality of containers are expediently arranged in the region of axial end faces of the basic unit which are oriented oppositely to one another in the axial direction of a longitudinal axis of the container. In this way, the additional Frekorper unhindered to perform their transitional movement. It is advantageous to use only in the area of these two axial end faces for the vertical coupling of several container serving coupling means.
- the coupling means are expediently arranged directly on the main receiving body.
- a particularly expedient embodiment of the coupling means provides that in each case at least one and preferably exactly one coupling unit is arranged in the region of each of the two axial end faces, which consists of a arranged in the vicinity of the bottom of the main receiving body lower coupling element and an upper uppermost Coupling element composed. At least one of the coupling elements is movable in order to be able to establish or release a coupling engagement with a coupling element of a further container arranged above or below. Stacked containers are releasably coupled in particular by means of an upper coupling element of the lower container and a lower coupling element of the upper container.
- the respective upper coupling element is a coupling element which is movable for producing and releasing a coupling.
- the coupling units are expediently arranged at the center of each of the axial end faces of the basic unit, which offers the advantage of placing them in the region between the two additional receiving bodies.
- the movable coupling element in the form of a pivotably mounted on the base unit coupling tab.
- the coupling element which cooperates with the coupling lug is expediently a one-part or multi-part coupling projection which can engage over the coupling lug.
- the coupling tab is especially designed to be comparable to a flap can only be pivoted, but can not perform a translational movement.
- the upper coupling elements of the coupling means are expediently placed at the level of the upper side of the basic position engaging additional receiving body. There are also the cap when they take the closed position. This makes it possible to keep as short as possible the distance to be bridged by the components to be coupled together of two containers.
- the upper coupling elements are arranged on upwardly projecting beyond the side wall of the main receiving body support columns of the base unit, which extend in the basic position of the additional receiving body expediently between these additional receiving bodies upwards.
- the support columns are integrally connected to the main receiving body.
- the support columns may be part of a rigid structure forming the carrying handle. They may also be part of a subdivision wall extending in the longitudinal direction of the base part, which subdivides the main receiving space into two subspaces next to one another.
- the partition wall may be hollow and open towards the bottom of the floor, so that for stacking two containers, the above-mentioned carrying handle of the lower container can be dipped from below into the slit-shaped cavity of the partition wall.
- Interface means intended to couple with containers make possible the type described in EP 2 315 701 B1 or in EP 0 555 533 B1.
- the at least one stackable container has locking means which enable releasable locking of the closure cover located in the closed position.
- These locking means are located partly on the base unit and partly on the closure lids, wherein they are arranged on the part of the main unit, in particular on the main receiving body. With the help of such locking means, the closed closure lid can be locked when the additional receiving body are in their normal position.
- the locking means are in particular formed so that they union simultaneous locking of both sealing cover made ⁇ .
- Such a configuration of the locking means also has the advantage that when locked closure lids at the same time the swiveled basic position of the respectively associated additional receiving body is secured. Since the closure lids are arranged on the additional receiving bodies, they can not perform the transitional movement when the closure lids are locked in their closed position.
- the locking means are formed at least partially in unit with the coupling means used to produce a vertical stack of several containers. In this way, a particularly simple and inexpensive construction of the container arrangement is possible.
- the coupling means and the locking means have at least one common, relative to the basic unit movable coupling and locking element, which can be positioned either in an operative position locking the closed closure lid or in an ineffective position releasing the closure lid for opening.
- This common or combined coupling and locking element is designed so that it is in the stacked state of several containers when taking the operative position in coupling engagement with another container to this further container in the height direction zugfest with the movable coupling and locking element coupling container having a positive fit.
- the at least one combined coupling and locking element can thus be used independently of the locking of the closed closure lid, whether another container is stacked or not. If another container is stacked, the combined coupling and locking element also serves for the mechanical coupling of the stacked containers.
- both axial end sides of the base ⁇ unit is assigned a combined coupling and locking element.
- the locking function with respect to the closure lid can already be fulfilled if only one of two movable upper coupling elements assigned to one end face of the basic unit is designed as a combined coupling and locking element.
- Each closure lid is preferably pivotably mounted on the associated additional receiving body to be moved in the context of a pivoting movement between its closed position and its release position can.
- FIG. 1 shows a stackable container advantageous structure of the container assembly according to the invention in a perspective view, wherein the additional-on ahme redesign are in their normal position and the closure lid occupy a locked closed position
- FIG. 2 shows the container of FIG. 1 with additional receiving bodies pivoted into the access position, the closure lid of one additional receiving body being closed and the other being opened,
- Figure 3 shows a stack composite consisting of two in one
- FIG. 4 shows the container arrangement from FIG. 3 in the raised state of the two containers
- Figure 5 is a longitudinal section through the container assembly
- FIG. 3 according to section line V-V from FIG. 3,
- FIG. 6 shows an enlarged view of the detail VI in dash-dotted outline in FIG. 4, wherein a combined coupling and locking element is shown in an inoperative position, wherein the detail corresponds to the cut-out via framed in phantom in FIG combined coupling and locking element is shown in an operative position,
- FIG. 7 shows a detail of the container illustrated in FIG. 1 in a longitudinal section according to the section line VII - VII there, and FIG
- FIG. 8 shows a detail of the container arrangement shown in Figure 3 in longitudinal section according to the local there
- the container assembly 1 which consists of at least one stackable container 2, which is suitable to be stacked with at least one other similar stackable container 2 in a direction indicated by a dashed line height direction 3.
- the container assembly 1 contains a plurality of identically designed stackable container 2, which - in particular be ⁇ any order - are stacked on each other, so that a results from Figures 3 and 5 exemplified container stack 4 results.
- 4 two or more successive seated include stackable Be ⁇ container 2 such BeHol ⁇ terstapel.
- Each of the simplified hereinafter only referred to as a container stackable container 2 has a extending in the height direction ⁇ 3 vertical axis 5, wherein the vertical axes coincide 5 of the stacked containers. 2
- Each container 2 of the container arrangement 1 is preferably equipped with coupling means 6, which make it possible to detachably connect two containers 2 of a container stack 4, arranged directly one above the other, to form a stack composite 7; half of which the stacked containers 2 are positively connected with each other in the height direction 3 and prevented from lifting each other.
- the coupling means 6 are in particular designed such that a container 2 can be coupled both with a container 2 placed on it and with a container 2 arranged below it in the vertical direction 3, in particular by mutual locking. If necessary, a stack composite 7 realized by the coupling can be simply lifted and transported by grasping the container 2 arranged at the top in the stack composite 7 and correspondingly handling it.
- Each container 2 is also usable individually. The stackability and the coupling ease of storage and transport in the presence of a plurality of containers. 2
- the container 2 may expediently also be stacked and coupled with a non-identical further container, that is to say with a container of another type, if it has the same type of coupling means 6 as the described container 2.
- the coupling means 6 can preferably be used to fix the container 2 alone or as the lower member of a container stack 4 on a support structure, for example on a trolley or on a Staubabsaug réelle.
- each container In the usual position of use of the container assembly 1, the vertical axes 5 are oriented vertically.
- each container has a 2 in its usual use position upwardly oriented top 14 and an oppositely downward oriented bottom 15.
- the top 14 and the bottom 15 are directly adjacent container.
- Each container 2 has a carrying handle 16 assigned to the upper side 14. At it, each individual container 2 or the uppermost container 2 of a stacked composite 7 can be gripped and lifted with one hand and transported. In the following, a preferred construction of the at least one stackable container 2 of the container arrangement 1 will be discussed in greater detail.
- the container 2 has a base unit 17 with a preferably at least substantially box-like main receiving body 18, which defines an interior designated as the main receiving space 21.
- the main receiving body 18 has a preferably plate-shaped bottom 22 with a rectangular outline and along the edge of the bottom 22 extending, in the height direction 3 upwardly projecting side wall 23.
- the side wall 23 framed laterally from the bottom 22 limited main receiving space 21st
- the upwardly facing peripheral edge 24 of the side wall 23 defines an opening of the main receiving space 21, referred to as a main opening 25, through which the interior of the main receiving space 21 is accessible when it is not covered.
- the main receiving space 21 is suitable for storing any objects, such as hand tools.
- the mentioned carrying handle 16 is a part of the basic unit 17 and expediently attached to the main receiving body 18.
- the carrying handle 16 projects from the main receiving body 18 in the axial direction of the vertical axis 5 upwards, so that it projects beyond the upper edge 24 of the side wall 23.
- the carrying handle 16 is advantageous if it is connected to the main receiving body 18 to form a rigid unit.
- the carrying handle 16 is formed as a bow handle, which applies to the embodiment.
- Two gripping arms 16a, 16b which are spaced apart from one another in the longitudinal direction of the container 2 and which are fixedly connected to the main receiving body 18. are attached form projecting upwardly and at its upper end by a graspable with one hand support web 16c MITEI ⁇ Nander connected.
- the carrying handle 16 expediently extends in a median plane 26 of the basic unit 17, which is spanned by the longitudinal axis 11 and the vertical axis 5.
- the carrying handle 16 is always in front of the upper side 14 with respect to the adjacent components of the container 2 upwards. This applies in particular also to the closed state of the container 2 illustrated, for example, in FIG. 1.
- the base unit 17 is in vertical alignment with the carrying handle 16, in the middle plane 26 by way of example. provided with a slot-shaped cavity 27 which is open in the region of the bottom 22 to the bottom 15. He has a sufficient width and length to allow when stacking the container 2 from below the immersion of the top 14 of the underlying container 2 projecting component of the carrying handle 16.
- the vertical section in Figure 5 illustrates how the carrying handle 16 of the lower container 2a of two stacked container 2 from below into the slot-shaped cavity 27 of the upper container 2b of the two stacked container 2 is immersed.
- the slot-shaped cavity 27 and the carrying handle 16 are dimensionally matched to one another such that a mutual stabilization of the stacked container 2 sets in a plane defined by the longitudinal axis 11 and the transverse axis 12 horizontal plane 28.
- the slot-like cavity 27 is expediently made of In ⁇ partners a hollow-shaped partition wall 31 between the covers in the main -Avem fortuneraum 21 the two axial end faces 13 associated end-side wall portions 23a, 23b of the circumferential side wall 23rd
- this subdivision wall 31 which expediently projects beyond the peripheral edge 24 of the side wall 23 in a piecewise manner, the main receiving space 21 is subdivided into two subspaces 21a, 21b which lie next to one another in the axial direction of the transverse axis 12.
- the two handle legs 16a, 16b are expediently arranged on the partition wall 31, from which they protrude upwards.
- the supporting web 16 extending in the longitudinal direction of the container 2 is arranged at a vertical distance above the dividing wall 31.
- the container 2 furthermore has two additional attachment bodies 33, 34 movable relative to the base unit 17 and in particular with respect to the main receiving body 18, by means of a transition movement 32 illustrated by double arrows.
- the two additional receiving bodies 33, 34 are displaced between a retracted basic position illustrated in FIGS. 1, 3 and 4 and an extended access position which can be seen from FIG.
- the described mobility results from bearing means 35, via which each additive-receiving body 33, 34 is movably mounted on the base unit 17 and in particular on the main receiving body 18.
- a peculiarity of this bearing means 35 is that it is the spatial orientation of the additional receiving body 33, 34 during the transition movement 32 with respect to the main receiving body 18 constant and, in particular, both in the basic position and in the access position.
- each additional receiving body 33, 34 defines a receiving space designated as the additional receiving space 36, which oriented in the same way as the main opening 25 of the main receiving space 21 upwards, for better distinction designated as additional opening 37 Opening has.
- Each additional receiving body 33, 34 is expediently box-shaped and has expediently a rectangular outline when viewed in the axial direction of the vertical axis 5. He has a bottom arranged bottom 38, along the edge of which extends a circumferential, upstanding side wall 41, the upper Edge 42 framed the aforementioned additional opening 37.
- the additional receiving body 33, 34 In the retracted basic position take the additional receiving body 33, 34 a side by side on the main receiving body 18 seated while the main opening 25 covering position.
- they are contoured in such a way that the container 2 in the retracted basic position has the same contour in the retracted basic position in the region of the additional receiving body 33 as in the area of the main receiving body 18.
- the side wall 23 of the main receiving body 18 and the side walls 41 of the two auxiliary receiving bodies 33, 34 collectively define the peripheral side surface 43 of the container 2.
- the main receiving body 18 and those in the home position define Additional absorption body 33, 34 an at least substantially cuboid shaped structure.
- Each additional receiving body 33, 34 has a longitudinal axis 44 which is parallel to the longitudinal axis 11.
- the length dimensions of the auxiliary receiving bodies 33, 34 are at least substantially the same as those of the main receiving body 18.
- each additional receiving body 33, 34 in the basic position covers one of the subspaces 21a, 21b of the main receiving space 21.
- each additional receiving body 33, 34 has a width measured in the axial direction of the transverse axis 12, which is half the width of the main - Receiving body 18 minus half the width of the composite of the carrying handle 16 and the partition wall structure 31 results.
- each additional receiving body 33, 34 is seated when taking the basic position with its underside on the upper edge 24 of the side wall 23 of the main receiving body 18 and on the other additional receiving body 33, 34 facing inner ⁇ side of flanked by the carrying handle 16 and / or the dividing wall 31.
- both additional receiving bodies 33, 34 are positioned in the basic position, there is a slit-like gap 45 between them, in which the carrying handle 16 extends.
- the gap 45 is open at the top 14 of the container 2, where the carrying handle 16 protrudes upward so that it can be taken for the transport of the container 2.
- the carrying handle 16 as mentioned rigidly on the
- Main receiving body 18 arranged so that it extends beyond the addition-receiving body 33, 34 regardless, whether the container 2 is now used individually or coupled to a stack composite 7.
- the carrying handle 16 is slidably mounted on the main receiving body 18 and / or is designed to be telescopic, that it can be inserted into the gap 45 when not in use.
- an additional receiving body 33, 34 has been displaced into an access position shown in FIG. 2, it protrudes laterally beyond the main receiving body 18 in the axial direction of the transverse axis 12 and at the same time releases the area of the main opening 25 previously concealed by it, so that the Main opening 25 is accessible for inserting or removing an object.
- the additional receiving bodies 33, 34 and the bearing means 35 are in particular designed so that each additional receiving body 33, 34 completely releases the portion of the main opening 25 concealed by it in the basic position when it assumes its access position.
- the bearing means 35 enable an independent transition movement 32 of the two additional receiving bodies 33, 34. In this way it is possible, while leaving the one Set-receiving body 33 in the basic position to spend only the other additional receiving body 34 in the access division.
- Each additional receiving body 33, 34 is equipped with a closure lid 46, with which the associated additional opening 37 can optionally close or release.
- the closure lid 46 In a closed position, the closure lid 46 extends beyond the associated additional opening 37 and covers it in such a way that objects located in the additional collecting chamber 36 can not fall out.
- the closure cap 46 may expediently be pivoted relative to the associated additional receiving body 33, 34 so that it occupies a release opening releasing the additional opening 37, thereby making it possible to place objects in the additional receiving space 36, by executing a swivel movement 51 indicated by a double arrow to put in or take out from there.
- the closed position is shown in the case of the additional receiving body 34 lying on the right and a release position of the sealing cap 46 is shown in the case of the left-side additional receiving body 33.
- individual small containers 67 can also be used in the main receiving space 21 and in each additional receiving space 36, in which, in particular, small parts can be stored very well. This is illustrated in FIG.
- the closure lid 46 is pivotably mounted on the associated additional receiving body 33, 34.
- the dash-dotted lines indicated pivot axis 47 extends in the longitudinal direction of the container 2.
- the pivotal movement 51 enabling pivot bearing device 48 is in particular designed so that the pivot axis 47 of the carrying handle 16 in the transverse direction of the container on remote outer longitudinal wall portion 41a of the side wall 41 is assigned. It is located there in particular at the upper edge 42.
- closure cap 46 may be pivotally supported via a film hinge to a bearing portion fixed to the outer longitudinal wall portion 41a.
- Pivoting movement 51 of the other additional receiving body 33, 34 facing the longitudinal inner edge portion 46a of the closure lid 46 is pivoted.
- This longitudinal-side inner edge region 46a of the closure lid 46 is in the closed position on the edge 42 of the support ⁇ handle 16 adjacent inner longitudinal wall portion 41b of the side wall 41 of the additive-receiving body 33, 34.
- a closure lid 46 when opening or closing the associated additional opening 37, a closure lid 46 is raised or lowered at its longitudinal side inner edge region 46a facing the carrying handle 16 in order to carry out the pivoting movement 51.
- a plurality of containers 2 may be stacked when each lower container 2a disposed below an upper container 2, 2b is in a state in which its auxiliary accommodating bodies 33, 34 occupy the home position and at the same time the associated closure caps 46 are in the closed position. Then add-receiving body 33, 34 and closure cap 46 of the respective lower container 2, 2 a between the main receiving bodies 18 of the two stacking container 2, 2 a, 2 b incorporated. Already this can prevent expedient ⁇ ßigerweise that addition -Avemdging stresses 33, 34 is accidentally moved into the access position or that a closure lid 46 enters a release position. This results in a high storage security for the stored items.
- the container 2 is also equipped with special locking means 49 which, regardless of whether a container 2 is present individually or in the stack, a locking of the closure lid 46 in the closed position and a locking of the additional receiving body 33, 34 in their basic position. This will be discussed below.
- the additional receiving bodies 33, 34 are in particular mounted on the main receiving body 18 in such a way that they are moved away from one another or toward one another in the axial direction of the transverse axis 12 during the transition between the basic position and the access position.
- This movement can in principle completely be a linear movement, for example by the addition -Avem SpotifyConsequently 33, 34 are mounted on guide rails ver ⁇ slidable on the main -Avem SpotifyConsequently 18th
- the bearing means 35 are designed as pivot bearing means 35a, so that the transition movement 32 is at least partially and preferably in its entirety a pivoting movement.
- the additional receiving bodies 33, 34 always maintain their spatial orientation with respect to the main receiving body 18.
- the additional openings 37 always in the same direction, which coincides expediently with the orientation of the main opening 25.
- the pivot bearing means 35a are preferably formed so that each additional receiving body 33, 34 in the transitional movement 32 passes through an arcuate path curve 50, which is indicated in Figure 5. As it travels through this trajectory 50, the height position of the relevant additional accommodating body 33, 34, which is assumed relative to the main receiving body 18, changes, so that it assumes a higher position, at least temporarily, than in the basic position.
- an upper container 2b can fulfill a blocking function with respect to the additional accommodating bodies 33, 34 placed below it even if the transitional movement 32 does not follow a curved path. It then only requires a corresponding mutual design coordination between on the underside of the main receptacle body 18 downwardly projecting feet 52 and the outside of the closure lids 46 formed engagement recesses 53, in which the feet 52 engage in the stacked state of the container 2.
- such feet 52 are designed in such a manner on engagement recesses 53 of the closure lid 46 that adjusts a positive blockage in the horizontal plane 28 and thereby the stacked containers additionally or alternatively to the immersed into the cavity 27 carrying handle 16 a displacement safety between the stacking containers. 2 Experienced.
- the pivot bearing means 35a are preferably formed and the additive receiving body 33, 34 are designed so adapted to the main receiving body 18 that the additionalwavekorper 33, 34 in the pivoted-access position with respect to the main receiving body 18 occupy the same height position as in the basic position.
- the pivot bearing means 35a per additional receiving body 33, 34 realized by means of multiple Gelenkparallelogramme 54.
- Each of these Gelenkparallelogramme 54 includes two rigid guide arms 54a, 54b, which are each mounted on the one hand on the Raj-rawkorper 33, 34 and the other on Haupt-ratikorper 18, wherein the four hinge points 54c lie in the vertices of a regular parallelogram.
- Each auxiliary receiving body 33, 34 is preferably assigned its own articulated parallelogram 54 arranged in the region of one of the axial end faces 13 of the container 2. This is the case in the embodiment. It is advantageous if the front-side wall portions 23a, 23b of the side wall 23 of the main receptacle body 18 as well as in the axial direction of the longitudinal axis 44 facing end wall portions 41c, 41d of the side wall 41 of the additionallautper 33, 34 are at least partially double-walled and edge form open storage chambers 55, in which the guide arms 54a, 54b of Gelenkparallelogramme 54 protrude.
- the articulation points 54c are preferably located within these bearing chambers 55. In this way, damage to the pivot bearing means 35a and object-induced obstructions or blockages of the pivot bearing means 35a can be excluded.
- the already mentioned coupling means 6 are arranged on the base unit 17, so that within a stack composite 7 a tensile connection between the basic units
- the coupling means 6, preferably exclusively, are arranged on the base unit 17 in the region of the two axial end faces 13. Moreover, it is advantageous if the coupling means 6 are arranged on the main receiving body 18.
- each of the axial end faces of the base unit 17 oriented in the axial direction of the longitudinal axis 11 is assigned exactly one coupling unit 56, which is formed from one in the vicinity of the bottom 22 of the main receiving body
- This single coupling unit 56 is preferably arranged on the base unit 17 at the center of the width, relative to the axial direction of the transverse axis 12. In this way, a coupling can take place in the center of gravity of the container 2, with minimal manufacturing and operating costs.
- the coupling means 6 include a plurality of coupling units 56 per end side of the base unit 17th While the lower coupling element 56a is formed stationary relative to the base unit 17 and in particular is rigidly arranged on the base unit 17, the upper coupling element 56b is designed to be movable with respect to the base unit 17 and in particular with respect to the main receiving body 18. Although this arrangement can also be reversed, but the mobile design of the upper coupling element 56b has the advantage that it is easily accessible for actuation and that it can be used in a manner yet to be explained as part of the already mentioned locking means 49.
- the movable coupling element formed by way of example by the upper coupling element 56b will also be denoted by the reference numeral 56 'and the stationary coupling element by the reference numeral 56' '.
- the Kopplungseinhei ⁇ th 56 associated with the same end face ⁇ are now designed so that in the vertically stacked state of two containers 2, the upper coupling element 56b of the respective lower container 2a with the lower coupling element 56a of each upper container 2, 2b can be brought into coupling engagement.
- This coupling engagement is designed so that in the height direction 3, 5 sets a tensile, positive connection, the ver ⁇ prevents a mutual vertical lifting of the stacked containers 2a, 2b.
- the movement of the movable coupling element 56 'to be executed for coupling and uncoupling the coupling means 6 of two stacked containers 2 is referred to as working movement 57.
- the coupling element 56 ' can optionally in an operative position producing the coupling engagement - illustrated in Figure 8 - or in one positioned to disengage the disengaged inoperative position illustrated in FIG.
- the movable coupling element 56 ' is designed as a coupling strap 58 mounted pivotably on the base unit 17, while the stationary coupling element 56 "is preferably realized in the form of at least one coupling projection 59 protruding from the base unit 17.
- the coupling tab 58 has a recess 58 a, which is bounded by a coupling edge 58 b, wherein the coupling projection 59 engages in the operative position so that it dips into the recess 58 a and is overlapped on its pointing in the direction of height 3 side of the coupling edge 58 b ,
- the coupling tab 58 is expediently mounted only pivotably on the base unit 17, so that the working movement 57 is a pure pivoting movement.
- the coupling flap could also have other Be ⁇ wegungs damagessgrade 58th
- the stationary in the embodiment with respect to the base unit 17 pivot axis of the coupling plate 58 is indicated in Figures 7 and 8 at 62, it is parallel to the transverse axis 12th
- the upper coupling elements 56b are expediently placed at the level of the upper side of the additional holding element 33, 34 which occupies the basic position, that is to say at a height at which the closure cover 46 engaging the closed position is located.
- Height position can occupy the base unit 17 expediently in the region of the two axial end faces 13 via a respective upwardly over the side wall 23 protruding support column 63, on which, in particular at its upper end portion, the upper coupling element 56b is mounted.
- the support columns 63 may be formed independently of the structure of the carrying handle 16 or they form, as in the embodiment, a structural unit with the carrying handle 16.
- the support columns 63 may be fixed and in particular integrally formed with a respective adjacent handle legs 16a and 16b.
- the supporting column 63 is advantageously flanked by the two to ⁇ record-receiving bodies 33, 34, wherein it extends in particular between the two auxiliary receiving bodies 33 34 upward.
- At least one stackable container 2 is preferably provided with locking means 49, which allow a releasable locking of the be ⁇ -sensitive in the closed position of closure lid 46 when the additional holding body 33 are, 34 in their basic position.
- locking means 49 which allow a releasable locking of the be ⁇ -sensitive in the closed position of closure lid 46 when the additional holding body 33 are, 34 in their basic position.
- the additional holding body 33 blocks 34 in their basic position and ge ⁇ prevent from inadvertently moving in the access position.
- the locking means 49 are arranged per container 2 partially on the base unit 17 and partially on the closure lids 46. Appropriately, they are divided into two locking units 64, each in the range of one of axial end faces 13 of the container 2 are arranged. Particularly advantageous is the illustrated embodiment, in which the locking means 49 are formed at least partially in Bauein ⁇ unit with the coupling means 6, which has the result, for example, that at least one and expediently at each axial end face 13 in addition to a coupling unit 56, a locking unit 64th is present, which has at least one and expediently exactly one component with the coupling unit 56 in common.
- the common component is formed by the upper, movable coupling element 56b, 56 '.
- the locking position of the combined coupling and locking element 65 automatically results whenever it is pivoted into the above-mentioned effective position, which also causes a locking coupling engagement with the base unit 17 of the container 2 arranged above it in the stacked state of two containers.
- the coupling and locking element 65 can be selectively positioned in an operative or in an inoperative position as part of the working movement 57, wherein it locks in the operative position on the one hand, the closure cover 46 in the closed position and on the other hand, a positive coupling with the above placed upper Benzol ⁇ ter 2b causes. This is illustrated, for example, in FIGS. 3 and 8. In the inoperative position, both the coupling engagement and the locking engagement is canceled, so that an upper container 2b removed and the lower container 2a ge ⁇ can be opened. It is advantageous that after uncoupling of the upper container 2, 2a automatically without further Betä ⁇ tion step, the closure lid 46 and thus also the additive-receiving body 33, 34 are unlocked and ready for use.
- the effective position of the coupling and locking element 65 causes the locking of the closure lid 46 and indirectly the additive-receiving body 33, 34. This is illustrated in FIGS. 1 and 7.
- the coupling tab 58 also acts as a locking tab 60.
- the counter-locking elements 66 are formed as locking projections 66 a, in the operative position in the same recess 58 a of Coupling strap 58 engage like a coupling projection 59.
- the locking means 49 are formed so that at the same time both Ver ⁇ closing cover 46 are locked in the operative position of the coupling and locking element. This results in a kind of central locking.
- the counter-locking element 66 is expediently located in the transition region between the longitudinal inner edge region 46a and the adjoining frontal edge region 46b. In the locked state, therefore, the closure lid 46 can no longer be swung up.
- the at least one container 2 consists at least largely of a plastic material.
- the closure cover 46 may at least partially consist of a transparent material, so that it can be seen without opening the closure lid 46, whether a content is in the associated additional receiving space 36.
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