RU214836U1 - modular box - Google Patents

Abstract

Modular box refers to the packaging, transportation and storage of various items. Cylinder 2 is installed in body 1 and clutch block 4 is screwed, after which handle 3 is installed. The box has spikes and grooves located along the box and allowing the boxes to be connected to each other. To prevent spontaneous disengagement, a system for coupling the boxes to each other is provided. When connecting the boxes, the latch 14 of one box falls into the socket of the pusher 19 of the other box, the latch is spring-loaded, and therefore sits securely in the socket 19. To remove the box from the engagement, the handle 29 is turned, while the box’s own latches are retracted, and the pushers 13 push out the latches of 14 adjacent boxes . The boxes can be stacked on top of each other and on the sides. This way of connecting boxes allows you to create a storage system with the ability to remove a single box, without fear of falling boxes standing on the upper tiers.

Cylinder 2 rotates inside the box and has an opening to access the contents. Turning the cylinder 2 by means of the handle 3, it is possible to open and close the box, while the cylinder 2 is fixed in the open, closed and not fully open positions.

The box can be hung from its own slots on the box supports 6. It can be attached to the mounting bar 40, which allows you to store the boxes "on the side" in one column, while the contents of all boxes can be seen.

Thus, modular boxes can form a storage system consisting of several tiers, being on one shelf, and can be fixed to a wall or other support.

Description

The utility model relates to means intended for packaging, storage and transportation of small bulk items, such as nails, screws, dowels, bolts, nuts, balls and others. It can be used in the installation of engineering networks, general construction works, in assembly plants, in everyday life. The box is designed for repeated use. The box can be fastened with the same boxes and form a storage system.

A box is known according to utility model RU 205524 U1, the essence is a box for storage, transportation, packaging of various items, containing an elongated body with a hole for installing a cylinder and a hole for accessing the contents, having supports, a cylinder placed inside the body with a hole for accessing the contents , there is a handle on the cylinder, a lid is also attached to the box body, the cylinder is installed in the body with the ability to rotate around an axis inside the body and with the possibility of fixing in an open or closed position by means of latches, while the holes on the cylinder and on the body when turning are combined and coincide or overlap each other. The box is reusable.

In the production of work, fasteners are often used, which are used in pairs or in threes, for example, a nylon dowel and a self-tapping screw (pair), as well as a bolt, nut and washer (troika). Each type of fastener is in its individual packaging, and in order to deliver fasteners to the place of work, several separate boxes must be moved. The disadvantage of the known technical solution is that the boxes cannot be interconnected to carry several types of different types of fasteners, etc. products.

As of the filing date, there is a wide range of fastener organizers on the market that have a wide variety of internal space division configurations, allowing for a small stock of various fasteners. The claimed technical solution allows you to create a storage system with any required number of boxes interconnected into one prefabricated structural element.

Of the known, the closest in technical essence are modular boxes https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:1743145, such boxes can be fastened to each other, forming a storage system for fasteners and other items. The modules form a self-supporting structure, from which the inside of the desired box is taken out.

The disadvantage of the known technical solution is that such boxes are not designed to be carried: they can be moved, but rather carefully due to the fact that they are not designed for mobile transfer. The connected parts of the boxes are not rigidly fixed and the inner parts of the boxes are not fixed in any way. Therefore, when carrying them, you need to monitor the position of the box so that the inside of the box does not fall out.

The claimed technical solution is intended to create a modular design from a number of boxes fastened together, which are securely fastened together with many of the same boxes, forming a storage system capable of being assembled in an amount that makes it possible to perform certain amounts of work.

This is achieved by the fact that the box according to utility model RU 205524 U1, known from the prior art, is additionally equipped with grooves and trapezoidal studs (hereinafter referred to as a thorn-groove connection).

At the same time, on the body, which is an elongated octahedral prism with supports, a groove is placed on the side of the supports, and a spike is placed on the opposite side, which, when several boxes are combined with each other, form a tenon-groove connection, are securely fastened, and the sides of the box are also provided with a connection thorn-groove type, on one side a thorn, and on the other a groove, respectively.

General view of the modular box is shown in Fig.1. When the boxes are joined, a well-known joint is formed, which is sometimes called a dovetail joint. To prevent spontaneous exit from such a connection, a system for fixing the boxes to each other is provided, implemented using a clutch unit.

The box consists of the following parts and assemblies:

building 1

cylinder 2

pen 3

clutch block 4

filler holes 5

supports 6

wall 7

base for handle 8

toothed shaft 9

teeth 10 of gear shaft 9

bottom cover 11

top cover 12

pushers 13

latches 14

ring 15

return spring 16.

short screws 17

long screws 18

nest 19 pusher

socket 20 latch

groove 21 for ring 15

screws 22

latch 23,

spike 24,

groove 25

spike 26

spike 27

groove 28

handle 29 rings 15

wedge 30 on ring 15

wedge 31 on ring 15

slot 32 on the top cover 12

leg 33 pusher 13

spring 34 pusher 13

head 35 pusher 13

leg 36 latches 14

spring 37 latch 14

head 38 latches 14

Housing 1 (figure 2) is an elongated octagonal prism with a cavity for installing the cylinder 2, supports 6, spikes 24, 26 and grooves 25, 28. The spikes and grooves 24, 25 and 28 continue on the clutch block 4, also on the clutch block 4 there is a spike 27 (Fig.7). Inside the case there is a wall 7 designed to separate the cylinder 2 from the items in the box. Supports 6 prevent tipping and rolling of the box. On the supports 6 there are slots for the head of the self-tapping screw to fix the box to the wall. The body is made by molding plastic and is a single non-separable part. Attachment holes 5 are provided in the body for the subsequent screwing of screws into them for fastening the clutch block 4.

Cylinder 2 (figure 3) acts as a cover of the modular box, it is hollow, and is made of transparent plastic. On one base there is a toothed shaft 9 with a base for the handle 8, the second base is presented in the form of a hole. The shaft 9 passes through the clutch block 4, which contains the latch 23, which allows the cylinder 2 to be in a closed, ajar or open state. This happens due to the toothed shaft 9, on which there are teeth 10, which, when the handle 3 is rotated, bend the latch 23, then the latch 23 enters the space between the teeth of the shaft 9 and the cylinder 2 is in a conditionally fixed position.

Clutch block 4 consists of the following parts (figure 4): bottom cover 11, top cover 12, pushers 13, latches 14, ring 15, return spring 16. Top cover 12 is connected to the bottom cover 11 using screws 17, and to the body 1 is fixed with longer screws 18.

In order to assemble the clutch block 4, you need to install the pushers 13 in the slots 19. The pusher consists of two parts: in fact, the pusher and the spring 34 (figure 5). The spring 34 in the clutch block is located between the wall in the socket 19 and the leg of the pusher 33. Then you need to install the ring 15 in the corresponding groove 21 for it, then the latches 14 are installed in the corresponding sockets 20. The latch also consists of two parts: a latch and a spring 37 ( figure 5). During assembly, the spring 37 on one side abuts against the head 38, and on the other against the wall of the socket 20. A return spring 16 is provided for the ring 15. After assembly, the parts must be set to their initial position, as shown in Fig.6. The pushers 13 are planted inside the housing, and the latches 14 protrude from the housing of the clutch block 4. After that, the top cover 12 is installed and tightened with screws 17. This completes the assembly of the clutch block.

Further assembly of the box occurs as follows (Fig.7): cylinder 2 is inserted into the body 1, then the clutch block 4 is installed and screwed to the body with screws 18, after which the handle 3 is installed and the screws 22 are screwed.

Cylinder 2 has a rectangular opening - a "window" corresponding to the "window" in housing 1, formed when the clutch block 4 is connected to housing 1. Cylinder 2 can rotate in housing 1. When the "windows" coincide, the box is open. The box is closed by turning the handle 3. At the same time, the body of the cylinder begins to block the “window” on the body 1. When turning the cylinder 2, an increased force must be applied so that the teeth 10 can bend the latch 23 located in the clutch block 4. Turning occurs in jerks to be able to set the desired degree of disclosure of the window to access the content.

After the manufacture of all parts, the box is assembled according to the above description. Next, the appropriate items are poured into the box - self-tapping screws, nails, dowels or others. Cylinder 2 rotates and locks in the closed position. When using the box, cylinder 2 rotates, the box opens, and cylinder 2 can be fixed both in the fully open state and in the partially open state.

Box RU 205 524 U1 supplemented with new elements and assemblies can be docked with other similar boxes and form a storage system with increased operational reliability.

Consider the principle of linking two boxes. The spike 24 on the body of the first box is inserted into the groove 25 on the body of the second box, when pulling one box along the other, the spring-loaded latch 14 enters the pusher socket 19, and a reliable clutch of the two boxes is formed. Similarly, you can connect an arbitrarily large number of boxes. Further, the boxes can be connected one above the other by inserting the spike 26 or 27 into the groove 28. The spike 26 has a slot for the free passage of the latch 14, the remaining spikes have gentle chamfers for the soft running of the latches 14. The hitch occurs in a similar way. By connecting the boxes to each other, a flexible storage system is formed with any number of cells. Boxes can be joined in several tiers. The proposed storage system allows you to remove individual boxes without fear of falling above standing boxes, as shown in Fig.8.

Consider the principle of extracting a modular box from engagement. By turning the handle 29 on the ring 15, the pushers 13 begin to push out the latches 14 of two adjacent boxes, this happens due to the running of the wedge-shaped protrusions 30 on the outer surface of the ring 15 onto the legs of the pushers 33. At the same time, the latches 14 begin to retract inside the clutch block 4, and they are retracted thanks to the protrusions 31 on the inner surface of the ring 15, freeing itself from adhesion to the other two boxes. By bringing the handle 29 to the end of the slot 32 on the top cover 12, the modular box can be removed from the array of boxes.

In addition, such boxes are equipped with a mounting plate 40 (Fig.9), which allows joining the boxes in one column, as shown in Fig.10. Holes 43 are provided on the bar for fastening to a wall or other support (cabinet, rack, etc.). The modular box with a groove 28 is inserted into the spike 44, when pulling the latch 14 falls into the hole 41 or 42, these holes are at the same distance from the edge of the bar. This allows the boxes to be connected in a column rigidly fixed to the wall. The slats are joined together using a dovetail joint. This arrangement of boxes allows you to always see the contents of the boxes, and extract any desired box from the column.

The modular box has a number of advantages over traditional cardboard packaging:

allows you to carry several types of fasteners, for example, nylon dowels and self-tapping screws in a separate, but rigidly fastened container.

It is possible to form a storage system for various items, with the possibility of extracting a separate box from the central part of the array.

The modular box can be suspended separately from the slots in the box supports. It is also possible to hang several boxes docked together.

Using the boxes in conjunction with the mounting plate allows you to see the contents of the boxes and, if necessary, remove any of the boxes.

The box is made of plastic, which has a positive effect on its service life, unlike cardboard boxes.

Claims (1)

Modular box made of a housing equipped with protrusions and grooves, a clutch block that contains pushers and latches, the pushers and latches being spring-loaded, a ring handle, a return spring that is held between the top cover and the bottom cover, a pusher seat, a latch seat, with at the same time, there is a groove on the bottom cover and on the top cover, made with the possibility of holding the ring, the top and bottom covers are interconnected by short screws, long screws hold the clutch unit on the body, the supports are made with slots for hanging, the wall separating the cylinder from the contents of the box, box handle.

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