EP2888174A1

EP2888174A1 - Pallet for goods to be transported

Info

Publication number: EP2888174A1
Application number: EP13744953.4A
Authority: EP
Inventors: Ralph Dieter Licht
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: LICHT, RALPH DIETER
Priority date: 2012-08-22
Filing date: 2013-07-08
Publication date: 2015-07-01
Anticipated expiration: 2033-07-08
Also published as: DE202012103663U1; EP2888174B1; DE102013103449A1; WO2014029387A1

Abstract

A pallet for goods to be transported (15) comprises a pallet body (2), on which at least one object can be fixed by a fastening means. At least one corner post (3) and/or plate (7) and/or side wall and/or a floor (9) can be arranged on the pallet body (2), or the pallet body (2) is formed at least on the foot side from a circumferential tubular frame (16), the longitudinal and/or frontal frame parts (17) of which are telescopic.

Description

Pallet for transport goods

description

The invention relates to a pallet for goods to be transported comprising a pallet body, which is set up so that an object with a fastening means can be fastened thereto.

Pallets for transporting and storing various items are widely used in transportation and storage. For example, standardized europallets made of wood are known, which are movable with a material handling vehicle such as a forklift or a lift truck. On these pallets a per se any object can be stored and preferably fixed with straps to prevent slippage of the object relative to the pallet during transport. Furthermore, pallets are known which are specially adapted to an object to be transported. From DE 699 25 299 T2 a pallet for coil-shaped objects is known. The DE 20 2006 007 686 U1 describes a transport pallet for rollable cargo.

With such specially designed pallets, however, practically only a certain object can be safely transported, so that a complex storage of different pallets is necessary for different items. Special pallets are also transported as empties because the goods to which they are adapted are usually delivered to a destination only. Furthermore, it is customary to remove the cargo at its destination of a pallet and to attach to a further special recording for in-house transport, for example, for a machining of the cargo.

The invention has for its object to provide a pallet of the type mentioned, which makes it possible to convey different goods to be transported in a simple manner and to store, the goods to be transported securely attachable to the pallet and the pallet itself can be stored and transported to save space.

According to the invention the object is solved by the features of the independent claims.

The subclaims represent advantageous embodiments of the invention.

A pallet for transporting objects comprises a pallet body to which at least one object with a fastener is determined, wherein the pallet body is formed at least the foot side of a peripheral raw frame whose longitudinal and / or front frame parts are telescopic.

Alternatively or additionally, at least one corner column and / or plate and / or side wall and / or a floor can be arranged on the pallet body.

With the optional pallet system, it is now possible to variably adapt a basic pallet in the modular and standardized modular principle to the respective cargo in terms of weight, size and shape.

Since the pallet body is formed at least on the foot side from a peripheral raw frame whose longitudinal and / or end frame parts are telescopic, the pallet body can be increased or reduced in size such that it corresponds to standard dimensions, is adaptable to a locking or locking system, in a transport container or on a chassis, in particular locked in contrast, to transport or to place on a machine table or the like. For size adjustment, the frame parts may be formed in two, three or more parts, of course, the individual sections are lockable, for example, have a grid hole pattern for Einsteckbolzen or screw.

The telescopic tubular frame of the pallet is specially designed for the so-called combined transport traffic, especially for adaptation when changing customs systems and metric systems. The means that a load on a lorry must have a piece size of 2400 mm in width, in the case of a container / sea container a width of 2285 mm is required, for a wagon a width of at least 2850 mm. To compensate for the prior art additional load securing, such as squared timbers, air bags or the like used. With the invention, a simple and rapid adaptation, possibly using spacers or the like, to the different transport systems is possible by the telescoping.

Another idea of the invention is that the pallet consists of a usually flat and / or rectangular or frame-shaped pallet body on which the different objects, such as corner columns, plate, side walls and / or floors, are to be replaceably secured always adapt the pallet to the transported goods. This is on the one hand a safe transport of the

Transport good, such as a sheet metal coil, bulk material, or the like ensured and avoided transport of empty pallets, since the pallets are adaptable to other types of transport goods by a conversion. For example, it is possible to arrange a plurality of trays and / or plates, which are also loaded with goods to be transported, or to remove a tray or a plate with the transported goods fastened thereon from the pallet body and, for example, to supply them to an internal logistics system. It is also conceivable, the pallet body or the floor or the plate with the

Transport goods to be mounted on a processing machine, such as a grinding, milling or boring machine. The pallet body has feet, so that he, for example, with a transport vehicle, is traversable and is provided at least at its four corners, each with a corner pillar. These corner pillars are arranged either releasably attachable to the pallet body, for example in tubular receptacles or the like, or they are firmly connected to the pallet body. In turn, at the corner pillars and / or on the pallet body, one or more objects can be fastened to the pallet as transport goods or plates or trays or the like with fastening means known per se, such as tension straps. Preferably, however, further devices are provided to store any objects and transport them. These other devices, ie the plates, side walls, shelves and / or floors are each substantially adapted to the cargo to secure this to the pallet, in particular positive and / or non-positive, and are preferably formed as described below ,

Of course, it is possible, for example, for transporting a metal roll or a rolled sheet, a so-called coil, or a wire roll, on the pallet body itself and / or the interchangeable bottom projections or the like form or attach to pinch the coil in between and against slipping to back up. Also, the pallet does not necessarily have to be rectangular, but could be triangular with three corner pillars or have some other geometry. Likewise, the range is still movable with a conventional industrial truck. There is the advantage that only the other devices are to be adapted to any object to be transported and thus the stockpiling is substantially reduced.

Due to the exchangeable inserts of the pallet, so-called superstructures, a reuse of the pallet for new piece goods as load carriers is possible. In the same way, the pallet is removable and reusable.

A special transport rack for a product, such as a dashboard, a radiator or fender or the like is used in the prior art only until a model change takes place. Thereafter, the Caddy is replaced by a new Caddy.

With the pallet according to the invention, only a new receptacle has to be mounted.

Preferably, the corner pillars are assigned to the pallet body pivotable and / or telescopic. For example, the corner pillars for space-saving storage of the pallet can be pivoted so that they rest on the pallet body and when they are needed to secure a cargo, a pivoting takes place in an upright position, substantially perpendicular to the pallet body. In this case, a corner column can be pivoted either directly or via an intermediate hinge on the pallet body and / or, for example, to a third or half their height. To adapt to different high objects corner posts are designed telescopic, accordingly For example, the corner column may be varied in length by pulling or pushing together tubular segments. Similarly, extension pieces can be used to increase the height of the corner pillar. It is understood that locking means are provided to lock the corner pillar in their respective position and / or length.

In order to make the pallet body at its top variable in size and yet stable, the corner pillars are spaced from the foot side longitudinally and / or frontally connected to telescopic and / or removable frame members. These can be mounted vertically and diagonally. These are, for example, as in the bottom-side tubular frame to two-, three- or multi-part trained and lockable frame members.

Furthermore, it is proposed that standardized connection means are arranged on the pallet body, preferably at its feet arranged in the corner regions, in order either to connect a plurality of pallets to form a larger unit or to fix the pallet itself to a suitably equipped ground, for example a chassis, in one Transport container, on a machine frame of the like. Likewise, such connecting means may be arranged on the upper side of the corner pillars to connect stacked pallets together. The connecting means, for example for so-called twist locks, are designed for example according to DIN ISO 1 161 as a lock. Of course, it is possible that alternatively or additionally rollers, wheels or the like are arranged on the pallet, in particular by means of the twist locks. The standardized locks are to be arranged at certain intervals and admitted to receive defined loads. The connecting means arranged on the pallet body are twist-lock corners, also referred to as container corners or corner fittings. Such twist-lock corners are known in the art and arranged, for example, on container corners.

According to a further development, the plate and / or side wall and / or the floor is to be attached interchangeably to the corner posts and / or frame parts or frame elements oriented perpendicular to a base area of the plate body. Accordingly, the pallet can be converted into a kind of box, which of course does not have to be completely closed circumferentially. It can also be combined different elements to securely fix the cargo.

Conveniently, the plate and / or the bottom with grooves and / or a perforated grid and / or, in particular retractable, balls or rollers, equipped, for example, a clamping means, such as a strap or clamping screws or fixing bolts or inserts for positive holding of the transported goods to fix. The plates or trays are arranged in particular either parallel to the ground plane of the pallet body on the corner pillars or the pallet body, for example hung or screwed to this, or attached perpendicular thereto between each two corner pillars. The fastening means, for example a tensioning belt, is then equipped at one end with a wedge corresponding to the groove, which is then fixed in its position in the groove by the tensile force applied by the tensioning belt. In the same way, the plates or floors, for example, have a breadboard to tie straps or other Hook or screw fasteners. Is preferably the bottom equipped with rollers or balls, then the cargo can be easily and under a relatively small amount of force spent on the pallet. After lowering the rollers or balls, the cargo is due to its own weight firmly on the ground. The lowering and lifting of the rolling body can be done pneumatically, hydraulically and / or mechanically.

Preferably, the floor is formed by means attached to the pallet body pipe or rail profiles. In this embodiment of the floor, which is an alternative to a plate-shaped floor, fastening elements can be variably fixed, wherein the floor is preferably fastened in those areas of the panel body which are not adjustable for telescoping. For example, the floor may be fixed to middle parts of the longitudinal and / or end frame parts, the middle parts being equipped with extendable end parts in order to change the pallet in the size of its base.

In a further embodiment, fixing means for transporting goods are to be arranged interchangeably on the plate and / or the bottom. The fixing means for the cargo can be kept, for example, in the pipe or rail profiles of the soil, in particular displaceable, or be mounted in a pitch pattern of, for example, plate-shaped bottom.

At the plate and / or the bottom fixer for the cargo are arranged interchangeably. The fixing are chosen depending on the transported goods to be transported and, for example, to the plate and / or the floor arranged. Advantageously, the fixing means comprise a V-shaped tray, which is preferably adjustable for fixing different diameters, and / or tension straps and / or clamping screws or the like. The V-shaped tray is a Coil Roller Impact V-Insert with screening.

According to a further development, legs of the V-shaped tray have T-slots for fixing means and / or can be supported relative to the floor by means of struts that can be adjusted in an adjustable manner. Accordingly, the V-shaped tray can be very variably adapted to different diameters of a transported material, which in turn is held by fixed in the T-slots of the tray fixing means, for example, provided with sliding blocks, support wedges or the like. Preferably, the fixing agents are adapted to the cargo.

Conveniently, fixing means for a plurality of transport goods, preferably different diameters and / or widths arranged. Accordingly, transport goods of very different dimensions can be safely transported with a pallet.

A further embodiment of the devices consists in baskets, preferably made of wire to receive cargo. The baskets or at least one grid wall may be attached to the pallet body and / or to the corner posts. The invention is explained in more detail below with reference to embodiments with reference to the accompanying drawings. It shows:

Fig. 1 is an exploded perspective view of a first

Embodiment of a pallet according to the invention,

Fig. 2 is a perspective view of a first alternative

Embodiment of the pallet according to FIG. 1,

3 is a perspective view of two stacked pallets of FIG. 1,

4 is a perspective view of two juxtaposed pallets of FIG. 1,

Fig. 5 is a perspective view of a second alternative

Embodiment of the pallet according to FIG. 1,

6 is a side view of a collapsed pallet in a third alternative embodiment;

Fig. 7 is a side view of the collapsed pallet after

Fig. 1,

8 is a side view of a pallet in a fourth alternative embodiment, 9 is a side view of a detail of the illustration of FIG. 8,

10 is a first perspective view of the pallet

Fig. 8 and

Fig. 1 1 shows a second perspective view of the pallet

Fig. 8.

The pallet 1 has a substantially rectangular pallet body 2, for example made of metal. At the four corners of the pallet body 2 each have a corner column 3 is arranged, which has a two-part structure according to FIGS. 1 to 7, and segments 3a, 3b comprises, which, as indicated by the row of holes 4, are fixable in different positions relative to each other to change the corner column 3 in its length. Furthermore, the corner pillars 3 are pivotable at joints 5 relative to the pallet body 2 in order to obtain a smaller pack size of the pallet 1 when not in use, for example.

In addition, the pallet 1 has standardized latches 6 at its corners, for example so-called twist-lock corners, in order to be able to connect the pallet 1 with similar pallets 1 or a plurality of pallet bodies 2 for providing an enlarged base area next to one another. The twist-lock Corner also serve to attach the pallet 1 on a chassis, such as a truck, on a machine table for processing the cargo or within a transport container, the distances of the twist-lock corner or twist locks can be standardized , At the corner pillars 3 side plates 7 are mounted in a vertical orientation, which are equipped with a plurality of grooves 8. Furthermore, a plate-shaped bottom 9 is arranged on the pallet body 2, which is also equipped with a plurality of grooves 8. In the same way, plates 7 and bottoms 9 can have a perforated grid 12 in order to fasten a transport item 15 in a positive-locking and / or force-fit manner or to mount a strap. In the example, T-shaped grooves 8 each corresponding wedges, for example, for a tension belt or a tensioning belt can be hung. If this tension belt is then put under tension, an object which is in itself can be looped around and lashed relative to the pallet 1. Depending on the shape and size of course several straps are possible. In principle, a plurality of trays 9 may also be fastened one above the other as intermediate shelves to the corner columns 3, which are each provided with grooves 8 and / or a perforated grid 12 in order to accommodate several

To be able to transport objects one above the other.

In the second embodiment, which is shown in Fig. 2, between the corner posts 3 of the pallet 1, which in turn are arranged on the pallet body 2, a basket 10 is preferably inserted and fastened from wire, or a circumferential wire grid formed. Thus, small parts, general cargo and the like can be stored and transported or as exemplified here a role 1 1, ref. a coil 13 in order to stack the pallets 1, 6 locks 6 are also arranged on the top side of the corner pillars. Further, it is possible to arrange in the grooves 8 of the bottom 9 as fixing means for the coil V-shaped shelves 14 opposite, and preferably adjustable for different diameters.

According to FIGS. 8 to 10, the pallet body 2 is formed on the foot side from a peripheral raw frame 16 whose longitudinal and end frame parts 17 are composed of a plurality of telescoping frame elements 18 which have a hole pattern for fixing, with screws or bolts in bores of the perforated pattern 19 can be used. In middle frame members 18 are each two outer frame members 18 which are coupled to corner elements 20, is used, wherein the respective central frame members 18 serve to support the bottom 9, which is formed from rail profiles 21.

Spaced to the foot side, the corner pillars 3 are longitudinally and frontally connected to telescoping frame members 18, each side being associated with two frame members 18.

On the rail sections 21 of the bottom 9 legs 22 of the V-shaped tray 14 are arranged adjustable in their inclination. The

Legs 22 are supported by means of struts 23 with respect to the bottom 9 and have on their the cargo 15 facing surface T-slots 24 for fixing 25. The legs 22 and the fixing means 25 are adjustable so that a plurality of coils 13 with different width and diameter can be reliably fixed on a pallet 1. The legs 22 are vertically independently adjustable and supported by means of equally independent horizontally adjustable struts 23 relative to the bottom 9. Due to the telescoping of the frame members 18, the pallet 1 in its width and length to different requirements, in particular to different distances of so-called twist locks for the latches 6 in the form of twist-lock corners, adaptable.

LIST OF REFERENCE NUMBERS

palette

pallet body

Corner column with segments 3a, 3b

row of holes

joint

lock

plate

groove

ground

basket

role

breadboard

coil

filing

cargo

tubular frame

frame parts

frame elements

breadboard

Corner

rail profile

Thighs of 14

strut

T-slot

fixer

Claims

claims

1 . Pallet for goods to be transported (15) comprising a pallet body (2) on which at least one object can be fixed with a fastening means, characterized in that the pallet body (2) is formed at least at the foot side from a peripheral raw frame (16) whose longitudinal and / or or end frame parts (17) can be telescoped.

2. Pallet according to the preamble of claim 1, characterized in that on the pallet body (2) at least one corner column (3) and / or plate (7) and / or side wall and / or a bottom (9) can be arranged.

3. Pallet according to claim 1 or 2, characterized in that the corner pillars (3) with a foot side of the pallet body (2) are associated pivotably and / or telescopically.

4. Pallet according to one of claims 1 to 3, characterized in that the corner pillars (3) spaced from the foot side longitudinally and / or frontally with telescopic and / or removable frame members (18) are connected.

5. Pallet according to one of claims 1 to 4, characterized in that on the pallet body (2) and / or on the corner pillars (3) latches (6) are arranged.

6. Pallet according to one of claims 1 to 5, characterized in that the plate (7) and / or side wall and / or the bottom (9) to the perpendicular to a base of the plate body (2) aligned corner pillars (3) and / or frame members (17) and / or frame members (18) is replaceable to attach.

7. Pallet according to one of claims 1 to 6, characterized in that the plate (7) and / or the bottom (9) with grooves (8), and / or a perforated grid (12) and / or, in particular retractable balls or Rolls, is equipped.

8. Pallet according to one of claims 1 to 7, characterized in that the bottom (9) by means of the pallet body (2) fixed pipe or rail profiles (21) is formed.

9. Pallet according to one of claims 1 to 8, characterized in that on the plate (7) and / or the bottom (9) fixing means (25) for the cargo (15) are arranged to be interchangeable.

10. Pallet according to claim 9, characterized in that the fixing means (25) comprises a V-shaped tray (14), which is preferably adjustable for fixing different diameters, and / or tension straps and / or clamping screws or the like.

1 1. Pallet according to claim 10, characterized in that legs (22) of the V-shaped tray (14) have T-slots for fixing means (25) and / or with respect to the bottom (9) by means of adjustable to be fastened struts (23) can be supported.

12. Pallet according to one of claims 9 to 1 1, characterized in that the fixing means (25) are adapted to the cargo (15).

13. Pallet according to one of claims 9 to 12, characterized in that fixing means (25) for a plurality of transport goods (15), preferably different diameters and / or widths, are arranged.

14. Pallet according to one of claims 1 to 13, characterized in that at the corner pillars (3) and / or the pallet body (2) a basket (10) or at least one grid wall is detachably arranged.