DE8200523U1 - SHELF FOR PIVOTING ATTACHMENT TO WALLS OF PREFERRED FOLDING CONTAINERS - Google Patents

Description

'Ualdenkirchener Strasse 35 a

Patent attorney ^D " ⁴⁰⁵⁰ Mönchengladbach 1

Telephone (0 21 61) 1 21 14

ATELIERS REUNIS S.A.

15i rue de la Mairie, Schiltigheim (France)

Shelf for pivotable attachment to the walls of preferably hinged containers

The invention relates to a wall of collapsible containers, of trolleys for receiving various types of goods and especially of trolleys for stocking up, book stands, etc., which can be hooked into his The non-use position can be swiveled up into a position resting against the wall.

It is known to have removable shelves in the interior of hinged containers provided for receiving a wide variety of goods to use; these shelves are formed from metal wires, the bent end portions provided with eyelets at their ends have, with which they can be suspended in the container wall made of metal wire. To different objects To be able to accommodate, the shelves are arranged one above the other at at least two heights. When the container is empty is, the shelves are removed and the walls of the container folded onto the container bottom to reduce the amount of the container to be able to stack bulky. Such detachable shelves are also used in stockpile trolleys or more generally used for trolleys for the storage and handling of a wide variety of objects.

The time required for attaching and detaching the shelves is relatively long in the aforementioned cases, which is to say Significant loss of time if the items contained on the shelves - such as bumpers - for example used for assembly line assembly of automobiles. Furthermore, the attachment and removal of the re-

run the risk of losing shelves. If the shelves are attached to the wall incorrectly, you can they are also deformed, which disrupts later use.

If the shelves are not removable, but hinged against the wall of a collapsible container to remain there are designed to be pivotable, hooks are used to hold the shelves in the elevated position. For the implementation During this process, the operator must have both hands available at the same time, namely one hand for lifting the shelf and the other to operate the hook. This is inconvenient and sometimes difficult. To avoid this Of course, you can remove the shelves for inconvenience, which in turn increases the risk of losing them and longer handling times of the detachable shelves.

The invention is based on the object to eliminate these disadvantages by creating a shelf, which with can be easily lifted with one hand and locked in its non-use position against the associated wall.

The shelf sought according to the invention is of the type whose sides are clearly at right angles to the shelf | have flat, bent end parts with hooks provided at their ends, by means of which they are around the metal wires of the wall of the container or the carriage are pivotable.

According to the invention, the shelf is provided with a locking device provided for the raised state, which has a pawl which is mounted pivotably about an axis is, which runs parallel to one of the bent end portions or is formed by this, such that the The latch is pivoted about this axis by the force of gravity when the shelf is raised against the wall and in this position is perpendicular to the wall and is supported against the wall, whereby a pivoting of the shelf is prevented in the horizontal position of use. As

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it is evident that it is sufficient to pivot the shelf into its position of use if the latch is pushed upwards by hand a substantially horizontal position is pivoted in which it no longer holds back the shelf. This then falls automatically returns to the horizontal position.

Conversely, if the shelf is lifted, the pawl comes around its due to the action of gravity after the pivoting movement Axis automatically into its locking position.

Further details and advantages of the invention emerge from the following description with reference to the enclosed Drawings on which, without any restrictive effect, two exemplary embodiments of the invention are shown are. Show it:

Fig. 1 is a broken perspective view of a container for receiving various objects

de, for example of bumpers for motor vehicles, which with shelves arranged one above the other is provided according to the invention;

Fig. 2 is a simplified elevational view of the container according to Fig. 1 with a representation of two in the

sem arranged pairs of shelves;

3 shows a shelf according to the invention in the horizontal position of use in a perspective partial representation on an enlarged scale;

4 shows a view corresponding to FIG. 3 with an illustration of the shelf in the raised non-use position, in which the shelf is locked by the device according to the invention;

j Fig. 5 is a perspective view of a modified

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th embodiment of the locking device.

In Figures 1 and 2, a container 1 is shown schematically.

J, which is different for storage and handling

Most important objects, such as not shown

■ - 5 bumpers for motor vehicles, on a number of movable inner shelves 2a, 2b is intended.

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* As is known, from four vertical walls made of metal wire and a bottom container formed on two stacked pairs of shelves 2a, 2b, which are in horizontal traverses are suspended from two opposite walls 3. One of the other two, not shown, in between Walls are designed to be pivotable outwards in order to provide access to the interior of the container 1 accordingly the direction of the arrow F to enable. The four walls can be folded down onto the floor 10.

The shelves 2a, 2b are arranged one above the other at a sufficient distance that the lower shelves 2b can be folded against their retaining wall 3 into the non-use position after pivoting through 90 ° according to the arrows in FIG Lines shown position allows. Likewise, the upper shelves 2a are designed and attached at such a height that they do not protrude beyond the upper edges of the walls 3 when they are in the non-use position . are pivoted against this.

In the embodiment shown, two are arranged one above the other over the entire length of the opposite one Walls 3 extending pairs of shelves shown. The number of shelves can of course be dependent on the container dimensions and, if applicable, those to be stored Objects vary.

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Each of the shelves 2a, 2b is designed in a known manner in the form of a latticework of metal wires and has two side wires 4 with end parts bent at right angles, which are provided with end hooks 6, which a hook of the shelf on the horizontal traverse 7 of the corresponding wall 3 allow.

The hook 6 creates an articulated pivot connection of the shelf around the cross member 7 from the horizontal position of use in the vertical raised position enables "

According to the invention, the shelf 2a or 2b is provided with a locking device 8 for locking in the raised position provided ^, This has a pawl 9, which is attached is that it can be pivoted about an axis 11 which runs parallel to one of the end parts 5 and is firmly connected to it is.

In the embodiment shown in FIGS. 3 and 4 the pawl 9 is articulated on the axis 11 by means of two eyelets 12 through which the axis 11 passes. The axis 11 itself is attached inside a sleeve 13 fastened to the end part 5. The sleeve 13 is also attached to a stop 14 firmly connected to a part 15 fixedly attached to part 5. The single ones named parts are firmly connected to one another, for example by welding.

The stop 14 of the locking device is designed as a perpendicular to the end part 5 and the axis 11 extending Formed tab, which is formed above this at a suitable distance protruding that the rotation of the pawl 9 is limited around the axis 11. The pawl 9 is designed as a relatively heavy metal plate, such that it pivoted about axis 11 only by the action of its gravity.

The function of the shelves 2a or 2b assigned to

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Locking device according to the invention is as follows.

In the horizontal position of use (Fig. 3) of the shelf, the pawl 9 is in a through the stop 14 vertical position held against the metal wires of the wall 3. When the shelf 2a by pivoting by 90 ° the horizontal traverse 7 is raised to achieve the vertical non-use position (Fig. 4), take the bent End parts 5 and the axis 11 a horizontal position. Removed during this angular pivoting of the shelf the pawl 9 from the wall 3, which allows a free pivoting of the pawl 9 only by the action of gravity around the axis 11 allows. The pawl 9 thus rotates by approximately 90 ° into the locking position according to FIG 4, in which it occupies a plane perpendicular to the plane of the wall 3 and its vertical inside 9a is supported against this. This prevents the shelf 2a from pivoting into the horizontal position. Through the The pawl 9 thus automatically locks the shelf in the raised position against the corresponding wall 3 Vertical position ensured.

It can be seen that the operator is responsible for locking of the shelf in the raised position does not have to perform any special tasks, since the pawl 9 works automatically Action of gravity has moved into its shelf locking position.

To bring the shelf back into the horizontal position, the operator only needs the pawl 9 to in to raise the horizontal position. In this position, the pawl 9 by the stop 14, which is against the central part of the Jack 9 comes to the plant, turned on. The unlocked shelf falls by itself by pivoting around the hook 6 in its horizontal position according to FIG. 3.

It can be seen that under these circumstances it is possible to close the shelf hooks 6 so that the shelf is normal.

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is sometimes firmly connected to the corresponding retaining wall. This reduces the risk of losing the
Regals by successive insertion and removal as well as a corresponding loss of time are excluded.

In addition, the locking device according to the invention offers the advantage that? practically any mishandling that leads to damage to the shelf through deformation as a result of incorrect placement by the operator could lead to being prevented.

In the embodiment shown in Fig. 5, the locking pawl 16 is designed as a U-shaped bracket, the transverse web has a regulating weight 18, and its
End parts are provided with swivel eyes encompassing the axis 11. The regulating weight 18 is chosen so that it is in

a pivoting movement of the pawl 16 is sufficient in the same way as Lei is sufficient in the previously described exemplary embodiment to cause the axis 11 by the action of gravity.

The invention is not limited to those described above
Embodiments are limited and may include modified embodiments. Thus, the stop 14 of the locking pawl can be formed in any other equivalent manner, and the pawl can be directly on the bent
End part 5 can be pivoted, so that the axis 11 is then superfluous.

The shelf provided with the locking device according to the invention can be used not only in folding containers or collapsible containers such as container 1, but also in it
numerous other uses are possible, such as an
Trolleys for receiving a wide variety of goods, in particular on trolleys for filling stocks, stationary
Book stands or the like ..

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The time gain achieved by the locking device according to the invention is particularly interesting when the container provided with shelves according to the invention an assembly line assembly of motor vehicles is used.

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Claims (1)

a. A a a a * ^Ba > Dipl-lng. Manfred -BbnsmanrV · '' ·· * · »'· ·' ■" Kaldenkirchener StraDe 35 a Patent attorney ^D " ⁴⁰⁵⁰ Mönchengladbach 1 Telephone (0 21 61) 1 21 14 File: 81 231 ATELIERS REUNIS S.A. 13, rue de la Mairie, Schiltigheim (France) Shelf for swiveling attachment to walls from in front preferably hinged containers Protection claims Shelf for pivotable attachment to the walls of preferably hinged containers, of trolleys for receiving of various goods, of book stands or the like. Which of a horizontal position of use against di .; Wall can be pivoted into a non-use position and Eadteile bent at the sides with provided for pivot connection with the wall hook, characterized in that one in the against the wall pivoted position effective locking device (8) is provided, and the locking device (8) one by one in the direction of one of the End parts (5) extending or pivotably attached by an axis (11) formed by one of the end parts, by action the force of gravity when lifting the shelf (2a) pivotable and in a pivoted position against the The pawl which supports the wall (3) and thus prevents the shelf (2a) from pivoting into its position of use (9). Shelf according to Claim 1, characterized in that the bent end part (5) has one in the swivel area the pawl (9) and transversely to the longitudinal direction of the end part (5) and transversely to the level of the shelf * I 1 I ti · 4 * 11 it ti 111 ti til : ■ 111 ti til * - » 2 - J impact (14) has, 3. Shelf according to claim 1 or 2, characterized in that that the pawl (9) is designed as a plate. 4. Shelf according to claim 1 or 2, characterized in that that the pawl (16) has a U-shaped bracket (17) has a regulating weight (18) arranged in the area of the central web «