NL8900496A - Freight container for pick=up truck - comprises pallet with walls and roof allowing stacking - Google Patents

Abstract

The freight container system is for a pick-up truck of maximum 500Kg load capacity. It consists of a modular structure with pallet, plastic or aluminium walls insulated if desired, and a roof allowing stacking. Design is adapted to suit specific user requirements, and external dimensions match the make and type of truck to be used. It can have a mobile chassis, whose upright supporting portions fold and lock automatically.

Description

Mobile transport container system with self-folding chassis suitable for vans with a max. Loading capacity of 500 kg: Roll-Con 1. What is Roll-Con.

Roll-Con is a roll container system suitable for vans up to 500 kg load capacity. The container is provided with a mobile base, the standing / load-bearing parts of which are self-folding. A locking system ensures a firm and safe anchoring to a van.

2. Why Roll-Con

A means of transport plus driver is a large fixed cost item. Waiting times with loading and unloading further increase these costs. Separate containers make it possible to prepare them pre-filled, load them on the car and deliver them in their entirety. Waiting times are thereby reduced to a minimum.

It is possible to work more flexibly than with conventional body systems and a distribution system can be set up by rotating the containers.

The transport world has been using container systems for years. Such systems have not yet been made applicable for light commercials (up to 500 kg load capacity).

However, this is possible with Roll-Con containers.

This system can be used for both internal and external logistics management. Disconnected containers are easily mobile throughout the company and can be used for internal distribution. An optimization of internal logistics management.

Externally, the use is comparable to that of the large containers.

5. Applications

Branches for which the Roll-Con system can be made suitable are, for example, laundries, catering companies, parcel post, express services, etc.

It helps solve the common shipping problems in these industries.

The containers can be adapted to specific use. Cooling and heating elements can be built in, walls can be insulated, the layout can be supplied to measure.

4. Description (see drawings 1 to 9)

Drawing 1 shows a complete mobile container, mounted on a light commercial, type pick-up. In the production of the containers, the outer dimensions can be adjusted to the sizes of the different makes and types of cars, drawing 2. A mobile and self-folding chassis is mounted under the container. As a result, the container can be handled by one person. The Roli-Con is placed behind the car and the container is pushed onto the pick-up with a handle. With that movement, the front wheels automatically fold at the bottom. The rear wheels of the container are pushed forward by the handle, pushing them into the length. The carriers / uprights slide in rails that are mounted on the car. With these actions, the container is securely and securely locked to the car. (drawing 3) As a result, a container mounted on a car has no protruding parts, (drawing 4) The construction of the container consists of a frame of a type of pallet, for example plastic. The top and side walls consist of loose panels that are mounted. The materials they are made of depend on the purpose for which the containers are used. Double-layered plastic or aluminum may be used. The back can consist of two hinged doors, a roller shutter door or a one-piece flap (drawings 5,6 & 7). By applying the corresponding profile on the top and bottom, the containers are stackable for storage (drawing 8). Containers without a moving chassis can be transported by a forklift truck and placed on the means of transport- (drawing 9)

Claims (3)

1. Transport container system, applicable to vans with a maximum load capacity of 500 kg. Consisting of a modular construction of a pallet, walls available in plastic or aluminum, whether or not insulated, and a roof that allows stacking of the containers, whereby the design of the containers can be adapted to the specific requirements of the user. Exterior dimensions of the Container depend on the brand and type of car used to transport these containers. 2. Transport container system, as described under 1, provided with a mobile base, of which the standing / load-bearing parts are self-folding. 3. Automatic locking in the folding system as mentioned above.