WO2012110400A1 - Conteneur transformable - Google Patents

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WO2012110400A1
WO2012110400A1 PCT/EP2012/052236 EP2012052236W WO2012110400A1 WO 2012110400 A1 WO2012110400 A1 WO 2012110400A1 EP 2012052236 W EP2012052236 W EP 2012052236W WO 2012110400 A1 WO2012110400 A1 WO 2012110400A1
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Georges-Paul Deschamps
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Ets A. Deschamps Et Fils
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Priority to MX2013009498A priority Critical patent/MX2013009498A/es
Priority to JP2013553875A priority patent/JP2014510662A/ja
Priority to AU2012217254A priority patent/AU2012217254A1/en
Priority to CN2012800093005A priority patent/CN103391879A/zh
Priority to BR112013021005A priority patent/BR112013021005A2/pt
Priority to MA36176A priority patent/MA34902B1/fr
Priority to EA201300920A priority patent/EA201300920A1/ru
Priority to US13/983,160 priority patent/US20140021075A1/en
Application filed by Ets A. Deschamps Et Fils filed Critical Ets A. Deschamps Et Fils
Priority to SG2013061544A priority patent/SG192758A1/en
Priority to NZ614046A priority patent/NZ614046B2/en
Priority to KR1020137024636A priority patent/KR20140029393A/ko
Priority to EP12702844.7A priority patent/EP2675699A1/fr
Priority to CA2826863A priority patent/CA2826863A1/fr
Publication of WO2012110400A1 publication Critical patent/WO2012110400A1/fr
Priority to TNP2013000343A priority patent/TN2013000343A1/fr
Priority to ZA2013/06058A priority patent/ZA201306058B/en
Priority to IL227969A priority patent/IL227969A0/en

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    • BPERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65DCONTAINERS 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
    • B65D25/00Details of other kinds or types of rigid or semi-rigid containers
    • BPERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65DCONTAINERS 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
    • B65D88/00Large containers
    • B65D88/52Large containers collapsible, i.e. with walls hinged together or detachably connected
    • BPERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B63SHIPS OR OTHER WATERBORNE VESSELS; RELATED EQUIPMENT
    • B63BSHIPS OR OTHER WATERBORNE VESSELS; EQUIPMENT FOR SHIPPING 
    • B63B35/00Vessels or similar floating structures specially adapted for specific purposes and not otherwise provided for
    • B63B35/34Pontoons
    • B63B35/36Pontoons foldable
    • BPERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B63SHIPS OR OTHER WATERBORNE VESSELS; RELATED EQUIPMENT
    • B63BSHIPS OR OTHER WATERBORNE VESSELS; EQUIPMENT FOR SHIPPING 
    • B63B7/00Collapsible, foldable, inflatable or like vessels
    • B63B7/06Collapsible, foldable, inflatable or like vessels having parts of non-rigid material
    • B63B7/08Inflatable
    • B63B7/082Inflatable having parts of rigid material
    • EFIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E01CONSTRUCTION OF ROADS, RAILWAYS, OR BRIDGES
    • E01DCONSTRUCTION OF BRIDGES, ELEVATED ROADWAYS OR VIADUCTS; ASSEMBLY OF BRIDGES
    • E01D15/00Movable or portable bridges; Floating bridges
    • E01D15/14Floating bridges, e.g. pontoon bridges
    • E01D15/20Floating bridges, e.g. pontoon bridges collapsible, expandable, inflatable or the like with main load supporting structure consisting only of non-rigid members
    • BPERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B63SHIPS OR OTHER WATERBORNE VESSELS; RELATED EQUIPMENT
    • B63BSHIPS OR OTHER WATERBORNE VESSELS; EQUIPMENT FOR SHIPPING 
    • B63B7/00Collapsible, foldable, inflatable or like vessels
    • B63B2007/003Collapsible, foldable, inflatable or like vessels with foldable members
    • BPERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B63SHIPS OR OTHER WATERBORNE VESSELS; RELATED EQUIPMENT
    • B63BSHIPS OR OTHER WATERBORNE VESSELS; EQUIPMENT FOR SHIPPING 
    • B63B2221/00Methods and means for joining members or elements
    • B63B2221/20Joining substantially rigid elements together by means that allow one or more degrees of freedom, e.g. hinges, articulations, pivots, universal joints, telescoping joints, elastic expansion joints, not otherwise provided for in this class
    • B63B2221/22Joining substantially rigid elements together by means that allow one or more degrees of freedom, e.g. hinges, articulations, pivots, universal joints, telescoping joints, elastic expansion joints, not otherwise provided for in this class by means that allow one or more degrees of angular freedom, e.g. hinges, articulations, pivots, universal joints, not otherwise provided for in this class
    • BPERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B63SHIPS OR OTHER WATERBORNE VESSELS; RELATED EQUIPMENT
    • B63BSHIPS OR OTHER WATERBORNE VESSELS; EQUIPMENT FOR SHIPPING 
    • B63B2241/00Design characteristics
    • B63B2241/02Design characterised by particular shapes
    • B63B2241/10Design characterised by particular shapes by particular three dimensional shapes
    • BPERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B63SHIPS OR OTHER WATERBORNE VESSELS; RELATED EQUIPMENT
    • B63BSHIPS OR OTHER WATERBORNE VESSELS; EQUIPMENT FOR SHIPPING 
    • B63B2241/00Design characteristics
    • B63B2241/20Designs or arrangements for particular purposes not otherwise provided for in this class
    • B63B2241/24Designs or arrangements for particular purposes not otherwise provided for in this class for facilitating transport, e.g. hull shape with limited dimensions

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  • the present invention relates to a convertible container which in its undeployed position can be taken, manipulated or stowed like any transport container, and in its deployed position forms an autonomous floating structure.
  • Containers or floating containers, which, when they are stowed together, make it possible to form a boat for combating an accidental spill of hydrocarbons at sea, in rivers or lakes.
  • These containers advantageously allow a very rapid delivery of means for controlling oil slicks, by air or by ship. In the latter case, and when the ship causing the oil spill is a container ship, these floating sea containers may already be on board.
  • this type of boat requires to have a plurality of separate containers, each having a specific function and all necessary for the formation and proper operation of the boat.
  • this type of boat has a restricted buoyancy especially in a sea formed while having a relatively small storage capacity.
  • the objective of the present invention is therefore to propose a floating transport device, simple in its design and in its operating mode, having the dimensions of a container for transporting goods in an undeployed position, comprising arrangements for gripping. handling and fixing of this device with, for example, standard harbor facilities, and forming a boat in its deployed position.
  • Another object of the present invention is to provide such a floating transport device which from a longitudinal dimension and a dimension transversal data in its undeployed position, that is to say those of a container, has a maximized deck area in order to significantly increase the loading capacity of the boat and a maximized hull volume in order to have the best possible buoyancy in its deployed position.
  • this transport device in its undeployed position, that is to say of container, are thus advantageously reduced, allowing its transport by truck, ship or cargo plane.
  • the present invention aims to minimize the space lost in the parallelepiped defined by the outlines of a container that is convertible into a boat, so as to maximize the useful dimensions of the deck of this boat.
  • the invention relates to a container comprising arrangements for gripping, handling and fixing this container, each of these arrangements being placed at a corner of the container in the undeployed position of the container, said container having a longitudinal dimension and a transverse dimension in this non-deployed position.
  • said container in said non-deployed position, is constituted by a stack of n boxes with n ⁇ 3, at least one of said boxes being placed between and at least partially in contact with two other of said boxes, at least some of said boxes being connected between they form a rigid structure, at least a part of said container being waterproof,
  • said caissons are at least partially in contact with each other, the number n of caissons and / or the dimensions of each of said caissons being determined so that there exists a parallelepiped in which said container is writable; walls of this parallelepiped being then at least partly formed by the free walls of said stack, the cumulative percentage of empty spaces between said boxes on the one hand, and the free walls of said stack and said parallelepiped on the other hand then being between 0.1% and 15% of the internal volume of said parallelepiped,
  • At least some of said boxes are movable between said non-deployed position and an extended position in which the assembly thus deployed then forms a floating structure having a longitudinal dimension and / or a transverse dimension greater than said longitudinal and / or transverse dimension of said container in its unexpanded position so as to have a maximized loading surface and greater than at least twice the surface of said container in its undeployed position.
  • free walls of the stack means the outer envelope of this stack defined by all the shapes of the boxes and their arrangement in the undeployed position of the container.
  • This percentage does not take into account of course empty spaces placed in the boxes and resulting, for example, hollow boxes for receiving loads and / or a hydraulic supply circuit.
  • the empty spaces may result from mobile boxes having a truncated triangular shape leaving a gap between two superimposed movable boxes.
  • the internal volume of a parallelepiped is known to those skilled in the art.
  • the container is thus fully inscribed in the parallelepiped.
  • the actuators for moving the movable boxes from the undeployed position to the deployed position of this container are not placed projecting from the parallelepiped.
  • the cumulative percentage of empty spaces between said boxes on the one hand, and the free walls of said stack and said parallelepiped on the other, is less than 10% of the internal volume of said parallelepiped
  • the shell of said floating structure has a longitudinal dimension, or transverse, greater than twice the longitudinal dimension, respectively transverse, of said container in its undeployed position
  • the hull of said floating structure in the deployed position of said container, has a longitudinal dimension from bow to stern greater than twice the longitudinal dimension of said container in its undeployed position.
  • said movable boxes are hingedly connected to a fixed block comprising one or more fixed boxes,
  • these mobile boxes are hingedly connected to the fixed block by a hinge.
  • this hinge is a hinge with two axes.
  • This hinge with two axes also called biaxial hinge, has two hinged parts which are connected to an intermediate piece carrying the two offset axes of rotation.
  • the container being constituted by movable boxes only, these boxes are connected in an articulated manner between them, and even better, are connected to each other by biaxial hinges,
  • this container comprises actuators for moving the mobile boxes from the undeployed position to the deployed position of this container and vice versa,
  • the movable boxes being hingedly connected by hinges to a fixed block comprising one or more fixed boxes
  • these actuators are motorized hinges or hinges including means for opening and closing said hinges.
  • these means for opening and closing said hinges include, for example, rotary cylinders powered by a power source, hydraulic or pneumatic.
  • this power source and its distribution circuit are placed in one of the boxes of the container.
  • the means for opening and closing the hinges can still be deported, and therefore not integrated with the hinges themselves. It may be purely illustrative, linear actuators or a cable system or an external crane.
  • the mobile boxes have complementary profiles so as to cooperate in the undeployed position of the container to form with a fixed block comprising one or more fixed boxes, an assembly whose free walls define a parallelepiped or substantially a parallelepiped, and more preferably a parallelepiped rectangle or cube,
  • the mobile pedestals may thus have a truncated triangular or triangular profile.
  • the triangular shape of the mobile boxes ensures the non-determination of a preferred direction of movement of the floating structure, which is then advantageously amphidromous.
  • the outer surface of said container in its deployed position is flat or substantially planar so that the bridge of the floating structure is plane or substantially plane
  • the container comprises at least one propulsion system so that said floating structure is self-propelled
  • this propulsion system allows at least one displacement of the floating structure in a direction transverse or parallel to the longitudinal axis of the floating structure.
  • At least one of said boxes is hollow to receive loads
  • said arrangements for gripping, handling and fixing said container being at least eight in number, said arrangements are placed at the ends of the corners of said container in its undeployed position, said arrangements being intended to cooperate with standard Iso infrastructure for the gripping, handling and securing said container, the container is connected to interconnecting means allowing two or more containers to be connected edge-to-edge or end-to-end to form a unitary shipping unit at the ends of the corners of which are placed arrangements for gripping, handling and fixing said unitary assembly,
  • the container comprises independently inflatable elements or not, to improve the buoyancy of said floating structure
  • these inflatable elements can be deployed from housings placed in the bottom of one or more caissons, the inflatable elements then being placed under these elements when they are deployed.
  • These inflatable elements are preferably dimensioned to ensure the stability and buoyancy of the floating structure.
  • these inflatable elements will have an elementary section of circular type.
  • these inflatable elements will have an elementary section derived from the trapezoid or rectangle, with edges at widely rounded corners and continuous faces minimizing breaks in shape.
  • the underside of these inflatable elements will have a slight slope facing the flow.
  • a flexible wall can be maintained tangentially with their lower part, this arrangement thus making it possible to recreate a certain continuity of shape.
  • the container comprises a supply circuit for inflating independently or not, these inflatable elements from a supply source for example pneumatic.
  • these inflatable elements are inflatable tubes.
  • This power source can for example be placed in one of the boxes.
  • the inflating pressure of the inflatable elements is controlled and adjusted by means of servo-control of the power source by probes such as pressure sensors, checking the inflation pressure of each inflatable element.
  • the container has retractable wheels or not,
  • This container preferably comprises at least two retractable wheels or not by extension block.
  • the central box may include at least one pair of retractable wheels or not to ensure the on-road movement of the container in its undeployed position.
  • At least two of the wheels of the container are directional.
  • at least two of said wheels are preferably motor.
  • This container then forms in its deployed position, an amphibious vehicle.
  • said container comprises locking means
  • These locking means may comprise locks intended to cooperate with two or more arrangements for gripping, handling and fixing said container placed opposite.
  • these locks may be double twist locks (also called “twist-lock”), mounted opposing tips, and interposed between two arrangements for gripping placed vis-à-vis and set up before the full deployment of container.
  • the locking means may comprise fasteners such as pins or bolted fastening lugs.
  • the container may be self-locking in its deployed position, the self-locking being ensured by the resulting force of the deployment actuators.
  • the self-locking can be ensured by load holding valves on the hydraulic cylinders ensuring the deployment of the container.
  • this container has the dimensions of an Iso transport container 10 feet, 20 feet, 30 feet, 40 feet or 45 feet, or any other dimension of a standard container defined by ISO 668 and ISO 1496-1 or any other standard , standard, or standard used in multimodal maritime, river, road, rail or air transport,
  • the container in its undeployed position is advantageously floating so that it can be dropped at sea and deployed for example automatically or remotely to form a ship.
  • the container When it deploys automatically, the container comprises one or more probes connected to a hydraulic supply circuit, for example, to feed the hinges and ensure their displacement from their open position to their closed position. These probes detect the presence of the container in the water, they ensure its stability and if so, send a message to the hydraulic power source for supplying the hinges for activation. The activation of these causes the passage of the container from its undeployed position to its deployed position.
  • the container When the container is remotely controlled, it comprises at least one receiver, or transceiver, connected to a control unit, the latter controlling the activation of the hydraulic source to power the hinges and activate them.
  • the invention also relates to a floating machine comprising at least two containers in their deployed position as described above, these containers being interconnected to form a unitary floating structure.
  • FIG. 1 shows schematically a front view of a container in its undeployed position according to a first embodiment of the invention
  • Figure 2 schematically shows the container of Figure 1 in its deployed position
  • FIG. 3 schematically shows a front view of a container in its undeployed position according to a second embodiment of the invention
  • FIG. 5 schematically shows the container of Figure 3 in its deployed position
  • FIG. 6 schematically shows a front view of a container in its non-deployed position according to a third embodiment of the invention
  • FIG. 8 schematically shows the container of Figure 6 in its deployed position
  • FIG. 9 schematically represents a perspective view of a container in its non-deployed position according to a fourth embodiment of the invention
  • FIG. 10 schematically shows the container of Figure 9 being deployed
  • FIG. 1 1 schematically shows the container of Figure 9 in its deployed position
  • FIG. 12 schematically shows a sectional view of a container with its inflatable elements in the deployed position, for simplicity, the container in the deployed position has been shown in the form of a single block;
  • FIGS. 1 and 2 show a container convertible in its unfolded and unfolded positions according to a first embodiment of the invention.
  • This container consists solely of a central box 1 having a longitudinal dimension and at the ends of which blocks are placed. 2, 3 which are connected to the central box 1 by biaxial hinges 4-7.
  • Each extension block 2, 3 consists of a single box, also called end box thereafter, which is hingedly connected to the central box 1 by a pair of biaxial hinges 4-7.
  • each extension block 2, 3 could comprise two boxes placed in contact with each other.
  • hinges 4-7 here comprise hydraulic rotary cylinders.
  • the container therefore comprises a hydraulic supply source and a distribution circuit of this hydraulic fluid (not shown) to feed the various hinges 4-7 and thus allow their opening and closing.
  • the container is therefore perfectly autonomous.
  • the end caissons 2, 3 which have a truncated triangular profile, are placed partly on top of one another and superimposed on the central box 1. Thus, one of the end boxes is placed in the undeployed position of the container between the central box 1 and the other end box 3.
  • Each end box 2, 3 has a length greater than half the size longitudinal of the central box 1.
  • At least one of these boxes 1 -3 is advantageously hollow to receive loads and / or devices or devices necessary for the proper functioning of the container.
  • Each box 1 -3 which is waterproof, forms a floating box.
  • the free outer walls of the end chambers 2, 3 and the central box 1 substantially define a rectangular parallelepiped 8, that is to say that this container is writable in its undeployed position in this regular rectangle parallelepiped 8 (dotted).
  • No structural element of the container is, by definition, projecting from this parallelepiped rectangle 8 so that this container can be stacked on and / or plated against other containers for storage or transport.
  • the container in its undeployed position deviates from this regular rectangular parallelepiped 8 by the recesses or empty spaces 9, 10 (hatched areas) between the boxes 1 -3 and the walls of the regular parallelepiped 8.
  • This rectangular parallelepiped here has dimensions equal to those of a shipping container iso 20 feet so that it can advantageously be taken, transported, handled, transhipped or stowed as any standard ISO container without the need for infrastructure or specific material, there is also an empty space 1 1 (hatched area) between the end boxes 2, 3 so that the internal volume of this regular rectangle parallelepiped 8 is not completely filled by the container in its non-position deployed.
  • This container comprises, at each of its corners, an arrangement 12 for gripping, handling and fixing the container. It thus comprises eight arrangements 12 which are placed at the ends of the corners of the container in its undeployed position.
  • the activation of the biaxial hinges 4-7 ensures the passage from the undeployed position of the container to its deployed position.
  • the end boxes 2, 3 form longitudinal extensions of the central box 1, said assembly thus deployed then forming a floating structure whose shell has a longitudinal dimension greater than twice the longitudinal dimension of this central box 1 .
  • first end box 2 rotates 180 ° between the undeployed position and the deployed position of the container
  • the other end box 3 rotates less than 180 °, here equal to about 167 ° , between these two positions.
  • each hinge with two axes 4-7 also called biaxial hinge, has two fixed parts each attached to a box 1, 3, or in full part, and supporting one of the two axes of this hinge. These two axes are connected by one or more rods ensuring the offset of the axes of rotation.
  • Each box 1 -3 comprises aluminum walls forming its sealed outer envelope.
  • Each box 1 -3 thus formed is structured by a longitudinal and transverse network of stiffeners designed to take up the local forces and the overall forces experienced by the container, both in the undeployed position and in the deployed position.
  • Each of these boxes 1 -3 thus forms a load-bearing structure capable of receiving large loads such as span, vehicles (truck, ...), equipment and / or personnel.
  • the triangular shape of the end caissons 2, 3 ensures, moreover, a good recovery of forces by the central box 1 allowing the use of the ends, or points, of these boxes 2, 3 for the carrying of loads.
  • the loading surface of the supporting structure is thus advantageously significantly increased.
  • the biaxial hinges 4-7 are dimensioned to withstand large loads both in the deployed position, that is to say in the floating structure configuration, in the non-deployed position, that is to say in container .
  • these boxes 1 -3 could be made of steel, stainless steel, cupronickel, polymer or more generally composite materials.
  • Figures 3 to 5 show a convertible container in its undeployed positions, being deployed and deployed according to a second embodiment of the invention.
  • the elements of Figures 3 to 5 with the same references as the elements of Figures 1 and 2 represent the same objects which will not be described again below.
  • This container is distinguished from that described in Figures 1 and 2 in that in its undeployed position, its periphery forms a regular rectangular parallelepiped.
  • This embodiment is preferred because the cumulative percentage of empty spaces between the caissons 15-19 on the one hand and between the caissons 15-19 and the walls of the regular parallelepiped in which this container is inscribed is then close to zero.
  • This container here comprises five caissons 15-19 of which only one is fixed 15, the other caissons 16-19 being movable. Two of these mobile boxes 16, 17 are placed between two other boxes 15, 18, 19, the set of boxes 15-19 being pressed against each other.
  • a box is here connected in an articulated manner to the other box by a pair of biaxial hinges 4-7, 21, 22 ensuring the displacement of one of these two boxes relative to each other.
  • Figures 6 to 8 show a convertible container in its undeployed positions, being deployed and deployed according to a third embodiment of the invention.
  • the elements of Figures 6 to 8 bearing the same references as the elements of Figures 1 and 2 represent the same objects which will not be described again below.
  • This container is distinguished from that described in Figures 1 and 2 in that in its undeployed position, its periphery forms a regular rectangular parallelepiped.
  • This container here comprises six boxes 23-28 which during deployment of the container are movable so as to form in the deployed position of the container a floating structure whose longitudinal dimension is greater than the longitudinal dimension of the container in its non-deployed position.
  • This floating structure thus has an increased flat deck surface.
  • Figures 9 to 1 1 show a convertible container according to a fourth embodiment of the invention.
  • This container comprises in its undeployed position a stack of three boxes 30-32 having equal dimensions, which are therefore superimposed on each other.
  • Two consecutive connecting arms form with the two consecutive boxes that they connect a regular parallelogram deformable so that the displacement of one of these boxes relative to a box immediately lower in the stack of said unexpanded position of said container, causes a circular translation of this box relative to the immediately lower box of the stack.
  • the connecting arms 34, 37 connecting the three boxes 30-32 advantageously provide a simultaneous and uniform movement of all the boxes of the container between the undeployed position and the deployed position and vice versa.
  • These connecting arms 33-38 are advantageously received in lateral housings 39 provided for this purpose so that no structural element of the container is placed in projection of the parallelepiped 40 defined by the free walls of the caissons 30-32 so that container may be stacked on and / or plated against other containers for storage or transport.
  • These lateral housings 39 correspond here to recesses in the lateral edges of the caissons 30-32.
  • the link arms 33-38 are rotatably mounted on the casings
  • link arms 33-38 comprise, for example, connecting rods.
  • the face or faces 40, 41 of the boxes 30-32 intended to come into contact with a face of another box when these boxes are placed end to end in the deployed position of the container each comprise a shape complementary to the face with which it is intended to cooperate in the deployed position of the container. In this way, the faces of two consecutive boxes thus coupled cooperate to lock in position the floating structure.
  • This container in its undeployed position may be inscribed in a rectangular parallelepiped 42, whose container in its undeployed position deviates by the empty spaces between the boxes 30-32 and the walls of this regular parallelepiped 42.
  • the walls of this rectangular parallelepiped 42 are then at least partly formed by the free walls of the stack formed by the boxes 30-32.
  • the cumulative percentage of empty spaces between these boxes 30-32 on the one hand, and the free walls of the stack and the parallelepiped 42 on the other hand is of the order of 15% of the internal volume of this parallelepiped.
  • Figure 12 shows schematically a sectional view of a container with its inflatable elements in the deployed position on the water, for simplicity, the container in the deployed position has been shown as a single block 43.
  • One of these inflatable elements 44 has an elementary section derived from the trapezium by presenting edges with widely rounded corners and continuous faces minimizing the breaks in shape while the other inflatable elements 45, 46 have a circular section. These last two inflatable elements 45, 46 are interconnected by a web 47 so as to have a continuous surface between these inflatable elements minimizing the breaks in shape.

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SG2013061544A SG192758A1 (en) 2011-02-17 2012-02-09 Convertible container
JP2013553875A JP2014510662A (ja) 2011-02-17 2012-02-09 転換式コンテナ
NZ614046A NZ614046B2 (en) 2011-02-17 2012-02-09 Convertible container
BR112013021005A BR112013021005A2 (pt) 2011-02-17 2012-02-09 recipiente conversível
MA36176A MA34902B1 (fr) 2011-02-17 2012-02-09 Conteneur transformable
EA201300920A EA201300920A1 (ru) 2011-02-17 2012-02-09 Трансформируемый контейнер
US13/983,160 US20140021075A1 (en) 2011-02-17 2012-02-09 Convertible container
MX2013009498A MX2013009498A (es) 2011-02-17 2012-02-09 Contenedor convertible.
AU2012217254A AU2012217254A1 (en) 2011-02-17 2012-02-09 Convertible container
CN2012800093005A CN103391879A (zh) 2011-02-17 2012-02-09 可转换集装箱
KR1020137024636A KR20140029393A (ko) 2011-02-17 2012-02-09 컨버터블 컨테이너
EP12702844.7A EP2675699A1 (fr) 2011-02-17 2012-02-09 Conteneur transformable
CA2826863A CA2826863A1 (fr) 2011-02-17 2012-02-09 Conteneur transformable
TNP2013000343A TN2013000343A1 (fr) 2011-02-17 2013-08-07 Conteneur transformable
ZA2013/06058A ZA201306058B (en) 2011-02-17 2013-08-12 Convertible container
IL227969A IL227969A0 (en) 2011-02-17 2013-08-15 Convertible container

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