Classifications

• • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
  • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
  • B65F—GATHERING OR REMOVAL OF DOMESTIC OR LIKE REFUSE
  • B65F1/00—Refuse receptacles; Accessories therefor
  • B65F1/14—Other constructional features; Accessories
  • B65F1/141—Supports, racks, stands, posts or the like for holding refuse receptacles
• • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
  • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
  • B65F—GATHERING OR REMOVAL OF DOMESTIC OR LIKE REFUSE
  • B65F1/00—Refuse receptacles; Accessories therefor
  • B65F1/14—Other constructional features; Accessories
  • B65F1/1468—Means for facilitating the transport of the receptacle, e.g. wheels, rolls
  • B65F1/1473—Receptacles having wheels

Definitions

• This disclosure relates to an anti-rollover device for a wheeled container, in particular a two-wheeled or four-wheeled container, said device configured to immobilize a handle of the container, protruding laterally, to a vertical support, such as a wall or furniture extending vertically from a floor.
• the present disclosure further relates to equipment comprising a wheeled container having a laterally projecting handle, a floor on which the container is configured to be moved on its wheels, and an anti-rollover device fixed high above the floor and configured to immobilize wheeled containers by its handle.
• This disclosure relates to the field of waste containers, such as for example standardized containers NF EN 840, and/or DIN EN 840, forming a container made of plastic material, equipped with a hinged lid, and a handle, protruding laterally from the container and articulated wheels at the base of the container and allowing the container to be moved by rolling it on the ground.
• waste containers such as for example standardized containers NF EN 840, and/or DIN EN 840
• This disclosure finds application for two-wheeled containers, typically with a capacity between 50 liters and 400 liters, such as 120 liters, 240 liters requiring a slight tilting of the container to place the load on the two wheels, but also for four-wheeled containers, typically with a larger capacity, typically above 400 liters such as 500 liters, 660 liters or more.
• Such waste containers are typically left outdoors for extended periods and can attract foraging animals due to the odors. It is not uncommon for the containers to be knocked over by wild animals, such as wild boars, causing a nuisance, or overturned due to strong winds. This problem can also arise when the ground is in motion, for example, when the containers are on the deck of a boat.
• the groove formed by the upper wall, the lower wall and the bottom wall extends lengthwise over a distance between 40 mm and 120 mm, and in particular between 60 mm and 100 mm such that 80 mm.
• a section of the housing is configured to receive a horizontal bar with a diameter between 25 mm and 35 mm, for example 30 mm.
• the closing means comprises a mechanism having an articulated flap configured to retract from the closed state to the open state by an action of inserting the horizontal bar which pushes the flap, and configured to automatically switch from the open state to the closed state once the horizontal bar in the housing has released the flap, said flap closing the lateral opening by keeping the handle captive in the cage.
• the shutter is a hinged shutter, pivoting along an axis of articulation parallel to an axis of the groove, at the level of the upper or lower wall, said shutter being free to move from the closed state to the open state by pivoting in a first direction towards the inside of the groove, the shutter configured to pivot in a second direction until it comes to a stop in the closed state, and in particular the shutter is hinged at the level of the upper wall, the shutter configured to tilt from the open state to the closed state under the action of gravity on the shutter.
• the device comprises an attachment portion having at least two holes for fasteners, such as screws, the holes offset according to the direction of the longitudinal housing, the fixing holes configured for fixing the anti-rollover device on a vertical wall ensuring a positioning of the housing in a horizontal direction, in particular said attachment portion comprising the bottom wall which has the two fixing holes, the bottom wall forming on the side opposite the housing, a fixing plate intended to be fixed on a vertical wall, or said attachment portion comprising two angled tabs extending outward from the bottom wall intended to be fixed on a vertical wall of the vertical support, ensuring an offset between the bottom wall and the vertical wall.
• fasteners such as screws
• the two orifices are oblong orifices, the oblong orifices directed along a direction perpendicular to the axis of the throat, configured to allow adjustment of the height of said anti-rollover device.
• the upper wall, the lower wall and the bottom wall forming the longitudinal housing, and preferably the attachment portion including the holes for the fastening devices form a single component obtained from a pre-cut and folded sheet metal.
• This disclosure further relates to equipment comprising a wheeled container having a laterally projecting handle, a floor on which the container is configured to be moved on its wheels, and an anti-rollover device according to this disclosure, fixed to a vertical support, such as a wall or furniture, at a corresponding height of the handle of the wheeled container, such that the horizontal bar of the handle is configured to be inserted into the housing of the anti-rollover device, through the side opening, by rolling the wheeled container on the floor, and then immobilized in the cage by the passage of the closing means from the open state to the closed state.
• a vertical support such as a wall or furniture
• the height of the longitudinal housing relative to the ground is between 90 cm and 115 cm such that 102 cm.
• the groove formed by the upper wall, the lower wall and the bottom wall can extend lengthwise over the first longitudinal housing over a distance of between 40 mm and 120 mm, and in particular between 60 mm and 100 mm such that 80 mm and the groove formed by the upper wall, the lower wall and the bottom wall extends lengthwise over the second longitudinal housing over a distance of between 40 mm and 120 mm, and in particular between 60 mm and 100 mm such that 80 mm.
• One section of the first housing and one section of the second housing are configured to receive a horizontal bar with a diameter between 25 mm and 35 mm, for example 30 mm.
• the first flap can be a hinged flap, along a hinge axis parallel to an axis of the groove, at the level of the upper or lower wall, said first flap being free to move from the closed state to the open state by pivoting in a first direction towards the inside of the groove, the flap configured to pivot in a second direction until it comes to a stop in the closed state, and in particular the first flap is hinged at the level of the upper wall.
• the second flap is a hinged flap, pivoting along an axis of articulation parallel to an axis of the groove, at the level of the upper or lower wall, said second flap being free to move from the closed state to the open state by pivoting in a first direction towards the inside of the groove, the second flap configured to pivot in a second direction until the flap is stopped in the closed state, and in particular the second flap is hinged at the level of the upper wall, the second flap configured to switch from the open state to the closed state.
• the first and second panels can automatically switch from the open to the closed position under the action of one or more springs, or simply by gravity.
• the spring(s) can be torsion springs mounted on one or both of the two pivot axes of the first and second panels. One end of the spring(s) is attached to the panel, while the other end is attached to the cage (first or second).
• Plastic spacers typically nylon or ABS
• the first cage and the second cage are braced by a wall extending from the bottom wall of the first cage and the bottom wall of the second cage, delimiting a bottom of the free clearance between the first cage and the second cage.
• the device may include a fastening portion having at least two holes for fasteners, such as screws, the holes offset along the direction of the longitudinal housings, the fastening holes configured for fixing the anti-rollover device to a vertical wall, ensuring that the housing is positioned in a preferably horizontal direction, in particular said fastening portion including the bottom wall which forms a fixing plate intended to be fixed to a vertical wall ensuring that the first and second housings are positioned in a horizontal direction, and in particular the fastening portion including tabs carrying the holes as extensions of the bottom walls of the first cage and the second cage extending outwards above and below the first cage and the second cage.
• fastening portion having at least two holes for fasteners, such as screws, the holes offset along the direction of the longitudinal housings, the fastening holes configured for fixing the anti-rollover device to a vertical wall, ensuring that the housing is positioned in a preferably horizontal direction, in particular said fastening portion including the bottom wall which forms a fixing plate intended to be fixed to a vertical wall
• the two orifices are oblong orifices, the oblong orifices directed along a direction perpendicular to the axis of the groove, configured to allow adjustment of the height of said anti-reversal device.
• the upper wall, the lower wall and the bottom wall forming the first longitudinal housing and the upper wall, the lower wall and the bottom wall forming the second longitudinal housing, as well as the extending wall and preferably the attachment portion having the holes for the fixing devices form a single component obtained from a pre-cut and folded sheet metal.
• the first flap of the first closing means, the second flap of the second closing means and the connection are formed by a single component obtained from a pre-cut and folded sheet metal.
• the first cage and the second cage are formed respectively by two independent components, and in which the mechanical link is formed by a component attached to the first closing means and to the second closing means, in particular to the first flap and the second flap, and fixed by removable fixing means.
• the present disclosure further relates to equipment comprising a wheeled container having a laterally projecting handle having a first horizontal bar portion and a second horizontal bar portion, a floor on which the container is configured to be moved on its wheels, and an anti-rollover device according to the present disclosure, fixed to a vertical support, such as a wall or furniture, at a corresponding height of the handle of the wheeled container, such that the first horizontal bar portion of the handle and the second horizontal bar portion are configured to be inserted respectively into the first housing of the first cage and into the second housing of the second cage of the anti-rollover device, through the lateral openings of the first and second cages, by rolling the wheeled container on the floor, and then immobilized in the cage by the passage of the first closing means and the second closing means from the open state to the closed state.
• a vertical support such as a wall or furniture
• the handle of the wheeled container has an intermediate obstacle between the first horizontal bar portion and the second horizontal bar portion, such as a reinforcement extending between a wall of the container and the horizontal bar, or yet another intermediate hinge of a container lid, pivoting to the handle between said first horizontal bar portion and second horizontal bar portion, and wherein in the closed states of the first closing means and the second closing means immobilizing the first bar portion and the second bar portion respectively in the first cage and in the second cage, said intermediate obstacle is housed in the free clearance between the first cage and the second cage and while the mechanical link extends astride said obstacle.
• an intermediate obstacle between the first horizontal bar portion and the second horizontal bar portion, such as a reinforcement extending between a wall of the container and the horizontal bar, or yet another intermediate hinge of a container lid, pivoting to the handle between said first horizontal bar portion and second horizontal bar portion, and wherein in the closed states of the first closing means and the second closing means immobilizing the first bar portion and the second bar portion respectively in the first cage and in the second cage, said intermediate obstacle is housed
• This disclosure relates to an anti-rollover device 1 for a CR wheeled container, in particular two-wheeled or four-wheeled.
• CR wheeled containers can be waste containers, such as for example standardized containers NF EN 840, or DIN EN 840, forming a container made of plastic material, equipped with a hinged lid, and a handle, protruding laterally from the container and hinged wheels at the base of the container and allowing the container to be moved by rolling it on the ground.
• waste containers such as for example standardized containers NF EN 840, or DIN EN 840, forming a container made of plastic material, equipped with a hinged lid, and a handle, protruding laterally from the container and hinged wheels at the base of the container and allowing the container to be moved by rolling it on the ground.
• This disclosure finds application for two-wheeled containers, typically with a capacity between 50 liters and 400 liters, such as 120 liters, 224 liters requiring a slight tilting of the container to place the load on the two wheels, but also for four-wheeled containers, typically with a larger capacity, typically above 400 liters such as 500 liters, 660 liters or more.
• Said anti-rollover device is configured to immobilize a laterally protruding container handle (PG) to a vertical support (SV) such as a wall (M) or extending furniture. vertically from the ground.
• the wall can typically be an exterior wall of a house; or even of a building or apartment block.
• the vertical support SV can also be a piece of furniture, for example, a vertical post anchored in the ground.
• the PG handle extends laterally from the container, typically on the same side as the two wheels of a two-wheeled container.
• the handle includes a horizontal bar oriented in this horizontal direction when the container is resting on its wheels.
• the horizontal bar is typically made of plastic and has a diameter of approximately 3 cm.
• the container typically includes a lid hinged to the container body.
• the hinge axis of the lid is typically coaxial with the axis of the horizontal bar of the PG handle.
• the anti-rollover device comprises a cage having an upper wall 10, a lower wall 11, a bottom wall 12 delimiting a groove forming a longitudinal housing LG for a horizontal bar of the handle.
• the cage can be formed by a sheet metal folded into a U forming the bottom wall 12, the bottom wall 11, and the top wall 10, a first fold approximately at 90° delimiting the bottom wall 11, and the bottom wall 12, and a second fold approximately at 90°, parallel to the first fold delimiting the bottom wall 12 and the top wall 10.
• the groove features a lateral opening (OL) to allow the horizontal handle bar to be inserted into the groove or, conversely, to be removed from the groove by rolling the container on its wheels along the ground.
• OL lateral opening
• the lateral opening OL can be delimited by the space in two longitudinal edges of the bent sheet metal, at the ends of the upper wall 10 and the lower wall 11.
• the cage In use, the cage is fixed to the vertical support so that the longitudinal housing LG extends horizontally, said side opening opening laterally so as to permit insertion, by rolling the container on the ground on its wheels.
• the tipping device 1 allows the container to be secured by its handle to a sturdy, vertical support, and released by rolling the container on its wheels along the ground, thus avoiding the need to lift the container and its contents.
• the wheeled container lid can still be opened.
• the anti-tipping device does not prevent the lid from opening or closing while pivoting, especially when the lid pivots around the handle's axis.
• the wheeled container can always be loaded through its top opening, even when secured by the anti-tipping device on its handle.
• the groove formed by the upper wall 10, the lower wall 11, and the bottom wall 12 extends lengthwise over a distance between 40 mm and 120 mm, and in particular between 60 mm and 100 mm, such as 80 mm. Such a groove length greater than or equal to 40 mm and less than or equal to 120 mm prevents shearing of the horizontal bar of the handle.
• a section of the longitudinal housing is configured to receive a horizontal bar with a diameter between 25 mm and 35 mm, for example 30 mm.
• the closing means 13 may include a mechanism having a hinged flap configured to retract from the closed state EF to the open state EO by an insertion action of the horizontal bar pushing the flap, and configured to preferably switch automatically from the open state EO to the closed state EF once the horizontal bar in the housing has released the flap, the flap closing the lateral opening OL while holding the handle captive in the cage.
• the switching from the open state EO to the closed state EF may be manual, operated by moving the mechanical linkage LI.
• the shutter can be a hinged shutter, pivoting along a hinge axis A parallel to an axis of the groove, at the level of the upper wall 10 or the lower wall 11; said shutter free to move from the closed state to the open state EO by pivoting in a first direction towards the inside of the groove, the shutter configured to pivot in a second direction until the shutter is stopped in the closed state EF.
• Inserting the handle into the groove and securing it with the flap is made easier because it only requires inserting the handle into the longitudinal housing LG, in particular requiring no additional action from the user on the closing mechanism.
• the shutter can be hinged at the level of the upper wall, in particular at the level of the free edge of the upper wall 10, the shutter configured to switch from the open state to the closed state under the action of gravity on the shutter.
• the handle forces the shutter to rotate in the second direction until the shutter is brought to a stop, and in particular until the shutter is brought to a stop against an edge of the free edge of the upper wall 10.
• the shutter can, however, as an alternative, be hinged at the lower wall 11.
• a return spring in particular a torsion spring, can be provided to constrain the shutter from the open state EO to the closed state EF.
• the anti-rollover device may include a portion of attachment having at least two OR holes for fasteners, such as screws, the holes offset along the direction of the longitudinal housing, the fixing holes configured for fixing the anti-rollover device to a vertical wall ensuring a positioning of the housing along a horizontal direction.
• said attachment portion may include the bottom wall 12, which has two fixing holes, the bottom wall forming, on the side opposite the housing, a fixing plate intended to be fixed to a vertical wall of the vertical support, and as illustrated in the figure 1 .
• said attachment portion may include two angled tabs 14 extending outward from the bottom wall 12 intended to be fixed to a vertical wall of the vertical support, ensuring an offset between the bottom wall and the vertical wall, along a depth direction of the groove.
• the angled legs 14 can be obtained by folding the sheet metal forming the cage.
• a fold line substantially perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the groove, delimits the bottom wall 12 and a proximal end of the angled leg 14.
• the angled leg 14 then extends substantially horizontally away from the bottom wall, following a first portion of the leg that provides the deposit.
• Another fold line delimits a second portion of the angled leg, at a right angle to the first portion.
• This second portion 15 has a fixing hole OR and preferably extends parallel to the bottom wall.
• the two second portions 15 of the angled legs are coplanar, configured to bear against the vertical wall of the vertical support.
• the two OR ports can be oblong ports, the oblong ports being directed in a direction perpendicular to the axis of the groove, the ports configured to allow adjustment of the height of said anti-reversal device 1 relative to the vertical support SV.
• the length of the oblong orifices can be greater than 1 cm, or even greater than 2 cm, or even greater than 3 cm.
• the upper wall 10, the lower wall 11 and the bottom wall 12 forming the longitudinal housing, and more generally the cage, and preferably the attachment portion including the holes for the fixing devices, form a single component obtained from a pre-cut and folded sheet.
• the flap may include a hinge shaft integral with the flap, or two coaxial studs, the ends of the hinge shaft, or the two coaxial studs being axially projecting, configured to pivot in lugs, at the longitudinal ends of the longitudinal housing LG.
• the ears can be obtained by bending the folded sheet metal, with two sheet metal extensions forming two flanges, parallel to each other, the flanges having openings for the two coaxial studs, or the longitudinal ends of the shaft.
• This disclosure further relates to equipment comprising a wheeled container CR having a handle PG projecting laterally, a floor S on which the container is configured to be moved on its wheels, and an anti-rollover device 1 according to this disclosure, fixed to a vertical support SV, such as a wall or furniture, at a corresponding height of the handle PG of the wheeled container CR.
• a vertical support SV such as a wall or furniture
• the height is such that the horizontal bar of the handle is configured to be inserted into the housing of the anti-rollover device, through the side opening OL, by rolling the wheeled container on the ground, and then immobilized in the cage by the passage of the closing means 13 from the open state EO to the closed state EF.
• the height of the longitudinal housing LG relative to the floor can typically be between 90 cm and 115 cm, such as 102 cm.
• the horizontal bar forming the handle may have two discontinuous horizontal bar portions intended to be gripped by the cage of the anti-rollover device, with the presence of an intermediate OBT obstacle between a first PG1 portion of the PG1 bar of the handle and a second PG2 portion of the bar.
• some containers have a handle which includes the first portion PG1 of bar and the second portion PG2 of bar, aligned in a horizontal direction, and provided with a gap between the two portions.
• a CV cover of the CR wheeled container is hinged along an axis passing through the axis of the first bar portion and the second bar portion the handle, by means of hinges of the CV cover, and typically two hinges hinged respectively externally to the first portion and the second portion, on either side of the bars of the two portions, but also by an intermediate CHR hinge of the container, which is hinged between the first portion PG1 and the second portion PG2.
• a single cage-type anti-tipping device cannot be positioned to lock the handle, in the closed state (EF), either to accommodate the first bar section (PG1) or the second bar section (PG2), and according to a position of the anti-tipping device offset along the direction of the handle relative to a median plane of the container.
• a position of the retaining device is not ideal for absorbing and limiting the shear stress on the handle, a typically plastic component, when a force is applied to the container while the handle is blocked by the anti-tipping device.
• first cage Ca1 and the second cage Ca2 are braced leaving a free clearance DG, between the first longitudinal housing LG1 and the second longitudinal housing LG2.
• the first cage Ca1 and the second cage Ca2 can be formed from a single, monobloc component, as illustrated for example according to the embodiment in the figure 4 until the figure 5B .
• Such a one-piece embodiment facilitates installation, but does not allow adjustment of the spacing between the first cage Ca1 and the second cage Ca2.
• the first cage Ca1 and the second cage Ca2 can be formed from two separate components, allowing in particular an adjustment of the spacing between the two cages Ca1 and Ca2, and as illustrated in the embodiment of figures 7 and 8 .
• first cage Ca1 and the second cage Ca2 can be spaced along the direction of the first and second housings by a distance typically between 80 mm and 120 mm for a two-wheeled container, and even further apart, typically between 500 mm and 1000 mm, for a four-wheeled container.
• a spacing of the cages along the direction of the housings LG1 and LG2 makes it possible to secure most wheeled containers, even those with an obstruction OBT in an intermediate position that then fits into the free clearance DL, when the first and second bar sections are secured by the first and second locking means 131 and 132, in the closed state EF, respectively in the first housing LG1 and the second housing LG2.
• the first locking means 131 and the second locking means 132 can be linked by a mechanical linkage LI passing over the free clearance DG and the upper walls 11 of the first cage Ca1 and the second cage Ca2.
• the mechanical linkage LI can be manipulated with one hand during an unlocking operation to simultaneously move the first locking means 131 and the second locking means 132 from the closed state EF to the open state EO. This advantageously facilitates the unlocking operations.
• the two-cage anti-rollover device is self-supporting, with the first cage Ca1 and the second cage Ca2 joined together by a wall extending from the bottom walls 12 of both cages Ca1 and Ca2.
• the first cage Ca1 and the second cage Ca2 can be braced by a wall 120 extending from the bottom wall 12 of the first cage Ca1 and the bottom wall 12 of the second cage Ca2, defining a bottom of the free clearance DG between the first cage Ca1 and the second cage Ca2.
• the intermediate wall 120 arranged as an extension between the bottom walls 12 of the first and second cages Ca1 Ca2, can extend over the entire height of the bottom walls of cages Ca1 and Ca2.
• the intermediate wall 120 extends only over the upper portions of the bottom walls 12 of cages Ca1 and Ca2, and so that the lower portions of the bottom walls 12 are without an extension wall, and as illustrated by way of example in the figure 4A bis.
• the notch delimited between the two bottom walls 12 and the intermediate wall 120 limits the risks of interference with the container, and in particular an OBT obstacle between the first portion PG1 and the second portion BG2 of the handle; as described below.
• first cage Ca1 and the second cage Ca2 are independent, and not joined together by their bottom wall12.
• a section of the first housing (LG1) and a section of the second housing LG2 are configured to receive a horizontal bar with a diameter between 25 mm and 35 mm, for example 30 mm.
• the automatic tilting of the first flap and the tilting of the second flap from the open state EO to the closed state EF can typically be achieved by gravity alone, or even and especially, and especially typically in addition to the action of gravity, achieved by means of a spring and typically synchronized by the mechanical link LI.
• the first and second shutters can automatically switch from the open state to the closed state under the action of one or more RT spring elements.
• the first and second shutters automatically switch from the open to the closed state under the influence of gravity (only).
• a stop BT may be provided between the first flap assembly 131 and second flap assembly 132 and said mechanical link LI, said assembly being mounted to pivot relative to the first cage Ca1 and the second cage Ca2 around the axis A. Said stop BT limits the rotation to the opening of said assembly in the open state EO of the flaps, so that the center of gravity of the flap assembly 131, 132 and mechanical link LI is arranged relative to the axis A in an unstable position, in the open state, and so as to tilt said assembly in the direction of closing the flaps, solely by gravity.
• the BT stop prevents the said assembly from rotating into a stable position for which gravity constrains the said assembly and its flaps in the open state EO.
• switching from the open state to the closed state is not automatic and requires operator manipulation of the mechanical linkage.
• the anti-rollover device may include a portion of attachment having at least two OR holes for fasteners, such as screws, the holes offset along the direction of the longitudinal housings, the fixing holes configured for fixing the anti-rollover device to a vertical wall ensuring a positioning of the housing along a horizontal direction, in particular said portion of attachment including the bottom wall 12 of the first cage Ca1 and the bottom wall 12 of the second cage Ca2, or even the wall 120 in extension.
• the bottom walls 12 of the two cages Ca1 and Ca2 and the intermediate extension wall 120 can form a fixing plate intended to be fixed to a vertical wall ensuring the positioning of the first housing LG1 and the second housing LG2 in a horizontal direction and in particular according to the embodiment of figures 4 , 5 .
• each of the two cages Ca1 and Ca2 can be fixed to a vertical wall, by supporting their bottom wall 12.
• the attachment part may include legs 16 bearing the openings OR legs extending from the bottom walls 12 of the first cage Ca1 and the second cage Ca2, projecting above and below the first cage Ca1 and the second cage Ca2.
• legs 16 bearing the openings OR legs extending from the bottom walls 12 of the first cage Ca1 and the second cage Ca2, projecting above and below the first cage Ca1 and the second cage Ca2.
• two legs 16 extend from the bottom wall 12 respectively in above and below the first cage Ca1 and two other legs extend in continuation respectively above and below the second cage Ca2, in particular that it is the mode of realization of the figures 4 And 5 for which the two cages form a single, self-supporting component, or the embodiment of figures 7 and 8 for which the two cages are independent.
• the two OR ports can be oblong ports, the oblong ports directed in a direction perpendicular to the axis of the groove, configured to allow adjustment of the height of said anti-rollover device.
• the upper wall 10, the lower wall 11, and the bottom wall 12 forming the first longitudinal housing LG1, and the upper wall 10, the lower wall 11, and the bottom wall 12 forming the second longitudinal housing LG2, as well as the extending wall 120 (and preferably the attachment portion including the holes for the fasteners), form a single component obtained from a pre-cut and folded sheet metal.
• the bottom wall 12 of the first cage Ca1, and the bottom wall 12 of the second cage, and the intermediate wall 120 brace the two cages are coplanar and form the fixing plate, typically with the tabs 16 bearing the orifices OR which are arranged above and below the cages Ca, and Ca2 and extend in the same plane.
• each cage Ca1 or Ca2 can be obtained by two lines of folds, with a first fold between the upper wall 10 and an upper edge of the bottom wall 12, and a second fold between the lower wall 11 and a lower edge of the bottom wall (see the embodiment of the figures 4 And 5 or even that of the figures 7 and 8 ).
• the upper legs 16 extending above cages Ca1 and Ca2 can be obtained by cutting material from the upper walls 10, while the lower legs 16 extending below cages Ca1 and Ca2 can be obtained by cutting material from the lower walls 11 (see the embodiment of the figures 4 And 5 or even that of the figures 7 and 8 ).
• each flap may have a hinge shaft fixed to the flap, or two coaxial studs, the ends of the hinge shaft, or the two coaxial studs being axially projecting, configured to pivot in lugs, at the longitudinal ends of the longitudinal housing, namely the first housing LG1 for the first flap, or the second flap for the second flap.
• the ears can be obtained by bending the folded sheet metal, with two sheet metal extensions forming two flanges, parallel to each other, the flanges having openings for the two coaxial studs, or the longitudinal ends of the shaft.
• the two flanges of the first housing LG1 can be obtained by folding downwards the two lateral edges of the upper wall 10 of the first cage Ca1, and the two flanges of the first housing LG2 can be obtained by folding downwards the two lateral edges of the upper wall 10 of the second cage Ca2.
• the two flanges of the first housing LG1 (or the second housing LG2) have openings for the articulation shaft.
• the first flap of the first closing means 131, the second flap of the second closing means 132 and the connection L1 can be formed by a single-piece component obtained from a pre-cut and folded sheet metal ( figure 4 notably).
• the LI mechanical link can be designed as an added element (see figure 4B in particular), fixed to the first and second panels.
• the first panel can be a first sheet of cut and bent metal
• the second panel a second sheet of bent and cut metal
• the mechanical link a third sheet of bent metal.
• first and second panels extend in the same plane, and that the mechanical link 11 joining the first and second panels includes a portion of the sheet metal which is folded relative to the plane of the panels, and contained in a plane inclined relative to the plane of the panels, in particular at a right angle.
• the first flap can include a folded sheet comprising a first portion opening or closing the lateral opening OA respectively in the open state EO and in the closed state, and a second portion inclined at 90° to the first portion extending above the upper wall 10 in the open state of the flap.
• each flap may include tabs bent at right angles to the plane of the flap, the tabs positioned opposite the flanges of the upper wall 10.
• the articulation axis passes through the tabs of each flap and the flanges to ensure the articulation of the first flap (respectively second flap) with respect to the upper wall 10 of the first cage (respectively of the second cage Ca2).
• Each articulation shaft (of the The first or second flap mechanism may include a rod with an enlarged head or a clevis pin.
• the rod is inserted simultaneously through the flanges of the cage (first or second) and the flap lugs until the enlarged head is fully seated on one side of the cage, while the opposite end of the rod protrudes from the other flange.
• the rod can be locked in position by adding a fastener, such as a nut that engages with a threaded end of the rod.
• the fastener may be a pin inserted into a transverse hole in the rod, or an external retaining ring, preferably locking into a groove in the rod.
• the first cage Ca1 and the second cage Ca2 can be formed respectively by two independent components, and the mechanical link LI can be formed by a component attached to the first closing means 131 and to the second closing means 132, in particular a report on the first flap and the second flap.
• the mechanical link is fixed to the closing means 131, 132, in particular to the shutters, by removable fastening means.
• the fastening means may include, in particular, openings between the shutter (first or second) and the mechanical link through which a fastening element, such as a bolt, rivet, or other fastener, passes.
• the mechanical linkage LI may include means for adjusting the spacing between the first cage Ca1 and the second cage Ca2, and in particular several adjustment openings distributed along a longitudinal direction of said mechanical linkage, selectively allowing several mounting positions between the mechanical linkage and the first closing means 131, and/or several mounting positions between the mechanical linkage and the second closing means 132.
• Such an embodiment is illustrated in the figure 7 or 8 .
• Such an embodiment is advantageous compared to the monobloc embodiment of the figure 4 in that it allows for adjustment of the spacing between the two cages Ca1, Ca2, and thus enables adaptation to all sizes of wheeled containers, particularly narrow widths for two-wheeled containers, or wide widths for four-wheeled containers.
• the mechanical link LI when excessively long, can be shortened so that it does not extend beyond the cages, i.e., beyond the sides of the cages opposite the free clearance DG.
• the added mechanical link may longitudinally comprise a first part and a second part.
• the first piece is fixed to the first closing means 131, in particular to the first flap, by at least one of the first fixing means, at the level of a first end of the first piece.
• the second piece is fixed to the second closing means 132, in particular to the second flap, by at least one second of the fixing means, at the level of a first end of the second piece.
• the first and second parts can be fixed to each other at their second ends, extending from one another, in various positions, particularly by a third fastening means, so as to allow adjustment of the length of the resulting mechanical link LI formed by the combination of the two parts.
• the first and/or second part may have adjustment holes, or at least one oblong hole, allowing such adjustment.
• the user can adjust the spacing between the first cage Ca1 and the second cage Ca2, specifically according to the dimensions separating the first section PG1 and the second section PG2, before attaching the mechanical link LI to the first locking means 131 articulated to the first cage, specifically to the first flap, and to the second locking means 132 articulated to the second cage, specifically to the second flap.
• the mechanical link LI can optionally be trimmed so that it does not extend beyond the cages Ca1 and Ca2.
• the two parts can be assembled by adjusting the length of the mechanical link, as explained above.
• a two-piece mechanical linkage design reduces the kit's overall size, especially for long mechanical links, as the two parts of the kit's mechanical linkage are preferably disassembled. This also allows the linkage length to be adjusted by assembling the two parts, thus eliminating the need for cutting.
• This disclosure further relates to equipment comprising a wheeled container CR having a laterally projecting handle comprising a first horizontal bar portion PG1 and a second horizontal bar portion PG2, a floor on which the container is configured to be moved on its wheels, and an anti-rollover device 1 according to this disclosure with two cages Ca1, Ca2, fixed to a vertical support, such as a wall or furniture, at a corresponding height from the handle of the wheeled container, such that the first horizontal bar portion PG1 of the handle and the second horizontal bar portion PG2 are configured to be inserted respectively into the first longitudinal slot LG1 of the first cage Ca1 and into the second longitudinal slot LG2 of the second cage Ca2 of the anti-rollover device, through the lateral openings OL, by rolling the wheeled container on the floor, and then the first and second portions PG1, PG2 are immobilized in the cage by the transition of the first closing means 131 and the second closing means 132 from the open state EO to the closed state EF.
• the vertical support can be a wall, stakes to be cemented in, or even a rigid wire mesh on which the holding device can be fixed, using a clamping plate.
• the lid of the wheeled container can still be opened.
• the anti-tipping device does not prevent the lid from opening or closing, especially when the lid pivots around the handle's axis.
• the wheeled container can always be loaded through its top opening, even when secured by the anti-tipping device on its handle.
• the handle of the wheeled container CR has an intermediate obstacle OBT between the first portion PG1 of horizontal bar and the second portion of horizontal bar PG2, such as a reinforcement extending between a wall of the container and the horizontal bar, or an intermediate hinge CHR of a lid CV of the container, pivoting to the handle between said first portion of horizontal bar and the second portion of horizontal bar.
• said intermediate obstacle OBT (in particular the intermediate hinge CHR) is housed in the free clearance DG between the first cage Ca1 and the second cage Ca2 and while the mechanical link L1 extends astride said obstacle OBT.
• the mechanical linkage LI extends along the length of the free clearance.
• the closed position EF, above the clearance can be arranged, when viewed along the depth direction of the LG1 and LG2 housings, to be offset rearward relative to the flaps, namely towards the bottom walls 12. This advantageously allows the wheeled container's cover CV to always be opened, even when it is secured by locking the first portion PG1 in the first cage and the second portion PG2 in the cage, and while the intermediate hinge CHR is housed in the free clearance DL. Offsetting the mechanical linkage 11 rearward allows the cover to be opened without the intermediate hinge CHR interfering with the mechanical linkage LI when pivoting with the cover CV during the cover's opening.
• the height of the first and second longitudinal housing relative to the ground is between 90 cm and 115 cm such that 102 cm.

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