EP3712084A1 - Récipient en matière plastique - Google Patents

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EP3712084A1
EP3712084A1 EP20154707.2A EP20154707A EP3712084A1 EP 3712084 A1 EP3712084 A1 EP 3712084A1 EP 20154707 A EP20154707 A EP 20154707A EP 3712084 A1 EP3712084 A1 EP 3712084A1
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Arthur F. Van Der Knaap
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  • the invention relates to containers made of plastic, with a rectangular base and four side walls, the base having a first stacking contour on the underside at its outer edge, the side walls having a second stacking contour at their upper edge region and the first stacking contour being one when the containers are stacked on top of one another upper container and the second stacking contour of a lower container come into centering engagement with one another.
  • a container for the transport and storage of goods is known, with a rectangular base and with four rigid or foldable side walls protruding from the base, the base having stacking edges on the underside and the side walls on top each having a stacking surface, the stacking edges and the stacking surfaces being one Stacking several containers on top of each other are executed permitting.
  • the side walls In the case of containers for sensitive goods, such as fruits, the side walls should be flexible to a certain extent, if possible, in order to avoid pressure points on the goods. This resilience of the side walls leads on the other hand to the problem of an increased risk of the upper edge of the side walls of lower, heavily loaded containers in a stack of loaded containers bulging, which makes the stack unstable.
  • the document DE 296 01 187 U1 shows a load carrier made of foam, in particular made of particle foam, with at least one stack edge, and deals with the problem of increasing the load-bearing capacity. To solve this, a stiffening profile is provided on at least part of the stacking edge.
  • load carriers made of foam require relatively thick walls, although only a low mechanical load-bearing capacity and a useful volume that is rather small relative to the external dimensions are achieved. The use of such charge carriers is limited to applications with only low mechanical and thermal loads.
  • a stackable packaging in particular made of foamed material, which has an outer wall with an upper edge, and with an underside support, next to which side stops are provided on the inside, whereby adjacent packaging stacked on top of one another with the upper edge of the lower packaging and the underside support of the upper packaging are on top of each other and the side stops in this stack position are located on the inside next to the upper edge of the lower packaging.
  • the support surface of the upper edge is designed to rise at least over a portion of its transverse extent to the inner side stop side and that the lower support has an approximately corresponding counter-shape.
  • the outer wall can have a wall reinforcement profile on its upper edge, the upper side of which forms the support surface for the support of a stacked, adjacent packaging.
  • the wall reinforcement profile can be designed as a profile with a preferably approximately U-shaped cross-section that can be plugged onto the upper edge of the outer wall.
  • the object of the present invention is therefore to create containers of the type mentioned at the outset which have high mechanical stability and resilience, which can have side walls with a certain flexibility to protect the goods in the container and which enable the loaded containers to be stacked securely on top of one another guarantee.
  • a first solution to the problem is achieved according to the invention with a container of the type mentioned at the beginning, which is characterized in that the upper edge area of at least two opposing side walls is reinforced by at least one reinforcement profile attached to the remaining side wall in a form-fitting and / or force-fitting manner and that the / Each reinforcement profile has on its upper side facing away from the container at least one profile web running in the longitudinal direction of the reinforcement profile and forming a slide path for a further container to be attached.
  • the invention advantageously creates the possibility of reinforcing two or more side walls of the container with a reinforcement profile, the material of which can be selected independently of the material of the side wall itself.
  • a reinforcement profile the material of which can be selected independently of the material of the side wall itself.
  • the side walls of the container which are particularly stressed when containers are stacked on top of each other, can be stabilized with relatively little technical effort so that bulging of the upper edge of loaded containers in the container stack at normal stack heights and loads can be excluded.
  • the side walls per se can advantageously have a certain flexibility that is gentle on the material in the container.
  • the / each reinforcement profile has at least one profile web running in the longitudinal direction of the reinforcement profile on its upper side facing away from the container, forming a slide path for a further container to be attached. It is therefore sufficient to initially place an upper container with only partial overlap on a lower container, and then to place the upper container move along the slideway of the lower container into its final stacking position.
  • the stacking contour of the / each side wall having a reinforcement profile is formed on the top of the reinforcement profile.
  • the stacking contour is particularly stable and wear-resistant, which contributes to the good durability of the container.
  • the stacking contour of the / each side wall having a reinforcing profile is formed separately from the reinforcing profile on the upper side of the upper edge of the side wall.
  • the reinforcement profile is attached to the rest of the side wall in a form-fitting and / or force-fitting manner.
  • a first embodiment provides that the / each reinforcement profile has a downwardly open groove or a downward-pointing web in a lower area facing the side wall, that on the upper edge of the remaining side wall an upward-pointing web or an upwardly open groove is formed and that the reinforcement profile is snapped or clamped or pushed on or welded or glued on with its groove on the web of the side wall or is snapped or clamped or pushed in or welded or glued in with its web in the groove of the side wall.
  • the reinforcement profile is connected to the associated side wall from above during the manufacture of the container.
  • the / each reinforcement profile in a lateral area facing the side wall has a groove open to the side or a web pointing to the side, that on the upper edge of the remaining side wall a web pointing to the side or one open to the side Groove is formed and that the reinforcement profile is snapped or clamped or pushed on or welded or glued on with its groove on the web of the side wall or snapped or clamped or pushed in or welded or glued in with its web in the groove of the side wall.
  • the reinforcement profile takes place connecting the reinforcement profile to the associated side wall from the side, that is, in a direction perpendicular to the wall plane.
  • latching elements which interact with each other are formed on the side wall and on the associated reinforcement profile. These latching elements engage with each other when the reinforcement profile is attached to the rest of the side wall, so that an automatic detachment of the reinforcement profile from the side wall is excluded, but non-destructive dismantling or replacement of the reinforcement profile, if desired, remains possible.
  • a second solution to the above problem is achieved according to the invention with a container of the type mentioned at the beginning, which is characterized in that the upper edge area of at least two opposing side walls is reinforced by at least one reinforcement profile arranged in or on the side wall and running in the longitudinal direction of the side wall and that the / each reinforcement profile is arranged offset relative to the stack contour in the direction of the bottom.
  • the reinforcement profile only has the function of reinforcement and can therefore be optimized for this purpose without restrictions.
  • a preferred development of the container according to the second solution provides that the upper edge area of at least two opposing side walls is designed with at least one slide path each, separated from the reinforcement profile, for a further container to be attached. This ensures that the containers are stacked on top of one another in an ergonomically particularly favorable manner for handling personnel in the case of the second container as well.
  • the / each side wall having a reinforcing profile is a two- or multi-component injection-molded part, which is produced by successively injecting at least two different plastics into a side-wall or container injection mold, with one plastic for the reinforcing profile being a reinforced one Plastic and a plastic for the rest of the side wall or the rest of the container is an unreinforced plastic.
  • the container can be manufactured inexpensively as a mass part.
  • each side wall having a reinforcing profile is made by inserting a reinforcing profile formed by a reinforced, prefabricated component into a side wall or container injection mold and then injecting an unreinforced plastic that forms the remaining side wall or the remaining container into the side wall - or container injection mold is generated.
  • This configuration also allows inexpensive mass production.
  • the invention further proposes that in or on the / each side wall having a reinforcement profile, the reinforcement profile is not fused with the plastic of the side wall and is displaceable within small limits relative to the rest of the side wall.
  • the / each reinforcement profile can be latched or clamped or pushed together or welded or glued to the associated side wall.
  • the container that the upper edge area of two opposite, longer side walls is reinforced by a reinforcing profile that extends over the length of the associated side wall. This effectively counteracts the naturally greater risk of bulging with the longer side walls.
  • the container can also be designed in such a way that the upper edge area of all side walls is reinforced by a reinforcing profile that extends over the length of the associated side wall.
  • the vertical force dissipation in the container stack takes place predominantly via the corner areas of the stacked containers, then it is expedient for the upper edge area of end sections of two container corners to be at each other Adjacent side walls is reinforced by a reinforcement profile running around a corner.
  • a particularly large reinforcement effect can be achieved if the upper edge area of all side walls is reinforced by a single frame-shaped, circumferential reinforcement profile.
  • the side walls themselves consist of an unreinforced thermoplastic material and that the / each reinforcement profile consists of a fiber-reinforced plastic or metal.
  • the side walls per se or the container per se can therefore be manufactured from a relatively inexpensive material, in particular as injection molded parts.
  • the reinforcement profiles can be manufactured from a more stable material.
  • the fiber-reinforced plastic is preferably reinforced with glass, carbon or natural fibers, from which the reinforcement profile can also advantageously be produced by injection molding.
  • a further embodiment provides that sections of the stacking contour of the bottom located below the side walls having the slideways are each designed with a groove so that the slideways and grooves are each designed so that when an upper container is placed on a lower container in a position offset relative to one another in the longitudinal direction of the slideways and grooves, the upper container stands up in an elevated position on the slideways of the lower container and that during or after the upper container is moved into a position congruent with the lower container Slideways enter the grooves while lowering the upper container into a stack end position.
  • the container in this embodiment offers several advantages.
  • an upper container to be placed on a lower container with an offset of the containers relative to one another and a subsequent shifting of the upper container on the lower container into the congruent stacking position, which in particular enables the containers to be manually stacked, especially when they are loaded Handling personnel facilitated.
  • the upper container When the upper container is pushed onto the container arranged below, the upper container first slides in an elevated position on the slideways of the lower container and only lowers into its stack end position at the end of the shifting process.
  • This makes it advantageous to have a larger or larger space between the two when sliding on Containers, specifically between the transported goods, such as fruits, in the lower container on the one hand and the underside of the bottom of the upper container on the other hand, achieved. In this way, sensitive goods in the lower container, especially fruits that protrude slightly above the container edge, are not damaged by rubbing or scratching.
  • the slideways are preferably each designed as a vertically aligned, continuous or interrupted web.
  • each slide track is stepped or beveled or rounded at its end regions.
  • Slideways on two long side walls are useful for practical use of the containers.
  • slideways can be provided on two short side walls.
  • the two side walls that do not have the slide tracks each have one or more spaced apart from one another in the longitudinal direction of these side walls, a conventional container placed on a container according to the invention to prevent displacement Have humps securing the longitudinal direction of the slideways, the height of which corresponds to the height of the slideways.
  • the containers according to the invention can be rigid containers, the side walls of which are made in one piece with the floor or are firmly connected, or they can be collapsible containers, the side walls of which are articulated to the floor.
  • the Figure 1 the drawing shows a container 1 with a bottom 2, with two opposing first, longer side walls 3 and with two opposing second, shorter side walls 4, viewed obliquely from above.
  • the container 1 is designed here as a collapsible container in which the side walls 3, 4 are articulated to the bottom 2 so that they are between the in Figure 1 shown, upright use position and a rest position in which the four side walls 3, 4 are folded inwardly onto the floor 2, is adjustable.
  • the side walls 3, 4 are each provided in a manner known per se with a handle opening 31, 41 and with releasable locking means 43 for mutual locking of the side walls 3, 4 in their use position.
  • a plurality of containers 1 can be stacked on top of one another in a centering manner.
  • the base 2 and the side walls 3, 4 are injection molded parts made of a thermoplastic plastic, with at least the side walls 3 having flexible wall areas 33 with a certain degree of flexibility in order to protect goods stored or transported in the container 1.
  • a reinforcing profile 5 is attached to the two opposite, longer side walls 3 attached positively, locked here.
  • the reinforcement profiles 5 consist of a material, in particular of fiber-reinforced plastic or of metal, which is more stable than the material from which the side walls 3 are made, usually an unreinforced plastic.
  • the reinforcement profiles 5 thus ensure that the side walls 3 have a particularly high level of stability in their upper edge area, thereby avoiding undesired bulging of the upper edge of the side walls 3 in a stack of containers.
  • each reinforcement profile 5 has an upwardly facing profile web 50 running in the longitudinal direction of the reinforcement profile 5 and the associated side wall 3.
  • the profile webs 50 form on their upper side a slide track 11 on which an upper container 1 on a lower container 1 after only partially overlapping placement can be moved easily into its final stacking position.
  • the end regions 12 of the slide 11 are beveled in order to move the upper container 1 in a position raised relative to the lower container 1 and to lower the upper container 1 relative to the lower container 1 immediately before or when the congruent position of the upper container 1 is reached. In this way, the goods in the lower container 1 are protected from damage caused by the upper container 1 being pushed open.
  • two protruding humps 44 are formed at a distance from one another on the upper edge of the shorter side walls 4 formed by the upper stacking contour 40. These humps 44 lock a conventional container placed on the container 1 against unintentional displacement along the slideways 11 beyond a congruent stacking position relative to the container 1 arranged below.
  • Figure 2 shows the container 1 from Figure 1 in a front view of one of the longer side walls 3 with the reinforcement profile 5 attached to it Figure 2 the bottom 2 with its stacking contour 20 is visible.
  • the reinforcement profile 5 is connected to the side wall 3 at the upper edge of the side wall 3.
  • Below a middle section of the reinforcement profile 5 is the handle opening 31 in the side wall 3.
  • a middle surface area of the side wall 3 enclosed by the four edge areas of the side wall 3 forms the flexible wall area 33, which has a certain flexibility.
  • On the upper side of the reinforcement profile 5, its profile web 50 is visible, which forms the stacking contour 30 of the side wall 3 and one of the slide ways 11 with the beveled slide way end regions 12.
  • Figure 3 shows one of the longer side walls 3 and a reinforcement profile 5 not yet attached to it, in a view obliquely from above.
  • the side wall 3 has on its upper edge an upwardly facing web 35, on which latching elements 34 in the form of latching lugs protruding from the surface of the web are formed at regular intervals.
  • the reinforcement profile 5 shown above the side wall 3 and not yet connected to it has a groove 53 on its underside with which the reinforcement profile 5 can be positively plugged onto the web 35 in the vertical direction from top to bottom.
  • latching elements 54 in the form of latching openings arranged in the reinforcement profile 5 in the correct position, the locking profile 5 is reliably latched to the latching elements 34 on the side wall 3, but releasably if necessary, whereby the desired reinforcement and stiffening of the upper edge area of the side wall 3 is achieved.
  • Figure 4 shows part of the longer side wall 3 and the reinforcement profile 5 now connected to it Figure 3 in an enlarged detailed view. Bottom left in Figure 4 a part of the side wall 3 with the handle opening 31 is visible. The reinforcement profile 5 runs over it.
  • One of the pairs of latching elements 34, 54 is visible to the right above the handle opening 31, the latching element 34 of the side wall 3 having the shape of a latching lug, which engages in the locking element 54 of the reinforcement profile 5, which is designed as a locking opening.
  • the reinforcement profile 5 has several parallel side profile wings 51 on its side facing the interior of the container, which make the reinforcement profile 5 particularly rigid with relatively little material usage.
  • Figure 5 shows part of the longer side wall 3 and the associated reinforcement profile 5 in an enlarged view, partly in view and partly in a first vertical section. At the right in Figure 5 lying cut surface can be seen how the reinforcing profile 5 is positively placed with its groove 53 on the web 35 on the upper edge of the side wall 3.
  • the reinforcement profile 5 also has, on its surface facing away from the viewer and facing the container interior, lateral profile wings 51 running parallel to one another in the longitudinal direction of the reinforcement profile 5 for effective stiffening.
  • Figure 6 shows part of the longer side wall 3 and the associated reinforcement profile 5 in an enlarged view, partly in view and partly in a second vertical section.
  • the section here runs through one of the pairs of locking elements 34, 54, so that their interaction can be seen particularly clearly here.
  • Figure 7 shows a container 1, each with a reinforcement profile 5 on two opposite, longer side walls 3, in a view of a shorter side wall 4. Left and right in FIG Figure 7 is therefore one of the two longer side walls 3. Below in Figure 7 the bottom 2 lies with its stacking contour 20 on the underside.
  • the container 1 On the upper side, the container 1 has the stacking contour 40 forming its upper edge on the shorter side wall 4 facing the viewer. At a distance from the upper edge A handle opening 41 is offset downward in the transverse center of the side wall 4.Above the handle opening 41, two horizontally displaceable, resilient locking means 43 run parallel to the surface of the side wall 42. On the upper edge of the side wall 4 are two upwardly projecting bumps 44 at a distance from one another integrally formed, which serve to secure a conventional container of the same base dimensions placed on the container 1 in its congruent stacking position relative to the container 1 and to prevent the upper, conventional container from moving along the slideways 11 from the congruent stacking position.
  • the stacking contours 30 are each formed here by one of the reinforcement profiles 5 latched onto the rest of the side wall 3 at the top, each having a longitudinally extending profile web 50 on the top, the top of which forms a slide track 11.
  • the bottom 2 has at its in Figure 7 left and right longitudinal sides running perpendicular to the plane of the drawing downwardly open grooves 21 which are arranged congruently to the profile webs 50. If an identical further container 1 is initially placed on the container 1 with an offset in the longitudinal direction of the slideways 11, the upper container 1 can by means of its grooves 21 on the slideways 11 of the lower container 1 in a raised position during the displacement up to one with the lower container 1 congruent stack end position are shifted, in which the upper container 1 then sinks relative to the lower container 1 through the interaction of the correspondingly designed slideways 11 and grooves 21 in its final stacking position.
  • Figure 8 shows another container 1, each with a reinforcement profile 5 on two opposite, longer side walls 3, in a view obliquely from above.
  • the reinforcement profiles 5 are designed as inserts, which are inserted as prefabricated parts during the manufacture of the container 1 or its side walls 3 in an injection mold in which the remaining side wall is then injected, whereby the reinforcement profiles 5 are securely connected to the respective remaining side wall 3 will.
  • the slideways 11 on the top of the stacking contours 30 of the longer side walls 3 are not part of the reinforcement profiles 5, but part of the remaining side walls 3 and are each formed on the top of a web 35 integral with the side wall 3.
  • Figure 9 shows one of the longer side walls 3 of the container from Figure 8 and separately therefrom an associated reinforcement profile 5, in a view obliquely from above.
  • the reinforcement profile 5 has two longitudinal webs 55 running parallel to one another and in the longitudinal direction of the reinforcement profile 5 as well as several transverse webs 56 that connect them to one another and are spaced apart in the longitudinal direction.
  • the plastic material of the remaining side wall 3 surrounds the cross webs 56 of the reinforcement profile 5, whereby it is securely connected to the rest of the side wall 3.
  • Figure 10 shows the side wall Figure 9 with the associated reinforcement profile 5, again in a view obliquely from above. It is particularly evident here that the reinforcement profile 5 runs below the sliding track 11 and, with its top side, forms part of the stacking contour 30 together with the upper edge of the side wall 3.
  • Figure 11 shows one of the longer side walls 3 of a further container 1 and a reinforcement profile 5 not yet connected to it, in a view obliquely from above.
  • the reinforcement profile 5 can be locked to the rest of the side wall by inserting it in the direction from top to bottom, for which purpose the side wall 3 has locking elements 34 and the reinforcement profile 5 has locking elements 54 interacting therewith.
  • the reinforcing profile 5 here has a downward facing guide pin 57, each in a corresponding receptacle near the Side edges of the side wall 3 can be recorded.
  • the guide pins 57 in particular prevent the reinforcement profile 5 from tilting, which here again has an upward-facing profile web 50 with the upper-side sliding track 11 on which, when the containers 1 are stacked, the weight of the respective upper container is loaded when it is moved into the congruent stacking position.
  • Figure 12 shows the side wall 3 from Figure 11 with associated reinforcement profile 5, also in a view obliquely from above.
  • the locking elements 34 of the side wall 3 and the locking elements 54 of the reinforcement profile 5 are now in locking engagement with each other and secure the reinforcement profile 5 in its mounting position on the side wall 3.
  • Figure 13 finally shows one of the longer side walls 3 of a further container 1 and a reinforcing profile 5 connected to it, in a view obliquely from above. It is characteristic of the embodiment shown here that the reinforcement profile 5 is welded to the remaining side wall 3 or that the side wall 3 including the reinforcement profile 5 is manufactured as a two-component injection-molded part. In both versions, which are externally visible and do not differ in their appearance, the reinforcement profile 5 is connected to the rest of the side wall 3 particularly firmly and permanently.
  • the sliding track 11 is formed here on the top of a web 35 of the stacking contour 30 of the side wall 3, that is to say not part of the reinforcement profile 5 in this exemplary embodiment.

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