FR2475501A1 - Full stackable and empty nestable storage bin - has parallel peripheral flanges and identification card insert pocket between flanges - Google Patents

Abstract

The transport and/or storage bin is of the type which can be stacked, one on top of the other, when full and can be nestingly fitted together after rotation through 180 deg. when empty. It has a flange (4) around the top opening used for stacking and a parallel peripheral flange (5) below it used for nesting. Between the two flanges, at least one side wall is provided with an insert pocket (7-9) with guide slots (13) which are open at least in upward direction for inserting an identification card (14). The pocket may be a separate, preferably plastic, component or may be integral with a bin formed in plastics.

Description

The present invention relates to a case of
transport and / or storage having a shape such that on the one hand it allows the overlapping of the full boxes with one another and, on the other hand, the packing of the empty boxes inside one another, in order to reduce the space, and comprising a reinforcing and / or stacking edge comprising an upper peripheral flange which delimits the opening of the box and a second peripheral flange which is located at a certain distance below the first and is applied when the interlocking of the boxes one inside the other, on the upper peripheral flange of the immediate underlying box.

 The subject of the invention is in particular what are called stacking & turning containers which have the particularity of being able to be superimposed when they are relative to one another in a determined position while they can be carried away in one another, to reduce the bulk, when they are in a second position in which they have rotated 1800 relative to each other.

 For the use of transport and / or storage boxes or stacking containers of this type, it is very often essential to provide them with removable documents, for example traffic cards, especially to indicate on the one hand the nature of the contents of the boxes and, on the other hand, the destination point od this content must be sent.

 Transport boxes and / or storage or inversion stacking containers of this type that we know have the disadvantage that the documents or holding devices for affixing these documents are located on the walls longitudinal or transversal of the boxes, in locations which are accessible or visible only when the transport or storage boxes or the stacking containers with overturning are isolated and / or superposed on each other.

On the other hand, it is not possible to easily see these documents or to freely access them when the transport and / or storage boxes, or the stacking containers with overturning, are, to reduce the bulk, packed. into each other.

 The object of the invention is to eliminate the drawbacks of transport and / or storage boxes, or stacking containers of this type. The object of the invention is therefore to make a modification to the transport and / or storage box, or to the stacking container with overturning of this type so that it can be fitted with devices allowing the affixing of documents which between accessible and visible both when the transport and storage boxes, or the stacking containers by inversion, are superimposed s that when they are nested one inside the other.

 This object is achieved, according to the invention which provides that the reinforcement and / or stacking edge comprises, at least on one of its side walls and between its peripheral flanges located one above the other, an insertion pocket comprising holding devices open at least upward for affixing documents in the form of cards on cards. This solution also has the advantage that the documents affixed to the transport and / or storage boxes or the stacking containers with overturning, such as, for example, traffic cards, are in the transport boxes and / or storage or overturning stacking containers, very effectively protected against any loss or accidental loss.

A particularly advantageous embodiment of the transport and / or storage boxes, or My stacking containers with overturning, which are the object of the invention is obtained by producing the insertion pocket with an inclined rear wall going from the inner angle of the peripherical flange Lower than the outer edge of the upper peripheral flange, while the lower and lateral retaining guides of the insertion pocket are roughly parallel to the plane of the rear wall. have accumulated at all times on traffic cards or punched cards, that is to say that, even when the transport and / or storage boxes or the stacking containers with overturning are contiguous to each other or superimposed one to the other, one can have access to the documents and even, if necessary, exchange them without difficulty.

 When the transport and / or storage boxes, or the stacking containers with overturning, are made of plastic and produced by injection or press, it is possible, according to the invention, to give them characteristics such as the pouch insertion part of the same clamp as the box and is located between the peripheral flanges of the reinforcement and / or stacking edge on at least one of the walls of the box.

 However, it has proved to be particularly advantageous, according to the invention, to produce the insertion pocket in an independent molded part, in particular formed of plastic material, comprising at its upper edge a flange oriented towards the rear and at its lower edge a flange facing forward, these two flanges, located in parallel planes, connecting to the plane of the rear wall carrying the retaining devices by acute angles of less than 900.This solution makes it possible to place, even after suddenly, the pockets for inserting the documents, at any suitable location between the upper and lower peripheral flanges of the reinforcement and / or stacking edge of the transport and / or storage boxes or of the stacking containers and the if necessary, place them in other places if needs change.

 These possibilities are further improved if the flanges of the molded part have holes which can be placed at the height and opposite corresponding holes made in the peripheral flanges of the reinforcement and / or stacking edge, the molded part can then be fixed to the peripheral flanges between them by means of bolts or rivets.

 There may also be very important features according to which the peripheral flanges of the reinforcement and / or stacking edge are each provided, in the area of the insertion pocket, with catch recesses, the catch recesses of the at least upper peripheral flange connecting to the rear wall of the molded part. It is in particular when the transport boxes te / or of storage, or stacking containers with overturning, are embossed one inside the other that all these provisions facilitate the manual picking up of the documents placed in the insertion pockets.

It is frequently found advantageous for the insertion pocket placed between the peripheral flanges of the reinforcement and / or stacking edge on the longitudinal and / or transverse sides of the box to be offset laterally towards a corner of the box.

Finally, in the case of transport and / or storage boxes or stacking containers with overturning provided on their two sides with handles allowing them to be carried, it is advantageous that when the insert pocket is located on a transverse side the adjoining grip handle is shifted to the other corner of the body, while the grip handle which is on the opposite transverse side is shifted to the corner of the body located diagonally to the first.

 The drawing makes it possible to describe several embodiments of the invention.

 Figure 1 is a schematic and sim plified side view of two transport and / or storage boxes, or stacking containers with overturning, superimposed one on the other.

 FIG. 2 is a simplified schematic side view of the same two transport and / or storage boxes, or overturning stacking containers, of FIG. 1, but fitted one into the other to reduce the bulk.

 FIG. 3 represents, approximately life-size and in perspective, an independent molded plastic part which is an insertion pocket allowing the affixing of documents, in particular traffic cards and punched cards, and which are can fix, on the transport and Xou storage boxes, or stacking containers with overturning, represented by the figures i and 2, in the zones indicated by the figure III.

 Figure 4 is a life-size section along the lines IV-IV of Figures 1 to 3 of the reinforcement and / or stacking edge of a transport container and the insertion pocket placed in this area for affixing of documents.

 Figure 5 is a view in the direction of arrow V in Figure i, on a transverse side of transport and / or storage boxes, or stacking containers with overturning.

 Figure 6 is a view, in the direction of arrow VI of Figure l, of the other cross story of a transport and / or storage box, or stacking containers with overturning.

 FIG. 7 is a section, approximately in full size, along the line Vil-Vil of FIG. 5.

 Figure 8 is a section, approximately in full size, along line VIII-VIII of line 5.

 FIG. 9 is still a full-size section along the line IX-IX in FIG. 6.

 FIG. 10 is a full-size section along line X-X in FIG. 6.

 FIG. 11 is a view from above, along arrow XI of FIG. 2, of a preferred embodiment of a transport and / or storage box, or stacking container with overturning.

 FIG. 12 is a section similar to FIG. 4 showing a modified type of transport and / or storage box, or stacking container with overturning, in which the insertion pocket for affixing documents, produced by molding, is an integral part of the fund.

 Figures 1, 2, 5, 6 and li show transport and / or storage boxes l, 1'et l "constituting ee which are called stacking containers with overturning.

 The characteristic of overturning stacking containers is that a particular shape is given to the transport and / or storage boxes 1, so that two transport and / or storage boxes 1 of the same size can be superimposed stably if they are rotated 1800 relative to each other in the stacking plane, as shown in Figure l. On the other hand, two transport and / or storage boxes l of the same size having the form of stacking containers with overturning can, when empty, be nested one inside the other, to reduce the bulk, as indicated in FIG. 2, when they are placed in the same fundamental position relative to one another in the stacking plane.

 In particular, Figures i, 2, 5 and 6 show that each of the transport and / or storage boxes has a reinforcing and / or stacking edge 2 located at the opening of the box and produced by molding of preferably in one piece adhering to the body of the body. This reinforcing and / or stacking edge 2 is formed of at least one upper peripheral flange 4 and a second peripheral flange 5 located at a certain distance below the first, the upper peripheral flange 4 directly delimiting the opening of the box.

 To increase the solidity of the brd of reinforcement and / or stacking 2, nn may still prevail between the two peripheral flanges 4 and S located one above the other of the ribs oriented one in parallel, the other transversely relative to peripheral flanges 4 and 5.

 Whereas, for the superposition of several transport and / or storage cases 1, 1 'or l ", the immediately superior transport and / or storage case 1.

engages by its stacking edges located at its bottom in the stacking edges located at the opening of the immediately underlying transport and / or storage case so as to ensure stable stacking of the cases, on the other hand, for nesting in one another to reduce the size of several transport and / or storage boxes l, l "like those which represents FIG. 2, the edges of reinforcement and / or stacking 2 s apply directly against each other. Indeed, the lower peripheral flange 5 of the upper transport and / or storage case 1 "bears on the upper peripheral flange 4 of the reinforcing and / or stacking edge 2 of the immediately underlying transport and / or storage case l, as 11 clearly indicates in FIG. 2.

 An important characteristic of the transport and / or storage boxes 1, 1 or 1 is that they include, in their reinforcement and / or stacking edge 2, on at least one side wall and between its two peripheral flanges 4, 5, a location for an insertion pocket 6, this insertion pocket 6 used for affixing and maintaining a document, for example a perforated card or a circulation card. The space required for these insertion pockets 6, like that shown in the example of embodiment in FIG. 3, is left free, on the transport and / or storage cases 1 or 1 ′, 1 ", in areas which, in FIGS. 1 and 2, are indicated by figure III.

 The zones III provided for the insertion pockets 6 are therefore located between the upper peripheral flange 4 and the lower peripheral flange 5 of the reinforcement and / or storage edge 2 on the longitudinal side of the transport and / or storage boxes l , 1 'and lw and in the immediate vicinity of the corner of the box.

 We can however. if necessary, arrange the locations provided for the insertion pockets 6 at any other point on the reinforcement and / or stacking edge 2, as shown in FIGS. 5, 8, 6 and 10.

 Figures 3 and 4 show that the insertion pocket 6 can be an independent piece made in particular of plastic and having a rear wall 7 whose upper edge is extended by a flange 8 oriented towards the rear while an oriented flange forward extends its lower edge. The two flanges 8 and -9 are located in parallel planes and are connected to the rear wall 7 by acute angles 10 and 11, of less than 900.

 In front of the rear wall, the insertion pocket 6 comprises at least one holding device 13 which is connected to the lower flange 9 and to the lateral holding ribs 12 and is open upwards and behind which a document can be slid , for example a punched card or a circulation card 14, as indicated by the dashed line and dots in FIGS. 3 and 4.

 FIG. 4 clearly shows how the insertion pocket 6 is mounted in the reinforcement and / or stacking edge 2 of the transport and / or storage boxes 1.

This insertion pocket engages, by its upper flange 8, 86Us the peripheral flange 4 of the reinforcing and / or stacking edge 2 while its lower flange 9 engages and bears against the peripheral flange lower risk 5 of the reinforcement and / or stacking edge 2. Under these conditions, the insertion pocket 6 can be fixed to the reinforcement and / or stacking edge 2 by rivets or bolts which engage one part in holes 15 made in the flanges 8, 9 of the insertion pocket 6 and adobe part in corresponding holes made in peripheral flanges 4 and 5 of the reinforcement and / or stacking edge 2.

When the fixing of the insertion pocket 6 is finished, its rear wall 7 and its holding guides 13 located in front of this wall have, relative to the reinforcement and / or stacking edge 2 of the transport case and / or storage lt 1 ′, an inclination which makes them go from the internal angle of the lower peripheral flange 5 to the external angle of the upper flange 4, as shown in FIG. 4. We can immediately see that this arrangement of the insertion pocket 6 in the reinforcement and / or stacking edge 2 of the transport and / or storage boxes l or the, 1 "has advantages for its use.

On the one hand, we are sure that the documents 14 introduced into the pockets - .. nsertion 6 are always visible, that the transport and / or storage boxes are stacked on top of each other or that they are rolled into each other to reduce congestion. On the other hand, the insertion pockets 6 and the documents 14 are always easily accessible and can even be replaced manually if necessary.

 To facilitate the handling of the documents introduced into the insertion pockets 6, at the insertion pocket 6, on the one hand, in the region of the upper flange 8, there are intake recesses 16 at the level of the rear wall 7 while the lower flange 9 is provided with corresponding grip recesses 17.

 In the znnes 3 of the reinforcement and / or stacking edge 2 reserved for the insertion pockets 6, the peripheral flanges 4 and 5 have corresponding grip recesses 18 and 19 so that one can easily grasp from behind with the finger the top edge of a document 14.

FIG. 5 represents the transverse side of a transport and / or storage case 1. Also seen in the figure is a zone 3 reserved for a pocket of insertion 6. This zone 3 reserved for the insertion pocket 6 is in this case in the right half of the box while the left half of the box has, in the reinforcement and / or stacking edge 2, a handle 20 for carrying the box.

 FIG. 7 shows the shape of the section of the reinforcing and / or stacking edge 2 at the level of the transverse side of the transport and / or storage box l in the area of the grip handle 20. The figure can also be seen stacking rim 21 allowing the support of the transport and / or storage box placed immediately above.

 FIG. 8 shows the shape of the section of the reinforcement and / or stacking edge 2 in zone III allowing the insertion of an insertion pocket 6 at the level of the transverse side of the transport and / or storage box and allows also to see the stacking rim 21 allowing the support of the transport and / or storage case 1 placed immediately above.

 When zone III provided for the establishment of an insertion pocket 6 comprises. between the peripheral flanges 4 and 5 of the reinforcement and / or stacking edge 2, transverse ribs, these, as shown in FIG. 8, have a shape such that they do not prevent the establishment of the insertion pocket 6.

 FIG. 6 represents the transverse side of a transport and / or storage box opposite to the transverse side represented by FIG. 5. Here again, inside the reinforcement and / or storage edge 2, zone III can be shifted to the right corner of the box to allow the insertion of an insertion pocket 6. In the left half this transverse side of the transport and / or storage box then also includes, inside from the reinforcement and / or stacking edge 2, a grip handle 22. These grip and transport handles 20 and 22 situated on the opposite transverse sides of the transport and / or storage box 1 are therefore offset one and the other with respect to the median longitudinal plane of the body, as shown in Figure II. The grips and transport handles 20 and 22 are therefore offset so as to be in two corners of the body located at the ends of the same diagonal.

 Figure 9 shows the shape of the section at the reinforcement and / or stacking edge 2 in the area of the grip handle 22, while Figure 10 shows the shape of the section at the reinforcement and / or stacking edge 2 in the pocket placement area 6. In this case also, one can see the stacking edges 21 on which the transport and / or storage box l placed immediately above can bear.

 As shown in the figure: 2; it = I. It is not essential that the insertion pocket 6 c ^ -astitue an independent piece which is then inserted into the reinforcement and / or stacking edge 2 of the. transport and / or storage box l. This insertion pocket 6 can also be produced by molding in such a way that it becomes one with the reinforcing and / or stacking edge 2.

In this case, the rear wall r of the pocket d: insertion 6 is an inclined surface going from the internal angle of the lower peripheral flange 5 to the external angle of the upper peripheral flange 4. as clearly shown in FIG. 12 The holding guides 13 located in front of the wall 7 and parallel to it are also molded in one piece with the rest of the pocket. Socket recesses 16 and 17 are also provided to allow easy handling of the documents 14.

 FIGS. 1, 2, 5, 6, 7, 9 and 10 show that recesses 23 are provided in the reinforcement and / or stacking edge 2 above the flange. Lower periphery 5. When several stacks of transport and / or storage boxes i are placed one next to the other following the others, for example on a pallet, a steel packaging strip can be passed there surrounding them to avoid their separation.

Claims (10)

l. Transport and / or storage box having a shape such that it allows, on the one hand, the superimposition of the full boxes on the other and, on the other hand, the embedding of the empty boxes in each other, in order to reduce the dimensions, in particular a stacking container with overturning, include a reinforcing and / or stacking edge comprising an upper peripheral flange which limits the opening of the box and a second peripheral flange which is situated at a certain distance below the first and comes to be applied, during the fitting of the empty boxes one into the other, on the upper peripheral flange of the immediately overlying box, characterized in that the reinforcing and / or stacking edge 2 comprises, at least on one of its side walls and between its peripheral flanges 4 and 5 situated one below: s of the other, an insertion pocket 6 comprising holding devices 13 open at least upwards for the appo sition of documents 14 in the form of cards.  2. Transport and / or storage case according to claim i, characterized in that the insertion pocket 6 has an inclined rear wall 7 extending from the inner edge of the lower peripheral flange 5 to the outer edge of the upper peripheral flange 4 and in that the lower and lateral retaining guides 13 of the insertion pocket 6 are approximately parallel to the plane of the posterior wall 7 (FIGS. 4 and 12).  3. Transport and / or storage case according to any one of claims 1 or c, made of plastic, by projection or press, caraotérisée in that the insertion pocket 6 is part of the same part as the box and is located between the peripheral flanges 4 and 5 of the reinforcement and / or stacking edge 2 on at least one of the walls of the box. (Figure 12).  4. Transport and / or storage box according to any one of claims l or 2, characterized in that the insertion pocket 6 is an independent molded part, in particular formed of plastic, having at its upper edge a flange 8 oriented towards the rear and at its lower edge a flange 9 oriented towards the front, these two flanges 8 and 9, located in parallel planes, connecting to the plane of the rear wall 7 carrying the holding devices 13 by acute angles 10 and 11, less than 900. (Figures 3 and 4).  5. Transport and / or storage case according to claim 4, characterized in that the flanges 8 and 9 of the molded part 6 have holes 15 which can be placed at the height and opposite corresponding holes made in the flanges peripherals 4 and 5 of the reinforcement and / or stacking edge 2, the molded part 6 can then be fixed to the peripheral flanges 4 and 5, between them, by means of bolts or rivets. 6. Transport and / or storage box according to any one of claims 1 to 5, characterized in that the peripheral flanges 4 and 5 of the reinforcing and / or stacking edge 2 are provided charm, in the area of the insertion pocket 62 of grip recesses 18 and 1.9, the grip recesses 18 of the upper peripheral flange 4 at least connects to the rear wall 7 of the leinsertiGn pocket 6. (Figss 12).  7. Transport and / or storage box according to any one of claims l to 6. characterized in that grip recesses 16 and 17 are also provided in the two flanges 8 and 9 and in the upper zone of the wall posterior 7 of the molded part 6. (Fig. 3 and 4).  8. Transport and / or storage box according to any one of claims t. to 7, characterized in that the insertion pocket 6 placed between the peripheral flanges 4 and 5 of the reinforcement and / or stacking edge 2 on the longitudinal and / or transverse sides of the body is offset laterally towards a corner of the box. (IIIt Figures l, 2, 5, 6 and ll).  9. Transport and / or storage case according to claim 8, characterized in that, when the insertion pocket 6 is on a transverse side, the adjoining grip handle 20, or 22, is offset towards the other corner of the body while the grip handle 22 which is on the opposite transverse side is offset towards the corner of the body located diagonally to the first. (Fig. 11).  10. Transport and / or storage case according to any one of claims l to 9, characterized in that it comprises, at the reinforcement and / or storage edge 2, preferably above the peripheral flange lower 5, recesses 23 formed in the ribs and constituting znnes latching for packaging thresholds.