RU206959U1 - POLYMER CONTAINER WITH GRIPPERS FOR ROTATION - Google Patents

Abstract

The polymer container with grips for rotation is made in one piece and consists of four bearing walls and a bottom, united by supporting protrusions in the form of legs. On the bottom there are through metal grippers located parallel and at a distance from each other for the introduction of the forklift forks. The utility model provides an increase in the strength and reliability of the container structure when it is rotated by the forks of a loader. 8 p.p. f-ly, 4 dwg.

Description

The utility model relates to containers for storing and transporting various goods, in particular, to a large-sized polymer container designed for rotating the container with the fork of a forklift.

The inventive container is used in the food industry, mainly for harvesting grapes. It can also be used to store any vegetables and fruits, fish and pickles, and other food products.

When transporting and storing various goods in reusable polymer containers, difficulties and inconveniences arise associated with lifting and moving containers filled with heavy cargo, as well as with their placement in transport or in a warehouse.

Known packaging for storage and transportation of products and materials (patent RU No. 79522, IPC B65D1 / 22, B65D88 / 00, publ. 10.01.2009), containing a rectangular bottom, at the corners of which there are vertical racks connected by vertical walls, and from the bottom of the bottom, on four sides of the container, through hollow guides are made for gripping it with the forks of a loader.

Known heavy transport container (patent RU No. 2125532, IPC B65D88 / 12, publ. 27.01.1999), in the form of a stackable standard container with two upper U-shaped belts, which form grooves for the forks of a forklift, located at some distance from each other , and these belts extend across the entire width of the container and are welded to the bottom of the container, each groove for inserting the forklift forks consists of an upper belt passing through the guide rails and longitudinal beams, and a lower belt.

Known multi-turn collapsible container (patent RU No. 2198494, IPC A01F25 / 14, B65D6 / 24, publ. 20.02.2003), consisting of a lattice bottom made of plastic with support bars and four lattice walls - end and side, and the middle bars are located so as not to interfere with the forks of the forklift to freely enter the niches formed by the beams under the container.

Known polymer storage container, designed for transportation by a forklift, (patent US3993211 (A), IPC B65D19 / 18; B65D21 / 02; B65D6 / 26, publ. 23.11.1976), the closest in technical essence and taken as a prototype consisting of equipped with quick-release joints of a lattice bottom with supporting protrusions such as bars and four lattice walls, and at the base a pair of parallel through grips is formed, going through the entire base, and protruding on the inner surface of the bottom, and the grips are located at a distance from each other to ensure the entry of the fork teeth loader.

However, the known transport containers are not convenient enough when they are moved using the forklift forks, and also have insufficiently strong structure for storing and moving heavy loads.

The technical problem solved by the creation of the utility model consists in the creation of a large polymer container of reduced weight with reinforced gripping elements for the forklift forks, designed for sufficiently heavy loads.

The technical result to be achieved by the utility model consists in increasing the strength and reliability of the container structure when it is rotated by the forks of a loader.

In addition, it provides increased convenience and efficiency when rotating the container with the forks of a loader, as well as reducing the total weight of the container without losing its strength properties.

The technical result is achieved by making the container solid from polymeric materials, which contains four metal through grips on the bottom, installed in pairs on opposite sides of the bottom, parallel to each other and at the same distance from each other to enable the introduction of the forks of a forklift truck.

The claimed device is shown in the figures:

in fig. 1 shows a general view of the container;

in fig. 2 shows a grab for a forklift fork;

in fig. 3 shows the installation of the gripper to the bottom of the container;

in fig. 4 shows a fragment of the container from the side of the installed grippers.

The container consists of the following main parts:

1 - case;

2 - bottom;

3 - supports;

4 - grips for forklift forks;

5 - the first steel profile of the grip;

6 - the second steel profile of the capture;

7 - holes for attaching the gripper to the bottom;

8 - reinforcing ribs of the bottom;

9 - fastening means for fastening the grippers.

The container (Fig. 1) is made in the form of a rectangular parallelepiped and contains a body 1 containing four bearing walls mounted on the bottom 2. In this case, four supports are installed at all four corners of the container, connecting the bottom 2 and the walls of the body 1.

The supports 3 are made hollow, in the form of columns having the same cross-section along the entire length, which can be square or rectangular, or other complex shape.

In this case, the height of the supports 3 is made greater than the height of the walls, thus, the lower part of the supports 4 forms lower projections in the form of container legs, with which the container is installed on the supporting surface.

Supports 3 contain at their ends additional protrusions of a smaller area for installation on the supporting surface.

The walls of the body 1 can be made solid and smooth or perforated, depending on the purpose of the container.

In this case, a space is formed between the bottom 2 of the container and the supporting surface for installing the gripping elements 4 for the forklift forks, and to ensure the bottom 1 bend when the container is filled with cargo.

In a preferred embodiment, the container, including the bottom 2, walls and supports, is completely monolithic.

In another embodiment, the supports 3 are made in the form of separate cast parts and are installed directly in the bottom 2, made in one piece with the body 1, and are attached to the bottom 2 by means of latches.

In another embodiment, the container is made without supports, i. E. includes body 1 and bottom 2, made in one piece.

The bottom 2 is made of a rectangular or square shape.

In a preferred embodiment, the bottom 2 on the inside of the container (i.e., the side facing the inner space of the container) has a flat, continuous surface, and on the outside it has ribs, which allows to reduce the weight of the container and ensure high strength of the bottom 2.

In another embodiment, the bottom 2 is perforated (or lattice).

On the underside of the bottom 2, two pairs of elements are installed for orienting the forklift forks - grips 4 (or guides) (Fig. 2), made of metal, preferably steel.

The grippers 4 can be made of any other suitable metals.

The grippers 4 are installed in pairs on two opposite sides of the bottom 2, parallel to each other and at the same distance from each other. The distance for the installation of the grippers should ensure the possibility of inserting the forklift forks, respectively, determined by the dimensions of the forklift forks.

In addition, four pairs of grippers 4 can be installed on the underside of the bottom 2 - on all four sides of the container. In this case, the container is four-way (with the possibility of gripping with a pitchfork from all four sides).

The grippers 4 can be installed both from the side of the longitudinal sides of the container, and from the side of the end sides, or from all sides.

The grippers 4 are a structure of two "P" -shaped bent steel profiles 5 and 6, welded together.

The first steel profile 5 of the gripper forms a rectangular opening for the entry of the forklift forks. The second steel profile 6 of the grip contains paired through fastening holes 7 for attaching the grip 4 to the bottom 2.

The attachment of the grips 4 to the bottom 2 is carried out using fastening means 9, such as self-tapping screws (sometimes referred to in the prior art as self-tapping screws or self-tapping screws), bolts with nuts, or any other fastening elements such as smooth studs, pins.

In this case, the attachment of the grippers 4 to the bottom 2 is carried out directly through the reinforcing ribs 8 located on the lower surface of the bottom 2 and made in one piece with it.

Reinforcing ribs 8 are protrusions on the bottom surface of the bottom 2 and are made for each grip in an amount corresponding to the number of through fastening holes.

Installed on the reinforcing ribs 8, the grippers 4 can be repeatedly mounted and dismantled without damaging the bottom 2.

The grips 4 for rotation and the reinforcing ribs 8 make it possible to significantly increase the load permissible for such plastic containers on which they are mounted.

The grippers 4 can have from two to six pairs of through fastening holes 7 for attachment to the bottom 2 of the container.

The number of through fastening holes 7 for attaching the grippers 4 depends on the load, on the structure of the lattice bottom 2 and on the operating conditions of the container.

For example, a container for transporting soil implies that soil, especially wet soil, will stick to the bottom 2 and the walls of the container. Accordingly, the loader will shake the container hanging by the grippers 4 on the forks in an upside-down position in order to shake out its contents. To enable this, the grippers 4 will have more fastening holes 7 and fastening means 9 (for example, five pairs of holes for five fastening means), and will be made of thicker steel sheet (for example, 3 mm thick).

In a preferred embodiment, each grip 4 has four pairs of holes: four on each side of the second profile 6 for fastening with four fastening means 9.

The inventive container refers to a large transport container and can be used for multi-tiered storage of goods. The container is stackable, while the containers are stacked by means of supports 3 on top of each other and can thus be stored for a long time in the warehouse both in a loaded and empty state.

The container is made entirely of polymeric materials, in the form of a single one-piece piece.

The overall dimensions of the container and grippers 4 can be any and made according to the customer's requirement.

An example of the overall dimensions of a container: length - 800-1600 mm, width - 800-1600 mm, height - 400-1600 mm. Wall thickness - 3-10 mm.

The total weight of the container is up to 1000 kg.

The overall dimensions of the gripper 4 are comparable to the dimensions of the forklift forks.

Dimension A between adjacent grippers on each side of the bottom 2 is 200-400 mm, dimensions B and C of the gripping window are 150x70 mm (Fig. 4). Grip length - from 20 mm to a distance equal to the length of the bottom 2 of the container.

The thickness of steel profiles 5 and 6 ranges from 2 to 4 mm.

The weight of one grip is from 1.5 to 3 kg.

Profiles 5 and 6 of grippers 4 are made mainly of cold-rolled or hot-rolled sheet steel.

In this case, stainless steel can be used for grippers 4 for cases of contacts with aggressive media or food products.

The grippers 4 can have any coating, for example, oxidation, galvanizing, painting, etching, etc.

The device works as follows.

In the process of operation, the forks of the loader are pre-centered on the central axis of the grippers 4 and then are located in them parallel to the axis of symmetry of the bottom. Thus, the axis of symmetry of the loader practically coincides with the axis of symmetry of the bottom 2, and the operator of the loader has the ability to more accurately orient the container relative to its location. At the same time, the misalignment of the container relative to the forklift forks is reduced, which reduces the likelihood of falling of the transported cargo.

When loading, the forks go into all four grippers 4 at once, thereby reliably holding the container when lifting it, transporting it to the place, and also unloading its contents.

The inventive container refers to a means of moving and storing various goods, i. E. is versatile. At the same time, it can also be used for liquid, semi-liquid, flowable, free-flowing, food, chemical, etc. goods.

In addition, the container can be used for industrial goods or consumer goods.

Made of polymeric materials, the container is lightweight and hygienic.

When interacting with a relatively soft polymer material, delicate cargo (for example, grapes) is less susceptible to damage.

Among other things, a decrease in the total weight of the container is achieved, which, in turn, reduces the total weight of the cargo placed in the transport, which leads to fuel savings when transporting standardized goods, or allows you to increase the load on the transport and use the useful volume more efficiently.

The inventive container has increased strength and reliability of the structure during warehousing, storage and transportation of these types of products, increased service life.

The container meets the requirement of industrial applicability and can be manufactured on standard equipment using modern materials and technologies.

Claims (9)

1. Polymeric container with grips for rotation, made one-piece and consisting of four bearing walls and a bottom, united by supporting protrusions in the form of legs, and on the bottom there are through metal grips located parallel and at a distance from each other for inserting the forklift forks. 2. The container according to claim 1, characterized in that the grippers are installed in the amount of two or four pairs. 3. A container according to claim 1, characterized in that the grippers are made of steel. 4. The container according to claim 1, characterized in that the grippers are a structure of two U-shaped bent profiles welded together. 5. The container according to claim 4, characterized in that one gripping profile forms a rectangular window for the introduction of the forklift forks, and the other gripping profile contains paired through fastening holes for attaching the gripper to the bottom. 6. The container according to claim 1, characterized in that the grippers are attached by means of fastening means to the bottom through reinforcing ribs on the bottom surface of the bottom. 7. Container according to claim 1, characterized in that the bottom on the inside of the container has a continuous surface, and on the outside it contains ribs. 8. Container according to claim 1, characterized in that the bottom is perforated. 9. The container according to claim 1, characterized in that the walls are solid or perforated.

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