EP3344554A1

EP3344554A1 - Mesh box

Info

Publication number: EP3344554A1
Application number: EP16739174.7A
Authority: EP
Inventors: Kurt Herbst
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 2015-09-03
Filing date: 2016-07-18
Publication date: 2018-07-11
Also published as: WO2017036658A1; DE202015006242U1

Abstract

The invention relates to a mesh box (10) for handling and storing goods, comprising a polygonal bottom (12), on the bottom side of which is arranged in each case a foot (14a, 14b, 14c, 14d) at least in the region of a plurality of corners, a goods-receiving region (30) above the bottom, which is at least partially delimited by at least one side wall part (24), and a strut (16) arranged between in each case two feet, said strut being arranged at the lower, free end of the respective foot for connecting the two feet to each other.

Description

Gitterbox

background

Here a cargo handling equipment is described. In particular, a lattice box is disclosed to pack items during transportation or temporary storage. A lattice box and other containers are loading aids in conveyor technology. The most well-known lattice box is the standardized DB Europool lattice box (according to DIN 15155/8 - UIC 435-3) often also called Eurogitterbox, Tauschgitterbox, Poolbox or Gibo. But there are also a variety of individually adapted lattice boxes, (liquid-, dangerous goods) transport and stacking containers, lattice stack containers, and the like, which are to be equipped with the solution presented here. A lattice box is usually a steel frame lattice construction and has a wooden floor. The empty weight of a lattice box is between 70 and 85 kg and can be loaded with a load of 1000 to 1500 kg.

Packaged goods have traditionally been transported by stacking the goods on pallets, shrink-wrapping the goods on the pallets, and loading the wrapped pallets onto trailers or trucks. The traditional way of handling packaged cargo has been due to the labor intensive nature of packing the pallets and the extensive use of packaging material such as e.g.

Shrink film and cardboard considered uneconomical. Conventional pallets also provide little protection against rough handling, which has led to damage and increased costs of transportation. As an improvement to this situation, collection grid boxes were introduced.

Collecting boxes are typically stackable and foldable boxes made from high strength steel, which makes the collection boxes an attractive alternative for the distribution and storage of high volume goods. The collective lattice boxes, abbreviated to lattice boxes, are usually handled with a forklift, much like traditional pallets. Because the lattice boxes are stackable, they can be stacked on top of each other, allowing for high volume efficiency when transporting full lattice boxes. On the other hand, a high efficiency in terms of volume is achieved when empty lattice boxes are transported, as long as the lattice boxes are foldable. Of the way In addition, the robust structure of the lattice box protects the cargo during handling.

Some lattice boxes, also of the type described here, are eg: suitable for crane, possibly with appropriate crossbeam, rotatable with forklift, etc. Designs can also be: wooden floor, metal floor, sieve bottom, grid floor, flap for folding down, or for removal, galvanized, painted, primed, rough, foldable, rigid.

A grid can be loaded with various objects and easily picked up by a Ga ^¬ belstapler. This allows four feet, which are located at the bottom bottom of the grid box. The four feet located at the bottom of the lattice box allow access from all four sides of the lattice box to lift and relocate them. For this purpose, from all four sides a forklift or other industrial vehicle with his fork under the ground between two of the feet retract.

Underlying problem

However, when lifting the lattice box and moving it to another location with the forklift, uneven loading of the lattice box may result in the lattice box tipping sideways from the fork. Also, driving over bumps, curbs or the like with the forklift can cause the forklift to roll about its longitudinal axis, thereby tipping the lattice box sideways or forward from the fork.

Here presented solution

A lattice box for the handling and storage of goods, for the handling and storage of goods, specially packaged goods, the lattice box comprising:

A polygonal, preferably rectangular bottom, on whose underside at least in the region of several corners in each case a foot is attached, and at least partially limited by at least one side wall part goods receiving area above the ground, and between each two feet a strut, the lower, free End of the respective foot, connecting these two feet, is attached.

Thus, the bottom, the two feet and the strut define an annular fully enclosed opening. This opening is dimensioned so that a fork of a forklift or other industrial truck is insertable. In contrast to the usual lattice boxes, which can tip over when loaded with forklift trucks or industrial trucks with improper handling of the stacking forks laterally and cause personal injury, material damage and environmental damage, prevent the bottom mounted braces tipping over and thus possible damage. The solution presented here allows a much safer handling than is achievable in conventional, without brace equipped lattice boxes. The risk that the containers presented here, even when handled improperly, from stacking forks laterally or forward tip over the tips of the fork is no longer given. This is because a lattice box tipping sideways on the fork or forward over the fork tips is prevented by the respective brace from tipping completely off the fork.

In a variant of the grid box, the strut is aligned substantially parallel to a peripheral edge of the floor and connects two adjacent feet each other.

In one embodiment of this variant, the bottom has a rectangular shape. In this case, four struts are provided substantially parallel to the four edges of the floor, each connecting two adjacent feet together.

In another variant, a respective strut extends substantially at an angle to a peripheral edge of the floor and connects two non-adjacent feet with each other.

In one embodiment of this variant, the bottom has a rectangular shape. Two struts connect essentially diagonally the four feet of the lattice box together.

If the or each strut has a substantially trapezoidal or rounded cross-section, this facilitates the insertion of the fork of a forklift or other industrial truck into the opening formed by the floor, the two feet and the strut.

The wall or the parts may be metal mesh, plastic sheets, nets or the like. The feet can be integrally formed with corner posts made of steel, to which the wall parts are attached. At the four upper, free ends of the corner posts can Shooting for the feet of other grid boxes may be provided to ensure safe stackability. These shots for the feet of other mesh boxes are angularly designed so that they do not collide with the braces at the lower, free end of the respective corresponding foot.

Brief description of the figures

Other features, characteristics, advantages and possible modifications will become apparent to those skilled in the art from the following description in which reference is made to the accompanying drawings. The figures show schematically variants of a grid box.

Fig. 1 shows schematically a first variant of a grid box in a perspective plan view.

Fig. 2 shows schematically the lattice box of Fig.l in a side view.

Fig. 3 shows schematically a second variant of a grid box in a perspective plan view.

Detailed description of the figures

A lattice box 10 of the type presented here, as shown in Fig. 1, has a prismatic, box-like shape. The dimensions of the grid box 1 correspond for example to an industrial standard, such. Eg EU or UK standard sizes to provide the most efficient local transport equipment.

This lattice box 10 has a polygonal, here rectangular bottom 12, of which the better representation because only its four located on the sides of the lattice box 10 frame webs 12a ... 12d are shown. These four frame webs 12a ... 12d are planked with not further illustrated wooden planks.

At the bottom of the bottom 12 a foot 14a ... 14d is attached to all four corners. In Fig. 1, a strut 16 at the lower, free end of the respective foot, connecting these two feet is attached between two feet. Here, each strut is oriented substantially parallel to a marginal edge or one of the four frame webs 12a... 12d of the bottom 12 and connects two adjacent feet 14a... 14d of the grid box 10 with each other. Thus, the floor 12 defines two feet 14a, 14b, respectively; 14b, 14c; 14c, 14d; 14d, 14a and the respective strut 16 an opening. This opening 20 is dimensioned so that a fork 22 shown in dashed lines of a forklift truck or other industrial vehicle can be inserted, as is also illustrated in FIG. 2. The height of the opening is so dimensioned that the fork 22 of the forklift is easy to insert, but only little vertical play between the respective frame webs 12a ... 12d of the bottom 12 and the corresponding strut 16 remains. This effectively limits any tilting movement of the lattice box 10 on the fork 22 of the forklift.

In the variant shown in FIG. 3, in each case one strut 16 runs essentially at an angle to a marginal edge or one of the four frame webs 12a... 12d of the bottom 12 and connects two non-adjacent feet with each other. More specifically, two struts 16 interconnect substantially diagonally the four feet 14a ... 14d of the lattice box 10 together. In the variant of FIG. 2, the two struts 16 form a plane X. However, it is also possible for the two struts 16 to lie one above another at the intersection.

As illustrated in FIGS. 1 and 3, the strut 16 have a trapezoidal cross-section Wesent ^¬ union. This facilitates the insertion of the fork of a forklift into the opening 20 formed by the bottom 12, the two feet and the strut 16.

The lattice box 10 has four side wall portions 24, only two of which are shown for the sake of clarity. Usually, the grid box 10 is open at the top. The side wall ^¬ parts 24 are designed in the variants shown in the figures as a metal grid. The feet are designed in one piece with vertical upwardly facing corner posts 26 made of steel. The side wall parts 24 are secured above the bottom 12 of the corner posts 26 and four frame webs 12a ... 12d of the Bo ^¬ dens 12th Thus, the side wall portions 24 define a goods receiving area 30. At the four upper, free ends of the corner posts 26 1 receptacles 32 are provided for the feet of other grid boxes in the variant of FIG. To ensure the safe stackability. These receptacles 32 for the feet of other lattice boxes are angularly designed so that they do not collide with the struts at the lower, free end of the respective corresponding foot of the lattice box to be stacked. The above-described variants of the device as well as their construction and operating aspects serve only for a better understanding of the structure, the mode of operation and the properties; they do not restrict the revelation to the exemplary embodiments. The figures are partially schematic, wherein essential properties and effects are shown partially enlarged significantly to illustrate the functions, principles of operation, technical features and features. In this case, every mode of operation, every principle, every technical embodiment and every feature which is / are disclosed in the figures or in the text, with all claims, every feature in the text and in the other figures, other modes of operation, principles, technical embodiments and features contained in or arising from this disclosure are freely and arbitrarily combined, so that all conceivable combinations are assigned to the described procedure. In this case, combinations between all individual versions in the text, that is to say in each section of the description, in the claims and also combinations between different variants in the text, in the claims and in the figures. Also, the claims do not limit the disclosure and thus the combination options of all identified features with each other. All disclosed features are also explicitly disclosed individually and in combination with all other features herein.

Claims

claims

A lattice box (10) for handling and storing goods, for handling and storing goods, specially packaged goods, the lattice box comprising:

- A polygonal bottom (12), on the underside at least in the area meh ^¬ rerer corners each have a foot (14 a ... 14 d) is mounted, and

- An at least partially by at least one side wall part (24) limited goods receiving area (30) above the bottom (12), and

- Between each two feet (14a ... 14d) a strut (16), which at the lower, free end of the respective foot (14a ... 146), these two feet (14a ... 14d) connecting attached.

2. Grid box (10) according to claim 1, wherein the strut (16) is aligned substantially pa ^¬ rallel to a peripheral edge of the bottom (12) and in each case two neigh ^¬ bare feet (14a ... 14d) connects to each other.

3. Grid box according to claim 2, wherein the bottom (12) has a rectangular shape and four struts (16) are provided substantially parallel to the four edges of the bottom (12), the two adjacent feet (14a ... 14d) with each other connect.

4. grid box (10) according to claim 1, wherein in each case a strut (16) extends substantially at an angle to a peripheral edge of the bottom (12) and each two non-adjacent feet (14a ... 14d) interconnects.

5. grid box (10) according to claim 4, wherein the bottom (12) has a rectangular shape and two struts (16) substantially diagonally connect the four feet (14a ... 14d) of the grid box together.

A lattice box according to any one of the preceding claims, wherein the or each strut (16) has a substantially trapezoidal or rounded cross-section.