FR2993865A1 - CONTAINER WITH BELT ON PALLET - Google Patents

Abstract

The invention relates to a container (1) comprising a support plate (5) and a belt (3) formed of several panels (7) capable of being deployed on the support plate in a container loading volume, the belt (3) being in vertical support on the support plate (5) by its lower edge (9) and fixed to the support plate by at least one fastening element of the belt to the support plate, container characterized in that the fastening element is at less a strap (15) secured to the support plate (5) at two points distant from each other, the belt (3) being slidably connected to the strap (15) by at least one of its panels ( 7).

Description

The present invention relates to a container comprising a belt mounted on a support plate, such as a pallet, the belt being provided in particular with fixing means to the support plate.

PRIOR ART Containers are known, comprising a pallet and a belt formed of several panels defining a loading volume, the belt being in vertical support on the pallet by its lower edge and fixed to the pallet by at least one integral locking element. a panel of the belt and cooperating with an edge of the pallet to immobilize the belt on the pallet in the vertical direction. Nevertheless, the installation or dismantling of the belt on the pallet requires manually setting the belt on the pallet and locking the latch elements to the pallet, as many times as necessary to lock all the locks ( two to four per belt), and vice versa for disassembly of the belt, which is tedious for the operator and takes time. The present application aims to remedy these drawbacks in whole or in part. DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION For this purpose, there is provided a container comprising a support plate, such as a pallet, and a belt formed of several panels capable of being deployed on the support plate in a loading volume of the container, the belt then being in vertical support on the support plate by its lower edge and fixed to the support plate by at least one fastening element of the belt to the support plate. The container is characterized in that the fastening element comprises at least one strap secured to the support plate at two points distant from one another, the belt being slidably connected to the strap by at least one of its panels. Thus, the belt can be deployed on the support plate by sliding said panel on the strap. The strap can be connected to the support plate by its ends to at least two sides or close to the support plate. Advantageously, the container comprises two or more shafts arranged parallel to each other on the support plate and in particular two straps symmetrical to one another with respect to a median plane of the support plate or the belt. The fastening of the belt on the support plate is thus balanced and reinforced. Advantageously, the belt is adapted to be deployed from a low volume off position, for example flat, to an erect service position providing a loading volume on the support plate. Advantageously, the belt is arranged to be folded in the off position on a surface of the support plate circumscribed in that of the base section of the belt on the support plate, so that the belt in the off position, folded, is not not protruding from the support plate laterally.

Thus, if the container comprises a lid for closing the belt in upright position, at its upper part, this lid can also be placed on the belt folded in the off position on the support plate, which facilitates storage and storage stacking container in the off position. Advantageously, said strap passes through the belt in openings formed at the base of two opposite panels thereof. Thus the belt can be erected or folded on the support plate by a simple movement of the belt along the strap, for example by sliding the belt on the support plate along the strap through the openings from a folded position to a position erected on the support plate. In particular, said openings of the belt may be provided with an eyelet for passage of the strap, so that these openings are protected from tears and that the belt slides easily on the strap. The openings may also be made by elements attached to the belt and forming loops or loops. Advantageously, the belt is shaped to be erected by unfolding its wall, from a folded position to an upright position, and inversely to be folded by folding its wall from an erect position, so that the only movement of unfolding or folding belt guided by the strap allows to dress or fold the belt on the support plate. Preferably, the belt has four side panels hinged to each other, two opposite panels of the belt being foldable each into at least two parts on top of one another to arrange the belt in small volume folding (flat) in the off position, which can be folded in particular on the support plate. In particular, said two opposite panels are foldable each into two equal parts, such as an M. Advantageously, the passage openings of the straps are formed in the other two panels (non-folding) of the belt. Thus, the folding of the belt is performed by the operator by a simple maneuver pushing the belt outwards from the side of the belt facing the operator, or pulling the outer side of the belt towards the inside, the upright belt and vice versa for the deployment of the belt. Advantageously, the lower edge of the belt is received in a peripheral groove of the support plate or pallet, the strap being configured to cooperate with the groove, for example to engage the bottom of the groove, to bind the belt to the plate support. The strap may have an end permanently attached to the support plate and a removable end adapted to be connected to the support plate, so that the strap remains integral with the support plate and therefore does not risk to go astray. In addition, the belt, if necessary, can be detached from the support plate by removing the strap openings belt. The said removable end of the strap is advantageously able to tension the strap on the support plate, which facilitates the movement of movement of the belt on the strap, especially as to its guiding on the strap. Preferably, the strap has an elastic characteristic such that when it is connected to the support plate, it is kept tight on the belt both in the folded position than in the erected position of the belt. Thus, the belt is not subject to a game of connection with the support plate. In addition, a stretching margin of the strap on the support plate is thus provided for the maneuvering of the belt on the support plate, for example for its movement or drawdown. The strap may further comprise at least one removable end, for example two removable ends as defined above. Said detachable end of the strap may comprise an attachment device to the support plate, for example a quick attachment device to the support plate. Preferably, this attachment device to the support plate comprises a gripping portion to the support plate, such as a loop receiving a rod or a ring, adapted to be passed through a complementary slot formed in the support plate and to be held in lock preferably in a protected housing, in particular a slot in the bottom of said groove. These modes of connection of the strap to the support plate are not the only ones possible. According to another aspect, the invention also relates to the belt of a container, taken alone, the belt comprising panels articulated to each other at least two opposing panels each comprise at least one passage opening of a strap connecting the belt to the support plate. The invention also relates to the support plate or pallet of a container shaped to receive the aforementioned belt and container strap.

The invention also relates to a mounting kit on a said container, comprising a set of straps and loops or eyelets for passage of the straps, as described above, and a new application for mounting a container comprising a belt mounted on a support plate, by means of at least one set of said straps and loops or eyelets passing the straps, as described above.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE FIGURES One nonlimiting embodiment of the invention is described below in more detail with reference to the appended figures in which: FIG. 1 shows in perspective a container according to the invention in a developed position of service; Figure 2 shows in perspective the belt of the container of Figure 1 being folded; Figure 3 shows in a perspective view the belt of the container of Figure 1 2 0 folded on the support plate or pallet of the container; FIG. 4 shows in perspective a device for attaching the strap to the pallet of the container of FIG. 1; Figure 5 shows in perspective the attachment of the attachment device of Figure 4 on the pallet of the container; and Figure 6 shows the attachment of the fastener of Figure 4 under the pallet of the container. DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF EMBODIMENTS OF THE INVENTION FIG. 1 shows a container 1 formed of a belt 3 intended to come into vertical abutment and fastening to the plate of a pallet 5 to constitute a loading volume. The container also comprises an upper cover 6 intended to close the belt 3 in the developed operating position. The invention is not limited to fixing on a pallet but could concern any other medium, such as a trolley with wheels.

The pallet is preferably made of plastic so as to ensure both lightness and robustness. The belt 3 here comprises four panels 7 articulated to each other to form in a developed position a load volume of articles.

The panels 7 are advantageously made in a single plastic plate or in two or more plates welded together, suitably cut and folded. For example, it may be a so-called cellular plate, obtained by plastic extrusion and formed of two flat cover sheets spaced from one another and connected by struts between them and the covers of the cells. parallel to each other. Such a plate is marketed under the trademark Akyluxe. This material combines lightness and rigidity in the direction of the cells. It may also be a plate as marketed under the trademark Akyboarde comprising two sheets spaced from one another and interconnected by spacers in the form of domes, bubbles or cylinders and obtained by extrusion, thermoforming and welding sheets together.

The belt 3 rests vertically by its lower edge 9 (see also Figure 2), in use, in a peripheral groove 11 formed around the plate 13 of the pallet. The belt 3 is fixed to the pallet 5 by a fixing means, which comprises an assembly of at least one strap 15 integral with the pallet 5, at least two points distant from it, two parallel straps 15 in the present cases secured to the pallet by their ends (Figure 3). The belt 3 is arranged to be slidably connected to the straps 15 by at least one panel 7, two panels 7 here, so as to be deployed on the pallet 5 from an off position, flat, to a position erected on the palette. The straps 15 are identical. They are arranged parallel to the plane of the plate 13 of the pallet at a short distance from the latter, being passed through openings 19 of the belt formed at the base thereof. These openings 19 are each provided with an eyelet 21 for passage of the strap 15, which protects the opening 19 and facilitates the passage of the strap 15 in the opening 19. The straps 15 are arranged symmetrically relative to each other. the other in relation to a median plane P of the pallet. The straps 15 are connected by their ends 23, each to two opposite side edges 17 of the pallet or slightly withdrawn from these edges. Said ends 23 of the straps are each provided with a loop 25 and a rigid rod 27 received in the loop and protruding at its ends from the loop (FIG. 4). The strap 15 is connected to the pallet 5 by inserting the strap end rod 27 into a complementary slot 29 formed in the bottom of the groove 11 (FIG. 5) and by rotating or displacing this rod 27 with respect to the slot 29, under the pallet (Figure 6), so as to secure the hook rod 27 to the pallet 5. The strap 15 is relatively elastic material, it can be provided at a predetermined length, slightly less than the distance between opposite grooves 11 of said opposite side edges 17, so that the amount in connection with the pallet (said grooves) by its ends, it is slightly stretched to rigidly maintain the belt 3 integrally with the pallet 5 while providing a margin of movement of the strap 15 on the pallet 5.

Naturally, it is possible to provide the connecting end 23 of the strap to the pallet of a fastening device that allows to adjust the tightening level of the strap to the pallet, such as a device with a toothed buckle. pull on the end of the strap (not shown). Other means are within the reach of those skilled in the art. The belt 3 has two opposite straight panels 7a (not folding) and two other opposing panels 7b folding in two equal parts 7c, such as a M. The openings 19 of the straps are formed in the opposite panels straight 7a of the belt, at their base . Thus, the straps 15 pass through the opposite straight panels 7a and under the opposite folding panels 7b of the belt. The belt can slide by its straight panels 7a on the straps 15 and on the pallet plate 13 from an upright position (FIG. 1) to a folded position (FIG. 2) and to a fully folded position where it can be folded on the plate 13 of the pallet (Figure 3). This maneuver for folding the belt from the erected position is performed by lifting slightly from its groove 11 the right panel 7a having the openings 19 of strap, turned towards the operator, and pushing this panel towards the opposite outer panel 7a . The belt 3 is folded by its two opposite folding panels 7b raised their groove, in its translation to the outer right panel 7a, up to a fold flat erect, at the groove 11 receiving the external right panel. In this position, the belt 3 being in an unstable position on the pallet 5, it can be folded by its own weight on it, simply by falling side by side on the pallet plate 13 from said groove 11 of outer panel 7a. A reverse crimping maneuver of the belt 3 can still be performed by lifting the edge 11 of the outer right panel 7a from the groove 11 and pulling the panel inwards. The belt 3 then folds in a translation to the operator to the groove 11 close to the latter. When the belt 3 is folded flat, it can swing sideways outwards on the pallet plate 13. Dressing of the belt 3 from a folded position is achieved by raising the belt in the upright position and then unfolding the belt in a movement of the reverse belt to its folding. When the belt 3 is folded on the pallet 5, the non use of the container 1, the latter occupies a minimum volume and the lid 6 can then be placed on the belt 3 folded on the pallet, which gives the possibility of stacking several containers 1 thus arranged for their storage.

1 0 These maneuvers of folding or straight dressing of the belt 3 are easy and quick to achieve, which represents for the operator a saving of energy and time relative to the conventional attachment of a container with removable belt on pallet by locks to the pallet, as mentioned previously. It should be noted that when the belt 3 is folded down, the strap portions 15 engaged in the openings 19 are slightly deformed, these small deformations being absorbed by the elongation of the straps 15. Alternative embodiments can be imagined in FIG. the scope of the invention, according to which the belt according to its dimensions could support several parallel straps on the pallet.

In addition, the straps could be attached to two adjacent sides of the pallet. Finally, the belt can be slidably mounted on the pallet by a single panel, the opposite panel being fixed by another means to the pallet. Moreover, the shapes of the strap type fastening elements to the pallet can be various.

Claims (11)

REVENDICATIONS1. Container (1) comprising a support plate (5) and a belt (3) formed of several panels (7) capable of being deployed on the support plate in a loading volume of the container, the belt (3) then being in vertical support on the support plate (5) by its lower edge (9) and fixed to the support plate by at least one fastening element of the belt to the support plate, container characterized in that the fastening element 1 0 comprises at least one strap (15) integral with the support plate (5) at two points distant from each other, the belt (3) being slidably connected to the strap (15) by at least one of its panels (7) . 2. Container according to claim 1, wherein said container (1) comprises two straps (15) or more disposed in particular parallel to each other on the support plate (5). 3. Container according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the belt (3) is adapted to be deployed from a low volume off position, for example flat, to an erect service position with a load volume on the support plate (5). 20 The container according to claim 3, wherein the belt (3) is configured to be folded back into the off position on a surface (13) of the support tray circumscribed in that of the base section of the belt (3) erected on the support plate (5). 25 5. Container according to claim 4, wherein the container (1) comprises a cover (6) for closing the belt (3) in the upright position, at its upper part, the cover (6) being able to be placed on the belt (3). ) folded back into the off position on the support plate (5). 30 6. Container according to claim 4 or 5, wherein the belt (3) is shaped to be erected by unfolding its wall (7), from a folded state to an erect state, and conversely be folded by folding its wall (7) from an erect condition. 7. Container according to any one of the preceding claims, wherein said strap (15) is mounted through the base of two opposite panels of the belt (3) in openings (19) provided on the belt. 8. Container according to claim 7, wherein the belt (3) has four side panels (7) hinged to each other, two opposite panels (7b) of the belt being foldable each into at least two parts ( 7c) on one another, and the openings (19) for passage of the straps (15) are formed in the other two panels (7a) of the belt. 1 0 Container according to any one of the preceding claims, wherein the lower edge (9) of the belt is received in a peripheral groove (11) of the support plate, said strap (15) being configured to cooperate with said groove (11). ) to bind the belt (3) to the support plate (5). 15 10. Container according to any one of the preceding claims, wherein the strap (15) comprises an elastic characteristic such that when it is connected to the support plate (5), it is held tight on the belt (3) both at a state turned down only to an erect state of the belt. 2 0 11. Container according to any one of the preceding claims, wherein said strap (15) comprises at least one removable end (23), said removable end (23) of the strap comprising a support plate attachment device, comprising a holding part to the support plate, such as a loop (25) receiving a rod (27) or a ring, adapted to be passed through a complementary slot (29) formed in the support plate and to be held in lock.