ES2259528A1 - Fish container has container body having sinuous structures formed on sidewalls and small integral wadding provided at bottom to ensure normal stacking of fish container with other containers - Google Patents

Abstract

The fish container has a container body made of plastics, and formed in parallelepiped configuration comprising of a rectangular bottom and four sidewalls. The sidewalls are formed with separate upper and lower parts. Characteristic and unique sinuous structures are formed on the sides of the sidewalls to allow insertion of other empty containers and permit normal stacking with other containers. Small integral wadding is provided at the bottom of the container body and corresponding to the projecting portions of the sinuous structures to ensure normal stacking with other containers.

Description

Fish container

Object of the invention

The present invention, as expressed in the set forth in this specification, refers to a container of fish intended primarily for use on board purse seiners.

It is an isothermal box in general parallelepipedic, recessed and stackable, both in it direction as in perpendicular or crossed directions, where during stacking the sides of one floor containers are can be arranged in correspondence with the testeros and vice versa.

Background of the invention

Currently there are boxes or containers for fish in general parallelepipedic form, among which highlight those that are stackable when full of a product with different means to secure the seat of some boxes on others, complementary means found in the mouth of the boxes and in their funds, always in the same direction, that is, that the sides and sides of a box are they always correspond to the major and minor edges of the bottom of another box faced with such sides and heads.

These boxes are also usually recessed, of so that when they are empty and in order to occupy a minor volume fit into each other.

In addition, these boxes or containers usually present a configuration smoothly conical trunk where its side walls are slightly inclined convergently towards the bottom.

Description of the invention

The fish container that constitutes the object of the invention is determined from a hollow body shape general parallelepiped formed by two major side walls or sides, two minor side walls or front walls and a bottom rectangular.

It has means for stacking when containers are full of fish and can also be embedded or fit into each other to occupy a reduced volume when These containers are empty.

Starting from this premise, a characteristic of the invention is that the entire contour of the side walls it has a perimeter step that separates an upper part of greater plantar surface that ends at the mouth and a part lower surface corresponding to the bottom of the container.

Another feature is that both the parties upper sides as their lower parts present a wavy or winding path where its portions outgoing curved-concave from the top the inside of the container are affected by small recesses which are complemented in principle with tacos located on the face outside of the bottom, both at its major edges and at its edges minors, so that stacking can be done by placing containers on top of each other in longitudinal directions and also crossed in perpendicular directions where a floor of containers will be arranged perpendicularly with respect to another adjacent floor.

When the side studs are crossed  minors from the bottom of the containers will fit and settle during stacking in the recesses on the sides of others lower containers, thus achieving a cross stack with substantially greater stability.

Another feature of the invention is that protruding portions of the sinuous structure on one side are faced with the incoming portions of the structure sinuous from the other side of the container. In turn, the outgoing portions of this last side are faced with the incoming portions of the first side even.

With this described structure it is possible to take stacking out as described above and also the embedded or embedded empty containers.

To allow this fitting simply will place the containers matching on the same sides the front and sides, but the latter in opposition, that is, that the sides of a box match the sides opposite of another box thus complementing the structures Sinuous of those sides.

During fitting, a top container sits on a lower one through a narrow outer band of its perimeter step that supports an internal band of the mouthpiece.

Another feature of the invention is that the upper part of greater surface of the containers presents a greater wall thickness with smooth exterior staggering than travels around the entire contour of the container.

The container can be manufactured in different types of plastics (rotomoulded polyethylene, quality certified food, injected polyurethane foam, etc),  being its structure very resistant to shocks, to casualties temperatures (up to -80ºC), very easy to clean (since it does not have no nerve, holes or slots difficult to access), and it is totally repairable in the unlikely event of accidental breakage. further It has integrated drains.

On the other hand, the container of the invention (also available with optional isothermal cap), mark a new milestone in fish conservation technology, by enabling the perfect use of the liquid ice technique to edge the ships fishing, as well as in fish markets, auction halls, etc.

Essentially the container of the invention has a length twice its width and a height half its width.

Finally, it should be noted that the fund of the container on its outside face incorporates some features highlighted areas of reinforcement of that fund, also having the utility of serving as container seat elements on a surface, thus protecting the bottom itself saying.

Next to facilitate a better understanding of this descriptive report and being an integral part of the same accompany some figures in which with character illustrative and not limiting the object of the invention.

Brief description of the drawings

Figure 1.- Shows a top view in perspective of the fish container, object of the invention.

Figure 2.- Shows another bottom view in perspective of the container of the invention.

Figure 3.- Shows a top plan view of the container

Figure 4.- Shows a view of a stack crossed of several containers.

Figure 5.- Shows a view of the embedded Several empty containers.

Description of the preferred embodiment

Considering the numbering adopted in the figures, the fish container is determined from a hollow body of plastic material that has a rectangular bottom 1 and four side walls: two major or 2 sides and two minor or pockets 3.

The side walls are affected by a continuous perimeter step 4 separating a bottom corresponding to the bottom surface 1 and a top of greater plantar surface.

This upper part has on its walls a thicker than the lower, while defining a small external perimeter stepping 5.

The two sides of sides 2 have a 6 winding path structure with portions curved-concave directed outwards and curved-convex portions directed towards the inside the container

The curved-convex portions of the upper part is affected by small recesses 7 that  They complement with 8 studs located on the outer face of the bottom 1, both at its major and minor edges, so that during the stacking of containers full of product, in a first embodiment the studs 8 of the major sides of the bottom 1 are they will fit and seat on recesses 7 on sides 2, while in a second embodiment of cross stacking and more stable, the smaller sides of the bottom 1 will settle on the respective recesses 7 of the sides 2 of pairs of containers lower.

Instead, during the fitting of the containers when empty, the lower parts of a floor upper containers are introduced in the upper parts of another lower container floor, supporting an outer band 9 of the perimeter step 4 on an inner band portion of the container mouth, band is adjacent to the path sinuous from the sides 2.

This engagement operation is possible thanks to the curved-convex portions of one of the sides are faced with the incoming portions of the other sideways and vice versa.

So, during normal stacking (no crossed) the sides that have the same match location of the recesses 7 and respective studs 9 in the same vertical alignment, while in engagement it is done match the opposite sides, that is, the recesses and side studs will be arranged in vertical directions alternated

Fund 1 has a few areas 10 that start from the outer face to facilitate a good support of the container on a flat surface and thus protect said bottom from chafing and bumps.

The recesses and studs have essentially a spindle-shaped configuration, although they could present any Another way.

Essentially the dimensions of the container they will be 80 cm long by 40 cm wide and 20 cm high although these measures could be any others as long as you keep the proportions between them.

Claims (6)

1. Fish container, which in principle comprises a hollow body of plastic material generally parallelepipedic with a rectangular bottom and four side walls: two major or side and two minor or front, also having stacking means and means of engagement; characterized in that it includes a continuous perimeter step that affects the side walls and separates, a lower part of smaller plantar surface corresponding to the bottom and an upper part of greater surface corresponding to the mouth, each part of the sides counting with a structure of winding path with curved-convex portions protruding inwards and curved-concave portions directed outward, including some of the curved-convex portions of the top seat recesses and snaps during stacking that are complemented with plugs that start from the outer face of the bottom in correspondence with its major and minor edges; the curved-concave portions of one side facing each other with the curved-convex portions of the other side even and vice versa. 2. Fish container, according to claim 1, characterized in that the upper part of the side walls comprises a section with a thickened profile that defines a smooth outer step (5) arranged inferiorly above the perimeter step (4). 3. Container fish according to any one of the preceding claims, wherein the base includes on its outer side as highlighted areas (10). 4. Fish container according to any one of claims 1 to 3, characterized in that in the stack the blocks (8) of the larger sides of the bottom (1) of an upper container sit on the recesses (7) located in the portions projections on the sides of a lower container. 5. Fish container according to any one of claims 1 to 3, characterized in that it comprises a stack where the blocks (8) of the smaller sides of an upper container sit on the recesses (7) located in the projecting portions of the sides of the lower containers. 6. Fish container according to any one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the tacos and recesses have a spindle-shaped configuration.