US3591034A - Transport crate - Google Patents
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- US3591034A US3591034A US849417A US3591034DA US3591034A US 3591034 A US3591034 A US 3591034A US 849417 A US849417 A US 849417A US 3591034D A US3591034D A US 3591034DA US 3591034 A US3591034 A US 3591034A
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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
- B65D88/00—Large containers
- B65D88/02—Large containers rigid
- B65D88/12—Large containers rigid specially adapted for transport
- B65D88/14—Large containers rigid specially adapted for transport by air
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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
- B65D90/00—Component parts, details or accessories for large containers
- B65D90/02—Wall construction
- B65D90/021—Flexible side walls or doors
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- a crate for the transportation of goods has a prismatic shell with a side opening closable by a pliable door which can be rolled or folded about an edge of that opening and which includes a series of transversely spaced, parallel stays interconnected by a flexible sheet. The ends of the stays and/or the edges of the sheet can be engaged by a variety of detents, disposed along opposite sides of the opening, to hold the door locked.
- the general object of our invention is to provide a crate adapted to be reused an indefinite number of times by being fitted with a door for loading and unloading purposes.
- a more specific object is to provide a crate in which the door in its position of closure doubles as a structural wall to strengthen the unit against shear and compression.
- a prismatic shell of suitable structural material e.g. wood, light metal or synthetic resin
- suitable structural material e.g. wood, light metal or synthetic resin
- An at least partly pliable door including several stays which are parallel to one edge of the opening and are interconnected by flexible link means such as a polymeric sheet, is secured to the shell in the vicinity of that edge so as to be swingable thereabout into a withdrawn position outside the shell shell; in an advantageous embodiment, and as more fully described hereinafter, this edge forms an upper boundary of the opening so as to enable the withdrawn door to be rolled or folded up on top of the shell.
- certain parts thereof can be engaged by retaining means disposed along opposite edges of the door transverse to the first-mentioned edge, thus along the vertical boundary of the door opening in the preferred embodiment described above.
- Part of the door may be constituted by a rigid panel hinged to, preferably, the upper edge of the opening and adapted to be placed in a swung-out position above that opening, the pliable remaining door portion with its stays and sheet being then supported in a rolled-up state on the swung-out panel.
- FIG. 1 is a perspective front view of a crate provided with a pliable door according to our invention
- FIG. 2 is a side view of the crate shown in FIG. 1;
- FIG. 3 is a view similar to FIG. 1, showing a modified door consisting of a rigid panel and a pliable portion secured thereto;
- FIG. 4 is a view similar to FIG. 2, showing the panel of FIG. 3 in a swung-out position with the pliable door portion supported thereon;
- FIG. 5 is a cross-sectional view taken on the line V V of FIG. 1;
- FIG. 7 is a view similar to FIG. 6, illustrating an alternate position of the retaining means
- FIG. 8 is a cross-sectional view taken on the line VIII VIII of FIG. 7;
- FIG. 9 is a view similar to FIGS. 6 and 7, illustrating a dif ferent type of retaining means
- FIG. I0 is a cross-sectional view taken on the line X -X of FIG. 9;
- FIG. 11 is another view generally similar to FIGS. 6 and 7, illustrating another modified retaining means
- FIG. 13 is a front-elevational view, again drawn to a larger scale, of the lower left-hand comer of the crate of FIG. 1 or 3 with its flexible sheet removed;
- FIG. 14 is a cross-sectional view taken on the line XIV -XIV of FIG. 13;
- FIG. 15 is a view similar to FIG. 13, illustrating a modification
- FIG. 17 is an enlarged sectional detail view of the portion of FIG. 16 inside circle XVII.
- FIG. 18 is a view similar to FIG. 17, showing a modified construction.
- FIGS. 1 and 2 we have shown a crate formed by a prismatic shell 1 with an open side which, in FIG. 1, is closed by a pliable door 2 hinged to the shell I at the upper edge 3] of its door opening.
- the lateral boundaries of this opening are formed by a pair ofjambs ll bracketing the door 2 in its position of closure.
- This door is formed, as best seen in FIG. 5, by a series of transversely spaced horizontal stays 9, shown as metallic tubes, which are interconnected by a sheet 8 of rubber or other flexible polymeric material cemented or otherwise secured thereto.
- Diagonal reinforcing straps 18, indicated diagrammatically in FIG. 1, may be imbedded in the sheet 8.
- Suitable retaining means are provided along the jambs 11 to hold the door closed.
- the door 2 can be rolled up about the edge 31 of shell 1 and stored on the roof of the shell or, as illustrated in FIG. 2, on special supports such as fingers 4 which are normally retracted (dot-dash line) and can be pulled out to engage, say, the extremities of stays 9 projecting beyond the sheet 8.
- a shell 1' may be provided with a modified door 2' including a rigid upper portion or panel 5 and a pliable lower portion 6, of the same construction as door 2 in FIGS. 1 and 2, depending from the lower edge of that panel when the door is closed.
- panel 5 may be swung upwardly about its hinges 32 (FIG. 4) and may be held aloft by braces 7 which are pivoted to the jambs ll of shell 1 inside the door opening; as indicated in dotted line at 33, these jambs may be undercut to accommodate the panel 5 in its closed position.
- the pliable door portion 6 can then be rolled up on the panel 5 forming a supporting shelf therefor.
- FIG. 3 also illustrates a rigid bottom strip 21 which, as more fully described hereinafter with reference to FIG. 15, includes a pair of detents 20 designed to lock the door 2' in its closed position with the aid of a handle 22.
- FIGS. 6 8 show a portion of the left-hand jamb ll of FIG. 1 (also representative of the corresponding jamb 11' in FIG. 3) which, as best seen in FIG. 8, is designed as a channel rail embracing the front edge of the corresponding sidewall of crate l.
- Jamb 11 is formed with a series of longitudinally (i.e. vertically) spaced notches or recesses 13 which are open toward the front and which accommodate gudgeons 15 constituting reduced extremities of corresponding stays 9.
- a locking bar 10 is slidably held within jamb 11, with the aid of a rib 34, and is formed with a series of cutouts l2 registering with the notches 13 in the position of FIG.
- FIGS. 9 and 10 An alternate locking mechanism is illustrated in FIGS. 9 and 10 wherein a modified jamb lla has a single vertical recess 13a overlain by a locking bar when the latter is in its position of closure.
- a stud 35 fixed to jamb 11a and penetrating an inclined slot 14 in bar 10a enables that bar to be withdrawn in a downward and outward direction (arrow 50), thus generally transversely to the major dimension of the jamb, to release the gudgeons lSa of all the stays 9a received in the recess or rabbet 13a of jamb 110.
- FIGS. 11 and 12 we have shown a retaining element in the form of clamping bar 16 hinged at 37 to a jamb Mb.
- the pliable door portion in this case, includes stays 9b without terminal gudgeons and a sheet 8b extending laterally beyond these stays, the projecting edges of the sheet 8b being clamped between respective bars 116 and ribs 38 of jamb 11b.
- a hook 17 on a slider 10b engages a mating profile 39 on bar 16 from which it can be released by a vertical motion of the slider to align the hook 17 with a cutout 40 (FIG. ill) in profile 39.
- the sliders l0, llila, 10b of FIGS. 6 -l2 may be accessible from the top of the shell to control their displacement.
- the rigid bottom strip 21 replaces the stay 9 of the preceding embodiment and accommodates the locking rods which are receivable in bores 40 of the respective door jambs (Ill or ill).
- the handle 22 controlling the two locking rods or detents may be designed as a rotatable knob which, on turning through a certain angle, drives the two rods apart as is well known per se.
- FIGS. 16 and 17 we have shown a mounting plate 23 which overlies the upper edge of sheet 2 and (e.g. by riveting or with adhesive bonding) helps secure that sheet to the top of shell 1.
- a protective formation which may take the form of a cylinder 24 of rubber or the like (or a row of such cylinders) slipped over that edge.
- a modified mounting plate 23' terminates in a curled edge portion 25 having the same protective effect as rubber cylinder 24 of FIG. 17.
- front embodiments may be combined with one another to the extent of their compatibili ty.
- a crate for transportin goods comprising: a prismatic shell with at east the ma or part of a side of the prism removed to form a generally rectangular opening;
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DE19681786159 DE1786159B1 (de) | 1968-08-24 | 1968-08-24 | Transportbehaelter |
DE19681786209 DE1786209B1 (de) | 1968-08-31 | 1968-08-31 | Transportbehaelter |
DE19696906597 DE6906597U (de) | 1969-02-20 | 1969-02-20 | Behaelter |
DE19691909124 DE1909124C3 (de) | 1969-02-24 | Transportbehälter |
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US3687328A (en) * | 1971-04-28 | 1972-08-29 | Harry Spruyt | Self-retracting cover |
US4046186A (en) * | 1976-02-12 | 1977-09-06 | Transequip Inc. | Cargo container opening cover |
US4538663A (en) * | 1983-04-21 | 1985-09-03 | Robert Looker | Cargo container |
US4601405A (en) * | 1985-09-26 | 1986-07-22 | The Boeing Company | Closure system for a containerized cargo handling sleeve |
WO1994029175A1 (en) * | 1993-06-07 | 1994-12-22 | Perstorp Ab | Container with door comprising hinged section and sliding shutter |
US5779084A (en) * | 1997-02-06 | 1998-07-14 | Sp Watersports, Inc. | Laundry receptacle with flexible cover |
US20030230573A1 (en) * | 2002-05-23 | 2003-12-18 | Asbjorn Enge | Air freight container |
US20060237151A1 (en) * | 2003-10-21 | 2006-10-26 | Miller James V | Reinforced shutter |
US20060283557A1 (en) * | 2005-06-20 | 2006-12-21 | Neck Petra V | Curtain for a container, and container therewith |
US20170096295A1 (en) * | 2015-10-05 | 2017-04-06 | Advanced Composite Structures, Llc | Air cargo container and curtain for the same |
US20180065778A1 (en) * | 2016-09-02 | 2018-03-08 | Kenneth Johnson | Collapsible fuel container |
US11549742B2 (en) * | 2017-06-23 | 2023-01-10 | Carrier Corporation | Curtain track seal |
US11851270B2 (en) | 2017-10-10 | 2023-12-26 | Advanced Composite Structures, Llc | Latch for air cargo container doors |
US11981498B2 (en) | 2019-06-28 | 2024-05-14 | Advanced Composite Structures, Llc | Thermally insulated air cargo container |
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US3687328A (en) * | 1971-04-28 | 1972-08-29 | Harry Spruyt | Self-retracting cover |
US4046186A (en) * | 1976-02-12 | 1977-09-06 | Transequip Inc. | Cargo container opening cover |
US4538663A (en) * | 1983-04-21 | 1985-09-03 | Robert Looker | Cargo container |
US4601405A (en) * | 1985-09-26 | 1986-07-22 | The Boeing Company | Closure system for a containerized cargo handling sleeve |
WO1994029175A1 (en) * | 1993-06-07 | 1994-12-22 | Perstorp Ab | Container with door comprising hinged section and sliding shutter |
US5779084A (en) * | 1997-02-06 | 1998-07-14 | Sp Watersports, Inc. | Laundry receptacle with flexible cover |
US20030230573A1 (en) * | 2002-05-23 | 2003-12-18 | Asbjorn Enge | Air freight container |
US20060237151A1 (en) * | 2003-10-21 | 2006-10-26 | Miller James V | Reinforced shutter |
US20060283557A1 (en) * | 2005-06-20 | 2006-12-21 | Neck Petra V | Curtain for a container, and container therewith |
US20170096295A1 (en) * | 2015-10-05 | 2017-04-06 | Advanced Composite Structures, Llc | Air cargo container and curtain for the same |
US20180290827A1 (en) * | 2015-10-05 | 2018-10-11 | Advanced Composite Structures, Llc | Air cargo container and curtain for the same |
US10773881B2 (en) * | 2015-10-05 | 2020-09-15 | Advanced Composite Structures, Llc | Air cargo container and curtain for the same |
US11084652B2 (en) * | 2015-10-05 | 2021-08-10 | Advanced Composite Structures, Llc | Air cargo container and curtain for the same |
US20180065778A1 (en) * | 2016-09-02 | 2018-03-08 | Kenneth Johnson | Collapsible fuel container |
US11549742B2 (en) * | 2017-06-23 | 2023-01-10 | Carrier Corporation | Curtain track seal |
US11851270B2 (en) | 2017-10-10 | 2023-12-26 | Advanced Composite Structures, Llc | Latch for air cargo container doors |
US11981498B2 (en) | 2019-06-28 | 2024-05-14 | Advanced Composite Structures, Llc | Thermally insulated air cargo container |
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FR2016324A1 (de) | 1970-05-08 |
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JPS4812269B1 (de) | 1973-04-19 |
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