US3508679A - Tote box with bumper - Google Patents
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- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
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- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
- B65D—CONTAINERS FOR STORAGE OR TRANSPORT OF ARTICLES OR MATERIALS, e.g. BAGS, BARRELS, BOTTLES, BOXES, CANS, CARTONS, CRATES, DRUMS, JARS, TANKS, HOPPERS, FORWARDING CONTAINERS; ACCESSORIES, CLOSURES, OR FITTINGS THEREFOR; PACKAGING ELEMENTS; PACKAGES
- B65D21/00—Nestable, stackable or joinable containers; Containers of variable capacity
- B65D21/02—Containers specially shaped, or provided with fittings or attachments, to facilitate nesting, stacking, or joining together
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- Tote boxes are commonly used to transport workpieces from one location in a manufacturing plant to another on a conveyor.
- Such conveyor may be a gravity conveyor or a driven conveyor. In many cases the conveyor will run from one floor to a lower floor and in such cases the sloping conveyor is generally in gravity type conveyor.
- the present invention provides a tote box which may be of any conventional design and which is provided on those sides or ends which will be leading and trailing as the box moves on a conveyor, with one or more bumpers. While the box may be of any material and the bumper may be of any suitable resilient or springlike material, it is preferred that the box itself and the bumper elements the molded in one piece from a suitable plastic material. Plastic materials are commonly used these days in the manufacture of such boxes.
- FIG. 1 is a plan view of a tote box provided with bumpers according to the present invention.
- FIG. 2 is a side elevational view thereof.
- FIG. 3 is a bottom plan view thereof.
- FIG. 4 is an end elevational view thereof.
- the tote box has been illustrated by way of example but the details of construction thereof do not form a part of the present invention and will not be described further than is necessary to an understanding of the present in- Vention.
- the tote box comprises side walls and end walls 11 and a bottom 12.
- the boxes may be provided with tapers in their side and end walls as shown, such that the boxes may nest within each other to conserve storage space when they are not in use.
- the bumper members are indicated generally at 13 and in the particular embodiment shown there are two bumper members 13 on each of the end walls 11. It is preferred to provide two such bumper members so that if a pair of boxes should collide in a curved portion of a conveyor, contact between the bumper members is assured. With a single central bumper member it is conceivable that corner members of the boxes could come into contact without intermediary in the bumpers.
- the boxes may be of any construction and of any suitable materal.
- the bumper members may be of metal or other suitable material and secured to the boxes during manufacture. It is preferred, however, that the boxes be made of molding in one piece from suitable plastic material and that the bumper elements be molded in the same molding operation.
- the bumper members themselves, it will be seen that they comprise generally a flattened sleeve composed of an outer relatively flat convex portion 14 extending from end to end (the ends being indicated at 15). In opposition to the portion 14 are two relatively fiat and oppositely convex portions 16 joined centrally by a sharply concave portion 17. It will be noted preferably that the center of curvature of the sharply concave portion 17 (indicated at 18 in FIG. 3) lies substantially on the end to end centerline of the bumper.
- the bumper 13 is integral with the box only at the end portions 15. Otherwise the bumper is entirely free of the box and is open from top to bottom.
- the portions 16 tend to curve in opposition to the flattening of the member 14 so that with an extreme shock the portion 17 in effect supports or backs up the portion 14.
- the bumper members 13 extend from the top of the box about half way down the height of the box and of course they project outwardly from the end walls.
- the bottoms of the bumpers 13 rest on top of the bumpers 13 of the lower box and limit the extent to which nesting can take place. This prevents the boxes from becoming jammed together in storage.
- the box may be any construction and may be provided with the usual hand holds and reinforcing ribs on the underside of the bottom. These construction elements do not constitute a part of the present invention. It will be understood, therefore, that limitations not expressly set forth in the following claims are not intended and should not be implied.
- a tote box adapted to be transported on a conveyor, said box having on the opposed end walls, which will be the leading and trailing walls when said box is moving on a conveyor, a bumper member of resilient mtaerial adapted to cushion the shock on such box when bumping into another box on such conv yor, said bumper member comprising a flattened sleeve element constituted by a relatively fiat convex portion extending end to end, and in opposition thereto two relatively fiat, opposite convex portions joined centrally by a sharply concave portion free of said first named convex portion, all of said portions being integral, and said bumper member being secured to said box only at the extreme ends of said sleeve element.
- a box according to claim 1 wherein said box has inwardly downwardly sloping side and end walls whereby one such box may rest in a like box when not in use, and wherein said bumper members are disposed at the upper portions of the respective walls and have a vertical extent about one half the depth of the box, said bumper members thus serving as abutments to limit the degree to which one box may nest within a like box.
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US2903124A (en) * | 1958-06-04 | 1959-09-08 | August B Carver | Missile protective package |
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US2037215A (en) * | 1933-07-31 | 1936-04-14 | D Andrea Philip | Automobile bumper |
US2414171A (en) * | 1944-10-09 | 1947-01-14 | Gerber Plastic Company | Beverage bottle case |
US2903124A (en) * | 1958-06-04 | 1959-09-08 | August B Carver | Missile protective package |
US3327896A (en) * | 1965-06-04 | 1967-06-27 | Shell Oil Co | Stackable container |
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US20090223979A1 (en) * | 2008-03-03 | 2009-09-10 | Kaneka Corporation | Method of transporting parts and expanded foam returnable container |
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US10239661B2 (en) | 2014-01-31 | 2019-03-26 | Georg Utz Holding Ag | Stackable plastic container |
US11279516B2 (en) * | 2017-12-06 | 2022-03-22 | Plásticos Técnicos Mexicanos, S.A. De C.V. | Pallet with impact resistant columns |
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Owner name: NESTIER CORPORATION Free format text: RELEASED BY SECURED PARTY;ASSIGNOR:MIDLAND-ROSS CORPORATION;REEL/FRAME:003921/0855 Effective date: 19811029 |
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