Classifications

• • 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
  • B65D25/00—Details of other kinds or types of rigid or semi-rigid containers
  • B65D25/02—Internal fittings
  • B65D25/10—Devices to locate articles in containers
  • B65D25/103—V-shaped elements, e.g. racks, protuberances projecting from a supporting surface, supporting the articles locally at its sides
• • 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
  • B65D1/00—Rigid or semi-rigid containers having bodies formed in one piece, e.g. by casting metallic material, by moulding plastics, by blowing vitreous material, by throwing ceramic material, by moulding pulped fibrous material or by deep-drawing operations performed on sheet material
  • B65D1/22—Boxes or like containers with side walls of substantial depth for enclosing contents
• • 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
  • B65D21/0209—Containers specially shaped, or provided with fittings or attachments, to facilitate nesting, stacking, or joining together stackable or joined together one-upon-the-other in the upright or upside-down position
  • B65D21/0213—Containers presenting a continuous stacking profile along the upper or lower edge of at least two opposite side walls
• • 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
  • B65D25/00—Details of other kinds or types of rigid or semi-rigid containers
  • B65D25/02—Internal fittings
• • 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
  • B65D25/00—Details of other kinds or types of rigid or semi-rigid containers
  • B65D25/02—Internal fittings
  • B65D25/10—Devices to locate articles in containers
  • B65D25/108—Devices, e.g. plates, presenting apertures through which the articles project
• • 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
  • B65D25/00—Details of other kinds or types of rigid or semi-rigid containers
  • B65D25/20—External fittings
  • B65D25/205—Means for the attachment of labels, cards, coupons or the like

Definitions

• the invention relates to a stackable magazine container according to the preamble of the main claim.
• a known magazine container (palletizing device) of this type (DE-Al 32 45 946)
• the receptacles provided on the supporting frame for positioning elements arranged on the conveyor track are formed by notches in the edge of the stack.
• This design results in comparatively large positioning tolerances if the dimensions of the workpieces intended for storage require a higher and therefore only limited torsional stiffness. In the case of automated production, these tolerances can generally still be accepted if processing takes place outside of the magazine container or support frame at a workstation and the parts stored therein need only be securely grasped by a handling device or a robot.
• the positioning accuracy that can be achieved with the known means is not sufficient in all cases in order to be able to carry out assembly or work processes directly on the workpieces stored in the magazine container or support frame.
• the characteristic features of the main claim result in a magazine container or a support frame which is characterized by a favorable ratio of its own weight to torsional rigidity and which can therefore be carried out so torsionally stiff without an unacceptable increase in its own weight that it can also be used on the conveyor track regardless of the location of the receptacles arranged positioning elements can achieve a positioning accuracy that also meets high demands.
• the receptacles for the positioning elements arranged on the conveyor track are provided on or in the upper edge flange of the support frame.
• the receptacles for the positioning elements are moved into the immediate vicinity of the means arranged on the container wall for the position-oriented hanging of workpiece-specific support elements, whereby the positioning accuracy can be increased so much that even operations with a very high tolerance sensitivity, such as the mounting of printed circuit boards , can be carried out on the stored workpieces, for example the printed circuit boards.
• the magazine container can be used as a storage, order picking and transport container and can also be handled manually if handles are provided on the supporting frame, in particular integrally formed, on at least two opposite frame legs and preferably on their mutually facing outer sides.
• a base wall is integrally formed on the support frame or that a base wall can be inserted interchangeably in the support frame.
• the magazine container can be used universally both for bulk goods and for separately stored individual items.
• a magazine container designed in this way represents a combination of a transport container provided for manual handling with a workpiece holder of classic design provided for automatic conveying, handling and production.
• FIG. 1 shows a perspective view of a magazine container provided with a bottom
• FIG. 2 shows a section along the line II-II in FIG. 1
• FIG. 3 shows the underside of the magazine container according to FIG. 1
• FIG. 4 shows two stacked magazine containers in one compared to FIG. 1 90 degree rotated position.
• the magazine container consists of a rectangular support frame 10 made of preferably antistatic plastic, on which a ribbed bottom 12 is integrally formed.
• the support frame 10 itself has an upper edge flange 14 and a lower edge flange 16, both of which are integrally connected to one another by a frame wall 18.
• the upper edge flange 14 consists of two edge strips 20, 22, between which stiffening ribs 24 are arranged in the corner regions and stiffening ribs 26 in the middle length region of each frame leg. Between the stiffening ribs 26 and the adjacent Ver stiffening ribs 24 each have a third edge strip 28 and a further stiffening rib 29 in the upper edge flange 14.
• the frame wall 18 is provided on the inside with a one-piece molded, circumferential prism or toothed strip 30, which is used for the position-oriented hanging of workpiece-specific shaped support elements 32 for the workpieces to be stored (FIG. 4).
• each frame leg of the frame wall 18 is provided with stiffening ribs 34 at the frame corners.
• the longer frame legs also have two further stiffening ribs 36 in the central area, between which the lower edge strip 22 of the upper edge flange 14 forms auxiliary handles for handling the magazine container.
• the stiffening ribs 34, 36 extend from the lower edge flange 16 and end a little way below the lower edge strip 22 (FIG. 2), so that there are continuously smooth guide surfaces 38 and support surfaces 39 for a lifting fork encompassing the upper edge flange 14 or a guide strip of a slide-in housing is available.
• a stacking edge 40 is integrally formed on the lower edge flange 16 and the bottom 12 at the same height (FIG. 3), which is formed from two edge strips 42, 44 running alongside one another, between which stiffening ribs 46 at the corners and stiffening ribs in the longitudinal center of the frame legs 48 and in between further stiffening ribs 49 are arranged.
• the contour profile of the stack edge 40 projected onto the floor 12 is selected such that the magazine container can be inserted in the upper opening edge 52 (FIG. 1) of a magazine container of the same design.
• the stacking edge 40 also serves to support and laterally guide the magazine container on a conveyor track, such as. B. a double belt or a chain conveyor.
• the basic structure of the magazine container described so far is very twisted with a relatively low weight stiff and therefore enables precise positioning of the stored workpieces in relation to a handling device or a processing tool.
• the outer dimensions of the support frame 10 are expediently matched to the EUROPA standard, which includes sizes of 60 x 40 cm or 40 ⁇ 30 cm.
• a receptacle 50 and 52 for stamp-like positioning elements provided on the conveyor track are provided on each side of the frame in the upper edge flange 14 and in the stacking edge 40, which can be inserted into the receptacles 50 and 52 from the side and position the magazine container exactly.
• the receptacles 50 are formed between the two edge strips 20, 22 and the two stiffening ribs 26 which - as can be seen from the drawing - are so inclined that the width of the receptacles 50 tapers towards the interior of the container.
• the height of the recesses 50 tapers at this point to the interior of the container by appropriate shaping of the edge strips 20, 22.
• the downwardly open receptacles 52 in the stacking edge 40 are formed between the stiffening ribs 48, which are also placed at an angle to one another and are matched to a correspondingly shaped positioning stamp.
• a handle 54 for manual handling of the magazine container is integrally formed on the outside between the upper and the lower edge flange 14 and 16, respectively.
• Each handle 54 has a grip strip 56 running parallel to the edge flanges 14, 16 and projecting outward from the frame wall 18 and which is provided with end sections 58 which are angled downwards and which extend to the lower edge flange 16.
• end sections 58 are each a wall leg 60 formed at a distance from the frame wall 18, which be so measure is that reaching behind the wall leg 60 with handling devices is possible.
• the lower edge flange 16 is so far recessed in the area of the handles 54 that the handles 54 can be gripped by the edge flange 16 without hindrance.
• support elements 62 are used, for example, for armature shafts 64 to be transported, which are removed from the magazine container by a handling device at a work station and placed there again after the work step.
• the support elements 62 are provided with prismatic supports 66 and 68 which are only indicated in the drawing and which position the armature shafts 64 with respect to the support elements 62 both in their axial direction and in relation thereto.
• the support members 62 also have upwardly bent end portions 70, each with one in the prisms or. Toothed strip 30 engaging opposing toothed strip 72 are provided and position the support elements 62 in the magazine container.
• the armature shafts 64 in the magazine container or in a work station in which positioning elements arranged on the conveyor track engage in the receptacles 50 and 52 of the magazine container, are positioned so precisely that the armature shafts 64 are reliably gripped by the gripper of a handling device can.
• the upper magazine container in FIG. 4 contains a support plate 74, for example for cylindrical workpieces 76, which are inserted into bores 78 of the support plate 74 and are supported on the support plate 74 with a collar 80.
• the support plate 74 lies on the prism or toothed bar 30 during transport of the isolated magazine containers and is lifted upwards from the prism bar 30 by two offset punches 82 which pass through the bottom group of the magazine frame and thereby in X-, Y and Z direction positioned exactly. Then an assembly process can be carried out directly on the inserted workpieces 76 remaining in the magazine container, e.g. B. a disc on the upper pin 86 are inserted.
• the two upper edge strips 20, 22 of the support frame 10 are provided with notches 88 one above the other for the vertical access of lifting means. Furthermore, a recess 90 (FIG. 4) is provided at an upper corner of the support frame 10 for receiving a sheet-shaped position-enhancing element 92 which can be plugged onto the support frame 10.
• the position securing element 92 has a pin 93, which has a slight excess compared to an insertion hole 94 in the upper edge strip 20.
• the plugged-in position securing element 92 in cooperation with a flattening 96 (FIG. 3) on the stack edge 40 of a supporting frame 10 of the same design, ensures that it can only be placed in a prescribed position.
• a space 97 and 98 for the attachment of information and information carriers are formed between two stiffening ribs 36, the edge strip 22 of the upper edge flange 14 and the lower edge flange 16.
• space 98 FIG. 4
• the lower edge flange 16 and the two stiffening ribs 36 are provided with wedge-shaped knobs 99 for holding an inserted pocket 100 for delivery notes or the like.
• a cutout 102 (FIGS. 3 and 4) is made in the lower edge flange 16, the edges of which are capable of latching an electronic data carrier 104 pressed into the cutout 102.
• recesses 106 are provided between adjacent stiffening ribs 49 for the unhindered passage of singles arranged on the conveyor track. each of which is assigned a stop surface 110 provided with an interrogation element 108 for the separation on the opposite section of the stack edge 40.
• Grooves 112 are provided on the bottom 12 of the magazine container for easier gripping of stored small parts.
• the frame wall 18 can i.a. may also be provided with grooves 114 (FIG. 2) for design reasons.

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