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EP0628498A1
EP0628498A1 EP94107881A EP94107881A EP0628498A1 EP 0628498 A1 EP0628498 A1 EP 0628498A1 EP 94107881 A EP94107881 A EP 94107881A EP 94107881 A EP94107881 A EP 94107881A EP 0628498 A1 EP0628498 A1 EP 0628498A1
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Heinrich Hintermeier
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    • 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
    • B65D90/02—Wall construction
    • B65D90/06—Coverings, e.g. for insulating purposes
    • 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
    • B65D88/52—Large containers collapsible, i.e. with walls hinged together or detachably connected
    • B65D88/526—Large containers collapsible, i.e. with walls hinged together or detachably connected with detachable side walls
    • B65D88/528—Large containers collapsible, i.e. with walls hinged together or detachably connected with detachable side walls all side walls detached from each other to collapse the container
    • 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
    • B65D88/74—Large containers having means for heating, cooling, aerating or other conditioning of contents
    • B65D88/745—Large containers having means for heating, cooling, aerating or other conditioning of contents blowing or injecting heating, cooling or other conditioning fluid inside the container
    • 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
    • B65D90/02—Wall construction
    • B65D90/04—Linings
    • B65D90/041—Rigid liners fixed to the container

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  • the invention relates to a container according to the preamble of claim 1.
  • containers are increasingly being used for the storage of goods and products, which are set up at the respective place of use.
  • the object of the invention is to show a container which is designed as a climate or refrigerated container and can be handled and transported particularly easily when functioning properly.
  • climate container is to be understood as a container whose interior is kept at a predetermined temperature and / or air humidity, etc.
  • a climate container in the sense of the invention is a container with a cooling and / or heating unit.
  • the peculiarity of the container according to the invention consists in the fact that it is designed to be dismantled, that is to say it is possible to transport the dismantled container to the respective place of use in such a way that the individual elements of the container are stacked one above the other, for example on the base element, so that when disassembled only an extremely small transport volume is necessary for the transport.
  • a special feature of the container according to the invention is also that the air-conditioning or cooling unit is provided on the fixed field of the front element. This ensures that where the container must remain accessible, namely on the front element or on the front Door, also the air conditioning or cooling unit is accessible for its operation and / or maintenance, so it cannot happen by placing the container, for example, in an area delimited by a fence or wall, that the accessibility of the air conditioning or cooling Aggregates is impaired.
  • Fiberd field here means a wall element which is fixed when the container is in use, but can also be stacked on the floor element for transport.
  • the climate container shown in the figures which has a substantially cuboid shape, consists essentially of a front element 1, two side elements 2, which form the long sides of the container, a back element 3, a ceiling element 4 and a floor element 5.
  • the side elements 2 and the ceiling element 4 are wall elements which essentially consist of external straps 6 and sheets 7 fastened to them and having a profiling.
  • the belts 6 are galvanized hollow sections made of sheet steel.
  • the likewise galvanized steel sheets 7 have a trapezoidal profile.
  • the straps 6 extend on the side elements 2 in the vertical direction and on the ceiling element 4 in the horizontal direction between the two side elements 2.
  • the metal sheets 7 are fastened in such a way that they are perpendicular to the straps 6 with the longitudinal extension of the profile.
  • the straps 6 on the side elements 2 and on the ceiling element 4 and corresponding straps 6 of the base element 5 lying at the bottom are connected to one another via angled connecting pieces 8 such that one strap 6 each with a corresponding strap of each side element 2 and a corresponding strap of the base element 5 are connected via the connecting pieces 6 to a self-contained belt arrangement or frame enclosing the interior of the container, the plane of which is arranged in the vertical direction.
  • the front element 1 of the container consists of an outer frame 9 which is held in the same way on the side walls 2, the ceiling element 4 and the bottom element 5.
  • the front element has a fixed field 10, which in turn is formed on its outer surface by the profiled sheet 7, and a door 11, which is arranged with the help of hinges 12 on the frame 9 pivotable about a vertical axis and has a locking fitting 13 with which the Door can be locked on frame 9 in the closed state.
  • the rear element 3 also consists of an outer frame and of the profiled sheet 7, which is held in the vertical direction, for example, with the longitudinal extent of its profile.
  • the rear element 3 is held with its frame on the two side elements 2, on the ceiling element 4 and on the bottom element 5.
  • the bottom element 5 also consists of straps 6 and a trough 14 made of sheet steel and fastened on these straps 6, which protrudes on its inside over the bottom of the trough and extends over the entire length of the container Z.
  • -Profile 15 has as a spacer and stiffening elements. Between these profiles, which are arranged parallel to one another and at a distance from one another, the trough 14 is filled with a thermally insulating material 16. On the profiles 15 there is a profiled metal plate 17 (corrugated plate) forming the walkable bottom surface of the container, which is fastened to the profiles 15 in a suitable manner.
  • the container is sealed on its outer surface, in particular also against the ingress of moisture, at the transitions between the upper edges in particular of the side elements 2 and the ceiling element 4 and also at the transitions between the lower edges in particular of the side elements 2 and the base element the sheets 7 are bent so that there is an outlet for Rainwater results to the outside, which (drainage) prevents penetration into the interior of the container, as is clearly shown in FIGS. 3 and 4.
  • an opening 18 is provided, into which an air conditioning unit 19 (cooling unit) is inserted such that all the operating elements of this unit are located on the outside of the front part 1 and thus of the container during the the evaporators producing the cooling effect and any fans for generating an air flow within the container are provided on the inside of the field 10.
  • an air conditioning unit 19 cooling unit
  • thermal insulation which consists of a plurality of adjacent insulating plates 20 each connected to the element in question, which at their transitions in the form of a groove and connect the spring to each other.
  • the insulating plates 20 can lie directly against the sheets 7. In particular, no cutouts in the insulating plates 20 for supporting elements of the container etc. are required.
  • the insulating plates 20 are releasably fastened to the inner sides of the elements 1 - 4 via connecting elements, not shown. Insulating plates 20 adjoining one another are still firmly connected to one another by closures 21.
  • the closures 21 each consist of a hook-like closure element 22, which is pivotally or rotatably provided in the interior of the respective insulating plate about an axis running perpendicular to the surface sides of this insulating plate, and of a bolt-like closing element 23, which is used when connecting the insulating plates or when pivoting the Closure element 22 is engaged by this.
  • a hook-like closure element 22 which is pivotally or rotatably provided in the interior of the respective insulating plate about an axis running perpendicular to the surface sides of this insulating plate
  • a bolt-like closing element 23 which is used when connecting the insulating plates or when pivoting the Closure element 22 is engaged by this.
  • the connecting pieces 8 each consist essentially of two mutually perpendicular U-profiles 24, each of which can be pushed from the outside onto one end of the two straps 6 to be connected, so that the respective profile encloses the relevant strap end.
  • the belt ends are then connected to the connecting piece 8 by screws or other suitable fastening means.
  • a special feature of the climate container is that it can be dismantled for transport to a place of use and in such a way that all elements of this container, i.e. the front element 1, the side elements 2, the rear element 3, the ceiling element 4 and the insulating plates 20 can be stacked on the base element 5 for this transport, so that the air-conditioning container has a very small transport volume in spite of a large capacity when used for transport having.

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EP94107881A 1993-06-05 1994-05-21 Conteneur Expired - Lifetime EP0628498B1 (fr)

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DE4318760A DE4318760A1 (de) 1993-06-05 1993-06-05 Container
DE4318760 1993-06-05
CA002132373A CA2132373A1 (fr) 1993-06-05 1994-09-19 Contenant
US08/314,492 US5546758A (en) 1993-06-05 1994-09-28 Container

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EP0628498B1 EP0628498B1 (fr) 1995-11-22

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ATE130577T1 (de) 1995-12-15
US5546758A (en) 1996-08-20

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