DK147450B - WIRE BASKET FOR STACKING WITH AND WITHOUT PUSHING - Google Patents

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BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The invention relates to a wire basket of surface-protected wire rods, and so formed that a plurality of baskets can optionally be stacked with or without insertion into each other, and wherein the wire rods are connected to each other at their junction points and their upper ends are connected to the inside. of a circular frame, on which on two opposite sides there is a handle adapted to be fixed both in position for stacking with insertion and in position for stacking without insertion.

10 Such wire curves, which are used mainly as a loading curve in freezer or deep freezer boxes, are designed with plastic-coated wire rods, cf. eg. German publication publication no.

19 60 390. The side wire rods are inclined slightly inward from the upper end, and they are positioned offset in the clockwise direction. This ensures that they can be pushed into each other, so that the space requirement is as small as possible during transport and storage. The multi-purpose handles, which are placed in opposite places on the circumferential frame, are movably arranged so that when they assume an outwardly projecting position, they can be used to enable the hands to be lifting the basket and for hanging the basket on the upper edge of e.g. and freezer. In addition, the said position of the handles projecting laterally allows a number of baskets to be stacked into each other. Hereby it is also known to arrange the handles on such wire baskets such that when the handles are brought into a position in which they protrude inwards, they can serve to support an upwardly stacked basket, so that it is possible to stack filled baskets on each other, cf. description 30 of German usage pattern no. 16 75 034.

The handles must be easy to operate even for unskilled users, and they must be mounted so that the empty baskets can easily be stacked together. It must also be borne in mind that in the area of a freezer box lock 35, there is no guarantee of freezer temperature, so the carrying surfaces of the handles for the basket's suspension in the freezer box must be higher than the circumferential frame of the basket.

It is therefore the object of the invention to provide a wire basket of the aforementioned kind which is so improved as to provide security for the fixation of the handles in both end positions.

This is achieved according to the invention in that at least two of the wire rods project in a manner known per se over the frame, where they carry on their ends a shaft rod extending 10 parallel to the frame, that the handles each are made of one-piece plastic material, at each end is formed with an angle piece with approximately equal branches and with an L-shaped groove, in which the shaft bar engages that on the handles at the height of the L-shaped groove 15 there is a parallel with this branch located locking tongs for engagement under the shaft rod when it is located in the short notch, in which position parts of the frame are accommodated in recesses in the outside of the angular pieces in such a way that the handles are thereby fixed in an outwardly extending position, and that the angular pieces are formed with abutments for frame parts when the shaft rod is located in the long groove, which abuts a fixation of the handles in an inward-facing position.

For the mounting of the handles, according to one embodiment of the invention, one branch of each angular piece may be formed with a slot leading from the outside into the groove.

A wire basket is known with opposite handles which are pivotable between two positions about a horizontal support rod located above the upper edge of the basket, so that a carrier located within or outside the basket can serve to lift the basket and where the ends of the support bar are formed as odd long pins which engage from the inside in bores in ribs connecting the carriers, and on the longest pin of the rib there is a spring means whose spring force counteracts the displacement of the handle towards the shorter pins.

This from the description to the German usage pattern no.

No. 5 72 09 826 has the disadvantage that with mounted handle inserting stacking is not possible, since the support bar is in the way. This support bar can only serve as a handle for removing the basket and will not serve as a support for a basket placed thereon, lacking for this a suitable stop or locking means.

The invention will be explained in more detail below with reference to the drawing, in which fig. 1 and 2 show in partial section a handle in two different positions. FIG. 3 is a side view of the handle; FIG. 4 shows two stacked wire curves, and FIG. 5 shows part of one side tab of the handle.

The shown wire basket is made up of surface-protecting wire rods, the upright rods sloping slightly inwards towards the bottom, so that the wire baskets can be stacked inserted into each other. The wire rods are connected to each other at their crossing points by welding, and their upper end is attached to a circumferential frame 5, on which on two opposite sides there is a handle 1, which preferably consists of plastic. To form a bearing for these handles, at least two wire rods 6 extend over the frame 5, and at their ends a shaft 4 parallel to the frame is welded, the ends of which engage in grooves 3 of side tabs 2, which form parts of two angles 30 formed at the ends of the handle 1. The grooves 3 are L-shaped so that the handles can be placed in two positions depending on whether the ends of the shaft are engaged in the long or short branches of the L-grooves, namely in a position in which the handles project outwards to the side, and in a position in which they extend horizontally inwards. When the handles are in the first-mentioned position, they can be used to lift the basket by hand, and the handles can also be used in this position to hang the basket on the upper edge of a freezer. Furthermore, a larger number of baskets whose handles are in the said outwardly projecting position can be stacked interlaced.

10 The shaft rod 4 is in this position in the short branches of the L-grooves 3, and two abutments 9 formed on the handle grip under the shaft rod 4 and thus hold the handle in said position. The recesses 8 on the side tabs 2 thereby attach to the frame 5, which the handle by their aid rests against. When the handle is moved at a pressure in the direction indicated by arrow A, the stakes 9 are pushed out of their holding position, and when further the recesses 8 are lifted from the frame 5, the handle can be rotated 180 ° in the direction shown by arrow B, so that it FIG. 1 is brought to the position shown in FIG. 2. In this position, cf. the lower basket of FIG. 4, filled baskets can be stacked on one another without insertion, with the inner side 11 of the handle 1 projecting horizontally inwardly and forming a standing surface for a further basket. In this position, shaft rod 4 25 is in the long branches of the L-grooves and a stop 10 formed on the handle abuts the frame 5, so that the handle is held in this position.

As the side tabs 2 on the handle always lie between the wire rods, it is easy to stack 30 empty baskets inserted into each other.