CN109051193B - Plastic tray - Google Patents
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- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
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Abstract
The invention discloses a plastic tray, which relates to the field of storage and transportation and comprises a tray and a supporting frame, wherein the tray is fixed above the supporting frame, a protective frame is sleeved on the periphery of the tray, the protective frame is installed on the supporting frame through a telescopic rod group, the telescopic rod group comprises a first telescopic rod and a second telescopic rod, the first telescopic rod and the second telescopic rod are connected through a 3K cloth, the second telescopic rod and the 3K cloth can be completely hidden in the first telescopic rod, the first telescopic rod can be completely hidden in the supporting frame, when an article on the tray needs to be protected, the first telescopic rod can be completely pulled out from the supporting frame, and the second telescopic rod and the 3K cloth are sequentially stretched according to the height of the supported article, so that the protective frame is erected above the supported article under the action of the telescopic rod group, the article is effectively protected and fixed, and the problem that the article is easy to collapse, The problem of easy adjacent tray scratch prevents effectively that the goods from receiving the extrusion, reduces the spoilage in the goods transportation.
Description
Technical Field
The invention relates to the field of storage and transportation, in particular to a plastic tray.
Background
With the increase of goods and logistics and the increase of the manual loading and unloading cost, the use amount of the fork-type plastic tray is greatly increased, but the tray cannot be normally used by some large-size articles due to the limitation of the size and the structure of the existing plastic tray, and the plastic tray cannot be used for placing food, medicines, gifts, artware and the like due to the fact that the width of the plastic tray is not enough, is not afraid of extruding the articles, cannot protect and fix the goods, is easy to collapse and scratch the goods, and is not suitable for being stacked and stored. Aiming at the technical problems, at present, a mode of a multilayer metal shelf is mostly adopted for solving, but the multilayer metal shelf is high in cost, incapable of moving and inconvenient to operate.
Disclosure of Invention
The invention aims to provide a plastic tray which is simple in structure, low in cost and capable of effectively protecting goods.
In order to achieve the purpose, the invention provides the following scheme:
the invention provides a plastic tray, which is characterized in that: including tray and braced frame, the tray is fixed braced frame's top, the periphery cover of tray is equipped with protective frame, protective frame passes through telescopic link group to be installed braced frame is last, telescopic link group includes first telescopic link and second telescopic link, first telescopic link with the second telescopic link passes through 3K cloth and connects, just the second telescopic link with 3K cloth homoenergetic hide completely in the first telescopic link, first telescopic link can hide completely in the braced frame, work as the second telescopic link with 3K cloth is followed stretch out completely in the first telescopic link, just first telescopic link is followed when stretching out completely in the braced frame, protective frame is by under the tensile state telescopic link group supports directly over the tray.
Optionally, the tray is a rectangular tray, the supporting frame is a rectangular supporting frame, and when the rectangular tray is fixed on the upper surface of the rectangular supporting frame, the center of the rectangular tray coincides with the center of the rectangular supporting frame.
Optionally, the protection frame is a rectangular protection frame, and the rectangular protection frame is sleeved on the periphery of the rectangular tray, and the four outer side walls of the rectangular protection frame are flush with the four outer side walls of the rectangular supporting frame respectively.
Optionally, the front side and the rear side of the protection frame are connected with the support frame through two expansion brackets, one end of each expansion bracket is fixed on the outer side wall of the protection frame, and the other end of each expansion bracket is fixed on the outer side wall of the support frame.
Optionally, the left and right sides of the supporting frame are respectively provided with a T-shaped projection and a chute matched with the T-shaped projection, and the T-shaped projection is used for being slidably connected with the adjacent chute on the plastic tray.
Optionally, the 3K cloth is fixed on the first telescopic rod through a carbon cloth, and the 3K cloth is fixed on the second telescopic rod through a carbon cloth.
Optionally, two first grid hollowed-out areas and a second grid hollowed-out area are arranged on the tray, the second grid hollowed-out area is arranged in the center of the tray, and the two first grid hollowed-out areas are symmetrically distributed on two sides of the second grid hollowed-out area; and third hollow grid areas are uniformly formed in the side wall of the supporting frame.
Optionally, the bottom of the supporting frame is provided with an anti-skid rubber pad.
Optionally, a vacuum chuck is arranged on the lower surface of the tray.
Optionally, the tray and the supporting frame are integrally formed by a PP material.
Compared with the prior art, the invention has the following technical effects:
the plastic pallet is simple in structure and reasonable in design, the protective frame is sleeved on the periphery of the pallet, when the articles on the pallet are not required to be protected, the upper surface of the protective frame and the upper surface of the pallet jointly form a pallet carrying plane, when the articles on the pallet are required to be protected, the first telescopic rod can be completely extended out of the supporting frame, and the second telescopic rod and the 3K cloth are sequentially stretched according to the height of the pallet carried articles, so that the protective frame is erected above the pallet carried articles under the action of the telescopic rod group, the articles can be effectively protected and fixed, the problems that the articles are prone to collapse and are prone to being scratched by adjacent pallets or articles are solved, the articles are effectively prevented from being extruded, and the damage rate of the articles in the transferring process is reduced.
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In order to more clearly illustrate the embodiments of the present invention or the technical solutions in the prior art, the drawings needed to be used in the embodiments will be briefly described below, and it is obvious that the drawings in the following description are only some embodiments of the present invention, and it is obvious for those skilled in the art to obtain other drawings without inventive exercise.
FIG. 1 is a schematic view of the plastic pallet of the present invention in its original state;
FIG. 2 is a schematic structural view of a plastic pallet according to the present invention in a protection state;
FIG. 3 is a schematic view of the inverted plastic pallet of the present invention;
wherein the reference numerals are: 1. a tray; 2. a support frame; 21. an anti-skid rubber pad; 3. a protective frame; 31. a second telescopic rod; 32. 3K cloth; 33. a first telescopic rod; 4. a telescopic frame; 5. a T-shaped bump; 6. a first grid hollowed-out area; 7. a second grid hollowed-out area; 8. and (4) vacuum chuck.
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The technical solutions in the embodiments of the present invention will be clearly and completely described below with reference to the drawings in the embodiments of the present invention, and it is obvious that the described embodiments are only a part of the embodiments of the present invention, and not all of the embodiments. All other embodiments, which can be derived by a person skilled in the art from the embodiments given herein without making any creative effort, shall fall within the protection scope of the present invention.
The invention aims to provide a plastic tray which is simple in structure, low in cost and capable of effectively protecting goods.
Based on the above, the invention provides a plastic tray, which comprises a tray and a supporting frame, wherein the tray is fixed above the supporting frame, the protective frame is sleeved on the periphery of the tray, the protective frame is installed on the supporting frame through a telescopic rod group, the telescopic rod group comprises a first telescopic rod and a second telescopic rod, the first telescopic rod and the second telescopic rod are connected through 3K cloth, the second telescopic rod and the 3K cloth can be completely hidden in the first telescopic rod, the first telescopic rod can be completely hidden in the supporting frame, when the second telescopic rod and the 3K cloth are completely pulled out from the first telescopic rod, and the first telescopic rod is completely pulled out from the supporting frame, the protective frame is supported right above the tray in a stretching state.
The plastic pallet is simple in structure and reasonable in design, the protective frame is sleeved on the periphery of the pallet, when the articles on the pallet are not required to be protected, the upper surface of the protective frame and the upper surface of the pallet jointly form a carrying plane, when the articles on the pallet are required to be protected, the first telescopic rod can be completely extended out of the supporting frame, and the second telescopic rod and the 3K cloth are sequentially stretched according to the height of the carried articles, so that the protective frame is erected above the carried articles under the action of the telescopic rod group, the articles can be effectively protected and fixed, the problems that the articles are easy to collapse and are easily scratched by adjacent pallets or articles are solved, the articles are effectively prevented from being extruded, and the damage rate of the articles in the transferring process is reduced.
In order to make the aforementioned objects, features and advantages of the present invention comprehensible, embodiments accompanied with figures are described in further detail below.
The first embodiment is as follows:
as shown in fig. 1 to 3, the present embodiment provides a plastic tray, including tray 1 and support frame 2, tray 1 is fixed above support frame 2, the outer peripheral cover of tray 1 is equipped with protection frame 3, protection frame 3 is installed on support frame 2 through telescopic link group, telescopic link group includes first telescopic link 33 and second telescopic link 31, first telescopic link 33 and second telescopic link 31 are connected through 3K cloth 32, and second telescopic link 31 and 3K32 cloth all can be hidden in first telescopic link 33 completely, first telescopic link 33 can be hidden in support frame 2 completely, when second telescopic link 31 and 3K cloth 21 are pulled out from first telescopic link 33 completely, and first telescopic link 33 is pulled out from support frame 2 completely, the telescopic link group that protection frame 3 is in the stretched state is supported directly over tray 1.
In this embodiment, the tray 1 is a rectangular tray, the supporting frame 2 is a rectangular supporting frame, and when the rectangular tray is fixed on the upper surface of the rectangular supporting frame, the center of the rectangular tray coincides with the center of the rectangular supporting frame, preferably, the rectangular tray and the rectangular supporting frame have the same shape, but the area of the rectangular tray is smaller than that of the rectangular supporting frame, that is, the length and width of the rectangular tray are respectively in the same proportion as the length and width of the rectangular support.
Further, as shown in fig. 1 to 3, the protection frame 3 is a rectangular protection frame, and when the rectangular protection frame is sleeved on the periphery of the rectangular tray, four outer side walls of the rectangular protection frame are flush with four outer side walls of the rectangular support frame, that is, the length and width corresponding to the inner frame of the rectangular protection frame are the same as those of the tray 1, and the length and width corresponding to the outer frame of the rectangular protection frame are the same as those of the outer frame of the support frame 2, so that when the article on the tray 1 does not need to be protected, the upper surface of the protection frame 3 and the upper surface of the tray 1 form a carrying plane together.
Further, as shown in fig. 2, the front side and the rear side of the protection frame 3 are respectively connected with the support frame 2 through two expansion brackets 4, one end of each expansion bracket 4 is fixed on the outer side wall of the protection frame 3, the other end of each expansion bracket 4 is fixed on the outer side wall of the support frame 2, when the expansion link group is stretched, each expansion bracket 4 is in the same stretching state, the protection frame can be effectively protected from being deviated, and the structural stability of the whole tray in the protection state is improved.
Further, as shown in fig. 1-3, the left side surface and the right side surface of the supporting frame 2 are respectively provided with a T-shaped convex block 5 and a sliding groove matched with the T-shaped convex block 5, and the T-shaped convex block 5 is used for being in sliding connection with the sliding groove on the adjacent plastic tray so as to improve the structural stability between the two adjacent tray structures and prevent the tray from deviating in the transferring process.
Further, 3K cloth passes through carbon cloth to be fixed on first telescopic link 33, and 3K cloth passes through carbon cloth to be fixed on second telescopic link 31, utilizes the high tensile strength and the high elasticity of 3K cloth, can realize on the basis that does not add other accessories, realizes protecting frame 3's raising and lowering functions, can not increase the weight of tray structure. In this embodiment, the concealing length of the 3K cloth 32 is 10cm to 30cm, and in this embodiment, 15cm is preferable.
Further, as shown in fig. 1-2, two first grid hollow-out areas 6 and one second grid hollow-out area 7 are arranged on the tray 1, the second grid hollow-out area 7 is arranged at the center of the tray 1, the two first grid hollow-out areas 6 are symmetrically distributed on two sides of the second grid hollow-out area 7, and correspondingly, a plurality of third hollow-out grid areas are uniformly arranged on the side wall of the supporting frame 2. The first grid hollow-out area 6, the second grid hollow-out area 7 and the third hollow-out grid area are all provided with grid structures which are common and well known in the art, and the process and the distribution form of the grids can be determined according to the specific situation of the tray, and are not described herein again.
Further, as shown in fig. 3, the bottom of the support frame 2 is provided with an anti-skid rubber pad 21.
Further, as shown in fig. 3, the lower surface of the pallet 1 is provided with a vacuum chuck 8, and after the pallet structure carrying the goods is placed on the transfer mechanism, the adsorption effect of the vacuum chuck 8 can prevent the whole pallet structure from shifting in the transfer process.
Further, the tray 1 and the supporting frame 2 are integrally formed by PP, and the forming process is a common and well-known process in the art and will not be described herein again.
Therefore, the plastic tray is simple in structure and reasonable in design, the protective frame is sleeved on the periphery of the tray, when the articles on the tray are not required to be protected, the upper surface of the protective frame and the upper surface of the tray form a supporting plane together, when the articles on the tray are required to be protected, the first telescopic rod can be completely stretched out from the supporting frame, and the second telescopic rod and the 3K cloth are sequentially stretched according to the height of the supported articles, so that the protective frame is erected above the supported articles under the action of the telescopic rod group, the articles can be effectively protected and fixed, the problems that the articles are prone to collapse and are prone to being scratched by adjacent trays or articles are solved, the articles are effectively prevented from being extruded, and the damage rate of the articles in the transferring process is reduced.
It should be noted that the tray and the supporting frame in the plastic tray of the present invention are not limited to be integrally formed from PP material, and the specific material and forming manner can be adaptively changed according to actual conditions, and the adaptability change according to actual requirements is within the protection scope of the present invention; the telescopic rod group is not limited to the telescopic mode that the telescopic rod is matched with the 3K cloth in the embodiment, and the adaptability change according to the actual requirement is within the protection scope of the invention; the number of the hollow areas of the grids on the tray and the support frame and the shape of the grids are not limited to the above embodiments, and the adaptive changes according to actual requirements are within the protection scope of the invention.
The principle and the implementation mode of the invention are explained by applying a specific example, and the description of the embodiment is only used for helping to understand the method and the core idea of the invention; meanwhile, for a person skilled in the art, according to the idea of the present invention, the specific embodiments and the application range may be changed. In view of the above, the present disclosure should not be construed as limiting the invention.
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1. A plastic pallet, comprising: the tray is fixed above the supporting frame, a protective frame is sleeved on the periphery of the tray and is installed on the supporting frame through a telescopic rod group, the telescopic rod group comprises a first telescopic rod and a second telescopic rod, the first telescopic rod and the second telescopic rod are connected through 3K cloth, the second telescopic rod and the 3K cloth can be completely hidden in the first telescopic rod, the first telescopic rod can be completely hidden in the supporting frame, and when the second telescopic rod and the 3K cloth are completely extended out from the first telescopic rod and the first telescopic rod is completely extended out from the supporting frame, the protective frame is supported right above the tray in a stretching state;
when the articles on the tray are not required to be protected, the upper surface of the protective frame and the upper surface of the tray form a carrying plane together;
the left side surface and the right side surface of the supporting frame are respectively provided with a T-shaped convex block and a sliding groove matched with the T-shaped convex block, and the T-shaped convex block is used for being in sliding connection with the adjacent sliding groove on the plastic tray.
2. The plastic pallet of claim 1, wherein: the tray is a rectangular tray, the supporting frame is a rectangular supporting frame, and when the rectangular tray is fixed on the upper surface of the rectangular supporting frame, the center of the rectangular tray coincides with the center of the rectangular supporting frame.
3. The plastic pallet of claim 2, wherein: the protection frame is a rectangular protection frame, and the rectangular protection frame is sleeved on the periphery of the rectangular tray, and four outer side walls of the rectangular protection frame are flush with four outer side walls of the rectangular supporting frame respectively.
4. The plastic pallet of claim 1, wherein: the front side and the rear side of the protection frame are respectively connected with the supporting frame through two expansion brackets, one end of each expansion bracket is fixed on the outer side wall of the protection frame, and the other end of each expansion bracket is fixed on the outer side wall of the supporting frame.
5. The plastic pallet of claim 1, wherein: the 3K cloth is fixed on the first telescopic rod through the carbon cloth, and the 3K cloth is fixed on the second telescopic rod through the carbon cloth.
6. The plastic pallet of claim 1, wherein: the tray is provided with two first grid hollowed-out areas and a second grid hollowed-out area, the second grid hollowed-out area is arranged in the center of the tray, and the two first grid hollowed-out areas are symmetrically distributed on two sides of the second grid hollowed-out area; and third hollow grid areas are uniformly formed in the side wall of the supporting frame.
7. The plastic pallet of claim 1, wherein: and an anti-skid rubber pad is arranged at the bottom of the supporting frame.
8. The plastic pallet of claim 1, wherein: and a vacuum sucker is arranged on the lower surface of the tray.
9. The plastic pallet of claim 1, wherein: the tray and the support frame are integrally formed by PP materials.
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