Container for transportation
AssigneeAsahi Glass Company, Limited
InventorsHiroshi Okano, Masanobu Iwatani
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Abstract
A container for transportation has a base portion 10, a ceiling portion 20, shutters 30, 30 . . . to be wound up in the ceiling portion 20 and end plates 40, 40, provided with columns 43, 43 at its both sides, which are connected to the ceiling portion 20 so as to be folded up and received in the ceiling portion 20. In compacting the container in non-use, the shutters are lifted up to the ceiling, and the ceiling portion 20 is lifted up from the base portions 10. Then, the ceiling portion is lowered whereby the end plates 40, 40 can be folded, along with the columns 43, 43, under the ceiling portion by utilizing the deadweight of the ceiling portion 20. The container for transportation simplifies folding operations and reassembling operations, and reduces labor cost.
Claims11
A container for transportation which comprises:
- a base portion,
- a ceiling portion,
- side wall members for forming left and right side walls and end plates for closing front and rear openings formed by the base portion, the ceiling portion and the left and right side walls, wherein
- said end plates are connected to the ceiling portion, and each of the end plates extended in a respective plane and each of said end plates includes left and right sides, and further wherein each of said end plates includes columns at the left and right sides, and wherein said end plates each include a width extending from the left side to the right side, and each of said end plates is expandable and retractable in their respective planes to thereby provide retracted and expanded positions with said width reduced in said retracted position as compared with said expanded position, and wherein said ceiling portion receives said end plates in said retracted position.
A container for transportation which comprises:
- a base portion,
- a ceiling portion,
- side wall members for forming left and right side walls and end plates for closing front and rear openings formed by the base portion, the ceiling portion and the left and right side walls, wherein
- said end plates are pivotally connected to and received within the ceiling portion, and each of the end plates includes left and right sides, and wherein each of the end plates is provided with columns at the left and right sides with said columns detachably connected to the base portion and the ceiling portion, and wherein each of the end plates includes a lower portion and each of the end plates is provided with casters at the lower portion.
A container for transportation which comprises:
- a base portion,
- a ceiling portion,
- side wall members for forming left and right side walls and end plates for closing front and rear openings formed by the base portion, the ceiling portion and the left and right side walls, wherein
- said end plates are connected to the ceiling portion, and each of the end plates includes left and right sides, and wherein each of the end plates is provided with columns at the left and right sides with said columns detachably connected to the base portion and the ceiling portion, and wherein the ceiling portion includes a lifting means for lifting and receiving the end plates in the ceiling portion.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.