EP2896577B1 - Structure de support et d'empilement pour réfrigérateurs - Google Patents

Structure de support et d'empilement pour réfrigérateurs Download PDF

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EP2896577B1
EP2896577B1 EP15000076.8A EP15000076A EP2896577B1 EP 2896577 B1 EP2896577 B1 EP 2896577B1 EP 15000076 A EP15000076 A EP 15000076A EP 2896577 B1 EP2896577 B1 EP 2896577B1
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Claudio Fossati
Marco Gallinotti
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • 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
    • B65D21/00—Nestable, stackable or joinable containers; Containers of variable capacity
    • B65D21/02—Containers specially shaped, or provided with fittings or attachments, to facilitate nesting, stacking, or joining together
    • B65D21/0209—Containers specially shaped, or provided with fittings or attachments, to facilitate nesting, stacking, or joining together stackable or joined together one-upon-the-other in the upright or upside-down position
    • B65D21/0215—Containers with stacking feet or corner elements
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • 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
    • B65D19/00—Pallets or like platforms, with or without side walls, for supporting loads to be lifted or lowered
    • B65D19/38—Details or accessories
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • 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
    • B65D2519/00—Pallets or like platforms, with or without side walls, for supporting loads to be lifted or lowered
    • B65D2519/00004—Details relating to pallets
    • B65D2519/00736—Details
    • B65D2519/00935—Details with special means for nesting or stacking
    • B65D2519/00955—Details with special means for nesting or stacking stackable
    • B65D2519/00965—Details with special means for nesting or stacking stackable when loaded
    • B65D2519/0097—Details with special means for nesting or stacking stackable when loaded through corner posts
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • 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
    • B65D2585/00—Containers, packaging elements or packages specially adapted for particular articles or materials
    • B65D2585/68—Containers, packaging elements or packages specially adapted for particular articles or materials for machines, engines, or vehicles in assembled or dismantled form
    • B65D2585/6802—Containers, packaging elements or packages specially adapted for particular articles or materials for machines, engines, or vehicles in assembled or dismantled form specific machines, engines or vehicles
    • B65D2585/6815—Containers, packaging elements or packages specially adapted for particular articles or materials for machines, engines, or vehicles in assembled or dismantled form specific machines, engines or vehicles kitchen devices, including unspecified devices, e.g. Haushaltgeräte
    • B65D2585/6817—Containers, packaging elements or packages specially adapted for particular articles or materials for machines, engines, or vehicles in assembled or dismantled form specific machines, engines or vehicles kitchen devices, including unspecified devices, e.g. Haushaltgeräte refrigerators
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F25—REFRIGERATION OR COOLING; COMBINED HEATING AND REFRIGERATION SYSTEMS; HEAT PUMP SYSTEMS; MANUFACTURE OR STORAGE OF ICE; LIQUEFACTION SOLIDIFICATION OF GASES
    • F25D—REFRIGERATORS; COLD ROOMS; ICE-BOXES; COOLING OR FREEZING APPARATUS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • F25D2400/00—General features of, or devices for refrigerators, cold rooms, ice-boxes, or for cooling or freezing apparatus not covered by any other subclass
    • F25D2400/32—Removal, transportation or shipping of refrigerating devices from one location to another

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  • the present invention refers to a stacking structure for refrigerators, in particular to make it easier to transport and store them, and to a refrigerator equipped with such structure.
  • a vehicle with caisson wherein the refrigerating equipment rests on a flatbed fastened to the vehicle chassis, while side panels capable of being overturned are hinged onto the four sides of such chassis, in order to enable loading and unloading operations
  • a vehicle with carlines which has the same features of the vehicle with caisson, with additionally a structure composed of carlines fastened onto the flatbed, to which a sheet is fastened, thereby forming a load room with sheet.
  • Loading and unloading systems related to the above described distribution services are further known, such as electric trans-pallets with footboard and a double pallet, allowing to simultaneously transport two refrigerating equipment, stacking them and enabling the loading and unloading maneuver on and from a distribution vehicle, offering two lifting heights of 1660 and 2000 mm with a total capacity of about 2000 Kg.
  • the distribution service of such refrigerating equipment is characterized by a high time frequency: the refrigeration equipment are moved from a delivery site to another one frequently, and therefore, during its loading and unloading operations, the equipment are not packaged again, not being thereby able to ensure the integrity of the equipment during its transport.
  • the loading system of the vehicle flatbed implies a high handling cost, since such flatbed loading system cannot be optimized.
  • GB-A-2480673 discloses a supporting and stacking structure for fragile items, particularly windshields, according to the preamble of Claim 1; such structure can be bent over itself to reduce space, and can be opened when working, and is moreover equipped with side restraints comprising a flexible fluid containing device, which are not suitable nor convenient for supporting and stacking heavy objects like refrigerators.
  • Such structure is also lacking a cross-member element having at its ends two plane surfaces in order to realize a recess adapted to insert therein an abutment end of a refrigerator.
  • Object of the present invention is solving the above prior art problems, by providing a stacking structure for refrigerators which allows an optimized and efficient transport and storage of such refrigerators.
  • a further object of the present invention is providing a refrigerator equipped with such stacking structure integrated in the refrigerator.
  • a further object of the present invention is providing a stacking system which enables overlapping the refrigerators without packaging, guaranteeing their integrity.
  • the supporting and stacking structure 1 for refrigerators 2 comprises:
  • the supporting base is made in order to be able to place thereon all types and sizes of refrigerators 2 or refrigerating banks available on the market, and, for such purpose, it must be adjustable according to the refrigerator 2 to be placed thereon.
  • the supporting base is then preferably equipped with a plurality of structural elements, such as, for example, bars, tubes, beams or other suitable ones, mutually interconnected and adapted to compose the basement of the inventive supporting and stacking structure 1; in particular, at least two structural elements of the supporting base are equipped with telescopic operation, while at least two structural elements 13 are arranged perpendicular to such structural elements with telescopic operation (in parallel to the plane of the bottom of the refrigerator 2) and strictly connected thereto, advantageously through at least one cross-member element 12; such cross-member element 12 has at its ends two plane surfaces, one suitable to be connected to the internal surface (with respect to the structure 1) of the structural element 13, and the other one suitable to be connected to a hollow element 11 of the structural element with telescopic operation.
  • the cross-member element 12 thereby makes a recess adapted to have inserted therein an abutment end of the refrigerator 2, and contributes to guarantee the stability of the refrigerator 2 inside the stacking system 1.
  • the structural elements with telescopic operation are adapted to arrange the stacking structure 1 for refrigerators of any size and/or shape and are composed of the hollow element 11 equipped with at least two longitudinal slits 6 arranged along one of its surfaces. Inside the hollow element 11 two elements 11a and 11b are arranged, adapted to slide each with respect to the hollow element 11 which contains them in diametrically opposite directions, favoring the elongation or the shortening of the structural element with telescopic operation: their sliding is regulated by a control element (preferably cylindrical) 14, such as for example a bar with an helical thread, or another suitable element inserted inside the longitudinal slit 6.
  • a control element preferably cylindrical
  • the sliding of the elements 11a and 11b in diametrically opposite directions induces a lateral displacement of two or more bearing and stacking elements 7 along the movement axis of the related elements 11a and 11b, guaranteeing the stability of such stacking structure 1 for every type of refrigerator.
  • the structural elements with telescopic operation can have a first configuration, as shown for example in Figure 2 , in which none of the two elements 11a and 11b slides with respect to the hollow element which contains them; a second configuration, as shown for example in Figures 1 , 6 or 7 , in which both elements 11a and 11b slide with respect to the hollow element which contains them, and consequently also the bearing and stacking elements 7 have laterally moved outwards, favoring the insertion of various types of refrigerators such as refrigerating banks, or horizontal or vertical refrigerators, or other suitable ones; and a third configuration (not shown), in which only the element 11a slides with respect to the hollow element which contains them, favoring the lateral displacement only of a bearing and stacking element 7.
  • the inventive structure 1 in order to guarantee a greater operation sturdiness, can be integrated with a perimeter frame 4, placed around and fastened to the refrigerator 2 and further fastened to the structural elements 5 of the structure 1 itself.
  • fastening elements 3 are also provided, such as for example L-shaped brackets, small blocks or other suitable ones, which are fastened along the perimeter of the refrigerator 2 and are adapted to favor the fastening, on their front surface, of the perimeter frame 4.
  • each fastening elements 3, fastened along the longitudinal side of the refrigerator 2 is equipped with at least one hole 10 adapted to allow the insertion of the substantially vertical structural elements 5 in the perimeter frame 4, as shown in Figure 4 ; only as a non-limiting example, the holes 10 has a square shape.
  • the bearing and stacking elements 7, as shown in the various Figures as a non-limiting example, are composed in the lower part of a frustum-of-pyramid element 9, advantageously with a square base, and on the upper part of a hollow element 8 with parallelepiped shape, advantageously with a square base; the frustum-of-pyramid element 9 and the hollow element 8 are strictly connected in order to form the bearing and stacking element 7.
  • each frustum-of-pyramid element 9 is equipped therein with a recess, advantageously with a square base, adapted to insert therein the upper portion of each structural element 5, allowing the positioning of another supporting and stacking structure 1 above the first stacking structure 1.
  • the structural elements 5, such as for example pillars, small beams, or other suitable ones, advantageously with a square base and preferably equal to four, as shown, are therefore adapted to support the inventive structure 1 and to favor the above stacking of various structures 1.
  • the lower portion of the structural element 5 is inserted inside the hollow element 8 of the bearing and stacking element 7, and the central portion is inserted inside the hole 10 of the fastening elements 3; finally, the upper portion is possibly inserted in the room of the frustum-of-pyramid element 9 of the bearing and stacking element 7 of another structure 1.
  • the refrigerator 2 itself could have been manufactured originally equipped with an integrated supporting and stacking structure 1: in particular, the refrigerator 2 is thereby manufactured already integrated or equipped with the supporting base with its related bearing and stacking elements 7, of the fastening elements 3 and of the related perimeter frame 4 fastened on the front surface of the fastening elements 3, while the structural elements 5 are advantageously placed, as shown in Figure 4 , in a room place below the chassis of the refrigerator 2, through a suitable fastening system.
  • a refrigerator 2 equipped with such stacking structure 1 is thereby arranged for the displacement, for example in a warehouse or among various sales points, through the steps of:
  • the above described structure 1 is suitable to operate with any type of refrigerator (horizontal, vertical, etc.) or with refrigerated banks (as previously shown) or other similar or equivalent machines.

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  1. Structure (1) de support et d'empilage de réfrigérateurs (2) comprenant :
    - un réfrigérateur (2) à soutenir et empiler ;
    - une base de support apte à soutenir la base du réfrigérateur (2) qui peut être réglée dans une direction transversale par rapport à la base du réfrigérateur (2) ;
    - une pluralité d'éléments d'appui et d'empilage (7) du réfrigérateur (2) reliés opérationnellement à la base de support ; et
    - une pluralité d'éléments structurels (5) substantiellement verticaux, reliés opérationnellement aux éléments d'appui et d'empilage (7) qui sont en extension verticale par rapport à la hauteur du réfrigérateur (2),
    où les éléments d'appui et d'empilage (7), en phase d'empilage de plusieurs structures (1), sont aptes à être placés au-dessus d'un élément structurel correspondant (5) d'une autre structure (1) sur laquelle s'effectue l'empilage,
    caractérisée en ce que la base de support est dotée d'une pluralité d'éléments structurels, réciproquement inter-reliés qui sont aptes à constituer le soubassement de la structure de support et d'empilage (1) ; au moins deux éléments structurels de la base de support sont dotés d'un fonctionnement télescopique, tandis que deux éléments structurels au moins (13) sont placés perpendiculairement par rapport aux éléments structurels à fonctionnement télescopique, parallèlement à la base du réfrigérateur (2) et ils sont reliés à ceux-ci à l'aide d'un élément transversal (12) qui est doté à chaque extrémité de deux surfaces plates, l'une servant à se raccorder à la surface interne, par rapport à la structure (1), de l'élément structurel (13) et l'autre servant à se raccorder à un élément creux (11) de l'élément structurel à fonctionnement télescopique ; l'élément transversal (12) réalise ainsi une cavité apte à accueillir une extrémité d'appui d'un réfrigérateur (2).
  2. Structure (1), selon la revendication 1, caractérisée en ce que les éléments structurels à fonctionnement télescopique sont composés d'un élément creux (11) doté au moins de deux fentes longitudinales (6) placées le long d'une des surfaces ; à l'intérieur de l'élément creux (11) se trouvent deux éléments (11a, 11b) glissant chacun par rapport à l'élément creux (11) qui les contient en directions diamétralement opposées pour allonger ou raccourcir l'élément structurel à fonctionnement télescopique ; le glissement de ces deux éléments (11a, 11b) est réglé par un élément de commande (14), de préférence cylindrique, inséré à l'intérieur de la fente longitudinale (6).
  3. Structure (1), selon la revendication 1, caractérisée en ce qu'elle comprend également un cadre périmétrique (4) situé autour et fixé au réfrigérateur (2) mais aussi aux éléments structurels (5) de la structure (1).
  4. Structure (1), selon la revendication 3, caractérisée en ce qu'elle est dotée par ailleurs d'éléments de fixation (3) fixés le long du périmètre du réfrigérateur (2) qui sont aptes à favoriser la fixation, sur la surface frontale, du cadre périmétrique (4).
  5. Structure (1), selon la revendication 4, caractérisée en ce que chaque élément de fixation (3) fixé le long du côté longitudinal du réfrigérateur (2) est doté au moins d'un trou (10) permettant d'insérer des éléments structurels (5) dans le cadre périmétrique (4).
  6. Structure (1), selon la revendication 1, caractérisée en ce que chaque élément d'appui et d'empilage (7) est composé au bas d'un élément tronco-pyramidal (9) et en haut d'un élément creux (8) de forme parallélépipède ; chaque élément tronco-pyramidal (9) possède à l'intérieur une cavité pouvant accueillir la portion supérieure de chaque élément structurel (5), ce qui permet de positionner par-dessus une autre structure de support et d'empilage (1).
  7. Structure (1), selon la revendication 1, caractérisée en ce que le réfrigérateur (2) comprend : la base de support dotée des éléments d'appui et d'empilage (7) ; les éléments de fixation (3) fixés au réfrigérateur (2) ; le cadre périmétrique (4) fixé sur la surface frontale des éléments de fixation (3) ; et les éléments structurels (5) placés dans un logement situé sous le châssis du réfrigérateur (2).
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