JP2003054558A - Pallet - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a pallet with shelves whose shelf component members are capable of being folded and whose operability is good. SOLUTION: The pallet 10 is provided with shelf component members 30 on a pallet base 11. Each of the shelf component members 30 has a first support 31 and a second support 32, which are provided with a plurality of shelf materials 33 disposed apart at intervals from one another in a longitudinal direction, respectively. Further, the lower end of each first support 31 is supported on the pallet base 11 with a shaft 35 so as to be capable of being flapped, and both the first support 31 and the second support 32 are formed so as to support each other with the aid of a shaft 36 in the vicinity of their respective central portions positioned in their lengthwise directions in such a manner as to be capable of being flapped. Furthermore, each second support 32 is formed so that its lower end is slidable on the pallet base. Thus, the shelf component members 30 are formed so as to be capable of being set in the rising state that they are assembled in a substantial X-shape and in the flatly lying state that they are superposed on one another in a horizontal direction.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a pallet, and more particularly to a pallet having a shelf component for mounting a long object such as a sash shape member on a pallet base.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, a sash frame for forming a sash frame and a shoji screen is manufactured in a factory, the sash frame is transported to a construction site, and the sash frame and the shoji screen are assembled at the construction site. . In such a case, the sash profile, which is a long product, is packed in a cardboard box for each predetermined profile, and the cardboard boxes are stacked on a pallet and placed on the pallet for transportation to the construction site.

If a corrugated board box is used for transporting the sash profile as described above, the corrugated board box becomes unnecessary after the assembly of the sash frame and the shoji and must be treated as waste.

Further, when the corrugated cardboards in which the sash shape members are packed are stacked and placed on a pallet, the required items may not be taken out immediately, and if they are placed in the order in which they should be taken out, it takes time to load them. It will be troublesome. In order to prevent such a situation, conventionally, a pallet in which a plurality of shelves are attached to a gantry has been proposed.

In addition, the above-mentioned pallet provided with shelves requires a loading space when returning an empty pallet to a factory or the like, and a large storage space when storing the empty pallet.

Therefore, a fall-down type pallet provided with shelves has been proposed in order to eliminate the expansion of the storage space.
As shown in FIG. 6, this pallet 100 has a rack 101 having a rectangular shape and two sets of shelf-constituting members 102 provided thereon. In this example, the shelf component 102 includes a first support column 120 having a plurality of shelf members 122 spaced in the longitudinal direction and a second support column 121 having a plurality of shelf members 122 spaced in the longitudinal direction. I have it.

Further, in this example, the first support 120 and the second support 120
The column 121 is supported by the gantry 101 in a substantially mountain shape and is vertically swingable so as to be folded and stored in the gantry 101 in a substantially horizontal posture (Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 2001-180).
(See Japanese Patent No. 676). That is, in this example, the first support column 120
Is pivotally supported on the mount 101 by the shaft 103, and the second support column 121 is pivotally supported on the mount 101 by the shaft 104. In addition, an engaging piece 123 is provided at the tip of the first support column 120 so that the locking groove 124 of the second support column can be engaged. The engaging piece 123 and the engaging groove 124
The first support column 120 and the second support column 121 are supported in a substantially chevron shape on the gantry 101 in a state of being engaged with, and a long object is placed on the shelf material 122. Then, in a state where the load is not placed on the pallet, the engagement pieces 123 and the engagement grooves 124 are disengaged, and the first support column 120 and the second support column 121 are moved downward about the shaft 103 and the shaft 104, respectively. Swing to a stand 1
The pallet 100 is placed at 01, and the pallet 100 is transported and stored in the lying state.

[0008]

However, the above-mentioned conventional pallet has two columns in order to make the first and second columns of the shelf constituting member stand or to lie down. There is a problem that the operability of assembling is not good because they have to be moved separately.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION Therefore, an object of the present invention is to provide a fall-down type pallet provided with shelves having good operability.

[0010]

In order to solve the above problems, in the present invention, the pallet is constructed as follows. The present invention as set forth in claim 1 is a pallet in which a pallet base is provided with a shelf constituent member, and the shelf constituent member is provided with a plurality of shelf members arranged at intervals in a longitudinal direction. And a second strut, and the lower end of the first strut is rotatably supported by the pallet base, and the first strut and the second strut rotate near the central portion in the longitudinal direction thereof. The second column is slidably supported, and the lower end of the second column is slidable on the base. The shelf component is assembled in a substantially X-shaped standing state, and the shelf component is in a substantially horizontal posture. It is a pallet constructed so that it can be installed in a laid-down state.

According to the present invention, since the first strut and the second strut are pivotally supported and can be installed in a standing state and a lying state, when a long object needs to be placed, In addition to assembling the first strut and the second strut into a substantially X-shaped state to stand up and placing the long object on the shelf material, when the long object is lowered, the first strut and the It is possible to transport and store the pallet at a low height by tilting the two columns in a superposed state so that they are substantially horizontal. Further, according to the present invention,
Since the first strut and the second strut are constructed by being assembled in a substantially X-shape, the first strut and the second strut are set at the same time when the shelf constituent members are raised or fallen down. Operable and easy to handle.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, the shelf constituting member according to the first aspect is a pallet formed in two sets along the center line of the pallet base.

According to the present invention, since the shelf constituent members are arranged along the center line of the pallet base, the long members can be carried in and taken out from both sides sandwiching the shelf constituent members. 2 along the center line of the pallet base
Since the sets are formed, the long objects can be stably placed on the two sets of shelf components.

The present invention described in claim 3 is a pallet in which a rolling element that rolls on the surface of the pallet base is provided at the lower end of the second support column described in claim 1 or 2.

According to the present invention as set forth in claim 3, since the rolling element is arranged at the lower end of the second support, the lower end of the second support has the surface of the pallet base on the second support. It can be easily moved along the direction of rotation.

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, the second support column of the first, second or third aspect is a pallet which is fixed to the pallet base by a fixing means in a standing state. .

According to the fourth aspect of the present invention, since the second support column is fixed to the pallet base by the fixing means in the upright state, the shelf component is fixed in the upright state.

According to a fifth aspect of the present invention, the fixing means according to the fourth aspect inserts a pin into a locking hole provided in the pallet base, and the second pillar is provided with a fixing member provided in the pin. It is a pallet that fixes the lower end of the.

According to the fifth aspect of the present invention, the fixing means is simple and the second support can be reliably fixed to the pallet base.

According to a sixth aspect of the present invention, in the shelf material provided on the first support column and the second support column according to the first aspect, when the first support column and the second support column are in a lying state, The shelves provided on the columns are pallets provided so as not to interfere with columns different from the columns provided.

According to the sixth aspect of the present invention, when the first strut and the second strut are laid down, the shelf material provided on both the strut interferes with the strut different from the provided strut. Since it is provided so as not to lie down, the shape of the first strut and the second strut when lying down is not bulky.

According to a seventh aspect of the present invention, in the corner portion of the pallet base according to the first aspect, a high position corresponding to when the shelf constituent member is in an upright state, the shelf constituent member is laid down. A pillar member whose height dimension can be changed is provided in two low positions, and another pallet base is placed on the pillar member in both the high position and the low position. It is a pallet that can be stacked.

According to the seventh aspect of the present invention, even when the rack component is in the upright state and the load is loaded, the rack component is in the lying state and the pallet is returned or stored. Also in the above, the pallets can be stacked and the loading efficiency, transportation efficiency and storage efficiency can be improved.

According to the present invention of claim 8, the pillar member according to claim 7 is mounted on a pillar member base portion standing on a pallet base and on the pillar member base portion so as to be detachable or laid down. It is a pallet composed of a column member extension.

According to the present invention described in claim 8, the structure of the pillar member can be made simple.

[0026]

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION Embodiments of the present invention will be described below. 1 to 5 show a pallet 10 according to an embodiment of the present invention. The pallet 10 according to the present embodiment has a pallet base 11 having a rectangular planar shape, a load protection column 20 that is detachably erected at the four corners of the pallet base 11, and a lengthwise direction of the pallet base 11. It is composed of two sets of shelf constituent members 30 arranged along the axis line. Then, the pallet 10 according to this example has a shelf component member 30.
As shown in FIGS. 1 to 3, the standing position is a state in which a load 40 that is a long object can be placed, and as shown in FIGS. 4 and 5, the lying position is a state in which no load is placed. Can be set to state.

In this embodiment, the pallet base 11 is provided with fork insertion holes 12 and 13 of a forklift on its long side and short side, and at the four corners, the pillar stands. Short columns 14 for installation are erected. A long hole 15 for fixing the pillar 20 and fixing grooves 16 and 17 are formed in the short pillar 14.

Further, in this example, the column 20 is formed of a hollow member having a rectangular cross section, and pins 21 and 22 engaged with the elongated hole 15 and the fixing groove 16 are formed on the front surface (FIG. 1) of the hollow member. On its side surface (FIG. 2), the pin 2 engaged with the fixing groove 17 is provided.
3 is formed.

Therefore, in this example, the pillar 20 can be set in a standing state (FIGS. 1 to 3) and a detached state (FIGS. 4 and 5) on the short pillar 14 standing on the pallet base 11. it can. In addition, the column can be configured to be detachable, and can also be configured to be prone to the pallet base 11.

Further, in this example, the shelf constituting member 30 is provided with a first support column 31 and a second support column 32, and the lower end portion of the first support column 31 is the central portion in the front-rear direction in the middle portion in the left-right direction of the pallet base 11. Is pivotally supported by a shaft 35 and is swingably connected. On the other hand, the first support column 31 and the second support column 32 are rotatably supported by a shaft 36 in the vicinity of the central portion in the lengthwise direction thereof, and the two support columns 31, 32 are substantially X-shaped. To be done.

A roller 37 is arranged at the lower end of the second support column so that it can be easily slid on the pallet base 11. In this example, as shown in FIGS. 1 and 3, the roller 37 is rotatably provided at both ends of a shaft 39 provided at the lower end of the second support column 32.
The lower end of the second support column 32 is smoothly guided in the longitudinal direction of the pallet base 11. In this example, the pallet base 11 is provided with a fixing means which is placed in an upright position to fix the lower end of the second support column 32 to the pallet base 11. In this fixing means, a pin is inserted into the pallet base 11 and the lower end of the second support is fixed to the pallet base 11 with a belt-shaped fixing member provided on the pin. Note that other structure such as a hook can be adopted as this fixing means.

Further, round bar-shaped shelf members 33 are provided on the first support column 31 and the second support column 32 substantially horizontally at intervals in the longitudinal direction. In this example, the shelf 33 has four vertical
Although the number of steps is set, the number of steps can be arbitrarily selected. In addition, this shelf material includes the first support column 31 and the second support column.
When the support columns 32 are in a superposed state, they are arranged so as not to be sandwiched between the two support columns 31 and 32 and outside the support columns 31 and 32. Further, rod-shaped cord hooking portions 38 are provided on the left and right side surfaces of the shelf member 33 at intervals in the longitudinal direction.

Therefore, a plurality of the bound long sash members 40 can be placed between the shelves 33, as shown in FIGS. 1 to 3.

As described above, the plurality of sash members 40 placed on the shelf member 33 are wound around the sash member 40 and the shelf member 33 while hooking elastic string-like members such as rubber on the string hook portion 38. It is concluded by attaching. As a result, the sash profile is firmly fixed to the upper side of the shelf member 33, so that the sash profile 40 does not rattle or drop due to vibration during transportation. Note that the shelf material 33 may be provided with a cushion material such as rubber or soft resin.

At this time, in the state where the pillar 20 is erected on the short pillar 14 which is erected on the pallet base 11, the sash profile 40 can be protected by the pillar 20, and is shown in phantom in FIG. As described above, the other pallets 10 can be stacked and arranged on the erected pillars 20.
The loading efficiency can be increased. In the above-mentioned embodiment, two sets of shelf components are provided on the pallet base, but one set or three or more sets of shelf components may be provided.

Further, in the pallet 10 according to this embodiment, the fixing means for fixing the lower end of the second support column 32 to the pallet base 11 is released, the first support column 31 is swung in the vertical direction, and the roller 37 is provided. While rotating the pallet base 11, the lower end of the second support column 32 is mounted on the pallet base 11 by the shaft 35.
The first support column 31 and the second support column 32 are slid in the direction of, and are laid down as shown in FIG. 4 and FIG. Also, at this time,
By removing the pillars 20 standing on the pallet base 11 and mounting them on the pallet base 11, a plurality of pallets can be transported and stored as shown by phantom lines in FIG. The pallets 10 can be stacked.

[0037]

According to the present invention described in claim 1, the first
Since the support pillar and the second support pillar are pivotally supported and can be installed in an upright state and a prone state, when the long object needs to be placed, the first support pillar and the second support pillar are set up. ,
A long object can be placed on a shelf, and when the long object is lowered, the first support pillar and the second support pillar are laid down in an overlapping state to be transported in a substantially horizontal state at a low height. , Can be stored. Further, according to the present invention, since the first strut and the second strut are assembled and configured in a substantially X shape,
When the shelf component is set up or down, the first strut and the second strut can be operated at one time, and the handling operation is easy.

According to the present invention as set forth in claim 2, since the shelf constituent members are arranged along the center line of the pallet base, the long members can be carried in and taken out from both sides sandwiching the shelf constituent members. You can In addition, since two sets are formed along the center line of the pallet base, long items
It is stably placed on a set of shelf components.

According to the present invention as set forth in claim 3, since the rolling element is arranged at the lower end of the second support, the lower end of the second support is easily provided along the surface of the pallet base. You can move.

According to the fourth aspect of the present invention, since the second support column is fixed to the pallet base by the fixing means in the standing state, the shelf component is fixed in the standing state.

According to the fifth aspect of the present invention, the fixing means is simple and the second support can be reliably fixed to the pallet base.

According to the sixth aspect of the present invention, when the first strut and the second strut are laid down, the shelf materials provided on both the strut interfere with the strut different from the provided strut. Since it is provided so as not to lie down, the shape of the first strut and the second strut when lying down is not bulky.

According to the seventh aspect of the present invention, even when the rack component is in the upright state and the load is loaded, the rack component is in the lying state and the pallet is returned or stored. Also in the above, the pallets can be stacked and the loading efficiency, transportation efficiency and storage efficiency can be improved.

According to the present invention described in claim 8, the structure of the pillar member can be made simple.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a front view showing a standing state of a pallet according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a side view showing an upright state of the pallet according to the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a plan view showing an upright state of the pallet according to the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a front view showing a laid state of the pallet according to the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a side view showing the pallet in a lying state according to the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 6 is a front view showing a conventional pallet.

[Explanation of symbols]

10 pallets 11 Pallet base 12 Fork insertion hole 13 Fork insertion hole 14 Short columns 15 long holes 16 fixed groove 17 fixed groove 20 pillars 21 pin 22 pin 23 pin 30 shelf components 31 First support 32 Second post 33 shelves 35 axes 36 axes 37 Roller 38 String hook 39 axes 40 Sash profile (load)

   ─────────────────────────────────────────────────── ─── Continued front page    (72) Inventor Toshihiro Fukushima             2-5-8 Hongo, Takaoka City, Toyama Prefecture Shin Nikkei Stock Inc.             In the company F term (reference) 3E063 AA16 CA04 EE01 FF11

Claims (8)

[Claims] 1. A pallet in which a shelf component is provided on a pallet base, wherein the shelf component includes a first strut and a second strut each having a plurality of shelves arranged at intervals in the longitudinal direction. The first strut has a lower end rotatably supported by the pallet base, and the first strut and the second strut are rotatably supported in the vicinity of the central portion in the longitudinal direction thereof. The second pillar is configured such that the lower end thereof is slidable on the base, and is in a standing state in which the shelf constituent members are assembled in a substantially X shape and in a lying state in which the shelf constituent members are superimposed in a substantially horizontal posture. A pallet configured to be installed. 2. The pallet according to claim 1, wherein two sets of the shelf constituent members are formed along a center line of the pallet base. 3. The pallet according to claim 1, wherein a rolling element that rolls on a surface of the pallet base is provided at a lower end portion of the second support column. 4. The second pillar is fixed to the pallet base by fixing means in a standing state.
The pallet according to claim 2 or 3. 5. The fixing means inserts a pin into a locking hole provided on a pallet base, and uses a fixing member provided on the pin as the second member.
The pallet according to claim 4, wherein the lower ends of the columns are fixed. 6. The shelf material provided on the first strut and the second strut is such that when the first strut and the second strut are in a lying state, the shelf material provided on both struts is the strut provided. The pallet according to claim 1, wherein the pallet is provided so as not to interfere with a column different from the column. 7. The height dimension of a corner of the pallet base in two states, a high position corresponding to when the shelf component is upright and a low position when the shelf component is down. The pallet according to claim 1, further comprising a column member capable of changing the height of the pallet, wherein the pallet base can be stacked by placing another pallet base on the column member in two states of a high position and a low position. . 8. The pillar member according to claim 7, wherein the pillar member is composed of a pillar member base portion erected on a pallet base and a pillar member extension portion detachably or laid down on the pillar member base portion. The listed palette.