A container for product transport and distribution

Abstract

 It is specially used in the transport and distri­bution of products, such as fruit and grains.
It is a container with a big capacity,formed by a rectangular parallelepipedic body provided with laps (1, 2, 3, 4) that partially close its open mouth, which is covered by a per­formable lid articulated at its half portion in order to transform itself, once it is open, into an exhibiting panel.
Inside it and leaning against its walls, there are some sheets (6) which form, by bending their vertical ends, triangular reinforcing columns (7) which engage at the contain­er vertical angles.
When the container has a big size, said sheets (6, 8, 9) are repeated at the central zone, the corresponding columns (10, 11) standing there.
These sheets (8, 9) bend over themselves and form a shoulder (12) on which horizontal small boards (14) rest so as to constitute a deck being covered by a cardboard sheet. The small boards (14) fit into notches (13) provided in said shoulders (12) in order to restrain them from moving sideways.
The front wall of the box can be torn, as the pro­ducts are being consumed, in order to make the access to its bottom easier.

Description

[0001] The present specification describes a container for product transport and distribution, which can be used in different market fields and specially for fruit and grains.

[0002] As far as fruit are concerned, they can be in bulk or into bags; in case of grains, such as rice, they will previously put into bags of one or more kilos.

[0003] The known art applied to the construction of con­tainers includes containers formed from one or more card­board sheets, stamped and split, the split lines of which allow to build up a parallelipipedic body with its base closed by laps which have been obtained from the same piece.

[0004] It is also known that in some containers, having the shaoe if small-sized boxes or trays, laps are obtained as an extension of the laterals or of the fronts, by which laps some triangular reinforcements are constituted that allow to pile up some boxes on others.

[0005] The invention proposes a container with a big capa­city forming a parallelepipedic body with its upper part open and provided around its mouth with small laps, which are an extension of the walls and partially close said mouth. In case it must be piled up during transport or when it is ad­visable due to the weight of the goods, such as it is the case of fruit, the container inside will be provided with a column reinforcement and with horizontal partitions in or­der to establish superposed compartments.

[0006] The reinforcements are formed by sheets leaning against the inner faces of the container, the vertical sides of said sheets being extended so as to bend themselves and constitute triangular columns,

[0007] In order to form the superposed compartments, the sheets, from which the triangular columns are obtained, have their upper part cut off so as to bend downwards and form a shoulder, provided with notches, wherein wooden small boards are located in order to support a cardboard sheet that cons­titutes the sharing surface.

[0008] When the burden has an important weight or when the location of the container so advises it, other sheets with triangular cardboard pieces are situated in the container centre, so that the wooden small boards find a third support at their central zone.

[0009] The container can be closed by a lid, which lid is characterized by having a lap around it, but being cut by a cut line affecting two opposite sides. This cut line is joined by a split line that goes through the lid and allows a half of the lid to rise and fold over the other half, there­by leaving the greatest part of the container opening free to be able to accede to the contents.

[0010] The mouth is laterally extended over one of the con­tainer sides by means of a lap that folds itself inwards, its sides being extended by stamping lines allowing the tearing operation in order to increase on the container front face the open space and to be thus able to accede into the lower compartment.

[0011] For a better comprehension of the above description, the present specification is accompanied by three drawing sheets, showing an exploded view of the container and in dif­ferent mounting positions.

[0012] Figure 1 shows a perspective view of the container with the lid away and in a coupling disposition. The con­tainer, of a big capacity, appears mounted on a palleting platform which can be independent of or welded to, as appro­priate, the bottom of the container. Such as it can be seen in this figure, the container comprises four rectangular walls with mutual coupling laps 1, 2, 3 and 4,which furnish it with a rectangular parallelepipedic configuration. The laps of each one of these walls partially close the mouth and the base resting on the conventional palletable platform 5. Some sheets 6 are arranged inside the container, leaning against the inner faces of the container walls and consti­tuting triangular corners 7 for the reinforcement of the container angles. When they are big-sized containers, another two sheets 8, 9 are mounted in the centre, also being pro­vided with corresponding triangular corners 10 and 11, which inwardly reinforce the major walls of the container,at the same time as the central sheets vertically share it. These sheets, whether they are leaning against the walls or si­tuated at the centre, bend over themselves and form shoulders 12, provided with notches 13, wherein the small boards 14 are situated, being coupled into these notches. A cardboard sheet, not represented in this figure,is situated over them, thereby forming a deck for horizontally sharing the container. The container is closed by a lid having around it a lap 15, cut by a cut line 16 that affects two opposite sides. These cut lines are joined by a split line 7 that goes through the lid and enables a half 8 of the lid to fold itself over the the other half, thereby leaving most part of the opening or mouth of the container free in order to be able to accede in­to the contents thereof. The lid has a central cut 19 enabling the separation of this part. The lid, such as it can be seen, stands, one it has been raised, in form of an exhibiting pa­nel in front of the container mouth. The cut line 20 per­formed in the front face of the container allows to tear off said face in order to make easier the access to the bottom of the container, as the content is being emptied.

[0013] Figure 2 shows a perspective view of one of the sheets leaning against the walls and wherewith the triangular reinfor­cements are obtained in shape of columns. It shows the cen­tral cuts through which, by folding a part of the sheet, the couplings for the small boards constituting the superposed pieces are obtained.

[0014] Figure 3 shows a several sheet assembly. correspond­ing to the container according to figure 1. It can be seen how the sheets forming the shoulders are bent, with notches for the support of the small boards.

[0015] Figure 4 represents the cardboard sheet arranged on the small boards to form a deck, with its angles 20 cut off, as well as the central zones of its major sides 21 to be coupled to the columns.

[0016] Figure 5 shows a perspective view of a framework, such as the one of figure 3, corresponding to a smaller con­tainer. In this case, it is formed by two sheets with their corresponding corners or triangular columns.

[0017] Figure 6 shows the shape of the sheet corresponding to a deck superposed over the small boards. In this case, only the angles 20 corresponding to the situation of the triangular columns are cut off.

[0018] Figure 7 shows a perspective view of the lid, such as it stands in a closed disposition, and of which the central part has been removed. The rear lap 22, by which the lid is fixed to the rear part of the container can be seen.

[0019] Such as it has been described, the container allows the transport of goods up to the sale site and it is there transform into an exhibitor-distributor by merely raising the lid, previously tearing its central part off.

Claims

1. A CONTAINER FOR PRODUCT TRANSPORT AND DISTRI­BUTION, comprising a rectangular parallelepipedic body formed by one or more stamped and split cardboard sheets that allow to assemble the container body with laps obtain­ed in the same piece with inner reinforcements and provided with a closure lid, characterized in that the parallelepi­pedic body constituting it has its face corresponding to the upper part open, being provided around its mouth with small laps, which are an extension of the walls and which partially close said mouth.

2. A CONTAINER FOR PRODUCT TRANSPORT AND DISTRI­BUTION, characterized in that the mouth is extended,at the front face of the body,by bending its surface , which sur­face is inserted and inwardly leaning against said wall in shape of a lap, said lap being extended at the same front face by stamped points that allow it to be torn off in order to widen the opening and easily accede up to the container bottom.

3. A CONTAINER FOR PRODUCT TRANSPORT AND DISTRI­BUTION, characterized in that the inner vertical angles of the container are reinforced by means of triangular cor­ners obtained by bending some reinforcing sheets, which lean against two inner faces of the container.

4. A CONTAINER FOR PRODUCT TRANSPORT AND DISTRI­BUTION, characterized in that the upper part of the rein­forcing sheets from which the triangular corners are obtain­ed, forms a wing bending itself inwardly,thereby forming a shoulder on which wooden boards are supported, said wooden boards constituting the support of a cardboard sheet that shares the inside of the container into two superposed com­partments,

5, A CONTAINER FOR PRODUCT TRANSPORT AND DISTRI­BUTION, characterized in that the shoulders formed , on which the wooden boards are supported, are provided with cuts of the same depth as the thickness of the boards, which cons­ titute retaining means to restrain the boards from laterally moving.

6. A CONTAINER FOR PRODUCT TRANSPORT AND DISTRI­BUTION, characterized by the disposition of other sheets with triangular corners situated at the centre of the container in parallel with respect to those leaning against the walls, when the support of the boards is to be reinforced.

7. A CONTAINER FOR PRODUCT TRANSPORT AND DISTRI­BUTION, characterized in that the cardboard sheet sharing the inside into two superposed compartments is provided in its perimeter with cuts in order to avoid the position of the triangular corners.

8. A CONTAINER FOR PRODUCT TRANSPORT AND DISTRI­BUTION, characterized by the disposition of a lid for closing the container mouth, obtained from a stamped and split card­board sheet, with which a lid surrounded by laps is obtained, which laps, at the minor sides, are cut by their centre, where­as the surface of the lid has a split joining said cuts and allows one half of the lid to be raised and folded over the other half, in order to form an advertising panel with its angles being reinforced by the lid laps themselves.

9. A CONTAINER FOR PRODUCT TRANSPORT AND DISTRIBUTION,, characterized in that the centre of the lid has a rectangular stamp enabling the centre of the lid to be removed, thereby leaving free most part of the container opening in order to be able to accede to its contents.

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