Insulated Transport Container With Recessed Banding for Secure Stacking
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing transport containers for temperature-sensitive goods face challenges in secure closure, ease of handling, stacking, and protection against unauthorized access during transportation.
Innovation Solution
The design incorporates transverse, flat recesses for banding on the longitudinal sides, floor, and ceiling of the container, with a banderole system that includes connecting straps and carrying handles, allowing for secure closure, easy handling, and stacking capabilities, while using thick-walled foamed plastic materials like expanded polypropylene for insulation and protection.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If the upper part and lower part are closed with an adhesive strip to ensure secure closure, then the sealing and protection against unauthorized opening is improved, but the ease of opening and closing the container is worsened
Solution Approach 1:
The container is divided into an upper part and a lower part that can be separated. The adhesive strip seals the junction between these two segments, providing secure closure while allowing the segments to be easily separated by pulling apart, thus maintaining both sealing reliability and ease of opening.
2Reliability
If the upper part is pushed onto the lower part with a friction fit to ensure secure closure, then the sealing and protection against unauthorized opening is improved, but the ease of detaching the upper part is worsened
Solution Approach 1:
The container consists of separable upper and lower parts with a friction fit at their junction. This segmentation allows the parts to be securely held together during transport while enabling easy separation by applying a pulling force, resolving the contradiction between closure security and ease of detachment.
3Reliability
If transverse flat recesses for banding are provided on the longitudinal sides, floor, and ceiling, then the capability for secure stacking and banding is improved, but the device complexity is worsened
Solution Approach 1:
The banding system is segmented into transverse flat recesses located at specific positions (longitudinal sides, floor, ceiling) rather than a continuous complex structure. This segmentation provides adequate stacking and banding security while minimizing the addition of structural elements, thus balancing reliability with simplicity.
4Ease of operation
If a banderole system with connecting straps and carrying handles is implemented, then the ease of handling and stacking is improved, but the device complexity is worsened
Solution Approach 1:
The banderole system combines multiple functions into a single integrated structure: connecting straps provide both securing and carrying capabilities, while carrying handles are integrated into the banding system. This merging of functions improves ease of handling and stacking without proportionally increasing device complexity.
Applied Scientific Principles
This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.
Function Achieved in This Case
The solution ensures secure and efficient transportation of temperature-sensitive goods by preventing unauthorized access, facilitating easy handling and stacking, and maintaining stability through a robust banderole system and suitable material choice, enhancing the overall protection and handling of the containers.
Implementation Method 1
thick-walled foamed plastic materials like expanded polypropylene for insulation
Implementation Method 2
thick-walled foamed plastic materials like expanded polypropylene for insulation and protection
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AI summary
The invention relates to a transport container made of a trough-like lower part (1) which is open towards the top and an upper part (2) which is arranged on the lower part (1) and closes the open upper side of the lower part (1). The upper part (2) can be removed or pivoted in order to open the lower part (1), and the lower part (1) and the upper part (2) preferably consist of a dimensionally stable plastic material. The invention is characterized in that the lower part (1) has a base (3), longitudinal walls (4), and transverse walls (5), and the upper part (2) correspondingly has a cover (6), longitudinal faces (7), and transverse faces (8). The lower part (1) has transversally running flat recessed package-band cutouts (9) at least on the longitudinal walls (4) and preferably on the base (3) as well, and the upper part (2) has transversally running flat recessed package-band cutouts at least on the longitudinal faces (7) and preferably on the lid (6) as well, said recesses being flush with one another and facing one another.