Mounting Ring with Circumferential Clamping Element for Transport Containers
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Solution Overview
Problem
Transport containers filled with bulk materials often experience side wall bulging, which compromises the structural integrity and secure closure, especially during transport and storage.
Innovation Solution
A mounting ring with a circumferential clamping element that engages on the outside of each side wall, providing a statically stable arrangement and maintaining the initial shape even when filled with bulk material, using a tensioning element like a band or strand that runs through recesses in the side walls to prevent bulging and ensure secure stacking and folding.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Quantity of substance
If the transport container is filled with bulk material, then the container can transport goods, but the side walls bulge and structural integrity is compromised
Solution Approach 1:
The mounting ring is divided into multiple side walls (at least three side walls) that are connected to each other, allowing the structure to segment the bulk material load and distribute it across multiple segments, preventing unilateral bulging while maintaining overall structural integrity
Solution Approach 2:
The circumferential clamping element is pre-installed on the mounting ring before filling with bulk material. This preliminary action ensures that the clamping element is already in position to prevent bulging as the material is loaded, rather than requiring post-filling adjustment
2Adaptability or versatility
If the mounting ring is made foldable for return transport, then storage efficiency improves, but structural stability during filling is reduced
Solution Approach 1:
The mounting ring transitions from a static rigid structure to a dynamic foldable structure that can adapt between two states: an extended stable configuration during filling and transport of bulk material, and a collapsed compact configuration for return transport. The circumferential clamping element maintains structural strength in the extended state while allowing folding in the return state
3Stability of the object's composition
If tightening straps are used around the mounting ring, then structural stability improves, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The circumferential clamping element is integrated directly onto the mounting ring structure, merging the stabilizing function into the existing mounting ring rather than adding separate tightening straps. This integration provides structural stability while minimizing additional components and device complexity
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AI summary
The invention relates to a mounting ring for a transport container (11) which can be arranged between a container base (12) and a lid (23) of the transport container (11) and which consists of several side walls (14, 15, 16, 17) which are connected to each other and surround a container interior (24), wherein at least one circumferential clamping element (31) is provided which engages at least section by section on each outer side of the side wall (14, 15, 16, 17).