FR2458472A1 - RECEPTABLE WITH A PALLET FOR THE TRANSPORT OF GOODS - Google Patents

Abstract

THIS CONVEYOR CONTAINER INCLUDES A PALLET 1 CARRYING A FIXING DEVICE COMPOSED OF TWO FRONT PANELS 2 FOLDING INWARD ON THE FLOOR OF THE PALLET. FRONT WALLS 2 MAY GET CLOSER AND FAR FROM ONE ANOTHER BY SLIDING IN THE LONGITUDINAL DIRECTION OF THE PALLET 1. EACH OF THE FRONT WALLS 2 IS EQUIPPED WITH TRACKS 13 WHICH ARE DIRECTED TO THE MIDDLE OF PALLET 1 AND WHO ARE GUIDED IN THE LONGITUDINAL GROOVES 14 BETWEEN THE BLADES 15 OF THE PALLET FLOOR. THESE TRACKS 13 ARE CONNECTED TO AN ELBOW PLATE 5 WHICH ALSO MAINTAIN FRONT WALL 2 TILTING AND IMMOBILIZABLE. THIS RECEPTACLE OF TRANSPORT ADAPTS TO THE VOLUME OF THE GOODS, WHICH ALLOWS FOR PERFORMING COMPACT LOADS PROTECTED AGAINST DAMAGE.

Description

Transport receptacle.

  The invention relates to a transceiver receptacle

  port with a pallet carrying a fixing device

tion consisting of two front walls that can be folded inwards on the pallet floor.

Such a known transport receptacle is the object

  jet of the Swiss patent 522 538. However, the structure of this receptacle is complex and the cost of its manufacture is

relatively high. It is not very flexible in its use.

  tion and does not adapt in particular to the dimensions of the load. The object of the invention therefore consists in creating a transport receptacle which overcomes the drawbacks

inherent in the known solution.

  1s The problem thus posed is solved according to the

  vention by the fact that the front walls of the dispo-

  attachment can move towards and away from each other by sliding in the longitudinal direction of the pallet, that each of the front walls is in

additionally fitted with rails directed towards the middle of the

  lette and guided in longitudinal grooves of the pallet floor, and that these rails are rigidly connected to an element of the fixing device on which the front wall is mounted so as to be able

  tilt and be able to be immobilized.

The appropriate displacement of the front walls makes it possible to easily adapt the transport receptacle to the volume of the load. By sliding the front walls beyond the ends of the pallet, the load volume can be increased compared to traditional rigid frames, since the loading surface thus exceeds the surface of the pallet. For empty transport, some very simple interventions,

  requiring no particular force, allow

  beat the front walls inwards. Thus folded, the pallets can be either stacked or stored against each other, which reduces the storage area and the volume

transport.

According to an advantageous embodiment of the in-

  vention, the front walls are equipped with telescopic extensions, which allows to adapt the receptacle to the height of the load, Other characteristics and advantages of this

  invention will emerge from the description given below

  opposite the attached drawing, in which: -

  Fig. 1 is a perspective view of a

  standard wooden pallet carrying the fixing device

tion.

Fig. 2 represents the palette of FIG. 1 of which

  the front walls are folded inwards.

Fig. 3 represents a front wall seen

from the end of the pallet.

  Fig. 4 is a side view of the front wall;

tale represented by fig. 3.

  The transport receptacle shown in the

  sin consists of a standard wooden pallet 1 carrying

  a fastening device with two front walls 2.

  These front walls 2 are produced using profiles

square metal hollow sections. They could also

  lemtn 4tre made using plastic profiles-

tick. Two vertical uprights 3 from each of the walls

  frontal 2 are connected in a Divotant and immobilized way

ble to bases 4 forming built-in guides

welded on a bent plate 5.

  The bases 4 constitute a guide element for the lower ends of the uprights 3, which are inserted in these bases 4. For this purpose, the ends

  of these uprights 3 are fixedly held in their posi-

vertical inside the bases 4 by the walls

  6,7 of these bases 4 as well as by the two guide plates

rear dage 8.

  Each base 4 comprises a pivot 9 penetrating into a longitudinal groove 10 formed in the end

lower morants 3.

To fold the front wall 2, it must, in a first stage, be lifted slightly, which

is made possible by the longitudinal grooves 10.

Then, by rotating it around the two pivots 9, it can be folded inwards to come and place itself on the floor of the pallet. The free space 11 between the two guide plates 8 is large enough to allow the pivoting of the lower end

  of the uprights 3. When the front wall is lifted

plate 2, the lower end of the uprights no longer rests on the low walls 7 of the bases 4, which makes

that the recesses 12 made in the bases 4 allow

  these uprights are pivoting inward but

not outward.

  Two horizontal rails 13 welded on the bent plate 5 and directed towards the middle of the pallet are guided in appropriate longitudinal grooves 14

between the blades 15 of the pallet floor 1.

  The mounting of the fixing device on the pallet 1 is carried out as follows. In a first stage, the two front walls 2 are placed on the floor of the pallet in such a way that the rails 13 are housed in the grooves 14. Then, at each end, a transverse beam 16 is fixed using screws 25 from below on the front end of the rails 13. Thus each front wall 2 can slide on the pallet 1 both inwards and outwards, the wooden blocks 17 of the pallet 1 constituting the two stop cleats

  for the transverse beam 16 in its long movement

tudinal and determining at the same time the length of this displacement. In addition to the two hollow sections 39, the front wall 2 has two spacers or crosspieces 18 as well as two additional uprights 19. A telescopic extension 20 slides both in the hollow uprights

  extremes 3 than in the interior hollow uprights 19.

  It can thus be taken out and adapted to the height of the

loading, immobilizing it at the desired height for

before being secured either with locking pins,

  either using appropriate snap-in devices.

In the embodiment considered, the normal loading height is 100 cm, while with the extension raised to the maximum, the loading height

can reach 180 cm.

A simple sliding of the walls makes it possible to adapt them to the load, which represents an undeniable advantage when it is a question of different objects or products. In the case considered, the front walls

can be moved outward over a distance

  this maximum of 25 cms beyond the extreme edges of the

pallet, which makes the loading surface available

  greater than the floor area of the wall

  lette. The goods loaded on the pallet cause a push on the front walls. This thrust causes the front ends of the rails 13 to be pulled upwards and cause the narrow beams 16 to be applied tightly against the underside of the blades 15 of the pallet floor, thereby blocking the walls.

  front 2 in their respective positions.

The lateral support of the load can be

  secured using chains 21 fixed to the uprights by appropriate rings 22, which makes it possible to modify

  the position of the chains in the height direction.

The free end of each of these chains comprises a hook 23 which hooks, as the case may be, either in a

  link in a chain attached to the oppo- front wall

  or directly on this opposite front wall.

  Between the end of the chain 21 proper and the ring 22 is judiciously a spring 24 which

gives the chain elasticity in the stretched position.

  The transport receptacle described above

has many advantages.

  Indeed, its price is very affordable and its manufacture very simple. In addition, it can be easily mounted on a pallet, in particular on a pallet

  standardized railways. To do this, it is enough

fit mounting the front walls on the pallet and screwing the cross beams on the end of the rails. When empty, the transport receptacle is not bulky. Side walls fold easily and effortlessly, stacking or juxtaposing receptacles in a horizontal position

  either in vertical position. Their transport and their sto-

ckage require very little space.

- The offset of the front walls allows to adapt

  gradually the receptacle to the volume of the load.

The latter, thus made more compact, is effectively protected

  cement during transport. The receptacle also fits

in the height direction at the volume of the load-

is lying. The tightening effect caused by the trans-

loading under load gives the receptacle great stability The shape and design of the receptacle meet current working conditions and streamline

ample handling operations.

  A number of additional elements make it possible to adapt the recce # acle to a whole series

specific requirements. So to improve the fixation

lateral side of the load, lateral grids may be used inserted between the front walls. To facilitate the transport of skis, bicycles or clothing effects, etc., it is possible to fix on the telescopic upper part of the front walls, supports fitted with hooks,

spacers, shelves or other suitable elements.

  Thus fixed, these supports would be adjustable in height as required. Of course, the list of these accessory arrangements of the transport receptacle is by no means exhaustive, and still other modifications can be made to the embodiment described,

- in the field of technical equivalences, without deviating

ter of the invention.

Claims (8)

  1.- Transport receptacle including a pallet-   carrying a fastening device consisting of two front walls which can be folded inwards on the pallet floor, characterized in that the front walls (2) can be moved towards and away from each other by sliding in the direction longitudinal of the pallet (1), in that each of the front walls (2) is equipped with rails (13) which are directed towards the middle of the pallet and which are guided in longitudinal grooves (14) of the floor of the pallet and in that these rails (13) are rigidly connected to an element   (5) of the fixing device on which the front wall   tale (2) is mounted so that it can tilt and be able to be immobilized.   2.- Transport receptacle according to resale   dication 1, characterized in that the element of the provision   fixing device is a bent plate (5) which, towards each end, carries mounting elements (4), and in that two uprights (3) of the front wall (2)   are engaged in these elements (4).   3.- Transport receptacle according to the claim   cation 2, characterized in that the lower end of each upright (3) has a groove (10) into which penetrates a hinge pin (9) of the mounting element (4), and in that the -amount (3) can be slightly raised relative to the element (4),   can then pivot around the axis (9). 4.- Transport receptacle according to the claim   cation 1, characterized in that a removable transverse beam (16) is fixed on the free end of the rails (13), in that this transverse beam (16) is located under the blades (15) of the pallet floor (l), and in   what, under the effect of a force exerted by the load-   ment on the front wall (2), the transverse beam (16) is blocked by pressing against the boards (15) of the floor.   5.- Transport receptacle according to the claim   cation 1, characterized in that the extension (20) of the front wall can slide telescopically relative to this front wall (2). 6.- Transport receptacle according to the ie-   cation 5, characterized in that the extension (20) of the front wall can be locked in different positions relative to the front wall (2) using   locking pins or latching devices. properties.   7.- Transport receptacle according to the claim cation 2, characterized in that the uprights (3) are equipped with fixing rings (22) in which   hook chains (21) ensuring lateral support loading. 8.- Transport receptacle according to the claim   cation 7, characterized in that the free ends of the chains (21) carry hooks (23) and in that springs (24) are interposed between the end of the chains and fixing rings (22) .-