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Definitions

• the present invention relates to a container of the type comprising a base, a belt and a lid.
• the state of the art includes in particular the documents EP-A1 -2 690 027 and EP-A1 -2 868 592.
• a container comprising a base, a belt and a cover
• the belt comprising several panels and being able to be folded and elongated on the base so that the panels extend substantially parallel to the base, and to be unfolded. and placed on the base so that the panels extend substantially perpendicularly to the base by being supported by lower edges of the panels on the base.
• the cover can be placed on the base when the panels are extended on the base, and is able to bear on the upper edges of the panels when mounted vertically on the base.
• EP-A1-2,256,050 describes a complex mechanism with hinges and sliding supports for connecting a cover to the belt of a container.
• This technology has disadvantages in addition to its cost related to its complexity.
• This relatively rigid mechanism is located on the upper edge of a panel of the belt and transmits forces in this area during repeated movements of the cover, which are likely to weaken and deform the panel.
• the present invention provides an improvement to the aforementioned technologies.
• the invention proposes a container, comprising a base, a folding belt and a cover, said belt comprising several panels and being able to be folded and elongated on said base so that the panels extend substantially parallel to said base, and to be unfolded and placed on said base so that the panels extend substantially perpendicularly to said base by being supported by lower edges of said panels on said base, said lid being able to bear on upper edges of said panels when said belt is unfolded and placed on the base, characterized in that it comprises at least one strip of flexible material which is fixed in at least two points distant from the lid, and which passes through an orifice of at least one of said panels, said lid being adapted to be guided by said at least one strip, during an opening of the container, by sliding the strip in said o at least a portion of the length of the web between said two points.
• the invention thus provides simple and economical means for guiding the lid when it is opened. These means can be used to permanently or temporarily connect the cover to the belt, and make captive or inseparable a container cover of its belt.
• the panel according to the invention may comprise one or more of the following features, taken separately from each other or in combination with each other:
• said at least one band is a strap
• said at least one strip is made of fabric, preferably elastic, the container comprises at least two strips of flexible material,
• said strips pass through orifices of one and the same panel, such as a rear panel of the container,
• the or each orifice has an elongated shape in a direction substantially parallel to the plane of the lid or of the base,
• the or each orifice is located at a distance from an upper edge of the panel in which it is formed
• the or each strip comprises a first longitudinal end fixed to a front edge of the lid or retained with respect to this front edge, and an opposite second longitudinal end fixed to a rear edge of the lid or retained relative to this back edge,
• the fastening or retention of at least one of said first and second ends of the or each strip is of the removable type
• the or each band comprises hooking or abutment means configured to cooperate with a peripheral edge of said orifice in order to retain said lid in an open rest position, and
• Said cover comprises hooking means or abutment configured to cooperate with said base to hold said cover in an open position of rest.
• FIG. 1 is a schematic perspective view of a container according to the invention, in mounted position,
• FIG. 2 is a schematic perspective view of the container of FIG. 1, in the folded or row position
• FIGS. 3 to 5 are further schematic perspective views of the container of FIG. 1, in the mounted position, the container being partially open by displacement or pivoting of the lid,
• FIGS. 6 and 7 are further schematic perspective views of the container of FIG. 1, in mounted position, the container being completely open,
• FIG. 8 is a view similar to that of FIG. 4 and illustrates an alternative embodiment of the invention in which the lid is retained in a rest position
• FIG. 9 is a schematic perspective view of the lid of the container of FIG. 1,
• FIG. 10 is an enlarged view of part of FIG. 9,
• FIGS. 11 and 12 are diagrammatic perspective views of strips of flexible material of the container of FIG. 1, and show an exemplary embodiment of the fastening / retaining means of these strips,
• FIGS. 13a to 13c are further schematic perspective views of the strips of flexible material of the container of FIG. 1, and show steps of assembly / disassembly of these strips of the lid of the container, and
• FIGS. 14 to 1 6 are schematic views showing an alternative embodiment of the fastening means / retaining bands of material of the container according to the invention.
• FIGS. 1 to 7 show a first embodiment of a container 10 according to the invention, this container 10 being of the type comprising a base 12, a belt 14 and a lid 1 6.
• the base 12 and the lid 1 6 are preferably each made of a plastic material, for example single or double skin. They are each advantageously monobloc and can be made by thermoforming.
• the belt 14 is folding and comprises several connected panels 18 to each other by hinges 20.
• the belt 14 is adapted to be folded and lying flat on the base so that the panels extend substantially parallel to the base.
• the belt (that is to say the panels) and the base are then substantially horizontal.
• the cover 1 6 can be placed on the belt or the base, as shown in Figure 2, to limit the size of the container in this row position.
• the belt 14 is also able to be unfolded and placed on the base 12 so that the panels extend substantially perpendicularly to the base by being supported by lower edges of the panels on the base.
• the lower edges of the panels can be engaged in peripheral grooves 22 of the base to wedge the belt in this position ( Figure 1).
• the cover 1 6 can be placed on the belt bearing on the upper edges of the panels 18, as shown in Figure 1. In this position, the upper edges of the panels can be engaged in peripheral grooves of the cover.
• the belt 14 defines a volume of loading or storage.
• the base 12 and the cover 1 6 each have a generally rectangular shape and the belt 14 has, in the deployed position, a parallelepiped general shape.
• the belt 14 here comprises four panels 18 including a front panel 18a, a rear panel 18b and two side panels 18c.
• Each side panel 18c is formed of two half-panels 18c1, 18c2 hinged. In the deployed position visible in Figure 1, the panels 18a, 18b are substantially parallel.
• the half panels 18c1, 18c2 of each panel 18c are coplanar, and the panels 18c are substantially parallel and perpendicular to the panels 18a, 18b.
• the panels 18a, 18b and the half panels 18c1, 18c2 are all substantially parallel, the half panels 18c1, 18c2 being interposed between the panels 18a, 18b by folding the hinges 20 along lines substantially vertical or parallel to the panels.
• the panels 18 are advantageously made in a single plastic plate or in two or more plates welded together, properly cut (s) and folded (s).
• it may be a so-called cellular plate, obtained by plastic extrusion and formed of two flat cover sheets spaced from one another and connected by struts between them and the covers of the cells. parallel to each other.
• a plate is marketed under the trademark Akylux®. This material combines lightness and rigidity in the direction of the cells.
• It may also be a plate as marketed under the trademark Akyboard® comprising two sheets spaced from each other and interconnected by spacers in the form of domes, bubbles or cylinders and obtained by extrusion, thermoforming and welding of sheets together.
• the belt 14 is preferably connected to the base 12 by a fixing means similar to that described in document EP-A1 -2 690 027.
• This fixing means comprises one or two straps integral with the base 12, in at least two distant points of it.
• the belt 14 is arranged to be slidably connected to the straps by at least one panel 18 so as to be deployed on the base 12 of the position stored flat on the base at the deployed position on the base.
• the straps are arranged parallel to the plane of the base at a short distance from the latter and passes into openings of the belt formed in the vicinity of the lower edge thereof.
• the openings of the straps are preferably formed in the panels 18a, 18b, in the vicinity of their lower edges.
• the straps pass through the panels 18a, 18b and under the panels 18c of the belt.
• the belt can slide through its panels 18c on the straps and on the base from the upright position to the folded position and to a position completely folded flat where it can be folded down on the base.
• This maneuver folding the belt from the upright position is achieved by lifting slightly from its groove 22 the panel 18a having the strap openings, facing the operator, and pushing this panel to the panel 18b.
• the belt 14 is folded by its two panels 18c raised from their groove, in its translation to the panel 18b, to a fold flat erect, at the groove 22 receiving the panel 18b.
• the belt 14 being in an unstable position on the base, it can be folded by its own weight on it, simply by falling sideways on the base from the panel groove 18b.
• a reverse crimping maneuver of the belt 14 can still be performed by lifting the groove 22 from the lower edge of the panel 18b and pulling the panel 18b forward.
• the belt 14 then folds in a translation towards the operator to the groove 22 close to the latter.
• folding the belt 14 flat it can tilt backwards on the base.
• Dressing of the belt 14 from a folded position is achieved by raising the belt in the upright position and then unfolding the belt in a movement of the reverse belt to its folding.
• FIGS. 4 and 5 show the improvement provided by the invention.
• the container 10 comprises at least one strip 24 of flexible material which is fixed at at least two points remote from the lid 1 6, and which passes through an orifice 26 of at least one of the panels 18.
• the lid is thus connected to the belt 14 and is adapted to be guided by the strip during an opening of the container by sliding the strip 24 in the orifice 26.
• the cover 1 6 is equipped with two strips 24, which are substantially parallel.
• the strips 24 may be straps. They can be made of fabric, preferably elastic.
• the strips are made from Sanglatex® extra 7 in 40 mm width. It is an elastic material made of natural rubber woven and coated with latex. This material preferably has an elongation rate of 100%.
• Each strip 24 is arranged parallel to the plane of the lid.
• the strips are arranged symmetrically with respect to each other with respect to a vertical median plane of the container.
• Each band 24 passes through an orifice 26 of the rear panel 18b.
• the orifices are spaced apart from one another and side panels 18c. They are located at a distance from the upper edge of the panel 18b, and are substantially located at the same height and therefore located substantially in the same horizontal plane.
• each orifice 26 has an elongate shape in a direction substantially parallel to the plane of the lid or the base, and therefore horizontal.
• the orifices 26 may each be provided with an eyelet for the passage of the band 24, which protects the orifice 26 and facilitates the passage of the band in the orifice.
• Each strip 24 comprises a first longitudinal end, here before, fixed to a front edge of the cover 1 6 or slightly withdrawn with respect to this edge, and a second opposite longitudinal end, here rear, attached to a rear edge of the cover or in slight shrinkage compared to this edge.
• Fixing the ends of the strips to the lid may be of the removable type. In other words, the strips can be fixed permanently to the lid or connected removably and therefore temporarily to the lid.
• Figures 9 to 13c show an embodiment of the fastening means of the strips to the cover, which are here retaining means for cooperating with the periphery of the cover.
• the cover 1 6 of Figures 9 and 10 comprises on its periphery slots 28 for mounting strips and in particular their attachment / retaining means.
• the front edge of the cover comprises two slots 28 and the rear edge of the cover comprises two other slots (not visible).
• Each slot 28 has an elongate shape in a direction substantially parallel to the plane of the lid, so horizontal.
• FIGS. 13a and 13b show the fixing / retaining means provided at the ends of the strips.
• Each end of the band carries a plate or loop, which can be secured to the end of the band by stitching.
• the plate can be metallic or plastic. It has a substantially parallelepiped shape whose thickness is less than the width of a slot 28 (see Figure 1 1) and whose length is less than the length of the slot (see also Figure 1 1).
• the plate 30 is inserted through the slot as shown in FIGS. 13a and 13b, the plate being positioned substantially parallel to the plane of the lid (horizontally) so as to be able to insert it through the slot 28.
• the plate is then rotated so that it is oriented substantially perpendicular to the plane of the cover (vertically) and can bear against the peripheral edge of the slot (Figure 13c).
• the plate has a width greater than the width of the slot and therefore does not risk to pass through the slot when it rests on the periphery of the slot.
• the elasticity of the band can be used to keep the plate resting on the periphery of the slot.
• the band is then preferably slightly tensioned once it is mounted on the cover and the belt. Once first ends of the two strips are mounted in the slots 28 of one of the edges (front or rear) of the cover 1 6, the opposite ends of the strips are inserted in the same way through the holes 26. 18b of the belt, as shown in Figures 1 1 and 12.
• Figures 14 to 16 showing an alternative embodiment of the fastening / retaining means.
• the ends of the sound strips here each provided with a loop 34 and a rigid rod 36 received in the loop and protruding through its ends of the loop (Figure 14).
• the strip is attached to the lid by inserting the end rod 36 of the strip into a complementary slot 38 formed in the bottom of the aforementioned groove of the lid (FIG. 15) and by rotating or displacing this rod 36 with respect to the slot 38 , on the cover ( Figure 1 6), so as to fasten hook the rod 36 to the lid.
• the strip may be provided at a predetermined length, slightly less than the distance between opposed grooves of the opposite side edges, so that in mounting it in connection with the cover (at the grooves) at its ends, it is slightly stretched to hold rigidly the belt 14 integrally to the cover 1 6 while providing a margin of movement of the band on the lid.
• a fastener which allows the clamping level of the strip to be adjusted to the cover, such as a toothed loop device with tension on the cover. end of the band (not shown).
• Other means are within the reach of those skilled in the art.
• the cover 1 6 here comprises means 42 for attachment or stop configured to cooperate with the base to hold the cover in a first open position, shown in Figures 6 and 7.
• the technology as described in the document EP-A1-2,868,592 can be used. In this first rest position, the cover may extend substantially over its entire height behind the panel 18b, substantially parallel to the latter or slightly inclined relative thereto.
• FIG. 8 represents an alternative embodiment of the invention in which the container 10 'comprises all the characteristics of the container 10 described in the foregoing and further comprises means for holding the lid in a second rest position which is that illustrated in Figure 8.
• the strips comprise hooking means 40 or abutment configured to cooperate with the peripheral edges of the orifices 26 to hold the cover in the second rest position.
• the cover In this second rest position, the cover extends behind the rear panel 18b, on only part of its height.
• the portion of the cover 1 6 extending above the top edge of the panel 18b may define a front surface of article bouncing in an automatic article loading facility in the container.

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