IL102750A - Plastic container - Google Patents

Plastic container

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Publication number
IL102750A
IL102750A IL10275092A IL10275092A IL102750A IL 102750 A IL102750 A IL 102750A IL 10275092 A IL10275092 A IL 10275092A IL 10275092 A IL10275092 A IL 10275092A IL 102750 A IL102750 A IL 102750A
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Israel
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side walls
container
container according
rail
edge
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IL10275092A
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Schoeller Plast Ag
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    • BPERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65DCONTAINERS 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
    • B65D21/00Nestable, stackable or joinable containers; Containers of variable capacity
    • B65D21/02Containers specially shaped, or provided with fittings or attachments, to facilitate nesting, stacking, or joining together
    • B65D21/06Containers specially shaped, or provided with fittings or attachments, to facilitate nesting, stacking, or joining together with movable parts adapted to be placed in alternative positions for nesting the containers when empty and for stacking them when full
    • B65D21/068Containers specially shaped, or provided with fittings or attachments, to facilitate nesting, stacking, or joining together with movable parts adapted to be placed in alternative positions for nesting the containers when empty and for stacking them when full the movable parts consisting of walls or parts thereof, i.e. deformable containers

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  • Mechanical Engineering (AREA)
  • Rigid Containers With Two Or More Constituent Elements (AREA)
  • Stackable Containers (AREA)

Description

PLASTICS CONTAINER The present invention relates to a container made of plastics for the accommodating of objects, in particular of fruit and vegetables, in accordance with the preamble of claim 1.
The use of plastics containers for transport and storage of fruit and vegetables is continuously increasing, the demand being voiced already today for the returnability of these containers, taking into account a circulation of the containers between producer and market of about 10 to 15 times per year. It is clear that the issue at hand is the saving, during the return transport, of transport volume.
Collapsible boxes for this purpose are known, in which all container walls can be folded down. These boxes are, however, costly in their handling and are not sufficiently robust.
It is one of the objects of the invention to provide a robust container of simple structure for, in particular, the transport of fruit and vegetables, which container, during return transport, has a low transport volume, facilitates stackability and is of such design and structure as to permit easy cleaning.
According to the invention, this object is achieved by the features contained in the characterizing section of claim 1, with the practical development of the invention being characterized by the features specified in the subclaims.
According to the invention, two oppositely located side walls are integral with a peripheral rail and with the bottom, resulting in a container of great stability for purpose of return transport. The other two side walls are designed to be foldable towards the inside, in such a way that, after folding-in of the side walls, the latter no longer project towards the outside, so that, in the empty state, the containers are stackable inside one another. Upon folding-up of the side walls, shoulder surfaces of the side walls move towards the outside, facilitating, upon stacking, load transfer from the upper container to the lower container. A further result, apart from the ease of handling, is an increased volume for the accommodation of objects but, in particular, a very small volume for the return transport. The container according to the invention is further characterized by a visually pleasing design with smooth walls, thus dispensing with dirt-collecting ribs and similar structures. The box is therefore easily cleaned at any time. Further stabilization is achieved by blow-formed hollow spaces.
In the following, an embodiment of the invention is described with the aid of drawings, in which Fig. 1 is a perspective view of a plastic container for fruit and vegetables; Fig. 2 shows two containers stacked inside one another in the empty state; Fig. 3 shows two containers stacked one on top of the other ; Fig. 4 is a side view of two containers stacked inside one another in the empty state; Fig. 5 is a perspective view of a container; Fig. 6 shows two containers stacked on top of one another; Fig. 7 shows two containers stacked inside one another; Fig. 8 is another view of two containers stacked inside one another, but in a different side view, and Fig. 9 shows two containers stacked on top of one another.
The container marked in Fig. 1 with the numeral 1 comprises a bottom 2, four side walls 3 - 6 and a peripheral edge rail 7 forming the upper rim of the container. In the embodiment shown, the side walls 3 and 4 are provided with gripping apertures 8, formed by suitable openings in the side walls. The side walls 5 and 6, located opposite one another, are articulated to the bottom 2, preferably by means of hinge-like joints not shown, and, as is quite clearly seen in Figs. 2, 4 and 7, can be folded inside onto the bottom 2 from the upright position shown in Fig. 1.
Fig. 1 clearly demonstrates that, in their upright position, the side walls 5 and 6 project with their lower edge 9 outwardly relative to the edge of the bottom 2 and form with their lower edge 9 load transfer shoulders, facilitating the stacking, on top of one another, of two containers. This also emerges from Fig. 3 which shows that, via the outwardly projecting lower edge 9 of the oppositely located side walls 5 and 6, the upper container is supported by the upper edge of the peripheral gripping rail 7 of the lower container.
In the folded-in position of the side walls 5 and 6, the lower edge 9 comes to rest at the inside, so that the side walls 5 and 6 do not project laterally beyond the bottom 2, permitting, in this position of the side walls 5 and 6, the stacking, inside one another, of the two containers, as seen in Figs. 2 and 4. Here, the lower edge of the rail 7 of the upper container is being supported by the upper edge of the rail 7 of the lower container. To facilitate this stacking action, the two fixed side walls 3 and 4 are designed to taper downwards and inwards, as seen in Fig 4. Advantageously but not necessarily, it would also be possible for the side walls 5 and 6 to be tapering correspondingly. To make the stacking action easier, it would however also be possible to provide the side walls with steps, the lowermost step projecting towards the inside, which would also permit stacking.
Gaps remaining in the folded-up position of the side walls 5 and 6 between the latter and the fixed side walls 3 and 4 in the corner or corner edge region can be closed by means of trimming strips or tongues, possibly springy, and integrally formed with the side walls 5 and 6 or 3 and 4, or both side wall pairs.
The side walls, folded up into a substantially vertical position, can be fastened to the rail, using any conventional fastening members such as snap-in fasteners, detent elements, magnetic fasteners and the like. It is furthermore possible to provide stops at the bottom and/or in conjunction with the hinge-like joints, which, forming abutment surfaces, are adapted to prevent a folding-down of the side walls towards the outside.
Finally, the container is provided with a peripheral stacking edge, being formed at the bottom side by a receding shoulder. In their folded-up position, the outer surfaces of the foldable side walls 5, 6 are flush with the outer surfaces of the rail 7 located above them. It is good practise to provide at certain regions hollow spaces by blowing-in or injection of gas, which permits a low-weight, but stable design. These hollow spaces are preferably formed in the corner, regions and/or the gripping locations.

Claims (16)

- 7 - 102,750/2 WHAT IS CLAIMED IS:
1. A container made of plastics for the accommodating of objects, in particular of fruit and vegetables, comprising a bottom and four side walls and in particular a receding stacking edge provided at the underside of the bottom for the stacking, on top of one another, of containers, with a peripheral rail delimiting the upper container edge and with two oppositely located, foldably articulated side walls, characterized in that the container is provided with two oppositely located side walls which are fixedly arranged and fixedly connected with the container bottom and the peripheral rail, whereas the other two side walls are articulated to the bottom and can be folded down, from a substantially upright position in which the articulated side walls form load-transferring container side walls for the load transfer from the rail via the foldable side walls onto the container next-lower in the stack, to a position in which these side walls rest flatly on the inner bottom surface and, relative to the container, are disposed on the inside thereof, so that the empty containers are stackable inside one another.
2. The container according to claim 1, characterized in that the folded-up side walls project outwardly beyond the lateral bottom edge, forming load-transferring shoulders.
3. The container according to claim 1 or 2 , characterized in that the load-transferring shoulders are formed by the lower edge of the folded-up side walls.
4. The container according to any one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the lower edge of the foldable side walls in the folded-in position thereof is substantially flush with the lateral edge of the bottom for the purpose of stacking, inside one another, of empty containers .
5. The container according to any one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the fixed side walls are formed in one piece with the peripheral rail and the bottom.
6. The container according to any one of the preceding claims, characterized in that, relative to the fixed side walls and the peripheral edge of the container bottom, the peripheral rail is offset towards the outside.
7. The container according to any one of the preceding claims, characterized in that, in the region of the foldable side walls, the outer surfaces of the rail are flush with the outer surfaces of these side walls.
8. The container according to any one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the foldable side walls are connected with the bottom via hinge-like joints.
9. The container according to any one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the foldable side walls and/or the fixed side walls are provided with integrally formed trimming strips or trimming tongues for the closing of gaps in the corner region between the fixed and the foldable side walls .
10. The container according to any one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the fixed and/or the foldable side walls are arranged to be conically slanting downwards and inwards.
11. The container according to any one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the empty containers, stacked inside one another, contact one another at the lower and upper edge respectively of the outwardly offset, peripheral rail.
12. The container according to any one of the preceding claims, characterized in that, in the folded-up position, the foldable side walls are releasably fastenable to the rail by means of snap-in fasteners, detent elements, magnetic fasteners and the like.
13. The container according to any one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the side walls are of a stepped design, the steps proceeding downwards end inwards.
14. The container according to any one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the wall surfaces of the side walls and of the rail are smooth surfaces.
15. The container according to any one of the preceding claims, characterized in that hollow spaces are prepared by blowing-in of gas, preferably in the grip and corner regions of the container.
16. A container made of plastics substantially as hereinbefore described and with reference to the accompanying drawings. FOR THE APPLICANT WOLFF, BREGMA AND GOLLER
IL10275092A 1991-08-13 1992-08-06 Plastic container IL102750A (en)

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DE4126749A DE4126749A1 (en) 1991-08-13 1991-08-13 PLASTIC CONTAINER TO OBTAIN OBJECTS

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IL102750A true IL102750A (en) 1994-12-29

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EP0558698A1 (en) 1993-09-08

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