FI88358B - Modular safety wall - Google Patents

Abstract

This invention concerns a modular safety wall in which each module consists of a wall panel 5 and a bracket part 8 which is secured to one end thereof, and a shackle-like part 7 secured to its other end. The bracket part 8 comprises a projection 9 with a cross section whose centre line lies at a distance from the edge of the wall panel. The shackle part 7 comprises a recess in which the projection can be arranged and the centre line of whose cross section lies at the same distance from the end edge of the wall panel as the centre line of the projection 9. The walls can be set in three locked positions by means of devices permitting only shape-fitted coupling of the shackle part 7 and the projection 8 of successive modules at -90, 0 or 90 degree angles as seen in the direction of the wall panel. <IMAGE>

Description

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The present invention relates to a modular protective wall structure according to the preamble of claim 1, which is intended in particular for the protection of pallets.

Today, supermarkets aim to avoid transferring products for sale from transport packaging to sales shelves or racks. Many products are brought to the store directly in 10 transport packages, for example on pallets. Reducing product handling reduces the amount of work required in the store and thus staff costs. In particular, promotional products such as coffee, detergents, beverages and stationery are sold directly from the pallets. In the store's 15 warehouses, only the protective wrappers around the pallets for transport and storage are removed and the pallets are then moved directly to the store premises and the customers select the products directly from the pallet. The most commonly used pallets are the standardized EURO pallet (800x1200 mm) and 20 FIN pallets (1000x1200 mm). In addition, a wide range of special pallets are used for the transport and storage of consumer goods.

. ···. Pallets are used several times and are usually 25 dirty and damaged. Pallets are thus aesthetic and reduce the comfort of store premises and * '*. give a messy impression. After removing the transport wrapper, the pallet will not support the products packed on it and the products packed on the pallet may fall or tip over.

: T: It is an object of the present invention to provide a simple; a protective wall to surround the pallets placed in the store premises.

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The invention is based on the fact that the protective wall is formed of wall modules which are connected to each other by a connecting piece which can be set in three positions.

More specifically, the protective wall according to the invention is characterized by what is set forth in the characterizing part of claim 1.

The invention provides considerable advantages.

The main advantage and object of the invention is to make the pallet-10 areas clean and salable. At the same time, the comfort of store premises is increasing. The wall is easy to assemble and disassemble, so pallets can be easily removed from the pallet area and added to it. The shape and size of the pallet areas can be easily changed and the wall can be assembled around all-15 shaped areas. When the wall is made slightly higher than the platform, it supports the products stacked well on the platform. The walls are preferably dimensioned to fit pallets of many sizes. The wall modules can be made of different materials, for example, metal-20 li, plastic, or wood panels. The appearance of the walls can thus be easily adapted to the rest of the store's equipment.

The invention is explained in more detail below with the aid of the accompanying drawings.

Figure 1 is a schematic diagram of a pallet area surrounded by a wall according to the invention.

Figure 2 shows one embodiment of a connecting piece according to the invention in a straight line.

Fig. 3 shows the connecting piece of Fig. 2 turned at a 90 ° angle.

Fig. 4 shows the main parts of the connecting piece of Fig. 2 separated from each other.

Fig. 5 shows a wall module to which the connecting piece according to Fig. 2 is fitted.

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The pallet area placed in the store premises can be, for example, as described in Fig. 1. In order to surround such an area with a wall, the modules consisting of the wall plate 5 and the connecting piece 6 must be able to be placed 10 around the outer corner 2 and the inner corner 3 and successively as a straight wall 4. When doing so, pallet areas of all shapes can be surrounded by a wall. This is possible with the connecting piece shown in Figures 2-4.

The connecting piece 6 consists of a slot part 7 and a projection part 8.

The protrusion 9 of the protruding part 8 fits into the cut in the slot part 7 and the parts are of equal length. In the assembled connector, these parts 7, 8 are fastened to each other by a pin 12 passing through the ends of the slot part 7 and the protrusion 8. At the ends of the protrusion 9, at the upper end of the slot part 7 and at the bottom of the slot, there are plastic pads 10 in the middle. these pads form the mating surfaces between the slot part 7 and the protrusion part 8. Attached to the lower end of the slot portion 7 is a leg 11, the height of which can be adjusted by means of a thread.

25 These parts 7, 8 of the connecting piece are fastened to the opposite ends of the wall plate, thus providing a wall module - “**. le and which are easy to connect.

A protective wall is assembled from the wall modules in the following way-30 Sat. Two consecutive modules are connected by inserting *: the protrusion 9 of the protruding part 8 of the first module into the recess 7 of the slotted part 7 of the next module. Since the protrusion 9 and, respectively, hah-. ··. The cross-section is square, the connecting piece 6 and the wall .... · The visor modules can be placed in only three positions: a straight 35 wall 4, or a 90 ° angle on either side - - * as seen from the center line of one module. The slotted part 7 and k 4 88358 the protruding part 8 are connected to each other by a pin 12 passing through the protrusion 9, the ends of the slotted part 7 and the plastic pads 10, whereby the connecting piece forms a locked form-fitting connection. In Figures 2 and 3, the connecting piece is shown in two different positions. In both positions, the flat surfaces of the slot part 7 and the protruding part 8 face each other, whereby the connecting piece is locked in the desired position.

Since the cross-sections of the protrusion 9 and the slot are the same, the joint 10 is always the same length when it was used as an outer or inner corner. This makes it easy to form the edge surrounding the pallet area by means of a wall according to our invention, because the ends of the modules always fit together when the circuit closes and the edge assembler does not have to think in which order the modules are connected to each other.

In addition to the above, the present invention has other embodiments.

It is essential for the present invention that the dimensions of the slot 9 of the slot part 7 and the protrusion 9 of the protruding part 8 correspond to each other so that the joint always becomes the same length, i.e. the center lines of the slot and the protrusion 9 must be equidistant from the edge of the wall plate 5. In addition, the joint must be form-sealed so that it locks together when assembled into the three positions mentioned above, i.e. in the direction of the wall plate 5 at -90 °, 0 ° and 90 °. The protrusion 9 can be very short, so that it can be located at either end of the protrusion 8. In this case, of course, the slot must be shaped accordingly. The shape closure is most preferably implemented as described in the example, in which the cross-section of the ends of the protrusion 9 and the slot part 7 is square. The projection 9 may alternatively be circular, whereby the cross-section of the pin 12 and the shape of the holes 13, respectively, may be square. The pin 35 12 can be connected to one of the two end parts of the connecting piece, in which case a corresponding 5 88358 shaped hole must be formed in the other part.

The fittings and the wall plates can be made of several different materials and if they are both made of plastic, for example by extrusion, all the parts can be joined into an integrated piece. If the wall plate 5 is, for example, a profiled sheet metal, aluminum or plastic plywood, then it is advantageous that the bodies of the main parts 7, 8 of the connecting piece are also square, as shown, so that they can be easily fitted to the ends of the plate. The modules can be dimensioned to the lengths of the sides of the pallets or can be made of standard dimensions so that the edges of pallets of different sizes can be protected by assembling the length of one edge from several modules.

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Claims (7)

6 88358 A modular protective wall, wherein each module consists of a wall plate (5) and a first connecting piece or protrusion part (8) attached to its first end and a second connecting piece, i.e. a recess part (7) fixed to the other end, characterized by - at least one protruding part (8) ) a protrusion (9) 10, the cross-sectional center line of which is spaced from the end edge of the wall plate (5), - a slit of the slit portion (7) to which the protrusion (9) can be fitted and the cross-sectional center line 15 of which is equidistant from the end from the edge as the center line of the projection (9), and - means for connecting the slot part (7) and the projection part (8) of successive modules to each other only in a form-closed manner in the direction of the wall plate (5) -90 °, 0 ° or 90 ° ° n angle. Protective wall according to Claim 1, characterized in that the length of the wall plate (5) in the longitudinal direction of the module is at least equal to the length of the side of a standard-sized EUR or FIN pallet. Protective wall according to Claim 1, characterized in that the length of the wall plate (5) is selected so that the lengths of both edges of the pallet (1) are approximately evenly distributed over the length of the module, for example the EUR pallet. 35 A wall according to claim 1, characterized in that the connecting members for connection from the form brackets comprise a pin (12) with a square cross-section and correspondingly shaped holes in the slot part (7) and the cantilever part (8). 5 Protective wall according to Claim 1, having a connecting piece consisting of two separate main parts, a cantilever part (8) and a slotted part (7), characterized in that the 10 - cantilever part (8) consists of a body part with a square cross section and at least one square part a protrusion (9), and the slotted portion 15 (7) consists of a body portion having a cross-section and at least one end piece having a square cross-section. Protective wall according to Claim 5, characterized in that there are one projections (9) and two end pieces. • ·. ···. Protective wall according to Claim 5, characterized by the center line of the projection (9) and the center of the end pieces. 25 thighs (13) fitted to the carriage and a pin (12) fitted to these holes, by means of which the main parts of the connecting piece are joined together. »· · • t m • · •« 8 88358