CN102548854A

CN102548854A - Flexibly usable box

Info

Publication number: CN102548854A
Application number: CN2009801615072A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 沃尔夫冈·奥格尔丁格
Original assignee: IFCO Systems GmbH
Current assignee: IFCO Systems GmbH
Priority date: 2009-09-18
Filing date: 2009-11-06
Publication date: 2012-07-04
Anticipated expiration: 2029-11-06
Also published as: CA2774455C; TN2012000116A1; CA134571S; CN102548854B; EP2477902B1; CL2010000231S1; BR112012006008A2; JP5525616B2; RU2528160C2; IL218705A0; CA2774455A1; EP2477902A1; NZ598860A; JP2013505174A; PH12012500538A1; MX2012003258A; RU2012113260A; MA33591B1; RS20120115A1; CR20120126A

Abstract

The invention relates to a flexibly usable box (10), comprising a base (12) and four side walls (14a, 14b, 14c, 14d), which lie opposite each other in pairs and which extend upward from the base (2) in a vertical direction (16). One of the four side walls (14a-14d) is designed as an opening wall (14d), which in a closed state fully covers a side area and which can be moved into an open state, in which the opening wall (14d) covers only a part of the side area, such that in the open state the opening wall (14d) at least partially overlaps with one of the adjacent side walls (14a, 14c) or with the base (12) of the box.

Description

The chest that can use flexibly

Technical field

The present invention relates to a kind of chest, utilize this chest can conveying objects and realize operation flexibly, thereby such as with simple mode and method is taken out or loading is transported article.

Background technology

On market, can obtain various carrying cases and storage box.Here usually adopt the chest or the crate of rectangle basal plane, its outside dimension is partly harmonious with the article of need transportation.Fruits and vegetables is partly directly put in the suitable carrying case in the farmland, and they also are in the shelf the retailer and show in these carrying cases, and client is directly from the shelf fruit of taking.Product itself that be furnished with external packing usually directly is provided with selling in carrying case, so that can reduce unloading required in retail shop and then cost saving as far as possible.Directly in its carrying case, be provided on the shelf with the egg such as six or ten retail quantity packings such as itself like this, client can directly take out egg from carrying case like this.

Chest is furnished with the sidewall of rigidity usually, must accomplish the loading and unloading of chest from the top like this and the article that therefore must will transport are packed into the chest from the top or from chest, taken out.This aspect of selling on sale is disadvantageous, because want article are taken out from chest such as client, it can only get at article difficultly so, if chest is such as being arranged in higher shelf area, and just can't be from the top near chest.If chest is by stacking, so that save the folded mutually storage in ground, space, the chest content of the bottom chest of so just can't reacceesing is because the chest that its opening is positioned on it hides.

Summary of the invention

Therefore need to propose a kind of chest flexibly, compare up to now loading and unloading more neatly through it such as the article of having realized in chest, transporting, it can use and use generally neatly like this.

Guaranteed the alerting ability that improves through chest according to one embodiment of present invention; This chest has a diapire and four sidewalls that oppose each other in couples; When being perforated wall for one in four sidewalls, these sidewalls extend upward from the diapire in the vertical direction.The perforated wall that descends (extending upward from diapire in the vertical position of perforated wall in the vertical direction under this state) to hide lateral side regions fully in off position can move to open mode as follows; Wherein perforated wall only hides the part of lateral side regions, utilizes in the sidewall of adjacency at least in part or utilizes diapire to hide at open mode under shed wall.

Not only also be connected ordinatedly at closing state under shed wall with the sidewall power of adjacency with diapire.Still be connected at the state under shed wall of opening fully according to several embodiment, but no longer form the sidewall that outwards limits the chest volume by them with chest.Chest can be as transportation under closing state, and wherein chest is limited by each sidewall on its four sidewalls except diapire.But perforated wall can move from this off position or this closed condition at least in part, and the lateral side regions that is hidden fully by perforated wall down so in off position only also partly or is fully no longer hidden by perforated wall.Can under open mode, article be taken out from chest or article inserted in the chest like this, need not get into from the top through no longer covered lateral side regions.This has improved the alerting ability of chest greatly, because like this such as can the product that utilize the chest transportation directly being placed on the shelf.Move to open mode through perforated wall, can directly and under the situation that does not have big work to expend grab article, need not go especially to note chest is arranged on which position of shelf actually.

Advantageously, according to several embodiment, perforated wall not exclusively separates with chest when opening, and this originally can cause transportation problem and carrying problem.Perforated wall moves in the open mode more as follows, and promptly it remains and is connected with chest and particularly partly hides or the diapire of chest in the sidewall of adjacency.Sidewall or the maintenance of describing in detail below this can utilize and open that in the particular design of mechanism of sidewall one realizes and advantage is opened wall and in its open position, kept being connected and so can losing with the remainder of chest all the time.In several embodiments of the present invention; Remaining three sidewall is also to install about the folding mode of diapire; Thereby make chest collapsible, wherein these three sidewalls fold into the level attitude from vertical position, and it is arranged essentially parallel to the diapire of chest and partly hides diapire in level attitude.In several other embodiment of the present invention, open wall and move as follows, promptly it utilizes the sidewall of diapire or adjacency to hide under open mode, and can not influence the foldability of its excess-three sidewall.

This so realizes according to several embodiment, promptly opens on wall moves wall on earth when opening the following one side, and this face is and residing opposed one side of all the other sidewalls.In several embodiment, will open cornice and go in the open position, it is parallel to all the other sidewalls on the bottom surface of diapire in open position, opens wall here and is held or locks.Can when opening wall and open, all the other sidewalls be folded on the end face of diapire like this, thereby the result is the chest that obtains to be folded together compactly, its under the state that is folded together, need less space and and the transportation of cost saving ground so that reload.

Move a kind of interchangeable possibility open wall and be, it utilizes the sidewall of adjacency to hide under open mode, thus can with corresponding sidewall fold on the surface of diapire with perforated wall and therefore the result be that whole chest keeps and can be folded together.Not only can move on the whole at several embodiment split shed walls, so that discharge covered lateral side regions fully at it.More be according to several embodiment perforated wall only partly to be moved towards the direction of the position of opening fully, thereby can controllably slowly improve the possibility that grasps the article that transport in the chest.This means, in these embodiment, no longer can be changed continuously or with step intermittently by perforated wall lateral side regions that hide, chest.Be divided into two parts or more parts at several embodiment split shed walls, like this, these parts can move with being separated from each other and can be hidden by the sidewall of the adjacency of chest or diapire dividually.This has also realized such as the article that are released in the chest transportation or storage alternatively.

According to several other embodiment, chest is a capable of stacking (wherein perforated wall is positioned under the closed condition) under the travelling position also (wherein perforated wall is positioned under the open mode) under the state that is folded together not only.Therefore diapire has a kind of structure, and it has guaranteed chest, promptly on the one side of the sidewall dorsad of diapire, have in the vertical direction to the fixing bottom wall edge zone that extends below downwards, and it has realized the stacking possibility.According to several embodiments of the present invention, bottom wall edge zone in the vertical direction extends to such an extent that the ratio open wall is farther, even it is positioned under the open mode in addition.Even this has realized that perforated wall is positioned at the capable of stacking property that also can keep chest below the chest diapire under open mode.

According to several embodiment, sidewall or perforated wall have locking mechanism respectively, utilize the locking mechanism can be with sidewall or perforated wall and adjacent wall locking, and prerequisite is that these walls are arranged in vertical position, thereby can guarantee the high stability to the chest of transportation.

Description of drawings

Describe several embodiments of the present invention with reference to the accompanying drawings in detail.Wherein:

Fig. 1 shows according to chest of the present invention, as the to have perforated wall embodiment under in off position;

Fig. 2 shows the embodiment of the chest with perforated wall under half-open position of Fig. 1;

Fig. 3 shows the embodiment of the chest with perforated wall under open mode of Fig. 1 and 2;

Fig. 4 shows the embodiment of chest under the state that is folded together of Fig. 1 to 3;

Fig. 5 a shows the section drawing of the chest that be folded together, stacking that passes 2 Fig. 1 to 4;

Fig. 5 b shows the multiview drawing in the bottom wall edge zone of chest;

Fig. 6 shows another embodiment according to chest of the present invention; And

Fig. 7 shows another the interchangeable embodiment according to chest of the present invention.

The specific embodiment

Fig. 1 shows a kind of embodiment of the chest 10 that can use flexibly.Chest 10 comprises diapire 12, and four opposed in couples sidewall 14a to 14d of difference, and they extend upward at vertical direction 16 from diapire 12.All four sidewall 14a to 14d approximate altitudes are identical in the embodiment shown in Fig. 1, therefore on vertical direction 16, extend equally far away.This only is understood that exemplary certainly, and other embodiment can be individually different on the height of sidewall 14a to 14d.Such as each in couples each other sidewall of opposition can have equal height or each sidewall can have different height.

Sidewall 14d is because its structural particularity forms perforated wall, and it illustrates with closed condition in Fig. 1, and under shed wall 14d to outer closure, is about to chest whole lateral side regions and covers or utilize lateral side regions to hide in off position.Such as said by means of following embodiment; Can discharge with whole lateral side regions (it is hidden by perforated wall 14d down in off position) or with at least a portion lateral side regions by perforated wall 14d; Thereby can extend into cabinet interior through the lateral side regions (it is hidden by perforated wall 14d down in off position) that discharges, so that take out the object of transportation or object is inserted in the chest.As following said with reference to Fig. 2 to 4; Perforated wall 14d can move to as follows from the position shown in Fig. 1 the open mode and (only hide the part of lateral side regions at open mode under shed wall 14d), promptly utilizes diapire 12 to hide at least in part at open mode under shed wall 14d.

Perforated wall 14d also has the first locking mechanism 18a and the second locking mechanism 18b, by means of they can with perforated wall 14d in off position in the sidewall 14a of each adjacency or 14c locking, in order to guarantee the stability of chest 10.

Sidewall

14a and 14c have

locking mechanism

20a and 20b equally, can be with

sidewall

14a and 14c and sidewall 14b locking by means of them.

Sidewall

14a, 14b and 14c are movably fixing as follows about diapire 12; Be that these sidewalls can be inwardly folding towards the direction of diapire at the vertical position shown in Fig. 1 from it; Thereby make it under superimposed state, be arranged in the substantially horizontal position that is parallel to diapire 12, as shown in fig. 4.Here and hereinafter, a kind of like this zone of internal representation, it is surrounded down by sidewall 14a to 14d in off position, and the article of transportation can be inserted in the chest to this zone.Should be understood that also that as level all approximate are erected at the direction on the vertical direction 16, promptly all are parallel to the direction on the plane that is limited diapire 12.

In order to realize the foldability of sidewall 14a to 14c; Diapire 12 has upwardly extending fixing bottom

wall edge zone

22a, 22b and 22c on vertical direction 16 respectively on the position of the first side wall 14a, the second sidewall 14b and the 3rd sidewall 14c; Wherein, bottom wall edge zone 22a and the 22c corresponding to

opposed sidewall

14a and 14c extends lowlyer than the regional 22b of the bottom wall edge of sidewall 14b on vertical direction 16.Upper end in bottom wall edge zone,

sidewall

14a, 14b and 14c are fixed on the diapire 12 by means of hinge respectively or on the cooresponding fringe region 22a to 22c.This causes being arranged essentially parallel to diapire at the superimposed state lower wall 14a to 14c shown in Fig. 4 and is arranged in level attitude, and wherein, each sidewall hides diapire at least in part.The embodiments of the invention of in Fig. 1 to 4, describing have perforated wall 14d, and it can move as follows, promptly under open mode, be positioned at diapire 12 fully with the opposed one side of all the other sidewall 14a to 14c on.As by means of shown in Fig. 2 and 3, this sidewall can be folded-out after locking mechanism 18 unclamps with 18b or be tumbled, thereby it is arranged in position level, that be parallel to the diapire extension after tumbling.As shown in Figure 2; This sidewall can be from this position moves below diapire pushing on the direction 24; Thereby it is positioned at after pushing the position shown in Fig. 3 fully below the diapire, promptly perforated wall 14d be positioned at diapire fully with the opposed one side of all the other sidewall 14a to 14c on.

In the position shown in Fig. 3, realized like this with article from chest, take out or the chest of packing in, need not get into from the top.Simultaneously through outwards tumbling and this sidewall has guaranteed that mobile below the bottom surface internal capacity of chest when perforated wall opens and closes, its interior zone are not affected, thereby even the fully loaded perforated wall 14d of chest also can open.

Although in Fig. 1 to 3, only showed a perforated wall 14d, in interchangeable embodiment, also can realize another perforated wall, such as sidewall 14b is arranged to another perforated wall, thereby can be replacedly with sidewall 14d or sidewall 14b as perforated wall.

According to another interchangeable embodiment, all the other sidewalls all are rigidity except perforated wall equally, that is to say, they are designed to not collapsible.

The foldability of sidewall 14a to 14c provides extra advantage, promptly is positioned under the open mode and sidewall 14a to 14c when superimposed as perforated wall 14d, chest only also need very little volume and therefore can be easily under light condition and cost saving ground transport.In order to realize the not only capable of stacking property of (as shown in Figure 4) under the state that under the state of holding up, also is being folded together of chest; Diapire 12 has regional to the fixing bottom wall edge that extends below on vertical direction 16 respectively with the opposed one side of sidewall 14a to 14c; As from Fig. 3 and 4 and particularly visible from Fig. 5, the downward ratio open wall of its in the vertical direction 14d extends below fartherly in its open mode.This is particularly visible from Fig. 5, and it shows and passes two section drawings of the chest of stacking up and down under the state that is folded together, and wherein, this cross section is along 30 realizations of the section line shown in Fig. 4.

As visible in the section drawing of Fig. 5 a, extend below fartherly at the downward state of ratio open wall below it opens and fold into diapire on the vertical direction 16 with sidewall 14a and the opposed fixing bottom wall edge of 14c zone 32.This causes the chest 10 not only can stacking under open mode but also under the state that is being folded together; With whether open or close at the state under shed wall of opening irrelevant because the fixing bottom wall edge zone that can use diapire 12 or its underpart all the time is as contact surface.

As same visible in Fig. 5, among the embodiment that can in Fig. 1 to 4, describe perforated wall 14 is moved on to after it is superimposed below the bottom surface 12.For this reason, diapire 12 has groove on the opposed respectively fixing one side in the bottom wall edge zone (this bottom wall edge zone is positioned at

sidewall

14a and 14c opposite) of its underpart, and perforated wall 14d guides in groove.

Fig. 5 b has schematically shown the multiview drawing corresponding to the fixing bottom wall edge zone of sidewall 14a.This view is realized from direction shown in Figure 4 40.

Pass upwardly extending fixing bottom wall edge zone 22a of section drawing and the in the vertical direction of diapire 12 and in the vertical direction view shown in the figure to the fixing bottom wall edge zone 32 that extends below.In the bottom wall edge zone 32 that extends below, guide groove (groove) 42 is being set, perforated wall 14d can guide in this guide groove when below diapire 12, moving.Among the embodiment that in Fig. 5 b, shows in addition, can have pin such as perforated wall 14d, it extends and embeds the groove 42 from perforated wall 14d on direction 40.If guide groove 42 as shown in Fig. 5 b towards the direction of perforated wall 14, promptly be on the vertical direction 16 in its end 44 and upwards close, thereby can under the state of holding up power be delivered on the diapire 12 through the pin of perforated wall.If guide groove 42 also forward, promptly cut out on 45 in the horizontal direction, prevents that then perforated wall from getting loose from the remainder of chest.

Fig. 6 has showed another embodiment according to chest of the present invention, and it has a diapire 12 and four sidewall 14a-14d equally, and they are opposed in couples under the state of box closure.The sidewall 14d that forms perforated wall among the embodiment that in Fig. 6, shows comprises the folded mutually lamination that is provided with of a large amount of in the vertical directions; Thereby make perforated wall 14d can or be in reverse to vertical direction 16 no polar regions on vertical direction 16 or move, so that completely or partially discharge lateral side regions with the classification of discontinuous (diskret).Here should as said in the foregoing embodiments lateral side regions is interpreted as so a kind of zone, it can be discharged by the biglyyest, in other words is a kind of like this surface, it is being hidden under the closing state fully by perforated wall 14d.

The perforated wall 14d that is made up of lamination in the embodiment shown in fig. 6 moves as follows, promptly perforated wall under open mode, be positioned at diapire 12 fully with all the

other sidewall

14a, 14b and the opposed one side of 14c on.In addition can be with the perforated wall 14d that constitutes by lamination such as on the bottom surface of diapire 12, introducing in the groove 42, as such as by means of shown in Fig. 5 b.In addition can be with perforated wall 14d such as in the groove of also introducing among sidewall 14a and the 14c.In the embodiment shown in fig. 6 advantageously, perforated wall hides diapire 12 on ground, open mode lower part, promptly keeps being connected with chest, thereby can not increase the required volume of chest owing to perforated wall moves to open mode.The same possibility that

designs sidewall

14a, 14b and 14c that in the embodiment shown in Fig. 6, provides alternatively collapsiblely.

Fig. 7 has showed another interchangeable embodiment of chest flexibly, and it has diapire 12 equally and is in opposed over the

ground sidewall

14a, 14b, 14c and 14d in off position down, and wherein, sidewall 14d is designed to perforated wall.

The embodiment split shed wall of in Fig. 7, showing can be divided into first wall zone 50a and second wall zone 50b, and they have the lamination that a large amount of in the vertical directions vertically extend respectively.The first lateral region 50a hides sidewall 14a and the second lateral side regions 50b hides sidewall 14c at least in part at least in part under open mode.Can certainly only open one of

wall zone

50a or 50b, so only a wall area part ground or fully hide and its corresponding side walls 14a or 14c.Perforated wall is also by design as follows in this embodiment, and promptly perforated wall 14d hides among side 14a or the 14c of adjacency at least in part or fully under open mode, thereby can alternatively these sidewall design be become folding in case of necessity.

Replacement is at the embodiment shown in Fig. 7, and perforated wall also can only be made up of an element, and it is formed by a plurality of laminations again, thereby only

sidewall

14a or 14c are partly hidden by perforated wall under open mode.

What discuss although be in the great majority in the foregoing embodiments is the chest of the content of vegetables or fruit case and transportation retail, is suitable for any other Container Type certainly according to scheme of the present invention.Can on the meaning of above-mentioned specification sheets, implement such as box pallet, freight container or cargotainer, thereby obtain getting into a kind of interchangeable mode of entrance of the internal capacity of freight container or chest through perforated wall.

In addition tool box and Beverage case or generally speaking all interchangeable chests, crate or similarly chest can be designed with the perforated wall that has according to previous embodiment.

The physical dimension of certain chest is not limited to the elementary contour of the rectangle of aforementioned discussion in addition.Interchangeable is the chest that can adopt the sidewall with any amount, such as the chest of leg-of-mutton chest, pentagon, hexagon or the sidewall with any amount generally speaking.

Chest is not open upwards among this external interchangeable embodiment, but has a lid, and it is with upwards sealing of chest.Under adopting, can guarantee the flexible use of chest all the time, even chest has lid according to the situation of perforated wall of the present invention.Lid in these embodiment (it is being connected with the sidewall of 4 or any amount with the opposed one side of diapire) can regularly or can be connected with chest dividually.

Claims

1. a chest (10) comprising:

Diapire (12);

Four sidewalls (14a, 14b, 14c, 14d) that oppose each other in couples, they extend upward at vertical direction (16) from diapire (2);

Wherein, Sidewall (14d) in four sidewalls is designed to perforated wall (14d); The open mode that said perforated wall hides down a lateral side regions in off position fully and can be as follows only hides the part of said lateral side regions to perforated wall (14d) moves, promptly perforated wall (14d) under open mode at least in part with one in the sidewall (14a, 14c) of adjacency or hide with diapire (12).

2. chest according to claim 1 (10), wherein, perforated wall (14d) under open mode, be positioned partially at least diapire (12), with the opposed one side of all the other sidewalls (14a, 14b, 14c) on.

3. chest according to claim 1 (10), wherein, perforated wall (14d) under open mode, be positioned at fully diapire (12), with the opposed one side of all the other sidewalls (14a, 14b, 14c) on.

4. according to claim 2 or 3 described chests (10), wherein, under open mode, perforated wall (14d) be positioned at diapire, extend in diapire (12) with partial parallel on the opposed one side of all the other sidewalls (14a, 14b, 14c).

5. according to each described chest (10) in the claim 2 to 4; Wherein, Diapire (12) has a fixing bottom wall edge zone (32) respectively abutting against on opposed of sidewall (14a, 14c) on the perforated wall, and said bottom wall edge zone is in reverse to vertical direction (12) and extends fartherly than the perforated wall (14d) under open mode.

6. chest according to claim 5 (10), wherein, fixing bottom wall edge zone has guide groove (42) on the opposed surface respectively, and perforated wall (14d) guides in guide groove in moving to the process of open mode.

7. chest according to claim 6 (10), wherein, perforated wall (14d) has axle, and it extends in guide groove (42).

8. chest according to claim 7 (10); Wherein, Guide groove (42) abuts against end on the lateral side regions at it and is on the horizontal direction and in the vertical direction is upwards closed, thereby makes axle can't leave guide groove (42) and go up the connection that the power that realizes between axle and the groove cooperates at vertical direction (16).

9. according to each described chest (10) in the aforementioned claim; Wherein, Perforated wall (14d) is connected with diapire (12) as follows, and promptly perforated wall (14d) can be translated into the position of diapire (12) extension that is parallel to chest (10) from the upwardly extending position of in the vertical direction lean-out.

10. chest according to claim 6 (10), wherein, perforated wall (14d) has a large amount of laminations, and they extend in guide groove (42) between moving period to open mode at perforated wall (14d).

11. chest according to claim 1 (10), wherein, perforated wall (14d) has a large amount of laminations, and they extend upward from diapire (12) in the vertical direction.

12. chest according to claim 11 (10), wherein, perforated wall (14d) hides in the sidewall (14a, 14c) of adjacency at least in part under open mode.

13. chest according to claim 11 (10); Wherein, Perforated wall (14d) is made up of first wall zone (50a) and second wall zone (50b); Wherein, first wall zone (50a) hides the first side wall (14a) and second wall zone (50b) in the sidewall of adjacency hide adjacency at least in part under open mode second sidewall (14c) at least in part under open mode, and the first side wall (14a) of second sidewall of said adjacency and said adjacency is opposed.

14. according to claim 12 or 13 described chests (10), wherein, perforated wall (14d) hides the lateral surface of the sidewall (14a, 14c) of adjacency under open mode.

15. according to each described chest (10) in the aforementioned claim; Wherein, Perforated wall (14d) has at least two locking mechanisms (18a, 18b); Wherein, each locking mechanism (18a, 18b) is designed to, and the following in off position sidewall (14a, 14c) with each adjacency of perforated wall (14d) is locked.

16. according to each described chest (10) in the aforementioned claim; Wherein, The sidewall (14a, 14b, 14c) that is not designed to perforated wall (14d) is provided with about diapire (12) as follows movably; Be that sidewall can the direction from vertical position towards diapire inwardly fold, thereby make sidewall under the state that is folded together, be arranged in the level attitude that is parallel to diapire.