EP3275797A1 - Système de charnière et récipient comprenant un tel système - Google Patents

Système de charnière et récipient comprenant un tel système Download PDF

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EP3275797A1
EP3275797A1 EP17183363.5A EP17183363A EP3275797A1 EP 3275797 A1 EP3275797 A1 EP 3275797A1 EP 17183363 A EP17183363 A EP 17183363A EP 3275797 A1 EP3275797 A1 EP 3275797A1
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  • the present invention relates to a hinge assembly between two relatively pivotable wall sections of a container according to the preamble of claim 1 and a container with such a hinge assembly according to the preamble of the independent claim.
  • Such foldable containers also include so-called intermediate bulk containers (IBC), which are generally used for the transport or storage of liquid or free-flowing materials and are designed larger-volume. Against this background, correspondingly higher strength requirements are placed on such containers.
  • IBC intermediate bulk containers
  • the footprint of an erected side wall on a lower side wall portion or floor should be as wide as possible.
  • a hinge pin is usually formed on the lower edge of the hinged side wall, which is rotatably received in a corresponding hinge pin receptacle of the side wall or bottom portion.
  • the inner or outer edge of the lower side wall portion is usually provided with a radius so that the upper side wall can perform the pivoting movement.
  • such a radius reduces the width of the footprint in the erected state of the side wall, which is accompanied by a weakening of the strength of the container.
  • hinge pins have a vertical degree of translational freedom, in order not to have to pay particular attention to folding sequence when the side walls fold over each other and the folded side walls can lie flat on one another due to the non-fixed hinge axis.
  • the disadvantage of such a vertically movable hinge joint lies in the fact that the side walls are not coupled in the erected state directly to the ground, but are held only on the adjacent side walls. This is in need of improvement in terms of strength requirements.
  • the object of the present invention is to provide a container with hinged side walls or side wall sections, which offers improved power transmission of the side walls and a higher strength of the container as a whole.
  • the object is also to provide a corresponding hinge arrangement between two mutually pivotable or foldable side wall sections.
  • a hinge arrangement according to the invention between two relatively pivotable wall sections of a container such as For example, a side wall and a bottom portion or between two side wall portions, has a provided on a first wall portion hinge pin and provided on a second wall portion hinge pin receptacle.
  • the hinge pin receptacle of the hinge pin is positively caught, ie that hinge pin and hinge pin receptacle during normal use not separate from each other and can be solved if necessary for repair or replacement of each other.
  • the hinge pin is rotatably received in the hinge pin receptacle and so translationally movable to allow a parallel displacement of the axis of rotation of the hinge pin.
  • a guide contour pair is provided on the wall sections, which are in contact with one another or slide against one another during the pivoting or folding movement of the wall sections and are formed separately from the hinge pin and the hinge bolt receptacle.
  • the guide contour pair is formed in the longitudinal direction of the wall sections or in the extension direction of the wall sections separately from the hinge pin and the hinge pin receptacle or is an imaginary line connecting the guide contour pair and the hinge pin / hinge pin receptacle substantially parallel to the longitudinal direction or to the extension direction of the wall sections.
  • the rotational and translational movement of the hinge pin is defined in the hinge pin receptacle.
  • the guide contour according to the invention is designed such that when pivoting the wall sections of the unfolded position in the folded position defined by the hinge pin rotation axis initially removed from a starting position and then moves back into this back. This ensures that in the hinge assembly according to the invention, the two end positions, ie on the one hand in the erected state and in the folded state, the end positions correspond, which one has at a hinge with a fixed axis of rotation.
  • the hinge according to the invention has no effect on the remaining dimensions of the container, so that existing container concepts can be provided without great adjustments with a hinge assembly according to the invention.
  • the advantage of the hinge assembly according to the invention lies in particular in the fact that the interaction of hinge pin and hinge pin receptacle fundamentally allows a (simultaneous) rotational and translational movement, and on the other hand defines the (simultaneous) rotational and translational movement of the hinge pin in the hinge pin receptacle during the pivoting movement via the guide contour pair is specified. This prevents that hinge pin and hinge pin receptacle do not get caught or jammed and the folding and straightening of the side wall can be done easily and without special attention by the user, since the guide contour dictates the movement curve.
  • the hinge pin or the hinge axis Due to the translational degree of freedom of the hinge pin or the hinge axis, it is possible to dispense with a chamfering or rounding of Wandungsabitesskanten while still allowing on the one hand a flat support of the side wall in the erected state and on the other hand, a pivoting movement per se.
  • the footprint can be increased over solutions with fixed hinge axes and thereby improve the strength and power transmission of the container.
  • the wall sections can be transferred from an unfolded position to a folded position and vice versa.
  • the first wall section may be a side wall or a first side wall section of a container.
  • the second wall portion may be a raised, substantially vertically extending edge portion of a floor or a second side wall portion hingedly connected to the first side wall portion.
  • the first wall section and the second wall section and opposite end edges of the wall sections are flush with one another.
  • the folded-over position the first wall section and the second wall section are aligned substantially perpendicular to one another or the folded-over side wall is aligned substantially parallel to the floor.
  • the guide contour pair may have a guide projection formed on the first wall section and a guide groove formed on the second wall section, in which the guide projection engages and slides along a guide contour formed on the groove base.
  • the guide projection may be integrally formed on the first wall portion. This can in particular also be rounded. Furthermore, guide projection and guide groove can also be formed in each case on the other wall section. This solution represents an easy-to-manufacture and high-use solution in use.
  • the guide contour formed on the second wall portion may be a circular cam track superposed with a shaft or ramp.
  • a circular path with radius R is provided with a shaft or ramp, so that when moving away the guide contour of the distance to the center of the circular path initially (steadily) and then (steadily) decreases.
  • the hinge pin and the hinge pin receptacle in particular their cross-sectional shapes, can be matched to one another in such a way that they do not rotate in the unfolded position without prior translational displacement of the axis of rotation Have degree of freedom.
  • torques are absorbed in the erected state by the hinge joint.
  • the desired rotational movement for folding over the wall sections takes place only after a previous translational displacement of the axis of rotation.
  • a foldability of the wall sections is ensured without having to forego a coupling or power transmission in the erected state.
  • Another aspect of the invention relates to a container with two relatively pivotable wall sections and a hinge arrangement according to one of the preceding aspects.
  • One of the two wall sections may be a container bottom, on which a side wall is leaned over the hinge arrangement.
  • two opposing side walls may be provided with a hinge arrangement according to the invention.
  • all four side walls of a hinged container may be provided with a hinge assembly according to the invention.
  • the container according to the invention is characterized in that the contact surface or footprint of the two mutually pivotable wall sections can be made as wide as possible in the erected state, since due to the rotation and translational movement carried out during pivoting on a flattening, chamfering or rounding of the wall sections can be omitted ,
  • the guide contour pair is formed such that the upper wall section remains by itself in the unfolded vertical position due to the weight force acting thereon and for folding the upper wall section this due to the thus defined the guide contour pair rotation and translation movement of the Hinge pin in the Scharbolzenage against the weight, in particular, is raised inwards and upwards.
  • FIG. 2 shows the container 2 with the lid removed 8.
  • the side walls 6 at their upper outer end portions a recess 16 for flush receiving the lid 8.
  • the side walls 6 can all be folded inwards and one above the other (see FIG. 3 ).
  • the side walls 6 are coupled at their side edges respectively with the two adjacent side walls 6 and locked. To unlock the side walls corresponding locking elements 18 must be pressed.
  • the two opposite side walls 6-1 and 6-3 are first folded inwards and one above the other and then over the two opposite side walls 6-2 and 6-4.
  • the side walls 6 are hinged in each case via hinge assemblies 20 on the bottom 4.
  • the pivot axes of the side walls 6-2 and 6-4 can be arranged vertically higher than the hinge axes of the two first inwardly folding side walls 6-1 and 6-3. If, as in the FIG. 3 shown, the side walls 6 are folded inwards and one above the other, then the lid 8 can be placed over it again.
  • the bottom 4 at the corner edges corresponding recesses 22, so that the cover 8, the side walls 6 and in particular the hinge assemblies 20 covers and also protects against external influences.
  • the container 2 as in the FIG. 4 shown, stored together with cover 8 to save space.
  • FIG. 5 shows two mutually hinged wall sections, which should correspond to the side wall 6 and the bottom 4.
  • the articulation is accomplished via two hinge assemblies 20, each hinge assembly having a hinge 24 and a pair of guide contours 26, respectively.
  • the side wall 6 is coupled to the bottom 4.
  • the pivotal movement of the side wall 6 is defined relative to the bottom 4 or predetermined.
  • the hinge 24 is replaced by a hinge pin 28, which on the side wall 6, more precisely at its lower side in the erected state or edge is provided or integrally formed, and a hinge pin receptacle 30 which is formed on an upwardly drawn edge portion 32 of the bottom 4 is formed.
  • the hinge pin 28 is positively secured in the hinge pin receptacle 30 via locking lugs 34.
  • the locking lugs 34 have chamfers 35 to facilitate the initial insertion or snapping of the hinge pin 28 in the hinge pin receptacle 30.
  • a guide groove 38 is provided with a guide groove 40 formed in the groove bottom at the bottom 4.
  • This guide groove 38 or guide contour 40 cooperates with a correspondingly formed on the side wall 6 adjacent to the hinge pin 28 (and separately thereto) guide projection 42 with a guide contour 44. More specifically, when the side wall 6 with the hinge pin 28 is inserted into the hinge pin receptacle 30, the guide projection 42 engages the guide groove 38, with the guide contours 40 and 44 contacting and sliding against each other when the side wall 6 is pivoted relative to the bottom 4.
  • FIGS. 8A to 8C show sections through the formed from the guide contours 40 and 44 guide contour pair 26 in different pivoting positions.
  • the Figure 8A shows the side wall 6 in the unfolded or upright or vertically oriented position.
  • the FIG. 8C shows the side wall 6 in 90 ° inwardly folded state and the FIG. 8B shows the side wall 6 in an intermediate position between the unfolded and folded position.
  • the guide contour 40 in the guide groove 38 is wave-shaped, that is, that the guide contour 40 between the two in the FIGS. 8A and 8C shown end positions no circular path, but has a superimposed with a wave circular path.
  • the side wall 6 When the side wall 6 is folded over or erected, the side wall 6 due to the interaction of the guide contour pair 26 performs no purely rotational movement, but a combined (simultaneous) rotational and translational movement. To enable this combined rotational and translational movement, the hinge 24 is formed accordingly.
  • the pivoting range of the side wall 6 is further limited, so that the two end positions ( Figure 8A and 8C ) are defined by the interaction of guide projection 42 and guide groove 38.
  • the guide projection 42 is received in the guide groove 38 without significant axial play, so that the guide groove 38 and the guide projection 42 form an axial positive engagement and therefore absorb axial loads on the side wall 6 and thereby relieve the hinge 24.
  • FIGS. 9A to 9C show cross sections of the hinge 24 in different pivot positions.
  • the Figure 9A shows the side wall 6 in the erected or unfolded state and the FIG. 9C in folded state inside.
  • FIG. 9B shown intermediate pivoting position immediately after the beginning of the pivoting movement inwardly substantially corresponds to the pivoting position of the FIG. 8B .
  • the hinge pin 28 is received in the hinge pin receptacle 30 rotatable and translationally movable.
  • the axis of rotation defined by the hinge pin 28 is shifted from a position A1 to a position A2 (parallel) and then shifted back so that the axis of rotation of the hinge pin 28 in the folded position ( FIG. 9C ) is again in position A1.
  • the translation movement between positions A1 and A2 is at an angle to the upwardly drawn edge portion 32 of the bottom 4 or at an angle of approximately 45 ° with respect to the vertical axis or the wall plane, more precisely inwards and upwards or in the direction of an inner edge 47 of the upwardly drawn edge portion 32nd on which the hinge bolt receptacle 30 is formed.
  • the hinge pin 28 has no circular cross-section, but at least at a portion of a corner or edge 48, which with a corresponding inner edge 47 within the hinge pin receptacle 30 in the erected position (see Figure 9A ) cooperates.
  • the corner 48 located in erected position on the upper and outer side of the hinge pin 28 engages in the erected position also formed on the upper and outer inner side of the hinge pin receptacle 30 inner edge 47. This prevents the side wall 6 in the erected state in can move in the vertical direction. This results in an immediate power transmission or coupling between the bottom 4 and side wall 6.
  • the hinge axis are first translationally inwardly or obliquely moved inward, so that the two corner edges 48 and 50 are disengaged and thus a translational and rotational movement of the hinge pin 28 in the hinge pin receptacle 30 is made possible.
  • the side wall 6 and the bottom 4 are coupled in the upright position by the engaging behind and the positive connection between the corner edges 48 and 50 in the vertical direction and in the direction of rotation.
  • a significant advantage of the invention lies in the fact that the support surface 37th at the raised edge portion of the bottom 4, on which the side wall 6 rests with its lower side surface 36, can be made very wide in the erected state, since the inner edge 47 on the support surface 37 not at all or only slightly chamfered or rounded, since the lower edge or side surface 36 of the side wall 6 is "lifted" over the inner edge 47 during the rotation and translation movement. Due to the widened support surface 37, the power transmission and the strength of the side walls are improved in the erected state.
  • the shaft 46 in the guide contour 44 has the further advantage that - like the Figure 8A is shown - the guide projection 42 during inward pivoting of the side wall 6 must overcome the first vertically extending shaft 46, which is accompanied at the same time with a certain oblique lifting movement of the side wall 6, which is why the side wall 6 tended to tend due to their own weight in the erected position ( Figure 8A ) moved back.
  • the side wall 6 due to the pair of guide contours and gravity, the side wall 6 remains alone in the erected position and does not fold in by itself or without action. In order to fold the side wall 6 inwards, the resistance of the shaft 46 and the weight of the side wall 6 must be overcome.
  • hinge assembly 20 according to the invention consisting of the hinge 24 and the guide contour pair 26 can also be transferred to other hinged containers.
  • the hinge assembly 20 has been described in connection with a hinge connection between a side wall 6 and the bottom 4.
  • the hinge assembly 20 according to the invention can also be provided between other wall sections of a container, for. B. between two superposed side wall sections.
  • hinge assembly 20 can also be used in outwardly hinged side walls, in which case the hinge 24 and the guide contour pair 26 must be formed mirror-inverted.
  • a kind of ascending or descending ramp geometry or a differently shaped geometry can be used, as long as it is ensured that the side wall to be folded obliquely inwards above (or obliquely outwardly upwardly foldable side wall) during the pivoting movement to be led.
  • hinge pin 28 only a central portion of the hinge pin 28 is provided with a non-round cross section or the corner edge 48.
  • the entire hinge pin 38 may be formed according to its axial extent.

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