EP3456645B1 - Plastic container for storing and transporting agricultural products and method for stacking containers - Google Patents

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EP3456645B1
EP3456645B1 EP17781698.0A EP17781698A EP3456645B1 EP 3456645 B1 EP3456645 B1 EP 3456645B1 EP 17781698 A EP17781698 A EP 17781698A EP 3456645 B1 EP3456645 B1 EP 3456645B1
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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
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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
    • B65D1/00—Rigid or semi-rigid containers having bodies formed in one piece, e.g. by casting metallic material, by moulding plastics, by blowing vitreous material, by throwing ceramic material, by moulding pulped fibrous material or by deep-drawing operations performed on sheet material
    • B65D1/22—Boxes or like containers with side walls of substantial depth for enclosing contents
    • 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
    • B65D1/00—Rigid or semi-rigid containers having bodies formed in one piece, e.g. by casting metallic material, by moulding plastics, by blowing vitreous material, by throwing ceramic material, by moulding pulped fibrous material or by deep-drawing operations performed on sheet material
    • B65D1/38—Baskets or like containers of skeleton or apertured construction
    • 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
    • B65D1/00—Rigid or semi-rigid containers having bodies formed in one piece, e.g. by casting metallic material, by moulding plastics, by blowing vitreous material, by throwing ceramic material, by moulding pulped fibrous material or by deep-drawing operations performed on sheet material
    • B65D1/40—Details of walls
    • 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
    • B65D1/00—Rigid or semi-rigid containers having bodies formed in one piece, e.g. by casting metallic material, by moulding plastics, by blowing vitreous material, by throwing ceramic material, by moulding pulped fibrous material or by deep-drawing operations performed on sheet material
    • B65D1/40—Details of walls
    • B65D1/42—Reinforcing or strengthening parts or members
    • 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
    • B65D1/00—Rigid or semi-rigid containers having bodies formed in one piece, e.g. by casting metallic material, by moulding plastics, by blowing vitreous material, by throwing ceramic material, by moulding pulped fibrous material or by deep-drawing operations performed on sheet material
    • B65D1/40—Details of walls
    • B65D1/42—Reinforcing or strengthening parts or members
    • B65D1/46—Local reinforcements, e.g. adjacent closures
    • 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
    • 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
    • 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
    • B65D21/0209—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
    • B65D21/0213—Containers presenting a continuous stacking profile along the upper or lower edge of at least two opposite side walls
    • 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
    • B65D85/00—Containers, packaging elements or packages, specially adapted for particular articles or materials
    • 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
    • B65D85/00—Containers, packaging elements or packages, specially adapted for particular articles or materials
    • B65D85/30—Containers, packaging elements or packages, specially adapted for particular articles or materials for articles particularly sensitive to damage by shock or pressure
    • B65D85/34—Containers, packaging elements or packages, specially adapted for particular articles or materials for articles particularly sensitive to damage by shock or pressure for fruit, e.g. apples, oranges or tomatoes

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  • the present invention is related to the stackable plastic containers frequently used for the storage and conveyance of agricultural, industrial or any other type of products which structure allows to reduce weight significantly without reducing resistance or storage volume thereof. Additionally, the invention also relates to a method for stacking at least two plastic containers.
  • Said containers are formed by a bottom attached to four perimeter walls wherein said bottom and said walls have a frame structure allowing the air to circulate into the container and allowing a weight decrease of the structure.
  • the corners of the containers often have a higher thickness and comprise reinforcing elements such as ribs to resist tensile, compressive, bending and torsional stresses, to which this type of containers are generally subjected during handling and transportation. Additionally, some wall and bottom portions also include reinforcing in order to avoid sag and to maintain stiffness of the structure.
  • Figure 1 corresponds to a plastic container of the state of the art used for storing and transporting products such as tulip and lilium bulbs.
  • a disadvantage of this type of containers is its high weight of 1600 grs approximately.
  • the objective of the present invention is to provide a container which by means of less amount of material used and through an improved structure achieves a significant weight reduction and less use of material compared to the state of the art containers, without reducing the container resistance and the storage volume, and at the same time it reduces production costs.
  • Another objective of the invention is to provide an improved container being compatible with the current containers allowing stacking in a stacked configuration.
  • Still another aim of the invention is to provide an improved container being compatible with fastening means of the automated production systems.
  • the present invention consists on a stackable plastic container for the storage and conveyance of agricultural, industrial or any other type of products, configured by a preferably rectangular base and by four vertical walls.
  • a cylindrical tubular column is disposed, which is open at its ends and is connected to the bottom structure.
  • Being cylindrical said column provides a great resistance to the structure and its connection to the lateral walls and with the bottom end enable the forces, to which the container is submitted, to be distributed to the four columns in order to resist said loads and to prevent deflections.
  • the tubular columns allow a significant reduction in the use of material compared to the known containers and consequently, a relevant reduction of the container total weight since there is no need to use multiple ribs in the vertical walls (see Fig. 1 ), which increase significantly the container weight.
  • the volume generated by the presence of the columns inside the container is offset by a reduction in the bottom height, thus not affecting the useful final volume inside the container.
  • each tubular column is entirely connected to a vertical projection running throughout the lower frame of the container base.
  • Another feature enabling to avoid the loss of strength of the container structure reducing its weight is connected to the upper edge of the longitudinal container walls having an extension to provide a better sag resistance.
  • the column height inside the container is selected such that it does not interfere with the operation of the machines grooves used for handling the containers in a plant, which are generally designed to operate with the standard thickness of this type of containers.
  • the present invention also comprises a method for stacking plastic containers for the storage and transport of agricultural products, wherein said method comprises the following steps:
  • a container which comprises a bottom 100, longitudinal vertical walls 200 and cross-sectional vertical walls 300, wherein the attachment of each longitudinal vertical wall 200 to the cross-sectional vertical wall 300 is reinforced by means of a tubular column 400 cylindrical in shape.
  • the container walls have columns 210 and beams 220 preferably flat, which support vertical reinforcements 211 and horizontal reinforcements 221 which are perpendicularly connected. Moreover, the vertical walls comprise an upper perimeter edge 500 running throughout the container upper perimeter.
  • the bottom 100 is configured from a perimeter frame 110 (see Fig. 5 ) which encloses a grid structure arranged on T shaped ribs preferably and diagonally connected to each other.
  • the tubular column 400 is vertically extended inside the container at each corner up to a height preferably less than the upper end height, where the upper perimeter edge 500 is disposed. Moreover, said tubular column 400 is attached to two perpendicular plates 412 by the inside of the container, which in turn are attached to the vertical walls forming a single piece.
  • the portion of the column positioned inside the container comprises a recess 410 and in the upper face a hole 411 is configured.
  • Said recess 410 together with the corners formed by the upper perimeter edge 500 allows stacking with a container stacked at the top and it does not interfere with the grooves of the automated machines.
  • the tubular column 400 has a lower extension 420 cylindrical in shape, being said lower extension 420 attached to a lower projection 230 consisting of a bottom perpendicular element protruding from the perimeter frame 110 at the bottom, and which connects the lower part of each tubular column 400.
  • the container has its maximum height in the corners in order to promote the stacking of said points with other containers in a stack.
  • the upper perimeter edge 500 is tilted, in order to form then a flat edged corner 510 protruding above the recess 410 of the tubular column 400.
  • the upper perimeter edge 500 has an extension 520 on a portion of the longitudinal vertical walls 200 providing a higher resistance to the structure avoiding the walls sag.
  • the bottom 100 has bottom recesses 430 generated by the decrease of the bottom ribs height wherein according to a preferred embodiment, said bottom recesses 430 are positioned in the portion in contact with the vertical walls, thus forming an "X" shaped bottom structure 100.
  • the stacking method of two containers consists of placing a first container supporting the lower projection 230 in the soil surface, of a pallet, etc.
  • the second container to be stacked in the top part of said first lower container is placed such that the lower projection 230 of the second container is arranged within the upper perimeter edge 500 of the first container, so that the outer face of the lower projection of the second container contacts the inner face of the upper perimeter edge of the first container.
  • the corners of the perimeter frame 110 of the upper container are supported on the flat edged corners 510 of the lower container, maintaining the walls 200, 300 aligned and consequently the tubular columns 400.
  • a container with the same size of the state of the art containers was constructed, this is 600 mm in length, 400 mm wide and 240 mm high. It was observed that due to the elements forming the structure of the container of the invention, a reduction of 20% of the weight was achieved without significant loss of resistance and enabling to form a containers stack comprising a combination of containers from the state of the art and from the present invention.

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CL2016000856A CL2016000856A1 (es) 2016-04-12 2016-04-12 Contenedor plástico para el almacenamiento y transporte de productos agrícolas; método para apilar contenedores.
PCT/CL2017/050017 WO2017177347A1 (es) 2016-04-12 2017-04-05 Contenedor plástico para el almacenamiento y transporte de productos agrícolas; método para apilar contenedores

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