AU721176B2

AU721176B2 - Container

Info

Publication number: AU721176B2
Application number: AU23793/97A
Authority: AU
Inventors: Robert Moritz
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1996-03-06
Filing date: 1997-02-27
Publication date: 2000-06-22
Anticipated expiration: 2017-02-27
Also published as: AU2379397A; WO1997032798A3; CA2247436A1; DE19608645C1; DE59700724D1; WO1997032798A2; EP0886613A1; EP0886613B1

Description

The invention relates to a container, i.e. a standardized transportation having the features of the preamble of the independent claims 1 and 3.

Said container, known from DE 33 00 354 Al, has the advantage that it allows lateral access to the goods transported on displacing the hood or cover.

It is not possible to grip the container with loading tackle acting from above.

The problem of the invention is to provide a container which can be carried by loading tackle acting from above and which is equipped with a removable cover.

According to a first aspect of the invention, there is provided a container to having a bottom surface and a cover, removable from the bottom surface, and forming one of the two lateral surfaces, the two end surfaces and a top surface, characterized in that the cover is constructed in one piece, four struts running vertically in the corners of the container are provided and which in the vicinity of their upper ends have a structure set up for cooperating with a loading tackle and the struts are firmly connected to the bottom surface and provided with a device acting in the upper area of the struts for locking and unlocking said struts with respect to the cover.

According to a second aspect of the invention, there is provided a *o container having a bottom surface and a cover, removable from the bottom surface, and forming one of the two lateral surfaces, the two end surfaces and a S-top surface, characterized in that the cover is constructed in one piece, four :0 struts running vertically in the corners of the container are provided and which in the vicinity of their upper ends have a structure set up for cooperating with a loading tackle and the struts are firmly connected to the 25 cover and provided with a device acting in the lower area of the struts for .o olocking and unlocking the struts with respect to the bottom surface.

In both embodiments, on raising the container by means of loading 0 tackle acting from above, the force is applied via struts to the load-carrying bottom surface, so that there is no loading on the cover.

The invention is described in greater detail hereinafter relative to the °°oo *attached drawings, wherein show: oo Fig. 1 A perspective view of the container with the cover in place.

060000 Fig. 2 A perspective view of the container with the cover raised.

Fig.3 A perspective view of the bottom surface of the struts resting thereon and the unlocking linkage.

la- Fig. 4 A perspective view of an alternative embodiment corresponding to Fig. 3.

The container shown in Figs. 1 and 2 comprises a bottom surface 10 and a hood or cover 18 to be placed thereon, which forms the lateral surfaces 12, end surfaces 14 and top surface 16. In the vicinity of its corners, the o 5* 2 bottom surface 10 carries struts 20 mounted thereon and constructed as angle sections and which serve to stiffen the container. The upper ends of the struts 20 are provided with a structure 22, in which engage the grippers of a not shown loading tackle, if the container is to be raised.

Fig. 3 shows that in the first embodiment represented in figs. 1 to 3, the upper ends of the struts cooperate with an unlocking linkage 24, which is firmly connected to the not shown cover. The function of this unlocking linkage 24 is to use a not shown loading tackle to either raise the entire container when the linkage 24 is locked in the upper ends of the struts or to merely raise the cover 18 on unlocking the linkage 24 by manual actuation of the reversing lever 26, so that the bottom surface 16 of the container is freely accessible from all sides. The unlocking linkage 24 is so constructed that when the reversing lever 26 is not actuated it brings about a locking of the cover 18 with the struts 20, which are only raised by and during an actuation of the reversing lever 26.

In the second embodiment shown in fig. 4, the struts 20 are firmly connected to the cover 18. The lower ends of the struts 20 cooperate with an unlocking linkage 24 located in the vicinity of the bottom surface 10. In this embodiment, the unlocking linkage 24 makes it possible to unlock the struts from the state locked to the bottom surface 10, where the entire container, when using a not shown loading tackle can be raised in the upper area of the struts 20, so that the loading tackle only raises the cover 18, together with the struts 20, and renders the bottom surface 10 of the container freely accessible from all sides.

Other than what is shown in the drawings, the struts and, in the first embodiment the cover in the vicinity of its lower corners, or in the second embodiment the bottom surface in the vicinity of its upwardly pointing corners, can be outwardly bevelled, in order to facilitate the bringing together of the parts.

Claims

1. Container having a bottom surface and a cover, removable from the bottom surface, and forming one of the two lateral surfaces, the two end surfaces and a top surface, characterized in that the cover is constructed in one piece, four struts running vertically in the corners of the container are provided and which in the vicinity of their upper ends have a structure set up for cooperating with a loading tackle and the struts are firmly connected to the bottom surface and provided with a device acting in the upper area of the struts for locking and unlocking said struts with respect to the cover.

2. Container according to claim 1, characterized in that in the lower corner areas of the cover and in the vicinity of the upper ends of the struts, they are provided with bevels to facilitate locating the cover and the struts with respect to each other.

3. Container having a bottom surface and a cover, removable from the bottom surface, and forming one of the two lateral surfaces, the two end surfaces and a top surface, characterized in that the cover is constructed in one piece, four struts running vertically in the corners of the container are provided and which in the vicinity of their upper ends have a structure set up for cooperating with a loading tackle and the struts are firmly connected 20 to the cover and provided with a device acting in the lower area of the struts 0 for locking and unlocking the struts with respect to the bottom surface. so 0

4. Container according to claim 3, characterized in that the upwardly directed corner areas of the bottom surface and the region of the lower ends of the struts are provided with bevels to facilitate locating the bottom surface 25 and the struts with respect to each other. 0000

5. Container according to any one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the struts are constructed as angle sections.

6. Container according to any one of the preceding claims, characterized •O in that the device for locking and unlocking the cover is manually operated.

7. Container substantially as described herein with reference to the 0: .accompanying drawings. 0