U.S. patent application number 10/508183 was filed with the patent office on 2005-05-19 for laterally opened container.
Invention is credited to Ma, Bin, Xie, Liangfu.
Application Number | 20050103779 10/508183 |
Document ID | / |
Family ID | 4772484 |
Filed Date | 2005-05-19 |
United States Patent
Application |
20050103779 |
Kind Code |
A1 |
Xie, Liangfu ; et
al. |
May 19, 2005 |
Laterally opened container
Abstract
The present invention provides a new type of laterally
container, which is composed of bottom platform, corner posts,
front walls and end walls and container top. At the container top,
there is a middle top beam, one or more top beams mounted
symmetrically at both sides of the middle top beam. The other ends
of the middle top are linked to the lateral beams of the container
body. One spacing wall is mounted along the longitudinal central
line of the bottom platform, the lower end of the spacing wall is
linked to the bottom platform and the upper end of the spacing wall
is linked to the container top, and its front and back ends linked
respectively to the front and end walls. The platform is mounted
aslant. This structure has advantages of high strength, which can
prevent the distortion of the container body, and two individual
spaces for containing goods that can also protect the goods from
waggling during transportation. This type of container has simple
construction and low costs, and it can be loaded and unloaded
conveniently.
Inventors: |
Xie, Liangfu; (Guangdong,
CN) ; Ma, Bin; (Guangdong, CN) |
Correspondence
Address: |
Harry L Sernaker
Morton J Rosenberg
Suite 101
3458 Ellicott Center Drive
Ellicott City
MD
21043
US
|
Family ID: |
4772484 |
Appl. No.: |
10/508183 |
Filed: |
September 17, 2004 |
PCT Filed: |
March 18, 2002 |
PCT NO: |
PCT/CN03/00177 |
Current U.S.
Class: |
220/1.5 |
Current CPC
Class: |
B65D 88/121 20130101;
B65D 90/021 20130101; B65D 90/0066 20130101; B65D 88/127 20130101;
B65D 90/0086 20130101 |
Class at
Publication: |
220/001.5 |
International
Class: |
B65D 088/00 |
Foreign Application Data
Date |
Code |
Application Number |
Mar 18, 2002 |
CN |
02226274.1 |
Claims
What is claimed claim is:
1. A technical scheme provided by the invention, wherein a new
laterally opened container consists of bottom platform, corner
post, front wall, end wall and container top. Its container top
includes a pair of lateral beam connected between the top back
corner post and the top front corner post, a top center sill stands
in the longitudinal center line of the container top, a top beam
that is vertical with the corresponding lateral beam and is
connected to two corner posts at its ends. On the bottom platform,
there is no dummy plate mounted along the bottom in long direction.
The bottoms of all the dummy plates are connected with the bottom
platform, their upside parts are connected to the container top,
and their back and front parts are respectively connected to the
back and front ends. The dummy plates divide the whole container
body of the container into two independent spaces. The
characteristics of the container include that both sides of the
middle part of the top center sill in the container body are
respectively connected with one or more top center beams
symmetrically and the other end of the top center sill is connected
to the lateral beam in the container body.
2. The laterally opened container according to claim 1, the
characteristics of which lie in its trapezoidal frame of the
section of dummy plate in transverse direction.
3. The lateral opened container according to claim 1 and claim 2,
the characteristics of which consist of the
inside-low-and-outside-higher incline brim of the floor at both
bottom sides of the dummy plate.
4. The lateral opened container according to claim 3, the
characteristics of which consist that the nip angle between the
surface of the dummy plate and the surface of the floor is equal to
or almost 90 degree.
5. The lateral opened container according to claim 1, the
characteristics of which include the length of its container body
is equal to or greater than 30 feet.
Description
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
[0001] The present invention relates to laterally opened container,
and relates more particularly to the improvement in the structure
of a laterally opened container body.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
[0002] The applicant submitted the patent application named
Laterally opened Container to Patent Office of PRC on Sept. 22,
2000, and was endowed new and utilized patent right with Pat. No.
00239535.5 and authorized announcement No. CN24501 57Y on Sep. 26,
2001. The laterally opened container has a trapezia middle wall
mounted in the longitudinal direction and the platform is mounted
aslant, which increases the overall strength of its container body,
effectively prevents its container body from distortion, and makes
up for the strength; on the other hand, the middle wall divides the
whole container body into two individual loading space, which
protect the goods from waggling during transportation while not
like in ordinary containers and therefore increase security in
transportation.
[0003] However, the new applied patent mentioned above does not get
a well connection between the middle wall and the lateral beam in
the container body, and the intensity of the middle wall is
disabled in strengthening the lateral beam. According the
description of the new applied patent above, the middle wall is set
between the top center sill and the floor, while both sides of the
top side center sill stand in the top connection with the top beam,
and both sides of the top beam are connected to the lateral beam
with corner fittings. When some vehicle carrying this container
gets around a turn, the inward cargo usually generates a pressure
to the lateral of the container, and the pressure will spread to
the lateral beam. in order to get the lateral beam have adequate
intensity to reply to this pressure, the new applied patent above
adopts counter measures to install a slipping column between the
lateral beam and the downside sill on the same side. But the
slipping column might lessen the convenience of loading and
unloading from this side.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
[0004] The technical problem to be solved by the present invention
is to provide a new laterally opened container, wherein the
container has good structure and strength, and it can be loaded and
unloaded conveniently without fixed or slipping vertical post
mounted to support the lateral beam of the container body.
[0005] The technical scheme provided by the present invention is a
new laterally opened container, which is composed of bottom
platform, corner post, front wall, end wall and container top. The
above-mentioned container top includes a pair of lateral beams
connected between the top back corner post and the top front corner
post, a top center sill stands in the longitudinal center line of
the container top, a top beam that is vertical with the
corresponding lateral beam and is connected to two corner posts at
its ends. On the bottom platform, there is no dummy plate mounted
along the bottom in long direction. The bottoms of all the dummy
plates are connected with the bottom platform, their upside parts
are connected to the container top, and their back and front parts
are respectively connected to the back and front ends. The dummy
plates divide the whole container body of the container into two
independent spaces. The characteristics of the container include
that both sides of the middle part of the top center sill in the
container body are respectively connected with one or more top
center beams symmetrically and the other end of the top center sill
is connected to the lateral beam in the container body.
[0006] Compared with new applied patent No. CN2450157Y, the top
center sill in the container body of the laterally opened container
according to the present invention is not only connected to the top
beam and the lateral beam at its ends but also both sides of its
middle part are respectively connected with one or more top center
beams symmetrically, which preferably strengthens the lateral beam
and gets different kinds of pressures to the lateral beam run
across the container top and spread to the dummy plates in the
middle parts of the container body. In this way, there is no need
to install any fixed or slipping supporting upright post on the
side of the container to support the lateral beam, while the best
structural strength of the container body is still guaranteed. The
container can be protected from distortion and loaded and unloaded
conveniently.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
[0007] FIG. 1 is the three-dimensional Structure Sketch Map of
Laterally opened Container according to the present invention
[0008] FIG. 2 is the Sketch Map of Top Lateral Beam Connection in
the Container Viewed in FIG. 1
[0009] FIG. 3 is the Container top Structural Representation of
Laterally opened Container
[0010] FIG. 4 is the Profile Structural Sketch of Lateral beam
[0011] FIG. 5 is the Connection Sketch Map of Lateral Device and
Front End Corner Post
[0012] FIG. 6 is the Connection Sketch Map of Lateral Device and
Back End Corner Post
[0013] FIG. 7 is the installation Scheme of Tension Device
DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENT
[0014] As FIG. 1 shows, the laterally opened container according to
the present invention includes bottom platform (marked with 1),
corner posts 2 in each of four corners of the bottom platform 1,
end wall 4 connected with the front end corner posts, end wall 5
connected with the back end corner posts and container top 6
supported by corner posts 2. In addition, the container also
includes dummy plate 9 mounted along the bottom in long direction.
The lower brim of the dummy plate is connected with the bottom
platform 1, its upper brim is connected with the container top 6,
the front and back brims are respectively connected with the end
wall 4 and the end wall 5. The dummy plate 9 is to not only support
the container top and strengthen the overall strength and rigidity
of the container body but also localize the loaded cargoes and
fasten the cargoes in the right and the left cases, in particular,
it brings conveniences to load or unload the cargoes with long
shapes like rolled formed steel and those cargoes shipped with
trays.
[0015] As FIG. 1 shows, container top 6 includes a pair of lateral
beams 12 connected on the top parts between the front and the back
corner posts, the top center sill 13 in the longitudinal center
line of the container top, the top beam 14 that is vertical with
the lateral beam 12 and connected to the top part between two
corner posts 2, the top tray 15 and the top center beam 18 between
the lateral beam 12 and the top center sill 13. The lateral beam 12
and the top beam 14 between the corner posts 2 as well as the down
side sill 3 and the end down beam 16 between the corners posts 2
are respectively connected with their own corner fittings 17. There
are two top center beams 18 and corresponding connecting plates 35
are appended to the near center position of both sides of the
container top. In FIG. 2, we can see that the top center beam 18
prevents the lateral beam from downside distortion under the
tension pressure of the lateral when some cargo presses down upon
the lateral. This feature is totally different from other
structural styles, like laterally opened container and laterally
opened curtain trailer compartment.
[0016] In FIG. 1 and FIG. 3, the bottom platform 1 is a key frame
member of load supporting, which principally consists of two bottom
lateral Beams 3, a bottom center sill 10, a gooseneck trough 11, a
group of bottom beams 7 and the floor 8 mounted on the bottom beams
7. FIG. 3 shows the end gooseneck sill, the bottom load supporting
surface and the dummy plate surface structure. The floor 8,
including steel floor and wooden floor, at both sides of the dummy
plate 9 has inward declivitous incline, namely, the connection brim
of the floor and the side bottom sill 3 is higher than the
connecting brim of the dummy plate 9. Both surfaces 31 of the dummy
plate have upward inward incline. The section plane of the dummy
plate in transverse direction is a top-narrow-and-bottom-wide
ladder structure. The nip angle between the incline on the bottom
surface and the incline of the dummy plate is equal to or bigger
than 90 degree. The upper surface 36 of the gooseneck sill 11 is
also inclined with the same slop as that of the bottom surface 8.
The bottom surface of the tray cargo 32 in the container body and
the surface opposite to the body case are respectively touch the
surface of the bottom floor and the surface of the dummy plate to
full extent, which effectively prevents the cargoes from being
loosen and ensure the security of the loaded cargoes.
[0017] In FIGS. 4, 5 and 6, we can see that, being a further
improvement of the present invention, the container body has a
special lateral tension device. The upside part of the lateral 19
is hanged on the slipping track 21 with roller 20, and the slipping
track 21 and the lateral Beam 12 is connected with a group of
clinchers 22. The front end of the lateral 19 is directly connected
with the fulcra 26 of the front end lateral in the opening inner
chamber of a corner post 2 with clinchers 38. The back end of the
lateral 19 is also connected to the back end lateral fulcra 39 in
the opening inner chamber of another corner post 2. The upper end
of the fulcra 26 is inserted in the lower aperture of the upper
corner fittings 17. Meanwhile, the lower end aperture of the fulcra
26 is connected to the output port of the lateral tension mechanism
30. When the tension mechanism 30 is working under outer force, the
fulcra 26 will accordingly turns, and the lateral will be entwined
onto the fulcra 26, so as to achieve the purpose of tensioning the
lateral. When the mechanism reversely works, the lateral will be
loosen and slide along the side surface of the container body. The
end lateral fulcra 38 remain in the opening inner chamber of the
corner post 2 via the upper and lower baffle 37 on the back end
corner post 2 during the curtain tension procedures or the loosen
state. The water-resisting top brim 33 is arc-shaped, and its upper
parts is mounted in the lateral channel of the slipping track 21,
while the bottom of the water-resisting top brim 33 is close up to
the curtain surface of the slipping lateral 19, so as to prevent
cargoes from being wetted.
[0018] FIG. 7 is the installation scheme of the lateral tension
device. The adopted tension device 30 is a ratchet wheel and pallet
running gear, which has preferable self-locking force. Therefore,
during any transportation process, the lateral won't be loosen
because of the shaking container body but keep tension state all
the time.
[0019] Major advantages of the lateral container according to the
present invention comprising:
[0020] The container has two independent loading spaces, adopts the
loading method localized by the dummy plate and is a very exact,
time saving and economical cargo protection approach. The second
level tray and other things can be easily placed in the right
places against the dummy plate. During the transportation process,
the cargo carried by the container won't be swayed as those in
common containers, but securely lean against the dummy plate with
high rigidity. None of the cargo will be damaged or knocked. In
particular, there is no support bars on any side of the container
body, the loading and unloading is very conveniently and
immediately at low costs with simple maintenance.
[0021] In addition, the invention has some other unique advantages.
Although the length dimension of its container body is equal or
greater than 30 feet, it still needs no lateral support, neither
slipping support or permanent support. The new structure gets the
container body simple, brings more convenience to loading and
unloading operation and lowers the production costs. The technical
proposal according to the present invention is not only applicable
for low-independent laterally opened containers but also suitable
for compartment type semitrailers.
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