FR2463731A1 - DEVICE FOR CARRYING AN ANSE FOR CONTAINER - Google Patents

Abstract

THIS DEVICE INCLUDES A BAND 22 IN A CLOSED LOOP, CONSTITUTED OF ELASTICALLY EXTENDABLE THERMOPLASTIC MATERIAL, SO AS TO BE PLACED ON THE WALL 14 IN TIGHT CONTACT AND A HANDLE 24 IN A BUCKLE, MOLDED FROM A SINGLE PIECE WITH THIS BAND AND INCLUDING 26, 28 CONNECTED RESPECTIVELY TO SENSITIVELY OPPOSED PARTS, ACCORDING TO A DIAMETER OF THE TAPE LOOP, THIS HANDLE BEING OF SENSITIVELY CONSTANT CROSS-SECTION AND INCLUDING AN INTERIOR SURFACE 36 AND PERIPHERAL EDGES OVER 38 AND LOWER THAN THIS OVER 38 AND LOWER THAN THIS SURFACE THAN 40 AND BRINGING ONE OF THESE EDGES IN CLOSE CONTACT UNDER LEDGE 18, OR BLANKET IN ITS TENSIONED CONDITION, AND THEN BEING FLAT AGAINST THE SAID WALL. THE DEVICE IS INTENDED IN PARTICULAR FOR PAINT PACKAGING BOXES.

Description

The present invention relates to a handle-carrying device, more

  particularly for supporting and hanging in position boots, or similar containers, which can hold

various products.

  Containers of this type, currently used, comprise a metal support loop which is attached to two diametrically opposed metal elements and welded to the wall of the container or boot. A disadvantage of these metal handles is the requirement to treat and coat the wall of the boot beforehand to avoid any welding with corroded parts of the metal.

  boot. In addition, the labeling carried by the wall must be

  shaped to follow the outline of the welded parts of the boot.

  In the Canadian Patent No. 933,101 of 4 September 1973 of the firm Illinois Tool Works Inc. is described a loop element which is integrated in a plastic sleeve which is blocked on the welded peripheral end of the boot, and has a semi-cylindrical slot to form a semi-cylindrical band that can be slid in extension over the boot to serve

  a disadvantage of this device is that the weight of the

  in combination with the presence of a slot in the sleeve, often leads to

  the hooking of the looped part of the sleeve.

  Other kinds of plastic strips,

  currently available on the market, are made up of

  two mutually connected pieces to form a loop.

  The object of the invention is therefore a one-piece plastic bail support which can closely surround the wall of the container body. This result is obtained by providing the band portion of the device with a loop having a configuration including a concave inner surface which, being clamped flat on this wall after extension, brings a peripheral edge of this

  tape to fit tightly under the rim or flange of the container.

  This new support, usable with a container,

  having a body wall and a peripheral end flange or flange

  1, characterized in that it comprises a closed-loop band made of thermoplastic material, elastically extensible, so that it can be placed on said wall in close contact and a loop-shaped handle, molded in one piece with this band and

  comprising two branches respectively connected to sensing parts

  sibly opposed according to a diameter of the band loop, this

  handle being of substantially constant cross-section and

  both an inner surface and upper and lower peripheral edges, this surface being concave at rest and bringing one of these edges into close contact under the flange or flange in its state

  stretched, and then being flattened against said wall.

  In one embodiment, the at least one peripheral edge

  The strips of the strip have a complementary profile of the edge or bead to facilitate a spill of the material contained in the container.

  In another embodiment the peripheral edge or edges

have an acute extremity.

  In yet another form, the perimeter edge or edges

  pheres have a series of circumferentially distributed notches

  which facilitate the extension of the band and its

placed on said wall.

  Other objects and possibilities of application of

  the invention will be better understood using the description that will

  follow of preferred embodiment, and the accompanying drawing, in which

  FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a recipe

  equipped with a device according to the invention; - Figure 2 is a longitudinal section, on an enlarged scale, of a portion of the device of the invention of Figure 1, in the state of rest; - Figure 3 is a section similar to Figure 2, the device being in the tightened state on the container; - Figure 4 is a section similar to Figure 2 of an alternative embodiment of the device; - Figure 5 is an elevational view of a second embodiment; and - - Figure 6 is a cross section of the handle 26,

  magnified scale, substantially according to the plane VI-VI of Figure 1.

  The plastic handle device of FIG. 1, indicated as a whole by reference numeral 10, is mounted

  on a metal container, indicated as a whole by the reference

12.

  This container 12 has a cylindrical wall 14 and a cover or shutter 16. The peripheral upper edge of this wall (FIG. 3) protrudes outwardly along a rim or bead 18, a similar peripheral rim 20 is formed at the base of the wall, in most cases but not necessarily. This device 10 is made of thermoplastic material which is flexible and elastic and is constituted in one piece with two

  parts: a strip 22 in a loop and a loop 24, for example extruded.

  Polyethylene is the preferred material being difficult to

  but other similar plastics can be used. The constituent material must be elastically extensible to allow the passage of the strip 22 on the rim 18 or 20 of the container.

  The handle 24 comprises two branches 26, 28 having

  tagously the cross section of Figure 6, in H for most of their length. A notch 30 at a point

  intermediary of the handle, constitutes a point of

  positive. The branches 26, 28 are connected, substantially at diametrically opposite points of the strip, by respective thinned connection elements 32, 34 which extend parallel to the plane

  average of the band 22 loop. The cross section of these elements

  32, 34 is reduced compared to those of the branches 26, 28 to form hinges for lifting the handle,

  vertically above the container.

  The band 22 (FIG. 2) has a concave inner surface 36 and peripheral edges, upper 38 and lower 40. In this embodiment, the edge 38 is slightly hollowed out so as to

  adapt to the peripheral rim 18 of the container. The inferior edge

  40 is similarly profiled, so that a presentation in the

  proper direction of the tape when mounting is not necessary.

  For this insertion, the band is expanded radially-

  by an extension device, such as for example that described in the Canadian patent application 347 360 of March 18, 1979. The strip thus being in place on the metal container, is in the position of Figure 3, according to which the concave inner face

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  is lying flat while resting in tension on the wall of the container,

  its upper edge 38 being in close contact under the peripheral rim

18 of the container.

  Figure 4 shows a band variant 42 which also has a concave inner surface 44, but having upper and lower edges 46, 48 in the form of cutting edges. In this case, the upper acute edge is tight in the reentrant corner between

  the peripheral rim 18 and the wall 14.

  FIG. 5 shows an alternative device 10 'similar to that of FIG. 1. But in this embodiment the

  22 'comprises a series of notches 50 distributed over its circumference.

  which serve two purposes: to facilitate its expansion to the

  on the container, and secondly to resist slippage if this band were partially separated from the

peripheral edge.

  It is obvious that other modifications and variants

  can be made to the above description without

depart from the scope of the invention.

Claims (6)

R E V E N D I C A T I 0 N S   1. A bail support device that can be associated with a container having a side wall and a flange, or flange, extending along a peripheral end, which device is   characterized in that it comprises a closed loop band, consis-   formed of thermoplastic material, elastically extensible, so as to be placed on said wall in close contact and a   loop handle, molded in one piece with this band and includes   two branches connected respectively to sensi-   the diameter of the strip loop, this loop being of substantially constant cross section and comprising   an inner surface and upper and lower peripheral edges   this surface being concave at rest and bringing one of these edges in close contact under the rim or flange in its strained state,   and then being flattened against said wall.   2. Device according to claim 1, wherein said edge in close contact comprises a curved recess with a profile complementary to that of said flange or flange so as to be there fit in close contact.   3. Device according to claim 1, wherein   said peripheral edge in contact is at a sharp angle.   4. Device according to claim 1, wherein each of said peripheral edges also has notches distributed in circumference.   5. Device according to any one of the claims   1 to 3, in which said branches of the handle are connected   respectively to said substantially opposite portions, by thinned sections compared to the rest of the branches, to form hinges allowing the handle to rotate 90 relative to   to the band, to support the container in vertical position.   6. Device according to any one of the claims   in which said branches have a cross-section dirty in the shape of H.