REINFORCED RETICULATED CUBE
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The present invention is intimately related to the field of construction, very useful in industry, the field, agriculture, decoration, in the home, and in many other activities, and specifically it is a bucket with special characteristics for storing, storing, and storing a variety of materials, which is specially designed with additional horizontal ribs to the reticulated form of diagonally arranged original ribs mentioned in my previous application number 982203, in a plurality of directions forming a series of alternating diamonds, along the entire vertical wall of the bucket body, thereby increasing its resistance to lateral and compression stresses, and improving its ability to support the weight of other buckets stacked thereon.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
Over the years, buckets of various types have been manufactured, with various models and materials, initially using buckets made of wood that presented the drawback of needing to be held by metal rings which tended to rust and the wood to decompose, and On the other hand, their stacking was not appropriate because they were not designed for that purpose. Also in the past metallic buckets were used that presented the previous defects, in addition to their greater weight and cost, and at the moment plastic buckets are made with designs and protective elements to try to solve the previous problems, more the tendency is to incorporate designs more efficient, to save material, time and work, to give the bucket greater resistance to poor treatment in its operation. However, as one of the most delicate parts of a bucket is its walls, which during their handling are continuously damaged, cracked or broken, that is why the vital need to elaborate said walls so that their design provides greater strength, so that the user does not have to be frequently suffering from its fragility, but without the need to increase its thickness, which would imply greater weight and therefore greater cost for the user. Among the most recent precedents in which a bucket is detailed that approximates the one of my invention, there is that of the Mexican patent application number 982203 entitled: "Bucket with an improvement in its rigidity and resistance to lateral stresses and compression "dated March 20, 1998, from my property. But between them there is a big difference since only diagonal ribs appeared in the original bucket, while in this new bucket, horizontal reinforcements are incorporated, which provides greater resistance to both the lid and the bucket container during handling , transport, and stacking, which will become evident in the course of the description. Also as detailed in my above-mentioned patent, there are another series of drawbacks that daily happen to those who handle this kind of buckets, such as: when handling or placing several buckets in stacking, when they can not be handled by their handles, have to maneuver their walls, and if these are not firm enough, their walls crack, or slip from their hands because they do not have enough gripping ribs, resulting in poor performance and sometimes even with dangerous risks for the user, as there have been cases in which the buckets can crash on the floor and cause dangerous accidents. Therefore, a functional cube that is much more resistant than those existing in the market should be sought, taking into account the avoidance of falling into the aforementioned faults, which is the case of the present invention, in which the mechanical characteristics of effectiveness are preserved in the elaboration of the ribs of the walls, but the way of reinforcing them has been substantially improved, achieving with this an enormous capacity of resistance never before achieved, - especially when compared with my previous patent application - which is a powerful reason to protect my novel bucket, which has been studied in a professional way the optimization of the reinforcements to its walls, taking into account safety, and durability, for the economic benefit of the user. Although in my previous patent application mention is made of the manufacture of a cuvette with an improvement in its extremely effective stiffness, it is necessary to refer to it to understand the true scope of the present invention with respect to a new much stronger cuvette, but at the same time as reliable as the previous one.
In effect in the Mexican patent application number 982203, basically speaking a cuvette resistant to lateral stresses and compression whose inner wall has a series of diagonal ribs in two or more directions, describing an angle to each other, forming a grid by the The greater part of the surface of the wall, which extends from the bottom of the basin to the height of a peripheral edge, where the thickness of the ribs is greater than the rest of the wall of the basin. On the other hand, in the present invention only reinforcements are used in the ribs not only diagonally, but also in a horizontal form, which also, when properly integrated, functions as a single reticulated rib somewhat similar to those cited in my previous patent application number 982203, everything else similar to what is described in said request. This, although at first sight slight modification to the original design of my previous application, is not obvious to experts in art, but is thought of in a technical way applying parameters of Physics, Mechanics, and Resistance concepts of Materials, which results in an outstanding reinforcement in the rigidity and in the final resistance to the lateral and compressive stresses in the wall of the cuvette, especially when comparing them between the previous and the present cuvette, which represents a remarkable improvement to what is specified in said patent application. The outstanding fact of just using a combination of diagonal and horizontal ribs, strengthens the body of the bucket, giving it greater strength, durability, and safety, compared to my previous bucket, is more than enough reason to request the protection of my body. invention, based on which is an operation of improvements to a product, where better results of resistance, rigidity, and durability are obtained, which is an advantage for the user and a propaganda motive of great importance to compete with other manufacturers in the market.
OBJECTIVES AND ADVANTAGES OF THE INVENTION
Below are stated the objectives and advantages offered by my reinforced reticulated bucket on other similar buckets that currently exist in the market, where the advantages of my invention are emphasized, emphasizing that although in its manufacture commonly used materials and techniques are used known, is the ingenious disposition of the professional design widely studied of its ribs and the way of distributing them, which are not evident, which collaborates to obtain a reticulated, efficient, reinforced, durable and innovative cuvette. Accordingly, the main objective of the present invention is to provide a bucket different from those known, intended for rough work, which is more resistant and economical both in its manufacture and in its operation and which works better than other similar buckets. Another objective of the present invention is to provide a reinforced bucket which at the same time efficiently stores products, avoids untimely sliding during transport or storage, adding to the body of the bucket a series of structural elements that improve the design of the walls giving it greater resistance, to reinforce its ability to resist lateral stresses and compression, and to support the weight of other buckets on it, with a more efficient structural support that provides additional resistance to the walls, by means of a special type of fret with design of alternating diamonds in diagonal rows and horizontal reinforcements spaced. One of the objectives of my invention is to provide the highest operational safety for the user, providing a bucket that can be handled more reliably due to its resistance.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
The characteristic details of this reinforced reticulated bucket are clearly shown in the following description, as well as in the accompanying drawings, as a more accurate means of illustrating my invention and where the reference numbers will serve to illustrate the same parts in the figures indicated, and where: Figure 1 is a front section view of the reinforced reticulated cuvette of my invention where it is observed its design of ribs in the form of alternating diamonds in diagonal rows with new horizontal reinforcements for the wall of the tank. Figure 2 is a cross-sectional view of the reinforced cross-linked cuvette shown in Figure 1.
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION
To signify in a significant way the scope of the present invention, it is necessary to refer to the detailed description of my previous patent application number 982203 of March 20, 1998, to later evaluate the novel part of the present, incorporated into my previous bucket, so in a preferred embodiment, but in no way limiting, and taking as a reference base the numbers of the aforementioned figures, the reinforced reticulated cuvette (10) manufactured from a resistant plastic material of my present invention, consists of a container that presents in general, the traditional form of an elongated cylinder with a slight chronicity, which begins at the top and progressively decreases in diameter until it reaches the bottom (3), from where a terminal edge begins (11). ) with a slight inclination that projects towards the center. This terminal edge (11), is practically the area of sustentation of the tray (10), and also where it fits and encloses the lid (not shown), another lower tray of the same type, avoiding its sliding, when performs the stacking of buckets. The design of the base and lid of the tray (10) should be such that when stacking closed cuvettes, the weight of the upper tray causes its base to fit freely over the lower tray lid, thus preventing the cuvettes from slide and fall. In the upper part, the tank (10) has a lip (12), as a kind of projection, with a diameter slightly larger than the internal diameter of said tank (10). This lip (12) is divided into two portions (13,14) through a side channel (15) of little depth, and is where the lower part of the tray initially penetrates and has the purpose of fitting tightly with the lid (not shown) of the tray (10) to keep it hermetically closed, the lid also having a series of vertical openings throughout its periphery. In order to provide greater rigidity and strength, the cuvette (10) has a series of peripheral edges (16,17,18) parallel and horizontally arranged, with diameters greater than the internal diameter of the cuvette (10) and that of the cuvette (10). lip (12), the first peripheral edge (16) being located closer to the lip (12), while the peripheral edges (17,18) are integrated to two lateral promontories (19) diametrically opposed trapezium. The diameter of the peripheral edge (17) is almost equal to that of the peripheral edge
(16), while that of the peripheral edge (18) is slightly larger, giving the lateral promontories
(19) a surface (20) slightly inclined with respect to the wall (24) of the trough (10). Likewise, each lateral promontory (19) presents a perforation
(21) where the ends of a thick wire (22) in the form of an arc are inserted, and a cylindrical handle (23) to the middle of said wire (22), thus functioning the whole assembly, as a handle to facilitate the transport and the operation of the cuvette (10). As can be seen in Figure 2, the inner wall (24) of the trough (10), is provided with a series of ribs (25) arranged parallel and diagonally in two opposite directions - being optionally in more than two directions - forming an angle between them, which gives rise to a grid formed by diamonds along practically the entire inner wall surface (24) of the tank (10), from the bottom thereof, up to the height of where it is located. the peripheral edge (17) on the outside (See Figure 1) • As can be seen in Figure 2, the ribs (25) are thicker than the thickness of the rest of the wall (24) of the tray ( 10). The angle and arrangement of the ribs (25) in conjunction with the peripheral edges (16, 17, and 18), provide greater rigidity and strength, since they distribute the lateral and compression stresses more efficiently • when opposing greater resistance. On the other hand, the fact of disposing with said ribs (25), avoids the need to thicken the walls of the tray, thereby reducing the manufacturing cost considerably. The novel feature of the present invention and that it departs advantageously from my previous patent application number 982203, lies in the incorporation of at least one horizontal reinforcement (26) located on the inner wall of the tank (10) and intercepting the half to a plurality of consecutive diamonds formed by the grid of the diagonal ribs (25). Even when at first glance, one might think that the previous incorporation of horizontal reinforcements (26) is something obvious for an expert in the field, this is not the case, because any expert would think that adding more components - that is more plastic - to a bucket, would only cause greater consumption of material, which would result in greater weight to the bucket, and therefore higher cost of it. However, the minimal disposition of the horizontal reinforcements (26) in the inner wall of the tank (10) causes that when the stresses are applied in that place, they are absorbed in their entirety, and a smaller effort is made in those areas, favoring thus to a better execution as regards the resistance of the wall of the tank (10). The set formed by the horizontal reinforcements
(26) and the diagonal ribs (25), give rise to a kind of fret formed by a series of geometric figures, which in this mode, resemble a row of vertically arranged complete diamonds, formed by the diagonal ribs (25), and where the horizontal reinforcements (26) segment to another series of diamonds in a row superior or inferior annexed to the first, forming by the upper part of the horizontal reinforcement (26) a row of consecutive triangles in vertical position
(27), and at the bottom, a row of consecutive triangles, but in inverted position (28), all this in order to provide greater resistance to the walls of the tank (10). Even though the invention has been shown and described in relation to only one specific modality thereof, it should be understood by those skilled in the art that changes thereto can be made, and equivalent elements can be substituted by those indicated herein, which will be included within the spirit and scope of the invention, as for example: in the geometry of the bucket or the material used, etc., as indicated in the following claims: