Poultry container door panel, poultry container door frame, poultry container and assembly of a poultry container and a poultry container front panel
AssigneeMarel Stork Poultry Processing B.V.
InventorsJohannes Henricus Maria Van Mil, Roger Pierre Hubertus Maria Claessens
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Abstract
The present invention relates to a poultry container door corner part for releasable connection to a container for holding live poultry with two substantially flat panels, rectangularly joined together and forming an elongate corner part with a substantially L-shaped cross-section. The present invention also relates to a poultry container door frame for supporting a poultry container door corner part. Furthermore the invention relates to a poultry container door, comprising a poultry container door corner part and a poultry container door frame, as well as to a poultry container for holding live poultry.
Claims13
A poultry container door for a container for holding live poultry, the poultry container door comprising:
- two substantially flat panels, rectangularly joined together and forming an elongate corner part with a substantially L-shaped cross-section,
- wherein the two substantially flat panels are provided with apertures,
- wherein at least one of the two substantially flat panels also includes at least one open groove for holding a door frame profile section of a door frame;
- wherein the door frame has first and second ends, and first and second front panel bars each having first and second ends, the first ends of the first and second front panel bars connecting to the first and second ends of the door frame profile section and extending perpendicularly from the door frame profile section, first and second bottom bars extending perpendicularly from the second ends of the first and second front panel bars and arranged to follow a part of an external border of the substantially L-shaped cross-section of the substantially flat panels, the first and second bottom bars carrying coupling plates having openings cooperating with coupling elements protruding from a bottom panel of one of the two substantially flat panels.
A poultry container door, comprising:
- a poultry container door corner part for releasable connection to a container for holding live poultry, including two substantially flat panels, rectangularly joined together and forming an elongate corner part with a substantially L-shaped cross-section,
- wherein the two substantially flat panels are provided with apertures, and
- wherein at least one of the two substantially flat panels also includes at least one open groove for holding a door frame profile section;
- and
- a door frame comprising the door frame profile section for introduction in the at least one open groove of the poultry container door corner part;
- wherein the door frame has first and second ends, and first and second front panel bars each having first and second ends, the first ends of the first and second front panel bars connecting to the first and second ends of the profile section and extending perpendicularly from the door frame profile section, first and second bottom bars extending perpendicularly from the second ends of the first and second front panel bars and arranged to follow a part of an external border of the substantially L-shaped cross-section of the substantially flat panels;
- wherein the door frame profile section is held by the at least one open groove of the poultry container door corner part and coupling elements of the poultry container door corner part are coupled with counter-couplings of the poultry container door frame at the first and second bottom bars;
- wherein the at least one open groove is defined by a plurality of fins oriented perpendicular to a longitudinal direction of the elongate corner part.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.