IL46754A - A pallet - Google Patents

Description

A NEW The present invention concerns pallets for storing and loading goods anfl for transporting them by means of There are known types of pallets made of wood or metal in many different combinations of Generally the known pallets are of a predetermined only and do not lend themselves to variations in they are generally extremely heavy in order to be strong enough to support their loads and to be lif ed together with them by They easily damaged during the handling which they and therefore must be replaced It is the object of the present to provide pallets which can be easily adapted in are of less weight than known pallets of the same size and whose construction can be adapted to the load they are to It is a further of the invention to provide pallets in which sections can be replaced when and therefore it is not necessary to discard the entire The invention consists in a pallet constituted by at least two metal beams and by a plurality of planks made of plastics and adapted to be threaded onto said beams and having suitable throughgoing openings for engagement by a means being provided for attachment to the ends of said beams to prevent said planks from being unintentionally removed According to one embodiment of the spacers are threaded on said beams between each two adjacent planks to provide a distance between said planks smaller than the units of the load which are to be supported by the The top and bottom faces of said planks and those of said spacers may be embossed in any suitable invention is by way of example in the accompanying shows in a perspective view one embodiment of a finished pallet according to the invention 2 shows likewise in a perspective view a partially assembled The pallet herein illustrated comprises four metal beams 1 of rectangular profile on which planks 2 of plastics are threaded with the interposition of spacers likewise of Each plank constituted by an elongated body whose length corresponds to that the width of the pallet and whose thickness constitutes the height of said The planks 2 provided throughgoing openings corresponding in profile to that of beams At the two ends of each plank reinforcement webs are Between each opening and the one adjacent to each plank has a throughgoing elongated aperture 6 adapted to receive the tines of a lift Each plank is reinforced at one edge of the openings by a peripherieally projectin said at the ends o each plank also encompassing the parts of the plank which includes the planks 2 may be threaded onto beams 1 with the flanges side comprising as the leading one or the trailing as Said flanges 7 may also constitute the spacers in the assembled so that no additional spacers 3 need be Beams 1 are closed near either end with a plate set in from the end and having a central After the planks 2 are threaded onto beams 1 or without the interposition of brackets 8 adapted to fit into the of beams and having at their ends outwardly bent flanges are inserted into the ends of beams 1 and are held therein by means of bolts 10 extending through an aperture 11 in bracket 8 and being threaded into end plate of beam Thereb as can be seen from since flanges 9 extend outwardly from beam the unintentional removal of planks 2 from beams 1 The top and bottom of planks 2 are embossed any desired manner to provide a friction surface for the Spacers may similarly be Spacers may be of any desired length which determined by the space allowable between two adjacent planks 2 of the The spacers lying on the outside of each pallet are reinforced by reinforcements similar to reinforcement 5 of planks whil intermediate spacers require no It is within the scope of the resent invention to provide pallets haying only two beams or more than suitable opening being provided in planks It of understood no matter how beams are provided aperture 6 for engagement by a forklift must be provided in planks The profile of beams 1 may be other than or may be the openings in plank 2 being adapted accordingly and stop brackets 8 being provided of suitable Instead o brackets 8 other insufficientOCRQuality

Claims (3)

1. clamps or the like may be provided at the ends of the beams to prevent removal of the planks therefrom. C LA I M S ; 1. A pallet constituted by at least two metal beams and by plurality of planks made of plastics and adapted to be threaded onto said beams and having suitable throughgoing openings fo engagement by a forkli t, means being provided for attachment to the ends of said beams to prevent said planks fom being unintentionall removed therefrom.

2. A pallet as claimed in claim 1, wherein spacers are threaded on said beams between each two adjacent planks to provide a distance between said planks smaller than the units of the load which are to be supported by the pallets.

3. A pallet as claimed in claim 1 or 2, wherein the top and bottom faces of the planks are embossed. km A pallet as claimed in any preceding claim, wherein the means for preventing said planks from being unintentionally removed from said beams comprise plates provided near the ends of the beams to which brackets with putwardly bent flanges are attached by threaded bolts. 5* A pallet as claimed in any preceding claims, wherein the beams are o rectangular or any othe suitable profile. 6. Pallets substantially as hereinbefore described and illustrated in the accompanying drawings. Tel-Aviv, February 2, 1975. AGENT FOR APPLICANT