JP2007045470A - Pallet and pallet pole - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a pallet capable of being located three-dimensionally with a cargo mounted without a rack or the like prepared. <P>SOLUTION: The pallet includes a base pallet 10 having a loading surface 11, four poles 20 provided at four corners of the base pallet 10, respectively, and extending in the perpendicular direction from the surface 11 of the pallet 10, and pallet saucer 30 provided at the respective upper ends 21 of the four poles 20. The pallet saucer 30 has a receiving region 31 parallel to the loading surface 11 and a flange 32 on the rim of the receiving region 31 farther from the other pole 20 and extending in the direction farther away from the surface 11. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2007,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a pallet for transporting a load and a support column for the pallet.

  In order to efficiently transport packages, pallets are often used by shipping companies and the like. In many cases, pallets on which packages are placed are stored in warehouses or the like. When storing a pallet on which luggage is placed in a warehouse, it is desirable to reduce the installation area as much as possible.

  Therefore, for example, as described in Patent Document 1 below, there is a structure in which columns are provided at four corners of a pallet, a shelf is attached to the column, and a pallet is further placed on the shelf. That is, in this technique, a pallet rack is configured using one pallet as a substrate, and a plurality of pallets can be placed on this rack.

JP 2003-40270 A

  In the technology described in Patent Document 1, when a package is transported from a warehouse to another location, a pallet on which the package is placed is taken out from the rack and transported to a transport destination location. At the transport destination, unless there is a rack of the same type, the pallet on which the load is placed is arranged in a plane.

  In other words, the technique described in Patent Document 1 has a problem in that a pallet on which a load is placed cannot be three-dimensionally arranged when a rack is not prepared.

  The present invention pays attention to such problems of the prior art, and provides a pallet and a pallet post that can be arranged in a three-dimensional manner in a state where a load is placed even if a rack or the like is not prepared. For the purpose.

The invention according to the pallet for solving the above problems is
In the pallet on which the load is loaded,
A base pallet having a rectangular loading surface on which a load is placed;
Four struts respectively provided at four corners of the base pallet and extending in a direction perpendicular to the loading surface of the base pallet;
A pallet tray provided at the upper end of each of the four columns,
With
The pallet trays provided on each of the four support columns are independent of each other, are a receiving portion in which a receiving surface parallel to the loading surface is formed, an edge of the receiving portion, and the pallet tray is A flange portion extending in a direction away from the loading surface is provided at an edge far from a support column adjacent to the provided support column.

Moreover, the pallet support for solving the above problems is
At the four corners of the base pallet having the rectangular loading surface and the rectangular back surface facing the loading surface, respectively, in the pallet support column extending in a direction perpendicular to the loading surface,
A pillar body extending in a certain direction;
Of the both ends of the column body, a pallet tray provided at one end;
Of the both ends of the column main body, a pair of contact pieces that are provided on the other end side and come into contact with the stacking surface and the back surface at the four corners of the base pallet, and the pair of contact pieces A strut attached portion for sandwiching the corner of the base pallet and attaching the strut body to the base pallet so that the strut body extends in a direction perpendicular to the loading surface;
With
The pallet tray includes a receiving portion formed with a receiving surface extending in a direction perpendicular to a direction in which the column main body extends, and an edge of the receiving portion, and the pair of the pallet trays based on the column main body. A flange portion extending in a direction away from the one end portion is provided on an edge opposite to the side on which the base pallet is sandwiched by the contact piece.

  In the present invention, since the pillars are provided at the four corners of the base pallet and the pallet receiving seats are provided at the upper ends of these pillars, the pallet is further placed on the pallet even when the load is placed on the base pallet. Can be placed. Therefore, according to the present invention, even if a rack or the like is not prepared, it can be three-dimensionally arranged in a state where a load is placed.

  Hereinafter, an embodiment of a pallet according to the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

  As shown in FIGS. 1 to 3, the pallet of the present embodiment includes a base pallet 10 having a rectangular loading surface 11, columns 20 provided at the four corners of the base pallet 10, and one end of each column 20. A pallet tray 30 provided in the portion 21; strut attachment portions 40 for attaching the struts 20 at the four corners of the base pallet 10 while extending in a direction perpendicular to the stacking surface 11 of the base pallet 10; And a plurality of cross beams 50 for connecting the middle barrel portions of the support column 20 to each other.

  The base pallet 10 includes a beam member 15 having a groove or rectangular cross section and a connecting member 16 for connecting the plurality of beam members 15 so as to be parallel to each other. The base pallet 10 has a rectangular shape with a thickness, and one surface in the thickness direction forms a loading surface 11 on which a load is placed, and the other surface forms a back surface 12.

  As shown in FIG. 4, the support column 20 is formed of an angle member having an L-shaped cross section, and the above-described pallet tray 30 is provided at one end portion 21, and the above-described support column mounting is provided on the other end portion 22 side. A portion 40 is provided.

  The pallet tray 30 includes a receiving portion 31 formed with a rectangular receiving surface extending in a direction perpendicular to a direction in which the support column 20 extends, and a flange portion 32 provided at an edge of the rectangular receiving portion 31. And have. The flange portion 32 is provided on two sides of the four sides of the rectangular receiving portion 31 that are farther from the other column 20 adjacent to the column 20 on which the pallet tray 30 is provided. ing. Further, the bringe portion 32 extends in a direction away from the other end portion 22 of the support column 20. The column attachment portion 40 includes a pair of contact pieces 41 and 42 that respectively contact the stacking surface 11 and the back surface 12 at the four corners of the base pallet 10. Each of the pair of contact pieces 41 and 42 spreads in a direction approaching the other support column 20 adjacent to the support column 20 on which the pair of contact pieces 41 and 42 are provided. The mutual distance between the pair of contact pieces 41 and 42 corresponds to the thickness of the base pallet 10. The pair of contact pieces 41 and 42 are welded to the corners of the base pallet 10 with the corners of the base pallet 10 sandwiched therebetween. Here, in order to fix the column 20 to the base pallet 10, the pair of contact pieces 41, 42 of the column mounting portion 40 are welded to the base pallet 10, but the column 20 is attached to the base pallet 10. The support column 20 may be fixed to the base pallet 10 by using a pair of contact pieces 41 and 42 and bolts penetrating the corners of the base pallet 10 so that they can be removed.

  As shown in FIGS. 1 to 3, the column 20 is provided with a horizontal beam mounting portion 25, and a mounted portion 51 of the horizontal beam 50 is detachably fitted therein. As shown in FIG. 5, the cross beam mounting portion 25 has a hole 26 extending in the direction in which the column 20 extends. The width of the hole 26 is formed so as to gradually decrease as it approaches the base pallet. Further, as shown in FIG. 6, the attached portion 51 of the cross beam 50 extends in a direction perpendicular to the direction in which the cross beam 50 extends, and includes an insertion piece 52 inserted into the hole 26 of the cross beam attachment portion 25. Have. The width of the insertion piece 52 is also formed so as to gradually become smaller as it approaches the base pallet. As shown in FIG. 7, the horizontal beam 50 is attached to the column 20 by fitting the insertion piece 52 of the horizontal beam 20 into the hole 26 of the horizontal beam mounting portion 25. In this embodiment, the cross beam 50 can be attached to and detached from the support column 20, but the cross beam 50 may be fixed to the support column 20 by welding or the like. However, as described above, when the support column 20 is fixed to the base pallet 10 with a bolt or the like and the support column 20 can be detached from the base pallet 10, the cross beam 50 is also removed from the support column 20 as in the present embodiment. It is preferable to be able to remove it.

  In the pallet of this embodiment, as shown in FIG. 4, the base pallet 10 of another pallet is placed on the four pallet trays 30 of this pallet, so that the pallet 10 , 10 can be arranged three-dimensionally. Moreover, since the flange part 31 is formed in the pallet receiving tray 30, even if there exists an earthquake etc., it can prevent that an upper pallet slip | deviates with respect to a lower pallet. Furthermore, since the cross beam 50 is provided, it is possible to prevent the cargo in the pallet from dropping from the pallet and to increase the rigidity of the pallet having the support column 20.

  In this embodiment, the support 20 is provided at each of the four corners of the base pallet 10 and the pallet tray 30 is provided at the upper end 21. However, when the long side of the rectangular base pallet 10 is relatively long with respect to the short side. Alternatively, a support may be provided in the middle part of the long side, and a pallet tray may be provided on this support. That is, in the present invention, it is not necessary that each of the support column 10 and the pallet tray 30 is four, and may be more than this.

It is a front view of the pallet in one embodiment concerning the present invention. It is a top view of the pallet in one embodiment concerning the present invention. It is a side view of the pallet in one embodiment concerning the present invention. It is a perspective view of the support | pillar, pallet saucer, and support | pillar mounting part in one Embodiment which concerns on this invention. It is a figure which shows the cross beam attaching part in one Embodiment which concerns on this invention, The figure (a) is the top view, The figure (b) is the front view. It is explanatory drawing (before attachment of a cross beam) which shows the relationship between the cross beam attaching part and cross beam in one Embodiment which concerns on this invention. It is explanatory drawing (after attachment of a cross beam) which shows the relationship between the cross beam attaching part and cross beam in one Embodiment which concerns on this invention.

Explanation of symbols

10: base pallet, 11: loading surface, 12: back surface, 20: support, 21: one end of the support, 22: the other end of the support, 25: cross beam mounting part, 26: hole in the cross beam mounting part, 30: Pallet tray, 31: Receiving part, 32: Flange part, 40: Column attachment part, 41, 42: Contact piece, 50: Cross beam, 51: Cross beam attachment part

Claims (9)

In the pallet on which the load is loaded,
A base pallet having a rectangular loading surface on which a load is placed;
Four struts respectively provided at four corners of the base pallet and extending in a direction perpendicular to the loading surface of the base pallet;
A pallet tray provided at the upper end of each of the four columns,
With
The pallet trays provided on each of the four support columns are independent of each other, are a receiving portion in which a receiving surface parallel to the loading surface is formed, an edge of the receiving portion, and the pallet tray is A flange portion extending in a direction away from the loading surface at an edge far from the support column adjacent to the provided support column;
A pallet characterized by that. The pallet according to claim 1,
The column is provided with a cross beam mounting portion,
A transverse beam having a detachable attached portion to the laterally attached attachment portion is provided.
A pallet characterized by that. The pallet according to claim 2,
The horizontal beam mounting portion has a hole extending in a direction approaching the loading surface,
The attached portion of the horizontal beam has an insertion piece that extends in a direction perpendicular to the direction in which the horizontal beam extends and is inserted into the hole.
A pallet characterized by that. In the pallet as described in any one of Claim 2 and 3,
The column is provided with a plurality of the cross beam mounting portions in the direction in which the column extends.
A pallet characterized by that. In the pallet according to any one of claims 1 to 4,
A pair of contact pieces that are provided on the opposite side of the support column from the side on which the pallet tray is provided and that are in contact with the loading surface and the back surface of the base pallet facing the loading surface at the four corners of the base pallet. And has a column mounting portion that sandwiches a corner of the base pallet with the pair of contact pieces,
A pallet characterized by that. At the four corners of the base pallet having the rectangular loading surface and the rectangular back surface facing the loading surface, respectively, in the pallet support column extending in a direction perpendicular to the loading surface,
A pillar body extending in a certain direction;
Of the both ends of the column body, a pallet tray provided at one end;
Of the both ends of the column main body, a pair of contact pieces that are provided on the other end side and come into contact with the stacking surface and the back surface at the four corners of the base pallet, and the pair of contact pieces A strut attached portion for sandwiching the corner of the base pallet and attaching the strut body to the base pallet so that the strut body extends in a direction perpendicular to the loading surface;
With
The pallet tray includes a receiving portion formed with a receiving surface extending in a direction perpendicular to a direction in which the column main body extends, and an edge of the receiving portion, and the pair of the pallet trays based on the column main body. A flange portion extending in a direction away from the one end portion at an edge opposite to the side on which the base pallet is sandwiched by the contact piece,
A pallet post characterized by that. In the pallet support | pillar of Claim 6,
In order to attach the horizontal beam provided with the attached portion, the column main body is provided with a transverse beam attaching portion in which the attached portion is detachable.
A pallet post characterized by that. In the support | pillar for pallets of Claim 7,
The horizontal beam mounting portion has a hole extending in a direction approaching the other end side of the column body, and the opening area of the hole decreases as the other end portion is approached.
A pallet post characterized by that. In the pallet according to any one of claims 7 and 8,
The column main body is provided with a plurality of the cross beam attaching portions in a direction in which the column main body extends.
A pallet post characterized by that.

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