EP0894728B1 - Pallet and container comprising said pallet - Google Patents

Pallet and container comprising said pallet Download PDF

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EP0894728B1
EP0894728B1 EP98830319A EP98830319A EP0894728B1 EP 0894728 B1 EP0894728 B1 EP 0894728B1 EP 98830319 A EP98830319 A EP 98830319A EP 98830319 A EP98830319 A EP 98830319A EP 0894728 B1 EP0894728 B1 EP 0894728B1
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    • 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
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    • 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
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  • the present invention relates to a pallet, and in particular to an innovative pallet which is very light and strong.
  • the present invention further relates to a container having a base comprising such a pallet.
  • Common pallets are known to be formed of a rectangular or square platform, generally made of wood, resting on a plurality of parallelepiped-shaped feet, as well generally made of wood. Such feet raise the platform from the ground in order to introduce underneath the horizontal arms of the lifting trucks which perform the uplifting and the shifting of the pallets. The feet have fastened underneath, when needed, some resting bars which provide the pallet with a greater stability in the stacking phase.
  • the object of the present invention is thus to provide a pallet free from such drawbacks, i.e. a pallet which, when made of a plastic material, is nonetheless light and strong. Such an object is achieved by a pallet having its main features specified in the first claim.
  • the pallet according to the present invention is enough light and strong for all the required uses, and moreover the amount of material is such that its cost is particularly competitive, especially when it is made of recycled plastic.
  • the alveolar structure of the platform further allows to produce the pallet by a single piece molding, without this latter having to be subjected to further manufacturing steps.
  • by slightly slanting the side walls of the alveoli it is possible on the one hand to obtain a rake for an easy extraction of the pallet from the mold, and on the other hand to directly provide a through-hole through said walls without further processing.
  • the feet may be provided integral with the platform.
  • Such feet have preferably a downwardly tapered shape with the larger base being open and turned towards the top of the platform. Thanks to this arrangement, it is possible to insert the feet of a pallet into the feet of another underlying pallet and thus to store several pallets stacked on one another, resulting in a smaller bulk and in a greater stability with respect to a stack of known pallets.
  • a further advantage of the pallet according to the present invention consists in the fact that it is provided with mechanical members, such as e.g. seats for the insertion of risers, vertical walls and wheels, which allow to superimpose and transform the pallet into a trolley, an open, half-closed or closed container.
  • the pallet according to the present invention comprises in a known way a platform 1 substantially parallelepiped-shaped, on which the goods to be loaded (not shown in the drawing) may be arranged.
  • a platform rests on a plurality of feet 2 which in the present embodiment are nine, but in other embodiments may be in a smaller or greater number.
  • Feet 2 are suitably hollow and have a downwardly tapered shape with the larger base being open and turned towards the top of the platform.
  • feet 2 are substantially frustopyramidal-shaped, but in other embodiments according to the present invention the feet may obviously have another downwardly tapered shape, e.g. frustoconical.
  • the base of the four feet 2 arranged at the corners of the lower base is preferably provided with a through-hole (not visible in the drawing), wherein a pivot 3, perpendicularly fastened to the axis of an idler wheel 4, may be removably inserted.
  • the four feet 2 arranged at the corners of the lower platform are innerly provided with a frustopyramidal seat (not visible in the drawing), wherein the corresponding tapered end 5 of a riser 6, consisting of a L-shaped section, may be inserted.
  • the base of such an end 5 is provided with fastening means (not visible in the drawing), in order to prevent the riser from accidentally coming out from its seat, as well as with a hole 7 which is aligned with the hole of foot 2 having the riser inserted therein.
  • risers 6 is provided with a pivot 9 which can be inserted in the corresponding hole of the foot of pallet 8 and in hole 7 of the riser, if any, inserted in such a foot.
  • a third pallet as well as other pallets, may be obviously arranged over pallet 8 in the aforementioned way, so as to obtain a multilevel structure.
  • the two pallets superimposed and spaced apart by risers 6 may have inserted therebetween side walls 10 (partially shown), which act so as to transform these pallets into a container closed on one or more sides.
  • side walls 10 (partially shown), which act so as to transform these pallets into a container closed on one or more sides.
  • the edges of platform 1 are provided on the top and on the bottom with grooves 11 and 12, wherein the lower and upper edges of a side wall may be respectively inserted.
  • the side edges of such a side wall are instead rested against risers 6 so as to frame the wall and provide it with stability, as well as to form a closed container.
  • the pallet according to the present invention may further comprise a cover 13 provided of at least a hole 14 at each corner.
  • cover 13 may be closed and provided with holes 14 only at the level of the four corners.
  • Cover 13 besides covering the goods arranged on platform 1, further acts so as to precisely align the four risers 6 before the superimposition of a possible upper platform 8. Thanks to cover 13, the coupling between pivots 9 of risers 6 and the holes at the base of the feet of such platform 8 is thus made easier.
  • cover 13 is provided with perimetral grooves for obtaining a closed container comprising side walls 10, cover 13 and platform 1 as its base.
  • Under feet 2 of platform 1 may be fastened one or more resting bases, in particular three bars 15, through a plurality of teeth 16 which are fitted in corresponding seats provided at the base of the feet.
  • platform 1 of the pallet according to the present invention is suitably formed of a layer of adjacent alveoli 17 being substantially frustopyramidal-shaped with a square base, wherein larger base 18 is open and smaller base 19 is closed, but preferably provided with a round-shaped through-hole 20.
  • Alveoli 17 are suitably arranged in several rows and columns so that the open base 18' of alveoli 17' adjacent to an alveolus 17 is turned towards the opposite side with respect to open base 18 of the latter, thus resulting in a tridimensional chequered structure, with an alternation, total or partial, of open and closed bases.
  • Side walls 21 of alveoli 17, shared with adjacent alveoli 17', are preferably slanted of about 2°30' and are as well preferably provided with a round-shaped through-hole 22.
  • Holes 20 and 22 act so as to lighten platform 1 without compromising its strength and may obviously have any shape, size and number, in so far as the structural features of the pallet allow. Holes 20 and 22 may even be so large as to turn smaller bases 19 and/or side walls 21 into simple frames, obviously provided that platform 1 is not exceedingly weakened.
  • two tangs are provided in the mold at the level of each side wall 21 of alveoli 17, so that, when the pallet is molded, such tangs remove from the side walls two opposite semicircular portions 23 having their ends extending along two slightly diverging straight lines.
  • the two adjacent half-circles, complementary to each portion 23, form the round hole 22.
  • two covers 13 for the pallet according to the present invention may be used for obtaining a container having its lower and upper bases consisting of such covers.
  • the set of covers 13 and side walls 10 (partially shown) inserted in the corresponding perimetral grooves is preferably bound by one or more bands 24 and may be rested on platform 1 of the pallet according to the present invention (shown in broken line).
  • the base of the frustopyramidal alveoli may be not only square, but also triangular, quadrangular, hexagonal, octagonal or otherwise shaped.
  • the alveoli may not only be frustopyramidal, but also prismatic with a triangular, quadrangular, hexagonal, octagonal or otherwise shaped base, even curvilinear, provided that there is anyway an alternation, even partial, of open and closed bases.
  • embodiments of the pallet according to the present invention may be provided with further mechanical members capable of improving their versatility and/or their working.
  • risers 6 may be provided with side holes for the bolting with the adjacent risers of another pallet, so as to fasten to each other two multilevel-pallets arranged side by side.
  • Another embodiment of the pallet according to the present invention may further comprise some supporting tie rods diagonally arranged between two superimposed platforms in order to improve the strength of the combination, or a closing plate to be arranged on platform 1 in order to prevent the goods to be loaded from getting into the alveoli or into the feet thereof.

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