FR2913406A1 - MODULAR SET OF TRANSPORT AND PRESENTATION OF COMBINED PRODUCTS AND HANDLING PALLET MECHANIZABLE TO THE BASE - Google Patents

Abstract

The assembly has an upper platform (2) placed on a pallet base (1) that comprises main central panel extended through lateral panels. End panels are perpendicularly extended, in a large dimension direction from the central panel, through complementary junction panels that are connected to the end panels by articulation plies. Junction panels are folded at 90 degrees and superimposed with a surface of assembling panels after assembling. The assembling panels comprise ends superimposed with an internal surface of the lateral panels after assembling.

Description

The invention relates to a modular set of transport and presentation

  of products to be handled, stored, transported, and presented at the place of sale, composed together, on the one hand, of a pallet partially or entirely made up of volume and assembled mechanically and, on the other hand, of a superposition of trays, trays or other containers constituting superposed shelves spaced and interconnected by spacers contributing to the assembly, the stacking resistance and consistency of the whole. This assembly is made from components made with a semi-rigid sheet material such as cardboard or corrugated board by way of non-limiting example, one or more components may be optionally made of one or more other materials.

  The invention can be applied to the transport and sale of consumer goods, such as food or household boxes or sachets such as cleaning liquids or sponges, or small household appliances or the like. hardware store.

  The invention will be described by taking as an example the representation of an assembly for the transport and sale of confectionery bags. The sachets themselves are of no interest for understanding and will not be represented. FIG. 1 shows a volume view, assembled, ready to be filled, of an assembly comprising a mechanized pallet, an upper floor pallet reinforcement, an optional base for raising, communication and potential reserve of products, shelves containing products for sale and a set of spacers. Figure 2 shows the bottom members of the whole view 1 separated from each other. Figure 3 is a view after setting volume and assembly of the pallet and the upper floor reported.

  Figure 4 is a plan view of the base of the same pallet before setting volume and assembly. Figure 5 is a plan view of a reinforced variant of this pallet base.

  Figure 6 is a plan view of the upper floor attached and complementary to the pallet before folding and placing on the base of the pallet. Figure 7 is a plan view of the same upper floor reported in its version corresponding to the reinforced variant 10 of the pallet shown in Figure 5 Figure 8 is a view of the flat optional enhancement pedestal before setting volume. Figure 9 is a flat view of a form of spacer before setting volume. Figure 10 is a plan view of an exemplary shelf-tray type shelf containing the products to be transported and presented. Figures 11-1 and 11-2 show typical horizontal sections of two variants of the support reinforcements of the pallet base. There are many point-of-sale presentation packaging for food and home distribution network stores such as multi-purpose supermarkets or food and beverage outlets. There are many packages that transport the products in addition to providing the presentation at the point of sale. To do this, these packages are usually based on a pallet that allows handling. This palette is very commonly made of wood, sometimes plastic but rarely cardboard. When this pallet is cardboard, it is usually not volume and mechanically assembled. When this pallet is made of cardboard and mechanically assembled, it is produced on specific assembly lines, which are slow and expensive. The invention allows to assemble the pallet cardboard or other sheet material from existing machines on the market, of current construction and usually for mounting packaging trays such trays for fruits and vegetables.

  This concerns the lowest part of the whole. In the case of so-called 1/2 pallet palletizing modules or 1/4 pallet (because the surface of their upper floor is substantially equal to 800 x 600 mm or 600 x 400 mm while the pallet size most commonly used in Europe for consumer products has a floor of 1200 x 800 mm) it is no longer possible to have the ground connections to the ends of the largest dimension or risk of not being able to pass a pallet truck even narrow under the charge. It is therefore necessary to move one of the ground connections inwards in order to pass the forks of carts or pallet trucks on either side of this link to the ground. By creating an upper floor attached to the previous base structure, but whose length is greater than that of this basic structure, the invention makes it possible at the same time to solve this problem by creating an overflowing part of a side beyond one of the links on the ground, and reinforce the structure in the upper part so that it better withstands the load above and that it is more resistant to the pressure of the forks of forklifts and pallet trucks below. The superposition of the thicknesses also makes it possible to limit the sagging of the floor. There are also many sets of presentation on the point of sale of consumer products based on a palette.

  There are many fewer that allow visibility and accessibility to their content from at least three sides and none can claim in this configuration a cohesion of all components together and with the pallet without additional means of attachment and modular such as we can add or remove shelves without compromising the coherence of the whole. By its system of excrescences and successive recesses, complementary and consistent from the base to the last shelf, the invention provides a solution to the simultaneous constraints described above.

  The assembly shown in Figure 1 after volume and assembly but empty of any content and its lower part shown in Figure 2 comprises: - a pallet base (1) volume and assembled at the manufacturer of the package or in one of its mounting centers 10 - an added pallet top floor (2), - an optional pedestal (3) for raising, communicating and potentially stocking products, its optional inner reinforcement is not shown, - Shelves (4) containing the products for sale 15 - spacers (5) for separating these shelves and secure them.

  According to FIGS. 2, 3 and 4, the pallet base (1) is composed of a central upper part (6) extended on either side of its length by panels (7) to which it is connected by means of hinge folds (8) and extended on both sides of its width by panels (9) to which it is connected by double articulation folds (10). All these panels are substantially rectangular. The central part of this pallet base (6) concretes the upper floor on which the palletised load, which may be a display stand, a succession of shelves or any other stacking or grouping device or simply the products to be transported themselves. The side panels (7) concretize the outer walls of the supports that are vertical after setting volume and assembly. The panels (9) are repeating panels of the upper floor designed to strengthen the resistance. They are in horizontal position and substantially in planes parallel to this upper floor (6) with which they are superimposed after setting volume and assembly.

  The side panels (7) are themselves extended towards the ends of their free edge each by two partial panels (11) with which they are connected by the hinge folds (12). These partial panels (11) are in horizontal position after setting volume and assembly and constitute the contact surfaces of the pallet with the ground at the base of the supports. The side panels (7) are extended in the direction perpendicular to that of the previous extensions (11) by panels (13) to which they are connected by hinge folds (14) and which can be divided into several portions (13 '). , 13 "...) successively connected by hinge folds (14 ', 14" ...) to adopt various configurations constituting variants as shown in FIGS. 11. After placing in volume and assembly, these extension panels (13) constitute the reinforcements supports whose vertical walls (7) and horizontal (11) must be stiffened. To assemble together all these previously described panels, it is necessary to extend them selectively by portions of panels that constitute connecting tabs.

  This is the case of the tabs (15) and (: 15 ') which extend the central panel (6) on either side of its width and tabs (16) which extend the partial panels (11) of the base supports being connected to these partial panels (11) by the hinge folds (17) The lugs (15) and (15 ') are connected to the central panel (6) by one of the hinge folds (10) ) or by a substantially parallel fold if necessary. The tabs (15) and (15 ') have different cutouts to better adapt to the resistance needs (lugs 15) or the reduced passage of the forks of the carriages (lugs 15'). The junction tabs are glued and, after setting volume of the main component (1) of the pallet and bending substantially 90, are partially superimposed on the vertical reinforcing panels (13) which they become integral.

  The ends (13 ") of the assembly panels (13) are glued and, after placing in volume of the main component (1) of the pallet are fixed in partial superposition on the inner surface of the side panels (7), thereby freezing the shape of the support reinforcements at the four corners of the pallet base According to FIGS. 2, 3, 4 and 6, 7, the protrusion (18) which may or may not be centered on the articulation fold (8) , which it shares on one side of the central panel (6), is positioned in a recess (18 'and 18 ") of the second component (2) which is the upper plate reported that it thus contributes to positioning accurately relative to the pallet base acting as a support abutment in the longitudinal direction and centering device in the transverse direction. According to Figures 2, 3, 4 and 8, the recesses (19) of the pallet base (1), straddling the other hinge fold (8) of the main panel (6) with the panel (7) which extends it, allow to receive the locking protrusions (19 ') of the third component which is the optional base (3) which makes it possible to make integral the pallet base (1) and the optional base (3) in combination with the panel (41) abuts on the plate (2) on the opposite side.

  According to FIG. 5, which represents a reinforced variant of the pallet base shown in FIGS. 3 and 4, the vertical panels (7) of the ground supports are extended by substantially equivalent panels (20) and optionally extended themselves by means of substantially equivalent panels (22) successively connected to each other by double hinge folds (21) and (23). After setting volume and before assembly of the pallet base (1), the panel (22) is folded over the panel (20) with which it is superimposed, then the set of two panels (20 and 22) thus folded is, in turn, folded over the panel (7) with which it comes superimposed. The panels (7, 20, 22) forming the main vertical portion of the floor support of the pallet base are located in substantially parallel planes and juxtaposed between them. According to Figure 5 and Figure 11, there is shown a variant of the support reinforcements (13) and their successive extensions (13 ') and (13'). With this variant, the horizontal section of the support reinforcement is no longer in the form called delta shown in Figure 11-1 and in the previous figures 3 and 4, but in the form L shown in Figure 11-2. Indeed, the median portion (13 ') of the support reinforcement extension (13) is folded in a double joint fold (14') on the main part of the same support reinforcement extension (13) before the thus formed assembly is connected to the main vertical floor support panel (7) by means of the ultimate portion (13 ") of the extension (13) pivoting about a double hinge fold (14'1. The protrusion (24) secured to the medial portion (13 ') of the support reinforcement extension (13) is positioned during assembly in the recess (25) contiguous to the hinge fold (14) located between the main central panel (6) and the support reinforcement (13) The purpose of placing this protrusion (24) in the recess (25) is to maintain the juxtaposition of the median portions (13 ') and main (13) of the support reinforcement (13) in substantially parallel planes during the step of volume assembly of the pallet base (1).

  According to Figures 2, 3 and 6, the second component (2) of the assembly is the upper plate of reported reinforcement. This upper plate is composed of two panels (26) and (27) substantially symmetrical and interconnected by double articulation folds (28) which are themselves optionally interrupted by cuts (29) intended to reduce the folding resistance . The setting up and assembly of this upper reinforcing plate component consists in folding one of the two panels (27) on the other (26) to bring them into contact with one another and to superimpose them in substantially parallel planes to form a double thickness and then position this reinforcement plate on the upper plate (6) of the pallet base (1), in contact and in a substantially parallel plane with the central panel (6) of the base pallet by partially superimposing it and leaving the excess surface overflowing on one side only as shown in FIG. 3. The complementary centering and support devices (18), (18 ') and (18 ") previously described and aligned between them, favoring the identification and positioning of the two components (1) and (2) between them, Figure 7 represents a variant of the component (2) adapted to the reinforced version of the pallet base (1) of FIG. The obviously (30) arranged in the panel ( 26) of the upper reinforcing plate (2) then receives the other protrusion (18) extending one of the main vertical support panels (7) of the pallet base (1) near the fold (8) separating the panel central main (6) and one of the main vertical support panels (7). According to FIGS. 2 and 8, the optional pedestal component (3) is composed of an alternating succession of longitudinal panels (31 and 32) and transverse panels (33 and 34) connected by successive articulation folds (35, 36 , 37) and terminated by a connecting tab (38) connected to the previous panel (34) by a hinge fold (39). The lengthwise panels (31 and 32) have approximately the shape of an F which corresponds globally for the parts (31 ') and (32') at the long sides of the riser and for the parts (31 'and 32'1 which extend the previous ones, to the cover of the reinforcements of the vertical supports of the pallet base (13) and the joining tabs (15, 15 'and 16) fixed on these support reinforcements (13). in FIG. 2, this alternating succession of width-and-length-length panels connected by the glued or stapled junction lug (38) connected to the panel (34) by the hinge fold (39) forms a belt of substantially rectangular horizontal section One of the transverse panels (34) is extended by a panel (40) which comes perpendicular to this transverse panel (34) to lock it on the pallet base (1) .This extension panel (40) has the previously described locking protrusions (19 ') who comes nt take place in the recesses (19) of the pallet base (1) to become solid with this pallet base in a first direction. In the other direction in vertical position, the other transverse panel (33) is also extended by a panel (41) whose large free edge (42) abuts on the common edge between one of the panels of main prop (7) of the pallet base (1) and the lower panel of the upper deck (2) thus completing to secure the optional pedestal base (3) with the pallet base (1) opposite the previous lock (19 -19 '). The side panel (33) is connected to its extension (41) by a double articulation fold (43). The side panel (34) is connected to its extension (40) by a single or double hinge fold (44).

  In contrast to the panels (40) and (41), the alternating succession of longitudinal panels (31 and 32) and transverse panels (33 and 34) is extended by a succession of flap panels (45) connected to the previous ones by a broken line of hinge folds (46). At the setting volume and assembly of the base, these panels flaps (45) will be folded and folded horizontally perpendicular to the succession of longitudinal and transverse panels (31, 32, 33, 34). To receive the upper components (4 and 5) of the assembly and to allow their assembly and secure locking directly with the raising base and indirectly with the pallet base (1) and its upper reinforcement plate (2), lights ( 47, 48, 49) are provided in the flap panels (45). These lights are designed to receive the low protrusions (50) of the spacers (5).

  According to Figures 2 and 9, there is shown a form of spacer (5) non-limiting and not restrictive for the invention. This spacer (5) is composed of a substantially rectangular central panel (51) extended by substantially rectangular panels (52 and 53) themselves extended by respective substantially rectangular panels (54 and 55). The variant shown in Figures 2 and 9 has a U-shaped horizontal section, the two panels constituting the end walls (52 and 53) are respectively redoubled by the panels (54 and 55) after setting volume. The central panel (51) is connected to the panels which directly extend it (52 and 53) by hinge folds (56 and 57). The extension panels (52 and 53) are themselves connected to the panels which in turn extend them (54 and 55) by double articulation folds (58 and 59). On one side of this succession of panels (54, 52, 51, 53, 55), protuberances (50) extend these panels to come during assembly to be housed in the lower part in the recesses (50 ') of the spacer below and in recesses (61 and 61 ') of the base of the fourth shelf-like component (4) from below. On the other side of this succession of panels (54, 52, 51, 53, 55) protrusions (60) extend these panels to come during assembly to be housed in the upper part in recesses (60 ') of the spacer above and in recesses (61 and 61 ') of the base of the fourth shelf-like component (4) from above. These devices ensure the assembly of the front half of the set volume.

  For the rear half, the spacers are provided with protuberances (62) which extend these spacers at the level of the dihedrons between the central panel (51) and its immediate extension panels (52 and 53) upwards when the spacer is in position. volume. In the same situation, recesses (62 ') are arranged at the bottom of the spacers also at the level of the dihedra between the central panel (51) and its immediate extension panels (52 and 53). The upper protuberances (62) of a spacer are housed in the corresponding recesses (62 ') of the spacer immediately above and in the recesses (63, 63', 64 and 64 ') of the shelf (4). located immediately above. The spacers (5) which are represented in the form of a cut-out making it possible to form a U with redoubled ends in horizontal section are not the only way to achieve the spacing, the coherence and the stacking strength of the different elements. successive stages of the transport and presentation package. In other applications, parallelepipeds of rectangular section or crosspieces are used.

  The shelf-type components (4) shown in FIGS. 2 and 10 in the form of double-sided trays with end walls and rear splashback are only a non-limiting embodiment of the shelves whose structure itself is not the same. object of the invention and will not be described accordingly. Accessibility by at least three of the sides of the shelf critically depends on the set of spacers, and the functionality of the shelf is to support products without sagging and possibly preventing them from sliding by means of a rim, but there are many known ways to provide solutions to these requirements.

Claims (5)

  1) A modular assembly for transporting and presenting products for handling, storing, transporting, and displaying at the point of sale, made from a semi-rigid sheet material, a set consisting of a part of a base of pallet (1) partially or fully set volume and mechanically assembled and an upper floor reported (2) on this pallet base, and composed on the other hand, an optional base (3), a superposition of trays, trays or other containers constituting superposed shelves (4) spaced apart and interconnected by spacers (5) characterized by: a pallet base consisting of a substantially rectangular main central panel (6), - this main central panel ( 6) is extended in the direction of its greatest length by substantially rectangular side panels (7) connected by hinge folds (8) to this main central panel (6) and extended themselves in s the same direction by partial panels (11) connected to the previous panels by hinge folds (12), and also extended in the other perpendicular direction by assembly panels (13) connected to the previous (7) by hinge folds (14) and divisible into several parts (13 ') and 25 (13 ") by complementary hinge folds (14' and 14'x), - this main central panel (6) is extended in the direction perpendicular, that of its width, by panels (9) of partial doubling of the main central panel (6) to which they are connected by double folds of articulation (10), - this main central panel (6) is extended in the direction of its smallest dimension and near its four corners by complementary junction panels (15 and 15 ') to which it is connected by hinge folds substantially in the continuity of the hinge folds ( 10) Previous repetition panels (9) with this main central panel (6), - partial end panels (11) in the direction of the largest dimension of the main central panel (6) are extended perpendicularly by joined complementary joining panels (16) with the partial end panels (11) by hinge folds (17), - an assembly, by gluing or any other means, after setting volume, junction panels (15, 15 'and 16) bent to 90 and in partial superposition and in substantially parallel planes with a part of the surface of the assembly panels (13), - an assembly, by gluing or any other means, after putting in volume, the ends (13 ") of the panels assembly (13) partially superimposed with the inner surface of the side panels (7).   2) transport and presentation assembly and pallet base (1) according to claim 1, characterized by a second complementary component (2) upper floor type complementary to the pallet base (1) comprising two substantially symmetrical panels ( 26 and 27) interconnected by a double knuckle fold 180 (28) and provided with centering and abutment recesses (18 ', 18 "and optionally 30) complementary to the protruding devices (18) of the other components (1 and   3) and positioned with overhang on one of the four sides of the main central panel of the pallet base (2). 3) Transport and presentation assembly and its pallet base (1) according to claim 1, characterized by a third component (3) complementary type base-risers in the form of junction belt composed of the succession of four side panels (31). , 33, 32, 34) and a connecting tab (38) and extended on one side by complementary assembly and locking panels with the first two components (40) and (41) and extended on the opposite side by a succession of flaps (45) provided with assembly recesses (47, 48, 49) with the spacer-type complementary component (5).   4) transport and presentation assembly and its pallet base (1) according to claim 1, characterized by a fourth component (5) complementary spacer type, U-shaped horizontal section with redoubled ends after setting volume, and composed of a central panel (51) extended by two complementary panels (52) and (5: 3) themselves extended respectively by end panels (54 and 55), this succession being provided with a side of excrescences (50) and recesses (60 'and 62') and, on the opposite side, protrusions (60 and 62) and recesses (50 ') in relation to similar protrusions of the same or similar components (5). in relation to the recesses of the base-riser (47, 46, 49) and / or shelves (61, 61 ', 63, 63', 64, 641.   5) transport and presentation assembly and its pallet base (1) according to claim 1, characterized by reinforcements (20, 22) of the pallet base successively extending the side panels (7) and connected respectively by double folds d successive articulation (21, 23) to the previous panels.