EP1465821B1 - Self-locking, self-adjusting receptacles, particularly containers - Google Patents

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EP1465821B1
EP1465821B1 EP02706605A EP02706605A EP1465821B1 EP 1465821 B1 EP1465821 B1 EP 1465821B1 EP 02706605 A EP02706605 A EP 02706605A EP 02706605 A EP02706605 A EP 02706605A EP 1465821 B1 EP1465821 B1 EP 1465821B1
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B61—RAILWAYS
    • B61D—BODY DETAILS OR KINDS OF RAILWAY VEHICLES
    • B61D5/00—Tank wagons for carrying fluent materials
    • B61D5/08—Covers or access openings; Arrangements thereof
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65D—CONTAINERS FOR STORAGE OR TRANSPORT OF ARTICLES OR MATERIALS, e.g. BAGS, BARRELS, BOTTLES, BOXES, CANS, CARTONS, CRATES, DRUMS, JARS, TANKS, HOPPERS, FORWARDING CONTAINERS; ACCESSORIES, CLOSURES, OR FITTINGS THEREFOR; PACKAGING ELEMENTS; PACKAGES
    • B65D90/00—Component parts, details or accessories for large containers
    • B65D90/0006—Coupling devices between containers, e.g. ISO-containers
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65D—CONTAINERS FOR STORAGE OR TRANSPORT OF ARTICLES OR MATERIALS, e.g. BAGS, BARRELS, BOTTLES, BOXES, CANS, CARTONS, CRATES, DRUMS, JARS, TANKS, HOPPERS, FORWARDING CONTAINERS; ACCESSORIES, CLOSURES, OR FITTINGS THEREFOR; PACKAGING ELEMENTS; PACKAGES
    • B65D88/00—Large containers
    • B65D88/02—Large containers rigid
    • B65D88/12—Large containers rigid specially adapted for transport
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65D—CONTAINERS FOR STORAGE OR TRANSPORT OF ARTICLES OR MATERIALS, e.g. BAGS, BARRELS, BOTTLES, BOXES, CANS, CARTONS, CRATES, DRUMS, JARS, TANKS, HOPPERS, FORWARDING CONTAINERS; ACCESSORIES, CLOSURES, OR FITTINGS THEREFOR; PACKAGING ELEMENTS; PACKAGES
    • B65D90/00—Component parts, details or accessories for large containers
    • B65D90/0026—Corner fittings characterised by shape, configuration or number of openings

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  • the invention relates Container according to the preamble of claim 1, as known for example from US 4 819 820 A. It is a matter of self-locking, self-adjusting containers and in particular containers. The invention is however in the same Way to all containers of whatever size and shape, applicable, on the outer walls of hollow body for receiving Locking devices are provided. Below is the Invention will be explained in more detail using the example of a container.
  • locking devices can be introduced by container spreaders or over harnesses, these locking devices having end areas (twistlocks) whose dimensions are smaller than the oval openings in the hollow bodies.
  • twistlocks are introduced into the hollow bodies, they are mechanically twisted, so that the container is locked with the container spreader or the overhead harness and can be transported.
  • lifting the top of the twistlock comes to the bottom of the top wall of the hollow body to the plant.
  • the hollow objects are, for example, guide rails, which engage in corresponding guide rails of adjacent containers and thereby that containers are deposited from top to bottom, cause engagement of the respective guide rails and thereby bring about a horizontal lock.
  • An essential advantage of the invention is that the hitherto conventional manual locking and lashing is eliminated and thus the risk of injury to workers working in the port or on the ship is minimized. In addition, this significantly saves staff, time and thus costs.
  • the means for example the guide rails, can be U-shaped, be hooked or curved. Any form is conceivable the interlocking of the means of neighboring containers allows.
  • the guide rails at their upper and / or lower end portions sloping from outside to inside Beveled, the guide rails have the respective Containers in relation to each other game, so that they are self-acting can adjust in relation to each other. This is the maneuvering easier for the crane driver because he is no longer out of his Cab over the distance the exact positioning of the container to accomplish to each other, but to him the means to the Outside of the container help here.
  • Figure 1 shows a detail of several consecutively and juxtaposed containers C1, C2, C3 and C4, with container bars 2, the locking housing 21, so-called corner castings, with oval openings 211 have at their upper and lower end portions.
  • the containers are locked together by external locking devices (24).
  • These outer locking devices (24) are formed in the example U-shaped and opened in the interior, so that the outer locking device (24) of an adjacent container can be performed completely by the locking device.
  • the transport and parking always takes place from top to bottom, so that when a container is parked in its position, the next container is positioned from above next to the first container.
  • the outer locking device of the second container can engage in the locking device of the first container, so that not only a lock takes place, but the second container also guided and thus can be placed exactly in place. If several containers are transported to each other and they are to be placed next to several already stacked containers, the outer locking device of the lowest in-transport container can be inserted and passed into the outer locking device of the uppermost stacked container, and then into the outer locking device of the next lower stacked container This also allows a space-saving and accurate arrangement of the container.
  • the outer locking devices can be attached to the side panels of the containers. Advantageously, they are attached to the container corners, as shown in FIG.
  • Fig. 2 shows a fixed to a container corner 2 or in one piece with its outer locking device (24) connected in perspective view.
  • the locking device 24 is on the container corner 2 is positioned so that the access to the oval Openings of the corner casting is not hindered. same for with reference to the not shown in Fig. 2 corner casting on lower end of the container corner.
  • FIG. 3 shows, from the viewing direction A indicated in FIG. 2, an outer locking device 24 with from the outside to see inside beveled corners.
  • the outer locking device consists of a long leg 241, a transverse leg 242 and from a short leg 243. All three legs are sloping from outside to inside in the area of their upper end beveled.
  • the short leg 243 can additionally in the area its section 243 'beveled to the introduction the outer locking device 24 "of the further container to facilitate.
  • FIG. 4 shows an outer locking device 24 from the perspective of FIG. 3, in which the outer locking device 24 "of another container intends to intervene. From this perspective, only the outer wall of the transverse leg 242 "can be seen. Therefore, the hidden legs 241 '' and 243 '' shown in dashed lines. It can be seen that the short leg 243 '' in the region of its lower end has both a sloping from outside to inside slope a and a sloping from the inside to the outside bevel b. This facilitates the short leg 243 "sliding into the interior of the outer locking device 24, which is bounded by the inner sides of the legs 241, 242 and 243.
  • the width of the short leg 243 '' is less than the width of the inner wall of the transverse leg 242.
  • the short leg 243 '' so play when sliding into the outer laying device 24.
  • the upper portions of the legs 241,242 and 243 are bevelled sloping from outside to inside, and that the lower end of the short leg 243 '' is also chamfered, there is sufficient movement space for the outer locking device 24 '', even in rough transport business to slide into the outer locking device 24.
  • the outer locking devices made of hardened steel, for example made of V2A steel there is no reason to worry that they are damaged during transport of the container or when settling or maneuvering. This is especially true if they are integrally formed with the container corners.

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The invention relates to receptacles and, in particular, containers. Conventional receptacles (containers) have the drawback in that the locking together of stacked containers has to be, up to now, carried out manually thus resulting in the workers in the harbor and on the ship being exposed to a considerable safety risk. In addition, it is left to the skill of the crane operator of exactly stacking the containers (C1, C2, C3, C4) next to or atop one other. Adjusting devices for this do not exist. The aim of the invention is to provide a receptacle (container), which is equipped so that it can be horizontally locked with other like receptacles (containers) without manual action and which simultaneously enables an exact positioning of the container on the provided space. To this end, the invention provides that the receptacle comprises, on its outer surfaces, means such as U-shaped guide rails (24), which engage in like means of adjacent receptacles, exactly position the container in its location, and which horizontally lock the receptacles (C1, C2, C3, C4) to one another.

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Die Erfindung betrifft Behälter gemäß dem Oberbegriff des Anspruchs 1, wie zum Beispiel aus US 4 819 820 A bekannt ist. Es handelt sich um selbstverriegelnde, selbstjustierende Behälter und hierbei insbesondere Container. Die Erfindung ist aber in gleicher Weise auf alle Behälter, gleich welcher Größe und Formgebung, anwendbar, an deren Außenwandungen Hohlkörper zur Aufnahme von Verriegelungsvorrichtungen vorgesehen sind. Nachfolgend soll die Erfindung am Beispiel eines Containers näher erläutert werden.The invention relates Container according to the preamble of claim 1, as known for example from US 4 819 820 A. It is a matter of self-locking, self-adjusting containers and in particular containers. The invention is however in the same Way to all containers of whatever size and shape, applicable, on the outer walls of hollow body for receiving Locking devices are provided. Below is the Invention will be explained in more detail using the example of a container.

Der Transport von Frachtgütern erfolgt heutzutage weltweit schwerpunktmäßig durch den Einsatz von standardisierten Containern. Die Container werden am Beladeort abgestellt, dort beladen, sodann auf ein Fahrzeug (Straßen- oder Schienenfahrzeug) geladen, gegebenenfalls zu einem Hafen oder Flughafen verbracht, dort auf ein Schiff oder in ein Flugzeug verladen, sodann für einen sicheren Transport mit anderen Containern verriegelt und vertäut (verlascht), am Ankunftsort wieder auf ein Fahrzeug verladen, zum Bestimmungsort verbracht und dort abgeladen.
Die Transportlogistik verlangt ein ebenso sicheres wie schnelles Ver-und Entladen solcher Container, wobei die zum Einsatz kommende Technik in der Lage sein muß, Container unterschiedlicher Abmessungen aufzunehmen, zu transportieren oder zu verriegeln. Container weisen an ihren oberen und unteren Eckbereichen jeweils Hohlkörper auf, die an ihren nach außen gerichteten Seiten ovale Öffnungen besitzen. In diese ovalen Öffnungen können Verriegelungsvorrichtungen von Auslegegeräten (Container-Spreadern) oder Überhöhengeschirren eingeführt werden, wobei diese Verriegelungsvorrichtungen Endbereiche (twistlocks) aufweisen, deren Abmessungen geringer sind als die ovalen Öffnungen in den Hohlkörpern. Sobald die twistlocks in die Hohlkörper eingeführt sind, werden sie mechanisch verdreht, sodaß der Container mit dem Container-Spreader oder dem Überhöhengeschirr verriegelt ist und transportiert werden kann. Beim Anheben kommt dabei die Oberseite des twistlocks an der Unterseite der Deckenwandung des Hohlkörpers zur Anlage.Today, the transport of freight worldwide is focused on the use of standardized containers. The containers are parked at the loading site, loaded there, then loaded onto a vehicle (road or rail vehicle), possibly to a port or airport, there loaded onto a ship or on an aircraft, then locked for safe transport with other containers and moored (lashed), at the destination again loaded onto a vehicle, spent at the destination and unloaded there.
The transport logistics requires a safe as well as fast loading and unloading of such containers, the technology used must be able to accommodate containers of different dimensions, transport or lock. Containers at their upper and lower corners each have hollow bodies which have oval openings on their outwardly directed sides. In these oval openings, locking devices can be introduced by container spreaders or over harnesses, these locking devices having end areas (twistlocks) whose dimensions are smaller than the oval openings in the hollow bodies. As soon as the twistlocks are introduced into the hollow bodies, they are mechanically twisted, so that the container is locked with the container spreader or the overhead harness and can be transported. When lifting the top of the twistlock comes to the bottom of the top wall of the hollow body to the plant.

Problematisch ist es insbesondere, wenn mehrere übereinander und/oder nebeneinander gestapelte Container miteinander verriegelt werden müssen, wie dies insbesondere bei Schiffsladungen notwendig ist. In diesem Falle erfolgt die Verriegelung manuell, indem übereinander und/oder nebeneinander angeordnete Container durch Verbindungs- und Verriegelungselemente miteinander verriegelt werden. Dies ist zeitaufwendig und wegen der Verletzungsgefahr beim Anbringen der Verbindungs- und Verriegelungselemente gefährlich.
Es ist beispielsweise aus der DE 100 42 458 und aus der DE 101 04 067 bekannt, übereinander gestapelte Behälter (Container) durch ein automatisches Verriegelungssystem miteinander zu verriegeln, wobei mehrere derart miteinander verriegelte Behälter (Container) auch als Block transportiert werden können.
Die Problematik der vertikalen Verriegelung ist also zufriedenstellend gelöst.In particular, it is problematic if a plurality of containers stacked one above the other and / or next to one another must be locked together, as is necessary in particular for shiploads. In this case, the locking is done manually by superimposed and / or juxtaposed containers are locked together by connecting and locking elements. This is time consuming and dangerous because of the risk of injury when attaching the connecting and locking elements.
It is known, for example, from DE 100 42 458 and DE 101 04 067 to lock containers (containers) stacked on top of each other by an automatic locking system, whereby a plurality of containers (containers) interlocked with one another can also be transported as a block.
The problem of vertical locking is thus satisfactorily solved.

Es ist daher Aufgabe der vorliegenden Erfindung, einen Behälter bereitzustellen, der so ausgestattet ist, daß er mit anderen gleichartigen Behältern ohne manuelle Tätigkeit horizontal verriegelt werden kann und zugleich eine im Verhältnis zu den benachbarten gleichartigen Behältern definierte Position einnimmt.It is therefore an object of the present invention to provide a container equipped so that it is with others similar containers without manual action locked horizontally can be and at the same time one in relation to the neighboring ones identical container occupies defined position.

Diese Aufgabe wird mit den Merkmalen des Patentanspruchs 1 gelöst. Damit ist es möglich, nebeneinander und hintereinander angeordnete Container mechanisch miteinander zu verriegeln, ohne daß eine manuelle Tätigkeit erforderlich ist. Durch eine Vorrichtung entsprechend den Unteransprüchen 4 und 5 erfolgt zugleich eine Justierung des abzustellenden Containers im Verhältnis zu den schon abgestellten Containern, sodaß der abzustellenden Container im Verhältnis zu den benachbarten Containern definiert positioniert wird.This object is achieved with the features of claim 1. Thus it is possible, side by side and arranged one behind the other To lock containers mechanically together without a manual Activity is required. By a device accordingly the dependent claims 4 and 5 at the same time an adjustment of the container to be delivered in relation to the already parked Containers, so that the container to be dropped in the Positioned relative to the adjacent containers becomes.

Die Lösung der Aufgabe entspricht der Merkmalen des Patentanspruch 1. Die Hohlkörper sind beispielsweise Führungsleisten, die in entsprechende Führungsleisten benachbarter Container eingreifen und dadurch, daß Container von oben nach unten abgesetzt werden, ein Ineinandergreifen der jeweiligen Führungsleisten bewirken und dabei eine horizontale Verriegelung herbeiführen.
Ein wesentlicher Vorteil der Erfindung besteht darin, daß die bislang übliche manuelle Verriegelung und Verlaschung entfällt und damit das Verletzungsrisiko der im Hafen oder auf dem Schiff tätigen Arbeiter minimiert wird. Außerdem werden hierdurch in erheblichem Maße Personal, Zeit und damit Kosten gespart.The hollow objects are, for example, guide rails, which engage in corresponding guide rails of adjacent containers and thereby that containers are deposited from top to bottom, cause engagement of the respective guide rails and thereby bring about a horizontal lock.
An essential advantage of the invention is that the hitherto conventional manual locking and lashing is eliminated and thus the risk of injury to workers working in the port or on the ship is minimized. In addition, this significantly saves staff, time and thus costs.

Die Mittel, also beispielsweise die Führungsleisten, können u-förmig, hakenförmig oder rundgebogen sein. Es ist jede Form denkbar, die ein Ineinandergreifen der Mittel benachbarter Container ermöglicht.The means, for example the guide rails, can be U-shaped, be hooked or curved. Any form is conceivable the interlocking of the means of neighboring containers allows.

Wenn die Mittel, also beispielsweise die Führungsleisten, an ihren oberen und/oder unteren Endbereichen von außen nach innen abfallend abgeschrägt sind, haben die Führungsleisten der jeweiligen Container im Verhältnis zueinander Spiel, sodaß sie sich selbsttätig im Verhältnis zueinander justieren können. Damit wird das Rangieren für den Kranfahrer einfacher, weil er nicht mehr aus seinem Führerhaus über die Distanz die genaue Positionierung der Container zueinander bewerkstelligen muß, sondern ihm die Mittel an den Außenseiten der Container hierbei Hilfestellung leisten. If the means, so for example the guide rails, at their upper and / or lower end portions sloping from outside to inside Beveled, the guide rails have the respective Containers in relation to each other game, so that they are self-acting can adjust in relation to each other. This is the maneuvering easier for the crane driver because he is no longer out of his Cab over the distance the exact positioning of the container to accomplish to each other, but to him the means to the Outside of the container help here.

Die Erfindung soll nachfolgend anhand einiger Ausführungsbeispiele erläutert werden, wobei der Gegenstand der Erfindung keineswegs auf diese Ausführungsbeispiele beschränkt ist.
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  • die Fig. 1 mehrere horizontal miteinander verriegelte Container in Draufsicht;
  • die Fig. 2 eine äußere Verriegelungsvorrichtung in perspektivischer Ansicht;
  • die Fig. 3 eine äußere Verriegelungsvorrichtung mit abgeschrägten Ecken in Blickrichtung A
  • die Fig. 4 die äußeren Verriegelungsvorrichtungen zweier Container mit abgeschrägten Ecken beim Verriegelungsvorgang
The invention will be explained below with reference to some embodiments, wherein the subject matter of the invention is by no means limited to these embodiments.
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  • Figure 1 a plurality of horizontally interlocked container in plan view.
  • Figure 2 is an external locking device in a perspective view.
  • 3 shows an outer locking device with bevelled corners in the direction of view A.
  • Fig. 4, the outer locking devices of two containers with bevelled corners in the locking process

Figur 1 zeigt ausschnittsweise mehrere hintereinander und nebeneinander angeordnete Container C1, C2, C3 und C4, mit Containerekken 2, die an ihren oberen und unteren Endbereichen Verriegelungsgehäuse 21, sogenannte Corner-Castings, mit ovalen Öffnungen 211 aufweisen. Die Container sind miteinander durch äußere Verriegelungsvorrichtungen (24) verriegelt. Diese äußeren Verriegelungsvorrichtungen (24) sind im Beispielsfall U-förmig ausgebildet und im Innenbereich geöffnet, sodaß die äußere Verriegelungsvorrichtung (24) eines benachbarten Containers vollständig durch die Verriegelungsvorrichtung durchgeführt werden kann. Der Transport- und Abstellvorgang erfolgt stets von oben nach unten, sodaß, wenn ein Container auf seiner Position abgestellt ist, der nächste Container von oben neben den ersten Container positioniert wird. Bei diesem Vorgang kann die äußere Verriegelungsvorrichtung des zweiten Containers in die Verriegelungsvorrichtung des ersten Containers eingreifen, sodaß nicht nur eine Verriegelung stattfindet, sondern der zweite Container auch geführt und damit genau an seinen Platz gesetzt werden kann. Werden mehrere Container untereinander transportiert und sollen sie neben mehrere schon gestapelte Container gebracht werden, so kann die äußere Verriegelungsvorrichtung des untersten im Transport befindlichen Containers in die äußere Verriegelungsvorrichtung des obersten gestapelten Containers eingeführt und hindurchgeführt werden, um dann in die äußere Verriegelungsvorrichtung des nächstunteren gestapelten Containers eingeführt zu werden usw. Dadurch wird zugleich eine platzsparende und genaue Anordnung der Container ermöglicht.
Die äußeren Verriegelungsvorrichtungen können an den Seitenteilen der Container angebracht werden. Vorteilhaft werden sie, wie in der Figur 1 dargestellt, an den Containerecken befestigt.Figure 1 shows a detail of several consecutively and juxtaposed containers C1, C2, C3 and C4, with container bars 2, the locking housing 21, so-called corner castings, with oval openings 211 have at their upper and lower end portions. The containers are locked together by external locking devices (24). These outer locking devices (24) are formed in the example U-shaped and opened in the interior, so that the outer locking device (24) of an adjacent container can be performed completely by the locking device. The transport and parking always takes place from top to bottom, so that when a container is parked in its position, the next container is positioned from above next to the first container. In this process, the outer locking device of the second container can engage in the locking device of the first container, so that not only a lock takes place, but the second container also guided and thus can be placed exactly in place. If several containers are transported to each other and they are to be placed next to several already stacked containers, the outer locking device of the lowest in-transport container can be inserted and passed into the outer locking device of the uppermost stacked container, and then into the outer locking device of the next lower stacked container This also allows a space-saving and accurate arrangement of the container.
The outer locking devices can be attached to the side panels of the containers. Advantageously, they are attached to the container corners, as shown in FIG.

Fig. 2 zeigt eine an einer Containerecke 2 befestigte oder einstückig mit ihr verbundene äußere Verriegelungsvorrichtung (24) in perspektivischer Ansicht. Die Verriegelungsvorrichtung 24 ist an der Containerecke 2 so positioniert, daß der Zugang zu den ovalen Öffnungen des Corner-Castings nicht behindert wird. Gleiches gilt mit Bezug auf das in Fig. 2 nicht dargestellte Corner-Casting am unteren Endbereich der Containerecke.Fig. 2 shows a fixed to a container corner 2 or in one piece with its outer locking device (24) connected in perspective view. The locking device 24 is on the container corner 2 is positioned so that the access to the oval Openings of the corner casting is not hindered. same for with reference to the not shown in Fig. 2 corner casting on lower end of the container corner.

In Fig. 3 ist, aus der in Fig. 2 angedeuteten Blickrichtung A dargestellt, eine äußere Verriegelungsvorrichtung 24 mit von außen nach innen abgeschrägten Ecken zu sehen. Die äußere Verriegelungsvorrichtung besteht aus einem langen Schenkel 241, aus einem Querschenkel 242 und aus einem kurzen Schenkel 243. Alle drei Schenkel sind im Bereich ihres oberen Endes von außen nach innen abfallend abgeschrägt. Der kurze Schenkel 243 kann zusätzlich noch im Bereich seiner Teilfläche 243' abgeschrägt werden, um die Einführung der äußeren Verriegelungsvorrichtung 24'' des weiteren Containers zu erleichtern.FIG. 3 shows, from the viewing direction A indicated in FIG. 2, an outer locking device 24 with from the outside to see inside beveled corners. The outer locking device consists of a long leg 241, a transverse leg 242 and from a short leg 243. All three legs are sloping from outside to inside in the area of their upper end beveled. The short leg 243 can additionally in the area its section 243 'beveled to the introduction the outer locking device 24 "of the further container to facilitate.

Fig 4 schließlich zeigt eine äußere Verriegelungsvorrichtung 24 aus der Perspektive gemäß Fig. 3, in die die äußere Verriegelungsvorrichtung 24'' eines weiteren Containers eingreifen möchte. Aus dieser Perspektive ist nur die äußere Wand des Querschenkels 242'' zu sehen. Daher sind die verdeckten Schenkel 241'' und 243'' gestrichelt dargestellt. Es ist erkennbar, daß der kurze Schenkel 243'' im Bereich seines unteren Endes sowohl eine von außen nach innen abfallende Schrägung a als auch eine von innen nach außen abfallende Schrägung b aufweist. Dies erleichtert dem kurzen Schenkel 243'' das Gleiten in den Innenraum der äußeren Verriegelungsvorrichtung 24, welcher von den Innenseiten der Schenkel 241, 242 und 243 begrenzt wird. Es ist erkennbar, daß die Breite des kurzen Schenkels 243'' geringer ist als die Breite der Innenwand des Querschenkel 242. Der kurze Schenkel 243'' hat beim Gleiten in die äußere Verlegungsvorrichtung 24 also Spiel. Dadurch, daß die oberen Bereiche der Schenkel 241,242 und 243 von außen nach innen abfallend abgeschrägt sind, und daß das untere Ende des kurzen Schenkels 243'' ebenfalls abgeschrägt ist, besteht auch im rauhen Transportgeschäft genügend Bewegungsraum für die äußere Verriegelungsvorrichtung 24'', um in die äußere Verriegelungsvorrichtung 24 zu gleiten.
Da die äußeren Verriegelungsvorrichtungen aus gehärtetem Stahl, beispielsweise aus V2A Stahl bestehen, ist nicht zu besorgen, daß sie beim Transport der Container bzw. beim Absetzen oder Rangieren beschädigt werden. Dies gilt insbesondere dann, wenn sie mit den Containerecken einstückig ausgebildet sind.Finally, FIG. 4 shows an outer locking device 24 from the perspective of FIG. 3, in which the outer locking device 24 "of another container intends to intervene. From this perspective, only the outer wall of the transverse leg 242 "can be seen. Therefore, the hidden legs 241 '' and 243 '' shown in dashed lines. It can be seen that the short leg 243 '' in the region of its lower end has both a sloping from outside to inside slope a and a sloping from the inside to the outside bevel b. This facilitates the short leg 243 "sliding into the interior of the outer locking device 24, which is bounded by the inner sides of the legs 241, 242 and 243. It can be seen that the width of the short leg 243 '' is less than the width of the inner wall of the transverse leg 242. The short leg 243 '' so play when sliding into the outer laying device 24. Characterized in that the upper portions of the legs 241,242 and 243 are bevelled sloping from outside to inside, and that the lower end of the short leg 243 '' is also chamfered, there is sufficient movement space for the outer locking device 24 '', even in rough transport business to slide into the outer locking device 24.
Since the outer locking devices made of hardened steel, for example made of V2A steel, there is no reason to worry that they are damaged during transport of the container or when settling or maneuvering. This is especially true if they are integrally formed with the container corners.

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  1. Receptacle (C1), on the outer walls of which hollow bodies (21) are provided for receiving locking devices for locking to receptacles (C2), (C3) of the same kind, characterised in that the receptacle has, on its four vertical outer sides, means (24) which engage in means, of the same kind, of adjacent receptacles (C2), (C3), position the receptacle in a defined manner in relation to the adjacent receptacle or the adjacent receptacles and horizontally lock the receptacles together.
  2. Receptacle according to Claim 1,
    characterised in that
    the means (24) are arranged in the corner regions of the receptacle.
  3. Receptacle according to Claim 1 or 2,
    characterised in that
    U-shaped, hook-shaped or bent-round guide rails are used as the means (24).
  4. Receptacle according to one of Claims 1 to 3,
    characterised in that
    the means (24) have upper sections which are bevelled in a manner sloping from the outside inwards.
  5. Receptacle according to one of Claims 1 to 4,
    characterised in that
    at least one region of the means (24) has lower sections which are bevelled in a manner sloping from the outside inwards and/or from the inside outwards.
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