IL27474A - Pallets - Google Patents

Description

S 2 4 0 1 1 Ι Π Ί D n 1 ii 0 S IH HO The present invention relates to pallets upon which goods are loaded for transport or It frequently happens that at the various transfer or storage locations through which goods travel to their final the loading equipment it different from that at other For a truck loading location may use one type of loading while a warehousing location or a ship loading location may use other In such cases the goods c rried by the pallet must frequently be unloaded from the pallet and then loaded onto other pallets which can be handled by the loading equipment at that This increases the handling costs as well as the possibility of damaging the In many pallets commonly used today ace pensive and are therefore returned after the handling charges for shipping the goods being thereby further increased by the costs for returning the many of the pallets commonly used icularly those produced cheaply so as to be discarded at the ultimate destination of the are designed for goods or containers of only certain predetermined dimensions and can be used only with containers of such An object of the present invention is to provide a pallet of a construction which enables it to handled by most or all types of handling equipment that may be f ound at the various locations in the goods pass to their ultimate A further object of the invention is to provide a pallet which can be constructed very and therefore can a d d at the ultimate destination of According to the there is provided a pallet characterized in that it includes a plurality of ladder elements interposed and joined in spaced relationship with respect to each other a top layer of spaced boards extending perpendicularly to the direction of s aid ladder elements and a bottom layer of spaced boards extending endicularly to the direction of said ladder each of said ladder elements comprising a pair of parallel boards one above the other and a plurality of blocks secured between and spaced along ladder As will be morefully described this type of pallet can be handled by most types of loading equipment that may be found at various handling pallets constructed in this manner can produced very and therefore can be discarded at their ultimate According to an optional feature of the the boards of the top layer of the pallet extend past the ladder elements so as to provide an overhang on two sides of the This will also be described further increases the type of handling equipment that may be used with this According to a further the spacing of the boards of the top layer is different from that of the boards of the bottom permitting the pallet to be used on both sides for containers of different Further features and advantages of the invention will be apparent from the description The invention is herein described with reference to the accompanying drawings which by way of example several wherein 1 is a perspective view of one form of pallet constructed in accordance with the 2 is an end view of a modified form of is a perspective view of one ladder element used in the pallet of and 4 is a perspective view of a modified ladder element that may be used in this type of With reference first to the pallet therein ustrated comprises a plurality of ladder elements 2 each of a construction best illustrated in Each ladder element comprises an upper board a lower board and a plurality of blocks 8 secured between and spaced along the Blocks 8 may be secured to both boards 4 and 6 by such as nails or or by but preferably both fasteners and glue are used to form a very strong Blocks 8 are preferably of the same width as boards 4 and but considerably at least three or our times the thickness of these The pallet of 1 is a expendable pallet and includes a plurality of the ladder elements of each in a hollow beam The ladder elements 2 are interposed between and joined in spaced ship respect to each other by a top layer of spaced boards 10 extending perpendicularly to the direction of the ladder and a bottom layer of spaced boards 12 also extending perpendicularly direction of the ladder Boards 10 and 12 may be secured to the ladder elements by fasteners or but preferably by The pallet of 1 can be constructed with very thin boards 10 and and with wide spacings between even for large since the blocks 8 take up a good portion of the These pallets can therefore be constructed very In they can be handled by almost any type of equipment normally for lifting and transporting For a fork lift can enter the pallets from all four and a bridle or from two the fact that the ladder elements take up most of the load permits the top and bottom boards 10 and 12 to be made very thin enabling the pallet to be handled by pallet trucks or pallet the rollers of which can pass through the wide spacings between the top and bottom boards 10 and by providing different spacings between the top and bottom boards 10 and 12 as shown in one side of the pallet may be used for cartons of one dimension or group of and the other side for cartons of another dimension or group of the pallet may be used with containers of a wide range of dimensions compared to previous designs of 2 illustrated a modification of the pallet of wherein the top boards 10 are extended on both sides to provide an overhang on two sides of the This enables the pallet also to be used a straddle As shown particularly in 3 the ladder elements 2 used in the pallet of the upper and lower boards 4 and 6 extend past the end blocks to provide overhang at both ends of each ladder 4 illustrates a modified ladder element wherein the ends of the ladder s as 24 and 26 are flush with the end faces of the end block This requires an additional block being used in the ladder element of 4 compared to three in that of but increases substantially the load that may be carried by the Many other variations and applications of the illustrated embodiment may be made within the scope of the invention as defined in the following 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Claims (7)

HAVIECJ ΠΟ¾ί particularly described and ascertained the nature of uy said invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that vhat I claim is:-

1. A pallet characterized in that it includes a plurality of ladder elements interposed botween, and joined in spaced relationship with respect to each other by, a top layer of sp-ced boards extending perpendicularly to the direction of said ladder elements and a bottom layer of spaced boards extending perpendicularly to the direction of said ladder elements, each of said ladder elements comprising a pair of parallel bovrds one- above the other and a plurality of blocks secured between and spaced along said ladder boards.

2. A pallet according to Claim 1, further characterized in "that the spacing of the boards of said top layer is different from that of the boards of the bottom layer permitting the pallet to be used on both sides for containers of different dimensions.

3. A pallet according to either of Claims 1 or 2, further characterized in that said top boards extend past said ladder elements so as to provide an overhang on two sides of the pallet .

4. A pallet according to any one of Claims 1-3» wherein the ladder boards extend past the end blocks in each ladder element to provide an ovei-hang at both ends of each ladder element

5. A pallet according to any one of Claims 1-3»wherein the ends of the ladder boards in each ladder element are flush with the end faces of the end blocks.

6. A pallet substantially as described xtfi h reference to and as illustrated in Pig. 1 of the accompanying drawings.

7. A pallet substantially as described with reference to and as illustrated in Pig. 2 of the accompanying drawings .