EP3285973A1 - Storage container - Google Patents
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- EP3285973A1 EP3285973A1 EP15742017.5A EP15742017A EP3285973A1 EP 3285973 A1 EP3285973 A1 EP 3285973A1 EP 15742017 A EP15742017 A EP 15742017A EP 3285973 A1 EP3285973 A1 EP 3285973A1
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- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B25—HAND TOOLS; PORTABLE POWER-DRIVEN TOOLS; MANIPULATORS
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- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B25—HAND TOOLS; PORTABLE POWER-DRIVEN TOOLS; MANIPULATORS
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Definitions
- the invention relates to a storage container, with a modular container housing having a plurality of arranged in a height direction and in pairs in mutually independent manner coupled housing modules and the limited over several each of two directly superimposed housing modules and open at a front of the container housing receiving compartments for retractable and retractable drawer elements, wherein at least one or each arranged between two receiving compartments housing module is designed as a housing intermediate module, which extends transversely to the height direction between the two receiving compartments module horizontal wall and an edge on the module -horizontalwand arranged, upstanding upper module side wall contains.
- Such a storage container is from the
- This known storage container is composed, for example, of three housing modules which are placed on one another in a height direction and locked together in pairs. In the height direction mutually adjacent housing modules bound each in each case together to the front of the container housing open towards receiving compartment in which a drawer element is arranged in a retractable and retractable manner.
- the housing modules are designed uniformly and have viewed from the front of a U-shaped profile.
- the housing module arranged between two receptacles which can be referred to as a housing intermediate module, has a horizontally extending module horizontal wall with an exclusively upwardly projecting upper module arranged on the left and right sides and on the rear side. Side wall.
- their module horizontal wall must be graded graded in the transition region to the module side wall, which increases the design effort and can affect the usable cross section of the adjacent storage compartments.
- a storage container which has a plurality of vertically alsont sitting and miteinan of the latched housing modules, which in pairs each define a receiving compartment for a drawer element.
- Abgese hen of a suitcase-like upper housing module here al le housing modules are provided with a U-shaped cross-section and contain a functioning as a floor module horizontal wall, protruding from the top only one module - side wall.
- DE 10 2012 107 955 AI discloses a container having a bottom wall, two left and right side walls and a rear wall, wherein the possibility exists to stack a plurality of such containers one above the other and to lock together. Each container can hold a pull-out drawer.
- the US 3,316,045 and US 2002/0125159 AI each describe a storage container with a one-piece body in which a plurality of drawers are arranged to be pulled out and at the top has an opening which is striglos sen by means of a pivotally mounted closure lid.
- the invention has for its object to provide a modular structure, suitable for receiving at least two drawer storage container, the housing modules with cost-effective structure are simply coupled together bar.
- At least one housing intermediate module in addition to the module horizontal wall upwardly projecting upper module side wall has a module horizontal wall downwardly superior lower module - side wall and thereby simultaneously contributes to the formation of both a arranged above the housing intermediate module receiving compartment laterally bounding compartment side wall and the receptacle arranged below receiving laterally bounding compartment side wall, wherein the housing intermediate module at its upper module side wall with a housing module arranged over there and its lower module Side wall is coupled to a housing module arranged underneath in each case in a manner which can not be lifted off.
- the storage container according to the invention has at least one arranged in the height direction of the container housing between two further housing modules housing intermediate module which is coupled both with the housing module arranged above and arranged underneath the housing module in an inseparable manner and together with each of the two him in the Height direction adjacent housing modules defines a receptacle for a drawer element.
- the housing intermediate module is profiled in a substantially T-shaped manner, in that a module side wall protrudes both upwards and downwards from the edge of the module horizontal wall aligned transversely to the vertical direction.
- the upwardly projecting upper module - side wall limits laterally above the housing intermediate module arranged receiving compartment, while the downwardly projecting lower module side wall laterally bounded below the housing intermediate module receiving compartment.
- the housing intermediate module is coupled at its upper and lower module side wall with the respective adjacent housing module, the coupling measures can be realized independently of the module horizontal wall, which ensures a simple and inexpensive design of the module horizontal wall and the best possible use the volume of the associated receiving compartments favors.
- each of these several housing intermediate modules has an upwardly projecting upper module sidewall and a downwardly protruding lower module sidewall. In the height direction directly adjacent to each other arranged housing intermediate modules are then coupled together in the region of two mutually facing upper and lower module side walls.
- the storage container is equipped with a plurality of housing intermediate modules, these several housing intermediate modules are preferably identical to one another.
- Each receptacle has at the front of the container housing a compartment opening for withdrawing and inserting a drawer element.
- each receiving compartment is laterally delimited by a compartment side wall, which is composed of a module side wall of the housing module immediately adjacent in the height direction and the upper or lower module side wall of the housing intermediate module assigned to this adjacent housing module.
- Folglic is the compartment side wall of the receiving compartment not only from the associated housing intermediate module, but together formed by this housing intermediate module and in this regard in the height direction adjacent housing module, the adjacent housing module may well be another housing intermediate module.
- Two in the height direction immediately adjacent to each other arranged housing intermediate modules are preferably coupled together by a coupling between the upwardly projecting upper module side wall of the lower housing intermediate module and the downwardly projecting lower module - side wall of the housing module arranged above it.
- These module side walls are interfacing with each other Kopplungsmittein, in particular in the form of locking means equipped.
- housing modules of the modular container housing are preferably in addition to at least one housing intermediate module arranged on the underside of the container housing lower housing termination module and arranged on the top of the container housing upper housing termination module.
- Each of these two enclosure termination modules is coupled to the associated upper or lower module side wall of the housing intermediate module adjacent in the height direction.
- a storage container having exactly two storage compartments for each drawer element has a single housing intermediate module, which is arranged directly between an upper housing termination module and a lower housing termination module.
- the upper housing termination module closing off the storage container at the top is expediently delimited by a ceiling wall, on whose upwardly pointing outer side a bow-shaped carrying handle is arranged in a preferably pivotable manner.
- the carrying handle may expediently be pivoted between a non-use position sunk into the ceiling wall and in particular recessed into the ceiling wall, and a use position pivoted up into an upright position. Using the carrying handle, the storage container can be easily lifted by hand and transported.
- the upper ceiling wall is formed directly from the upper end wall of the upper case termination module.
- the top enclosure termination module has a single module horizontal wall that defines both the top end wall and the top wall.
- the upper case termination module is formed as a container module defining a storage space accessible through a heightwise access opening, the upper end wall of the upper case termination module forming the bottom wall of the container module and the top wall of one Closure lid is formed, which is associated with the access opening and sits on top of an upper module side wall, which projects from the upper end wall of the upper housing closure module upwards.
- the upper module side wall of the housing intermediate module can have the same wall height in the height direction of the container housing as the lower module side wall projecting downwards in the opposite direction from the module horizontal wall.
- the upper module side wall in the height direction of the container housing has a different from the corresponding measured wall height of the lower module side wall of the same housing intermediate module wall height .
- Particularly preferred is an embodiment in which the upwardly projecting upper module side wall is higher than the downwardly projecting lower module side wall in one and the same housing intermediate module.
- the housing modules of the container housing are expediently locked to one another by means of interengaging latching means.
- the locking takes place on the module side walls.
- the coupling measures can also be made detachable.
- each upwardly projecting upper module - side wall has a plurality of first locking means and each downwardly projecting lower module side wall has a corresponding number of complementary to the first locking means second locking means.
- Either the first latching means or the second latching means are preferably designed as in the vertical direction of the associated module side wall projecting latching hooks which engage behind in the latched state for locking a belonging to the other latching means locking edge.
- the mutually associated upper and lower module side walls of the adjacent housing modules expediently based on each other with their vertically oriented end faces and are expediently braced together by the positively cooperating with each other locking means in the height direction of the container housing.
- Each latching hook expediently immersed in a plug-in receptacle formed on the adjacent housing module and open in the vertical direction at least on one side, which is assigned the already mentioned latching edge.
- the plug-in receptacle is expediently delimited by a lateral boundary wall, in which at least one window-like recess is formed, whose border forms the latching edge.
- the container housing which is preferably the case, has a rectangular floor plan, have the upper and lower module side walls each have two opposite, left and right side wall sections and a receiving compartment on the back, so compared to the front compartment Opening delimiting rear wall section.
- the locking means are preferably provided exclusively on the lateral Wandabschnit th.
- the module side walls may be partially broken to allow in particular a view into the interior of the associated receiving compartment.
- each compartment side wall except in the loading area of the arranged on the front compartment opening extends as a self-contained structure around the associated receptacle fold around.
- At the storage container expediently mindes least one of the number of receiving compartments corresponding number of drawer elements.
- the drawer elements are inde pendent of each other pulled out and inserted in each egg nem own receptacle arranged. Conveniently, it is possible to completely pull out each drawer element from the associated receiving compartment and remove it from the container housing.
- the storage container is preferably portable. For its simple transport, it has, as already angepro Chen, expediently at least one carrying handle, which is preferably on top of the container housing, during transport, the drawer elements are expediently completely inserted into the respective associated receiving compartment. Locking means are preferably provided for the releasable, housing-fixed locking of each drawer element in its fully inserted position.
- Each drawer element expediently has a bottom wall and an upwardly projecting outer wall extending around the bottom wall.
- the floor- Wall together with the outer wall, delimits a drawer interior space that can be used to store any objects, such as tools or small items of hardware.
- the drawer interior may be divided by one or more room divider walls into several interior sections. For ease of handling when pulling out and pushing each drawer element expediently on the drawer interior facing away from the outside of a front outer wall portion of the drawer element on a handle.
- the drawer element is designed lidless.
- the drawer element may be designed in the manner of a container, for example in the manner of a small shell case.
- Figure 1 shows a preferred embodiment of the invention
- Storage container in a variant with two housing intermediate modules, wherein in each of the three storage compartments defined thereby, a drawer element is arranged and wherein all the drawer elements are illustrated in the fully inserted state,
- FIG. 2 shows the storage container from FIG. 1 in the state of differently drawn out drawer elements; an exploded view of the storage container illustrated in Figures 1 and 2, a front view of the storage container in a viewing direction according to arrow IV of Figure 1, a plan view of the storage container as viewed in accordance with arrow V of Figure 1, a vertical section through the Aufbewahrungsbefflel ter according to sectional plane VI -VI Figure 5, wherein le diglich one of the lowest receiving compartment associated drawer element - in the partially extended state - is illustrated, and another vertical section through the storage container according to section line VII -VII of Figure 6 and limited to the lateral wall portion of the container housing to illustrate the coupling of Modules effecting locking connections, with a framed section separately shown enlarged again.
- the designated in its entirety by reference numeral 1 storage container has a container housing 2 with a vertical axis 3, wherein the axial direction of the vertical axis 3 is hereinafter also referred to as the height direction 3.
- the container housing 2 further has a longitudinal axis 4 perpendicular to the vertical axis 3 and a transverse axis 5 perpendicular to the vertical axis 3 and the longitudinal axis 4.
- the axial direction of the longitudinal axis 4 defines a depth direction, the axial direction of the transverse axis 5 a width direction of the container housing 2. In the usual position of use of the storage container 1, the vertical axis is vertically aligned.
- the container housing 2 preferably has an at least substantially rectangular outline in a plane perpendicular to the vertical axis 3, which is clearly visible in particular from FIG. Overall, the container housing 2 preferably has a cuboidal basic structure.
- the container housing 2 has a facing in the axial direction of the longitudinal axis 4 front 6 and a rear side oppositely oriented in this regard 7. Further, the container housing 2 has two opposite in the axial direction of the transverse axis 5 oriented lateral outer sides 8, 9th
- the container housing 2 defines a plurality of receiving compartments 10, which are arranged one above the other in the height direction 3. These are at least two storage compartments 10, wherein the number of shelves is in principle arbitrary.
- the storage container 1 of the embodiment is equipped with three storage compartments 10.
- Each receptacle 10 is accessible from the outside by its own, arranged on the front side 6 compartment opening 11 which is recessed in the container housing 2.
- a drawer element 12 is arranged, which is oriented in the context of an indicated by a double arrow working movement 13, which is oriented in the axial direction of the longitudinal axis 4, optionally from the associated receiving compartment 10th
- FIG. 2 the uppermost of three drawer elements 12 is shown in the inserted basic position.
- the underlying The middle drawer element 12 is partially pulled out of the associated receiving compartment 10 and the drawer element 12 located at the bottom is shown in a position removed completely from the associated receiving compartment 10.
- the container housing 2 forms for each receptacle 10, a compartment side wall 16 which limits the associated receiving compartment 10 at the right angles to the vertical axis 3 oriented sides - apart in the region of the compartment opening 11.
- the compartment opening 11 preferably extends each compartment side wall 16 as a closed wall around the assigned receiving compartment 10.
- each compartment side wall 16 has two lateral side walls 8, 9 assigned to the lateral outer sides 8, 9.
- the container housing 2 has a modular structure and is composed of a plurality of housing modules 17, which are arranged one above the other in the axial direction of the vertical axis 3 and are arranged on top of each other.
- housing modules 17 arranged directly adjacent to one another are coupled to one another such that relative movement is not possible in any direction in space.
- the mutually coupled housing modules 17 can be moved relative to each other either in a perpendicular to the vertical axis 3 horizontal plane, still the housing modules 17 can be lifted from each other in the height direction 3.
- the housing modules 17 can be placed on each other in the height direction 3 and partially inserted by applying a certain operating force into each other and thereby locked together.
- the Rasttagens- devices 18 of permanent nature, so that accidental cancellation of the module network can be ruled out with certainty. In principle, however, it would be possible to design the coupling devices 18 in a decoupled type.
- the storage container 1 contains at least one such housing intermediate module 17a. In order to realize a larger number of storage compartments 10, the storage container 1 but also have a plurality of directly superimposed and coupled to each other housing intermediate modules 17a.
- the storage container 1 of the embodiment has two housing intermediate modules 17a. In the region of its relative to the axial direction of the vertical axis 3 downwardly facing bottom 23, the Be Zellergeophu se 2 as a lower housing closure module 17 b designated housing module 17. In the area of this opposite set top 24, the container housing 2 has a designated upper housing termination module 17 c Genzo module 17.
- the lowermost housing intermediate module 17 a bounded together with the lower housing termination module 17 b under a tes receiving compartment 10, while the uppermost housing Intermediate module 17 a with the upper housing termination module 17 c delimits an uppermost receiving compartment 10.
- the storage container 1 has only one housing module 17a, this together with the lower housing closure module 17b delimits the lower of two storage compartments 10 and together with the upper housing closure module 17c the upper of these two storage compartments 10
- Each housing intermediate module 17a has a transversely and in particular special perpendicular to the vertical axis 3 extending module - horizontal wall 25.
- This module horizontal wall 25 respectively forms the bottom of the receiving compartment 10 arranged above it and at the same time the ceiling of the receiving compartment 10 arranged underneath the module horizontal wall 25 is preferably formed plate-shaped, wherein it is suitably unbroken. In particular, for stiffening it can all be provided at the top and / or bottom with an integrally molded ribbing 26.
- the module horizontal wall 25 expediently has an at least substantially rectangular outline, approximately corresponding to the plan view of the container housing 2.
- two module side walls are integrally formed on the module horizontal wall 25, which for better distinction are referred to below as upper module side wall 27 and lower module side wall 28.
- the upper module side wall 27 projects from the outer edge 29 of the module - horizontal wall 25 in the height direction 3 upwards, while the lower module side wall 28 projects from this outer edge 29 in the height direction 3 downwards.
- the upper module side wall 27 merges directly and integrally into the lower module side wall 28 of the same housing intermediate module 17a.
- the transition is in particular on the receiving compartments 10 facing away from outer surface of the module side walls 27, 28 seamless and without heels.
- the housing intermediate module 17a is designed such that the upper module side wall 27 and the lower module side wall 28 are wall sections of a one-piece intermediate module side wall 32 that merge into one another directly in the axial direction of the vertical axis 3.
- Horizontal wall 25 surmounted both upwards and downwards.
- the module horizontal wall 25 is integrally formed with its outer edge 29 on the inner surface of the intermediate module side wall 32.
- each intermediate housing module 17a simultaneously forms part of two compartment side walls 16, namely both the compartment side wall 16 of the receiving compartment 10 arranged above the housing intermediate module 17a and the compartment side wall 16 of the compartment located immediately below the housing compartment.
- the housing intermediate module 17a with its upper module side wall 27 and with its lower module side wall 28 at the same time contributes to the formation of the compartment side walls 16 both above and below the housing intermediate module 17a located receiving compartments 10 at.
- each housing intermediate module 17a is coupled to the housing module 17 arranged above it.
- each housing intermediate module 17a is coupled to the housing module 17 located thereunder. The coupling takes place by means of the already mentioned, preferably designed as a locking connection means 19 coupling means 18.
- the housing module 17a in the height direction 3 above and below each adjacent housing modules 17 are preferably over the entire surface oriented in the axial direction of the vertical axis 3 End face 37 of the respectively associated module side wall 27, 28 on.
- the storage container 1 has a plurality of housing intermediate modules 17a arranged one above the other in the height direction 3, the receiving compartment 10 located in each case between two housing intermediate modules 17a arranged one above the other is delimited laterally by a compartment side wall 16 which consists of the upper module protruding upward. Side wall 27 of the respective lower housing intermediate module 17a and the downwardly projecting lower module side wall 28 of the directly above the housing intermediate module 17a composed.
- the height dimensions of the upper module side wall 27 and the lower module side wall 28 that can be labeled as wall height can be identical in at least one and preferably in each housing intermediate module 17a.
- a preferred embodiment is also realized in the exemplary embodiment Design in which the two module side walls 27, 28 at least one and preferably each housing intermediate module 17a in the axial direction of the vertical axis 3 have mutually different wall heights so that they project in the height direction 3 of the container housing 2 different far from the associated module horizontal wall 25 ,
- the upper module sidewall 27 is higher than the downwardly projecting lower module sidewall 28.
- the lower housing closure module 17b has a lower end wall 33 which expands at right angles to the vertical axis 3 and forms the bottom wall of an overlying receiving compartment 10.
- the upper housing closure module 17c expediently has a likewise extending at right angles to the vertical axis 3 upper end wall 34 which limits the underlying uppermost receptacle 10 of the storage container 1 at its upper side.
- an upper module side wall 35 projects upwards in the height direction 3, which has the same circumferential course as the intermediate module side wall 32 of the housing intermediate module 17a arranged above it.
- a lower module sidewall 36 downward the circumferential course suitably also corresponds to that of the intermediate module side wall 32 of the housing intermediate module 17 a arranged underneath.
- the upper module side wall 35 of the lower housing closure module 17b is thus supported in the axial direction of the vertical axis 3 on the downward-pointing end face 37 of the lower module side wall 28 of the housing housing arranged above it.
- the lower module side wall 36 of the upper case termination module 17c is supported on the upwardly facing end face 37 of the upper module side wall 27 of the housing intermediate module 17a immediately below.
- the compartment sidewall 16 of the lowermost receptacle 10 is formed by the upper module sidewall 35 of the lower housing termination module 17b and the lower module sidewall 28 of the housing intermediate module 17a disposed above it. Furthermore, the compartment side wall 16 of the uppermost storage compartment 10 is formed in common by the lower module side wall 28 of the upper case termination module 17c and the upper module side wall 27 of the housing intermediate module 17a located immediately below.
- the lower housing termination module 17b has no upper module side wall 35 and lies with its lower end wall 33 directly to the lower module side wall 28 of the housing intermediate module 17a placed above.
- the upper housing termination module 17c has no lower module side wall 36 and sits with its lower module side wall 36 directly on the upper module side wall 27 of the housing intermediate module 17a placed below it.
- housing modules 17 are preferably at the mutually facing upper and lower module side walls 27, 28 coupled together.
- the coupling preferably takes place in the region of the end faces 37, oriented in the height direction 3, of the module side walls 27, 28, 35, 36.
- the housing modules 17 abut each other in such a way that they with their support each other facing end surfaces 37 together.
- the coupling devices 18 are preferably designed so that they are clamped together by the abutting upper and lower module side walls 27, 28, 35, 36 at their mutually facing end surfaces 37.
- latching connection means 19 for pairwise coupling of housing modules 17 adjacent in the height direction 3 are realized. These are described below.
- each upper module side wall 27, 35 a plurality of spaced in the circumferential direction of the said module side wall 27, 35 spaced first latching means 42, while each lower module side wall 28, 36 a corresponding number of in having the same distribution arranged second locking means 43 has.
- Under the circumferential direction of the module side wall is meant the course direction around the vertical axis 3.
- first and second latching means 42, 43 are located exclusively on those sections of the module side walls 27, 35, 28, 36 which form the two lateral compartment side wall sections 16a.
- the first latching means 42 are expediently designed as latching hooks 44 projecting upwards in the vertical direction 3 and projecting a right-angled projection 3 perpendicular to the vertical axis 3. wear special locking projection 45 projecting in the direction of the interior of the assigned receiving compartment 10.
- the arranged on the lower module side wall 28 second locking means 43 each consist of a locking edge 46 which is oriented in the height direction 3 pointing upwards. In the latched state, each locking edge 46 is overlapped by one of the latching projections 45 at the top, so that adjusts a positive connection in the height direction 3 of the container housing 2.
- the provided with the locking edge 46 lower module side wall 28, 36 is at least partially hollow and defines at least one downwardly towards the adjacent upper module side wall 27 towards open plug receptacle 47.
- this plug receptacle 47 dives the associated latching hook 44 a ,
- the lower module side wall 28, 36 in each of its two to form one of the two lateral compartment side wall portions 16 a 16a contributing wall sections in the axial direction of the longitudinal axis 4 extending groove-like plug-in receptacle 44, in which all associated latching hooks 44 dive together.
- Each locking edge 46 is expediently formed by the edge of a window-like recess 48, which is formed in the lower module - side wall 28, 36 and laterally opens into the plug receptacle 47.
- These window-like recesses 48 are expediently located in a lateral boundary wall 50 of the plug-in receptacle 44 assigned to the interior of the receiving compartment 10 and belonging to the lower module side wall 28, 36.
- the upper module side wall 27, 35 and / or the lower module side wall 28, 36 are preferably designed to be double-walled, at least in the region of the coupling devices 18.
- the aforementioned boundary wall 50 is preferably formed by the inner wall section of the double-walled module side wall 27, 35, 28, 36 delimiting the receiving compartment 10 lying at the same height.
- the plug-in receptacle 44 is formed by the interior of the double-walled structure.
- the upper housing closure module 17c is expediently delimited on its upper side by a ceiling wall 49, on whose upwardly pointing outer side a bow-shaped carrying handle 52 is arranged, which can be grasped with one hand in order to transport the storage container 1.
- the carrying handle 52 is expediently mounted pivotably on the ceiling wall 49, wherein the pivot axis 53 preferably extends in the width direction of the container housing 2.
- the carrying handle 52 can be folded into a non-use position on the ceiling wall 49, in which it expediently comes to rest sunk in a surface depression 54 of the ceiling wall 49.
- the carrying handle 52 can swing up into an upright position of use.
- the upper end wall 34 and the top wall 49 are one and the same component of the upper case termination module 17c.
- the ceiling wall 49 is in addition to the upper End wall 34 is disposed and placed in the height direction 3 above this, where it acts as a closure lid of a container designed as a module upper housing end module 17c.
- Each of the drawer elements 12 expediently has a bottom wall 55, which is preferably plate-shaped. On the edge side around the bottom wall 55, there extends an outer wall 56 projecting upwards in the axial direction of the vertical axis 3, which together with the bottom wall 55 delimits a drawer interior 57 serving to store objects. If the drawer element 12 is at least partially pulled out of the assigned receiving compartment 10 on the front side 6 of the container housing 2, it is open at the top
- Drawer interior 57 accessible for inserting or removing objects.
- the drawer interior 57 can be subdivided into individual interior sections by means of partition walls not further illustrated. Also, the drawer element 12 may have a removable or pivotally mounted lid.
- a handle 59 is suitably arranged on which the drawer element 12 can be detected to pull it out of the receptacle 10 or back into the Move back tray 10.
- the housing modules 17 as well as the drawer elements 12 are expediently made of a plastic material.
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