EP3162725B1 - Recipient empilable et emboitable - Google Patents

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EP3162725B1
EP3162725B1 EP15191707.7A EP15191707A EP3162725B1 EP 3162725 B1 EP3162725 B1 EP 3162725B1 EP 15191707 A EP15191707 A EP 15191707A EP 3162725 B1 EP3162725 B1 EP 3162725B1
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John Huizingh
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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
    • B65D21/02—Containers specially shaped, or provided with fittings or attachments, to facilitate nesting, stacking, or joining together
    • B65D21/06—Containers specially shaped, or provided with fittings or attachments, to facilitate nesting, stacking, or joining together with movable parts adapted to be placed in alternative positions for nesting the containers when empty and for stacking them when full
    • B65D21/062—Containers specially shaped, or provided with fittings or attachments, to facilitate nesting, stacking, or joining together with movable parts adapted to be placed in alternative positions for nesting the containers when empty and for stacking them when full the movable parts being attached or integral and displaceable into a position overlying the top of the container, e.g. bails, corner plates

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  • the present invention relates to a stackable and nestable container according to the preamble of claim 1.
  • Stackable and nestable containers are known from the prior art in many variants. These can be stacked on top of each other in the filled state and nested in an empty state to save space.
  • the container side walls In order to allow the nesting of containers into each other, the container side walls must be slightly turned outwards, so that the upper container with its bottom can dip into the container opening of the lower container.
  • this also means that the bottom cross-section is smaller than the opening cross-section of the container and it therefore requires tools if you do not nest the container each other, but to stack on top of each other.
  • stacking stirrups which can be brought from a first position or nesting position, in which the stacking stirrup releases the opening cross section of the container, into a second position or stacking position, in which the stacking stirrup is inserted into the stacking stirrup Opening cross-section protrudes or spans this, thereby reducing the opening cross-section.
  • the container to be stacked above can therefore be placed with its bottom on the stacking brackets, which prevent the upper container from being immersed in the lower container.
  • stacking straps are made, for example EP 0 918 694 A1 or EP 0 802 119 A2 known.
  • the stacking stirrups must all be manually brought into their stacking position or inboard position so that the upper container can rest with its bottom on the stacking bracket of the lower container.
  • the object of the present invention is to provide a container that can both stack and nest, which minimizes the risk that the stacking of containers, the goods in the containers is damaged or the container stack tilts, which biasing a Stacking device, in particular a stacking bracket, in the stacking position by means of a space-saving in the container / the stacking bracket / the pivot arms of the stacking bracket integrated biasing device allows and which represents a significant improvement to the known from the prior art solutions mentioned above.
  • An inventive container which may be made in particular of plastic, is suitable for storing and / or transporting goods.
  • This has a, in particular rectangular, bottom and a plurality of side walls, in particular two long side walls and two short side walls, which are connected or connectable to the ground, fixed or hinged and which are interconnected or connectable.
  • the sidewalls are slightly outward of the ground or formed such that the inner cross-section defined by the sidewalls widens from the bottom to the container opening. In other words, the bottom surface of the container is smaller than that Container opening cross-section.
  • the container further comprises at least one stacking device, which is movably coupled to the container, in particular to at least one of the side walls, in particular to both long side walls, and in a first position releases the opening cross section of the container, into the container of a structurally identical or compatible container can nest, and which protrudes in a second position in the opening cross-section or spans this to stack a similar or compatible container on the container, more precisely on the stacking device can.
  • the stacking device biased by at least one biasing device in the second position or in the nest position or in the inner position.
  • the stacker Due to the bias to the second position, if no identical or compatible container is placed on the container, or otherwise no external force is applied to the stacker, the stacker automatically moves to the second position or automatically moves to the second position she has been brought out of this before. This ensures that before stacking containers according to the invention no stacking device or stacking bracket can be forgotten in the nest position and the stacking stirrups are in the stacking position, or is prevented from inadvertently immersed in the lower container during stacking of the upper container and the Goods damaged or brings the container stack to case.
  • the stacking device according to the invention is thus configured so that it automatically or automatically brings or resets in the second or stacking position, but is still suitable for nesting, to which only the biasing force of the biasing device manually or by a corresponding movement with the upper container can be brought to the outside in the nest position and held. Due to the bias of the stacking device, however, the stacking position of the stacking device is prioritized, since a much higher damage may occur if, as indicated above before stacking is forgotten to bring the stacking bracket in the stacking position, as in the opposite case, when the stacking bracket nesting in the stacking position.
  • the biasing means may be inexpensively implemented as one or more springs which push or pull the stacking device to the second position.
  • the present invention can be implemented both in a container having translationally or linearly movable stacking devices or pivotable stacking devices.
  • the stacking device can be displaceably mounted and be translationally movable against the biasing force from the second position to the first position.
  • the stacking device can be rotated mounted and pivotable against the biasing force from the second position to the first position.
  • the biasing force of the biasing means may be set to be less than a predetermined force, in particular smaller than the weight force of an empty stacked container. This ensures that the containers can be stacked one above the other even when empty, without running the risk that the spring-biased stacking device raises the empty and therefore relatively light upper container. In addition, too high a biasing force of the stacking device would make handling of the container, especially when nesting, more difficult. Alternatively, the biasing force may be set.
  • the stacking device may comprise a stacking bracket which is movably coupled near the short side walls to the long side walls so as to be aligned in both the first position and the second position parallel to the short side walls and in which first position to be brought over the short side walls in each case. This ensures that the stacking bracket can be placed in the first position to save space above or within the short side walls and thereby one hand, the opening cross section completely free, on the other hand does not protrude beyond the outer dimensions of the side walls.
  • the stacking device can be formed by a stacking bracket with a stacking beam and two bearing arms provided at its respective ends, which are rotatably mounted on two opposite side walls or long side walls.
  • the biasing device may be formed by a separate, connected to the stacking bracket, in particular with the pivot arm, leg spring whose one leg is supported on the pivot arm and the other leg is supported on the side wall to which the pivot arm is connected.
  • the biasing means may be formed by a with the stacking bracket, in particular with the stacking arm, integrally connected, in particular molded, torsion or leg spring, which is supported with a spring arm on the side wall to which the pivot arm is connected.
  • the one-piece design of the biasing device on the stacking bracket or swivel arm reduce the components of the container according to the invention and also the number of assembly steps.
  • the biasing device may be provided on only one pivot arm of the stacking bracket. This is a particularly cost-effective and easy to install solution.
  • both ends of the stacking bracket or both pivoting arms can be spring-loaded.
  • the degree of freedom of the stacking device in the second position may be limited by a stop, in particular by the upper edge of at least one side wall, preferably by two opposite side walls, or a recess formed therein.
  • the container can have a peripheral stacking edge pulled down from the side wall upper edges, and the side wall upper edges can each have a slot-shaped recess in the pivoting region of the pivoting arm, into which the corresponding pivoting arm is received and guided.
  • the movement between the first and second position is defined more accurately.
  • the container in the pivot region of the pivot arms on the side wall outside and on the inside of the peripheral stack edge each having a backdrop or swivel range boundary, which defines the degree of freedom of movement of the stacking bracket.
  • the entire swivel mimic of the stacking bracket is protected from the peripheral stack edge against external force, so that it can not be easily damaged.
  • Fig. 1 shows a perspective view of a container according to a first embodiment of the invention with a partially freely cut hinge portion.
  • Fig. 1 shows a perspective view of a container 2 according to a first embodiment of the invention.
  • the container 2 has a substantially rectangular bottom 4 and a first pair of opposite long side walls 6 and a second pair of opposite short side walls 8, which are fixedly connected to the respective outer edges of the bottom 4.
  • the long side walls 6 and short side walls 8 are also integrally connected to each other and the side walls 6 and 8 define on the side facing away from the bottom 4, a container opening 10th
  • the side walls 6 and 8 are each set at a predetermined angle to the outside, so that the inner cross-section of the container 2 from the bottom 4 to the container opening 10 continuously widens. In this way, two containers 2 can nest together to save space.
  • the container 2 further comprises a peripheral stacking edge 12, which are drawn from upper edges 14 and 16 of the side walls 6 and 8 outwards and downwards or towards the bottom 4.
  • peripheral stack edge 12 of the upper container rests on the upper edges 14 and 16 respectively of the lower container 2, preventing the outer sides of the side walls 6 and 8 of the upper container 2 from being blocked by the inner sides of the side walls 6 and 8 of the lower container come into contact and get stuck.
  • the container 2 also points two U-shaped stacking bracket 18, each having a (round) stacking bar 20 and two formed at the respective ends pivot arms 22.
  • the stacking bracket 18 are each pivotally mounted in the vicinity of the short side walls 8 at the opposite long side walls 6 such that the two stacking bracket 18, which are each formed parallel to the short side walls 8, from a first position or Outward position or nesting position (not shown), in which they release the container opening 10, in a second position or stacking position, which in the Fig. 1 is shown, bring in which the two stacking bracket 18 pivoted toward each other over the opening cross section of the container opening 10 span.
  • a second container 2 can be placed with its bottom 4 on the stacking bracket 18, more precisely on the stacking bar 20.
  • transverse grooves 24 are formed on the underside of the base 4 and receive the stacking bars 20 in the stacked position can and whose distance from each other corresponds to the distance between the two stacking bar 20 in the stacking position.
  • the pivot arms 22 are each received and guided in a slot 26, which are each formed in the pivoting region of the stacking bracket 18 at the upper edges 14 of the long side walls 6.
  • the pivot arms 22 are rotatably supported by pivot pins 28 on the long side wall 6 and the peripheral stack edge 12.
  • the pivot arms 22 are located between the outside of the long side wall 6 and the inside of the stack edge 12.
  • the slot 26 as seen from the free-cutting pivot portion, a substantially V-shaped recess, which is defined by a V-shaped rib structure 30 which is formed between the outside of the side wall 6 and the inside of the stack edge 12 and opens upwardly from the pivot point 28 and defines the pivoting range of the pivot arms 22, respectively, to the side, ie to the first position and towards the second position.
  • the pivoting arm 22 thus comes in abutment with the rib structure 30 in the first and in the second position.
  • the stacking bar 20 rests in the second position on the upper edge 14 or in a semicircular recess 32 formed therein and in the first position in a groove-shaped groove 36 which is formed at the upper edge 16 of the short side wall 8 between the side wall 8 and the stack edge 12.
  • the stacking bracket 18 is rotatably supported by the pivot arms 22 and corresponding pivot pin 28 on the long side walls 6 to be pivotable between the first position and nest position in the second position or stacking position.
  • a leg spring 40 is received, one leg 42 is positively received in a groove 44 in the pivot arm 22 and the second leg 46 is supported on a corresponding groove 48 which in the V-shaped rib structure is formed, which defines the pivoting range of the stacking bracket 18.
  • the leg spring 40 is mounted so that it the stacking bracket 18 in the in the Fig. 1 biased shown second position or stacking position. That is, the stacking bracket 18 without external force in the in the Fig.
  • the stacking bracket 18 In order to nested two container 2 according to the invention, the stacking bracket 18 must be pressed manually or by appropriate lateral movement of the nesting container 2 against the biasing force of the leg spring 40 and the two torsion springs 40 to the outside in the first position.
  • the leg spring 40 pushes the two stacking brackets 18 inwardly against the outer wall of the short walls 8 of the container nested therein 2.
  • the leg springs 40 automatically return the stacking brackets 18 to the stacking position she in the Fig. 1 is shown.
  • the stacking bracket 18 between the first position or nest position and the second position or stacking position in a pivoting movement back and forth can be brought.
  • the stacking brackets 18 may also be designed such that they are adjustable in a linear or substantially linear movement between their two positions.
  • the inventive idea can be realized by the translationally movable stacking bracket 18 or stacking bar 20 by means of a clamping device z. B. a compression or tension spring is biased in the second position or stacking position and only by overcoming the biasing force in the first position can be transferred and preserved there.
  • the leg spring is a separate component mounted on the stacking bracket 18.
  • the spring element which biases the stacking bracket 18 into the second position or stacking position, can also be formed in one piece on the stacking bracket 18 or the pivoting arm 22. Thus, this spring element can be injection-molded on the pivot arm 22.

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  1. Récipient (2), en particulier récipient en plastique, destiné à entreposer et/ou transporter des marchandises,
    - avec un fond (4), en particulier rectangulaire ;
    - avec des parois latérales (6, 8), assemblées ou pouvant être assemblées au fond (4) de manière fixe ou articulée et assemblées ou pouvant être assemblées les unes aux autres, en particulier deux parois latérales longues (6) et deux parois latérales courtes (8), qui sont placées vers l'extérieur ou conçues de telle sorte que la section transversale intérieure définie par les parois latérales (6, 8) s'élargit en direction de l'ouverture de récipient (10) ; et
    - avec au moins un dispositif d'empilement (18) qui est couplé de façon mobile au récipient (2), en particulier à au moins une des parois latérales, de préférence longues, (6), qui est constitué en particulier de deux arceaux d'empilement, qui dans une première position dégage la section transversale d'ouverture pour pouvoir loger dans le récipient (2) un récipient (2) de même construction ou compatible et qui dans une deuxième position pénètre latéralement dans la section transversale d'ouverture ou enjambe celle-ci pour pouvoir empiler dessus un récipient (2) de même construction ou compatible ;
    dans lequel le dispositif d'empilement est réalisé par un arceau d'empilement (18) avec une barre d'empilement (20) et avec deux bras pivotants (22) qui sont prévus aux extrémités respectives de celle-ci et qui sont montés de manière à pouvoir tourner sur deux parois latérales (6) opposées,
    caractérisé en ce que le dispositif d'empilement (18) est précontraint dans la deuxième position au moyen d'au moins un dispositif de précontrainte (40), en particulier un ressort, et est pivotant de la deuxième position à la première position contre la force de précontrainte,
    dans lequel le dispositif de précontrainte (40) est formé par un ressort à branches (40) séparé, qui est relié au bras pivotant (22) et qui est logé dans un oeil de palier (38) du bras pivotant (22), ressort dont une branche (42) s'appuie au bras pivotant (22) et est logée par concordance de forme dans une rainure (44) du bras pivotant (22) et dont l'autre branche (46) s'appuie à la paroi latérale (6) à laquelle le bras pivotant (22) est rattaché.
  2. Récipient (2) selon la revendication 1, caractérisé en ce que
    - l'au moins un dispositif d'empilement est couplé de manière mobile à la paroi latérale longue (6) à proximité d'une paroi latérale courte (8) de telle sorte que le dispositif d'empilement est orienté, aussi bien dans la première position que dans la deuxième position, parallèlement à la paroi latérale courte (8) et
    - l'au moins un dispositif d'empilement est à une distance telle de la paroi latérale courte que le dispositif d'empilement dans la première position peut être mis au-dessus de la paroi latérale courte.
  3. Récipient (2) selon l'une des revendications précédentes, caractérisé en ce que le degré de liberté du dispositif d'empilement (18) dans la deuxième position est limité par une butée (14, 30), en particulier par une arête supérieure (14) d'au moins une paroi latérale (6), de préférence de deux parois latérales (6) opposées, ou d'un creux (32) pratiqué à l'intérieur.
  4. Récipient selon l'une des revendications précédentes, caractérisé en ce que le dispositif de précontrainte est formé par un ressort de torsion ou à branches qui est relié d'un seul tenant, en particulier injecté, avec l'arceau d'empilement, en particulier avec le bras pivotant, et qui s'appuie avec un bras de ressort contre la paroi latérale à laquelle le bras pivotant est rattaché.
  5. Récipient selon l'une des revendications précédentes, caractérisé en ce que
    - le récipient (2) comporte un bord d'empilement (12) périphérique, tiré vers le bas à l'extérieur des arêtes supérieures de paroi latérale (14), et
    - les arêtes supérieures de paroi latérale (14) comportent à chaque fois dans la zone de pivotement du bras pivotant (22) un évidement (26) en forme de fente dans lequel le bras pivotant (22) correspondant est logé et guidé.
  6. Récipient selon l'une des revendications précédentes, caractérisé en ce que le récipient (2) comporte dans la zone de pivotement des bras pivotants (22) au niveau du côté extérieur de paroi latérale à chaque fois une coulisse ou une limitation de zone de pivotement (30) qui définit le degré de liberté de mouvement de l'arceau d'empilement (18).
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