EP3597555A1 - Griff für einen stapelbaren behälter und behälter dafür - Google Patents

Griff für einen stapelbaren behälter und behälter dafür Download PDF

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EP3597555A1
EP3597555A1 EP18382528.0A EP18382528A EP3597555A1 EP 3597555 A1 EP3597555 A1 EP 3597555A1 EP 18382528 A EP18382528 A EP 18382528A EP 3597555 A1 EP3597555 A1 EP 3597555A1
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Luis LACAMBRA
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Envases Soplados SL
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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
    • B65D23/00—Details of bottles or jars not otherwise provided for
    • B65D23/10—Handles
    • B65D23/104—Handles formed separately
    • B65D23/108—Bail handles, i.e. pivoted handles of generally semi-circular or loop shape
    • 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
    • B65D21/023—Closed containers provided with local cooperating elements in the top and bottom surfaces, e.g. projection and recess
    • B65D21/0231—Bottles, canisters or jars whereby the neck or handle project into a cooperating cavity in the bottom

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  • the present invention relates to a handle for handling stackable containers that can be vertically stacked. More particularly, said handle is accessible when the containers are stacked and the neck to which the handle is fixed is housed entirely under the container located immediately thereabove in the stack, and therefore concealed in a cavity arranged in the lower base of said container arranged thereabove.
  • This invention also relates to a container with a vertically stackable configuration comprising a handle that allows access to the neck of said container when stacked under another container without having to modify the configuration of the container so as to allow access to the handle from outside the stack.
  • this geometry consists of a molded cavity in the lower base of the container that allows housing the neck and opening of the container positioned immediately thereunder in the stack, while at the same time it allows a stable support on the upper base of said lower container.
  • said containers are usually provided with gripping elements for the handling and transport thereof, such as handles located on and fixed to the neck of said containers.
  • Modified containers are known for handling this problem, in which the handle is configured on one side so as to allow the gripping thereof even though it is located in a stack.
  • the region for supporting a container on the container immediately thereunder is considerably reduced, and in the case of the second option, it has the drawback of having to assure the correct orientation of the handle before stacking so that it can be located exactly in the slot that has been provided, or the stability of the stack is otherwise jeopardized.
  • the gripping elements usually incorporate articulations in the connection to the neck of the container that allow the rotation of the gripping element so that it can have any orientation.
  • These articulations are usually configured in the form of a ring with tabs that allow going around the neck of the container by insertion but prevent the ring from coming off by means of a wedging effect.
  • the present invention solves the problems indicated above by means of a specific configuration of the handle that does not require any modification to the shape of the cavity of the container intended for housing the neck of the container located immediately thereunder during stacking, and it offers the ability to be gripped from one side without affecting the stability of the stack.
  • the present invention provides a solution to the aforementioned problems by means of a handle that allows the access to and handling of containers in stacks.
  • the dependent claims define preferred embodiments of the invention which include, among others, the combination of the handle and the container where it is coupled to the handle.
  • a first inventive aspect is a handle for a stackable container that can be vertically stacked by means of supporting a lower base on an upper base of the container arranged immediately thereunder in the stack, from which upper base there emerges the neck of the opening of the container, wherein the
  • handle comprises:
  • the handle is configured with a fixing ring which is configured in most of the embodiments with flexible tabs that allow the insertion but prevent it from coming off by means of wedging.
  • the gripping area is a portion of the handle that is configured for being adapted to the shape of the hand such that in the event of a large load, for example when the container is a large-volume container, gripping is made as comfortable as possible.
  • the attachment section is a portion of the handle which establishes the connection between the gripping element and the fixing ring.
  • the handle is characterized in that: the attachment section comprises a sheet-like portion configured for being arranged between the upper base of the container on which the fixing ring is fixed and the lower base of the upper stacked container when they are stacked in the operative mode.
  • the attachment section establishes a distance between the fixing ring and gripping element that is greater than the distance established between the fixing ring and the support area without a handle between the upper base and the lower base of the stacked containers in order to leave the handle accessible for the user after stacking.
  • the dimensions of the handle according to the invention allow said handle to be accessible for a user when the containers are stacked on top of one another in the operative mode.
  • the handle is accessible as a result of the length of the attachment section, with this being greater than the distance established between the fixing ring and the support area without the handle between the upper base and the lower base of the stacked containers. Therefore, each handle will provide individual access to its corresponding container, despite being located in an intermediate segment of the stack.
  • the container does not require being modified so as to allow access to the gripping element after stacking. If the containers do not have a handle, the lower base has a support region configured for being adapted to the upper surface of the container, where a support region which receives the lower support base of the container located thereabove in the stack can likewise be identified in the upper part.
  • These two regions can be two surfaces that are not necessarily flat, or they can even have ribs and cavities.
  • the best support is established when the surfaces are essentially complementary to one another to assure the greatest contact.
  • the inclusion of a resistant element located on one side and interposed between the two surfaces, that is, the support surface of the upper container and the upper surface of the lower container on which the former is supported, leads to an inadequate seating and the stack being tilted.
  • the invention establishes a sheet-like portion configured for being located between these two surfaces that are intended for resting one on top of the other, such that it does not modify the separation therebetween except for the thickness of the sheet section, which results in stack stability being unchanged.
  • this attachment section assures that the thicker gripping element remains outside the support surfaces without affecting the stack, and it furthermore allows the user to access it in order to grip same.
  • the handle allows acting on the lower base of the container which is located immediately thereabove in the stack, exerting an upward, lever-like force that will be applied by the attachment section to said lower base to make it easier to remove the desired container.
  • the geometry of the handle allows it to adapt to the stacking interface between two containers without compromising stability of the supports of said stack or increasing the volume for coupling the cavity of the base of the upper container and the neck and opening of the lower container.
  • the fixing ring has a plurality of oblique insertion tabs or flanges for retaining the handle after its insertion on the opening of the container.
  • these flanges allow optimal coupling between the handle and the neck of the container, where they fold with the movement for insertion of the handle on the neck of the container inserting externally the fixing ring.
  • the flanges fix the handle to the neck of the container, showing certain resistance due to the wedging thereof in the direction of removal of the handle with respect to the neck of the container. Therefore, said flanges retain the handle in a fixed position, making removal impossible when the handle supports the weight of the container in service.
  • the gripping element comprises a flexible attachment between the attachment section and the fixing ring so as to allow, after bending, an essentially transverse position between the attachment section together with the gripping element and the fixing ring when said handle is being used to carry the container.
  • the flexibility of the attachment allows operating also when moving the container from one place to another suspended by the gripping element under the weight of the load, where the flexibility of the attachment allows the change in angle of said gripping element with respect to the fixing ring until reaching the vertical position which corresponds with the direction of gravity.
  • the attachment section is configured with at least two connecting elements, parallel to one another, located between the fixing ring and the gripping element, with each connecting element arranged on either side of the fixing ring and on either side of the gripping element.
  • the attachment section is thereby lightened and maintains resistance as if it were a continuous element.
  • each connecting element comprises a sheet-like portion and both are connected by a second transverse sheet-like portion also configured for being arranged between the upper base of the container on which the fixing ring is fixed and the lower base of the upper stacked container when they are stacked in the operative mode.
  • This portion allows for a complementary configuration of the cavity assuring that the stacked container arranged thereabove is in engagement, increasing stability thereof.
  • the second sheet-like portion connecting both connecting elements will provide the connecting element and gripping element assembly, which is responsible for transmitting the force exerted on the gripping element to the fixing ring, with greater dimensional stability and stiffness.
  • this geometry will allow the second sheet-like portion to adapt to the stacking interface between two containers without compromising the stability of the supports of said stack or increasing the volume generated between the cavity of the base of the upper container and the neck and the opening of the lower container.
  • the invention provides the combination established by a container and a handle according to the first inventive aspect, wherein the container comprises:
  • the second transverse sheet-like portion comprises a transverse prolongation that enters the cavity of the container arranged immediately thereabove to act as a retention between consecutively stacked containers.
  • this transverse prolongation will be supported on the inner face of the cavity of the lower base of the container immediately thereabove in the stack, providing greater stability to the support and preventing possible relative sliding between containers in the stack.
  • Figures 1 and 2 schematically show the configuration of the elements that are part of the handle (1) according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention.
  • This embodiment shows a fixing ring (1.1) comprising a plurality of oblique flanges (1.1.1) projecting into the annular space for fixing and retaining the handle (1) with respect to the neck (2.3) of a container (2) once it has been inserted on the neck (2.3) of said container (2).
  • the neck of the container (2) has a downwardly wedged perimetral projection (2.3.1).
  • the minimum diameter observed in Figure 1 defined by the ends of the oblique flanges (1.1.1) is smaller than the outer diameter of the perimetral projection (2.3.1).
  • the oblique flanges (1.1.1) clear the perimetral projection (2.3.1) by bending, and therefore increasing the diameter defined by the ends thereof.
  • said flanges (1.1.1) elastically recover their initial configuration by again reducing the diameter and preventing them from coming off, therefore assuring the fixing.
  • An attachment section (1.2) is likewise shown, and in this particular embodiment it is made up of two connecting elements (1.2.2, 1.2.3) located on both sides of the fixing ring (1.1). Said connecting elements (1.2.2, 1.2.3) are connected by one of their ends to the fixing ring (1.1) by means of respective flexible attachments (1.2.5, 1.2.6) so as to allow bending when the handle (1) is grabbed, which allows going from an almost horizontal position such as the one shown in Figure 2 to a vertical position imposed by the weight of the container.
  • the connecting elements (1.2.2, 1.2.3) are attached at the other end to a gripping element (1.3), and they further comprise respective sheet-like portions (1.2.1) along their body which, when the containers (2) are stacked in the operative mode, will be arranged between the upper base (2.2) of the container (2) from which there emerges the neck (2.3) where the handle (1) is located and the lower base (2.1) of the container (2) stacked immediately thereabove.
  • the shape of the sheet-like portions (1.2.1) is not necessarily flat, but rather adapts to the shapes of the support surfaces of the stacked containers such that the container (2) stacked immediately thereabove is supported on this sheet-like portion (1.2.1) in the section where the handle (1) is located with the support thereof, and therefore the stability of the stack as well, barely being modified.
  • This sheet-like configuration with a shape adapted to the bases of the container (2) intended for being in contact during stacking allows use of this handle (1) in containers that do not require design changes intended for including cavities or spaces that would allow housing the handle (1) so as to allow access from the outside after stacking, and that would lead to a reduction of the effective support between containers (2).
  • the latter additionally comprises a transverse portion (1.2.4), which is also sheet-like, connecting the two connecting elements (1.2.2, 1.2.3) providing the connecting element (1.2.2, 1.2.3) and gripping element (1.3) assembly with greater dimensional stability and stiffness.
  • Said sheet-like configuration will also allow this transverse portion (1.2.4) to be located between the upper base (2.2) and lower base (2.1) of the containers (2) forming the stack.
  • the transverse portion (1.2.4) comprises a transverse prolongation (1.2.4.1) configured for being housed in the cavity (2.1.1) of the lower base (2.1) of the container (2) immediately thereabove in the stack and for being supported on the inner face of said cavity (2.1.1).
  • Figure 2 clearly shows according to the side view how the transverse prolongation (1.2.4.1) is raised, and it is raised according to the configuration of the surface of the cavity (2.1.1) of the container (2) as shown in Figure 3 , resulting in a portion of the surface of the handle (1) that adheres to the inner surface of the cavity (2.1.1) of the container.
  • the effect of this prolongation (1.2.4.1) is that it establishes an engagement that stabilizes the stack between containers (2) as it aligns the container (2) arranged thereabove with respect to the position of the neck (2.3) of the container arranged therebelow in the stack.
  • Figure 3 shows a vertical section of an embodiment of the container (2) without the handle (1) coupled thereto.
  • Said figure shows the lower base (2.1) where the cavity (2.1.1) in which the neck (2.3) will be housed is molded and the opening (2.4) of the container (2) that is located immediately thereunder in the stack.
  • the body of said container (2) goes up to the upper base (2.2) where there is located a horizontal portion for supporting the lower base (2.1) of the container (2) immediately thereabove in the stack.
  • the neck (2.3) with its perimetral projection (2.3.1) where the handle (1) will be fixed and retained according to the described example, protrudes from said upper base (2.2).
  • Said neck (2.3) likewise comprises the opening (2.4) of the container (2).
  • Figure 4 shows two containers (2) according to the embodiment of Figure 3 in the operative mode, stacked on top of one another. It can be seen how the gripping element (1.3) of the handle (1) attached to the container (2) arranged thereunder in the stack extends beyond the line defining the stacking interface between both containers (2) such that the stack is not affected by the interposition of the handle (1) through its sheet-like portion (1.2.1) and the gripping element (1.3) is located outside the stack and is therefore accessible for the user from one side.

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PT183825280T PT3597555T (pt) 2018-07-16 2018-07-16 Pega para um recipiente empilhável e recipiente para a mesma
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