CN102209671A

CN102209671A - Reusable shipping and packing materials and method of use

Info

Publication number: CN102209671A
Application number: CN2009801441899A
Authority: CN
Inventors: R·海姆; C·R·奥利瓦; S·福斯卡里尼斯
Original assignee: ECO REBOX
Current assignee: ECO REBOX
Priority date: 2008-09-10
Filing date: 2009-09-09
Publication date: 2011-10-05
Also published as: JP2012501926A; EP2342144A2; WO2010030713A3; CA2736668A1; MX2011002673A; WO2010030713A2; KR20110070980A; AU2009291827A1

Abstract

An air bladder valve arrangement includes a tube having a cavity therein, the cavity having a plurality of chambers, each chamber being associated with one or more air bladder chambers, a stem positioned within the tube, the stem having a plurality of plungers, each plunger being positioned within a chamber of the cavity of the tube, each plunger being configured to selectively open and close communication of air between adjacent chambers of the cavity of the tube, wherein the stem is movable relative to the tube to position each of the plurality of the plungers to selectively open and close communication of air between adjacent chambers.

Description

Can use shipment and packing and using method again

CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED PATENT

The application requires the U.S. Provisional Patent Application No.61 of submission on October 28th, 2008, the interests of 108,885 preceence, and its full content is contained in this by reference and is used for all purposes.The application also comprises the U.S. Patent application No.12/208 that on September 10th, 2008 submitted to, 305 full content by reference.

Background technology

Thereby the present invention relates to the material that is used for loading and transporting and be used for reusing recyclable this material of shipment material to surpass the method that once is used for identical function or purpose in the storage of goods and transportation.The shipment material is transported to transport and be transported to maker with from maker to the user with from the user and transports to use or to reuse.Shipment and delivery service also can provide can be again with and recyclable pig with by its customer's use.

It is reported that in the U.S., packaging industry is the maximum user of cardboard and plastics and the second largest user of polystyrene.These packing have significant negative effect to environment.For example, it is reported that paper and board product constitute a big chunk of the municipal solid waste stream in the whole nation.It is reported that annual generation of the production of paper and board product surpasses 1,500,000,000 gallons waste water, and it is reported that every tree of processing needs to surpass 500 gallons water.In the landfill refuse, it is reported that paper for production per ton gives off and surpass 1.5 tons of greenhouse gases, be equivalent to drive to the amount that produces under the situation of Atlanta from the Seattle at 5,000,000 automobiles.One piece of report about the paper production status shows: this production is number three in the intensive industry of american energy, consumes 11.5% of all energy in the industrial sector.A lot of in the world paper sources it is reported the trees of cutting down from the area with habitat valuable and bio-diversity on ecology.

The use of plastics and polystyrene also has negative effect to environment.It is reported,, surpass 1,300 ten thousand tons of plastics (account for whole plastics 40%) and be used for packing, consumed and surpass 6,000 hundred million gallons water in 1999.Expanded polystyrene foam it is reported in environment to decompose needs about 900 years, and polystyrene reclaims and it is reported and be not " closed loop ", this means must use more resources and produce more pollutions at its production period.In the classification of energy resource consumption, it is reported that the environmental concerns of greenhouse gases effect and total environment effect and polystyrene foamed is only second to aluminium.

Summary of the invention

Packing are the urgent focal issues about sustainability.Usually, packaging industry is still followed tradition " 4-R " waste management method (decrement, multiplexing, regeneration, energy recovery utilization) but not is estimated and estimate that the life cycle influence of Traditional Packing and development reduce to use the strategy of the environmental concerns of Traditional Packing material.As a result, on attempt avoiding the basic emphasis of environmental concerns still to concentrate on " reducing metering " and " returnability ".Though the 4-R method may cause reducing on a small quantity of environmental concerns in short-term, it does not consider substantially to reduce the needs of whole environmental concernss of Traditional Packing.In the future, successful packaging system must make the influence to environment minimize when seamlessly satisfying social needs and expection.

That embodiments of the invention provide is a kind of innovation, environmental consciousness, reusable, shipping system independently, this shipping system can reduce the needs to Traditional Packing material (such as, corrugation box, packing box, timber, polystyrene, packing " small pieces ", plastics shrink wrap, " bubble " packing and wooden block dish).By become the solution based on recovery with the life-span of using at least ten to 15 times from one-shot usage, disposable material, embodiments of the invention can change the shipment and the packing Infrastructure of multiple industry.Embodiments of the invention can be applicable to any object of the standard that now otherwise is packaged into or customization size box, such as refrigerator and utensil, computing machine, TV, customization cabinet, furniture and other family and commercial articles for use, and can be applied to dwelling house and commercial transportation industrial.Greatly reducing and huge cost savings of the seamless transitions of a large amount of minimizings, logistics and the work of the packing that end product is to use, negative environmental consequences.

Therefore, that embodiments of the invention provide is a kind of innovation, environmental consciousness, reusable, independently shipping system and correlation technique, this shipping system and method can replace to the Traditional Packing material (such as, corrugation box, packing box, timber, polystyrene, packing " small pieces ", plastics shrink wrap, " bubble " packing, wooden block dish etc.) needs.Can for goods producer and shipment and delivery service provide can be again with the shipment material to satisfy the shipment needs that it continues.Existing maker and other shipment and channel of allocation can be used for the product of the manufacturing of packing with the shipment material is transported to customer or end user.Can provide encouragement or reimbursement so that its material is returned to servicing center handles and redistribute for the customer.Can be again can be transported to goods producer or shipment and delivery service subsequently to finish current period and to be used for subsequently cycle with the shipment material.

In first aspect, embodiments of the invention comprise and can use and callable shipment assembly again.This assembly can include but not limited to container and be arranged in one or more fastening assemblies of container.Container can be formed by single continuous planar pattern, and perhaps it can be formed by a plurality of parts that connect or be fixed together.Fastening assembly can be used to connect part separately or parts without limitation forming pig or the each several part of container is linked together, such as the main body that sheet or lid is connected to container.Therefore, shipment assembly disclosed by the invention has further reduced waste material and cost by the needs of eliminating the use of strap.Eliminate the re-usability that strap has also improved container, container can not sustain damage owing to the application repeatedly and the removal of strap.In addition, do not have strap can provide other external container surf zone be used to label, make marks, advertisement etc.

In certain embodiments, of the present invention can be again with and recyclable shipment assembly can also include but not limited to the inflatable device, the inflatable device can be used for protecting the article of container to avoid damage between storage or delivery period.The inflatable device can utilize the fastener in the flange shape zone of passing the inflatable device to be connected to container in removable mode.Fastener can be fixed in the wall of a container.In some cases, by after box unloads, removable fastener will remain connected to the inflatable device at the inflatable device.In other cases, fastener is connected to inflatable device and container in removable mode.Container, fastening assembly, inflatable device and fastener can be made by recyclable material, thereby need for recovery the parts of shipment assembly not separated or classify.Under many circumstances, in order conveniently to pile up when not using and to store, whole shipment assembly can be flattened basically.

In a further embodiment, the inflatable device is formed by at least two plastics that can be shaped, and wherein heat seal is used for these sheets being sealed and forming cellular subregion.Heat seal can be used for providing the flow path from the inflation point to each cellular subregion.Air, nitrogen or other unreactable gas be directed in the inflatable device and are incorporated in each cellular subregion inflatable air cushion with the article that are formed for pig.In some cases, heat seal also limits pipeline between inflation point and each cellular subregion to make things convenient for simultaneously the inflation basically of these sub-districts.Similarly, heat seal can limit pipeline between each sub-district and the venting point to make things convenient for simultaneously the venting basically of these sub-districts.In other cases, the inflatable device comprises boiler check valve between sub-district and one or more pipeline.In certain embodiments, the inflatable device includes but not limited to charge valve and/or blow off valve or aie escape valve.

On the other hand, the present invention includes the method for reusing recyclable shipment assembly.The shipment assembly is made by recyclable material and is offered goods producer or shipment and delivery service company to use with data set.Data set is formerly with related about the data of shipment assembly, and data set also is arranged on the shipment assembly or is positioned at the shipment assembly.Maker can use the shipment assembly to hold to transport to the retail point or otherwise transport goods to customer or end user.Detect the data related and use these data to determine the cash pledge of collecting at the shipment assembly with data set.This expense is separated for the expense of the production payment of shipment assembly the inside with the customer.After money is transferred to the security business account, can transport the shipment assembly to the customer.Subsequently, the customer takes out goods from the shipment assembly, and the shipment assembly is transported to servicing center, loads and transports the contact details that assembly has the customer alternatively.Servicing center inspection shipment assembly is to determine whether the reusing shipment assembly or whether to need replacement shipment assembly.If can reuse the shipment assembly, then the information of reusing about it is data other and the shipment component liaison.If the shipment assembly is then reclaimed in shipment assembly damage and can not reusing or repair, and about its information of disposal be further with the data of shipment component liaison.If shipment assembly want of repair, then about it repairing or the information of maintenance be further with the data of shipment component liaison.Servicing center can send the reimbursement or the returning of cash pledge alternatively.

On the other hand, the present invention includes a kind of recyclable material is reused for identical functions, purpose or purposes with salvage material method of handling.The article that have the unique identifier data respectively be connected to these article or be arranged in the data set of these article related.Receive this article at servicing center subsequently, this servicing center uses unique identifier to write down the reception of these article and make this recorded information related with this unique identifier.Servicing center is checked the state of article, and definite these article should be reused, repair, keep in repair still and reclaim.Information about the state of article and destination is related with unique identifier subsequently.If these article can be reused, then to can be again with taxonomy of goods to return to different makers and to transport this article.The place that has sent about article is related with unique identifier with the information of the number of times that it has been reused.

Therefore, in one aspect, the present invention relates to a kind ofly can use packaging bag again, comprising: first outside plate; Second outside plate; Sealing member is formed on the one or more chambers that have first end and second end between first outside plate and second outside plate with qualification; First gas circuit is formed by the sealing member of described first end of crossing over described chamber; Second gas circuit is formed by the sealing member of described second end of crossing over described chamber; And boiler check valve, be arranged between described chamber and described first gas circuit and be arranged between described second gas circuit and the described chamber.Described boiler check valve comprises: film (a), between first outside plate and second outside plate; (b) go up film, between first outside plate and following film; And heat-resistant component (c), make film and following membrance separation.Can also comprise with packaging bag again: be positioned at described indoor and in addition with the separated a plurality of separated Coupling points of described a plurality of sealing members of each chamber of qualification, these Coupling points film under each Coupling point position handle is coupled to each other with last film, these Coupling points also each Coupling point position on film and following film be coupled to first outside plate, thereby push film and last film down facing to first outside plate when described bag is inflated, blocks air or other unreactable gas leave described chamber thus; Be positioned at described second gas circuit and in addition with the separated a plurality of separated Coupling points of described a plurality of sealing members of described second gas circuit of qualification, these Coupling points film on each Coupling point position handle is coupled to each other with following film, these Coupling points also each Coupling point position on film and following film be coupled to first outside plate, thereby push film and last film down facing to first outside plate when described bag is inflated, blocks air or other unreactable gas leave described chamber thus.

In one embodiment, charge valve is arranged on the described bag and with first gas circuit and is communicated with.In one embodiment, aie escape valve is arranged on the described bag and with second gas circuit and is communicated with.In one embodiment, described bag is made by recyclable material.In one embodiment, first plate and second plate are determined that shape is positioned at the exterior flange of the described chamber and first and second gas circuits with formation.

On the other hand, the present invention relates to a kind of aie escape valve, aie escape valve comprises base and lid.Base comprises: internal diameter, external thread diameter and location wall.Described lid comprises: the top with opening; With with the screw thread of the external thread diameter of described base coupling.In one embodiment, the external thread diameter by described location wall or described base keeps described lid.

On the other hand, the present invention relates to a kind of fastening assembly, comprising: the first fastening plug-in package, comprise top and bottom, described bottom has cylinder, and this cylinder has bent flanges on the part of its inner periphery; And the second fastening plug-in package.The second fastening plug-in package comprises: first steady ring; Second steady ring; And interlocking unit, having bent flanges, this bent flanges comprises the mating surfaces with the surface coupling of the bent flanges of the first fastening plug-in package.First steady ring and second steady ring are configured to allow the moving of described interlocking unit between the described ring.

In one embodiment, interlocking unit between first steady ring and second steady ring time around its center shaft rotation.In one embodiment, the first fastening plug-in package also comprises drg the advancing with the restriction interlocking unit on the described bottom.In one embodiment, the second fastening plug-in package comprises the mark of the opening and closing position of indicating described fastening assembly.

On the other hand, the present invention relates to the reusable container assembly, comprising: have the container of the first wall and second wall, described wall is used to keep the mating parts of fastening assembly; And fastening assembly.

On the other hand, the present invention relates to a kind of can comprising again with the shipment assembly: container assemblies, comprise container with first wall and second wall, described wall is used to keep the mating parts of fastening assembly; Fastening assembly; With can use packaging bag again, be connected to container in removable mode.Fastening assembly comprises: the first fastening plug-in package, comprise top and bottom, and described bottom has cylinder, and this cylinder has bent flanges on the part of its inner periphery; And the second fastening plug-in package.The second fastening plug-in package comprises: first steady ring; Second steady ring; And interlocking unit, having bent flanges, this bent flanges comprises the mating surfaces with the surface coupling of the bent flanges of the first fastening plug-in package.First steady ring and second steady ring are configured to allow the moving of described interlocking unit between the described ring.Can comprise with packaging bag again: first outside plate; Second outside plate; Sealing member is formed on the one or more chambers that have first end and second end between first outside plate and second outside plate with qualification; First gas circuit is formed by the sealing member of described first end of crossing over described chamber; Second gas circuit is formed by the sealing member of described second end of crossing over described chamber; Boiler check valve is arranged between described chamber and described first gas circuit and is arranged between described second gas circuit and the described chamber.Described boiler check valve comprises: following film, between first outside plate and second outside plate; Last film is between first outside plate and following film; And middle heat-resistant component, make film and following membrance separation.Can also comprise with packaging bag again: be positioned at described indoor and in addition with the separated a plurality of separated Coupling points of described a plurality of sealing members of each chamber of qualification, these Coupling points film on each Coupling point position handle is coupled to each other with following film, these Coupling points also each Coupling point position on film and following film be coupled to first outside plate, thereby push film and last film down facing to first outside plate when described bag is inflated, blocks air or other unreactable gas leave described chamber thus; Be positioned at described second gas circuit and in addition with the separated a plurality of separated Coupling points of described a plurality of sealing members of described second gas circuit of qualification, these Coupling points film on each Coupling point position handle is coupled to each other with following film, these Coupling points also each Coupling point position on film and following film be coupled to first outside plate, thereby push film and last film down facing to first outside plate when described bag is inflated, blocks air or other unreactable gas leave described chamber thus.

In one embodiment, this assembly also comprise be positioned at described can be again with the aie escape valve in the packaging bag.In one embodiment, this assembly also comprises the data set that is arranged on the described container or is positioned at described container.In one embodiment, container assemblies comprises by two parts of fastening assembly bonded assembly at least.

On the other hand, the present invention relates to a kind of method of reusing the shipment assembly.This method comprises: data set is placed on the container that loads and transports assembly or in the container; Use is arranged on the described container or is positioned at the data of the data set detection of described container about described shipment assembly; Use described data to determine at first amount of money that transports the money of collecting to the customer that loads and transports assembly; After first amount of money of money is transferred to the security business account, described shipment assembly is transported to the customer alternatively; Utilize described customer's contact details alternatively, receive described shipment assembly from the customer; Check described shipment assembly, if and (a) revise described about the shipment assembly data in case the shipment component states well can reuse then indicate and reuse, perhaps (b) if the shipment component states is bad can't be reused then send described shipment assembly to reclaim, revise alternatively described about the shipment assembly data in case indication can't reuse or reclaim; Perhaps (c) replaces the damaged portion of shipment assembly, revises described data about the shipment assembly alternatively and repairs so that indicate.This method also comprises: alternatively the money of second amount of money is sent to described customer.

In one embodiment, data set is placed on the container that loads and transports assembly or in the container.In one embodiment, data set is placed on the container of container assemblies or in the container.

On the other hand, the present invention relates to a kind of air bag valve device, comprising: pipe, have the chamber in the described pipe, described chamber has a plurality of chambers, and each chamber is related with one or more gasbag chambers; Bar is positioned at described pipe, and described bar has a plurality of plungers, and each plunger is positioned at chamber indoor of described pipe, and each plunger is configured to optionally to open and close the connection of the air between the adjacent chamber in chamber of described pipe.Thereby described bar can move to locate each plunger in described a plurality of plunger with respect to described pipe and optionally open and close the connection of the air between the adjacent chamber.

In one embodiment, adjacent chamber is connected by passage between the chamber, and wherein said plunger is configured to open and close the connection by the air of passage between described chamber.Passage comprises chamfered portion between described chamber, thereby wherein said plunger comprises that conical head is to mesh the sealing member that is communicated with that is formed for closing the air between the adjacent chamber with described chamfered portion.

In one embodiment, described air bag valve device also comprises: end cap device, the chamber that is configured to allow air admission when opening the connection of the air between the adjacent chamber or leaves described pipe.

In one embodiment, described air bag valve device also comprises: elastic component is configured to make the biasing of described pipe and bar to cut out the connection of the air between the adjacent chamber.

In one embodiment, described air bag valve device also comprises: anchor fitting is configured to optionally described pipe and bar are fixed in each other to open or close the connection of the air between the adjacent chamber.

Description of drawings

Fig. 1 shows the pattern of the container be designed to hold laptop computer;

Fig. 2 shows the pattern of the container be designed to hold computer processing unit;

Fig. 3 shows the pattern of the container be designed to hold flat-screen televisions;

Fig. 4 shows the heat-sealing connecting bridge of container;

Fig. 5 shows the container with fastening assembly;

Fig. 6 shows fastening assembly with exploded drawings;

Fig. 7 shows the each several part of the fastening assembly be used to connect wall of container;

Fig. 8 shows the fastening assembly that connects two wall of container;

Fig. 9 shows the inflatable device;

Figure 10 shows the end elevation of inflatable device;

Figure 11 A and 11B show the boiler check valve in the inflatable device;

Figure 12 shows the section drawing of the junction of passing inflatable device and container;

Figure 13 A shows the cross section of passing container and inflatable device;

Figure 13 B shows the cross section of the inflatable device that passes container and partly lose heart;

Figure 13 C shows the cross section of the inflatable device that passes container and partly lose heart;

The flat shipment assembly that Figure 14 display stack stacks;

Figure 15 shows aie escape valve;

Figure 16 shows the aie escape valve of a part that is arranged in the inflatable device;

Figure 17 shows the section drawing of aie escape valve;

Figure 18 represents to be used for the shipment assembly of computer processing unit;

Figure 19 represents to be used for the shipment assembly of flat-screen televisions;

Figure 20 represents to be used for the shipment assembly of laptop computer;

Figure 21 represents the process by the container that uses one-period;

Figure 22 represents reusable container;

Figure 23 represents that returning is single;

Figure 24 represents system according to another embodiment of the present invention;

Figure 25 is the diagram of circuit that flow of expression according to the mobile and corresponding cash pledge of the container of the embodiment of the invention;

Figure 26 represents the air-sac inflated assembly according to the embodiment of the invention;

Figure 27 represents the embodiment of pipe of the air-sac inflated assembly of Figure 26;

Figure 28 represents the cross sectional drawing of the pipe of Figure 27;

Figure 29 represents the longitdinal cross-section diagram of the pipe of Figure 27;

Figure 30 represents the embodiment of bar of the air-sac inflated assembly of Figure 26;

Figure 31 represents the detailed view of end of the bar of Figure 29;

Figure 32 represents the detailed view of a part of the bar of Figure 29;

Figure 33 represents the embodiment of end-cap assembly of the bar of Figure 30;

Figure 34 represents the transparent view of embodiment of end cap of the end-cap assembly of Figure 33;

Figure 35 represents the front elevation of the end cap of Figure 34;

Figure 36 represents the wind spring of the end-cap assembly of Figure 33; With

Figure 37 represents the embodiment of housing of the end-cap assembly of Figure 33.

The specific embodiment

Known recovery method and system concentrate on collects with the packing of crossing to use the raw MAT'L that acts on new packing or be used for diverse application again.For example, it is reported, the timber of Polythene Bag and recovery can reconstruct together to produce useful decoration and fence product.Lawn furniture it is reported and can be made by " with back " plastic product (such as, milk jug).Although this effort complimentary reclaims in the effort at these, majority only is collected to be used for recovery by customer's expendable " with the back " plastic product, promptly waste product and waste material is reprocessed into different products.By contrast, according to the shipment component Design of the embodiment of the invention be before reclaiming repeated use with shipment or conveying objects, improve thus reclaim and material changed over identical or different product before the available life of assembly.Because shipment assembly of the present invention comprises the parts that can be made by recyclable material one by one, so can be different aspect the number of times that one or more parts had been reused before parts are reclaiming.

As described herein, the present invention includes recyclable shipment assembly and use the method for these shipment assemblies, when the sealing of shipment assembly, the shipment assembly has the inner space that is used for holding freight and is used to pack, label or the outside of branding.In certain embodiments, shipment assembly of the present invention can be made by recyclable material fully.The non-limitative example of material comprises paper and plastics, and plastics include but not limited to nylon, polyethylene terephthalate, high density polyethylene (HDPE), polyvinylchloride, low density polyethylene (LDPE), polypropylene, polystyrene or their combination.In some cases, the shipment assembly is mainly made by recyclable material, and can easily unload or separate unrenewable any material from the recyclable part of shipment assembly.

In certain embodiments, the shipment assembly comprises the exterior container that forms the shipment assembly.As non-limitative example, container can be the shape of rectangular box, circle or avette tube or big envelope.Certainly, the shape of container can be designed as the article of reflection shipment, so size and dimension is only limited by the manufacture method in the known or customary practice in the field under the present invention.In some cases, container can comprise one or more formation of parts.In other cases, can be by one or more planar pattern are folded the establishment container, shown in Fig. 1-3.As seen, planar pattern can comprise folding line and the otch that is used for hole, handle etc. in these examples.In these cases, the joint of each folding planar pattern can be bonded together.In other cases, joint can utilize the heat welding that applies or be laminated together.In other cases, joint can utilize adhesives and/or heat to be fixed together under the situation that has or do not exist outside applied pressure.Joint need not be continuous along the length of joint, and also can use spot welding.Fig. 4 is the photo of example of the heatsealing of expression two walls connecting container.

In a lot of embodiment, container can fold from the single planar pattern that comprises the closure plate that is used for container.Closure plate is used to open and close container to put into or to take out article or other shipment component parts.Therefore, closure plate comprises the part of the container of the another part that is fixed to container when container is in the closed position.The non-limitative example of closing appliance comprises hook-loop fastener, snap-fittings and other fastening assembly.

In certain embodiments, container assemblies comprises the container with first wall and second wall, has embedded the part of fastening assembly in each wall.These walls can be configured to keep the mating parts of fastening assembly.Fastening assembly can be used in any two walls that connect container, and closure plate is connected to wall of container, perhaps connects the wall of two different vessels parts.Fig. 5 shows osed top container assemblies 100, and wherein closure plate utilizes at least one fastening assembly 200 to be fixed to the remainder of container 110.In Fig. 6, shown fastening assembly 200 with exploded drawings.Fastening assembly can comprise fastening plug-in package 210 of first spill and the fastening plug-in package 250 of second convex, and each in them can be arranged in or be embedded in the wall of container 110, as shown in Fig. 7 and 8.The fastening plug-in package 210 of spill comprises bottom 220 and top 230.The bottom 220 comprises base 221, cylinder 222, outshot 223, be positioned at screw thread or bent flanges 224 and drg 225 on the part of inner periphery of cylinder 222.Drg can be the little elevated regions on the bottom, and perhaps they can be the little depressions in the bottom.Top 230 comprises flange 231 and strengthening rib 232.Outshot 223 can help bottom 220 is remained in the first wall of container 110, and it can have slit 111 or other opening to hold these outshots.Strengthening rib 232 has recess or otch 233, and it is installed on the outshot 223 when bottom and top group are fitted together.

The fastening plug-in package 250 of convex comprises first steady ring 260, second steady ring 280 and interlocking unit 270.First steady ring 260 comprises flange 261 and strengthening rib 262.Second steady ring 280 comprises flange 281, cylinder 282 and outshot 283.Strengthening rib 262 has recess or otch 263, and it is installed in when steady ring fits together on the outshot 283.Interlocking unit 270 comprises: screw thread or bent flanges 271 are configured to comprise the mating surfaces with the surface coupling of the bent flanges of first fastening assembly or screw thread 224; Handle 272; With positioning groove 273.Alternatively, second steady ring 280 comprises the mark 284 on the flange 281, and mark 284 demonstration handles 272 should rotate with pinning or unclamp the direction of fastening assembly or the opening and closing position of indication fastening assembly.Steady ring 260 and 280 is configured to allow the moving of interlocking unit 270 between these two rings.Interlocking unit 270 between first steady ring and second steady ring time around its center shaft rotation.So that the screw thread 224 in screw thread 271 and the fastening insert of spill meshes, can close fastening assembly by twisting handle 272 around center shaft.According to the direction of screw thread 224 and 271, handle 272 can be according to cw or anticlockwise motion to open or close fastening assembly.When off position rotates, handle 272 can rotate until positioning groove 273 in latched position engage brake 225.Advancing and helping of positioning groove and brake gear restriction interlocking unit is fixed on latched position to fastening assembly, and can be designed as when this assembly is locked or produce audible click when overcoming this device and rattle away or crack when enough power is applied in handle 272.On the other hand, positioning groove and brake gear can be designed as tactile feedback is provided when assembly shift-in latched position with when shifting out latched position.

As described herein, be alternative in conventional strap or glue or except conventional strap or glue, can use the fastening assembly of making by recyclable material so that the each several part of box and pig is tightened together, reduce disposable waste material thus and increase the re-usability of container assemblies.

In other embodiments, the shipment assembly is included in and handles and the contents of protection pig is avoided damaging between Time of Shipment inflatable device.A kind of such inflatable unit describe is in U.S. Patent No. 7,201, and in 273, its content is contained in this by reference, just as it has been carried out abundant elaboration.In addition, with reference to Figure 26-37 inflatable pneumatic bag assembly according to the embodiment of the invention is described below.

The inflatable device can be made and can be used packaging bag again in the assembly as shipment by recyclable material.The inflatable device can include but not limited to charge valve and aie escape valve, be formed and stood to inflate and a plurality of chambeies of exitting or the internal check valve between chamber and these chambers and the gas path pipe by heat seal.In certain embodiments, the inflatable device will comprise: first outside plate and second outside plate, sealing member are formed on the one or more chambers that have first end and second end between first outside plate and second outside plate with qualification; First gas circuit is formed by the sealing member of described first end of crossing over described chamber; Second gas circuit is formed by the sealing member of described second end of crossing over described chamber; Boiler check valve, be arranged between (i) described chamber and described first gas circuit and between (ii) described second gas circuit and the described chamber, described boiler check valve comprises (a) film down, between first outside plate and second outside plate, (b) go up film, between first outside plate and following film, and heat-resistant component (c), make film and following membrance separation; Be positioned at described indoor and in addition with the separated a plurality of separated Coupling points of a plurality of sealing members of each chamber of qualification, these Coupling points film under each Coupling point position handle is coupled to each other with last film, these Coupling points also each Coupling point position on film and following film be coupled to first outside plate, thereby push film and last film down facing to first outside plate when described bag is inflated, blocks air or other unreactable gas leave described chamber thus; Be positioned at described second gas circuit and in addition with the separated a plurality of separated Coupling points of a plurality of sealing members of described second gas circuit of qualification, these Coupling points film on each Coupling point position handle is coupled to each other with following film, these Coupling points also each Coupling point position on film and following film be coupled to first outside plate, thereby push film and last film down facing to first outside plate when described bag is inflated, blocks air or other unreactable gas leave described chamber thus.

In certain embodiments, the inflatable device comprises the charge valve that is arranged in this device and is communicated with first gas circuit.In other embodiments, the inflatable device comprises the charge valve that is arranged in this device and is communicated with second gas circuit.In other embodiments, the plate of inflatable device is formed or is cut into and comprises the exterior flange that is positioned at chamber and gas circuit.

Fig. 9 shows and to be designed in shipment and the example of the inflatable device that protection laptop computer and parts thereof are avoided damaging during handling.With reference to Fig. 9 and 10, comprise that can being shown as with packaging bag 300 again of first outside plate 301 and second outside plate 302 has charge valve 310 and the aie escape valve 320 that is communicated with first and second gas circuits respectively.First outside plate 301 and second outside plate 302 can extend through energy chamber to create flange 303, and flange 303 can be used for this device is connected to pig.Before passing one group of first internal check valve 340 and inlet chamber 350, air admission charge valve 310 also advances along gas circuit 330.Chamber 350 can fold and also can comprise heat seal 360, as shown in Fig. 9 and 10.

At aeration period, inner valve 340 allows air admission chamber 350, and the boiler check valve blocks air is got back to gas circuit 330 subsequently.Similarly, second inner valve 370 allows air to leave chamber 350, but blocks air is got back to chamber 350.When aie escape valve 320 moves to open position, from air admission second gas circuit 380 of chamber 350 and leave bag.Other heat seal 360 can be between chamber 350 and gas circuit 380, as shown in Figure 10.

Shown in detailed among Figure 11 A and the 11B,

internal check valve

340 and 370 comprises: following film 391, between first outside plate 301 and second outside plate 302; Last film 392, first outside plate 301 and and following film 391 between; With middle heat-resistant component, film 392 is separated with following film 391 at separated Coupling point.Middle heat-resistant component produces the space in heat seal, this space allows air to enter into described chamber and enter into second gas circuit from described chamber from first gas circuit.Yet under inflated condition,

film

392 and 391 stops the air flow path of being created by middle heat-resistant component effectively and prevents that air from leaving the chamber facing to the extruding of one of outside plate.

Comprise that second group of internal check valve 370 can allow the air in a plurality of chambers to be discharged into second gas circuit 380 basically simultaneously when described bag is exitted.This improvement was accelerated the described required time of bag venting.After described bag venting,, can easily reuse improved bag separately or can be connected to the shipment assembly to improved bag by aie escape valve 320 being moved to off position and using 310 pairs of described bag inflations of

charge valve.Valve

320 and 310 is arranged in and allows position contacting when the fooled described bag of described bag is connected to box or container.

In Figure 15-17, flange 303 can be used for described bag is connected to shipment assembly or container.The bonded assembly non-limitative example comprises adhesives, hook-loop fastener, thermal, clip and fastener.In Figure 12, the inflatable device uses the fastener that is fixed in the wall of container to be connected to container 110.Can remove described fastener to allow to replace the inflatable device in fastener or the container.

Aie escape valve 320 can comprise: base 321 comprises internal diameter, external thread diameter and location wall 333; With lid 322, comprise top with opening 324 and with the screw thread of the external thread diameter coupling of base.Lid 322 can move to from the off position that blocks air moves past valve and allow air to pass the open position of opening 324.At off position, as seen in Figure 17, opening 324 relative bases 321 are closed, and prevent that thus air from flowing through aie escape valve.

The inflatable Design of device allows described bag to store with container 110 under the condition of venting, as shown in Figure 13 A-13C and 14.Use bonded assembly inflatable device to save the expense that individual processing is loaded and transported the required time of component parts and saved the bag of perforation.

Shipment component Design of the present invention is for repeating as shipment and packing before reclaiming.Before each operating cycles, in each operating cycles process and after each operating cycles, can repair or replace the parts of shipment assembly.By provide and follow the tracks of be designed to before reclaiming the shipment assembly, repeatedly to be used for identical or substantially similar purpose or function can be again with the shipment assembly, the available life of shipment assembly of the present invention can prolong.Data about the shipment assembly can be collected by maker or customer between each used life of shipment assembly.Data set can be used for discerning the cash pledge expense of the position of shipment assembly, the maker that uses the shipment assembly, the customer who uses the shipment assembly and shipment assembly.The state of checking, collect and analyze the shipment assembly after each the use is to determine the disposal of shipment assembly.

In a lot of embodiment, each shipment assembly comprises the data set that is arranged on the container or is positioned at container.This data set can comprise or store and each container or the shipment component liaison data.Non-limitative example comprise label, Universial Product Code (UPC), seal, Mo Yin, screen printing, screen printing, thermal polycondensation compound or plastic wrapping, bar code, RF identification (RFID) mark, electronic tag and non-volatile flash memory device (such as, storage card and flash drive and combination thereof).Under many circumstances, as non-limitative example, data set can also comprise out of Memory or decoration, such as numeral, letter, literal, symbol, figure, pattern, picture and sign.Each container can comprise one or surpass a data device.Certainly, the present invention is intended to comprise under the present invention known in the field or customary practice interior and can be applicable to any tracking apparatus of the present invention or data set.

In some cases, data set can utilize adhesives or utilize fastener to be installed on the inside or outer surface of container.In other cases, data set directly prints, impression or punching press be on the inside or outer surface of container.Under other situation, data set can be embedded in the part of container, such as being embedded in the wall of container partially or completely.In other cases, data set can be by the part of shrink-packaging to container.In some cases, data set can be attached to the object that is connected to container.Non-limitative example can comprise being attached to and utilizes plastics or band to be connected to the paper of freight container or the label of plastics mark.

In a lot of embodiment, about the data of each container or shipment assembly be arranged in container on or to be positioned at least one data set of container related.About the non-limitative example of data of each container or shipment assembly comprise unique identifier, the cash pledge amount of money collected to the customer at the shipment assembly, use the number of times of shipment assembly or cycle life, use the goods producer's of shipment assembly title, prop up the position at each customer's of deposit name and contact details, the number of returning to any money of each customer, shipment assembly place and the amount and the kind of the damage that the shipment assembly suffers for the shipment assembly.

In some cases, data set self comprises the data about container or shipment assembly.As non-limitative example, data set can comprise the label that utilizes the unique identifier numbering.In another example, data set can comprise when reading or scan and the unique identifier of container or at container or the cooresponding bar code of the cash pledge amount of money collected of shipment assembly.In another example, data set can comprise the shrink wrap on the part of container of actual value of the cash pledge that demonstration is collected at container.In other cases, data set comprise or store about container or the shipment assembly data.As non-limitative example, data set can comprise the RFID mark, the unique identifier of this RFID marker stores container or shipment assembly, at the container or the shipment cash pledge amount of money collected of assembly with sell the position that takes place.Be stored on the data set about the quantity of the kind of data of container or shipment assembly and type can be only by the memory limitations of data set.In another case, as non-limitative example, data set contains or comprises the unique identifier data, and these unique identifier data are related with other data about container or shipment assembly in data bank, electrical form or other data file again.Then by using unique identifier can visit data about container or shipment assembly with the location data related with data set.As non-limitative example, unique identifier can be read and be used for first amount of money of pilot pin to container or the money collected of shipment assembly in the point of sale.

Under many circumstances, data set can comprise or be related with product and other data.As non-limitative example, the UPC code of maker can with the associating information about the product in the container, and with the unique identifier data of container and/or related to the amount of money that the customer collects at container or shipment assembly.In this case, can be related with data set about the data of container or shipment assembly by third party UPC code, and the UPC code can be used in detect or visit about the container or the data (such as, unique identifier data) of loading and transporting assembly.

If the character of data set and position allow sight control, then can visually detect data about container or shipment assembly.Under many circumstances, data set must be read by the sensor, reader or the scanning device that are designed to read bar code, UPC, RFID mark and non-volatile flash memory device.As non-limitative example, the data that are stored in the data set can be used for the data about container or shipment assembly of detection of stored in data bank, electrical form or other data file subsequently.Computer system can be used for using the data query that obtains from the data set data about container or shipment assembly.

In a lot of embodiment, container or shipment assembly (comprising one or more products or goods alternatively) are transported to customer or end user.In some cases, container or shipment assembly can be given the customer to the purchase of product or goods in the point of sale in conjunction with the customer.The non-limitative example of point of sale comprises retail and wholesale shop, agency, center for distribution, warehouse and e-commerce website.Can require the customer physical location (such as, with the warehouse of the center for distribution that separates of point of sale of shopping) obtain container or shipment assembly.Alternatively, can transport container or shipment assembly to the customer through sending or load and transport service company in conjunction with customer's shopping.

In most embodiment, the customer in the point of sale will be product in the recyclable container or goods defrayment, and at this moment, the customer is also collected the money of first amount of money that is used for container or shipment assembly.As the non-limitative example of payment, the customer can pay by cash, credit card or check.Certainly, the present invention is intended to comprise under the present invention known in the field or customary practice interior and can be applicable to any method of payment of the present invention.As non-limitative example, can be contained in the data set on the container that read the point of sale by the amount of money of consumer payment.In another non-limitative example, will use the data that are stored on the data set to inquire about first amount of money of the money of collecting to the customer at retail shop.Under many circumstances, the money of first amount of money is the cash pledge that is used for container or shipment assembly, when the customer returns container or shipment during assembly, all or part of return of described cash pledge, return, credit or reward to the customer.Therefore, cash pledge is returned container in order or is loaded and transported assembly so that reuse to encourage him as the excitation to the customer.The amount of money of collecting at any given container or Nonexpendable Item can be according to the character of article with size and different.

In a lot of embodiment, be transferred to preservation from by the customer being the independent account of reusable container and other fund of can be again collecting with cash pledge of article payment at the money of first amount of money of point of sale payment by the customer.Under many circumstances, the account is a trust account.In other cases, the account is a business account.In other cases, the account can be the trustship account.Alternatively, after the money of first amount of money deposits this independent account in, can transport container to the customer.

The embodiment of disclosed method can comprise: provide to the customer and return to the indication of servicing center loading and transporting assembly or container.Under many circumstances, these indications will be printed on the list of putting in the container.These indications can directly be printed on the surface of container alternatively.In other cases, these indications will be included in the inside or label or shrink wrap on the outer surface that is placed on container.

In other embodiments, these indications can be included in the returning list.Under many circumstances, the returning list also can comprise the data set related with the unique identifier data.The unique identifier data can be used for obtaining or detect data about container or shipment assembly.Returning singly can comprise such zone alternatively on the list: on this zone, the customer can write he contact details (such as, name, address, telephone number and e-mail address), thus can return to this customer to any reimbursement of cash pledge.In other cases, returning singly can also comprise the Trace Identifier data, and shipment service company uses these Trace Identifier data to follow the tracks of container or shipment assembly during from the customer to shipment service company, from shipment service company to servicing center and transporting from the servicing center to the maker.In some cases, can obtain the Trace Identifier data by reading or scan the bar code that is printed on the returning list.In other cases, the single Trace Identifier data or related of storing alternatively of the data set of container and/or returning with the Trace Identifier data.In other cases, Trace Identifier is numeric string, alphabetic string or alpha-numeric string.

Can singly be placed on returning in the container that will be transported to the customer.Alternatively, returning singly will be put in the container by maker printing and with the goods and the product of maker.In some cases, returning is single also can be connected to container by sleeve or the big envelope that use adheres to the outer surface of container.Sleeve or big envelope are connected to container and are transparent at opposite side in a side, and be single and allow to read any bar code and the out of Memory of returning on single by plastic sleeve to allow to watch returning.Under many circumstances, returning is single also will be as the shipment voucher that is used by shipment service company and/or customer in transporting the process of container.

In certain embodiments, these indications can comprise that the customer returns to the required series of steps of taking of servicing center in order to obtain for returning, reimbursement or credit handle shipment assembly or the container of the cash pledge of shipment assembly or container payment.These indications are alternately used or are comprised that in described website, the customer can obtain to be used to return the indication of container and the other information about cash pledge and returning plan to the quoting of website.These indications selectively requesting consumption person container is returned to servicing center or contact will removal container and container is delivered to the shipment service company of servicing center.In some cases, as non-limitative example, the shipment service can be provided by commercial shipping company, such as Federal Express.Can require the customer to the contact details that shipment service company provides her, load and transport service company and will be transmitted to servicing center to this information.

As disclosed herein, the embodiment of method can comprise directly or receive servicing center from customer's container through shipment service company.This servicing center can comprise fault and servicing center.In some cases, can be at defect center receiving vessel that is positioned at each regional center that spreads all over the U.S. and shipment assembly.The unique identifier data of data set acquisition on the defect center use container and container or shipment component liaison, and a receiving record of shipment assembly is in computing machine.Defect center can check the damage of shipment assembly and be recorded as the existence or do not exist of damage related with the data set of container and/or with the related data of unique identifier of loading and transporting assembly.Defect center also can write down other information, such as, but not limited to the number of times of parts that uses shipment assembly or shipment assembly or cycle life, customer's contact details with send to the money of customer's second amount of money.

Defect center can be flattened the shipment assembly to can redistribute degree to maker, servicing center or recvery facility.Before shipment, can on pallet, collect the shipment assembly.As described herein, servicing center of the present invention can receive the shipment assembly from defect center, and the reception of using the data set on the container to write down this assembly.In some cases, can load and transport assembly and its parts to determine whether to reuse and/or to repair at servicing center inspection shipment assembly, and can be according to the result who checks to the shipment component classification.Defect center can be replaced the part or the parts of the damage of shipment assembly.In other cases, the shipment assembly can be reused predetermined access times.The addressable data of the unique identifier that described predetermined access times are to use container about container.If the shipment assembly can be reused, then defect center can also determine whether and label again so that used by different makers to container.Also can be again to container label with by determine with the condition of label and use with same maker that maker requires to determine.Defect center revise related with the data set of container and with the related data of the unique identifier of container to write down the disposal of container, such as, but not limited to reusing, reclaim, keep in repair or repairing.

In certain embodiments, when servicing center received and check the shipment assembly, the money of second amount of money was returned to the customer.The state of servicing center inspection shipment assembly also writes down data set and the related check result of unique identifier with container.In some cases, servicing center can deduct the money of determining to return to customer's second amount of money at the amount of money of the damage deduction of shipment assembly based on the money by first amount of money of consumer payment.Under other situation, the money of second amount of money also can reduce factorage and/or the shipping charges of using shipment service company at the customer with respect to the money of first amount of money.Certainly, alternatively, the customer can directly pay shipment service company shipping charges individually.Under many circumstances, use the information related to give the customer money payment of second amount of money by servicing center with the returning list.This payment can be adopted the form of credit of check, credit slip or customer's credit card.In other cases, can indicate the customer by safe internet site request payment.Can extract the person's that is used for the payment consumption money from secured account.

As described herein, the present invention includes use with the unique identifier data of each item associations and be arranged on the article or the data set that is positioned at article handle can be again with the method for material.In certain embodiments, servicing center uses the reception of unique identifier data logging article.Servicing center can check that article are to determine the amount of the damage that article suffer.This information is related with the unique identifier of article.Servicing center is also revised the data about article, such as number of times that uses article or cycle life are increased by 1.Servicing center can determine that article can article can not re-use and therefore should be recovered with still being again.Servicing center can also be determined article want of repair or maintenance.In the computer system of using by servicing center, revise the disposal of these article at each article.As non-limitative example, based on the production requirement of the number of times that uses article or cycle life, maker with in the quantity of the obtainable article of servicing center, can be transporting to maker with article again.Servicing center to can be again with taxonomy of goods and label for article again in the case of necessary, and flatten or otherwise prepare article and redistribute being used to.

The present invention is provided now substantially, will have more easily understood the present invention by the reference following Example, following Example provides as an illustration and these examples are not intended to limit the present invention, unless spell out these example restrictions the present invention.

Example

Example 1: in Figure 18-20, computer processing unit, flat-screen televisions and laptop computer are placed on respectively in the pig 110, and one or more inflatable packaging bag 300 utilizes fastener to be fixed to wall of container.

Example 2: in Figure 21, receive the box 8 of making and be designed between Time of Shipment, to hold Figure 22 of TV by recyclable material at maker 1 place.This box comprises bar-

code label

9 and 13 in the outside of box.Bar-code label 9 formerly with when the unique identifier data that read or obtain during scanning bar code related.Bar-code label 13 formerly with should be related when what read or obtain during scanning bar code at the cash pledge amount of money that box is collected.The returning list 11 that bar code on maker's 1 scanning label 9 and printing have bar-code label 14, bar-code label 14 is duplictes of bar-code label 9.Returning single 11 also comprises Trace Identifier data 12, as shown in Figure 23.Returning is single to be placed on box 8 with the instruction sheet that is used for returning container.Alternatively, returning singly can be provided directly to retail shop 3.

Maker installs to television package in the box 8, and TV is transported to center for distribution 2.By existing channel of distribution TV is transported to retail shop 3 from center for distribution 2.Customer 4 selects the TV of buying and goes to the point of sale of retail shop 3 is the production payment expense.In the point of sale, the bar code on the scanning label 13 also increases the additional expense of the cash pledge amount of money as the customer.Customer 4 utilize credit card in the point of sale cash pledge defrayment for TV and box, after this, the customer leaves and TV is placed in its box.Retail shop 3 is transferred to safe trust account to the cash pledge amount of money.The bar code that retail shop 3 can scan on the label 9 has alternatively also propped up deposit with the reminding service center for the unique identifier data forwarding defect center 5 or servicing center 7.

Customer 4 takes out TV, returning list 11, specification sheets and optional sleeve or big envelope 10 from box 8.Specification sheets indication customer should (i) make a phone call to allow it take box away for shipment service company, for this service, deducts the fee from customer's cash pledge; (ii) box is delivered to the office at shipment service company or other appointment collection center; Perhaps (ii) box is returned to defect center 5.Under (i) or situation (ii), before box is sent to defect center 5, can collect this box by the intermediate entities (not shown).Specification sheets indication: if the customer selects (ii) and (iii), then can not deduct from customer's cash pledge.Alternatively, specification sheets indication: can be from customer's cash pledge deduction factorage.

Customer 4 makes a phone call to allow it take box 8 away and write her name and contact details in returning single 11 for shipment service company.Bar code on the shipment service company scanning label 9 also is input to its Trace Identifier data 12 in its computer system.Shipment service company can determine regional recently defect center 5 alternatively and this position is write in the returning single 11.During shipment service company used the adhesives provide on a side of big envelope 10 big envelope to be placed on the outside of box and returning single 11 enclosed, this big envelope had been transparent towards the side away from the direction of box.Shipment service company can be removed with reminding service center box 8 to defect center 5 or servicing center 7 the unique identifier data forwarding.Shipment service company use Trace Identifier data 12 from customer to the defect center 5 or servicing center 7 follow the tracks of boxes.Shipment service company is transmitted to defect center 5 or servicing center 7 to customer 4 name and contact details alternatively.

Shipment service company can flatten or press the box flat alternatively with the box 8 of be ready for shipment defect center 5 or servicing center 7.Alternatively, a plurality of boxes can be collected with shipment together by shipment service company.Shipment service company can be alternatively be collected in the box on the pallet 6 or be collected in box in the pig before shipment.The non-limitative example of pig can comprise LD2 and LD3 freight container or be used to collect the suitable dimension of a plurality of boxes and the customization freight container of size.

Defect center 5 from shipment service company receive box 8 and scan label 9 or label 13 on bar code.Defect center uses the data of unique identifier data access about box, and the cycle life that uses box is increased by 1.The damage that box is checked in the reception of defect center record box and continuation.If box can be as it is again with or can use again through maintenance, then defect center can be flattened or press the box flat and be shipped to servicing center 7 with other box of preparing on pallet 6.If box can not re-use, then defect center 5 can send to collection centre to box as waste product alternatively.Defect center 5 can be revised about the data of box and related with the unique identifier of box these data.Defect center 5 or servicing center 7 can send the cash pledge less Commission and the check that deduct shipment service fee of return by customer's 4 payments alternatively.Alternatively, according to instruction sheet, defect center 5 or servicing center 7 can be alternatively in response to the credit card credit of the electronics refund request of being submitted on the internet by customer 4 to the customer.

Servicing center 7 receives boxes 8 and scans bar code on the label 9 from defect center 5.Servicing center 7 uses the data of unique identifier data access about box, and described data about box comprise any data of having been revised by defect center 5.To box 8 classification, perhaps alternatively, servicing center 7 carries out its inspection to servicing center 7 according to the information that is provided by defect center 5.Servicing center 7 can be labelled to be reused by identical or different maker again to box.If box has reached predetermined operating cycles number, then servicing center 7 can specify box to be used for reclaiming.Servicing center 7 can be revised about the data of the disposal of box and related with the unique identifier of box these data.Servicing center 7 is classified to box 8 according to described disposal.As an example, servicing center 7 can be labelled to be used and to collect this box and other box by maker 1 to be shipped to maker 1 on pallet 6 again to box 8.

Referring now to Figure 24, can provide central entity 20 with the flowing of Manage Containers, comprise the distribution of the position of following the tracks of container and the cash pledge related with container.Aspect this, the position that central entity 20 can be followed the tracks of container by the bar code scanning of the container that for example undertaken by one or more entities.For example, the position of the bar code scanning that central entity 20 can be by being carried out when the receiving vessel by maker 1, definite containers such as bar code scanning of when receiving or unloading container, carrying out by center for distribution 2.Undertaken under the situation of on-line purchase by customer 4, can continue to carry out the tracking of container by the bar code scanning of sending tissue (for example, UPS, FedEx etc.).Therefore, central entity 20 can follow the tracks of when customer 4 has container and when customer 4 is transferred to the center of for example collecting to container, can carry out another bar code scanning at described collection center.

In addition, by based on the tracking of container being collected and distributing cash pledge, central entity 20 can be configured to control flowing of cash pledge.Aspect this, Figure 25 represents the exemplary flow of cash pledge.Certainly, it should be appreciated by those skilled in the art that the cash pledge amount of money can by cash or alternate manner (such as, can credit or the account of debit) shift.

Referring now to Figure 25, in one embodiment, when being delivered to maker, container can collect the cash pledge amount of money from maker by central entity.When container was transferred to center for distribution by maker, the cash pledge amount of money can be transferred to maker from center for distribution.This can realize by the direct dealing between center for distribution and the maker or by two transaction that separate: the once transaction between center for distribution and the central entity, and another time transaction between central entity and the maker.Under the situation of the direct dealing between center for distribution and the maker, can notify this transaction to central entity.

Each point in the cycle can take place similarly to flow.When customer's receiving vessel, the customer can pay the retailer cash pledge amount of money, perhaps preferably pays central entity the cash pledge amount of money by the retailer indirectly.Aspect this, the customer is can be only mutual with the entity of being familiar with (such as, retailer).In one embodiment, can give such selection to the customer: can return to the collection center that is under the jurisdiction of central entity to container.Aspect this, the customer can receive cash pledge from this central entity.

Certainly, in each step of flow process, the amount of money of the cash pledge of transfer can be according to the state of for example container and difference.

Referring now to Figure 26-37, the inflatable pneumatic bag assembly according to the embodiment of the invention is described.At first with reference to Figure 26, inflatable pneumatic bag assembly 400 is expressed as has the ability of repeatedly a series of gasbag chambers 499 being inflated and exitting.Gasbag chamber 499 can be single and chamber independently, but they can link physically to form the individual packaging air cushion.Therefore, if gasbag chamber 499 perforation, then all the other chambers are unaffected.

Aspect this, each chamber is a part of related with the following inflation/deflation valve system of describing in more detail.The size and the quantity that it should be appreciated by those skilled in the art that gasbag chamber 499 can change as required according to for example packing requirements.

The inflation/deflation valve system of inflatable pneumatic bag assembly 400 comprises outer tube 410, and bar 500 is inserted in the outer tube 410.As described below, pipe 410 and bar 500 are combined together to form the valve system that allows repeatedly gasbag chamber 499 inflations and venting.Aspect this, the end-cap assembly 560 of the end by being positioned at this valve system can be introduced pressurized air gasbag chamber and draw gasbag chamber.

Referring now to Figure 27, the embodiment of the pipe 410 of the air-sac inflated assembly 400 of expression Figure 26.In shown embodiment, pipe 410 comprises body 420, and body 420 has interior tube chamber 430.The outside face of body 420 has column construction.Body 420 can be made by different materials (for example, comprising multiple plastics or metal).In one embodiment, body 420 is formed by two longitudinal components, these two longitudinal components can and the bar between them 500 fit together.

Figure 28 represents the section drawing of the pipe 410 of Figure 27, and Figure 29 represents to manage 410 longitdinal cross-section diagram.As shown in these figures, body 420 has cylindrical outer surface and tube chamber wherein 430.In one embodiment, the cylindrical outer surface of body 420 has the diameter of 9.5mm.Tube chamber 430 extends through the whole length of body 420 basically and is divided into a plurality of plenum chambers 432.Each plenum chamber 432 is corresponding to a gasbag chamber 499.In other embodiments, each plenum chamber 432 can be corresponding to a plurality of gasbag chambers.For example, each plenum chamber 432 can be configured to be provided for two, the inflation of three or more gasbag chambers or the passage of venting.In shown embodiment, each plenum chamber is just in time corresponding to a gasbag chamber, and plenum chamber 432 has the diameter of 6.3mm.

Although not shown in the drawings, it should be appreciated by those skilled in the art that gasbag chamber can be connected to pipe 410 with sealing means, and gasbag chamber can be communicated with to allow by plenum chamber 432 gasbag chamber is introduced and drawn to air with plenum chamber 432.In addition, as described in more detail below, a pipe end of 410 comprises and is used for the set pin jack 438 that barre 500 is fixed on open position or off position.At open position, gasbag chamber can put on the air or exit, and at off position, air can not flow into or flow out gasbag chamber.

Each plenum chamber 432 is connected to adjacent plenum chamber 432 by interface channel between the chamber 434.Interface channel 434 allows air to flow between plenum chamber 432 during inflation and venting between the chamber.In one embodiment, interface channel 434 has the diameter of 2.3mm between the chamber.At one end, interface channel 434 comprises chamfered portion 436 between the chamber, and chamfered portion 436 changes interface channel between the chamber of minor diameter into.In shown embodiment, chamfered portion has the oblique angle of about 45 degree and the longitudinal length of about 0.7mm.

Referring now to Figure 30, the embodiment of the bar 500 of the air-sac inflated assembly 400 of expression Figure 26.Described bar is configured to be positioned at the tube chamber 430 of the body 420 that Figure 29 shows.At an end of bar 500, provide end fitting 520 to be fixed to pipe 410 to allow bar 500.Followingly end fitting 520 is described in more detail with reference to Figure 31.

Bar 500 is divided into the plenum chamber 432 cooresponding fragments of the tube chamber 430 that shows with Figure 29.These fragments are divided by plunger, below describe described plunger in detail with reference to Figure 32.

Bar 500 ends at second end 540, has basically the cooresponding length of length with pipe 410.The end cap device can be positioned at second end 540 to allow gasbag chamber inflation and venting.A following embodiment who describes the end cap device with reference to Figure 33-37.

Referring now to Figure 31, the detailed view of the end fitting 520 of the bar of expression Figure 30.End fitting 520 comprises sealing cover 522, and sealing cover 522 is configured to surround the end of pipe 410.Sealing cover 522 has open end, and bar 500 is from described open end stretch out (left side to Figure 31).In addition, sealing cover 522 has closed end (right-hand member in Figure 31).Therefore, the end of the pipe 410 of covering bar 500 can be inserted into the open end of sealing cover 522.In one embodiment, described sealing cover has the external diameter of about 12.7mm and the internal diameter of 9.5mm.

Sealing cover 522 comprises the pin jack 524 that is used to hold spring cotter.Pin jack 524 can be sold one of through

hole

526a, 526b with pipe 410 set pin jack 438 (shown in Figure 29) and two of end that are positioned at bar 500 and align.Therefore, utilize the set pin that inserts, sealing cover 22 is used for described pipe is fixed to described bar.In addition, bar 500 and pipe 410 can be fixed on open position to allow windstream through tube chamber 430 (be used for inflation or be used for venting) or be fixed on off position and flow with this of blocks air.Aspect this, pin through hole 526a is used for off position, and pin through hole 526b is used for open position.This mechanism is below described in more detail.

Referring now to Figure 32, the detailed view of the bar 500 of expression Figure 30.Aspect this, described bar has shaft portion 532, and shaft portion 532 extends through the whole length of the pipe 410 that inserts described bar basically.In one embodiment, the shaft portion 532 of bar 500 has the diameter of section of about 1.6mm.As mentioned above, bar 500 is divided into the plenum chamber 432 cooresponding fragments with tube chamber 430.These fragments are divided by plunger 534.In shown embodiment, these plungers are dish type outshots, and this dish type outshot is determined that size is with in the plenum chamber 432 (Figure 29) that is installed in tube chamber 430.In addition, conical head 536 is positioned at a side of plunger 534.

Thereby to plunger 534 and conical head 536 determine sizes with and chamfered portion 436 and chamber between adaptor union 434 engagements as valve.Aspect this, in one embodiment, described plunger has the diameter of 6.3mm, and described conical head has the cone angle of 45 degree to conform to 45 degree oblique angles of chamfered portion 436.

Therefore, when to gas-bag system inflation or venting, remove in the set pin jack 438 of the pin jack 524 that is inserted in sealing cover 522 and pipe 410 spring cotter and this spring cotter be inserted into again jack 524 and 438 and the pin through hole 526b (Figure 31) of bar 500 in.In this position, in each plenum chamber 432, plunger 534 is moved apart chamfered portion 436, open tube chamber 430 thus so that windstream through tube chamber 430 and flow into gasbag chamber 499.In case the inflation or the venting of gasbag chamber 499 are finished, then can by remove described pin and be inserted into jack 524 again and 438 and pin through hole 526a close this system.In this position, plunger 534 and conical head 536 and chamfered portion 436 engagements, blocks air is passed interface channel 434 between the chamber thus.Described pin also can be as the device that for example detects or stop customer's change.Aspect this, may only wish that some entity (such as, authorization center) is allowed to this system's inflation or venting.

End-cap assembly by bar 500 during inflation and deflation course can or be guided out tube chamber 430 air suction tube chamber 430 or extraction tube chamber 430 or guiding inlet pipe chamber 430, and the embodiment of described end-cap assembly is illustrated among Figure 33.Represented end-cap assembly 560 comprises end cap 570 (following with reference to Figure 34 and 35 pairs of end caps 570 detailed descriptions), wind spring 580 and housing 590.End-cap assembly surrounds the end of axle 500, and described housing is determined that size is with the end of containing pipe 410 therein.

Referring now to Figure 34 and 35, the embodiment of the end cap 570 of the end-cap assembly 560 of expression Figure 33.End cap 570 is to have the diameter of about 9.5mm and the dish of the width of about 3.2mm.End cap 570 comprises the central through hole 572 of the end that is configured to mesh rod 500.Can provide lockout mechanism described bar is meshed and/or lock onto end cap 570 by central through hole 572 in the end of bar.In addition, end cap 570 has around a series of holes 574 of the circumference of end cap 570.When system was shown in an open position, air can be provided to tube chamber 430 and therefore be provided to gasbag chamber 499 by hole 574.Certainly, also can be by hole 574 discharged air so that gasbag chamber 499 is exitted.

Referring now to Figure 36, the embodiment of the wind spring 580 of the end-cap assembly 560 of expression Figure 33.Spring 580 provides elasticity to guarantee correctly closing of valve system by pipe 410 is setovered.Aspect this, when system was in the closed position, the chamfered portion 436 of tube chamber 430 was flexibly setovered with respect to the plunger 534 of bar 500.Can select the length and the elasticity of spring 580 based on designing requirement.The diameter of spring 580 is configured to mesh the end of pipe 410.

Referring now to Figure 37, the embodiment of the housing 590 of the end-cap assembly 560 of expression Figure 33.End cap housing 590 has cylindrical body 592 and cylinder chamber 594.In shown embodiment, cylindrical body 592 has the external diameter of 12.7mm.Cylinder chamber 594 has the diameter with the pipe 410 and the cooresponding about 9.5mm of diameter of end cap 570.Housing 590 is configured to the 594 internal fixation end caps 570 in the chamber in such a way: for example, integrally form this combination by injection moulding.Certainly, other mechanism that end cap 570 is fixed to chamber 594 clearly and within the scope of the invention it is contemplated that these mechanisms.

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Theme of the present invention has fully been described now, those skilled in the art should understand that, under the situation that does not break away from the spirit and scope of the present invention and do not having under the situation of unsuitable experiment, can in equivalent parameter, concentration and the condition of wide region, carry out theme of the present invention.

Although described the present invention in conjunction with specific embodiment of the present invention, should be appreciated that the present invention can have other modification.The application is intended to cover any variation, use or the change of following principle of the present invention substantially and comprising the known or modification that departs from that customary practice is interior in the affiliated field of the present invention.

Claims

1. air bag valve device comprises:

Pipe has the chamber in the described pipe, and described chamber has a plurality of chambers, and each chamber is related with one or more gasbag chambers;

Bar is positioned at described pipe, and described bar has a plurality of plungers, and each plunger is positioned at chamber indoor of described pipe, and each plunger is configured to optionally to open and close the connection of the air between the adjacent chamber in chamber of described pipe,

Thereby wherein said bar can move to locate each plunger in described a plurality of plunger with respect to described pipe and optionally open and close the connection of the air between the adjacent chamber.

2. air bag valve device as claimed in claim 1, wherein adjacent chamber is connected by passage between the chamber, and wherein said plunger is configured to open and close the connection by the air of passage between described chamber.

3. air bag valve device as claimed in claim 2, passage comprises chamfered portion between wherein said chamber, thus wherein said plunger comprises that conical head is to mesh the sealing member that is communicated with that is formed for closing the air between the adjacent chamber with described chamfered portion.

4. air bag valve device as claimed in claim 1 also comprises:

The end cap device, the chamber that is configured to when opening the connection of the air between the adjacent chamber, to allow air admission or leaves described pipe.

5. air bag valve device as claimed in claim 1 also comprises:

Elastic component is configured to make the biasing of described pipe and bar to cut out the connection of the air between the adjacent chamber.

6. air bag valve device as claimed in claim 1 also comprises:

Anchor fitting is configured to optionally described pipe and bar are fixed in each other to open or close the connection of the air between the adjacent chamber.