US20050155967A1 - Locking arrangements for side walls of rigid, foldable or collapsible boxes - Google Patents
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- This invention refers to locking arrangements for side walls of rigid boxes of the foldable or removable wall type.
- the invention can be especially applied to packing boxes reusable for fruits for export.
- FIGS. 1A-1C of this patent application show the sequence of action to be followed in order to unlock the side walls of a container by hand according to Lessard invention.
- FIGS. 3C-3A of U.S. Pat. No. 5,853,099 are based on FIGS. 3C-3A of U.S. Pat. No. 5,853,099 and their original number references are kept.
- pressure should be exerted with one finger on the means ( 36 ) following the direction of the arrow ( 68 ), while with another finger the end piece ( 14 ) is pushed following the direction of the arrow ( 66 ′), as shown in FIG. 1A , so that the projecting part ( 30 ) of the end piece may slide along the inner surface (up in the figure) of the projecting part ( 38 ) of the finger actuatable means ( 36 ).
- the means ( 36 ) and their projection ( 38 ) are elastically bent, becoming loaded with a restitution force which will “trigger” the end piece ( 14 ) as soon as the finger that is exerting pressure in the direction of the arrow ( 68 ) starts to stop its action, thus producing a painful impact on such finger by the projecting part 30 of the end piece ( 14 ).
- This impact on the fingers of the person handling the containers is not negligible, if we consider that at the packing/unpacking centers, a person should disassemble hundreds of containers during a work shift and due to the narrow access zone to actuate the locking arrangements, these persons may not wear protecting gloves, since these would prevent the performance out of the containers' unlocking operation.
- FIG. 1A , FIG. 1B and FIG. 1C show locking arrangements of the state of the art as those disclosed in U.S. Pat. No. 5,835,099;
- FIG. 2 shows a perspective view of a rigid box in an assembled condition and provided with the locking arrangements of this invention
- FIG. 3 shows an enlarged fragmentary perspective of the rear upper corner of the box of FIG. 2 with its adjacent side walls in a condition prior to the locking condition of its side walls;
- FIG. 4A is a cross-sectional view of the corner of the box shown by FIG. 3 according to a plane which is parallel to the box bottom in a condition prior to the locking of side walls;
- FIG. 4B is cross-sectional view of the corner of the box shown by FIG. 3 according to a plane which is parallel to the box bottom in an intermediate locking condition of its side walls;
- FIG. 4C is a cross-sectional view of the corner of the box shown by FIG. 3 according to a plane which is parallel to the box bottom in the final condition of locking of side walls.
- the rigid box 1 is made up by a bottom wall 2 , two head walls 4 opposing each other and two main side walls 6 opposing each other and respectively perpendicular to the head walls 4 .
- the side head walls 4 and the main side walls 6 may be independent of the bottom wall 2 or they may form part a set with it, provided that the zone of its lower edges is flexible, thus defining hinge areas between the head walls 4 and the bottom wall 2 and between the main side walls 6 and the bottom wall 2 .
- the edges of the bottom wall 2 and the lower edges of the head walls 4 and the lower edges of side walls 6 are provided with supplementary hinge means in order to allow the pivoting assembly of side walls ( 4 , 6 ) in relation to the bottom wall 2 , so that the side walls ( 4 , 6 ) are perpendicular to the bottom wall 2 when the box is already assembled by the locking of these side walls ( 4 , 6 ).
- FIG. 3 through FIG. 4C the locking arrangements of side walls of this invention can be appreciated with further detail.
- These locking arrangements are located in the upper area of side edges of side walls ( 4 , 6 ) and consist in sliding fastening elements or front release buckles where the upper zone of the side edges of main side walls 6 have their corresponding projecting fasteners 10 , which main planes are parallel to the plane of the main wall 6 .
- the upper zones of the side edges of head walls 4 have their corresponding housing boxes for the fastener 12 to accommodate the fasteners 10 ; they are oriented to the inlet openings of these fasteners-housing boxes 12 in order to allow the entering of the corresponding fastener 10 according to a relative displacement which is perpendicular to the plane of the corresponding head wall 4 .
- the projections of fastener 10 are made up by a portion of the perimetric frame 16 which farthest end edge 18 from the main wall 6 is joined to a wedge portion 17 oriented in a slightly oblique plane as regards the main plane of the perimetric frame 16 and using the area encircling this perimetric frame 16 , all of this in such a way that the operating side 19 of the wedge portion 17 projects from the plane of the perimetric frame 16 and in such a way that this operating side 19 is oriented to the inside of the box but deeper than the end edge 18 of the perimetric frame 16 .
- Each housing box for the fastener 12 of the head wall 4 has an access area 13 for its operation restricted in one of its sides by a portion of the stop column 14 which is an integral part of the head wall 4 and parallel to the side edge thereof.
- the material for the manufacture of the assembly of the invention is substantially rigid for the purposes of general strains to which the box is subject during normal use conditions, both as regards the load of material to be packed and to the stresses of the normal piling, it is natural that the material behaves with a certain resilience in the small thickness areas as the area where the wedge portion 17 joins the end 18 of the perimetric frame 16 .
- this wedge portion 17 shall elastically pivot around the end 18 until becoming completely housed in the area comprising the perimetric frame 16 .
- the locking arrangements include rigid guiding projections 20 , which perform the function of resistant elements against the different stresses, thus preventing the locking arrangements to become damaged.
- These guiding projections 20 extend above and below the corresponding fastener 10 in a direction which is parallel to the plane of the corresponding main side wall 6 .
- the upper zones of the side edges of each head wall 4 have two corresponding housing boxes for guides 22 in order to receive the guides 20 , being oriented to the inlet openings of these housing boxes for guides 22 so that to allow the entering of the corresponding guide 20 according to a relative displacement which is perpendicular to the plane of the corresponding head wall 4 .
- the box is assembled from an expanded condition (not shown) with its side walls not connected in the case of independent side walls or from folded side walls in planes which are substantially parallel to the plane of the bottom wall in the case of side walls which form part of one single body with the bottom wall.
- This assembly in any of the two conditions mentioned above, starts by lifting side walls until the main side walls 6 reach a totally lifted position (or erect) and the head walls 4 may reach a quasi-totally lifted position, as shown in FIG. 4A .
- the rigid guiding projections 20 of the main side walls 6 are facing the corresponding openings of the guide-housing boxes 22 of head walls 4
- the fastener projections 10 of main side walls 6 are facing the corresponding inlet openings of the fastener-housing boxes 12 of head walls 4 and where the wedge portion 17 of fastener 10 is in its normal position, free from elastic distortion and with its operating side 19 projecting from the plane which defines the perimetric frame 16 .
- the relative penetration of fastener 10 starts by introducing the end 18 first into the opening of the fastener housing box 12 , through which the external edge of the stop column 14 faces the internal side of the wedge portion 17 , which is forced to elastically distort until being completely retracted in the area which encircles the perimetric frame 16 , as depicted in FIG. 4B .
- the operation to unlock the side walls of the box is simple and does not produce any “triggering” of not one of the walls against the fingers of the person who is performing this operation, as in the case of the state of the art's boxes already mentioned.
- the sequence to follow may be understood by following the sequence shown by FIGS. 4 C ⁇ 4 B ⁇ 4 A.
- one finger (or a simple tool) pressure is exerted on the inner side of the wedge portion 17 through the driving area 13 of the fastener housing box 12 in the direction of the arrow 30 until the wedge portion 17 is totally housed in the area comprising the perimetric frame 16 , thus being able to disassemble the head wall 4 and moving it away from the side wall 6 according to arrow 36 .
- the mechanic power stored in the area joining the end 18 with the wedge portion 17 of fastener 10 during the unlocking operation is neither willfully nor casually used to push any component of the walls we are trying to unlock, so that side walls will not spontaneously impact against the fingers of the person who is handling the unlocking.
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Locking arrangements for the side walls of rigid boxes of the foldable or removable wall type, with the boxes being made up by a bottom wall, two head walls opposing each other and two main side walls opposing each other and respectively perpendicular to the head walls, where the locking arrangements are located in the upper zone of the side edges of the side walls.
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- 1. Field of the Invention
- This invention refers to locking arrangements for side walls of rigid boxes of the foldable or removable wall type. The invention can be especially applied to packing boxes reusable for fruits for export.
- 2. Description of the Related Art
- In the field of boxes for the export of fruit or similar, a great number of boxes available is required at the packing stations, thus the use of boxes taking up a reduced storage space being advantageous, while they are in the stage prior to filling. Said boxes must be assembled in a fast and safe way.
- There is a wide range of rigid or semi-rigid foldable or collapsible boxes for the transport of such products as fruits or similar for export and which are provided with locking arrangements allowing the joining of adjacent side walls in the rigid position of an assembled box.
- One of these solutions is disclosed in U.S. Pat. No. 5,853,099 by Claude Lessard, where a five-piece open container with locking arrangement is shown, which is made up by a rectangular bottom piece and four side pieces (14, 16; 18, 20), with the upper portion of the side edge of these side pieces having built-in cooperating means in order to interengage the adjacent side pieces (14, 18) in an erect position. The interengaging means showing Lessard's locking arrangements are made up by flexible, finger actuatable means (36).
FIGS. 1A-1C of this patent application show the sequence of action to be followed in order to unlock the side walls of a container by hand according to Lessard invention. TheseFIGS. 1A-1C are based onFIGS. 3C-3A of U.S. Pat. No. 5,853,099 and their original number references are kept. In order to start the unlocking of the end piece (18), pressure should be exerted with one finger on the means (36) following the direction of the arrow (68), while with another finger the end piece (14) is pushed following the direction of the arrow (66′), as shown inFIG. 1A , so that the projecting part (30) of the end piece may slide along the inner surface (up in the figure) of the projecting part (38) of the finger actuatable means (36). In this condition, the means (36) and their projection (38) are elastically bent, becoming loaded with a restitution force which will “trigger” the end piece (14) as soon as the finger that is exerting pressure in the direction of the arrow (68) starts to stop its action, thus producing a painful impact on such finger by the projectingpart 30 of the end piece (14). This impact on the fingers of the person handling the containers is not negligible, if we consider that at the packing/unpacking centers, a person should disassemble hundreds of containers during a work shift and due to the narrow access zone to actuate the locking arrangements, these persons may not wear protecting gloves, since these would prevent the performance out of the containers' unlocking operation. - In this invention, on the contrary, the locking/unlocking arrangements of side walls do not produce any restitution force which may actuate as “trigger” for the walls intended to be unlocked.
- The locking arrangements for rigid boxes' side walls of this invention will be described in further detail by the support of drawings which have an illustrative but not restricted nature, where:
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FIG. 1A ,FIG. 1B andFIG. 1C show locking arrangements of the state of the art as those disclosed in U.S. Pat. No. 5,835,099; -
FIG. 2 shows a perspective view of a rigid box in an assembled condition and provided with the locking arrangements of this invention; -
FIG. 3 shows an enlarged fragmentary perspective of the rear upper corner of the box ofFIG. 2 with its adjacent side walls in a condition prior to the locking condition of its side walls; -
FIG. 4A is a cross-sectional view of the corner of the box shown byFIG. 3 according to a plane which is parallel to the box bottom in a condition prior to the locking of side walls; -
FIG. 4B is cross-sectional view of the corner of the box shown byFIG. 3 according to a plane which is parallel to the box bottom in an intermediate locking condition of its side walls; -
FIG. 4C is a cross-sectional view of the corner of the box shown byFIG. 3 according to a plane which is parallel to the box bottom in the final condition of locking of side walls. - As shown in
FIG. 2 the rigid box 1 is made up by abottom wall 2, twohead walls 4 opposing each other and twomain side walls 6 opposing each other and respectively perpendicular to thehead walls 4. Theside head walls 4 and themain side walls 6 may be independent of thebottom wall 2 or they may form part a set with it, provided that the zone of its lower edges is flexible, thus defining hinge areas between thehead walls 4 and thebottom wall 2 and between themain side walls 6 and thebottom wall 2. In the event that thehead walls 4 and themain side walls 6 are independent from thebottom wall 2 of box 1, the edges of thebottom wall 2 and the lower edges of thehead walls 4 and the lower edges ofside walls 6 are provided with supplementary hinge means in order to allow the pivoting assembly of side walls (4, 6) in relation to thebottom wall 2, so that the side walls (4, 6) are perpendicular to thebottom wall 2 when the box is already assembled by the locking of these side walls (4, 6). - In
FIG. 3 throughFIG. 4C the locking arrangements of side walls of this invention can be appreciated with further detail. These locking arrangements are located in the upper area of side edges of side walls (4, 6) and consist in sliding fastening elements or front release buckles where the upper zone of the side edges ofmain side walls 6 have theircorresponding projecting fasteners 10, which main planes are parallel to the plane of themain wall 6. The upper zones of the side edges ofhead walls 4 have their corresponding housing boxes for thefastener 12 to accommodate thefasteners 10; they are oriented to the inlet openings of these fasteners-housing boxes 12 in order to allow the entering of thecorresponding fastener 10 according to a relative displacement which is perpendicular to the plane of thecorresponding head wall 4. - The projections of
fastener 10 are made up by a portion of theperimetric frame 16 which farthestend edge 18 from themain wall 6 is joined to awedge portion 17 oriented in a slightly oblique plane as regards the main plane of theperimetric frame 16 and using the area encircling thisperimetric frame 16, all of this in such a way that theoperating side 19 of thewedge portion 17 projects from the plane of theperimetric frame 16 and in such a way that thisoperating side 19 is oriented to the inside of the box but deeper than theend edge 18 of theperimetric frame 16. - Each housing box for the
fastener 12 of thehead wall 4 has anaccess area 13 for its operation restricted in one of its sides by a portion of thestop column 14 which is an integral part of thehead wall 4 and parallel to the side edge thereof. - Although the material for the manufacture of the assembly of the invention is substantially rigid for the purposes of general strains to which the box is subject during normal use conditions, both as regards the load of material to be packed and to the stresses of the normal piling, it is natural that the material behaves with a certain resilience in the small thickness areas as the area where the
wedge portion 17 joins theend 18 of theperimetric frame 16. Thus, when a force is applied—substantially perpendicular to the main plane of themain side wall 6 outwards—on theoperating side 19 of thewedge portion 17, according to arrow 30 (FIG. 4C ), thiswedge portion 17 shall elastically pivot around theend 18 until becoming completely housed in the area comprising theperimetric frame 16. - In addition, the locking arrangements include rigid guiding
projections 20, which perform the function of resistant elements against the different stresses, thus preventing the locking arrangements to become damaged. These guidingprojections 20 extend above and below thecorresponding fastener 10 in a direction which is parallel to the plane of the correspondingmain side wall 6. Complementarily, the upper zones of the side edges of eachhead wall 4 have two corresponding housing boxes forguides 22 in order to receive theguides 20, being oriented to the inlet openings of these housing boxes forguides 22 so that to allow the entering of thecorresponding guide 20 according to a relative displacement which is perpendicular to the plane of thecorresponding head wall 4. - The box is assembled from an expanded condition (not shown) with its side walls not connected in the case of independent side walls or from folded side walls in planes which are substantially parallel to the plane of the bottom wall in the case of side walls which form part of one single body with the bottom wall. This assembly in any of the two conditions mentioned above, starts by lifting side walls until the
main side walls 6 reach a totally lifted position (or erect) and thehead walls 4 may reach a quasi-totally lifted position, as shown inFIG. 4A . In this situation, the rigid guidingprojections 20 of themain side walls 6 are facing the corresponding openings of the guide-housing boxes 22 ofhead walls 4, and thefastener projections 10 ofmain side walls 6 are facing the corresponding inlet openings of the fastener-housing boxes 12 ofhead walls 4 and where thewedge portion 17 offastener 10 is in its normal position, free from elastic distortion and with itsoperating side 19 projecting from the plane which defines theperimetric frame 16. - The locking of side walls is simply achieved by completing the disassembly of
head walls 4 according toarrow 35. In thecase guiding projections 20 are longer than thefastener projection 10, this action first starts the relative penetration of guidingprojections 20 of themain side walls 6 into the corresponding openings of the guide-housing boxes 22 ofhead walls 4. Then, and when theguides 20 are not totally housed in their guide-housing boxes 22 or when these guidingprojections 20 are shorter than thefastener projection 10, the relative penetration offastener 10 starts by introducing theend 18 first into the opening of thefastener housing box 12, through which the external edge of thestop column 14 faces the internal side of thewedge portion 17, which is forced to elastically distort until being completely retracted in the area which encircles theperimetric frame 16, as depicted inFIG. 4B . When the lifting of thehead wall 4 is completed, with this striking against the side edge of themain side wall 6, theoperating side 19 of thewedge portion 17 is beyond the internal edge ofstop column 14, thus ceasing the pressure exerted by it on thewedge portion 17, which under these conditions is released in the direction ofarrow 32 until recovering its initial geometry and with theoperating side 19 facing the internal edge of thestop column 14, as depicted inFIG. 4C , thus thehead walls 4 becoming respectively locked with themain side walls 6. - The operation to unlock the side walls of the box is simple and does not produce any “triggering” of not one of the walls against the fingers of the person who is performing this operation, as in the case of the state of the art's boxes already mentioned. The sequence to follow may be understood by following the sequence shown by FIGS. 4C→4B→4A. Usually, with one finger (or a simple tool) pressure is exerted on the inner side of the
wedge portion 17 through the drivingarea 13 of thefastener housing box 12 in the direction of thearrow 30 until thewedge portion 17 is totally housed in the area comprising theperimetric frame 16, thus being able to disassemble thehead wall 4 and moving it away from theside wall 6 according toarrow 36. - As it may be noted, the mechanic power stored in the area joining the
end 18 with thewedge portion 17 offastener 10 during the unlocking operation is neither willfully nor casually used to push any component of the walls we are trying to unlock, so that side walls will not spontaneously impact against the fingers of the person who is handling the unlocking.
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1. Locking arrangements for side walls of rigid boxes of the foldable or removable wall type, with said boxes being made up by a bottom wall (2), two head walls (4) opposing each other and two main side walls (6) opposing each other and respectively perpendicular to the head walls 4, where said means are located in the upper zone of the side edges of said side walls (4, 6) and consist in:
a) sliding fastening elements or front release buckles where the upper zone of the side edges of main side walls (6) have their corresponding projecting fasteners (10), which main planes are parallel to the plane of said main wall;
b) a housing box for the fastener (12) located at the corresponding upper zone of the side edges of said head walls; they are oriented to the inlet openings of said fasteners-housing box in order to allow the entering of the corresponding fastener projection according to a relative displacement which is perpendicular to the plane of the corresponding head wall;
c) a portion of a perimetric frame (16) which is an integral part of each one of said fastener projections, with said portion of perimetric frame having an end (18) which is farther from the corresponding main side wall;
d) a wedge portion (17) joined in one of its edges to said end (18) oriented in a slightly oblique plane as regards the main plane of said perimetric frame and using the area encircling the same; said wedge portion has an operating side (19) opposing to its joining edge to said end (18); said operating side projects from the wedge portion of the plane of said perimetric frame and in such a way that this operating frame (19) is oriented to the inside of the box but deeper than the end edge (18) of the perimetric frame (16); and
e) a driving area (13) defined in each one of said fastener-housing boxes and restricted in one of its sides by a portion of the stop column (14) which is an integral part of the corresponding head wall and oriented parallel to the side edge thereof.
2. Locking arrangements for side walls of rigid boxes as in claim 1 , where said side head walls and said main side walls are independent from said bottom wall, with the edged of bottom walls and lower edges of head walls and lower edges of side walls being provided with supplementary hinge means in order to allow a pivoting assembly of side walls in relation to the bottom wall.
3. Locking arrangements for side walls of rigid boxes as in claim 1 , where said side head walls and said main side walls form a single assembly with said bottom wall, with the area of lower edges of said side walls (4, 6) being flexible and defining the hinge areas between these walls and said bottom wall.
4. Locking arrangements for side walls of rigid boxes as in any of claims 1 through 3, where said locking arrangements include rigid guiding projections (20), which extend above and below the corresponding fastener (10) in a direction which is parallel to the plane of the corresponding main side wall; with the upper zones of the side edges of each head wall having two corresponding housing boxes for guides (22) in order to receive said rigid guides, being operating oriented to the inlet openings of these housing boxes for guides, so that to allow the entering of the corresponding rigid guide according to a relative displacement which is perpendicular to the plane of the corresponding head wall.
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