EP0514237B1 - Pallet for stocking, handling and transporting of at least two piles of stackable chairs arranged side by side - Google Patents

Pallet for stocking, handling and transporting of at least two piles of stackable chairs arranged side by side Download PDF

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EP0514237B1
EP0514237B1 EP92401212A EP92401212A EP0514237B1 EP 0514237 B1 EP0514237 B1 EP 0514237B1 EP 92401212 A EP92401212 A EP 92401212A EP 92401212 A EP92401212 A EP 92401212A EP 0514237 B1 EP0514237 B1 EP 0514237B1
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  • the present invention relates to a pallet for the storage, handling and transport of at least two stacks of stackable monoblock chairs arranged side by side.
  • Such a pallet is known and comprises three anteroposterior beams: two marginal and the third median, connected together by thin upper and lower transverse slats.
  • the rear upper transverse slat is intended to directly receive the rear legs of the underlying armchairs, while a thick elongated crosspiece forming a shim to straighten the stacks and integral with the front upper transverse slat is intended to receive the feet front of the underlying armchairs.
  • This known pallet has the advantage of supporting two stacks of armchairs covered by a heat-shrinkable cover which brings them together and of being able to be handled either with a manual pallet truck, or with a mechanized machine with adjustable lifting fork.
  • this wide pallet with two stacks is determined, on the one hand, by the resistance to bending and the rigidity which must be obtained, on the other hand, by the passage to be provided for a conventional handling fork.
  • Another known pallet is of the individual lowered type. It comprises two lateral anteroposterior slats connected by transverse slats. Each slat anteroposterior is equipped at the rear with a bucket (or cleats) intended to position the corresponding rear leg of an armchair and at the front with a shim and a bucket (or cleats) ) intended to position the corresponding front leg of the wheelchair in question, the shims making it possible to straighten the stack of wheelchairs so that it is vertical and being connected by an upper transverse slat.
  • This known pallet has the advantage, compared to the previous one, of supporting a stack of 25 "Miami” armchairs and therefore has the maximum storage capacity.
  • the present invention therefore aims to design a pallet capable of supporting side by side at least two stacks of armchairs at maximum loading capacity, respecting the European width of the loads and allowing its handling by means of a manual pallet truck or a mechanized lifting device with one or more forks.
  • the pallet also includes anteroposterior spars connected by thin upper transverse slats and, in accordance with the invention, the spars are grouped in two marginal pairs and a middle pair, the spars of the same pair being connected by a thin lower anteroposterior slat, intended to directly support at least one foot of the underlying seat of the corresponding stack.
  • the lower anteroposterior slats support all the feet of the underlying armchairs, the side members of each marginal pair being separated in correspondence with the size of a foot of an underlying seat, while the side members of the middle pair are separated in correspondence with the size one foot of an underlying seat and the adjoining foot of the other underlying seat.
  • the lower anteroposterior slats directly support the rear legs of the underlying seats and by through thick shims straightening the stacks, the front feet of these seats, the longitudinal members of the middle pair being spaced in correspondence with the size of the contiguous front feet of the underlying seats, while the longitudinal members of each pair marginal are discarded in correspondence with the size of the corresponding rear leg of an underlying seat.
  • FIG. 1 schematically represents a pallet 1 receiving at the front two stacks 2 and 3 of chairs 4 marketed by the applicant under the name "Bistro" and at the rear two other stacks. These chairs 4 are all oriented to the right of this figure; the stacks 2 and 3 are contiguous and joined by a heat-shrinkable cover which joins them together, this cover not being shown.
  • These assemblies 5 to 7, 8 to 10 and 11 to 13 constitute anteroposterior bearing elements braced by two transverse slats 14 and 15 under which the branches of a lifting fork, not shown, can bear. These legs of the fork are normally engaged in the two passages 16 and 17 which separate said elements.
  • Pallet 1 is intended to support four piles of chairs 4: two piles 2 on the left and two piles 3 on the right.
  • the rear legs 18 of the chairs of the piers 2 are normally housed between the side members 5 and 6 and are braced by the slats 14 and 15; they rest on the lower batten 7.
  • the front legs 19 of the chairs considered in the stacks 2 are normally housed with the rear legs 20 of the chairs in the neighboring stacks 3, are arranged side by side between the median beams 11 and 12 and rest on the lower batten 13; the rear legs 20 are braced by slats 14 and 15.
  • the front legs 21 of the chairs of the stacks 3 are normally housed between the side members 8 and 9 and rest on the lower batten 10.
  • the four stacks 2 and 3 of chairs 4 rest on the lower slats 7, 10 and 13; their feet are kept apart in the transverse direction by the side members 6 and 11 for the underlying chairs of the left stacks 2 and by the side members 12 and 8 for the underlying chairs of the right stacks 3; their rear legs 18 and 20 are braced by the upper slats 14 and 15.
  • the pallet 1 can be taken up by the handling fork of a manual pallet truck, fork whose branches have a limited spacing, it is necessary that the width of the median element 11 to 13 is at most equal to this spacing in order that the branches of said fork can be engaged in passages 16 and 17 on either side of said element.
  • the side member 12 has notches 22 in which the rear legs 20 of the chairs 4 of the stack 3 take their place.
  • FIG. 4 schematically represents a pallet 23 receiving two stacks 24 and 25 of armchairs 26 sold by the applicant under the name "Miami". These two batteries are arranged side by side and oriented towards the front. They are normally joined by a heat-shrinkable cover, not shown.
  • the rear slats 28 and 29 hold the rear legs 30 of the seats 26 in the anteroposterior direction; in the transverse direction, the rear legs 30 of the seats in the left stack are braced by the side member 6 and the bottom of a notch 31 of the side member 11; similarly, in the transverse direction, the rear legs 30 of the armchairs 26 of the right stack are braced by the spar 8 and the bottom of a notch 31 of the spar 12.
  • a shim 33 is fixed on the slats 7, 10 and 13 at the front between the side members.
  • the adjoining front legs 32 of the two underlying chairs 26 of the stacks 24 and 25 touch each other and are positioned by the median beams 11 and 13.
  • the variant embodiment, illustrated in FIG. 8 differs from the second embodiment according to FIG. 5 in that the front upper transverse slat 27 is fixed to the longitudinal members 5, 6, 8, 9, 11 and 12 flush with their ends and that the wedges of marginal thickness 36 as well as median 37 are fixed behind on the lower anteroposterior slats 6, 10 and 13; moreover, these are interrupted flush with the holds.
  • the marginal shims 36 are housed in notches 35 of the outer longitudinal members 5 and 9.
  • the front legs 32 of the chairs are better positioned so that the stacks 24 and 25 are well held in place by the legs 30 and 32 of the chairs.

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The pallet comprises longitudinal members (5, 6, 8, 9, 11, 12), running from front to rear, connected by upper cross-bar slats (27 to 29). According to the invention, the abovementioned longitudinal members are grouped together as two marginal pairs and one median pair, the longitudinal members of one and the same pair being connected by a thin lower slat (6, 10, 13), running from front to rear, intended to support directly at least one foot (leg) of the underlying seat of the corresponding pile. <IMAGE>

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La présente invention concerne une palette pour le stockage, la manutention et le transport d'au moins deux piles de fauteuils monoblocs gerbables disposées côte à côte.The present invention relates to a pallet for the storage, handling and transport of at least two stacks of stackable monoblock chairs arranged side by side.

Une telle palette est connue et comporte trois longerons antéro-postérieurs : deux marginaux et le troisième médian, reliés entre eux par des lattes traversières supérieures et inférieures minces. La latte traversière supérieure arrière est destinée à recevoir directement les pieds postérieurs des fauteuils sous-jacents, tandis qu'une traverse allongée épaisse formant cale d'épaisseur pour redresser les piles et faisant corps avec la latte traversière supérieure avant est destinée à recevoir les pieds antérieurs des fauteuils sous-jacents.Such a pallet is known and comprises three anteroposterior beams: two marginal and the third median, connected together by thin upper and lower transverse slats. The rear upper transverse slat is intended to directly receive the rear legs of the underlying armchairs, while a thick elongated crosspiece forming a shim to straighten the stacks and integral with the front upper transverse slat is intended to receive the feet front of the underlying armchairs.

Cette palette connue présente l'avantage de supporter deux piles de fauteuils recouvertes par une housse thermorétractable qui les réunit et de pouvoir être manutentionnée soit avec un transpalette manuel, soit avec un engin mécanisé à fourche de levage réglable.This known pallet has the advantage of supporting two stacks of armchairs covered by a heat-shrinkable cover which brings them together and of being able to be handled either with a manual pallet truck, or with a mechanized machine with adjustable lifting fork.

Cependant, elle présente l'inconvénient majeur, pour être logeable et déplaçable en charge dans un camion dont la hauteur libre est de 2,40 m, de réduire le nombre de fauteuils empilables en raison même de son épaisseur relativement importante. Ainsi, alors qu'il serait possible d'empiler sans palette 25 fauteuils connus sous la dénomination "Miami", le fait même de les empiler sur cette palette connue conduit à limiter le nombre de fauteuils empilés à 23 par pile.However, it has the major drawback of being able to be accommodated and movable under load in a truck with a free height of 2.40 m, of reducing the number of stackable armchairs due to its relatively large thickness. Thus, while it would be possible to stack 25 pallets known under the name "Miami" without a pallet, the very fact of stacking them on this known pallet leads to limiting the number of stacked chairs to 23 per stack.

Il est intéressant de noter que l'épaisseur de cette palette large à deux piles est déterminée, d'une part, par la résistance à la flexion et la rigidité qui doivent être obtenues, d'autre part, par le passage à ménager pour une fourche de manutention classique.It is interesting to note that the thickness of this wide pallet with two stacks is determined, on the one hand, by the resistance to bending and the rigidity which must be obtained, on the other hand, by the passage to be provided for a conventional handling fork.

Une autre palette connue est du type individuel surbaissé. Elle comporte deux lattes antéro-postérieures latérales reliées par des lattes traversières. Chaque latte antéro-postérieure est équipée à l'arrière d'un godet (ou de taquets) destiné à positionner le pied arrière correspondant d'un fauteuil et à l'avant d'une cale d'épaisseur et d'un godet (ou de taquets) destiné à positionner le pied avant correspondant du fauteuil considéré, les cales permettant de redresser la pile de fauteuils pour qu'elle soit verticale et étant reliées par une latte traversière supérieure.Another known pallet is of the individual lowered type. It comprises two lateral anteroposterior slats connected by transverse slats. Each slat anteroposterior is equipped at the rear with a bucket (or cleats) intended to position the corresponding rear leg of an armchair and at the front with a shim and a bucket (or cleats) ) intended to position the corresponding front leg of the wheelchair in question, the shims making it possible to straighten the stack of wheelchairs so that it is vertical and being connected by an upper transverse slat.

Cette palette connue présente l'avantage, par rapport à la précédente, de supporter une pile de 25 fauteuils "Miami" et possède donc la capacité maximale de stockage.This known pallet has the advantage, compared to the previous one, of supporting a stack of 25 "Miami" armchairs and therefore has the maximum storage capacity.

Cependant, elle a l'inconvénient de ne pouvoir recevoir qu'une seule pile de fauteuils et de n'être manoeuvrable compte tenu de ses dimensions réduites et de sa configuration qu'à l'aide d'un diable.However, it has the disadvantage of being able to receive only a single stack of armchairs and of being maneuverable taking into account its reduced dimensions and its configuration only by means of a hand truck.

La présente invention a donc pour but de concevoir une palette apte à supporter côte à côte au moins deux piles de fauteuils à la capacité maximale de chargement, en respectant la largeur européenne des charges et en permettant sa manutention au moyen d'un transpalette manuel ou d'un engin de levage mécanisé à une ou plusieurs fourches.The present invention therefore aims to design a pallet capable of supporting side by side at least two stacks of armchairs at maximum loading capacity, respecting the European width of the loads and allowing its handling by means of a manual pallet truck or a mechanized lifting device with one or more forks.

Dans ce but, la palette comporte également des longerons antéro-postérieurs reliés par des lattes traversières supérieures minces et, conformément à l'invention, les longerons sont regroupés en deux paires marginales et une paire médiane, les longerons d'une même paire étant reliés par une latte antéro-postérieure inférieure mince, destinée à supporter directement au moins un pied du siège sous-jacent de la pile correspondante.For this purpose, the pallet also includes anteroposterior spars connected by thin upper transverse slats and, in accordance with the invention, the spars are grouped in two marginal pairs and a middle pair, the spars of the same pair being connected by a thin lower anteroposterior slat, intended to directly support at least one foot of the underlying seat of the corresponding stack.

Suivant une première forme de réalisation se rapportant plus particulièrement au conditionnement de deux piles de chaises orientées vers au moins un côté et dont l'axe d'empilage est vertical, les lattes antéro-postérieures inférieures supportent tous les pieds des fauteuils sous-jacents, les longerons de chaque paire marginale étant écartés en correspondance avec l'encombrement d'un pied d'un siège sous-jacent, tandis que les longerons de la paire médiane sont écartés en correspondance avec l'encombrement d'un pied d'un siège sous-jacent et du pied contigu de l'autre siège sous-jacent.According to a first embodiment relating more particularly to the packaging of two stacks of chairs oriented towards at least one side and whose stacking axis is vertical, the lower anteroposterior slats support all the feet of the underlying armchairs, the side members of each marginal pair being separated in correspondence with the size of a foot of an underlying seat, while the side members of the middle pair are separated in correspondence with the size one foot of an underlying seat and the adjoining foot of the other underlying seat.

Suivant une deuxième forme de réalisation appropriée plus spécialement au conditionnement de deux piles de fauteuils orientés vers l'avant et dont l'axe d'empilage est incliné, les lattes antéro-postérieures inférieures supportent directement les pieds arrière des sièges sous-jacents et par l'intermédiaire de cales d'épaisseur redressant les piles, les pieds avant de ces sièges, les longerons de la paire médiane étant écartés en correspondance avec l'encombrement des pieds avant contigus des sièges sous-jacents, tandis que les longerons de chaque paire marginale sont écartés en correspondance avec l'encombrement du pied arrière correspondant d'un siège sous-jacent.According to a second embodiment more specifically suitable for packaging two stacks of armchairs oriented forward and whose stacking axis is inclined, the lower anteroposterior slats directly support the rear legs of the underlying seats and by through thick shims straightening the stacks, the front feet of these seats, the longitudinal members of the middle pair being spaced in correspondence with the size of the contiguous front feet of the underlying seats, while the longitudinal members of each pair marginal are discarded in correspondence with the size of the corresponding rear leg of an underlying seat.

Divers autres caractéristiques et avantages de l'invention ressortent d'ailleurs de la description détaillée qui suit.Various other characteristics and advantages of the invention will also emerge from the detailed description which follows.

Des formes de réalisation de l'objet de l'invention sont représentées, à titre d'exemples non limitatifs, sur le dessin annexé.Embodiments of the subject of the invention are shown, by way of nonlimiting examples, in the accompanying drawing.

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  • la figure 1 est un schéma illustrant en perspective un premier mode d'empilage et de conditionnement de chaises dénommées "Miami",
  • la figure 2 est une vue en plan de dessus montrant une première forme de réalisation d'une palette appropriée conformément à l'invention au conditionnement du mode d'empilage selon la figure 1,
  • la figure 3 est une perspective de cette première forme de réalisation,
  • la figure 4 est une vue analogue à la figure 1 illustrant un deuxième mode d'empilage et de conditionnement de fauteuils dénommés "Miami",
  • la figure 5 est une vue en plan de dessus montrant une deuxième forme de réalisation d'une palette appropriée conformément à l'invention au conditionnement du mode d'empilage selon la figure 4,
  • les figures 6 et 7 sont des perspectives partielles faisant ressortir les détails du longeron médian et de l'extrémité avant d'un longeron marginal pour la palette selon la figure 5.
  • la figure 8 est une vue analogue à la figure 5 illustrant une variante de réalisation de la deuxième.
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  • FIG. 1 is a diagram illustrating in perspective a first method of stacking and packaging chairs called "Miami",
  • FIG. 2 is a top plan view showing a first embodiment of a suitable pallet according to the invention for packaging the stacking mode according to FIG. 1,
  • FIG. 3 is a perspective of this first embodiment,
  • FIG. 4 is a view similar to FIG. 1 illustrating a second method of stacking and packaging armchairs called "Miami",
  • Figure 5 is a top plan view showing a second embodiment of a suitable pallet according to the invention for packaging stacking mode according to figure 4,
  • FIGS. 6 and 7 are partial perspectives showing the details of the central spar and of the front end of a marginal spar for the pallet according to FIG. 5.
  • Figure 8 is a view similar to Figure 5 illustrating an alternative embodiment of the second.

La figure 1 représente schématiquement une palette 1 recevant à l'avant deux piles 2 et 3 de chaises 4 commercialisées par la demanderesse sous la dénomination "Bistrot" et à l'arrière deux autres piles. Ces chaises 4 sont toutes orientées vers la droite de cette figure ; les piles 2 et 3 sont contiguës et réunies par une housse thermorétractable qui les réunit, cette housse n'étant pas représentée.FIG. 1 schematically represents a pallet 1 receiving at the front two stacks 2 and 3 of chairs 4 marketed by the applicant under the name "Bistro" and at the rear two other stacks. These chairs 4 are all oriented to the right of this figure; the stacks 2 and 3 are contiguous and joined by a heat-shrinkable cover which joins them together, this cover not being shown.

La palette 1 illustrée par les figures 2 et 3 comporte :

  • à gauche, deux longerons 5 et 6 reliés par une latte inférieure 7,
  • à droite, deux longerons 8 et 9 reliés par une latte inférieure 10,
  • au milieu, deux longerons 11 et 12 reliés par une latte inférieure 13.
Pallet 1 illustrated in Figures 2 and 3 includes:
  • on the left, two side members 5 and 6 connected by a lower slat 7,
  • on the right, two side members 8 and 9 connected by a lower batten 10,
  • in the middle, two side members 11 and 12 connected by a lower batten 13.

Ces ensembles 5 à 7, 8 à 10 et 11 à 13 constituent des éléments porteurs antéro-postérieurs entretoisés par deux lattes traversières 14 et 15 sous lesquelles peuvent prendre appui les branches d'une fourche de levage, non représentées. Ces branches de la fourche sont normalement engagées dans les deux passages 16 et 17 qui séparent lesdits éléments.These assemblies 5 to 7, 8 to 10 and 11 to 13 constitute anteroposterior bearing elements braced by two transverse slats 14 and 15 under which the branches of a lifting fork, not shown, can bear. These legs of the fork are normally engaged in the two passages 16 and 17 which separate said elements.

La palette 1 est destinée à supporter quatre piles de chaises 4 : deux piles 2 à gauche et deux piles 3 à droite.Pallet 1 is intended to support four piles of chairs 4: two piles 2 on the left and two piles 3 on the right.

Les pieds arrière 18 des chaises des piles 2 sont normalement logés entre les longerons 5 et 6 et sont entretoisés par les lattes 14 et 15 ; ils reposent sur la latte inférieure 7.The rear legs 18 of the chairs of the piers 2 are normally housed between the side members 5 and 6 and are braced by the slats 14 and 15; they rest on the lower batten 7.

Les pieds avant 19 des chaises considérées des piles 2 sont normalement logés avec les pieds arrière 20 des chaises des piles voisines 3, sont disposés côte à côte entre les longerons médians 11 et 12 et reposent sur la latte inférieure 13 ; les pieds arrière 20 sont entretoisés par les lattes 14 et 15.The front legs 19 of the chairs considered in the stacks 2 are normally housed with the rear legs 20 of the chairs in the neighboring stacks 3, are arranged side by side between the median beams 11 and 12 and rest on the lower batten 13; the rear legs 20 are braced by slats 14 and 15.

Les pieds avant 21 des chaises des piles 3 sont normalement logés entre les longerons 8 et 9 et reposent sur la latte inférieure 10.The front legs 21 of the chairs of the stacks 3 are normally housed between the side members 8 and 9 and rest on the lower batten 10.

Ainsi, les quatre piles 2 et 3 de chaises 4 reposent sur les lattes inférieures 7, 10 et 13 ; leurs pieds sont maintenus écartés dans le sens transversal par les longerons 6 et 11 pour les chaises sous-jacentes des piles 2 de gauche et par les longerons 12 et 8 pour les chaises sous-jacentes des piles 3 de droite ; leurs pieds arrière 18 et 20 sont entretoisés par les lattes supérieures 14 et 15.Thus, the four stacks 2 and 3 of chairs 4 rest on the lower slats 7, 10 and 13; their feet are kept apart in the transverse direction by the side members 6 and 11 for the underlying chairs of the left stacks 2 and by the side members 12 and 8 for the underlying chairs of the right stacks 3; their rear legs 18 and 20 are braced by the upper slats 14 and 15.

Pour que la palette 1 puisse être prise par la fourche de manutention d'un transpalette manuel, fourche dont les branches ont un écartement limité, il est nécessaire que la largeur de l'élément médian 11 à 13 soit au plus égal à cet écartement afin que les branches de ladite fourche puissent être engagées dans les passages 16 et 17 de part et d'autre dudit élément.So that the pallet 1 can be taken up by the handling fork of a manual pallet truck, fork whose branches have a limited spacing, it is necessary that the width of the median element 11 to 13 is at most equal to this spacing in order that the branches of said fork can be engaged in passages 16 and 17 on either side of said element.

Pour que cette condition soit respectée, le longeron 12 comporte des encoches 22 dans lesquelles les pieds arrière 20 des chaises 4 de la pile 3 prennent place.For this condition to be met, the side member 12 has notches 22 in which the rear legs 20 of the chairs 4 of the stack 3 take their place.

La figure 4 représente schématiquement une palette 23 recevant deux piles 24 et 25 de fauteuils 26 commercialisés par la demanderesse sous la dénomination "Miami". Ces deux piles sont disposées côte à côte et orientées vers l'avant. Elles sont normalement réunies par une housse thermorétractable non représentée.FIG. 4 schematically represents a pallet 23 receiving two stacks 24 and 25 of armchairs 26 sold by the applicant under the name "Miami". These two batteries are arranged side by side and oriented towards the front. They are normally joined by a heat-shrinkable cover, not shown.

Dans cette palette 23, illustrée par les figures 5 à 7, on retrouve : les éléments porteurs antéro-postérieurs 5 à 7, 8 à 10 et 11 à 13, séparés par les passages 16, 17 et reliés entre eux par des lattes supérieures 27 à 29. Les lattes postérieures 28 et 29 maintiennent dans le sens antéro-postérieur les pieds arrière 30 des fauteuils 26 ; dans le sens transversal, les pieds arrière 30 des fauteuils de la pile de gauche sont entretoisés par le longeron 6 et le fond d'une encoche 31 du longeron 11 ; de même, dans le sens transversal, les pieds arrière 30 des fauteuils 26 de la pile de droite sont entretoisés par le longeron 8 et le fond d'une encoche 31 du longeron 12.In this palette 23, illustrated by FIGS. 5 to 7, we find: the anteroposterior bearing elements 5 to 7, 8 to 10 and 11 to 13, separated by the passages 16, 17 and connected together by upper slats 27 to 29. The rear slats 28 and 29 hold the rear legs 30 of the seats 26 in the anteroposterior direction; in the transverse direction, the rear legs 30 of the seats in the left stack are braced by the side member 6 and the bottom of a notch 31 of the side member 11; similarly, in the transverse direction, the rear legs 30 of the armchairs 26 of the right stack are braced by the spar 8 and the bottom of a notch 31 of the spar 12.

Les fauteuils "Miami" 26, comme d'autres d'ailleurs, présentent un axe d'empilage incliné vers l'avant en haut. Pour redresser cet axe et le disposer verticalement, il faut relever les pieds avant 32 des fauteuils."Miami" 26 armchairs, like others, have a stacking axis tilted forward at the top. To straighten this axis and arrange it vertically, raise the front legs 32 of the chairs.

A cet effet, une cale d'épaisseur 33 est fixée sur les lattes 7, 10 et 13 à l'avant entre les longerons. Les pieds avant 32 contigus des deux fauteuils sous-jacents 26 des piles 24 et 25 se touchent et sont positionnés par les longerons médians 11 et 13.For this purpose, a shim 33 is fixed on the slats 7, 10 and 13 at the front between the side members. The adjoining front legs 32 of the two underlying chairs 26 of the stacks 24 and 25 touch each other and are positioned by the median beams 11 and 13.

En raison de l'écartement de ces pieds avant 32, il faudrait éloigner davantage les longerons 5 et 9 l'un de l'autre. Mais alors, le gabarit européen serait engagé et pour qu'il soit respecté, les longerons marginaux 5 et 9 sont interrompus pour que les cales 33 s'étendent jusqu'au bord des lattes 7 et 9 et qu'ainsi, les pieds avant 32 puissent se placer en regard des extrémités interrompues 34 desdits longerons 5 et 9 et reposer sur lesdites cales 33.Due to the spacing of these front feet 32, it would be necessary to further distance the side members 5 and 9 from each other. But then, the European gauge would be engaged and so that it is respected, the marginal beams 5 and 9 are interrupted so that the wedges 33 extend to the edge of the slats 7 and 9 and so, the front feet 32 can be placed opposite the interrupted ends 34 of said beams 5 and 9 and rest on said shims 33.

La variante de réalisation, illustrée par la figure 8 diffère de la deuxième forme de réalisation selon la figure 5 par le fait que la latte traversière supérieure antérieure 27 est fixée sur les longerons 5, 6, 8, 9, 11 et 12 à ras de leurs bouts et que les cales d'épaisseur marginales 36 ainsi que médiane 37 sont fixées en arrière sur les lattes antéro-postérieures inférieures 6, 10 et 13 ; d'ailleurs, celles-ci sont interrompues au ras des cales. Une autre différence est que les cales marginales 36 sont logées dans des encoches 35 des longerons extérieurs 5 et 9.The variant embodiment, illustrated in FIG. 8 differs from the second embodiment according to FIG. 5 in that the front upper transverse slat 27 is fixed to the longitudinal members 5, 6, 8, 9, 11 and 12 flush with their ends and that the wedges of marginal thickness 36 as well as median 37 are fixed behind on the lower anteroposterior slats 6, 10 and 13; moreover, these are interrupted flush with the holds. Another difference is that the marginal shims 36 are housed in notches 35 of the outer longitudinal members 5 and 9.

Dans cette variante, les pieds avant 32 des fauteuils sont mieux positionnés de sorte que les piles 24 et 25 sont bien maintenues en place par les pieds 30 et 32 des fauteuils.In this variant, the front legs 32 of the chairs are better positioned so that the stacks 24 and 25 are well held in place by the legs 30 and 32 of the chairs.

Claims (8)

  1. Pallet for the storage, handling and transportation of at least two piles (2, 3; 24, 25) of stackable monobloc seats (4; 26) arranged side by side, comprising thick anteroposterior longitudinal members (5, 6, 8, 9, 11, 12) connected by thin upper transverse laths (14, 15; 27 to 29), characterised in that the longitudinal members (5, 6, 8, 9, 11, 12) are arranged in two edge pairs and one central pair, the longitudinal members of one single pair being connected by a thin lower anteroposterior lath (7, 10, 13) intended to support directly at least one leg of the subjacent seat of the corresponding pile.
  2. Pallet according to claim 1, intended to support at least two piles (2, 3) of seats (4), the stacking axis of which is vertical and which are directed towards at least one side, characterised in that the lower anteroposterior laths (7, 10, 13) support all of the legs (19, 20) of the subjacent chairs (4), the longitudinal members (5, 6, 8, 9) of each edge pair being spaced in accordance with the space required by a leg (18, 21) of a subjacent seat, while the longitudinal members (11, 12) of the central pair are spaced in accordance with the space required by a leg (19) of one subjacent seat and by the adjacent leg (20) of the other subjacent seat.
  3. Pallet according to claim 1, intended to support at least two piles (24, 25) of seats (26), the stacking axis of which is inclined and which are directed towards the front, characterised in that the lower anteroposterior laths (7, 10, 13) directly support the rear legs (30) of the subjacent seats and, by means of shims (33) straightening the piles, the front legs (32) of these seats, the longitudinal members (11, 12) of the central pair being spaced in accordance with the space required by the adjacent front legs (32) of the subjacent seats, while the longitudinal members (5, 6, 8, 10) of each edge pair are spaced in accordance with the space required by the corresponding rear leg (30) of a subjacent seat.
  4. Pallet according to claim 3, characterised in that the width requirement of the central pair of longitudinal members (11 to 13) corresponds substantially to the spacing of the branches of the fork of a hand pallet truck.
  5. Pallet according to claim 4, characterised in that the longitudinal members (11, 12) of the central pair have opposing notches (31) for housing the rear adjacent, but spaced legs (30) of the two subjacent seats (26).
  6. Pallet according to claim 3, characterised in that the outer longitudinal member (5, 9) of each edge pair is interrupted (at 34) to allow for the passage of the corresponding front leg (32) of a subjacent seat so that it rests on the shim (33) of the lower anteroposterior lath (7, 10, 13), so that the pallet can then be designed for the European gauge.
  7. Pallet according to claim 3, characterised in that the outer longitudinal member (5, 9) of each edge pair has a notch (35) in which is positioned a shim (36) resting on the anteroposterior lath (7, 10) in front of which the upper front transverse lath (27) connecting the longitudinal members (5, 6, 8, 9, 11, 12) is disposed, the front legs (32) resting on the edge shims (36) and a central shim (37) aligned with the latter.
  8. Pallet according to any one of claims 1 to 7, characterised in that the two piles of seats loaded on to this pallet are connected together by a cover of heat-shrinkable plastic.
EP92401212A 1991-05-17 1992-04-29 Pallet for stocking, handling and transporting of at least two piles of stackable chairs arranged side by side Expired - Lifetime EP0514237B1 (en)

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