EP0250270A2 - Appareil pour supporter des charges - Google Patents

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EP0250270A2
EP0250270A2 EP87305489A EP87305489A EP0250270A2 EP 0250270 A2 EP0250270 A2 EP 0250270A2 EP 87305489 A EP87305489 A EP 87305489A EP 87305489 A EP87305489 A EP 87305489A EP 0250270 A2 EP0250270 A2 EP 0250270A2
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William James Shiplee
Henry Taylor
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Seawheel Ltd
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65D—CONTAINERS FOR STORAGE OR TRANSPORT OF ARTICLES OR MATERIALS, e.g. BAGS, BARRELS, BOTTLES, BOXES, CANS, CARTONS, CRATES, DRUMS, JARS, TANKS, HOPPERS, FORWARDING CONTAINERS; ACCESSORIES, CLOSURES, OR FITTINGS THEREFOR; PACKAGING ELEMENTS; PACKAGES
    • B65D88/00—Large containers
    • B65D88/02—Large containers rigid
    • B65D88/12—Large containers rigid specially adapted for transport
    • B65D88/129—Transporter frames for containers
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65D—CONTAINERS FOR STORAGE OR TRANSPORT OF ARTICLES OR MATERIALS, e.g. BAGS, BARRELS, BOTTLES, BOXES, CANS, CARTONS, CRATES, DRUMS, JARS, TANKS, HOPPERS, FORWARDING CONTAINERS; ACCESSORIES, CLOSURES, OR FITTINGS THEREFOR; PACKAGING ELEMENTS; PACKAGES
    • B65D88/00—Large containers
    • B65D88/52—Large containers collapsible, i.e. with walls hinged together or detachably connected
    • B65D88/526—Large containers collapsible, i.e. with walls hinged together or detachably connected with detachable side walls
    • B65D88/528—Large containers collapsible, i.e. with walls hinged together or detachably connected with detachable side walls all side walls detached from each other to collapse the container

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  • This invention relates to a load supporting apparatus commonly referred to as a "flat” having a load supporting platform, and members which, in use, extend upwardly to facilitate stacking.
  • Such flats are used to facilitate the transportation of loads on the roads and on ships.
  • the platform For road transportation the platform is loaded onto the bed of a lorry or trailer. For transportation on a ship, the platform is loaded onto the deck or into the hold of a ship and is stackable by virtue of the upstanding members which are rigid and able to support the weight of one or more flats and their loads, stacked thereon.
  • upstanding members are pivotally attached to the platform so that when no load is supported on the platform, the end members may be folded generally parallel to the platform and thus take up less space.
  • the flats themselves may be economically transported from place to place without taking up excess space, when the flats are not loaded.
  • a flat for lo-lo systems has hitherto been restrained by the above mentioned approval regulations from carrying as high a maximum load as is permitted for flats for ro-ro systems, because of the inherently higher weight of the lo-lo flat.
  • a flat comprising a load supporting platform of gnerally rectangular configuration and having upstanding members at two opposite sides of the platform, the upstanding members having at their upper ends first connecting means adapted to engage with corresponding connecting means of another flat, and the upstanding members or the platform having second connecting means adapted to engage with correspondeing connecting means of another flat, wherein at least one of the members is rigidly, but releasably, engaged with the platform so that when not in use, the member or members may be removed from engagement with the platform.
  • both of the upstanding members are releasably engaged with the platform.
  • the upstanding member or members can be removed because it/they is/are not required.
  • a greater load may be carried on the roads, and when unloaded, a plurality of flats may be transported on a lorry because the overall weight is reduced.
  • the upstanding member or members can be secured to the platform of the flat at the docks, or even on board ship, so that a plurality of flats can be stacked as in conventional systems.
  • an end member is secured at each of two opposite sides of the platform, usually the shorter sides.
  • the platform may have a first engagement means, and the or each upstanding member may have a second engagement means, the first and second engagement means being engageable with each other as the or each member and the platform are moved relatively towards each other.
  • the first engagement means of the platform may comprise a socket at or adjacent a corner of the platform, each socket being adapted to receive a connecting element of the second engagement means of the upstanding member.
  • the connecting element and the socket may each have means, which, when the upstanding member is engaged with the platform, receive a locking member to provide the rigid engagement.
  • the locking pin may be mounted at or adjacent a corner of the platform for sliding movement relative to the platform between a locked position in which the locking pin is engaged with the openings and an unlocked position when the upstanding member is released.
  • the pin may slide in a direction generally parallel to the side of the platform provided with the upstanding member.
  • the socket may comprise a pair of spaced elements between which the connecting element can be received.
  • the spaced elements may be parallel and extend generally upright.
  • the upstanding member may carry a guide member which is engageable with a locating element of the platform to restrain movement of the upstanding member relative to the platform about the axis of the locking pin.
  • the guide member and the locating element may comprise an interengageable slot and pin or other member combination so that the pin or other member moves along the slot as the upstanding member is engaged with the platform.
  • the or each upstanding member may comprise a frame having at least two columns which each carry second engagement means and the guide member, where provided, to engage with a first engagement means and locating element of the platform at each of two opposite corners along one side of the platform.
  • Two locking pins one at each corner of the platform may be provided and are slidable to an unlocked position to release each corner of the upstanding frame member.
  • the or each upstanding member may be engageable with the platform by undergoing a movement relative to the platform in a direction generally parallel with the platform i.e. generally horizontally.
  • the first connecting means carried by the upstanding members may comprise conventional ISO boxes and the second connecting means may be carried by the platform at corresponding positions beneath the upstanding members, and may comprise conventional ISO boxes which may be engaged with ISO boxes of another flat beneath.
  • a flat 10 comprises a generally rectangular platform 11 which, in use, supports a load upon upper decking 12 thereof.
  • the platform 11 may be loaded onto the bed of a lorry or trailer and transported on the roads, or may be loaded onto a ship for ship transportation of the load.
  • first connecting means 15 which in the present example comprise ISO boxes which are adapted to engage with corresponding connecting means of a flat stacked above.
  • the platform 11 carries at each corner, beneath the end members 13,14, ISO boxes 16 which are adapted to engage, using conventional means such as twistlocks, with correspondiong connecting means of a flat beneath, on which the flat 10 is stacked.
  • the ISO boxes 16 of one flat would be engaged with the ISO boxes 15 of a flat beneath, and/or the ISO boxes 15 on each of the end members 13,14, would be engaged with ISO boxes 16 of the flat above.
  • the platform 11 comprises a plurality of longitudinally extending girders 20 and cross struts 21 welded together to provide a rigid lattice.
  • a generally C-shaped girder 22 Along each longer side of the platform 11 is a generally C-shaped girder 22, the channel of the C facing outwardly and being supported along its length by further support struts 23.
  • the decking 12 is laid across the lattice of struts 20,21, and is engaged with upper flanges 24 of the C shaped side girders 22.
  • the upstanding members 13, 14 (only one member 13 can be seen in Figure 2) comprise frames made up of columns 26 at each side, with a corrugated metal sheet 27 extending between the two columns 26, upper 28 and lower 29 cross bars being provided to add rigidity.
  • the ISO boxes 15 are provided at the top of each of the columns 13 which comprise hollow box-like sections.
  • the columns 13 are each partly cut away and have an internal foot plate 27 from which extends downwardly within the column 13 a connecting element 30 of a second engagement means, which element has an opening 31 for a purpose herinafter described.
  • each column 13 each have a guide member 33 comprising a slot in an extension 33 a of a side wall of each column.
  • the platform 11 has at each corner, a first engagement means comprising a pair of generally vertically upright extending flanges 34 and 35 which also each have a receiving means comprising an opening 36,37, respectively.
  • a first engagement means comprising a pair of generally vertically upright extending flanges 34 and 35 which also each have a receiving means comprising an opening 36,37, respectively.
  • a locking member in the form of a pin 39.
  • the pin 39 can be moved from an unlocked position to a locked position in which the pin 39 is received in the aligned openings to provide a releasable connection between the platform 11 and the upstanding member 13.
  • the openings 36, 37 are surrounded by opposed bosses 36 a , 37 a , which together with guide bosses 31 a (see Figure 3) surrounding the opening 31 limit lateral relative movement between the frame member and platform.
  • guide blocks 41 are provided on opposite sides of the connecting element 30 to facilitate alignment of the openings 36,37,31, as the connecting element slides between flanges 34,35.
  • the platform 11 carries along its longest side, a locating element or pin 40 which, as the member 13 is engaged with the platform 11 is received within the slot 33 to thereby prevent any movement of the end member 13 about the axes of the locking pins 39.
  • the locating element 40 could comprise a slot and the guide member 33 comprise a pin or other member engagable in the slot of the locating element 40.
  • the opposite longest side of the platform to that seen, also carries a locking element 30 for engagement with a guide member similar to guide member 33 on the opposite column 26 of the frame member 13, but oppositely handed.
  • upstanding frame member 14 is secured at the opposite shortest side of the platform 11 by a similar arrangement to frame 13, but again the connecting means, and guide members would be opposite handed at opposite sides of the platform.
  • the members 13 and 14 can be removed from engagement with the platform 11 and stowed, by sliding pins 39 from the openings of the first connecting means of the platform 11 and the second connecting means of members 13 and 14, so that less weight is carried on the roads.
  • the guide member 33 and locating element 40 may not be required, or an alternative means to add rigidity to the connection may be provided.
  • the invention may be applied to a flat having other configurations of platform to the lattice structure described.
  • the end members 13 and 14 need not comprise frames including a corrugated metal sheet 27 and columns 26 as described, but alternative configurations are possible.
  • the upstanding members may comprise columns only, although a frame structure such as described is preferred, in order to provide the necessary rigidity.
  • non-standard connecting means to facilitate stacking of the flat 10 may be provided as an alternative to the ISO boxes 15 and 16 described.
  • the upper decking 12 of the platform is of cambered configuration so that any water falling on the decking 12 runs to the sides. Planar decking may be provided if required.

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EP87305489A 1986-06-20 1987-06-19 Appareil pour supporter des charges Expired - Lifetime EP0250270B1 (fr)

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AT87305489T ATE67743T1 (de) 1986-06-20 1987-06-19 Lastentragevorrichtung.

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GB8615111 1986-06-20
GB868615111A GB8615111D0 (en) 1986-06-20 1986-06-20 Load supporting apparatus

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EP0250270A2 true EP0250270A2 (fr) 1987-12-23
EP0250270A3 EP0250270A3 (en) 1988-08-03
EP0250270B1 EP0250270B1 (fr) 1991-09-25

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AT (1) ATE67743T1 (fr)
DE (1) DE3773272D1 (fr)
ES (1) ES2026183T3 (fr)
GB (2) GB8615111D0 (fr)

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GB2211169A (en) * 1987-10-16 1989-06-28 Clive Smith Martin Locking systems for collapsible container
EP0408312A2 (fr) * 1989-07-11 1991-01-16 Seawheel Limited Porte-charge
EP0330573B1 (fr) * 1988-02-24 1992-04-22 Marrel Jeu d'accessoires de gerbage pour plates-formes amovibles de camion, et empilement de plates-formes le comportant

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US3802357A (en) * 1971-07-26 1974-04-09 Sea Land Service Convertible flatbed container
DE2430086A1 (de) * 1974-06-22 1976-01-08 Schaefer Gmbh Fritz Palette mit seitenwaenden aus rohr- und/ oder drahtgitterrahmen

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US3802357A (en) * 1971-07-26 1974-04-09 Sea Land Service Convertible flatbed container
DE2430086A1 (de) * 1974-06-22 1976-01-08 Schaefer Gmbh Fritz Palette mit seitenwaenden aus rohr- und/ oder drahtgitterrahmen

Cited By (5)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
GB2211169A (en) * 1987-10-16 1989-06-28 Clive Smith Martin Locking systems for collapsible container
GB2211169B (en) * 1987-10-16 1991-10-23 Clive Smith Martin Locking system for a collapsible container
EP0330573B1 (fr) * 1988-02-24 1992-04-22 Marrel Jeu d'accessoires de gerbage pour plates-formes amovibles de camion, et empilement de plates-formes le comportant
EP0408312A2 (fr) * 1989-07-11 1991-01-16 Seawheel Limited Porte-charge
EP0408312A3 (en) * 1989-07-11 1991-05-02 Seawheel Limited Load-carrying apparatus

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GB8714403D0 (en) 1987-07-22
EP0250270A3 (en) 1988-08-03
GB2191762A (en) 1987-12-23
ATE67743T1 (de) 1991-10-15
DE3773272D1 (de) 1991-10-31
EP0250270B1 (fr) 1991-09-25
GB2191762B (en) 1991-01-23
ES2026183T3 (es) 1992-04-16
GB8615111D0 (en) 1986-07-23

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