WO2011003413A1 - Procédé pour charger un conteneur logistique, tel qu'un conteneur d'expédition, dans lequel un chargement est stocké dans des boîtes, et cette boîte - Google Patents

Procédé pour charger un conteneur logistique, tel qu'un conteneur d'expédition, dans lequel un chargement est stocké dans des boîtes, et cette boîte Download PDF

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WO2011003413A1
WO2011003413A1 PCT/DK2009/050167 DK2009050167W WO2011003413A1 WO 2011003413 A1 WO2011003413 A1 WO 2011003413A1 DK 2009050167 W DK2009050167 W DK 2009050167W WO 2011003413 A1 WO2011003413 A1 WO 2011003413A1
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Definitions

  • a method for loading a logistic container such as a shipping container, where cargo is stored in boxes and such a box
  • the present invention relates to a method for loading a logistic container, such as a shipping container or a truck container, and to a box for holding cargo to be loaded into the container.
  • a logistic container such as a shipping container or a truck container
  • a port terminal can only handle standard shipping containers but not other cargo units, which could be also transported by other non-container transport solutions like standard trucks, vans, standard train wagons or the like, and which can be loaded easily in the containers in the terminal.
  • This is especially a disadvantage in international trade as there are different local regulations and preferences around the world, which support different kinds of transportation solutions. For example the preference of very long trucks in Australia in comparison to much more limited truck length in Europe.
  • cargo to be shipped in containers are usually loaded at the site of manufacture or in a warehouse by a freight forwarder.
  • the cargo may loaded substantially as it is, an example being furniture, or it may be arranged on pallet, which are driven into the container using a forklift or pallet carrier.
  • the former method has the advantage that pallets and other packaging material does not take up room, whereas the latter provides a good hold of the cargo and ease of transportation in terms of handling and speed. It is, however, a problem common to both methods that the internal space within the container is often not filled completely, which not only leads to a sub-optimal utilization of the container capacity, but also may allow a displacement of the cargo during transportation, particularly at sea. Such displacement of one piece of cargo may cause damage to other pieces of cargo.
  • the efficiency of the emptying of the containers depend largely on how well the cargo where loaded. Not only as regards appropriate packaging etc. but also with regards to the position of each individual piece of cargo within the container. Something, which is notoriously difficult to manage, not least due to geographical distances and consequent cultural differences between the places of loading and unloading.
  • this is achieved with a method where cargo is stored in boxes each comprising one or more rectangular base element(s) and one or more side element(s), said boxes being build in a modular system, where each module has a height h, a depth d and a width w, so that, when the container has an internal space with a height H, a depth D and a width W, H divided by h is an integer, D divided by d is an integer, and W divided by w is an integer.
  • logistic box units improves the global logistic process significantly, especially in shipping, as it allows an easy exchange of cargo already in port terminals, not only between containers but also between different transport units and containers. This means that it is no longer required to use an intermediate warehouses and to change of transport documents, which leads to an optimisation of the entire logistic chain. Particularly when the boxes are furnished with customs seals as will be explained later.
  • boxes simplifies the exchange of cargo between containers and different kinds of transportation solutions, such as for example common vans, standard trucks, train wagons, aircrafts, which allows to adjust to different local transportation units.
  • boxes build in a modular system as described above means that the container can be filled completely, possibly using empty boxes as space fillers. If any particular box is not filled completely, a displacement of the cargo within will not cause damage to other pieces of cargo in the container.
  • module sizes should ensure that the boxes can be used as widely as possible and also be loaded in containers made following other standards such as for example High-Cube containers and other lengths, such as for example 45 feet, boxes made for use in ISO- containers will usually not fit exactly and it may be necessary to use some kind of fillers to prevent the boxes from sliding during transport, which is no different from what is known from the prior art loading of containers but is novel in a system solution.
  • the height, width and/or depth of one or more boxes may be increased by addition of one or more extension elements to another module size fitting inside a different type of container, filled with cargo or not.
  • Each box is preferably closed completely before being loaded into the container, preferably by means of one or more cover element(s) having substantially the same size and shape as the base element(s) used, possibly even using the same elements both as base elements and cover elements.
  • the completely closed box may be furnished with a customs seal just as is common practice with the entire container. This allow the boxes to be taken out of the container in the free port in stead of first having to be taken to a warehouse and the reloading into other containers bound for other destinations thus not only becomes easier and more environmentally friend, it also saves considerable amounts of time, administration and costs.
  • the closed box makes sure that the cargo will be kept dry even when the box is unloaded in rainy weather and boxes, which have been taken out of the container, may even be stocked outdoors.
  • the elements used for the box are made from a water tight and L)V resistant material. If using a stiff cover element or if the box is otherwise designed to take the load, boxes may even be stacked on top of each other.
  • side elements need not be interconnected, but to achieve a particularly stable box it may be expedient to do so. This may be achieved with corner elements, which are preferably attached to a base element. Similarly, when building larger boxes from smaller elements, one or more connector elements may be used for connecting side elements arranged adjacent to each other in the same plane.
  • the cargo may be placed directly in the finished box, but when transporting particularly heavy or fragile goods, it can be advantageous to arrange them on one or more base elements and to subsequently attach side elements to the base elements so as to form the box.
  • At least some of the side ele- ment(s) and/or base element(s) may be provided with a cushioning. If made inflatable the cushioning may be adjusted for each particular use and might even serve to fix the cargo within the box.
  • Empty boxes may of course be stored as they are, but to save space it is preferred that, upon use, the elements used for each box are detached wholly or partially from each other. In this way the box may be made collapsible or the base and side elements may even be stored in separate stacks.
  • the side element may simply be removed, leaving the cargo on the base element, ready to be picked up by the customers.
  • a skirt made for example from card- board, tarpaulin, plastic or the like, may arranged to cover the base element enclosing it along its sides.
  • the skirt may be slightly higher than the base element to protect the lowermost part of the cargo and company logos or advertisement may be printed thereon.
  • the base element may be simple plates or of a more complex design, for instance provided with holes or recesses allowing the box to be handled by a forklift, pallet carrier, conveyor or other logistic equipment. Such holes or recesses may also be used for interconnecting boxes or for lashing the boxes, either inside a container or directly onto a truck, train or ship.
  • the base element is preferred to be made from a plastic material, but it may also be made from a wooden standard pallet wrapped or enclosed in a waterproof material, since this will allow reuse of existing equipment.
  • the possibilities with regards to disposal and re- cycling should also be taken into consideration when choosing what kind of base element to use.
  • the nature of the cargo may be decisive meaning for example that it may be necessary to use metal base elements, when transporting particularly heavy cargo.
  • the re- Waits in the base elements may be provided in the form of grooved tracks. These grooves will give an increased friction, but pallet loaders and pallet carriers may also be provided with a corresponding, yet negative, pattern.
  • Profile patterned recesses may also be used for fixating the boxes in relation to each other and/or to the container. This may be done by arranging a fixation member having the negative pattern to the recesses in the bottom of the container or between the two boxes. In the latter case the cover element on the lowermost box may have recesses corresponding to those in the base element, possible even using a base element turned upside down as the cover element, or the fixating member could be an integrated part of the cover element.
  • boxes will of course entail a much more ordered loading of the cargo and consequently it will be much easier to unload the con- tainer.
  • a further improvement may, however, be achieved by introducing the boxes through one or more openings in a side of the container such as described in the applicant co-pending international patent application (number not yet known). This gives a considerably larger opening area than what is available, when loading the cargo through the doors in the end of the containers used today, and consequently eliminates the need to empty the container completely in order to reach the cargo stored and the end opposite the doors.
  • the easy access to the contents of the container allows it to be used directly as a storage shelf, so that the boxes do not have to be taken out of the container and transferred to the shelves of a warehouse. In this way it is not only possible to eliminate unnecessary transport between the free port and the warehouse, the containers and boxes may even take over much of the warehouse functionalities.
  • the boxes For the purpose of allowing the boxes to be easily transported they are preferably provided with wheels, which should be preferably be made so that they may be hidden within the base element when not in use. This allows the box to be pulled or pushed over a surface such as a container or warehouse floor or over the top of another box substantially without having to be lifted.
  • means may be provided in the base element for attaching a handle.
  • the base element has wheels only at one end and a handle, which has wheels of its own, is then attached at the other end.
  • boxes with wheels When using boxes with wheels, they may also be interconnect to form a train of boxes, which may be driven in common by means of one or more wheeled units, either wheeled handles as mentioned above or motorised units.
  • Fig. 1 is a perspective view of a first embodiment of a box according to the invention
  • Fig. 2 is an exploded view of a stage in the assembly of the box shown in Fig. 1
  • Fig. 3a and 3b are perspective views of bolt for interconnecting elements of a box according to the invention
  • Fig. 4 is a perspective view of a container filled with boxes according to the invention
  • Fig. 5 is a perspective view of a stage in the assembly of a base element for use in a second embodiment of a box according to the invention
  • Fig. 6 is a perspective view of a box build with the base element shown in Fig. 5,
  • Fig. 7 is a view corresponding to the one in Fig. 6 but with some of the elements removed,
  • Fig. 8 is a perspective view of third embodiment of a container according to the invention.
  • Fig. 9a is a side view of a base element that can be used in the embodiment of Fig. 8, and Fig. 9b of two such elements when interconnected,
  • Fig. 10 is a perspective view from below of a side element that can be used in the embodiment of Fig. 8,
  • Fig. 11 is a perspective view from below of the base element in Fig. 9a,
  • Fig. 12a and 12b are perspective views of fork arms of forklifts fitted with an engagement member
  • Fig. 13 is a side view of two boxes as the one in Fig. 8 stacked on top of each other,
  • Fig. 14 is a perspective view of a handle for moving a box according to the invention.
  • Fig. 15a and 15b are perspective view of foot elements for elevating a base element
  • Fig. 16 shows a shelf system
  • Fig. 17 shows perspective views of an alternative embodiment of a base element formed from a pallet.
  • a box 1 according to the invention is shown in Fig. 1. It comprises a base element 2, four side elements 3 and four corner elements 4.
  • the corner elements 4 are provided with longitu- dinal grooves enclosing edges 31 of the side elements 3 so that it may slide upwards and downwards as indicated by the arrow A.
  • the side elements may be fixed to the corner elements, for example by means of pins, bolts or the like (not shown).
  • corner elements without grooves could also be used, in which case the side elements could be arranged against a surface thereof and held in place by means of screws, glue, Velcro or any other means of attachment suitable for the purpose.
  • the side element could be attached directly to the base element as will be explained later.
  • cover element (not shown), which may be a hard plate-shaped element or simply a tarpaulin of an appropriate size.
  • the holes 41 at the top of the corner elements may be used for attachment of the cover element.
  • the elements used for the formation of the box may be made from any suitable material, such as metal or plastic, and should preferably result in a box, which is weather proof. It may also advantageous to provide gaskets or like water proofing as the joints between the different elements. It should in all events be kept in mind that logistic containers, in particular shipping containers, and consequently also the boxes are often subjected to a rather harsh treatment and that the materials chosen should therefore be relatively easily available and be not to expensive.
  • Side elements 3 as well as other parts of the box may be provided with a logo 32 or an indication of the content of the box, here exemplified by the text "BOX".
  • Fig. 2 the side elements 3 have been left out to display the base element 2 and corner elements 4 more clearly.
  • the base element is provided with depressions 21 at the corners, said depressions having a dept corresponding to the thickness of the corner elements so that the surface of the finished box is substantially smooth.
  • the corner elements 4 are attached to the base element 2 by means of an elongate fastener projecting through holes 42 in the corner elements and into corresponding holes 22 in the base ele- ment.
  • An example of such a fastener 43 is shown in Fig. 3a and 3b, said fastener being composed of two parts 44,45, the cross section of which is the shape of a segment of a circle and which may be rotated in relation to each other.
  • the fastener By introducing the fastener, which is in the position shown in Fig. 3a, into a hole and turning a knob 46 on the outermost part 44, the two parts will become displaced in relation to each other as shown in Fig. 3b.
  • the hole is also shaped as a segment of a circle and the length of the outermost part corresponds to the thickness of the material, the now projecting corner 47 on the innermost part 45 will then be caught behind the interior side of the material and the fastener can only be removed by turning the knob back to its original position.
  • Other types of fasteners such as bolts, screws, rivets, glue, welding or hook-and-loop type fasteners may, however, also be used depending on demands, choice of materials etc.
  • the box in Figs. 1 and 2 is substantially cubic having a height h, a width w and a depth d, which are relatively uniform, but this need not be the case. According to the invention the dimensions of the box should, however, be such that the internal space of a logistic container 5, such as a shipping container or a truck container, may be filled completely, when an appropriate number of boxes are loaded into it as shown in Fig. 4. I.e.
  • the height h of the box or of a number of boxes stacked on top of each other should correspond to the height H of the internal space
  • the depth d of the box or of a number of boxes arranged one behind the other should correspond to the depth D of the internal space
  • the width w of the box or of a number of boxes arranged side by side should correspond to the width W of the internal space.
  • Fig. 4 shows and open-sided container as described in the appli- cants co-pending international patent application (filed on the same date, application number not yet known), but it is to be understood that boxes may of course also be used in traditional containers, where they must be loaded through doors 51 at the end of the container. Similarly, the use of boxes is of course also possible with other types of containers than the ISO-container 5 shown in Fig. 4, examples being flat racks or other transportation units like standard trucks, vans, airplanes or trains. Again, loading boxes intended for one container type into another may cause the boxes to not fill out the container space entirely.
  • This problem may be solved by providing filler members the size of the remaining space or filler elements (not shown), which can be used for building boxes the size of the remaining space when combined with some of the module unit elements.
  • Another solution would be to provide extension elements allowing the box made in one modular system to be enlarged to a unit size of another modular system defined for the other type of container or to simply compensate for the size differences occurring most commonly.
  • Fig. 5 shows how four base elements 2 are interconnected by means of base connector elements 6.
  • these base connector elements 6 are provided with projections 61 fitting into recesses 23 in the base elements 2.
  • These recesses 23 may also be used to receive the forks of a pallet carrier and the projections 61 on the base connector elements are therefore preferably hollow and open at both ends.
  • the base connector elements 6 are preferably attached to the base elements 2 by means of bolt 62 or a fastener as shown in Fig. 3, fitting into holes 24 in the sides of the base elements, but other means of attachment are possible, including a force fitting of the base connector element into the base element.
  • the base con- nector elements shown in Fig. 5 is provided with a flange 63 projecting underneath the base elements 2 in the assembled state.
  • An indentation 64 is provided at the upper edge of the base connector elements shown in Fig. 5 and the length of the base connector elements are somewhat smaller than the total depth and width of the combined base elements. This is to keep the depressions 21 free.
  • Fig. 6 shows a box 1' made from with the combined base element in Fig. 5 and using to side elements on top of each to double the height of the box in relation to that in Fig. 1.
  • corner elements have been attached just as in Fig. 1 and vertical side connector elements 7 have been used at the vertical joints between side elements 3, said vertical connector elements being attached to the corners of two neighbouring base elements 2 in substantially the same way as the corner elements.
  • horizontal connector elements 8 have been used for interconnecting the horizontal joints between side elements, these horizontal connector elements being attached to the corner elements 4 and the vertical connector elements 7, preferably in the same way as the corner elements are attached to the base elements 2. It will, however, also be possible to provide the horizontal connector elements 8 with grooves so that they will fit over the edges of the corner elements and vertical connector elements.
  • the structure of the horizontal connector element 8 may be seen more clearly in Fig. 7, which corresponds to Fig. 6 but with most of the elements removed.
  • the horizontal connector element may be said to comprise a centre section 81, two side sections 82 and two end sections 83, 83'.
  • the end sections 83, 83' have holes 84 corresponding to the holes 22 in the base elements to allow attachment to the corner elements 4 and to the vertical connector elements 7. These holes 84 are preferably made at depressed sections corresponding to the ones 21 in the base elements 2 to achieve a smooth surface on the finished box.
  • one end section 83 is shaped to fit the corner element, while the other 83' is shaped to fit the vertical connector element, but it is also possible to use horizontal connector elements having uniform end sections.
  • the side sections 82 are flanges projecting over the edges of the side elements 3 and preferably, if there is room for it, into the grooves in the sides of the vertical connector elements 7 and corner elements 4.
  • the height of the larger box 1' shown in Figs. 6 and 7 should correspond to the height of two boxes 1 of the module unit size stacked on top of each other, the height of the centre section 81 of the horizontal connector element 8 should correspond to the height of the base element 2. They, however, do not have to be the exact same height as long as the finished box has a height of 2*h.
  • Both the vertical connector elements 7 and the horizontal connector elements 8 are substantially plate-shaped to that a smooth surface faces the interior of the box. If deemed necessary to achieve sufficient strength, they may also be made as T profiles or even I profiles.
  • Figs. 1-7 shows the use of boxes that are relatively stiff and which, depending of choice of materials, may be almost as strong as the container itself.
  • Fig. 8 shows a lighter version 1", which may for example be used directly as a display stand in supermarkets etc. This box is of a more elongate shape than the one in Fig. 1-7, but still lives up to the demands of being built in a modular system.
  • the box 1" in Fig. 8 is made with a relatively slim base element 2' and a single side element 3' made from a bendable sheet, the ends of which are joined by means of rivets 33.
  • the end faces of the box are provided with chock absorbers 34, which may also serve as distance keepers.
  • a base element 2' for use in the box 1" is shown in Fig. 9a and a side element 3' in Fig. 10.
  • the base element has a groove 25 along its edge and the side element has a correspond projection 35, which can be retained in the groove, whereby the side element will be fixed to the base element.
  • the projection may simply be a cord attached to the side element, which is then forces into the groove, or it may be an inflatable member, which is inflated for fixation once the side element has been arranged on the base element.
  • Another option is to use an elastic material, which can be stretched and drawn over the base element and then come into the groove once it is allowed to return to its original size.
  • a cover element (not shown) may be attached in the same way and the side element 3' of the box shown in Fig. 8 is therefore provided with a similar projection 36 at the upper edge.
  • This projection may advantageously be identical to the one used at the bottom edge, since it will then not matter, which way the side element is turned.
  • the same element may be used both as bottom element and as a cover element. It is even imaginable to use identical elements both as base, cover and side elements.
  • grooves 26 are provided for assembling two or more base elements 2' into a bigger one as described above, ei- ther by arranging a cord in these grooves encircling the entire assembly of base elements or by providing a connector member 31 as shown in Fig. 9b, which has been clicked into the grooves 26 of two neighbouring base elements.
  • Holes 30 are provided in the lower half of the base elements close to the corners to serve as points of attachment for lashing means such as ropes, wires, hooks or the like. These may be used not only for lashing the box but also for interconnecting base elements.
  • the base element 2' in Fig. 9a is also provided with wheels 27 allowing it to be pushed or pulled over a surface, e.g. by attaching a handle at the bracket 28 as will be explained later.
  • Fig. 11 shows a base element 2' seen from below.
  • this element has at least one wheel 27 which is provided only at one end, but more may of course be provided if deemed appropriate.
  • the wheels should preferably be retractable, so that they may be hidden within the base element when not in use.
  • the wheels may for example be forced out of the base element by air or hydraulic oil pressure, which could be establish manually using a pump, and be equipped to return to their retracted position once the air pressure is released. Alternatively, it could be clicked out by manual leverage lift from the side with a hand pallet carrier.
  • a handle as the one shown in Fig. 14 may be attached at the bracket 28 at the opposite end from the wheel 27.
  • the handle 92 also being provided with wheels 93 means the box now be pulled or pushed over the surface.
  • the extra wheels shown at the corners of the base element in Fig. 9a will give a good stability of the box during transportation, but a simpler solution as shown in Fig. 11 will often suffice.
  • the handle 92 shown in Fig. 14 comprises an attachment eyelet
  • the handle may also be provided with a hand break 97 acting either to break the wheels 93 or to make the wheels 27 on the base element retract into the base element.
  • rubber pads or like friction elements 32 is provided on the base element to keep it from sliding when sitting on a surface or on top of another box. These may of course be provided at other locations than those shown in the figures as long as they may easily come into contact with the surface.
  • the base element 2' is provided with grooved tracks 29.
  • the tracks are intended for the fork arms of a forklift or pallet carrier and the grooving is giving a particularly good hold, particularly if the fork arms are provided with similar, yet negative grooves.
  • Indentations 38, 39 are provided in the sides of the tracks for cooperating projections 42, 43 on the fork arms 40 of a forklift or pallet carrier, examples of such being shown in Figs. 12a and 12b.
  • both fork arms 40 have been fitted with an engagement member 41, 41', which may be detachable or a permanent addition to the forklift or pallet carrier depending on demands.
  • the engagement member 41 in Fig. 12a has a tooth-like profiling on the outer side surfaces, where the shape of the teeth or projections 42 corresponds to the shape of the small indentations 38 in the sides of the tracks 29.
  • the engagement member is adapted to allow the distance between the teeth to be increased and decreased. This could be achieved by a simple spring loading, possibly as an inherent feature of the material of the engagement member, by means of a mechanical system or with the help of a motor.
  • the teeth can be passive and the distance could be in- creased or decreased by adjusting the width between the forkarms, this being an inherent feature in forklifts.
  • the engagement member 41' is in the form of a pair of plates, which may be swung out as indicated by the arrows C to come into engagement with the larger indentations 39 in the sides of the tracks 29.
  • these larger indentations are only provided at one side of the tracks and only in those tracks extending in the length direction of the base element 2', but it is to be understood that they may of course also be made double sided or that the engagement member 41' on the fork arm 40 may be made single sided.
  • the engagement member is operated by means of telescopic extenders 431, which may be driven by means of compressed air, hydraulics, by simple spring or the like, but it is to be understood that other means may also be employed.
  • Such negative grooves may be provided in the form of a rubber or plastic sleeve or the like, which may further comprise barbs intended to come into engagement with the indentations shown in the sides of the tracks in Fig. 11.
  • This design of the base element uses only 1.5-5 cm for the lifting means, whereas traditional pallets has a space of 10 cm left open for handling by forklifts etc., meaning that more space is available for the actual cargo.
  • the grooved tracks 29, triangular indentations 39 or other means allowing lifting of the box may be used for fixating the box in relation to other boxes or to a container, if these are provided with a fixation member (not shown) having a negative groove pattern as described above.
  • a fixation member may be integrated in a box cover element or in a container bottom or it may be provided as a separate member to be arranged in between, preferably in the form of a beam shaped member having substantially the same length and width as the track.
  • grooved tracks with indentations along there sides have been used as a preferred example, but is to be understood that other patterns may function equally well.
  • the tracks 29 shown in Fig. 11 has a dept of approximately 2 cm and the wheels 27 elevates the base element 2-3 cm above the surface, leaving 2-5 cm between the surface and the track bottoms. This will usually be enough for forks of a forklift of pallet carrier to enter beneath the base element, but if desired, for example to minimise the risk of the forks causing damage to the box, bigger dimensions may be ap- plied.
  • Fig. 13 shows two boxes 1' stacked on top of each other, where the same type of elements has been used both for the base elements 2' and as cover element 9'.
  • This entails that the tracks 29 in the cover element of the lowermost box and those in the base element of the upper- most box forms two passages 91 between the boxes.
  • these passages will just big enough to allow the fork arms of a forklift to enter and lift the uppermost box, but if desired the tracks and thus the passages may be made deeper.
  • the interior side of the side element 3 is provided with ridges 37. These may serve at least three purposes, one being chock absorption, another fixation of the cargo and a third climate control. If the ridges are made from a flexible material and inflatable, the air inside may serve as a cushioning preventing the cargo from banging against the side element. Moreover, if the ridges are sufficiently large, the inflation thereof may cause them to come into contact with cargo already loaded into the box and press slightly against it to keep it in place. And last, but not least, the ridges may be used for leading hot or cold air, thus serving to control the temperature within the box, or for venti- lation.
  • Ventilation may of course also be provided via valves in the side, base or cover elements.
  • Heating, cooling and ventilation could of course also be achieved by other means, which will be well known to persons skilled in the art.
  • the boxes could in a known manner be provided with means for creating a vacuum inside.
  • the base element 2' may be provided with feet 10 as the ones shown in Fig. 15a. It may in principle be sufficient to provide four such feet, one at each corner, but a more stable construction may be achieved by also adding a foot plate 11 as the one shown in Fig. 15b, thus ending up with the base unit shown in Fig. 15c. It will be noted, that the number of feet in this embodiment corresponds to the number of material intersections on the grid-like foot plate. It is, however, to be understood that this need not be the case and that the dimensions and shapes of the feet and foot plate may vary.
  • the interconnections between feet 10, footplate 11 and base element 2' may be achieved using screws or bolts, but it is presently preferred to employ a click-on system.
  • the feet 10 and footplate 11 are preferably made from rubber or plastic, though not necessarily the same, and it may be advantageous to provide chock absorption as well as a non-skid surface.
  • Fig. 16 shows a shelf made from base elements 2' as the one shown in Fig. 11.
  • the base elements are provided with angular grooves (not visible) in those of their surfaces intended to face the interior of the box and corner posts 4' have been embedded in these grooves.
  • corner posts When using corner posts of equal height, this will provide a shelf, which may carry a box according to the invention at an elevated level.
  • two of the four posts have been extended using a extension piece 48 so that the uppermost base ele- ment have be arranged at an angle E.
  • Such a shelf may conveniently be used as a display in a supermarket, shop or the like, in which case the goods transported in a box can stay on the base element, which is then used directly as a store shelf. This will not only minimise the time use for moving goods from box to shelf but will also minimise the amount of packaging to be used and later disposed of.
  • the base element has been described as being made especially for use in boxes according to the invention. They may, however, also be made by providing a traditional wooden pallet with a weather proofing, as shown in Figs. 17a-17e.
  • the wooden pallet is placed on a bottom plate, fig. 17a, the open sides are closed by side-channel elements fig 17b, which are moved in from the sides thus enclosing the pallet fig. 17c, and there is placed a top element fig. 17d.
  • On the edge of the top element it is possible to connect a sheet by zipper or similar rope connection, moving it around the cargo, thus sealing the cargo placed on the pallet.
  • the weather proofing is for example made purely out of tarpaulin, which the pallet and cargo are placed on, and by zipper or similar rope connection the tarpaulin is closed around the pallet and cargo.
  • One or more of the elements used for a box may be equipped with RFID tags or the like to store data of loaded goods such as bill of lading for providing cargo information but also to allow optimal cargo tracking, for example based on satellite data.
  • the boxes may be equipped with a control processor to function as full remote unit, which can interact with logistic handling equipment, other boxes or containers to ensure optimal processes in terms of storage, position planning, moves, speed etc in the terminals, warehouses, production facilities etc., potentially even allowing organization by autonomous communication between the single units.

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L'invention porte sur un procédé pour le chargement d'un conteneur logistique, tel qu'un conteneur d'expédition (5) ou un conteneur de camion, à l'aide de boîtes (1) avec un élément de base rectangulaire (2) et un ou plusieurs éléments latéraux (3), lesdites boîtes étant construites sous la forme d'un système modulaire défini par la taille du conteneur logistique (5). Plusieurs boîtes (1) peuvent être construites ensembles ou reliées entre elles. Les boîtes (1) sont réalisées en un matériau étanche à l'eau, et, de préférence, résistant également aux ultraviolets, et peuvent être fermées et hermétiquement scellées. Des roues (27) peuvent être disposées au fond de chaque boîte, et un amortissement peut être réalisé sur l'élément de base et/ou sur les éléments latéraux. Egalement, des moyens pour chauffer, refroidir ou ventiler l'intérieur des boîtes ou pour créer un vide à l'intérieur de la boîte peuvent être disposés.
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