CA2134081A1

CA2134081A1 - An arrangement pertaining to the transportation of goods

Info

Publication number: CA2134081A1
Application number: CA002134081A
Authority: CA
Inventors: Leif Sune Edgar Lindgren
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Floatline AB
Priority date: 1990-10-23
Filing date: 1992-04-23
Publication date: 1993-11-11
Also published as: FI944951A0; FI944951A; EP0636091A1; NO944009D0; EP0636091B1; NO944009L; WO1993022205A1

Abstract

An arrangement for the transportation of goods, such as paper rolls, comprising a load carrier which includes a goods-carrying bottom plate. The arrangement is mainly characterized by a lifting post (4) which is upstanding centrally from the bottom plate (2) and by means of which a loaded load-carrier can be lifted.

Description

W O 93/22205 ~ l 3 ~i O Q ~ PC~r/SE92/00268 , An AI3l~x~ament F~caininq to the TransPortation of Goods The present m vention relates to an arxx~ngement F~r~a m in3 to th~
transportation of gocds, such as paper rolls.

The t~ x~rtation of large paper rolls frcm the paper mac~Lh~e to the final con~m~er is er~m~bered with problems in the form of a large ~umker of handling and trans-shipmnt or relo,ading c ~ tions, am~ng other t ~ s. These cperations are time-Dcnsumurg, risk intensive and relatively often result in damage to the rolls.

~he present Lnvention provides a solution t~ these problems.

m e Lnvention thus relates to an arrangement perta ~ to the trans-portation of gocds, such as paF~r rolls, which includes a l~ad carrier hav ~ a bottom plate inteniçd for supporting said goods, for lnstance paper rolls.

The arr ~ ement is mainly ~ cterized by a lifting post ~y means of which the load carrier can be li~t~d, said lift m g post being centrally located and protruding upwards fr~m the bott4m plate.
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The m vention will now be described Ln more detail wi~h ref~rence tc exemplify m g e thereof and also with reference to the a~ymg draw m gs, in which - Figure 1 is a sdhematic~ pcrspective ~iew of a first ~ t of an inven~ive unloaded load carrier;
- Figure 2 illustrates the load ~arrier shown m Figure 1 carrying , a load of f~ur paper rolls;
- Figure 3 illustrates ~ ing of a load carrier with the aid of a fork~ t truck; ;-~:
Figure 4 illustrates handl mg of the load carrier Ln accordance ~-wi~h the mvention, with the aid of a crane arrangement;
- Figure 5 illustrates bandl m g of load carriers in accordance with the m vention with the aid of a traverse hoist arrangement;
-- Figure 6 illustrates a combmation of material handling situa-tions;

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- Figure 7 illustrates schematically a warehouse in accordance with Figure 6; and - Figure 8 illustrates sch~ma~ically a hoist fitting for an~inven-tive lifting post. ,, Figure 1 illustrates a load carrier 1 which includes a bcttom plate 2 intended to ~ rt paper rolls 3 for instance, and a lifting po6t 4 which extends oentrally ~ s from the bottom plateO Also shcwn in the Figure is a ~ plate 5 which, according to one preferr0d en~xxl~ment, is intendbd to cover or generally coYer the ~ r surfaces 6 of the rolls plac2d on the bo~tom plate 2 (Figure 2) and which includes an aperture 7 ~ ough ~hich the lift mg post 4 can ke reached or project.
The bct~om plate is prcvided with pockets 8 which acoommndate the lift m 3 forks of a fork-lift truck, said pockets preferably bein~
pro~ided on all sides 9 of ~he bottcm plate.

It is preferred that the lifting post is rem~vable fro~ th~ k~ttom plate. In ~his regard, although not shown, the lift mg post may be l ~ le to the bottom plate ~y m~ns of a bayonet fittIn~ or ~y scme other sNitable reans. ~ent to rem~ving th~ tin3 p~sts from respective b~n plates, the b~ plates can be stac~ked or~e upon 25 the other for r~turn to a depot, for ins~a~e. It is also preferred that the lifting posts can be ext~ed an~ short~, in ord~r to be a~le to ad~pt the v ~ tical ext~sioIl of the post to differ~r~
heights/l ~ of the paper rolls. For instance, the lift ~ ~
may have a telescupic constructi~n in a suitable manner, alth~ugh not shown.

M~unted on ~he upper free end 10 of the lifting p~st is a hoist i-fit~ m ~ 11. The hoist fitting is pref2rably adapked for con ~
handl mg, where m aecording tD a preferred embodiment the fittin3 is essentially of the kind that is disposed in ~he corners of the con~ainer and comprises a hous mg, Figure 8, having at least one war~ly fac ~g elongated ~ening 12 thr~ ~ic~h a ger}erally arr~
pointed lifting head ~3 of a generally kncwn kind can be lnsYrted, I ,,,i;.....
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where m the head can be locked in engagement with the fitting by t ~ the head. Further turning of the head will ~ring it ~o a position in which it can be rem~ved through said openIng. The lift mg head may be arranged generally in accordance with the teaching~ of Swedish Patent Specification No. 7904086-1, in which case ~he head is rotatad or tNrned by be m 3 pressed a ~ t an in~ernal bott~m surface ~n the fitting. m e load can ~e lif~ed by means of a truck or like machine provided with at least one horizontally and forwardly extendiDg lifting he~d, with the aid of ~ s on the sides of the fitting.
Ihe liftLng post will preferably include a lashing 14 by means of which the load can be secureJ.

Figure 4 illustrates a lifting device 15 which is intended for coac~ion with a lift mg arrangemnt 16, in the illustrated case a crane arrange-ment 16, and at l ~ one load ~arrier, in the illustrated case four carriers. The Figure illustra ~ an em~odiment in which the lifting device is prQvided with lifting heads 13 of the aforesaid kind. Shown in Figurs 5 is a lifting device 15 of generally the s~me kind which is mounted, insbeal, on a lift ~ arrangement m the form of a traverse 17.

Figures 4, 5 and 6 illustrate d~ifferent loading and unl~ading situa-tions in which inventive arrangements are used.
'rhe method in whi~h ~he inventive arrar~ement works will be unde~
~tiall~ fram the aforego~ng. ~e intention is that th~ paper rollers are pla~ed on t~e load carriers alread~ he pr~xim~ty of t:he paper ~a~ine and æe not r~ved fram t:he lo~d carriers u~til they are us~d finally in a prir~ ~ hall or same lik~ place. All reloadingj trans-shipment ~ transportation shall be ~ffected with the load c~rriers and n~t with the rolls th,~mselv,~s. T.iftIng is '~
effected with the aid of the lifting post. The rolls are protected by 3`
the cover plate or cover sheet, which also forms a friction-enhanc element when stacking several load carriers one ~ the o~h~r.
i It will be evident from the aforeg~ing that the m vention provides ad-vantag,~s in the form of eliminating risXs anl damage, m comparison W 0 93/22205 ~8 1 PCI/SE92/002 with known techniques. The invention also enables loading/unloading operations, for e ~ le quay-side operations to be fully automa~ed, thereby elimlnatmg the n2ed of separate stowing personnel.

Although the invention has been described in the aforegoing essentially with reference to an exemplify mg embodiment thereof, it will ke <
unde ~ th~t other e=lodiments and minor modifications are con-ceivable without departi~g from the Lnventive concept.

With regard to the construction of the bottom plates and the material from which they are made, the pla~s are preferably of li~htweight construction, su~h as a ~ ich-type construction, made of steel, lightmetal, fibreglass glass material or some simil~r apprcpriate matexial.
It is conceivable to use some other device than the lifting p~st, for instance an eye or the like which coacts with a lifting hook. The de ~ ibed and illustrated sy ~ , however, enables opera~ions to be autmated.
Ai~ording to one embodiment which is preferred in certain cases, the bottom plate for instance is provided with devices which enable at least tw~ adjacEnt load carriers to be co ~ toge~her f~r s~pport-m g, for mscance, long goods, such as packaged wood.
The load carrier is also sui ~ le for carrying bag-like containers, such as ~ led jumbo bags (not shown) c~ntaining, for instance, granular produ ~ . Ac~ording to on2 embodiment of 5u~h sack like conta mers adapted to ~he l~ad carrier, the c~nta ~ has a centrally located channel which is in~ended to be fitted over ~he lift m g pcst and through which th~ lift mg pcst is thus Lntended to exte~, thereby holding ~he con ~ ~o the load carrier.

The invention is thus ~t restricted to the aforedescribed an~ illu-strated embcdhments thereof since m~difications are possible within the sccpe of the following Claims.

Claims

1. An arrangement pertaining to the transportation of goods, such as paper rolls, comprising a load carrier which includes a carrying bottom plate, and a lifting post (4) which is upstanding centrally from the bottom plate (2) and includes a hoist fitting (11) and preferably includes a lashing band for securing the load, c h a r a c t e r i z e d in that the lifting post is free standing and anchored to the bottom plate and in that the arrangement comprises a cover plate (5) which is arranged to protect the upper surfaces (6) of paper rolls placed on the bottom plate, and includes an aperture (7) through which the lifting post can be reached or protrude.

2. An arrangement according to Claim 1, c h a r a c t e r i z e d in that the lifting post is removably mounted.

3. An arrangement according to Claim 1 or 2, c h a r a c t e r i z e d in that the lifting post can be extended and shortened.

4. An arrangement according to Claim 1 - 3, c h a r a c t e r i z e d in that the lifting hoist (11) includes a housing which includes an upwardly facing, elongated opening (12) through which a preferably generally arrow-headed lifting head is intended to be inserted and locked by rotation and released by further rotation, said rotational movement preferably being effected by pressing the head against an internal bottom surface of the housing.

5. An arrangement according to Claim 1, 2, 3 or 4, c h a r a c t e r -i z e d by a lifting device (15) for coaction with a crane arrangement (16), a traverse hoist (17) or some like lifting arrangement, and at least one load carrier (1).

6. An arrangement according to Claim 1, 2, 3, 4 or 5, c h a r a c t e r -i z e d in that the bottom plate is generally quadratic and is constructed to accommodate four paper rolls of essentially quadratic configuration.

7. An arrangement according to Claim 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 or 6, c h a r a c t e -r i z e d in that the bottom plate is provided with pockets (8) for handling with a fork-lift truck (9).