WO1993023315A1 - A foldable container - Google Patents

A foldable container

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Publication number
WO1993023315A1
WO1993023315A1 PCT/SE1993/000387 SE9300387W WO9323315A1 WO 1993023315 A1 WO1993023315 A1 WO 1993023315A1 SE 9300387 W SE9300387 W SE 9300387W WO 9323315 A1 WO9323315 A1 WO 9323315A1
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WIPO (PCT)
Prior art keywords
floor
walls
roof
wall
foldable container
Prior art date
Application number
PCT/SE1993/000387
Other languages
French (fr)
Inventor
Thor Pedersen
Original Assignee
Hynell Magnus
Thor Pedersen
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Publication date
Priority to US08/335,852 priority Critical patent/US5611449A/en
Priority to EP93910505A priority patent/EP0639151B1/en
Application filed by Hynell Magnus, Thor Pedersen filed Critical Hynell Magnus
Priority to CA002135619A priority patent/CA2135619C/en
Priority to RO94-01816A priority patent/RO110806B1/en
Priority to UA94105971A priority patent/UA32428C2/en
Priority to RU9394039985A priority patent/RU2096296C1/en
Priority to DE9390109U priority patent/DE9390109U1/en
Priority to DE69308550T priority patent/DE69308550T2/en
Priority to JP52011393A priority patent/JP3237845B2/en
Priority to SK1359-94A priority patent/SK280970B6/en
Priority to KR1019940703803A priority patent/KR950701294A/en
Priority to BR9306352A priority patent/BR9306352A/en
Publication of WO1993023315A1 publication Critical patent/WO1993023315A1/en
Priority to BG99150A priority patent/BG61395B1/en
Priority to NO944248A priority patent/NO308028B1/en
Priority to DK9400418U priority patent/DK9400418U3/en
Priority to FI945301A priority patent/FI111067B/en
Priority to GR970401254T priority patent/GR3023610T3/en

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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
    • B65D88/00—Large containers
    • B65D88/52—Large containers collapsible, i.e. with walls hinged together or detachably connected
    • 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
    • B65D88/52—Large containers collapsible, i.e. with walls hinged together or detachably connected
    • B65D88/522—Large containers collapsible, i.e. with walls hinged together or detachably connected all side walls hingedly connected to each other or to another component of the container
    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E04—BUILDING
    • E04B—GENERAL BUILDING CONSTRUCTIONS; WALLS, e.g. PARTITIONS; ROOFS; FLOORS; CEILINGS; INSULATION OR OTHER PROTECTION OF BUILDINGS
    • E04B1/00—Constructions in general; Structures which are not restricted either to walls, e.g. partitions, or floors or ceilings or roofs
    • E04B1/343—Structures characterised by movable, separable, or collapsible parts, e.g. for transport
    • E04B1/344—Structures characterised by movable, separable, or collapsible parts, e.g. for transport with hinged parts
    • E04B1/3445—Structures characterised by movable, separable, or collapsible parts, e.g. for transport with hinged parts foldable in a flat stack of parallel panels

Definitions

  • the present invention relates to a foldable container comprising a floor, a roof and at least two side-walls.
  • Foldable containers of the above described type can be used as transportation containers for various kinds of goods, as weather shelters, as storage buildings on-building sites, or as quickly erectable habitable accomodations on catastrophe sites.
  • these known constructions comprise a number of loose parts such as wall sections, fastening members and the like which are required for assembling the container by means of a number of tools.
  • the various wall elements in a container may be pivotedly connected with each other through hinges.
  • a drawback with these hinges is that they often form bridges for heat transfer through the wall construction. Moreover these hinges are easily damaged during transportation and erection.
  • each one of the side-walls is connected to the floor through link members which form a connection between the edge side of the floor and the bottom edge side of respective side-wall, and which allows on one hand turning the wall between a horizontal position and a vertical position, and on the other hand displacing the wall in its own plane.
  • Fig. 1 shows in a perspective view a container according to the invention in its collapsed transportation state
  • Fig. 2 shows the container in a corresponding view during erection
  • Fig. 3 shows the container after finished erection
  • Fig. 4 is a section through the container along the line IV-IV in Fig. 1;
  • Fig. 5 is a partial sectional view illustrating the erection of a side-wall
  • Fig. 6 shows the wall after finished erection
  • Fig. 7 in a larger scale shows one of the link members of the container in a side elevation
  • Fig. 8 in a corresponding way shows the l nk member in a front elevation.
  • the collapsed container as shown in Fig. 1 forms a complete transportation unit comprising all parts of the erected container.
  • This transportation unit has a height of 40 - 60 cm and a length and a breadth which for example may correspond to the measures of a conven ⁇ tional ISO-container.
  • the weight for example may be about 700 kg.
  • the transportation unit therefore can be stored/transported in a mode which is very space-saving.
  • a lorry and a trailer for example can carry eight to twelve units.
  • the transportation also can be carried out by train, boat, aircraft or helicopter.
  • the erection is carried out by means of a lifting crane.
  • the cover member 10 of the unit is lifted from its bottom member 11.
  • the walls 12-15 are erected as shown in Fig. 2, one of these walls being provided with a door 16.
  • the cover member is replaced to form a roof on the container as is shown in Fig. 3.
  • Fig. 4 is a section through the transportation unit at a larger scale, showing how the cover member 10 and the bottom member 11 embrace the side walls.
  • the cover member 11 has an outer roofing 17, e.g. of aluminium, to keep out the weather.
  • the floor frame 20 is dimensioned such that it can be accomodated inside the roof frame 19 and comprises an outer aluminium coating 23, beams 24 of glue-laminated wood and vertical tubular rails 25.
  • the cover member and the bottom member are secured to each other in the transportation position by means of bolts 26.
  • the container according to the illustrated embodiment is rectangular and has a length which corresponds to at least twice' the height of the walls, the two side walls 13, 15 may lie in the same plane and therefore need not be stacked on each other.
  • All the outer walls 12-15 are connected with the floor frame 20 through a number of link members 27, each of which is rotatably pivoted with one of its ends in the edge side of the wall and is displaceably and rotatably connected with one of the tubular rails 25.
  • Each wall has an outer aluminium coating 28, space members 29, an inner wall board 30, and an insulation, not shown, located between the aluminium coating and the wall board.
  • Figs. 4 to 6 illustrate how the link members 27 run in the rails 25 during erection from transportation position to use position.
  • Figs. 7 and 8 show a link member at a larger scale, and it is seen that it comprises an elongated lever 31 which forms an angle and which at each end is connected with a cross-piece 32 and 33, respectively.
  • the cross-piece 33 is rotatably mounted in a mounting 34 at the lower edge of the wall.
  • the other cross-piece 32 is provided with friction reducing rolls 35, which run in the rail 25.
  • the mounting 34 has an angle stop 36, which prevents the link member from swinging beyond a certain angle position relative to the wall so that false handling is avoided during the erection of the wall.
  • the walls When the walls are erected, first the long sides 12, 14 are swung up vertically towards the inner side of the floor frame 20. Thereafter they are lowered into recesses 37 in the bottom portion 10. The short side-walls 13, 15 are erected correspondingly. The four walls are secured to each other by means of hook members, not shown, which are manouvered to their locking positions by means of a simple tool, e.g. a hex key. Finally the cover member 10 is lowered over the four walls until the walls rest in corresponding recesses 38 in the cover member 10, whereafter the cover member is secured to the walls by means of hook members corresponding to the above described hook members.
  • Sealing strips 39, 40 are used for sealing the gaps between the walls in the corners, and for sealing the gap between the walls and the upper edge of the frame 20 of the bottom member, respectively. These sealing strips may also be placed in recesses and protected in surfaces of the walls facing each other.
  • the invention is not restricted to the above described examples of embodiments, but several modifications are conceivable within the frame of the appending claims.
  • the bottom member of the container need not for example be square but can also have other shapes.
  • a plurality of containers according to the invention can be coupled together to a large unit, for example to be used as a school or as a hospital.

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Abstract

A foldable container comprising a floor (11), a roof (10), and at least two sidewalls (12-15). Each one of the side walls (12-15) is connected with the floor (11) through link members (27) forming a connection between the edge side (20) of the floor and the lower edge side of respective side wall (12-15). The link members allow on one hand turning the wall between a horizontal position and a vertical position, and on the other hand displacing the wall in its own plane.

Description

TITLE
A foldable container
TECHNICAL FIELD The present invention relates to a foldable container comprising a floor, a roof and at least two side-walls.
BACKGROUND ART
Foldable containers of the above described type can be used as transportation containers for various kinds of goods, as weather shelters, as storage buildings on-building sites, or as quickly erectable habitable accomodations on catastrophe sites.
US-A-4,742,653 describes an example of a foldable container of this type. Several more attempts have also been made to achieve such advantageous devices.
Usually these known constructions comprise a number of loose parts such as wall sections, fastening members and the like which are required for assembling the container by means of a number of tools. As an alternative the various wall elements in a container may be pivotedly connected with each other through hinges. A drawback with these hinges is that they often form bridges for heat transfer through the wall construction. Moreover these hinges are easily damaged during transportation and erection.
THE TECHNICAL PROBLEM
It is therefore a first object of the invention to provide a foldable container which is useful for the above described tasks, which container does not have any loose parts or need any fastening members for the erection and which does not have hinges which are easily damaged or other heat transferring bridges.
THE SOLUTION For this purpose the invention is characterized in that each one of the side-walls is connected to the floor through link members which form a connection between the edge side of the floor and the bottom edge side of respective side-wall, and which allows on one hand turning the wall between a horizontal position and a vertical position, and on the other hand displacing the wall in its own plane.
Advantageous embodiments of the invention are disclosed in the appending sub-claims.
DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS
An embodiment of the invention now will be described more in detail with reference to the appending drawings, in which
Fig. 1 shows in a perspective view a container according to the invention in its collapsed transportation state;
Fig. 2 shows the container in a corresponding view during erection;
Fig. 3 shows the container after finished erection;
Fig. 4 is a section through the container along the line IV-IV in Fig. 1;
Fig. 5 is a partial sectional view illustrating the erection of a side-wall;
Fig. 6 shows the wall after finished erection;
Fig. 7 in a larger scale shows one of the link members of the container in a side elevation; and
Fig. 8 in a corresponding way shows the l nk member in a front elevation.
PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS
The collapsed container as shown in Fig. 1 forms a complete transportation unit comprising all parts of the erected container.
This transportation unit has a height of 40 - 60 cm and a length and a breadth which for example may correspond to the measures of a conven¬ tional ISO-container. The weight for example may be about 700 kg.
The transportation unit therefore can be stored/transported in a mode which is very space-saving. A lorry and a trailer for example can carry eight to twelve units. The transportation also can be carried out by train, boat, aircraft or helicopter.
When the unit has arrived at its destination, the erection is carried out by means of a lifting crane. First, the cover member 10 of the unit is lifted from its bottom member 11. Thereafter the walls 12-15 are erected as shown in Fig. 2, one of these walls being provided with a door 16. Finally, the cover member is replaced to form a roof on the container as is shown in Fig. 3.
Fig. 4 is a section through the transportation unit at a larger scale, showing how the cover member 10 and the bottom member 11 embrace the side walls. The cover member 11 has an outer roofing 17, e.g. of aluminium, to keep out the weather. Inside there is a ceiling board 18 and insulation, suitable for the field of use, and a system of beams, not shown, which can take up forces, are provided in the space between the outer layers 17, 18. These construction details can be varied in many ways within the scope of the knowledge of the man skilled in the art and therefore need not be described more in detail.
A frame 19 with four sides, e.g. of glue-laminated wood, extends along the four edge sides of the roof in order to truss the roof and to protect the insulation. Further, the roof frame 19 cooperates with a corresponding four-sided frame 20 on the bottom member 11, which bottom member comprises an outer floor cover 21, e.g. of aluminium, which protects against moist from the ground. Inside there is a floor board 22 and an insulation, not shown, suitable for the field of use, and a system of beams for taking up forces is provided in the space between the outer layers 21, 22. These construction details may be varied in many ways within the scope of the knowledge of a man skilled in the art and therefore need not be described more in detail. The floor frame 20 is dimensioned such that it can be accomodated inside the roof frame 19 and comprises an outer aluminium coating 23, beams 24 of glue-laminated wood and vertical tubular rails 25. The cover member and the bottom member are secured to each other in the transportation position by means of bolts 26.
Due to the fact that the container according to the illustrated embodiment is rectangular and has a length which corresponds to at least twice' the height of the walls, the two side walls 13, 15 may lie in the same plane and therefore need not be stacked on each other. The walls 12 and 14, which form the long sides of the container, overlap each other in the transportation unit.
All the outer walls 12-15 are connected with the floor frame 20 through a number of link members 27, each of which is rotatably pivoted with one of its ends in the edge side of the wall and is displaceably and rotatably connected with one of the tubular rails 25.
Each wall has an outer aluminium coating 28, space members 29, an inner wall board 30, and an insulation, not shown, located between the aluminium coating and the wall board.
Figs. 4 to 6 illustrate how the link members 27 run in the rails 25 during erection from transportation position to use position.
Figs. 7 and 8 show a link member at a larger scale, and it is seen that it comprises an elongated lever 31 which forms an angle and which at each end is connected with a cross-piece 32 and 33, respectively. The cross-piece 33 is rotatably mounted in a mounting 34 at the lower edge of the wall. The other cross-piece 32 is provided with friction reducing rolls 35, which run in the rail 25. The mounting 34 has an angle stop 36, which prevents the link member from swinging beyond a certain angle position relative to the wall so that false handling is avoided during the erection of the wall.
When the walls are erected, first the long sides 12, 14 are swung up vertically towards the inner side of the floor frame 20. Thereafter they are lowered into recesses 37 in the bottom portion 10. The short side-walls 13, 15 are erected correspondingly. The four walls are secured to each other by means of hook members, not shown, which are manouvered to their locking positions by means of a simple tool, e.g. a hex key. Finally the cover member 10 is lowered over the four walls until the walls rest in corresponding recesses 38 in the cover member 10, whereafter the cover member is secured to the walls by means of hook members corresponding to the above described hook members.
Sealing strips 39, 40, see Figs. 2 and 3, are used for sealing the gaps between the walls in the corners, and for sealing the gap between the walls and the upper edge of the frame 20 of the bottom member, respectively. These sealing strips may also be placed in recesses and protected in surfaces of the walls facing each other.
The invention is not restricted to the above described examples of embodiments, but several modifications are conceivable within the frame of the appending claims. The bottom member of the container need not for example be square but can also have other shapes. A plurality of containers according to the invention can be coupled together to a large unit, for example to be used as a school or as a hospital.

Claims

1. A foldable container comprising a floor (11), a roof (10) and at least two side-walls (12-15), c h a r a ct e r i z e d in that each one of the side-walls (12-15) is connected to the floor (11) through link members (27), which form a connection between the edge side (20) of the floor and the bottom edge of respective side-wall (12-15), and which allows on one hand turning the wall between a horizontal position and a vertical position, and on the other hand displacing the wall in its own plane.
2. A foldable container according to claim 1, c h a r a c ¬ t e r i z e d in that one end (32) of each link member (27) is displaceable in a rail (25) connected with the floor (11).
" 3. A foldable container according to claim 2, c h ar a c ¬ t e r i z e d in that the rails (25) are placed in a frame (20) extending along the edge sides of the floor (11).
4. A foldable container according to claim 3, c h a r a c - te r i z e d in that the floor frame (20) forms a side support to the side-walls (12-15), when said side-walls are erected to vertical positions.
5. A foldable container according to claim 3 or 4, c h a r a c - t e r i z e d in that the floor frame (20) is provided to cooperate during transportation with a frame (19) running along the edge sides of the roof (10), said two frames together with the floor (11) and the roof (10) encasing a space accomodating the container walls (12-15).
6. A foldable container according to any of claims 2-5, c h a r a c ¬ te r i z e d in that the floor (11), the roof (10) and the side¬ walls (12-15) are provided with interior insulation, and that the floor and the roof have recesses (37 and 38, respectively) for the lower and upper edges, respectively of the walls, so that the side-walls (12-15) in their erected positions overlap the roof and the floor.
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Priority Applications (17)

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JP52011393A JP3237845B2 (en) 1992-05-11 1993-05-04 Foldable container
DE69308550T DE69308550T2 (en) 1992-05-11 1993-05-04 FOLDABLE CONTAINER
CA002135619A CA2135619C (en) 1992-05-11 1993-05-04 A foldable container
RO94-01816A RO110806B1 (en) 1992-05-11 1993-05-04 Pliable container
UA94105971A UA32428C2 (en) 1992-05-11 1993-05-04 folding container
RU9394039985A RU2096296C1 (en) 1992-05-11 1993-05-04 Folding container
DE9390109U DE9390109U1 (en) 1992-05-11 1993-05-04 Collapsible container
US08/335,852 US5611449A (en) 1992-05-11 1993-05-04 Foldable container
EP93910505A EP0639151B1 (en) 1992-05-11 1993-05-04 A foldable container
KR1019940703803A KR950701294A (en) 1992-05-11 1993-05-04 Collapsible container
SK1359-94A SK280970B6 (en) 1992-05-11 1993-05-04 Foldable container
BR9306352A BR9306352A (en) 1992-05-11 1993-05-04 Foldable container
BG99150A BG61395B1 (en) 1992-05-11 1994-10-31 Collapsible container
NO944248A NO308028B1 (en) 1992-05-11 1994-11-07 Foldable container
DK9400418U DK9400418U3 (en) 1992-05-11 1994-11-08 Foldable container
FI945301A FI111067B (en) 1992-05-11 1994-11-10 A foldable container
GR970401254T GR3023610T3 (en) 1992-05-11 1997-05-30 A foldable container.

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SE9201471A SE501645C2 (en) 1992-05-11 1992-05-11 Foldable container
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JP (1) JP3237845B2 (en)
KR (1) KR950701294A (en)
AT (1) ATE149461T1 (en)
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BG (1) BG61395B1 (en)
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CA (1) CA2135619C (en)
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DE (2) DE9390109U1 (en)
DK (2) DK0639151T3 (en)
ES (1) ES2101313T3 (en)
FI (1) FI111067B (en)
GR (1) GR3023610T3 (en)
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NO (1) NO308028B1 (en)
OA (1) OA09997A (en)
RO (1) RO110806B1 (en)
RU (1) RU2096296C1 (en)
SE (1) SE501645C2 (en)
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