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EP0729903A2
EP0729903A2 EP96102661A EP96102661A EP0729903A2 EP 0729903 A2 EP0729903 A2 EP 0729903A2 EP 96102661 A EP96102661 A EP 96102661A EP 96102661 A EP96102661 A EP 96102661A EP 0729903 A2 EP0729903 A2 EP 0729903A2
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projections
modular unit
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Carlo Di Pilla
Luciano Di Pilla
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65D—CONTAINERS FOR STORAGE OR TRANSPORT OF ARTICLES OR MATERIALS, e.g. BAGS, BARRELS, BOTTLES, BOXES, CANS, CARTONS, CRATES, DRUMS, JARS, TANKS, HOPPERS, FORWARDING CONTAINERS; ACCESSORIES, CLOSURES, OR FITTINGS THEREFOR; PACKAGING ELEMENTS; PACKAGES
    • B65D21/00—Nestable, stackable or joinable containers; Containers of variable capacity
    • B65D21/02—Containers specially shaped, or provided with fittings or attachments, to facilitate nesting, stacking, or joining together
    • B65D21/0201—Containers specially shaped, or provided with fittings or attachments, to facilitate nesting, stacking, or joining together stackable or joined together side-by-side
    • B65D21/0204—Containers specially shaped, or provided with fittings or attachments, to facilitate nesting, stacking, or joining together stackable or joined together side-by-side and joined together by interconnecting formations forming part of the container, e.g. dove-tail, snap connections, hook elements
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65D—CONTAINERS FOR STORAGE OR TRANSPORT OF ARTICLES OR MATERIALS, e.g. BAGS, BARRELS, BOTTLES, BOXES, CANS, CARTONS, CRATES, DRUMS, JARS, TANKS, HOPPERS, FORWARDING CONTAINERS; ACCESSORIES, CLOSURES, OR FITTINGS THEREFOR; PACKAGING ELEMENTS; PACKAGES
    • B65D21/00—Nestable, stackable or joinable containers; Containers of variable capacity
    • B65D21/08—Containers of variable capacity
    • B65D21/083—Containers of variable capacity by means of additional elements, e.g. modular

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  • the present invention relates to a modular unit.
  • the modular unit according to the present invention is characterized by a substantally circular base, and a shape obtained by the combination of a substantially cylindrical body and a substantially frustum body, cohaxial one to the other, the latter being placed on a base of the cylindrical body.
  • the modular element according to the invention can be either hollow or not; it is preferably hollow. Its dimensions are not binding in that its cylindrical part can be shaped much elongated with respect to the frustum.
  • the external surface of the unit according to the invention is characterized by notches and projections, placed symmetrically alternated to one another, so that at least one of said projections of a first unit can be inserted in a corresponding notch of a second unit and both units turn out mortised each other.
  • the joint takes place by drawing close two modular units so that a notch of a first unit corresponds to a projection of a second unit, and then applying a light pressure.
  • the modular unit according to the invention is generically indicated with (A).
  • the modular unit (A) is characterized by a shape obtained by superimposing a frustum on a cylinder, cohaxial one another, the major base of the frustum and the base of the cylinder being the same; the minor base of the frustum, thus constituting the minor base of unit (A), will be identified with (1) ; the frustum surface will be identified with (2) and the cylinder surface will be identified with (3); the combination of frustum surface (2) and cylinder surface (3) will be indicated as lateral surface of unit (A).
  • the slant of the frustum surface (2) with respect to the plane of the base is preferably about 30°.
  • the notches and projections according to the invention are symmetrycally placed on the surface of unit (A) and the number of notches is the same of the number of projections.
  • the pins section is preferably circular, as shown by the figure, but any kind of section will be suitable, provided that it does not prevent the use of said pins (4), which have to be mortised in the corresponding notches (5) of different units (A).
  • the pins (4) and the notches (5) are placed in correspondence of the elongated projections (6) and (6'), or alternatively, in correspondence of the elongated notches (7).
  • the elongated projections (6) and (6') they have preferably a square or rectangular section and are placed on the lateral surface of unit (A).
  • the elongated projections (6') are prolonged below the cylindric surface (3), while the elongated projections (6) terminate correspondingly short of the rim of such surface, so that the recess (6'') is created.
  • the external terminal parts of the elongated projections (6') of a first unit (A) mortise the corresponding recesses (6'') of a second unit (A).
  • elongated projection (6), elongated notch (7), elongated projection (6'), elongated notch (7), on the lateral surface of the unit (A) will be preferably 3.
  • particilar reference to fig. 2 it is a front view of the unit (A). As can be seen, the elongated projections (6') protrude from the profile of the unit (A) of the same as the projections (6) indente, thus producing the recess (6''), which, mortises the protruding part of the projection (6').
  • unit (A) With particular reference to fig. 3, it is a top view of unit (A). When seeing such figure, it can be appreciated the symmetric structure of unit (A). There are present: the pins (4), the notches (5), the elongated projections (6) and (6') and the elongated notches (7).
  • FIG. 4 shows in perspective a particular embodiment of the invention wherein, given the modular unit (A'), the notches and projections are only present on the minor base (1') and on the frustum surface (2'), and are not present on the cylinder surface (3').
  • Fig. 5 is a partial perspective view of another ebodiment of the invention, relating to a modular unit (A'') obtained by superimposing a frustum on a cylinder cohaxial one another, however in this case the dimension of the major base of the frustum is smaller than the one of the cylinder, to at least take into account the real thickness of unit (A''), when it is superimposed to another one.
  • the minor base of the frustum which constitutes the minor base of the unit (A'')
  • the lateral surface of the frustum is indicated with (2'')
  • the lateral surface of the cylinder is indicated with (3'')
  • the part of surface substantially anular resulting by the non complete overlapping between the major base of the frustum andd the cylinder base is indicated with (8).
  • the notches and the corresponding projections are symmetrically placed on the surface of the unit (A''), moreover the number of the projections is equal to the number of the notches.
  • the pins (4'') are placed on the minor base (1''), and the pins (11) are placed at one end of the projection (12) and preferably on the other end there is a corresponding notch (10); however it is to be noted that the number and the locations of the pins (4'') and (11) and of the corresponding notches (5'') and (10) are not binding and can be varied with respect to what shown in the figures; it is only necessary to maintain a sort of symmetry in order to allow an easy mortise of a plurality of modular units.
  • the dotted circle (9) can indifferently identify a pin or a notch or nothing.
  • the projections in the shape of pins have a circular section, as shown in figs. 5 and 6, however any section could be useful, provided that it is not an obstacle to the operability of said pins (4'') and (11), which is that of being mortised in corresponding notches (5'') and (10) of other units (A'').
  • the pins (4'') and notches (5'') are alternatively and symmetrically placed on the minor base (1'').
  • the slant of the frustum surface (2'') with respect to the plane identified by the substantially anular surface (8) is preferably about 30°.
  • the elongated projections (12) and (14) preferably have a square or rectangular section and are placed on the lateral surfaces (3'') and (2'') of the unit (A''), respectively.
  • the elongated projections (11) can bear, on their ends, either pins (11) or notches (10), which are used for the mortise with other units (A'').
  • elongated projection (12), elongated notch (13), on the lateral surface (3'') and elongated projection (14), elongated notch (15), on the lateral surface (2'') of the unit (A) will be preferably 3.
  • the projections (14) are placed in correspondence of the projections (12) and the notches (15) are placed in correspondence of the notches (13), however they do not blend into one another to at least allow the mortise with other units (A'') of given thickness.
  • Article wich can be realized in order to have the external surface shaped with notches and projections as described for the unit according to the invention are: lids or caps for cases, cases for liquids or solids, the internal part of them being shaped in different manners with respect to the use of the article (i. e., thread, projections for friction and bayonet joint, ecc.).
  • the unit according to the invention thanks to its external shape and to the presence of the notches and projections, can be mortised with a plurality of other analogous units in order to obtain fancy shapes.
  • the units can be realized with all the materials which, according to their nature, allow to obtain notches and projections, such as: plastics, rubber, wood, metals, ecc..

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EP96102661A 1995-02-22 1996-02-22 Unité modulaire Withdrawn EP0729903A3 (fr)

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ITRM950036U 1995-02-22
IT95RM000036 IT238820Y1 (it) 1995-02-22 1995-02-22 Elemento modulare componibile: particolarmente per realizzare coperchie/o cntenitori per liquidi o solidi.

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EP0729903A2 true EP0729903A2 (fr) 1996-09-04
EP0729903A3 EP0729903A3 (fr) 1997-07-23

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Cited By (2)

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Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
FR2787150A1 (fr) * 1998-12-11 2000-06-16 Stefan Baroi Dispositif d'assemblage de deux objets
US8800234B2 (en) 2012-09-14 2014-08-12 Titan Energy Services Ltd. Fastening system for modular containers

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US3716161A (en) * 1971-10-26 1973-02-13 Sunbeam Plastics Corp Safety closure for a medicine bottle or the like
US4202456A (en) * 1978-02-27 1980-05-13 David Silber Toy utilizing used, discardable items such as bottle caps and beverage cans
GB8514554D0 (en) * 1985-06-08 1985-07-10 Young M E Containers
DE4119252C2 (de) * 1991-06-11 2000-07-13 Ferrero Ohg Kleinbehälter

Cited By (3)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
FR2787150A1 (fr) * 1998-12-11 2000-06-16 Stefan Baroi Dispositif d'assemblage de deux objets
WO2000035764A1 (fr) * 1998-12-11 2000-06-22 Baroi Stefan Dispositif d'assemblage de deux objets
US8800234B2 (en) 2012-09-14 2014-08-12 Titan Energy Services Ltd. Fastening system for modular containers

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IT238820Y1 (it) 2000-11-15
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ITRM950036U1 (it) 1996-08-22

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