EP2628686A1 - Plastic pallet formed of two half pallet members - Google Patents
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Abstract
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- The present invention concerns a pallet formed of two identical plastic material half pallet members to be assembled to each other in a face to face relationship by interlocking snap-fit latches.
- It is also related to a method for assembling and disassembling such pallet.
- The invention is more particularly but not exclusively related to the domain of wine transport and/or the transport of bottle crates for breweries.
- It is known pallets formed from an upper and a lower elements or decks preferably of identical construction so that both elements can be formed in a single mold, and in which two such identical elements can be assembled to each other in a face to face relationship.
- Examples of pallets of this general type are disclosed in
EP 0 429 498 orEP 1 914 172 - Such pallet allows cheaper moulds because the pallet having two symmetrical parts, such parts are manufactured with the same mould, therefore less heavy and less expensive.
- Furthermore because the two separate parts are smaller than a complete pallet, it is possible to use an injection machine with a smaller clamping force.
- However in order to be sufficiently solid such pallets involve connecting parts between the two halves which should be strong enough to avoid disconnection and to warranty that such connection will be reliable.
- This is the reason why the prior art had generally proposed separate connectors between each decks i.e. the upper deck and the lower deck allowing good connection and reliable one.
- Other types of two parts pallets are connected to each other sufficiently strongly to avoid disconnection but then in a way that the pallet becomes integral and non-disconnectable.
- It is a main object of the present invention to provide an improved pallet formed of two identical halves and a method to assemble and disassemble such pallet in a way that the two separate parts are easily separable or disconnectable.
- This authorizes a possibility to change parts of the pallet without changing the whole pallet, for example in case only half of the pallet is damaged.
- Therefore the entire pallet does not become obsolete.
- Of course as one half of the pallet is older and/or with a different history than the other one, to connect them between each other, involves a very good reliability and standardization of the connection.
- In other words the connecting parts of the oldest element should not be deformed due to its previcus use otherwise it will not be possible to reconnect it with another one for example a new one.
- Furthermore, with the invention, it will be possible to provide a pallet formed of two half pallets injected in two different colors.
- The two colors create a very clean separation of both halves, which renders the middle of the pallet openings very visible for the fork lift driver.
- This leads to less damages cause by the forks of the fork lift.
- The present invention therefore authorizes a greater longitivity for the pallets at a lower cost.
- It will also be possible, for example, to use half pallet members in 100% recycled material, without jeopardizing the strength and/or load supporting ability of the pallet, for instance one half member being in recycled material and the other connected to the recycled one being made from a virgin plastic material and/or in a stronger material by adding, for example, glass fibers.
- For these purposes, the invention mainly proposes a pallet formed of two identical plastic material half pallet members to be assembled to each other in face to face relationship by interlocking snap-fit latches, each of said half pallet members comprising a rigid rectangular main panel having a first lateral side and a second lateral side opposite to said first lateral side around a central axis of the pallet, a plurality of support legs and a plurality of corresponding hollow posts, said support legs and said hollow posts being integral with and projecting from the inner side of said main panel, the distal ends of the support legs of one half pallet being engaged with the corresponding hollow posts of the other half pallet by said snap-fit latches, characterized in that each half pallet comprises a first row of hollow posts disposed on its first lateral side, a second row of support legs disposed on its second lateral side and a third central row of half hollow posts integral with half support legs disposed opposite to said half hollow posts with regard to said central axis of the pallet, and in that the snap-fit latches are formed by protruding parts arranged to snap in corresponding holes and are easily disconnectable with a tool.
- Advantageously the protruding parts are integral and disposed on the support legs.
- In another advantageous embodiment the protruding parts are integral and disposed on the hollow posts.
- Advantageously the two half pallet members are easily disconnectable with a tool at least partially in a form of a knife blade.
- In a specific embodiment, each snap-fit latches include guiding trenches, i.e. for instance a biased trench provided on the superior face of the protruding part disposed in alignment with an access trench disposed on at least a lateral face of one of said corresponding hollow posts or support legs, said trenches being arranged to guide a tool on and along said biased trench for pressing the protruding part out of the corresponding hole, wherein the protruding part is disconnected from the corresponding hollow for separating the two half pallet members from each other.
- Advantageously the protruding parts and the corresponding holes are cylindrical.
- In another embodiment the two half elements are of different colours.
- Advantageously each half pallet member comprises a substantially planar top deck of the main panel for carrying articles and friction elements being mounted in openings in the top deck for increasing the friction between the pallet and any prongs of a fork lift.
- In another advantageous embodiment each friction element extends below the top deck, comprises a top portion forming an upper collar, a bottom portion forming a lower collar and a relatively narrow middle portion between said top portion and said bottom portion.
- Advantageously the main panel is a grating.
- The invention further proposes a method for assembling and disassembling a pallet formed of two identical plastic material half pallet members having interlocking snap-fit latches between each other, each of said half pallet members comprising a plurality of support legs and a plurality of corresponding hollow posts having at least one of said snap-fit latches on their external panels, wherein the two half pallet members are assembled together by snap-fitting of said support legs of one half pallet member with the hollow parts of the other half pallet member in vis-a-vis,
characterized in that a tool is introduced along said external panels between said support legs and corresponding hollow posts for disconnection and repeating said disconnection at each support legs and corresponding hollow posts in order to disconnect entirely the two half pallet members from each other. - In an advantageous embodiment the snap-fit latches comprise protruding parts and corresponding hole, said tool being used for pressing the protruding part out of the corresponding hole, in order to disconnect from the corresponding hollow parts said support legs.
- Advantageously the method of assembling and disassembling two halves members forming a pallet, said halves members comprising a rigid rectangular main panel having a first lateral side and a second lateral side opposite to said first lateral side around a central axis of the pallet, a plurality of support legs and a plurality of corresponding hollow posts, said support legs and said hollow posts being integral with and projecting from the inner side of said main panel,
for assembling said half members, the distal ends of the support legs of one half pallet are engaged with the corresponding hollow posts of the other half pallet by said snap-fit latches,
and, for disassembling said half members, the snap-fit latches being formed by protruding parts arranged to snap in corresponding holes, and including guiding trenches, arranged to guide a tool on and along said trench for pressing the protruding parts out of the corresponding holes, wherein the protruding parts are disconnected from the corresponding holes for separating the two half pallet members from each other by using said tool. - Advantageously all the holes of a same hollow post are disconnected from its corresponding protruding parts of the corresponding support leg simultaneously.
- The present invention will be better understood from reading the following description of a particular embodiment given by way of non limitating example, with reference to the accompanying drawings, wherein :
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Figure 1 is a schematic axonometric view of two half members to be assembled to each other in face to face relationship. -
Figure 2 shows the pallet in perspective formed by the two half pallet members offigure 1 after assembling. -
Figure 3 is an enlarged view of the snap-fit latches of the embodiment of the invention more particularly described here, before connection. -
Figure 4 shows the elements offigure 3 after connection, with a disconnecting tool starting to be engaged. -
Figure 4A is an enlarged view of a section of the snap-fit latches offigure 4 . -
Figure 5 is a perspective view of a tool to be used with one embodiment of the invention. -
Figure 6 is a perspective view of such tool in place after disconnection, of the two half pallet members offigure 1 . -
Figure 1 shows apallet 1 formed of two identical plastichalf pallet members fit latches 4 each of said half pallet members comprising a rigid rectangularmain panel 5 having a firstlateral side 6 and a second lateral side 7 opposite to said first lateral side with regard to a central axis 8 of the pallet. - Each half pallet comprises a plurality of
support legs hollow posts inner side 13 of the main panel. More particularly each half pallet comprises a first row of for example threehollow posts 11 disposed on the firstlateral side 6 and a second row of threecorresponding support legs 9 disposed on its second lateral side 7 and a third central row of three halfhollow posts 12 integral with threehalf support legs 10 disposed opposite to said halfhollow posts 12 with regard to the central axis 8 of the pallet. - The snap-
fit latches 4 are formed by protrudingparts 14 arranged to snap incorresponding holes 15, theprotruding parts 14 being (on the example offigure 1 ) disposed on thesupport legs distal end 16 arranged to cooperate with theinner part 17 of a correspondinghollow post - The
holes 15 are also disposed on theexternal face 18 of thehollow posts parts 14. - In such case, the holes between the two half pallets for instance of two different colours, allows an easy identification for the fork drivers.
- Friction elements (not represented) for instance diagonally disposed allong a diagonal, i.e. six friction elements regularly disposed along said diagonals, allows a better prehension of the pallet by the fork driver, avoiding slippering.
- Such friction elements are advantageously inserted in corresponding holes of the decks, with a mushroom form presenting an upper collar, a narrow middle and a bottom portion to be inamovibly plugged in the decks.
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Figure 2 shows the pallet where the two half pallets are connected together after snap-fitting. -
Figure 3 shows more precisely the snap-fit latch 4 between theupper half pallet 2 and thelower half pallet 3. - The
support leg 9 comprises anupper part 16 which is parallelepipedic, for instance with a section which is squared and comprises interior rigidification panels in order to provide a strong and good supporting leg, saidupper part 16 having anexternal surface 20 arranged to slide along and within the opening 21 of the correspondinghollow post 11, said opening 21 being therefore slidably connected with saidlower part 16 of thesupport leg 9. - The opening 21 comprises on its two
external corner panels 22, respectively on each panel, twocircular holes 15 which are connected to theabove periphery 23 of the opening hole bytrenches 24 of small thickness, for example of a third or half of the thickness of thepanels 22. - This trench goes all along the whole height of the panel across the hole and will serve as guiding rail as it will be explained later.
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corresponding surface 20 of the support legs and more particularly on itsupper part 16 are disposed protrudingparts 14 which are cylindrical pills and arranged to match with theholes 15 when the support leg is introduced in theopening 21, and pushed until when theedge 25 of the upper periphery of theupper part 16 enters in contact with theperiphery 23 of the opening 21 of thehollow post 11. - Meanwhile the protruding parts will slide along the
trench 24 until they snap with thecorresponding holes 15. - The protruding parts are disposed on guiding
ramps 26 with a slop which help to reach holes in order to obtain the connection. - Such ramps are also arranged to cooperate with the
corresponding trenches 24 in the opening 21. - It will now be explained more particularly the way the separation is obtained.
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half pallet 2 is connected to the otherhalf pallet 3 as represented onfigure 4 , theholes 15 are occupied by theprotruding parts 14. - For disconnecting the
tool 28, comprising ablade 29 having anextremity 30 terminated at the end by a small rectangular lamella 31 (parallelepipedic), is introduced within thetrench 24 of theopening 21 between theexternal panel 20 of theleg 9 and the internal panel of the opening. - The extremity of the
blade 29 is slightly sloped in order to favorize its introduction within thetrench 24. - It is introduced in the direction of the protruding part until the extremity also slightly sloped or biased of the
lamella 31 arrives in contact and then pushes such protruding part out of thehole 15, therefore authorizing the disconnection. - This is more clearly appearing on
figure 4A which shows in section how theextremity 32 of thelamella 31 is on the merge to push the protrudingpart 14 away from theinternal panel 32 of the corresponding opening. -
Figure 5 shows a tool to be used in order to make the disconnection according to the embodiment of the invention more particularly described here. - It will be remarked that such tool was to be designed specifically in order to allow the easy disconnection and was not at all existing in the prior art.
- Such tool can be used in several exemplars in order to put out the different protruding parts all together, therefore allowing a complete disconnection of all the hollow posts from the support legs in one time.
- As it can be seen, it comprises a
plate support 33 which can be manually manipulated easily on which are fixed one, two, three or fourtool poles 34 comprising theblade 30 with an extremity which is sloped 35 and which is terminated by thelamella 31 also terminated by anextremity 36 which is sloped. - All these poles can be put in place simultaneously in order to disconnect entirely in one shot one hollow post from its corresponding support legs.
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Figure 6 shows in particular schematically the use of thetool 29 with a pallet of the invention which allows an easy disconnection of thehollow post 11 from thesupport leg 9. - It will now be more particularly described a method of assembling and disassembling two
half members figures 3 ,4 andfigure 6 . - For assembling the half members of the distal ends or
upper parts 16 of thesupport legs 9 of onehalf pallet 3 are placed in front of the corresponding hollow posts and pressed against such hollow post in order to engage their extremities and then come in sliding contact with the interior of thecorresponding opening 21 until the snap-fit latches function and therespective peripheries - For disassembling the half members one from the other, the snap-fit latches being formed by protruding part, the
blades 29 of the tool are introduced in the corresponding trenches and then are pressed, therefore pushing via their lamellas on the surface of the protruding parts and ejecting said protruding parts from the corresponding holes, and therefore obtaining the disconnection by separating the two half pallet members from each other accordingly. - The tool as described is then used in order to allow a disconnection of all the protruding parts from all the holes.
- The different panels are then progressively pushed away from each other and a change of the damaged half member can then for instance be undertaken.
- The present invention is not limitated to the more particularly described embodiment but concerns all other equivalent embodiments and for instance embodiment having support legs and hollow posts which are not parallelepipedic but cylindrical, and/or holes and corresponding protruding parts which are not cylindrical, but rectangular or triangular.
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- A pallet (1) formed of two identical plastic material half pallet members (2, 3) to be assembled to each other in face to face relationship by interlocking snap-fit latches (4), each of said half pallet members (2, 3) comprising a rigid rectangular main panel (5) having a first lateral side (6) and a second lateral side (7) opposite to said first lateral side around a central axis (8) of the pallet, a plurality of support legs (9, 10) and a plurality of corresponding hollow posts (11, 12), said support legs and said hollow posts being integral with and projecting from the inner side (13) of said main panel, the distal ends (16) of the support legs (9, 10) of one half pallet (2) being engaged with the corresponding hollow posts (11, 12) of the other half pallet (3) by said snap-fit latches (4), characterized in that each half pallet comprises a first row of hollow posts (11) disposed on its first lateral side (6), a second row of support legs (9) disposed on its second lateral side (7) and a third central row of half hollow posts (12) integral with half support legs (10) disposed opposite to said half hollow posts with regard to said central axis (8) of the pallet, and in that the snap-fit latches (4) are formed by protruding parts (14) arranged to snap in corresponding holes (15) and are easily disconnectable with a tool (29).
- The pallet according to claim 1, characterized in that the protruding parts (14) are integral and disposed on the support legs (9, 10) and the holes (14) are disposed on corresponding hollow posts (11, 12).
- The pallet according to claim 1, characterized in that the protruding parts are integral and disposed on the hollow posts and the holes on corresponding support legs.
- The pallet according to any of the preceding claims, characterized in that the two half pallet members are easily separable with an adapted tool (28) at least partially in a form of a knife blade (29).
- The pallet according to claim 4, characterized in that each snap-fit latches include guiding trenches (24), i.e. a biased trench provided on the superior face of the protruding part disposed in alignment with an access trench disposed on at least a lateral face of one of said corresponding hollow posts or support legs, said trenches (24) being arranged to guide a tool (28) on and along said biased trench for pressing the protruding part (14) out of the corresponding hole (15), wherein the protruding part is disconnected from the corresponding hollow for separating the two half pallet members from each other.
- The pallet according to any of the precedent claims, characterized in that the protruding parts (14) and the corresponding holes (15) are cylindrical.
- The pallet according to any of the preceding claims, characterized in that the two half elements are of different colours.
- The pallet according to any of the preceding claims, characterized in that each half pallet members comprises a substantially planar top deck of the main panel for carrying articles and friction elements being mounted in openings in the top deck for increasing the friction between the pallet and any prongs of a fork lift.
- The pallet according to claim 7, characterized in that each friction element extends below the top deck, comprises a top portion forming an upper collar, a bottom portion forming a lower collar and a relatively narrow middle portion between said top portion and said bottom portion.
- The pallet according to any of the preceding claims characterized in that surface of the main panel is a grating.
- A method for assembling and disassembling a pallet formed of two identical plastic material half pallet members having interlocking snap-fit latches between each other, each of said half pallet members comprising a plurality of support legs and a plurality of corresponding hollow posts having at least one of said snap-fit latches on their external panel, wherein the two half pallet members are assembled together by snap-fitting of said support legs of one half pallet member with the hollow parts of the other half pallet member, characterized in that a tool is introduced along said external panels between said support legs and corresponding hollow posts for disconnection and repeating said disconnection at each support legs and corresponding hollow posts in order to disconnect entirely the two half pallet members from each other.
- The method according to claim 1, characterized in that the snap-fit latches comprise
protruding parts and corresponding hole, said tool being used for pressing the protruding part out of the corresponding hole, in order to disconnect from the corresponding hollow posts said support legs. - A method of assembling and disassembling two halves members forming a pallet according to any of claim 11 and 12, characterized in that, said halves members comprising a rigid rectangular main panel having a first lateral side and a second lateral side opposite to said first lateral side around a central axis of the pallet, a plurality of support legs and a plurality of corresponding hollow posts, said support legs and said hollow posts being integral with and projecting from the inner side of said main panel,
for assembling said half members, the distal ends of the support legs of one half pallet are engaged with the corresponding hollow posts of the other half pallet by said snap-fit latches,
and, for disassembling said half members, the snap-fit latches being formed by protruding parts arranged to snap in corresponding holes, and including guiding trenches, arranged to guide a tool on and along said trench for pressing the protruding parts out of the corresponding holes, wherein the protruding parts are disconnected from the corresponding holes for separating the two half pallet members from each other by using a tool. - The method according to claim 13, characterized in that all the holes of a same hollow post are disconnected from its corresponding protruding parts of the corresponding support leg simultaneously.
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