EP1066772A1 - Stucture de support pour des tonneaux de vin - Google Patents

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EP1066772A1
EP1066772A1 EP99500111A EP99500111A EP1066772A1 EP 1066772 A1 EP1066772 A1 EP 1066772A1 EP 99500111 A EP99500111 A EP 99500111A EP 99500111 A EP99500111 A EP 99500111A EP 1066772 A1 EP1066772 A1 EP 1066772A1
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Sebastian Flores
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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A47—FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
    • A47B—TABLES; DESKS; OFFICE FURNITURE; CABINETS; DRAWERS; GENERAL DETAILS OF FURNITURE
    • A47B81/00—Cabinets or racks specially adapted for other particular purposes, e.g. for storing guns or skis
    • A47B81/007—Racks for cylindrical or barrel-like objects, e.g. casks, rolls

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  • the present invention refers to a support structure for barrels, specially devised for application in large wine cellars, to enable the stacking of same, resting in a stable horizontal position, without said barrels having to withstand the weight of those stacked above them, since the support structure has a modular configuration, and is essentially designed to support two barrels arranged collaterally, such that only the support structures, coupled together when stacked, take the weight above them, while the barrels only support their own load.
  • the object of the invention is to achieve a maximum structural simplification of said support structure, with the attendant cost savings, without impairing its functional performance; it allows the handling of the supports with a forklift truck or similar equipment to stack and unstack the support structures; it provides for perfect stabilisation of the barrels and a quincunx arrangement, once the support modules have been coupled together after assembly inside the cellar, thus providing optimum access to any of the barrels.
  • the ageing of wines in barrels involves stacking same in a horizontal position, i.e., with their bases in a vertical plane, such that the lowest row of barrels rests on the floor between parallel beams with a number of chocks suitably placed to prevent any sideways movement, thus achieving the stable positioning of the barrels.
  • the next row has the barrels resting between the barrels in the lower row, in a quincunx arrangement, using wooden chocks to keep them in position.
  • the barrels are thus stacked up to as many rows as required, with the obvious limit of the height of the cellar.
  • the applicant is the holder of the Spanish patent number U9801070, consisting in a support for barrels with a rectangular structure, consisting of longitudinal and transverse sections, onto which are fitted a number of rods for resting the barrels. From this structure, which constitutes the base of the support, there emerge a number of struts or columns from each of its vertices, which constitute the spacing elements for the platform or structure immediately above it in the arrangement of stacked supports and hence stacked barrels.
  • the struts or columns between the various superimposed support structures are in vertical alignment, and so are the barrels. Therefore, if the most efficient use is made of the available space, the barrels in the various superimposed levels are very close to each other, thus making access to same very difficult, both for the purpose of regular cleaning and for the regular transfer of the wine in a barrel to a barrel below, since access to their openings is dramatically reduced due to their proximity. This means that, in order to perform such handling operations, the barrels must be temporarily unstacked, which is a very costly procedure.
  • European patent with application no. 99500085.8 also submitted by the present applicant, describes a support for wine barrels which satisfactorily solves the problem described in the foregoing paragraphs, by means of two intermediate struts, fitted to the middle point of the longer sides of the rectangular support structure, i.e. the front and back sides.
  • This enables the supports to be stacked in an overlapping arrangement, such that any support is positioned astride two supports in the lower row, and hence the rows of barrels also overlap, in quincunxes, such that any one barrel has over it the space between the two barrels immediately above it, which provides optimum access for the former barrel.
  • this support consisting of a base structure made up of longitudinal and transverse sections forming a rectangular base from which there emerge six vertical struts and fitted, both on the front and rear parts, with a number of rods suitably arranged to prevent rolling of the barrels when resting on the platform, is a complex, and therefore costly structure which, furthermore, impairs access to the barrel, since the aforesaid platform is positioned transversally and immediately above the barrels under it.
  • the barrel support featured in the present invention while retaining the advantageous features of the structure described in European patent 9500085.8, has been substantially simplified from a structural viewpoint and at the same time improved from a functional viewpoint, with the attendant advantages as regards cost and handling.
  • said support comprises four saddle pieces, essentially prismatic-quadrangular in shape, featuring on their upper part a transverse opening to accommodate the prongs of a forklift truck or similar device, and on the lower part a downward-facing receptacle for matching together with another support to form a stacking arrangement.
  • each saddle piece a framework of tubes made of metal, like the saddle piece, which framework consists of a lower inverted isosceles trapezoidal part, of suitable dimensions to accommodate the corresponding extremity of the barrel, resting on the middle part of the side sections, and an upper part, consisting of two struts emerging from the ends of the trapezoidal part, parallel to each other and vertically oriented when installed, which allow the barrels to move freely to their resting position and act as spacers between supports; they likewise feature on their free end a rounded shoe piece for inserting in the lower receptacle of the saddle piece of the support immediately above .
  • Said lower receptacle of the saddles tapers upwards, for example with a dihedral profile, and its mouth is of considerable dimensions.
  • this special configuration facilitates the handling of the support, for example with a forklift truck, since there is no need to achieve perfect alignment when stacking the various supports; one only has to position the upper end of each strut within the catchment area of the corresponding saddle piece, such that when the upper support is lowered, it will 'centre' itself on the lower one.
  • the whole support assembly comprises four frameworks, corresponding to the four saddle pieces: two on the front part, linked together by means of their adjacent struts, for example by welding, and two on the rear, fitted in the same manner.
  • the pair of front frameworks is joined to the rear ones by means of cross pieces fitted to the area where the trapezium-shaped parts are joined to the upper struts.
  • the saddle pieces of the support structure provide a perfect base for standing on the ground, as well as a matching coupling with other supports in the stacked arrangement.
  • the barrels rest directly on the frameworks which form part of the support structure, without any need for any additional devices for this purpose, and the formerly used base platform is done away with, since it is the very elements which hold or stabilise the barrels that essentially constitute the structure of the support, thus providing improved access to the upper part of each barrel.
  • Figure 1.- Shows a front elevation view of a barrel support designed in accordance with the object of the present invention.
  • Figure 2. Shows a side elevation view of the same support.
  • Figure 3. Shows a perspective view of the support featured in the previous figures, in this case supporting two barrels.
  • Figure 4.- Shows a lower plan view of one of the saddle pieces making up the support.
  • Figure 5. Shows a cross-section of the saddle piece featured in the previous figure, along the line A-B in said figure.
  • the barrel support described by the present invention comprises four saddle pieces (1), with an essentially prismatic-rectangular shape, featuring a wide upper opening (2), of suitable dimensions to enable it to easily accommodate the prongs of a forklift truck in order to handle the whole support assembly, with or without load; on each saddle piece (1), below the aforesaid opening (2), there is a receptacle (3), with an opening on its underside and tapering upwards, defined, for example, by a number of inner walls (4) forming the lateral surfaces of a quadrangular pyramid.
  • the specific purpose of said pyramid-shaped receptacles (3) in the saddle pieces is to ensure the correct centering of the supports when these are stacked on top of one another, thus ensuring that they are suitably stabilised in a transverse direction.
  • Each saddle piece (1) is joined, on its upper base (5) to a framework consisting of two lower tubes (6) diverging upwards, which make up the first section, having an invented isosceles trapezium shape, of suitable dimensions to accommodate the corresponding end of the barrel (7), such that said barrel rests tangentially on the middle part of the aforesaid tubes (6), which may be reinforced in their lower part by means of a crosspiece (8), and whose upper ends (9) have a spacing slightly greater than the maximum diameter of the barrels (7) for which the support has been designed; onto the upper end (9) of the diverging tubes (6) are fitted other tubes (10) which rise vertically, parallel to each other, having at their free end a rounded appendix (11), such that these vertical tubes (10) act as spacers in the barrel stacking arrangement.
  • these tubes must be of a suitable length so that, together with the height of the saddle pieces (1) the supports, and hence the barrels, are stacked with a suitable vertical spacing between them.
  • Each saddle piece (1), with its framework (6-10) is fitted in a coplanar fashion to another identical assembly, since the support is designed to accommodate two barrels (7), and these two frameworks with their saddle pieces, located, for example, at the front of the support, is joined to another pair of frameworks at the rear, by means of a number of crosspieces (12) suitably fitted onto the angle points (9) of said frameworks, the length of the crosspieces being approximately the same as that of the longitudinal axis of the barrels (7), such that the barrel ends may rest on the respective frameworks (6).
  • Such a design provides a support structure with four saddle pieces (1), which may be resting directly on the floor, providing perfect stability to the support structure and its load, and further enabling the easy stacking of said supports, by coupling the free upper end of the vertical tubes (10) with the saddle pieces (1) of the supports on top of them, which saddles have openings of great size and provide for perfect self-centering, thanks to the receptacles (3) in the saddle pieces having the shape of a truncated pyramid or another similar shape, as well as perfect transverse stability, since the supports fit in an transversally overlapping arrangement, which leads to the same overlap between adjacent rows of barrels (7) such that there is optimum access to the upper part of each barrel, not only because of its being laterally offset relative to the barrels immediately above, it, but also because the actual support does not hinder access to said upper part of the barrel, which is left essentially clear, thanks to the shape of the support structure and more specifically the wide triangular space (13) between each pair of frameworks (6) of the support.

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EP19990500111 EP1066772B1 (fr) 1999-07-06 1999-07-06 Structure de support pour des tonneaux de vin
PT99500111T PT1066772E (pt) 1999-07-06 1999-07-06 Suporte para pipas
DE1999606499 DE69906499T2 (de) 1999-07-06 1999-07-06 Tragstruktur für Weinfässer
ES99500111T ES2169713T3 (es) 1999-07-06 1999-07-06 Soporte para barricas.
US09/535,094 US6360903B1 (en) 1999-05-26 2000-03-24 Support for casks
US10/094,164 US6523706B2 (en) 1999-05-26 2002-03-08 Support for casks
US10/094,107 US6536612B2 (en) 1999-05-26 2002-03-08 Support for casks

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EP1582480A1 (fr) * 2003-11-13 2005-10-05 Sagarte S.A. Support de fût
US7044311B2 (en) 2003-11-13 2006-05-16 Sagarte, S.A. Cask support
WO2018015596A1 (fr) * 2016-07-21 2018-01-25 Alsilo Almacena Y Fluye, S.L. Dispositif de support pour barriques
US20210315379A1 (en) * 2020-04-08 2021-10-14 Koetter-Rax, Llc Modular storage system for barrels

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ES2251319B1 (es) 2004-10-15 2007-03-16 Luis Gracia Sistemas, S.L. Dispositivo modular para el soporte de barricas.
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DE1191543B (de) * 1959-04-21 1965-04-22 Victor Gresser Traggeruest zur Aufhaengung eines waagerecht angeordneten zylindrischen Behaelters, insbesondere fuer Bier oder Most
DE2006033A1 (de) * 1969-02-12 1970-09-03 Jos. Dyson & Sons, Inc., Eastlake, Ohio (V.St.A.) Lagergestell-Konstruktion
US3590752A (en) * 1969-02-19 1971-07-06 Thomas N De Pew Loading rack
FR2688127A1 (fr) * 1992-03-05 1993-09-10 David Ets Georges Casier pour le rangement des bouteilles.
US5466115A (en) * 1992-01-17 1995-11-14 Harvest Fuel, Inc. Feed barrel
EP1057735A1 (fr) 1999-05-26 2000-12-06 Sagarte S.A. Support pour fûts

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DE1191543B (de) * 1959-04-21 1965-04-22 Victor Gresser Traggeruest zur Aufhaengung eines waagerecht angeordneten zylindrischen Behaelters, insbesondere fuer Bier oder Most
DE2006033A1 (de) * 1969-02-12 1970-09-03 Jos. Dyson & Sons, Inc., Eastlake, Ohio (V.St.A.) Lagergestell-Konstruktion
US3590752A (en) * 1969-02-19 1971-07-06 Thomas N De Pew Loading rack
US5466115A (en) * 1992-01-17 1995-11-14 Harvest Fuel, Inc. Feed barrel
FR2688127A1 (fr) * 1992-03-05 1993-09-10 David Ets Georges Casier pour le rangement des bouteilles.
EP1057735A1 (fr) 1999-05-26 2000-12-06 Sagarte S.A. Support pour fûts

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EP1582480A1 (fr) * 2003-11-13 2005-10-05 Sagarte S.A. Support de fût
US7044311B2 (en) 2003-11-13 2006-05-16 Sagarte, S.A. Cask support
WO2018015596A1 (fr) * 2016-07-21 2018-01-25 Alsilo Almacena Y Fluye, S.L. Dispositif de support pour barriques
US20210315379A1 (en) * 2020-04-08 2021-10-14 Koetter-Rax, Llc Modular storage system for barrels
US11974667B2 (en) * 2020-04-08 2024-05-07 Koetter-Rax, Llc Modular storage system for barrels

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