DE202007018846U1 - Transport device for transporting a plurality of cuboid devices - Google Patents

Abstract

Transport device for transporting a plurality of alternating parallelepiped devices of similar width but different height,
with four vertical supports (11, 12, 13, 14),
with four profile rails (61, 62, 63, 64) running parallel to the supports in each case,
with at least two fixed but detachable connections of each rail (61, 62, 63, 64) on its associated carrier,
with cross braces (21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 31, 33) between each two adjacent brackets (11, 12, 13, 14),
with horizontally extending, the devices in the vertical direction defining angle rails, and
with connections that connect the angle rails firmly but detachably with two adjacent rails.

Description

The The invention relates to a transport device for transporting a plurality similar cuboid devices more similar Width, but different height.

It is often required, devices of different Design to use together, but with different Occasions these devices put together differently Need to become. This concerns in particular measuring instruments. These are usually cuboid, have a front panel different Shape, but mostly standardized width, but they have one different height, as measuring devices of course be built so that they each as possible need little space. Also the depth of the devices can be different.

This It does not pose any problem as long as these gauges be used stationary, such as in a laboratory.

To accommodate cuboid devices in stationary form, for example, from DE 1286721 B1 Shelves of a modular system known, with which furniture can be built. For the shelves, vertical brackets were used, in which spacers and flat rails are inserted from above or from the side.

Another form of shelf with shelves and vertical corner bars for use as furniture describe the U.S. Patent 2,065,133 and the U.S. Patent 3,259,079 , Furniture and shelves are suitable for stationary use, but not for transportation.

Often However, it is necessary to have such a compilation of Just insert measuring devices during a transport. This applies, for example, to experiments during research and development of motor vehicles, where it is naturally high interesting, always new measurements with new and different assembled measuring instruments to be developed Make motor vehicles. But then it is necessary, this To secure measuring devices in the motor vehicle so that they their position during transport, so during the journey of the motor vehicle to be measured and tested, not leave. In addition, they must be functional yes just during this transport prove.

From the U.S. Patent 5,452,811 is a container provided with different stackable subdivisions known container having a frame which is movable on wheels. Loose goods can be placed on the individual sections.

The FR 2 749 826 A1 proposes a transport box for goods made up of detachable and collapsible walls and vertical struts.

From the US 6,722,292 B2 a pallet arrangement with superimposed shelves is known, which should be particularly cost, the individual shelves or pallet inserts are height adjustable by different receiving holes in vertical braces. Objects can then be placed on the pallets.

The DE 195 05 193 A1 Finally, a device to be used in particular in the construction industry for storing or transporting equipment and similar elements. This device should be easy to disassemble and take up as little space in the empty state. For this purpose, it consists of a plurality of sheet metal parts which form a container bottom and container side walls and the modular manner by means of various bends and notches are inserted into one another and assembled.

The exacerbate existing problems when transporting gauges even if it is not about land vehicles such as cars or Railways, but to vehicles that are also wanted or unintentionally make movements in the vertical direction, so for example Helicopters and in particular airplanes, to some extent too Ships, in particular submarines or other special purpose vehicles.

There a non-firm anchoring of the measuring devices in this aircraft or other vehicle is a significant hazard to the aircraft himself and his inmates and in extreme cases, for others There are very high admission requirements the attachment and fixing of such devices for Measurements during transport apply.

This In turn, that leads to every single case Separately called racks initially designed and designed and then also have to be made, that of the Users desired collection of measuring instruments record, comply with all regulations and then be provided for testing.

The construction of these transport devices, so-called racks, is extremely complicated and costly, since each significant development work has to be done for this purpose. Another problem is that the construction and Of course, manufacturing is also associated with a considerable amount of time and this construction can only be started after it has been established which measuring devices are actually to be assembled. This means, in turn, that a significant time delay can occur at this location, which is actually irrelevant to the test of the aircraft, in order then to actually be able to begin the measurement after the selection of the suitable measuring devices.

there is also to take into account that the corresponding Transport devices of course also from qualified and at the same time partially difficult to process materials are produced need to meet all the strength and quality assurance requirements to suffice.

you assumes that the design and manufacture of each one Such racks, so each transport device, about 30,000.00 Costs EUR, without the measuring instruments to be installed.

The in each case as a single piece made rack is usually just for this a compilation of gauges suitable. Although several measurements are made with this compilation, However, when replacing only a single meter is As a rule, a complete redesign required.

task In contrast, the invention is a transport device similar to the transport of several alternating parallelepiped devices To propose width, but different height, the less Effort required.

These Task is solved by a transport device for Transport of several alternating cuboidal devices more similar Width but different height, with four vertical Straps, with four each parallel to the straps extending profile rails, with at least two fixed, but releasable connections of each rail to its associated Beam, with cross braces between each two adjacent Straps, with horizontally extending, the devices in the vertical direction defining angle rails, and with connections, the fixed angle rails, but detachable with two adjacent Connect profile rails.

In Such a concept surprisingly becomes the task solved. So far, attempts have been made in the prior art to To keep the costs low by being a carrier For example, has used standardized breadboard rails, which then with Spacer blocks used between the measuring devices were. Because between the measuring devices namely to their determination especially against movements in the vertical direction angle rails must be installed, fit conventional, available breadboard rails no longer considered to be common in instrument manufacture Dimensional standards, leaving a lot of space between the measuring devices remains free and must be skipped in the breadboard. This leads to many additional measures Stabilizing the gap between the measuring devices, the use of, for example, four spacer blocks per Device and the corresponding threaded holes to be provided, Fittings and fuses.

The Invention completely dispenses with the use of perforated grid rails and other similar aids, but used as a basis vertical beams, which fully optimizes the task of wearing are adjusted. To each carrier is separately a rail provided on the device side facing of each carrier. This profile rail will at least two points that are precisely planned and prepared may be connected to their carrier, preferably screwed. The rail remains thus interchangeable.

The Devices to be transported will not work as before connected to the actual carrier, what so far the Punching grid or other aids served, but they become connected to the rail. This rail does not take over full carrying function, but keeps the devices in the Carrying device and is itself stabilized by the carrier and supported. The devices can be stepless and under full utilization of the entire installation height be attached to the rails.

The Angle rails are directly to the rails in particular attached with a screw / nut connection. These angle rails Now set the devices in the two Z directions, they So prevent the devices in the vertical direction leave the transport device unintentionally.

For the attachment of the device front panels are the corresponding Hole distances drilled on the rail and also preferably screwed with a nut connection.

The Profile rail ensures a transfer of loads in the frame. It can be executed in such a way that Adjustment holes and screw connections easily and without large Preparations can be made. This is eliminated the complete production of spacer blocks.

Since the rail is connected directly and longitudinally parallel to the respectively associated carrier, this assumes the full load-bearing Function of the indirectly associated with him individual devices and supports these against the accelerations occurring in alternating directions (x, y, z).

The Number of connections between the rail and their respective assigned carrier can of course higher and also be chosen much higher than two, to create a solid and secure connection. The connection points between the carrier and associated rail are always same, so this is uncritical.

Should now a change of the devices are made or the Device arrangement to be changed, so is after the removal of the equipment just a new drilling and screwing the rails required while the main load wearing and of course especially expensive and heavy to be processed carrier completely unchanged and remain untouched. The rails themselves can usually after the introduction of additional holes for the new devices to be installed several times be used. Only after a certain number of changing internals they are then exchanged, but then comparatively is cheaper.

Especially it is preferred if the cross braces between the upper and lower ends of the beams four horizontal, each two adjacent carriers have connecting struts.

there the stability increases additionally, if on two opposite sides of the resulting box-shaped transport device a diagonal strut from the upper end of a vertical beam to the lower one End of the adjacent vertical support runs.

When another very significant improvement has been found if the corner joint of the vertical beams and the horizontal Struts and possibly the diagonal struts on each corner one horizontal stop plate and an outer corner has.

The means that the connection of the carrier and the hedge and stabilization of the entire transport device in addition of one stop plate and one outer corner on each End of a carrier.

The Stop plate also prevents the emigration of Devices to be transported in the vertical direction. The inner corner and the outer corner hold the relative positions the girder and the struts additionally solid.

Especially It is advantageous, however, that due to the standardized design It is now possible that all these elements, ie the Stop plates, the inner corners and the outer corners respectively at each corner identical or at least in pairs mirror-symmetrical could be. Since there are four carriers with one each upper and lower end a total of eight corners of the approximately cube-shaped transport device (also this can be cuboid instead of cubes Here too, eight elements are identical respectively at least in pairs mirror-symmetrical.

These Symmetry not only leads to significant cost savings in the production of the entire transport device, but also to a better power distribution through the more even and thus also better calculated rigidity of the entire system.

So far It was often necessary for the corner joints in the conventional racks each up to ten different Gusset plates and corresponding scribing and drilling operations, all of which are completely eliminated can.

First Practical tests have already shown that of the usual about 1000 rivets of an entire transport device with the associated rails just over half and additional work are eliminated can.

One Another advantage is that it with the inventive Transport device is now possible, an approval within the field of application for various uses to obtain. In the previous state was for each structure or Installation of measuring instruments requires individual approval, which led to further costs and increased effort would have.

By the reduction and simplification of the components is about it In addition, a production of templates possible. The necessities Holes for the riveting of the individual components can be made in several parts at the same time before bending. For this, the parts are stacked during drilling. That means it can several without much effort Transport devices according to the invention already be made in stock, which then each very quickly for For example, hastily desired compilations of Measuring devices are needed. Despite the reusability the transport devices differently than in the prior art must So in the case of an emergency, do not even wait, that one is not more needed or temporarily no longer needed Transport device is taken apart, it can be easy another, already made on stock, transport device to be used.

The Reproducibility of the parts is achieved by means of devices. These devices are simple tools for bending the carrier and edge sheets in a bending bench. The chosen form and execution of girders, corners, stop plates and Profiles consistently allows the use of in aviation-approved semi-finished products.

The Strength of the structure is already through load tests been proven.

To preliminary estimates will be the cost for making the transport devices dramatically reduce, especially by reducing the now only to a limited extent required design time.

With The invention provides a possibility of measuring devices as experimental installations in aircraft or other vehicles so to install, that they are cheap as device bays can be incorporated in rack structures. The devices are relatively easy to replace and allow a variety of installation forms to. Nevertheless, a stable anchoring in the structure is ensured.

The in the art critical corner joints from a series different gusset plates is no longer required.

From particular advantage is that through the use of simple and recurring closed corners a very stiff and static too certain and defined construction arises.

The Transport device is especially for the particular frequently encountered so-called 19-inch devices suitable. The inclusion of these 19-inch devices to be installed is taken over by a rail. This profile rail now allows a stepless and complete utilization the entire installation height too. Distance blocks are not necessary anymore.

By the integral construction of the force-transmitting corners becomes Also a transmission of very high loads possible.

in the The following is an exemplary embodiment with reference to a drawing the invention described in more detail. Show it:

1 a perspective schematic representation of an embodiment of the invention; and

2 an exploded view of the embodiment 1 ,

One in the 1 illustrated transport device for transporting a plurality of alternating parallelepiped devices of similar width, but different height has four vertical support 11 . 12 . 13 . 14 on. All four vertical beams have the same height, width and thickness.

Two adjacent carriers each 11 . 12 . 13 . 14 are connected with cross braces. This is done in the illustrated embodiment in that the two mutually adjacent carrier 11 . 12 each at its upper end and at its lower end with a horizontally extending strut 21 respectively 22 are connected. There is also a diagonal brace 31 intended. This diagonal strut 31 runs from the top of the carrier 11 to the lower end of the carrier 12 ,

The opposite and also mutually adjacent vertical support 13 and 14 are at their upper ends with a horizontal strut 23 and at its lower end with a horizontal strut 24 connected. In addition, the upper end of the carrier 14 with the lower end of the carrier 13 by means of a diagonal strut 33 connected.

The two carriers 11 and 12 thus form with the cross struts or the horizontal struts 21 and 22 and the diagonal strut 31 together a plate.

The two vertical beams 13 and 14 form with the cross struts running between them, ie the horizontal struts 23 and 24 and the diagonal strut 33 also a plate.

Perpendicular to these two plates are also the mutually adjacent carrier 11 and 14 through two horizontal struts 27 and 28 connected together at their upper ends and their lower ends.

This aspiration 27 and 28 there are struts opposite 25 and 26 covering the upper ends of the straps 12 and 13 or the lower ends of the carrier 12 and 13 connect with each other.

These Beams and braces span one another Body on, of a rectangular floor plan and four rectangular Owns walls. This body takes the transported, changing cuboid devices. He forms So a kind of rack.

It is very favorable that the four vertical beams 11 . 12 . 13 . 14 each may be identical. The eight struts 21 . 22 . 23 . 24 . 25 . 26 . 27 and 28 differ in their length; at egg In a cuboid structure, four of these struts are identically long.

The two diagonal struts 31 and 33 are again mirror images of each other.

This box-shaped structure therefore has a total of 8 outer corners. Four of these corners are at the lower ends of the beams 11 . 12 . 13 . 14 and four more outer corners are at the upper ends of the beams 11 . 12 . 13 . 14 ,

These outer corners are now with a total of 8 outer corner elements 41 . 42 . 43 . 44 . 45 . 46 . 47 . 48 Mistake. These outer corner elements are prefabricated. In addition, it is possible by the symmetrical and each rectangular blank, four each of these outer corner elements to form identical to each other, while the other 4 outer corner elements are also identical to each other and mirror images of the first 4 outer corner elements, so that in each case, so each used the same material blank for their preparation can be.

In the example shown, the outer corner elements 41 . 44 . 45 and 48 all of the same type, while the outside corner elements 42 . 43 . 46 and 47 equal to each other, but are mirror images of the aforementioned four Außeneckelementen. Thus, each pairwise diagonally oriented outer corner elements are identical.

The eight outer corner elements 41 . 42 . 43 . 44 . 45 . 46 . 47 . 48 can also be additionally provided with eight then each identical stop plates, which support the Außeneckelemente each up (on the top) and down (on the bottom) and down and up for devices in the interior of the resulting cuboid region form a support.

With these outer corner elements 41 . 42 . 43 . 44 . 45 . 46 . 47 . 48 can the box-shaped structure with the carriers and cross struts extremely stable prefabricate and manufacture. The overall structure may be cube-shaped, which would allow even more simplifications, but it does not have to be cube-shaped. It is also a structure conceivable which is much higher than wider, if a variety of cuboid devices to be housed in this box-shaped structure. Likewise, it is also possible to build a transport device that is much wider than higher, if it is to be provided, although each changing, but only a few parallelepiped devices similar width and different height record.

In addition to these outer corner elements are also inner corner elements 51 . 52 . 53 . 54 . 55 . 56 . 57 . 58 provided that the respective Außeneckelementen each lie exactly within the corners and allow stabilization and reinforcement of the overall construction of the box-shaped transport device. These Inneneckelemente are vorbereitbar in two groups of four identical and four mirror-image Inneneckelementen from a single material blank.

In the illustrated embodiment, all eight Inneneckelemente identical, since only the side surfaces provided here are and no additional consideration of the three-dimensional room configuration is made.

The The aforementioned elements remain in total receive and provide together the basic construction of the transport device.

There are four additional rails on this basic construction 61 . 62 . 63 and 64 intended. Each of these rails is with its associated vertical support 11 . 12 . 13 . 14 connected. In 1 It is best to use the profile rail furthest away from the viewer 63 in front of the carrier 13 detect.

These rails 61 . 62 . 63 . 64 are (not shown in 1 ) with two fixed but releasable connections attached to its associated carrier. These solid but detachable connections are preferably screwed.

On these rails 61 . 62 . 63 . 64 can now be mounted horizontally extending, the devices in the vertical direction defining angle rails, which in the 1 are not shown. The attachment of these angle rails is variable to the rails and can be easily offset for the transport of each other devices in which the rails 61 . 62 . 63 . 64 the attachment points for the angle rails are offset. These angle rails run horizontally, ie parallel to the struts 21 to 28 ,

When the rails have been used several times, with new mounting points for the angle rails being introduced, the rails become 61 . 62 . 63 . 64 completely replaced and replaced by other, new rails. The whole, much more expensive and more stable outer structure, however, remains completely unchanged.

As a further element, the outer corner elements are still each with a threaded insert 71 . 72 . 73 . 74 Mistake; Finally, there is still a shape wheel 81 arranged in the inner corner element.

In the 2 is to recognize the same conception in exploded representation. It can be seen in particular that the carrier 11 and 12 with the horizontal struts 21 and 22 and the diagonal strut 31 form a common plate-shaped element, as well as the two carriers 13 and 14 with the horizontal struts 23 and 24 and the diagonal strut 33 ,

Also the structure and the form of the other elements can be seen so that in particular a look at the partially identical and partially mirror image training shows.

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horizontal strut

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outer corner

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outer corner

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outer corner

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outer corner

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outer corner

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inner Corner

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inner Corner

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threaded insert

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forming wheel

QUOTES INCLUDE IN THE DESCRIPTION

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Cited patent literature

• - DE 1286721 B1 [0004]
• US 2065133 [0005]
• - US 3259079 [0005]
• US 5452811 [0007]
• FR 2749826 A1 [0008]
• - US 6722292 B2 [0009]
• - DE 19505193 A1 [0010]

Claims (8)

Transport device for transporting a plurality of alternating cuboidal devices of similar width but different height, with four vertical supports ( 11 . 12 . 13 . 14 ), with four each extending parallel to the supports rails ( 61 . 62 . 63 . 64 ), with at least two fixed but detachable connections of each rail ( 61 . 62 . 63 . 64 ) on its associated carrier, with cross braces ( 21 . 22 . 23 . 24 . 25 . 26 . 27 . 28 . 31 . 33 ) between every two adjacent carriers ( 11 . 12 . 13 . 14 ), with horizontally extending, the devices in the vertical direction defining angle rails, and with connections that connect the angle rails firmly, but releasably connected to each two adjacent rails. Transport device according to claim 1, characterized in that the fixed but detachable connections of each rail on its associated carrier ( 11 . 12 . 13 . 14 ) Are screwed. Transport device according to claim 1 or 2, characterized in that the transverse struts between the upper and lower ends of the supports ( 11 . 12 . 13 . 14 ) each four horizontal, each two adjacent carrier connecting struts ( 21 . 28 ) exhibit. Transport device according to claim 3, characterized in that on two opposite sides of the resulting box-shaped transport device a diagonal strut ( 31 . 33 ) from the upper end of a vertical support ( 11 . 14 ) to the lower end of the adjacent vertical support ( 12 . 13 ) runs. Transport device according to claim 3 or 4, characterized in that the corner connection of the vertical support ( 11 . 12 . 13 . 14 ) and the horizontal struts ( 21 to 28 ) and optionally the diagonal braces ( 31 . 33 ) has a horizontal stop plate and an outer corner at each corner. Transport device according to claim 5, characterized in that that all four stop plates are formed the same, and that all four outer corners each as parts of the same sheet metal blank are formed. Transport device according to claim 6, characterized in that the corner joints at the lower ends of the carrier ( 11 . 12 . 13 . 14 ) with the horizontal struts ( 21 to 28 ) and the diagonal struts ( 31 . 33 ) are executed the same or mirror image of the corner joints at the upper corners of the carrier and components have the same blank. Transport device according to one of the preceding Claims, characterized in that the angle rails attached to the rails with screw / nut connections are.