FI100233B - Pallet - Google Patents

Description

100233

Pallet

The invention relates to a pallet intended in particular for the transport and storage of rectangular goods such as beverage baskets, coffee packs, etc. Such pallets have three elongate, parallel legs or rows of legs formed by separate legs.

10 One problem with such a pallet, such as a commercial pallet or a brewing pallet, is that the products loaded on the pallet are in danger of tipping over when the pallets are moved / lifted without the use of separate support members. This problem 15 is particularly pronounced in the case of the use of automatic warehouses, where the use of support members is eliminated because they slow down the loading and unloading operations of the pallets. Figure 1 illustrates the conventional position of rectangular goods loaded on a prior art pallet, from which it can be seen from Figures 20 that the uppermost goods are in danger of tipping over, e.g. due to sudden lateral movements, before securing the goods, e.g. with load straps or various wrappers. The object of the present invention is to improve the usability of such a prior art pallet by improving the packaging of the pallet so that it is easier to tie the load and e.g. in automatic warehouses the load remains more secure when separate fastening members are not used to tie the load.

30 In order to achieve the object of the invention according to the invention. . The stage is characterized by the characteristic of claim 1. . matters presented in the section.

100233 2

An important advantage of the pallet according to the invention is that the risk of the goods loaded on the pallet tipping over is reduced as the opposing goods on both sides of the pallet centerline tilt towards the pallet centerline 5 and then rest more strongly on each other. In addition, by using, for example, a suitable metal material and plate thickness, the weight of the pallet is reduced compared to a wooden pallet. The pallet according to the invention is particularly suitable for metal pallets, but it is also fully applicable to pallets made of other materials, such as, for example, plastic pallets, wooden pallets or various combinations thereof.

The invention will now be described with reference to the accompanying drawings, in which: 1 5

Figure 1 shows a pallet according to the prior art, and

Figure 2 shows a pallet according to the invention loaded.

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Figure 1 shows a pallet 1 according to the prior art loaded with rectangular goods 5.

According to Figure 2, the central leg 3 of the pallet 1 according to the invention is lower than the outermost legs 2, 4, i.e. in the unloaded state (shown in broken lines in Fig. 2) the middle leg 3 is suitably 0.5-5 mm, even more suitably about 1.5-2 mm, detached from the base with the outermost legs resting on the base. When the pallet is loaded with 30 articles 5, the middle leg 3 is depressed downwards, causing the products 5 placed side by side on opposite sides of the middle leg 3 to tilt towards each other, tightening the products more firmly in place on the pallet 1.

For example, in the case of a brewing platform, the pallet load surface 6 is preferably provided with protrusions (not shown) which retain the pallets placed on the pallet against lateral movements 100233 3 and, together with the pallet bending, tighten the baskets firmly in place.

In the case of a metal pallet, the pallet is preferably made in such a way that the outermost legs / rows of legs 2, 4 are formed in one piece with the pallet part 6. The middle leg / leg row 3 is preferably formed as a separate structure, which is connected, for example, by welding or riveting to another pallet-10 field.

Although at present this has not been considered appropriate, the legs / feet rows could also be considered to be implemented in which, in addition to the middle leg / foot row 15, the outermost legs / foot rows are lowered from their longitudinal center so that the platform part can bend downwards in two directions. Such a solution would be most easily implemented with rows of legs formed by separate legs, with the middle legs 20 of each edge row being lowered.

Claims (3)

1. Cargo flange with a flat part (6), under which, within the area of two opposing edges, is a foot extending in the longitudinal direction of the edge or formed by separate feet (2, 4) and one between the edge feet (2, 4) or the foot rows arranged, substantially parallel to them, the middle foot or foot row (3), which is intended for transport and / or storage of rectangular shaped goods, such as bottle baskets, coffee packages, etc., the middle foot / foot row (3) is lower than the outermost the feet / foot rows (2, 4), characterized in that the middle foot / foot row (3) is about 0.5 - 5 mm lower than the outermost feet / foot rows (2, 4), whereby the surface (1) is the loaded flat part (6) at the middle foot / foot row (3) gives downwardly with the goods (5) positioned on opposite sides of the middle foot / row next to each other. Load flap according to claim 1, characterized in that the middle foot (s) (3) is about 1.5 - 2.5 mm lower than the outermost feet / rows (2, 4). Load flap according to claim 1 or 2, characterized in that the outermost feet / rows (2, 4) are integrally formed with the surface (5) of the load.