EP4112497B1 - Vehicle transport container - Google Patents

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EP4112497B1
EP4112497B1 EP22181321.5A EP22181321A EP4112497B1 EP 4112497 B1 EP4112497 B1 EP 4112497B1 EP 22181321 A EP22181321 A EP 22181321A EP 4112497 B1 EP4112497 B1 EP 4112497B1
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65F—GATHERING OR REMOVAL OF DOMESTIC OR LIKE REFUSE
    • B65F1/00—Refuse receptacles; Accessories therefor
    • B65F1/14—Other constructional features; Accessories
    • B65F1/16—Lids or covers
    • B65F1/1646—Lids or covers provided with means for mounting on receptacles, e.g. hinges
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65F—GATHERING OR REMOVAL OF DOMESTIC OR LIKE REFUSE
    • B65F9/00—Transferring of refuse between vehicles or containers with intermediate storage or pressing
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65F—GATHERING OR REMOVAL OF DOMESTIC OR LIKE REFUSE
    • B65F1/00—Refuse receptacles; Accessories therefor
    • B65F1/14—Other constructional features; Accessories
    • B65F2001/1653—Constructional features of lids or covers
    • B65F2001/1676—Constructional features of lids or covers relating to means for sealing the lid or cover, e.g. against escaping odors
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65F—GATHERING OR REMOVAL OF DOMESTIC OR LIKE REFUSE
    • B65F3/00—Vehicles particularly adapted for collecting refuse
    • B65F2003/006—Constructional features relating to the tank of the refuse vehicle
    • B65F2003/008—Constructional features relating to the tank of the refuse vehicle interchangeable

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  • vehicle transport container or more simply “container” means a parallelepiped box-like structure adapted to be installed on the frame of an industrial vehicle used for the transport of goods or materials.
  • typical containers are those made according to ISO standards.
  • An example of vehicle transport container to which the invention can be applied is disclosed in EP 0 760 347 B1 , which discloses a vehicle transport container in accordance with the preamble of claim 1.
  • the object of the present invention is conveniently applicable to roll-off containers used for the collection of waste, and in particular the separate collection thereof, to which particular reference will be made in the course of the present description.
  • different uses are not to be excluded.
  • the use of roll-off containers is known which, placed in the recycling areas or at other collection sites, are suitable for receiving the waste delivered by citizens and/or by personnel responsible for the collection service.
  • Such containers can be equipped with a compaction system which, with the aid of movable pushers normally moved by hydraulic actuators, are suitable for acting on the waste accumulated on the bottom of a loading chamber placed at a front end of the container itself, to push it into a storage compartment in which the waste is compacted so as to increase the loading capacity.
  • the container is suitable to be hoisted onto the frame of a motor vehicle or a trailer for the purpose of transporting the waste to other treatment sites.
  • the waste accumulated in the storage compartment is typically unloaded through an outlet opening normally closed by a door.
  • the door has at least one hinged panel, for example along a vertical side of its perimeter extension, to a corresponding side of the box which delimits the storage compartment.
  • Clamping devices operate along a side opposite the hinging side of the door, to retain it in the closing condition.
  • the panel of the door carries an external hooking member used to allow the container to be rolled on and off.
  • a strong gasket in elastomeric material is normally associated with the door panel.
  • a gasket When the door is closed, such a gasket must necessarily be compressed between the door and a perimeter frame which delimits the outlet opening.
  • the friction created by the mechanical members forming the clamping device is exploited, to temporarily retain the door in the closing condition in the time frames preceding the operation of the clamping device for the purpose of the door's stable locking.
  • the inertia given by the relevant moving mass causes a forced coupling of the components of the clamping device respectively mounted on the panel and on the box, developing therewith a sufficient friction to counteract the reaction due to the squeezing of the gasket for a short time.
  • a further limitation found in the prior art is the difficulty in obtaining an optimal structural strength at the hinges which constrain the door panel to the box.
  • the container is lifted and/or supported at the aforementioned hook, and the hinges are consequently subjected to high stresses, due to the weight of the entire container and its content.
  • the door When the container is equipped with an internal material compaction system, the door must also withstand the thrust exerted by the compacted material. This circumstance leads to further criticalities in the strength of the hinges.
  • the object of the present invention is to overcome one or more of the limits detectable in the prior art.
  • the aim is to facilitate the closing/opening operation of the door panel, avoiding that the pressing of the gasket during the closing step makes the final part of the closure difficult.
  • a further object of the invention is to reduce the stresses imposed on the hinge joints, due to the thrust of the material and/or during the loading/unloading steps of the box on the vehicle.
  • the aim is to facilitate the operation of the clamping devices, to limit the tendency to a sudden opening of the door following the operation thereof.
  • the object of the present invention is achieved by a vehicle transport container, according to claim 1.
  • the radial mobility of the movable part of the hinge due to the mutual interaction between the protrusion and the respective abutment seat limits the compression of the gasket, favouring the mobility of the door until a substantial orientation is reached parallel to the extension plane of the perimeter frame, causing the door to approach the frame with consequent squeezing of the gasket only in the final part of the movement aimed at reaching the closing condition.
  • the interaction between the protrusion and the abutment seat also allows the stresses transmitted to the door to be unloaded on the box due to its own weight and/or the container being lifted, as well as due to the thrust exerted by the compacted material in the storage compartment. In fact, such stresses can be transmitted to the box without significantly stressing the hinge.
  • One or more convenient embodiments of the invention can further comprise at least one or more of the following preferential features.
  • the movable part of the hinge is radially translatable to the hinging axis according to a measure between 3mm and 10mm.
  • the door has a perimeter extension comprising said hinging side, an abutting side opposite the hinging side, and two connecting sides between the hinging side and the abutting side.
  • said perimeter frame lies in at least one closing plane orthogonal to a longitudinal extension direction of the containment box.
  • the containment box internally has a storage compartment delimited between a pair of vertical walls and a pair of horizontal walls, extending parallel to a longitudinal extension direction starting from a rear wall carrying said outlet opening substantially in a plane orthogonal to the longitudinal extension direction.
  • the hinging axis is parallel to the hinging side.
  • the hinging axis and the hinging side extend according to a vertical direction.
  • the fixed part of the hinge is made in the form of a plate having an attachment portion rigidly fixed to the box and a support portion extending on the continuation of the attachment portion.
  • the support portion is cantilevered with respect to the perimeter frame, adjacent to the hinging side of the door.
  • the support portion has a tubular terminal in which a hinge pin is coaxially inserted, defining said hinging axis.
  • the movable part of the hinge has a plate-like attachment portion fixed to the hinging side of the door and at least one support bracket carrying a hinging slot through which the hinge pin is engaged.
  • the hinging slot is perimetrally delimited between a pair of mutually spaced longitudinal edges according to a measure substantially equal to a diameter dimension of the hinge pin, and a pair of mutually spaced end edges according to a measure greater than the diameter dimension of the hinge pin.
  • a mechanical clearance is therefore achieved which allows a selective mobility of the door towards and away from the perimeter frame.
  • the hinging slot is formed in the movable part of the hinge, and the hinge pin is axially inserted through a tubular terminal carried by the fixed part.
  • said protrusion and abutment seat are respectively carried by the door and by the frame.
  • said protrusion is made in the form of a substantially cylindrical pin cantilevered from a perimeter edge of the door.
  • the pin protrudes from a surface substantially orthogonal with respect to the lying plane of the perimeter frame in the closing condition.
  • a geometric axis of the pin lies according to a parallel plane which is offset with respect to the hinging axis.
  • a geometric axis of the pin is substantially parallel to a lying plane of the perimeter frame.
  • a lying plane of a geometric axis of the pin is interposed parallel between the closing plane and a containment plane parallel to the closing plane and containing the hinging axis.
  • the pin extends through an opening arranged in the movable part of the hinge.
  • the abutment seat is defined by an abutment slot obtained in the fixed part of the hinge.
  • the abutment seat has a lower edge acting in a sliding contact relationship against the protrusion to at least partially discharge the weight of the door on the fixed part.
  • the abutment seat has an upper edge acting in a sliding contact relationship against the protrusion to at least partially discharge the weight of the container on the fixed part.
  • the lower and/or upper edges of the abutment seat are mutually spaced according to a measure corresponding to a diameter dimension of the protrusion, so as to act against the same in the closing condition of the door.
  • the abutment seat extends towards the perimeter frame starting from its own distal edge acting in a sliding contact relationship against the protrusion to bring the door closer to the perimeter frame itself upon reaching the closing condition.
  • the distal edge of the abutment seat has at least a substantially straight section.
  • the protrusion has a flat surface arranged according to an inclined orientation with respect to a geometric axis of the protrusion itself.
  • the distal edge of the abutment seat is configured to interact with said flat surface.
  • an initial contact of the protrusion against the distal edge of the abutment seat occurs when the door reaches an ajar condition.
  • the door in the closed position the door has an orientation substantially parallel to the closing plane.
  • the door in the closed position the door has an inclined orientation with respect to the closing plane according to an angle not exceeding 5°.
  • an abutting side of the door opposite the hinging side is spaced from the perimeter frame according to a measure not exceeding 50-60 mm.
  • a sealing gasket is also included which is operatively interposed between a perimeter edge of the door and the perimeter frame and elastically compressed therebetween when the closing condition is reached.
  • clamping devices are also included, arranged along one side of the perimeter frame opposite the hinging side.
  • the clamping devices comprise at least one clamping pin protruding from an edge of the door and operatively engageable by a hooking element operatively constrained to the box.
  • the hooking element is movable between a disengaged position. Preferably, it frees the clamping pin, and a tightening position. Preferably, it engages the clamping pin to retain the door in the closed condition.
  • the coupling element imposes a translation of the clamping pin towards the box.
  • the translation of the hinging side of the door on the action of said protrusion and abutment seat occurs in conjunction with the translation of the coupling element from the disengaged position to the clamping position.
  • control lever of the coupling element can therefore be exploited to complete the movement of the door in the closing condition.
  • the door rotates towards the closing condition in the absence of interference between said protrusion and the abutment seat, until reaching an ajar condition.
  • the clamping pin positioned along a movement trajectory of the coupling element towards the clamping position.
  • the coupling element engages the clamping pin in correspondence with an idle roller rotatably carried by the clamping pin itself.
  • number 1 generally indicates a roll-off transport container, in accordance with the present invention.
  • the container 1 comprises a substantially parallelepiped containment box 2, internally having at least one storage compartment 3 laterally delimited between a pair of vertical walls 4, respectively right and left, and a pair of horizontal walls 5, respectively upper and lower, extending parallel to a longitudinal extension direction starting from a rear wall 6.
  • the rear wall 6 has an outlet opening 7, which preferably substantially affects the entire extension thereof, delimited by a perimeter frame 8 lying substantially in a closing plane C orthogonal to the longitudinal extension direction L of the containment box 2.
  • a door is associated with the outlet opening 7, essentially defined by at least one door 9 to which a hooking member 9a can be associated, typically usable for carrying out the usual operations of rolling the container on and off the frame of a motor vehicle.
  • a hinging side 10 preferably vertical
  • an abutting side 11 opposite and parallel to the hinging side 10
  • the door 9, rotatably constrained to a corresponding side of the perimeter frame 8 along its hinging side 10 by means of constraint devices 14 better described below, is movable between a closing condition in which it acts against the perimeter frame 8 ( figures 1 , 2 , 8 and 12 ), and an opening condition in which it is moved away from the outlet opening 7 ( figure 6 ).
  • At least one sealing gasket 13 is operatively interposed between a perimeter edge of the door 9 and the perimeter frame 8 and is elastically compressed therebetween when the closing condition is reached.
  • the sealing gasket 13 is fixed along at least a part of the perimeter extension of the door 9, but can possibly be fixed along the perimeter frame 8 of the containment box 2.
  • the constraint devices comprise one or more hinges 14 arranged along the hinging side 10.
  • the constraint devices comprise one or more hinges 14 arranged along the hinging side 10.
  • two hinges 14 suitably spaced along the hinging side 10.
  • the present description will mainly refer to a single hinge 14, the other being able to be substantially identical.
  • Each hinge 14 has a fixed part 15 rigidly carried by the containment box 2 and a movable part 16 rigidly carried by the door 9.
  • the fixed part 15 can be conveniently made in the form of a plate having an attachment portion 17 fixed to the containment box 2, for example by welding or bolting on the perimeter frame 8, and a support portion 18 extending on the continuation of the attachment portion 17 and projecting cantilevered with respect to the perimeter frame 8, adjacent to the hinging side 10 of the door 9.
  • the support portion 18 has a tubular terminal 19 in which a hinge pin 20 is coaxially inserted, extending along a hinging axis Y.
  • the hinging axis Y preferably vertical and/or parallel to the hinging side 10, can coincide with the geometric axis of the hinge pin 20.
  • the movable part 16 is rotatably connected with respect to the fixed part 15 about the hinging axis Y, and can conveniently have a plate-like attachment portion 21 fixed to the hinging side 10 of the door 9, for example by welding or bolting.
  • Two support brackets 22 orthogonally protrude from respectively opposite sides of the plate-shaped attachment portion 21, each bracket bearing a hinging slot 23, through which the hinge pin 20 is engaged.
  • the fixed part 15 and the movable part 16 of the hinge 14 are therefore mutually constrained by the hinge pin 20 engaged through each of the hinging slots 23 obtained in the movable part 16.
  • Each hinging slot 23 has an elongated conformation in a direction perpendicular to the perimeter frame 8 and/or transverse to the closing plane C. More in particular, the hinging slot 23 is perimetrally delimited between a pair of longitudinal edges 23a mutually spaced apart according to a measure substantially equal to a diameter dimension of the hinge pin 20, and a pair of end edges 23b, respectively proximal and distal to the perimeter frame 8, mutually spaced apart according to a measure greater than the diameter dimension of the hinge pin 20.
  • the action of the longitudinal edges 23a against the hinge pin 20 locks the fixed part 15 of the hinge 14 in its horizontal and parallel movements to the closing plane C.
  • the hinging slot 23 is free to slide radially with respect to the hinge pin 20 in the space delimited between its end edges 23b, so that the fixed part 15 can move horizontally, indicatively according to a measure between 3mm and 10mm, in a direction perpendicular to the closing plane C, moving away from and approaching the perimeter frame 8.
  • the constraint devices further comprise a protrusion, preferably in the form of a pin 24, and an abutment seat, preferably in the form of a slot 25, respectively carried by the door 9 and the containment box 2, or vice versa, and mutually coupled by interference when the door 9 is about to reach the closing condition.
  • the pin 24 is substantially cylindrical and extends along its own geometric axis Z so as to project cantilevered from a side surface of the perimeter edge of the door 9, preferably through a through opening 26 arranged in the plate-like attachment portion 21 of the movable part 16.
  • the side surface from which the pin 24 protrudes is oriented orthogonally with respect to the closing plane C defined by the perimeter frame 8, and the geometric axis Z of the pin 24 consequently extends in a direction parallel to the same closing plane C, in a respective lying plane K parallel and offset with respect to the hinging axis Y.
  • the lying plane K of the pin 24 is parallel between the closing plane C and a containment plane W, parallel to the same containment plane C and containing the hinging axis Y.
  • the abutment slot 25 can be conveniently obtained in the support portion 18 and longitudinally delimited between two end edges, respectively proximal 25a and distal 25b with respect to the perimeter frame 8, and two horizontal edges, respectively lower 26c and upper 26d.
  • the pin 24 is suitable for being inserted through the abutment slot 25.
  • the lower edge 25c of the abutment seat or slot 25 is suitable for acting in a sliding contact relationship against the protrusion or pin 24 when the door 9 is brought into the closing condition.
  • the lower edges 25c and upper edges 25d are mutually spaced according to a measure corresponding to a diameter dimension of the pin 24, so as to be suitable to both act against the same in the closing condition of the door 9.
  • the action of the pin 24 against the lower edge 25c of the abutment slot 25 allows at least a part of the weight of the door 9 to be discharged directly onto the fixed part 15 of the hinge 14, so as to lighten the stresses transmitted through the movable part 16 of the hinge 14.
  • the action of the pin 24 against the upper edge allows to unload the stresses on the fixed part 15 of the hinge 14 which are due to the weight of the container, when the same is lifted through the hook 9a for the purposes of rolling on/off operations.
  • the pin 24 mechanically interferes against the distal end edge 25b of the abutment seat 25 in a sliding contact relationship, so as to bring the door 9 closer to the perimeter frame 8 when the closing condition is reached.
  • Appropriate chamfers and/or tapering guides on the pin 24 and/or in the abutment seat 25 can facilitate their mutual engagement and/or determine an adequate pushing action of the hinging side 10 of the door 9 towards the perimeter frame 8 due to the rotation of the door itself about its hinging axis Y.
  • the distal edge 25b of the abutment seat 25 can have at least one substantially straight section, configured to interact with a flat surface 24a arranged on the pin or protrusion 24 according to an orientation which is inclined with respect to the geometric axis Z.
  • the hinging side 10 of the door 9 can therefore assume and maintain a positioning slightly farther from the perimeter frame 8 of the containment box 2, until bringing the hinge pin 20 against the proximal end edge 23b of the hinging slot 23, to prevent or limit the squeezing of the sealing gasket 13 against the perimeter frame 8.
  • the door 9 can therefore rotate freely without causing significant compressions of the sealing gasket 13, while the pin 24 engages in the abutment seat 25 until it reaches an interference relationship against the distal end edge 25b of the seat itself.
  • the initial contact of the pin 24 against the distal end edge 25b occurs approximately when the door 9 reaches an ajar condition in which, as shown in figures 7 and 10 , it has an orientation substantially or almost parallel to the closing plane C, or in any case inclined with respect to the latter according to an angle ⁇ not greater than 3° - 5°.
  • the hinged side 11 of the door 9 is spaced from the perimeter frame 8 according to a measure not exceeding 70 mm, such as to be suitable for the easy engagement by clamping devices 27 installed along the side of the perimeter frame 8 opposite the hinging side 10.
  • the clamping devices 27 can comprise one or more clamping pins 28 each of which protrudes from an edge of the door 9 at the hinged side 11.
  • the clamping pins 28 are operatively engageable by respective hooking elements 29 operatively constrained to the containment box 2 and movable, through a control lever 30, between a disengaged position ( figure 12 ) in which they each free the respective clamping pin 28, and a clamping position ( Figure 13 ) in which they engage the clamping pins 28 to retain the door 9 in the closed condition. It can be envisaged that when the door 9 is in the ajar condition, each clamping pin 28 is positioned along a trajectory described by the movement of the respective coupling element 29 towards the clamping position.
  • each clamping pin 28 coaxially carries an idle roller 31 ( figure 14 ), in correspondence with which the engagement by the respective coupling element 29 occurs.
  • the friction produced by the interference of the coupling elements 29 on the clamping pins 28 is thus significantly reduced, so as to facilitate the operation of the clamping devices 27 and the compression of the sealing gasket 13 by the door 9 when the closing condition is reached.
  • the opening of the door 9 can be easily performed after movement of the hooking elements 29 towards the disengaged position.
  • the elastic reaction of the sealing gasket 13 determines the spontaneous movement of the door 9 towards the closed condition.
  • the consequent removal of the hinging side 10 from the perimeter frame 8 discharges the mechanical compression of the sealing gasket 13, significantly eliminating or limiting the risk of a sudden spontaneous opening of the door 9 beyond the closed condition.

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