DE1106247B - Stacking frame for stacking plates - Google Patents

Description

The invention relates to a frame that is placed on or removed from a stacking plate and can be put together to form a sheet-like structure.

Stacking plates are often used to transport goods by rail; H. specially shaped and standardized shelves. To accommodate certain goods, the stacking plates must be attachable Frames are provided which are attached to the stacking plates; these frames must when not in use and for the empty return transport can be removed and collapsible so the space requirement is reduced as far as possible.

So far, these frames were designed to be collapsible, with the collapsed to secure Condition special fasteners, such as cords or leather straps, have been used. There is the disadvantage that these fasteners loosen themselves or get lost during transport. It it has also been planned to arrange such fastening ao firmly on the frame itself. this has the disadvantage that they are damaged during transport and thus ineffective and that others Operations are required to apply the fasteners; also have both Leather straps as well as cords have the property that the attachment of the frame in collapsed State offers no guarantee that the frame will be held together to the smallest possible volume, because these fasteners always have a certain amount of play between the two layers of the collapsed Allow frame.

Collapsible containers in the form of wire baskets are also known; but these have none Closure that makes it possible to hold the basket together when folded. At that would but also an attachment of a known toggle lever lock does not change anything, since such a folding apart the basket walls in the collapsed state without attaching additional funds could prevent.

Furthermore, it is also known to provide collapsible cassettes with removable covers. Of the The cover has a closure element which enables the cassette to be closed when in use. Regardless of this, the lid has other closure elements that enable the To provide the cassette in the collapsed state with the lid and to connect it to it. So it can not close the cassette and hold it together in the collapsed state the same locking devices are used.

In a further embodiment of a collapsible container, the lid closure is shown in FIG Stacking frame for stacking plates

Applicant:

Bally Schuhfabriken A. G.,

Schönenwerd, Solothurn,

and Math. Streiff A. G.,

Schwanden, Glarus (Switzerland)

Representative: Dipl.-Ing. W. Cohausz

and Dipl.-Ing. W. Florack, patent attorneys,

Düsseldorf, Schumannstr. 97

Claimed priority:
Switzerland from April 2, 1957

Dipl.-Ing. Robert Adolf Hert, Walter Kohler, Aarau,

and Dipl.-Techn. Mathias Streiff,

Spittel, Schwanden, Glarus (Switzerland),

have been named as inventors

Formed a slide lock. To hold the container together when folded Special spring clips are used for this. There is also a collapsible transport container known, which is provided with a toggle lock of the usual type. But also this one Closure requires additional tools to keep the container in both the erected and collapsed State together. The toggle lock to close the lid requires other hooks than to hold the Container in the folded state.

So here too, as in the case of the above-mentioned statements, special features are required with the container closure unconnected parts are provided to hold the collapsed container together.

The invention provides for the creation of an expedient frame structure and, in addition, a Securing of the attachment frame in the collapsed state, which security for a tight fit the different frame positions offers. Furthermore, the construction should allow for the Attachment of the frame in the erected state required closure also for securing the Frame to be used in the collapsed state

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den, so that special fasteners are unnecessary.

The frame according to the invention, which is placed on or removed from a stacking plate and can be put together to form a sheet-like structure, is characterized in that it has a Has closure which is used to close when the frame is in place and on which a holding member is arranged is that in the collapsed state of the frame one of the holding member opposite Frame part includes, holds when closing the lock and the frame in its collapsed State secures.

The inventive design of the attachment frame has compared to the previously known collapsible Pallet frame has the following advantages:

The special centering and guide elements on the toggle lock allow them to be pushed together and mutual centering of the parts to be connected, so that the closure is in the exact Can be closed effortlessly and can neither jam nor move. In closed In the state of the art, the closure elements of this closure cannot be buckled thanks to the aforementioned organs, still mutually displaceable in any direction. A bracket of the knee lever lock is therefore only stressed in one direction, that of contraction. This lock is therefore reliable even under the most difficult conditions. B. is exposed to rail transport.

Such a rigid connection (resistant to bending and kinking), such as the toggle lever lock according to the invention is particularly necessary for stacking frames, where bulk goods put in a pressure on the Can exercise to be held together frame sections.

A holding member attached to a closure part makes them special without additional actuation Brackets, straps, brackets, etc. hold the folded parts of the attachment frame. In order to Not only is an often very annoying job of pressing and pulling bypassed, but at the same time the folded frame held in that position in which the lock effortlessly can be moved.

An exemplary embodiment of the subject matter of the invention is shown in the drawing. It shows

1 shows the frame in the state in which it is placed on the stacking plate,

Fig. 2 shows the frame in the collapsed state,

3 shows the frame lock in the closed state,

Fig. 4 shows the closure in the open state and

5 shows the closure in the open state with the frame folded in a horizontal section.

The stacking frame consists of a grid-shaped or full-walled structure with four side sections 1, 2, 3, 4, of which section 1 serves as a door. The door is with the side section 4 connected by a lock 5 such that the whole frame is held in its unfolded position will. The frame is slipped over the stacking plate by means of feet 6, not shown Fastening members are used to fasten the frame to the stacking plate.

In order to be able to collapse the stacking frame into a surface-shaped structure (FIG. 2), the Side sections 1 to 4 connected to one another by means of hinges 7. The side sections 1 through 4 are dimensioned such that the side sections 1 and 4 on the side sections 2 and 3 when collapsing come lie and that the closure 5, the side sections 1 and 4 can join.

The closure 5 is designed in the manner of a bottle closure and consists of a clamping lever 8, which is fastened to the rods 9 and 10 of the side section 1 by means of screws 11. At This clamping lever 8, a bracket 12 is rotatably mounted, which is intended to be in a recess

ίο 13 one attached to the rod 14 of the side section 4 Locking element 15 to engage. The closure element 15 and a counterpart attached to the rod 10 16 engage in one another in such a way that the closure element 15 and the counterpart 16 as a result of the securing flanges 20 do not allow the closure to be displaced relative to one another when it is closed.

On the closure element 15 is a hook-shaped

Fastened holding member 17, which is intended to encompass an opposite side section, namely the frame part 18 of the side section 3. This encompassing takes place in that the closure element 15 is pivoted around the rod 14 when the closure is open and is pivoted back into the position shown in FIG. 5 after the rod has been grasped. Then the counterpart 16 is inserted into the closure element 15, the bracket 12 is inserted into the recess 13 and the clamping lever 8 is pivoted about its axis of rotation 19 against the rod 9, whereby the closure is closed and the side sections 1 and 4 are rigidly connected to one another. By the hook-shaped holding member 17, which now includes the frame part 18 of the side section 3, the two side sections 1, 4 are pressed against the side sections 2, 3 and immovably and permanently held, so that the collapsed stacking frame is secured in its position as a sheet-like structure.

The fastening and securing therefore does not require any further measures, as is the case when using special Fasteners were previously required. For the purpose of storing goods in a forwarding agency, The stacking frames can be stacked together with the stacking plates for partial and prefabricated stores in companies will. For this purpose, the feet and upper parts of the frame are specially designed by the feet Do not overlap any part of the side section serving as a door.

Claims (4)

Patent claims: 1. Top frame for stacking plates, which can be merged into a sheet-like structure, characterized in that the attachment frame has a closure (5), which is used in an attached frame to close and to which a holding member (17) is arranged, which in the folded state of the frame comprises a frame part (18) opposite the holding member, retains it when the closure is closed and secures the frame in its collapsed state. 2. Top frame according to claim 1, characterized in that the closure (5) is a two-part toggle latch, wherein the one part comprises a clamping lever (8), a bracket (12) and a counterpart (16) and on the side portion (1) is attached, while the other part forms a closure element (15) which is arranged on the adjacent side portion (4) of the frame . 3. stacking frame according to claims 1 and 2, characterized in that the closure element (15) attached holding member (17) is hook-shaped and a frame part (18) of the Frame section (3) engages. 4. stacking frame according to claims 1 and 2, characterized in that the closure element (15) has a shape corresponding to the counterpart (16) and that on the closure element Securing flanges (20) are provided, which enable the closure element and the counterpart to be displaced prevent each other. Documents considered: French Patent Specifications No. 484 045, 888; U.S. Patent No. 1,849,472; German utility model No. 1 693 496. 1 sheet of drawings