The present invention relates to a container for the transportation and stacking of bulk, powder, grained, liquid, fluid, or semi-fluid and similar materials of any kind, the container comprises plurality of vertically positioned columns in connection with the pallet, being easily connectable either to a standard pallet or to a pallet with holes opened thereon, and the container optionally not containing a rigid connection element such as a frame on its upper part.
Various containers have been proposed in prior art for transporting and stacking bulk, powder, liquid, fluid, semi-fluid materials and the like of any kind.
The document DE60204427 discloses a container, which comprises vertical columns assembled to the corners of pallets and to the central points of each pallet edge, and also a frame joining said columns from their upper parts. The upper frame and all vertical columns of the container disclosed in DE60204427 both provide an adequate supporting force when the containers are placed one on the other, i.e. superimposed, and avoid the big bag positioned in the pallets from sliding to the edges while being carried on forklifts.
Document U.S. Pat. No. 2,897,211 discloses a container wherein panels are provided on the upper and lower sections of the container, and vertically extending columns being fastened to said panels.
The object of the present invention is to provide the connection of containers, which comprise plurality of vertical columns, with the pallets in a simple manner.
Another object of the present invention is to eliminate a rigid frame joining vertical columns from their upper parts for such type of containers comprising various numbers of vertical columns.
In order to achieve these objects, the present invention provides a container comprising a pallet for the transportation and stacking of any kind of bulk, grained, powder, liquid, fluid, semi-fluid and similar materials, varying number of vertically-extending vertical columns connected to the pallet, and a big bag connected to said columns; said container being characterized by comprising at least one fastening element, having one side connected to a section where at least one of said vertical columns is present, and the other side connected to a suitable section of said pallet.
According to a preferred embodiment of the present invention, said fastening element is a stripe-shaped element of adequate strength, and is fastened to the container from one end so as to correspond to the vertically-extending column at the center of one of the lateral surfaces of said container, and the other end of said fastening element being looped around a support block provided at the lower part of the pallet and then fastened back to the container at a point close to the fastening point of the first end.
According to an alternative embodiment of the present invention, at least one of the vertically-extending columns is passed into a slot or hole opened on the pallet, or is fastened after being passed therethrough. According to this alternative embodiment of the present invention, the vertical columns that cannot be fastened to the pallet are provided for encountering the loads originating from the vertical stacking, whereas the columns fastened to the pallet provide supporting force so as to avoid the big bag from sliding down from the pallet while the container is moved.
The present invention is to be evaluated together with annexed figures briefly described hereunder to make clear the subject embodiment and the advantages thereof.
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1 Big bag fabric
2 Vertical column
3 Stitch
4 Big bag fabric
5 Base
6 Top face
7 Inlet stack
8 Pallet
9 Slot/hole
10 Fixation bar
11 Pin
12 Fastener
13 Liner
14 Stitch
15 Fastening element
16 Block
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According to the preferred embodiment of the present invention, said vertical columns (2) are made in a hollow tubular geometry from any material such as plastics, cardboard of adequate rigidity. As illustrated in
An alternative embodiment of the present invention is given in
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According to an alternative embodiment of the present invention, instead of using the fixation bars (10) the vertical pallets (2) on the central points on the pallet edges, or the entire vertical pallets can be fastened directly to the pallet, or the vertical columns (2) present at such points can be eliminated so that the fixation bars are used directly.
According to the preferred embodiment of the present invention, the vertical columns (2) wherein no fixation bars (10) are introduced do not have the function of avoiding the falling-down of big bags from the pallet while being moved, but have the function of encountering the loads originating from another container stacked thereon.
Another embodiment of the present invention may involve the introduction of one fixation bar (10) into each vertical column (2).
Material inlet into the container's big bag may be realized through an input stack (7) formed on the top face (6), and the material output can be performed by means of an output stack (not shown in figures) formed on the base part (5). Said stacks can also be adapted to the lateral walls.
The fabric (1, 4) of the container's big bag according to the present invention is relatively thinner, allowing the big bag to be easily folded when it becomes necessary to do so.
Number | Date | Country | Kind |
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2007/03699 | May 2007 | TR | national |
Filing Document | Filing Date | Country | Kind | 371c Date |
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PCT/TR08/00058 | 5/27/2008 | WO | 00 | 5/18/2010 |