WO2015043615A1

WO2015043615A1 - Transport system with a transport container

Info

Publication number: WO2015043615A1
Application number: PCT/EP2013/002906
Authority: WO
Inventors: Lutz Wolle; Denny Lukas KÄHN; Markus Barabeisch
Original assignee: Tts Tooltechnic Systems Ag & Co. Kg
Priority date: 2013-09-27
Filing date: 2013-09-27
Publication date: 2015-04-02
Also published as: EP3024622A1; EP3024622B1; ES2614825T3

Abstract

The invention relates to a transport system (1) which comprises a transport container (2) and at least one holding unit (4), wherein at least one accommodating shaft (36) is formed at a lower container part (13) of the transport container (2), in which the holding unit (4) can be releasably inserted. The holding unit (4) is provided with an article-holding device (56), by means of which it is possible to detachably fix an additional object (5) that is to be transported together with the transport container (2) to the holding unit (4). In this way, the usable transport capacity of the transport container (2) can be increased.

Description

TTS Tooltechnic Systems AG & Co. KG, D-73240 Wendlingen Transport system with a transport container

The invention relates to a transport system comprising a transport container having a box-shaped container bottom having an at least substantially rectangular plan with a bottom wall arranged in a main use position of the transport container and four upwardly projecting from the bottom wall in the axial direction of a vertical axis of the Behälterun, having mutually opposite side walls, wherein the side walls bound together at its top a container opening, which is associated with respect to the container bottom pivotally mounted Be hälterdeckel, with at least one formed on the container bottom in the region of one of the side walls receiving shaft, the one in the main-use position of Transport container in the axial direction of the vertical axis of the container base upwardly facing insertion opening for insertion of a plug system component of the transport system, and having at least one r plug-in system component which is releasably inserted into the receiving shaft for receiving a fixed to the container base use position through the insertion.

A transport system of this kind is known from WO 2011/032568 AI. A transport container of this known transport system is provided on the front side wall of its container lower part with a plurality of receiving shafts on the outside. NEN to record a plug-in system component in the form of a designed like a check card information carrier card which can be inserted through a slot-shaped insertion opening into the respective receiving shaft. The receiving shaft has on its front side a front window opening acting as a viewing window through which information printed on the information carrier card is visible, for example the content description of a product accommodated in the transport container. The transport container itself defines with its lower container part an interior space that can be used to hold any objects, for example, for mechanical tools.

In practice, there are cases in which a machine located in the transport container must be transported together with other, be marked as additional items items to a destination, for example, to a construction site, but the subject in question inside the transport container or not housed under unfavorable conditions can be. Larger additional items such as a spirit level or filled with sealing material cartridge fit on the one hand usually not into the interior of the transport container and could also damage a machine located there. Small parts such as machine tools, screws or dowels are, if they are inserted into the interior of the transport container, often very difficult to find again. The user of the transport system is therefore usually reliant on carrying several transport containers at the same time in order to be able to transport a large number of different objects. From WO 2011/131213 AI it is already known to use two outside on the lower part of a transport container formed, serving to receive a check card-shaped information carrier receiving shafts for receiving the coupling means of a carrying handle, which allows it in the mounted state, the transport container by type a briefcase to transport.

From DE 92 06 394 Ul a rail-shaped wall holder is known which can be used to mount for the storage of small parts serving containers. The wall bracket has through holes, by means of which it can be screwed to a wall.

From EP 2 315 701 B1 a stack container arrangement is known, which has several stackable transport containers, which can be coupled vertically in the stacked state by locking means.

The invention has for its object to provide a transport system of the type mentioned above, which allows for easy handling and cost-effective design improved variability for the transport and / or storage of items.

To solve this problem is in the inventive

Transport system at least one plug-in system component as for expanding the usable transport and / or Aufbewah- capacity of the transport container serving and for this purpose the attachment of an additional item enabling holding unit formed by a to their attachment to

Transport container releasably in the at least one receiving slot insertable mounting bracket and arranged on a mounting bracket for releasably securing the Additional object trained item holding device has.

In addition to the transport container, the transport system according to the invention is equipped with at least one separate system component which can be inserted into a receiving shaft which is formed on the container lower part and has an upwardly pointing insertion opening and which for this reason is called a plug-in system component.

This plug-in system component is for the extension of

Transport and or storage capacity of the transport container designed as a holding unit that allows releasable fixing of an additional item. The holding unit itself is also releasably inserted into the receiving shaft so that it can be removed at any time when not in use. There is the advantageous possibility of always attaching the holding unit to the transport container using a receiving shaft of the container lower part only if it is actually required. For attachment in the receiving shaft, the holding unit is equipped with a correspondingly adapted mounting bracket, which can be inserted or pushed into the receiving shaft through the insertion opening of the receiving shaft, which is preferably slot-shaped. The article holding device disposed on the mounting bracket is configured to allow releasable fixing of an auxiliary article, which affords the possibility of attaching or detaching an auxiliary article without removing the holding unit from the container bottom. The additional article is, for example, a tool of larger dimensions, which for reasons of space or for other reasons can not or should not be carried in the interior of the transport container itself. In the additional item may, for example, but also to a act smaller receptacle, which serves to hold small parts, which can be stored using the receptacle on the outside of the container base or inside the container stored. The additional items are not items whose intended use relates to the handling of the transport container itself. It is about to expand the usable transport and / or storage capacity of the transport container. Depending on the location of a receiving shaft, this may mean that a holding unit is externally attachable to the side wall of the container base or inside of the container base, wherein a holding unit arranged in the interior of the container base increases the usable transport or storage capacity insofar as, for example, in addition to a machine transporting tools or small items of iron can be placed in areas of the container interior, which could not be used without the holding unit.

Advantageous developments of the invention will become apparent from the dependent claims.

The container base may be equipped with only one receiving slot for a plug-in system component or with multiple receiving slots. Each receiving shaft can be used to fix a holding unit embodied as a plug-in system component, with the possibility of using only one receiving shaft or, at the same time, several receiving slots, on a case-by-case basis. With appropriate distribution of several receiving wells, it is also possible to use several sitting in different receiving slots holding units to fix together a larger additional item, such as a spirit level. To the transport system suitably include a plurality of holding units, which are used simultaneously or in groups or individually in connection with the transport container. Among the several holding units, there may be various types of holding units which are individually adapted to different types of additional items to be fixed. Thus, for example, a type of holding unit may be formed to releasably fix a receptacle thereto which is useable to receive small parts such as screws or dowels. Another type of holding unit may be equipped with clamping means, for example, contain a strap so that tools can be clamped. The design of the object holding device integrated in the holding unit has virtually no limits.

Conveniently, at least one receiving shaft and preferably each receiving shaft is integrally formed on the container base. Particularly expedient is a pertinent training that at least one receiving shaft outside or inside of a side wall of the container base is formed integrally with the respective side wall. Here there is the advantageous possibility of integrally forming the receiving shaft in the manufacture of the container base or its side walls directly.

In particular, if the possibility is to be created to releasably fix larger objects using two holding units on the transport container, at least one of the four side walls, in particular on its outer surface, expediently equipped with two receiving shafts, which lie in the height direction of the transport container at the same height and are arranged transversely to the height direction at a distance next to each other. For example, two such Aufnähmeschachte be arranged side by side on the outside of a front side wall and flank, for example, a locking device on opposite sides, which is used to releasably lock the container lid in a closed position with respect to the container base.

In particular, if the container base, which is suitably the case, consists of a plastic material, it may be advantageous to provide the container base with a separate stiffening structure which extends in the interior of the container base between two opposite side walls and which is in particular a Stiffening strut acts. Conveniently, the container lid is pivotally mounted in the region of a rear side wall of the container lower part, wherein the stiffening strut is arranged adjacent to the pivot axis of this pivot bearing and in particular runs parallel to the pivot axis of the container lid.

The receiving shaft and the at least one holding unit are suitably matched in their design to one another in such a way that the underside of the retaining unit inserted into a receiving shaft with its use position is arranged with a vertical distance from the height level of the bottom wall of the container. If the receiving shaft is located in the interior of the container lower part, this makes it possible to use the free space between the bottom wall and the installed holding unit for further storage purposes.

Preferably, the mounting bracket is at least one holding unit and preferably each holding unit plate-shaped formed, in particular, it has a rectangular outline.

A particularly advantageous embodiment of the article holding device has at least one holding means, which can be referred to as encompassing holding means, because it is designed to at least partially surround the object to be fixed outside. In this way, a particularly reliable and secure fixation of an additional item. The encompassing holding means is in particular designed such that it extends at least partially around the additional article in the position fixing an additional article in a plane which extends at least substantially at right angles to the extension plane of the side wall of the container lower part assigned to the receiving shaft.

An advantageous embodiment of the encompassing holding means provides that it has a projecting in the assembled position of use of the holding unit transverse to the height direction of the transport container from the mounting bracket and thus also from the associated side wall of the container base support arm, which has a Abstützflache on its upper side. An additional object to be fixed can be placed on the support surface from above, so that it is supported vertically. The support arm is designed so that it expediently engages below the additional object to be fixed at least on its underside, thereby partially encompassing a total. The support arm is preferably formed plate-shaped.

For example, the support arm can be advantageously used to place a container-like additional object on it, wherein the article holding device expediently gerweise still has other components that serve to fix the parked on the support arm receptacle in place releasably.

The support arm is, in particular, a first leg of an L-shaped support section, which is fixed with its second leg at the lower edge of the mounting bracket, wherein it is in particular integrally connected to the mounting bracket. It is also advantageous if the and preferably the entire support portion is narrower than the mounting bracket. The second leg preferably extends in the axial direction of the vertical axis of the transport container downwards away from the mounting console.

An advantageous embodiment of the article holding device contains as Umgreif-holding means or as part of a Umgreif-holding means at least one bending flexible strand tensioning, which can be put around an additional item to be fixed and with the help of this additional item in particular releasably clamped. This tension cord is in particular a tension belt. The tensioning strand is expediently band-shaped.

The article holding device can also have a contact surface formed on the fastening console, which can be used to laterally support an additional object to be fixed. This contact surface is expediently oriented at right angles to the height direction of the container base.

The transport system is expediently equipped with at least one additional article which can be used as storage is designed container whose floor plan is smaller than that of the transport container and can be releasably fixed to a holding unit. To secure the position of the storage container in the use position, the article holding device can have a hook structure which acts on a side wall of the storage container. For example, the storage container can be attached in the context of a pivoting movement to the holding unit, wherein it is placed on a support arm and at the same time engages with a hook structure, which fixes it tip over.

Preferably, at least one receiving shaft is bounded laterally by guide grooves which lie opposite one another at right angles to the height direction of the container lower part and which extend in the height direction of the container lower part. The holding unit is provided on its mounting bracket on opposite sides, each with at least one guide rib, so that there is the possibility to spend the holding unit in its use position so that it is inserted through the insertion hole into the receiving shaft, wherein the guide ribs and guide grooves cooperate in pairs and cause a linear guide.

It is advantageous if at least one and preferably each receiving shaft has at its right-angled to the insertion oriented front side via an opening which is referred to as the front shaft opening and which merges directly into the insertion opening of the receiving shaft. In this way it is possible to insert a mounting bracket through the insertion opening into the receiving shaft, whose thickness is greater than the width of the receiving shaft, so that it can protrude through the front shaft opening through the receiving shaft. The up- In this case, the receiving shaft is preferably defined only by two opposing guide grooves and expediently by a shaft bottom. The shaft bottom in particular has the purpose of limiting the insertion depth of the holding unit. However, the shaft bottom can also be omitted if the maximum insertion depth of the holding unit is predetermined by other stop means

Preferably, at least one and preferably each receiving shaft is designed such that its insertion opening is arranged in the region of the upper edge of a side wall of the container lower part framing the container opening. The container lid is designed so that it at least partially over the insertion of the receiving shaft protrudes upon receipt of a container opening covering the closed position and thereby forms a securing means which prevents unintentional falling out of an inserted holding unit.

It is furthermore advantageous if at least one receiving shaft has a format which makes it possible to receive a credit card-sized information carrier card. In this way, at least one receiving slot has multiple benefits. It may be used to receive an information carrier card carrying, for example, information relating to one or more products in the shipping container. On the other hand, with the information carrier card removed, the relevant receiving shaft can also be used to mount a holding unit of the type described instead of the information carrier card. The invention ^'transport system may ensure in particular the possibility of existing transport containers which are already equipped with a trained for receiving an information carrier card receiving slot to use for the inventive transport system by using the existing Aufnah- meschacht or more existing receiving shafts are used to be equipped for purposes of expanding the usable transport and storage capacity of the transport container with a holding unit, which made it ^¬ light, at least one additional object releasably fix it.

The invention will be explained in more detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. In this show:

Figure 1 is a perspective view of a preferred

Embodiment of the transport system according to the invention, wherein a provided with a plurality of receiving slots transport container is visible, which is equipped in the left area with a holding unit, while in the right area a detached holding unit is visible,

Figure 2 shows the right portion of the illustrated in Figure 1

Transport system in the assembled state of a holding unit, wherein additionally an additional item in the form of a small storage container is shown, which is intended to be detachably mounted on the holding unit and which is expediently also a part of the transport system,

FIG. 3 shows the region of the transport system lying on the right in FIG. 1 in a front view with viewing direction according to arrow III from FIG. 1, a holding unit being shown in the state fastened to the transport container in a use position, FIG.

4 shows the transport container of the illustrated in Figures 1 to 3 transport system in an open position its container lid so that an insight into the interior of the container base is possible, in which there are more receiving shafts for fixing each holding unit, a section of the transport system in a section according to sectional plane VV of Figure 3, wherein a fixable additional item is indicated by dash-dotted lines, a section of the transport system in a ver vertical section according to sectional plane VI -VI of Figure 3, where dot-dashed an installed Umgreif holding means in the form of a tension cord hints hinted tet and wherein also a fixed by this strand tension additional item is indicated by dash-dotted lines, an isometric single representation of preferred in the transport system used for holding unit, and an isometric view of the transport system in an exemplary application for fixing egg nes additional item by means of two attached to the transport container holding units.

The apparent from the drawing, generally designated by reference numeral 1 transport system includes a preferably made of plastic material transport container 2 and one or more insert system components 3, which is with respect to the transport container 2 separate parts, however, for their use taking a Use position in a detachable manner to the transport container 2 can be fixed.

At least one plug-in system component 3 is expediently designed as a holding unit 4 serving to expand the usable transport and / or storage capacity of the transport container 2. This allows the detachable attachment of any additional item 5, such as a tool, a workpiece or a smaller receptacle. Conveniently, the transport system 1 comprises a plurality of holding units 4, which may be mounted on the transport container 2 alternatively to each other or at the same time at different locations.

The transport system 1 expediently contains at least one further plug-in system component 3, which is an information carrier card 6. This information carrier card 6 carries information relating to the transport container and / or the contents of the transport container, which preferably makes it possible to identify the contents of the transport container 2 from the outside without having to open the transport container 2. This information carrier card 6 has expediently a format which corresponds to that of conventional check cards, which are also used in cashless payment transactions. It is in particular the ID-l format according to ISO 7816. Preferably, the information carrier card 6 has an edge length of 85.60 mm x 53.98 mm x 0.76 mm and is at least predominantly made of a KunstStoffmaterial. The information mentioned is in particular printed on the card body of the information carrier card. It is also possible that the information carrier card is equipped with an electronic component that enables wireless identification of stored information, in particular according to the so-called RFID technology. As already indicated, each holding unit is 4 for the detachable fixing of an auxiliary object 5. Such an addition subject 5 is, for example illustrated in Figures 1, 2, 4 and 5, respectively, indicated storage b ^¬ approximately container 7, which is suitable for receiving small parts or other objects. This storage container 7, which can also be in multiple numbers to the transport system 1, for example, cup-shaped or cup-shaped and defines a storage space 8, which is expediently freely accessible from the top.

One or more storage containers 7 are expediently components of the transport system 1 and individually adapted to at least one type of holding unit 4 in order to be releasably fixed thereto.

In FIGS. 6 and 8, by way of example, another additional article 5 is indicated, which by way of example is a working medium 12 which can be used in conjunction with manual work. For example, it can be a tool. By way of example, the working fluid 12 is a spirit level.

The transport container 2 has an at least substantially rectangular floor plan. The term "rectangular" is to be interpreted broadly and also covers designs in which the four contour lines do not have a linear course, but rather, for example, via local bends and / or indentations

and / or projections, as is the case in the embodiment.

The transport container 2 has a box-shaped container lower part 13 with a bottom plan of the transport container 2 defining at least substantially rectangular basic crack. With regard to the term "rectangular", the above applies. The lower container part 13 has a bottom wall 14 arranged at the bottom in the main use position of the transport container 2, as seen in the drawing, and four sidewalls 16 which project upwards from the edges of the bottom wall 14 in the axial direction of a vertical axis 15 of the container lower part 13 and which extend in pairs opposite each other and together define a peripheral peripheral wall 17 of the container bottom part 13.

The four side walls 16 are, in particular, a front side wall 16a, which is opposite a rear or rear side wall 16b, and also two side walls 16c, 16d which are likewise opposite one another.

The four side walls 16 jointly define a container opening 18 which can be seen from FIGS. 4 and 6 at its upper side facing upwardly in the main use position. A container interior 22, which is lower and laterally delimited from the container lower part 13, is accessible through the container opening 18. This is suitable for receiving objects to be transported, for example, by machine tools or tools. The container interior 22 defines a

Transport and / or storage capacity of the transport container, which is not fully usable in the normal case, however, because an inserted object has, for example, dimensions that only leave open those areas of the container interior 22, which are not available for storage of other items without the stored main - to damage objects. This applies in particular to those regions of the container interior 22 which are located at a distance above the bottom wall 14. The transport container 2 also contains a container lid 23 associated with the container opening 18. The container lid 23 is pivotably mounted on the container lower part 13 about a swivel axis 24 indicated by dash-dotted lines, wherein the swivel axis 24 extends at right angles to the vertical axis 15. By pivoting about the pivot axis 24 of the container ^¬ lid 23 can optionally in a resting on the upper edge 25 of the peripheral wall 17 while the container opening 18 covering the closed position, which is indicated in Figures 1 to 3, 6 and 8, or in at least one of the upper edge 25 swung up while the container opening 18 for access to the container interior 22 releasing open position are moved, the figure 4 shows a possible open position. The pivotal movement about the pivot axis 24 carried out by the container lid 23 during opening and closing is indicated at 26 by a double arrow.

Both main axes are perpendicular to the vertical axis 15. The first main axis 27 extends from the one lateral side wall 16c to the other lateral side wall 16d and preferably perpendicular to the extension planes of these lateral Side walls 16c, 16d. The second main axis 28 ver ^¬ runs from the front side wall 16a to the rear Be ^¬ tenwand 16b and in particular perpendicular to the extension planes of said two side walls 16a, 16b. The

Pivot axis 24 preferably runs parallel to the first main axis 27 and in particular in the region of the rear side wall 16 b, expediently in the vicinity of the upper edge 25.

In the embodiment, the pivot axis 24 is defined by the fact that in the rear side wall 16b of the two The lateral side walls 16c, 16d ago each a bearing pin 32 is introduced, which also passes through the container lid 23.

The container lid 23 is in the closed position expediently with respect to the container base 13 solvable

lockable. For this purpose, a stationary first locking means 33 is arranged on the front side wall 16a, with which in the closed position of the container lid 23 in the region of the front side of the container lid 23 arranged movable second locking means 34 is selectively engageable in and out of locking engagement. Both locking means 33, 34 are expediently placed centrally between the two lateral side walls 16c, 16d.

The container lower part 13 is provided in the region of at least one of the side walls 16 with at least one receiving shaft 35, in each of which one of the male system components 3 is releasably inserted. In the inserted into the receiving shaft 35 state, the plug-in system component 3 takes the already mentioned use position on the transport container 2 a. The insertion and removal of the plug-system component 3 is done by a preferably slot-like designed insertion opening 36 of the respective receiving shaft 35 through which points in the axial direction of the vertical axis 15, ie in the height direction of the container base 13, upwards.

At least one receiving shaft 35 is expediently formed in one piece on the container bottom part 13. In the embodiment this applies to all receiving slots 35. This allows a particularly cost-effective yet precise production of each receiving shaft 35th Conveniently, at least one receiving shaft 35 is disposed on the outside of a side wall 16 of the container base 13 and formed integrally with the respective side wall 16. This applies to the embodiment. Here, a total of four receiving shafts 35 are formed at the outer sides of the circumferential wall 17 facing away from the container interior 22, two receiving shafts 35 being located on the front side wall 16a and furthermore a receiving shaft 35 being formed on each lateral side wall 16c, 16d.

Conveniently, several and in particular all of these aforementioned receiving wells 35 are at the same height with respect to the vertical axis 15th

The two receiving shafts 35 formed on the outside of the front side wall 16a are at the same height with respect to the vertical axis 15 of the container lower part and are arranged at right angles to this vertical axis 15, in the axial direction of the first main axis 27 in the exemplary embodiment. Conveniently, these two lying on the front side wall 16a receiving shafts 35 on both sides of the first locking means 33, which flank them. All formed on the outside of the side walls 16 receiving wells 35 are preferably identical to each other.

Alternatively or preferably in addition to the receiving shafts 35 formed on the outer side or on the outer surface of at least one side wall 16, at least one receiving shaft 35 is also arranged in the region of the inside of the inner side of the container 22 facing at least one of the side walls 16. Such for better differentiation from the arranged on the outer surface of the side walls 16 outer receiving slots 35 as inner receiving slots 35 be ^¬ recorded receiving slots 35 may be integral with the ordered side wall 16 may be formed, as in the embodiment of the outer receiving slots 35 applies. In the drawing, however, another embodiment is illustrated in which at least one and preferably a plurality of receiving wells 35 is integrally formed on a structural stiffening part 37 of the container base. This structural stiffening part 37 is expediently a component of the container lower part 13 which is separate relative to the side walls 16 and is fixed to the circumferential wall 17 by suitable fastening measures.

By way of example, the structural stiffening part 37 is a stiffening strut 37a which extends in the container interior 22 between the two lateral side walls 16c, 16d, directly adjacent to the rear side wall 16b, in particular being placed adjacent to the pivot axis 24.

The stiffening strut 37a is suitably held with the cooperation of the above-mentioned bearing pin 32 inside of the peripheral wall 17, wherein the bearing pin 32 frontally engage in the stiffening strut 37a from opposite sides.

In an embodiment not shown, the structural reinforcement part 37 and the respective Ver ^¬ steifungsstrebe 37a is formed integrally with the peripheral wall of the seventeenth

In the exemplary embodiment, a total of three inner receiving shafts 35 are formed on the stiffening strut 37a, which are arranged in the longitudinal direction of the stiffening strut 37a at a distance from each other and which are therefore in Achsrich- tion of the first major axis 27 along the inner surface of the rear side wall 16b extend.

Each receiving shaft 35 also has a direction indicated by a double arrow width direction 43, which is also perpendicular to the vertical axis 15 and at the same time oriented perpendicular to the longitudinal direction 42 , In addition, each receiving shaft 35 also has a height direction 44, which in turn is indicated by a double arrow and which runs parallel to the vertical axis 15 of the container base 13. The dimensions in the longitudinal direction 42 and in the width direction 43 define the transverse to the insertion direction of the male system component 3 considered shaft cross-section of the receiving shaft 35th

In order to insert a plug-in system component 3 into a receiving shaft 35 or to pull it out again from the relevant receiving shaft 35, the relevant plug-in system component 3 is moved linearly by hand by carrying out a manipulation movement 45 indicated by a double arrow. The direction of the handling movement 45 coincides with the height direction 44 of the receiving shaft 35.

To insert a holding unit 4 in a receiving shaft 35, it is placed above the insertion opening 36 of the respective receiving shaft 35 and then displaced downwards performing the handling movement 45, wherein it more and more immersed in the receiving shaft 35 until it has finally reached the use position , The removal from the receiving shaft 35 takes place in the reverse direction. Each receiving well 35 has a well back wall 46 extending between two well sidewalls 47. The two shaft sidewalls 47 are spaced apart in the longitudinal direction 42 and define the length of the respective receiving shaft 35.

At its front side, the receiving shaft 35 is expediently open. The relevant opening is referred to as the front shaft opening 48. This front shaft opening 4 is expediently uninterrupted into the insertion opening 36 above.

The front shaft opening 48 extends in the longitudinal direction 42 expediently from one to the other shaft side wall 47. In each of these two shaft side walls 47 a guide groove 52 is expediently formed, which extends in the height direction 44. Of fenen long sides of the guide grooves 52 are facing each other.

At least the receiving shaft 35, which is formed integrally with a side wall 16, expediently has a shaft bottom 53, which is formed in one piece with the relevant side wall 16 and is defined, in particular, by a projection formed on the side wall 16. The shaft bottom 53 lies opposite the insertion opening 36 in the height direction 44 at a distance.

In an alternative embodiment of the receiving shaft 35 is open at the insertion opening 36 opposite bottom. This is true in particular for such inner receiving ^¬ shafts 35, which forms out on the structural stiffening part 37 are. Here, the receiving shaft 35 is practically only through the shaft rear wall 46 and the two opposite lying shaft side walls 47 defined. In the receiving shafts 35 integrally formed with a side wall 16, each receiving shaft 35 is expediently provided by a shaft rear wall 46, of two opposite

Shaft sidewalls 47 and one opposite the insertion opening 36 arranged below the bottom of the shaft 53 limited.

Preferably, at least the receptacle shafts 35 formed outside the container interior 22 on the side walls 16 are placed so that their insertion opening 36 comes to lie in the region of the upper edge 25 of the peripheral wall 17. This has the effect that the upwardly oriented insertion opening 36 is at least partially and preferably completely covered by the container lid 23 engaging the closed position. This causes a captive securing a plugged into the receiving shaft 35 holding unit. 4

In the interior of the container base 13 formed receiving slots 35 are preferably also placed so that a plugged into the use position holding unit 4 of the closed position engaging the container lid 23 is so Überla siege that they can not accidentally fall out of the receiving shaft 35.

The at least one designed as a holding unit 4 plug-system component 3 of the transport system 1 allows He extension of the usable transport and / or storage capacity of the transport container 2. With the help of each holding unit 4, at least one of the already mentioned additional items 5 can be fixed to the transport container 2 be transported so that it is transported when the transport container 2 in turn undergoes a transport. The transport container 2 is of manually portable type. He is in the embodiment, therefore, above all, very easy to transport because he has at least one carrying handle 54, which allows a manual transport. Preferably, at least one carrying handle 54 is attached to the top of the container lid 23, although other mounting locations are also possible, in particular the container lower part. The carrying handle 54 is preferably mounted pivotably on the container lid 23 or on the container lower part 13, so that it can be pivoted in particular between a pivoted-up use position and a lowered non-use position.

A preferred embodiment of a holding unit 4 is illustrated in the drawing, with particular reference to Figures 5 to 7. Accordingly, the holding unit 4 has a mounting bracket 55 which serves for releasably fastening ^¬ tion of the holding unit 4 in the associated receiving shaft 35. With this mounting bracket 55, the holding unit 4 in the respective receiving shaft 35 can be inserted or inserted. The holding unit 4 also includes an object holding means 56, the purpose of which is to enable the egg ^¬ ne detachable fixation to be transported additional counterweight ^¬ object 5 on the holding unit. 4

In the illustrated embodiment, the fastening ^¬ supply bracket 55 is plate-shaped, and they can be designed to save material and weight as a hollow body or shell body. Preferably, the attachment bracket 55 has a rectangular outline.

The attachment bracket 55 has a height direction 44a and a longitudinal direction 42a. Both directions are illustrated by double arrows. In the inserted into a receiving shaft 35 stuck use position extends the longitudinal direction 42a parallel to the longitudinal direction 42 of the receiving shaft 35 and the height direction 44a is the same orientation as the height direction 44 of the receiving shaft 35th

Laterally, in the longitudinal direction 42a opposite sides, the mounting bracket 55 is provided with at least one guide rib 57 which extends in the height direction 44a. The cross-sectional shape of the guide ribs 57 is adapted to the cross-sectional shape of the guide grooves 52 so that they can slide with little play in the guide grooves 52. The mutual distance of the guide ribs 57 in the longitudinal direction 42a corresponds to the measured in the longitudinal direction 42 distance between the two guide grooves 52 of each receiving shaft 35th

Thus, the holding unit 4 can be inserted into a receiving shaft 35, that the guide ribs 57 and the guide grooves 52 cooperate in pairs. When inserted into the receiving shaft 35, the guide ribs 57 dive into the front side of each of the two guide grooves 52 of the receiving shaft 35 and slide in the height direction 44 until the desired use position is reached.

The fact that the receiving shaft 35 is open at its front, due to the front shaft opening 48, the mounting bracket 55 can be freely inserted, although it has a thickness which is greater than the shaft width. Thus, the holding position engaging the use position 4 can protrude through the front shaft opening 48 from the receiving shaft 35.

When a receiving shaft 35 is provided with a tray bottom 53, the insertion depth of the holding unit 4 and thus the use position expediently predetermined by the attachment bracket 55 abuts against the shaft bottom 53. In other words, the shaft bottom 53 here forms a stop means 58a for limiting the insertion depth of the holding unit 4. This can be seen particularly well from FIG.

Missing the shaft bottom 53, as is the case in the embodiment of the formed on the stiffening member 37 inner receiving shafts 35, the respective receiving shaft 35 expediently other stop means 58b assigned to limit the insertion depth of the holding unit 4. These other stop means 58b are in particular formed by at least one projection on which a formed on the back of the mounting bracket 55 counter stop 62 runs when the desired insertion depth is reached.

The stop means 58a, 58b are expediently positi oniert that the use position engaging holding unit 4 is arranged with a certain height distance to the height level of the bottom wall 14 of the container base 13. When arranged in the container interior 22 holding unit 4 be this implies that between the holding unit 4 and the bottom wall 14 remains a space that can be used to accommodate an object. In other words, in this case, the holding unit 4 makes it possible to position an additional item 5 quasi-floating in an area that would not be usable without the holding unit 4 for storing further items.

The article holding device 56 of the holding unit 4 already described with regard to its attachment bracket 55 expediently contains an L-shaped support section 63, which is in particular integrally connected to the mounting bracket 55. The L-shaped support portion 63 has a first leg 63a and a preferably perpendicularly oriented second leg 63b, being integrally formed with the end face of its second leg 63b on the underside of the mounting bracket 55 and extending downward therefrom in the height direction 44a , The first leg 63a projects forward from the second leg 63b in a direction perpendicular to the longitudinal direction 42a and the height direction 44a, and projects beyond the front of the mounting bracket 55. This means that the first leg 63a, when the holding unit 4 is placed in the use position, protrudes transversely and in particular at right angles to the vertical axis 15 from the associated side wall 16. Since the receiving shaft 35 is open at the front, the insertion operation is not hindered by the first leg 63a projecting forwardly of the support portion 63.

The support section 63 is in particular also designed so that it is offset with respect to the back in the use position of the shaft rear wall 46 facing forward, so that it can be moved past the stop means 58 a, 58 b unhindered. Thus, the support portion 63 in the height direction 44 project downwardly over the receiving shaft 35.

The first leg 63a forms a support arm 64, which has a support surface 65 at its upper side facing the use position, which can be used to support an additional article 5 to be fixed on the underside. This is clearly recognizable in FIGS. 3 and 6, in which in each case a dash-dotted line is indicated. 5 it can be seen, which rests on the Abstützflache 65 of the support arm 64 from above.

The support arm 64 is in particular plate-shaped. It is advantageous if the support section 63 in the

Expediently, the attachment bracket 55 protrudes on both sides in the longitudinal direction 42a with one end section 55a beyond the support section 63, wherein one of the guide ribs 57 is formed on each end section 55a.

It goes without saying that the second leg 63b can also be used in order to support an additional object 5 fixed to the holding unit 4.

Preferably, the mounting bracket 55 is functionally incorporated into the article support 56. By way of example, this is the case that at the front of the mounting bracket 55, a contact surface 66 is formed, which is oriented in the use position of the holding unit 4 is preferably perpendicular to the vertical axis 15 of the container base 13 and on which an additional item to be fixed 5 can rest laterally.

In a non-illustrated embodiment, the support portion 63 consists only of the support arm 64, which projecting immedi ^¬ bar of the mounting bracket 55.

It is further understood that a plurality of support portions 63 may be formed on the attachment bracket 55.

In the holding unit 4, the support portion 63 at least ^¬ forms a part of the fixed additional object 5 at least partially enclosing at its outer periphery holding by means which is referred to as Umgreif-holding means 67. This encompassing holding means 67 is designed such that it engages around the fixed additional object 5 at least partially in a plane which extends at least substantially at right angles to the expansion plane of that side wall 16 of the container lower part 13, in the region of which the associated receiving shaft 35 is arranged.

FIGS. 1 to 5 make it clear how an additional object 5 formed by a storage container 7 can be detachably fixed to the described holding unit 4. The storage container 7 is placed on the support arm 64 from above and is supported vertically with its container bottom 68 on the support surface 65. In addition, it can be perpendicular to the vertical axis 15, so horizontally supported on the contact surface 66. Thus, the storage container 7 does not fall over by the support surface 65, which Gegenstands- includes retaining means 56 preferably additionally formed on the front side in the upper region of the mounting bracket 55 hook structure 72 which engages the upper edge of the side wall 73 of the storage container 7 from above via ^¬, which is adjacent to the mounting bracket 55.

The storage container 7 is introduced into the article holding device 56, in particular by a type

Pivoting process by oblique attachment and subsequent erection.

FIG. 8 illustrates two holding units 4, whose gripping holding means 67 are partially formed by a flexurally flexible tensioning strand 74. The basic structure of the holding unit 4 corresponds to that, as described so far. In addition, however, the tensioning strand 74 is still present, which at one end is attached, for example, to a hook-shaped fastening projection 75 of the support arm 64 is attached and at the other end has a locking element 76 which is adapted to be able to enter into a releasable locking engagement with a counter-locking element 77 of the holding unit 4 can. The counter-locking element 77 is formed, for example, in the upper region of the mounting bracket 55 and is designed as an example as a hook, although other embodiments would be possible here.

As is illustrated in FIGS. 6 and 8, the tensioning strand 74 can be looped around an additional object 5 to be fixed, so that the same is gripped not only by the support section 63 but also by the tensioning strand 74 and thereby retained.

The tensioning strand 74 is expediently designed such that it can be mounted with a tensile prestressing, so that the fixed-tensioned additional object 5 can not fall off even in case of vibrations.

The tensioning strand 74 is preferably band-shaped and may in particular be a tensioning belt. Other design forms, for example in the manner of a rope, but are just ^¬ if possible.

It is further noted that the tension cord 74 can be also ^¬ di rectly attached to the mounting bracket 55 and can be designed for the sole fixing of an auxiliary object. 5

It is expedient if the holding unit 4 is designed such that it can be used both with and without a tensioning strand 74. This increases the functionality of the holding unit 4. It should be noted that the holding unit 4 may also be of other than the illustrated type, although the illustrated type is particularly advantageous. Depending on the nature of the additional item 5 to be held, the holding unit 4 can be designed individually.

Depending on the embodiment, the transport system 1 can be equipped exclusively with identical holding units 4 or else have different types of holding units 4, in any desired number. The user of the

Transport System 1 may then select from case to case that type of holding unit 4 that best suits the current transport purpose.

Although the transport container 2 as in the exemplary embodiment with a plurality of receiving slots 35 is equipped so that it can be equipped with several holding units 4 at the same time, it is of course also usable so that currently only a single holding unit 4 is mounted on it ,

All receiving shafts 35 are expediently designed so that one and the same holding unit 4 can be inserted selectively into each of the existing receiving slots 35.

It is basically possible to use a holding unit 4 for fixing only a single additional item 5. On the other hand, there is also the illus trated in Figure 8 ^¬ possibility of multiple support units 4 at the same time for fixing and using the same additional object. 5 This in particular when the additional article 5 has relatively large dimensions and in particular has a relatively large length. FIG. 8 illustrates the fixing of a working means 12, for example a spirit level, which has a longitudinal shape. Alternatively, this could also be, for example, an injection cartridge which contains silicone material to be used in the construction industry. In any case, this elongate additional object 5 is fixed by using two holding units 4, which are inserted in each one of the two receiving shafts 35 formed on the outside of the front side wall 16a. The fixed additional article 5 extends over the supporting surface 65 of the object

Holding means 56 of both holding units 4 away, so that the additional article 5 is supported at two spaced locations from below and preferably also from the side. The holding units 4 are particularly designed so that they are individual components, so not related in any structural form. However, it is quite possible to combine a plurality of holding units 4 in a structural unit so that they can be mounted together on the transport container 2 or removed from the transport container 2, respectively. For example, two holding units 4 could be combined by a connecting ^strut to ei ^¬ ner unit.

For the design of the at least one receiving shaft 35, a format that is the format of a conventional

Bank card corresponds, as used for example in cashless payments. This makes it possible to arrange in at least one of the receiving slots 35 an information carrier card 6 which is designed to be inexpensive in this credit card format. In this way, for example, it is possible, in a single distribution of the transport container 2 one or more outside of the peripheral wall 17 trained receiving slots 35 to equip with an information carrier card 6, which includes information regarding the housed in the transport container 2 product, such as the type designation of a power tool. The purchaser of the equipped with a power tool Trans ^¬ port container 2 can then remove the information carrier card (s) from the at least one receiving shaft 35 and instead if necessary use a holding unit 4, the usable transport capacity and / or storage capacity of the transport container 2 to expand.

In the exemplary embodiment, the holding units 4 and the receiving wells 35 are formed so that each holding unit 4 with its mounting bracket 55 is loosely inserted from above into the associated Aufnähmeschacht 35 and apart from the optionally acting as a loss securing means container lid 23 no securing means are present, a renewed Pull out an inserted holding unit 4 prevent. This facilitates a quick handling. However, it is quite possible to provide additional securing means which ensure, in particular on a positive basis, that a holding unit 4 experiences a releasable locking in the inserted use position, in which case it is intended in particular for a latching lock which causes an easily releasable latching fixation of the inserted holding unit 4 ,

Claims

claims

1. Transport system, comprising a transport container (2) having a box-shaped container lower part (13) having an at least substantially rectangular outline with a bottom wall (14) arranged at the bottom in a main use position of the transport container (2) and four starting from the bottom wall ( 14) in the axial direction of a vertical axis (15) of the container lower part (13) upwardly projecting, pairwise opposite side walls (16), wherein the side walls (16) together define a container opening (18) on its upper side, with respect to the container lower part ( 13) pivotably mounted container lid (23) is assigned, with at least one container bottom part (13) in the region of one of the side walls (16) formed receiving shaft (35) having a in the main-use position of the transport container (2) in the axis direction of the vertical axis ( 15) of the container base (13) upwardly facing insertion opening (36) for insertion of a Einsteck- Syste mkomponente (3) of the transport system (1), and with at least one Einsteck- system component (3) for inserting a fixed to the container base (13) use position through the insertion (36) releasably inserted into the receiving shaft (35), characterized in that at least one plug-in system component (3) serving as an extension of the usable transport and / or storage capacity of the transport container (2) and for this purpose the attachment of an additional item (5) enabling holding unit (4) is formed, which via an attachment bracket (55) which can be inserted detachably into the at least one receiving shaft (35) for attachment to the transport container (2) and via an article holding device (56) arranged on the attachment bracket (55) for detachable fixing of the additional article (5) features.

2. Transport system according to claim 1, characterized in that on the container lower part (13) a plurality of receiving shafts (35) are formed, each of which is suitable for mounting a plug-in system component (3) holding unit (4), such that the Container lower part (13) optionally with only one holding unit (4) or at the same time with a plurality of holding units (4) can be fitted.

3. Transport system according to claim 1 or 2, characterized in that it comprises a plurality of Einsteck- system components (3) formed holding units (4), which are each designed to be in a receiving shaft (35) of the container bottom part (13) to be used ,

4. Transport system according to claim 3, characterized in that the plurality of holding units (4) are alternatively used or inserted in one and the same receiving shaft (35) or in different receiving slots (35), wherein they are of the same type or different type.

5. Transport system according to one of claims 1 to 4, characterized in that at least one receiving shaft (35) is integrally formed on the container lower part (13).

6. Transport system according to one of claims 1 to 5, characterized in that at least one receiving shaft (35) au ^¬ Shen or inside of a side wall (16) of the Behälterunter- Part (13) is integrally formed with the respective side wall (16).

7. Transport system according to one of claims 1 to 6, characterized in that on the outside of one of the four side walls (16, 16 a) two receiving shafts (35) are formed, based on the vertical axis (15) of the container base (13) at the same height and at right angles to the vertical axis (15) are arranged at a distance side by side, wherein in these two receiving shafts (35) at the same time a holding unit (4) in a position of use can be fixed or fixed and these two holding units (4) together for multiple fixation one and the same Additional item (5) can be used, for example, a spirit level or a spray cartridge.

8. Transport system according to one of claims 1 to 7, characterized in that at least one receiving shaft (35) in the container interior (22) of the container base (13) is integrally formed on a lower part of the container (13) belonging to the structural stiffening part (37), in particular at one in the container interior (22) between two lateral side walls (16, 16c, 16d) extending stiffening strut (37a), wherein the stiffening strut (37a) is expediently arranged adjacent to a rear side wall (16b) of the container lower part (13) having a pivot axis ( 24) of the container lid (23) is associated.

9. Transport system according to one of claims 1 to 8, characterized in that the underside of taking their use position in a receiving shaft (35) inserted holding unit (4) with height distance to the height level of the bottom wall (14) of the container bottom part (13) is arranged.

10. Transport system according to one of claims 1 to 9, characterized in that the fastening bracket (55) at least one holding unit (4) is plate-shaped and expediently has a rectangular outline.

11. Transport system according to one of claims 1 to 10, characterized in that the article-holding device (56) has at least one externally at least partially encompassing the fixed additional article (5) encompassing holding means (67).

12. Transport system according to claim 11, characterized in that the encompassing holding means (67) is designed such that it engages around the fixed additional object (5) in a plane which is at least substantially perpendicular to the plane of extension of the receiving shaft (35). associated side wall (16) of the container base (13).

13. Transport system according to claim 11 or 12, characterized in that the Umgreif-holding means (67) at least one in the mounted use position of the holding unit (4) transversely to the vertical axis (15) of the container base (13) of the mounting bracket (55) projecting support arm (64) has on, on its upper side a support surface (65) for vertical support of an additional item (5) placed thereon, wherein the support arm (64) is preferably plate-shaped.

14. Transport system according to claim 13, characterized in that the support arm (64) by a first leg (63 a of an L-shaped support portion (63) of the article holding device (56) is formed, with its second leg (63 b) at the bottom Edge of the mounting bracket (55) is fixed, wherein the second leg (63b) is expediently narrower than the mounting bracket (55).

15. Transport system according to one of claims 11 to 14, characterized in that the article holding device (56) at least one holding unit (4) has at least one encompassing holding means (67) which is at least partially designed as flexurally flexible tensioning strand (74), the at least partially surrounds a fixed additional item (5), wherein the tensioning strand (74) is expediently formed band-shaped.

16. Transport system according to one of claims 1 to 15, characterized in that on the mounting bracket (55) at least one holding unit (4) belonging to the article holding device (56) and expediently perpendicular to the vertical axis (15) of the container base (13) aligned contact surface (66) is formed, on which an additional object to be fixed (5) can rest.

17. Transport system according to one of claims 1 to 16, characterized in that at least one additional object (5), which is expediently a part of the transport system (1), as a storage container (7) with respect to the transport container (2) smaller floor plan is formed wherein on at least one holding unit (4) expediently to the article-holding device (56) belonging hook structure (72) is formed, which on a side wall (73) of the in use position on the holding unit (4) fixed to the storage container (7) engages.

18. Transport system according to one of claims 1 to 17, characterized in that at least one receiving shaft (35) laterally perpendicular to the axial direction of the Vertical axis (15) of the container bottom part (13) opposite guide grooves (52) extending in the axial direction of the vertical axis (15) of the container base (13), wherein the holding unit (4) on its mounting bracket (55) laterally on opposite sides with guide ribs

(57) which engage in the use position of the holding unit (4) in the guide grooves (52) and at the Einsteck- ontage of the holding unit (4) in the guide grooves

(52) are insertable.

19. Transport system according to one of claims 1 to 18, characterized in that at least one receiving shaft

(35) has on its front side facing away from the associated side wall (16) of the container lower part (13) a front shaft opening (48) which continuously merges into the insertion opening (36) of the receiving shaft (35) so that a holding unit (FIG. 4) through the front shaft opening (48) through from the receiving shaft

(35) can stand out.

20. Transport system according to one of claims 1 to 19, characterized in that the insertion opening (36) at least one receiving shaft (35) in the region of the container opening (18) framing upper edge (25) of a side wall (16) of the container bottom part (13). is arranged and in a container opening (18) covering the closed position of the container lid (23) for captive securing an inserted holding unit (4) from the container lid (23) is at least partially covered.

21. Transport system according to one of claims 1 to 20, characterized in that at least one receiving shaft (35) has a format that allows the inclusion of a trained in credit card format information carrier card (6), wherein the transport system (1) expediently comprises at least one information carrier card (6) as a plug-in system component (3) which can be plugged into one and the same receiving shaft (35) as an alternative to a holding unit (4).