MATERIALS HANDLING CONTAINER FOR CURING CHEESE

摘要

A material handling container (1) used for curing blocks of cheese that are vacuum packed. The container includes a pallet type base (2) with a smooth platform (4) and a plurality of side panels (3). Each side panel is substantially planar and has a bottom edge provided with a platform locating member or lug (12) or pin (37) that engages in an aperture (13, 38) of the platform. There are interlocking corner brackets (18, 40) having a locating pin (41) and locking pin (42) on the top corners of the side panel to releasably attach adjacent said side panels. The material handling container is made of durable and resilient sheet material (10) including such plastics as polypropylene, high density polyethylene and polystyrene attached to a metal frame (6, 7, 8, 9, 11). The container is collapsible and can be stored and/or transported in a collapsed state.