JP2007308169A - Pallet for transporting plate - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a pallet for transporting a plate which can conveniently fix plate-like members with a plurality of kinds of shapes and dimensions and has high versatility. <P>SOLUTION: This pallet 1 is equipped with a placing part 20 forming a placing region 20a for placing plate-like articles to be transported, rails 30 arranged along a face containing the placing region 20a and along a direction toward the outside from the inside of the placing region 20a, and stoppers 40 constituted so as to slide along the rails 30, and to be fixed at arbitrary position on the rails 30, and having holding parts 41 extending from the face containing the placing region 20a in a direction intersecting the face. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2008,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a plate carrying pallet.

  Conventionally, when transporting a relatively large and heavy plate member such as a steel plate in a factory or the like, such a plate member is placed on a pallet and transported by a forklift or the like. ing. Since this conventional technique is not related to the literature known invention, FIG. 7 shows a conventional plate transportation pallet.

  The pallet 100 shown in FIG. 7 is fixed by welding by combining a plurality of lower frames 91 and a plurality of upper frames 92 in a vertical pattern. The plate-like member is placed on the upper frame 92 and bound with a wire or the like.

  A plate-like member such as a steel plate has various shapes and sizes depending on the application. A conventional plate carrying pallet needs to prepare a pallet having a shape and a size corresponding to each shape and size of the plate-like member. Further, since the plate-like member is fixed to the pallet with a wire or the like, the workability is never good.

  Therefore, an object of the present invention is to provide a highly versatile plate carrying pallet capable of easily fixing plate-shaped members having a plurality of types and sizes.

  A plate carrying pallet according to the present invention is a plate carrying pallet provided with a placing portion that forms a placing area for placing a plate-like object to be carried, along a plane including the placing area. A rail arranged along the direction from the inside to the outside of the placement area, and a structure that is slidable along the rail and can be fixed at any position on the rail, and includes a plane including the placement area. And a stopper having a holding portion extending in a direction intersecting with the surface.

  According to the present invention, since the stopper that slides along the rail arranged along the direction from the inner side to the outer side of the mounting area is provided, depending on the shape and size of the plate-like object to be transported The position of the stopper can be adjusted. Moreover, since the stopper has the holding part extended in the direction which crosses the said surface from the surface containing a mounting area | region, the side surface of a plate-shaped to-be-conveyed object can be hold | maintained reliably. Therefore, plate-shaped objects to be transported having various shapes and sizes can be easily fixed to the pallet.

  In the plate carrying pallet according to the present invention, it is preferable that the placing portion has a crosspiece that forms a lattice shape with the horizontal crosspiece and the vertical crosspiece.

  According to this preferred plate carrying pallet of the present invention, since the crosspiece is connected so that the vertical crosspiece and the horizontal crosspiece are in a lattice shape, sufficient strength can be maintained and less members are used. A placement region can be formed. Therefore, it is possible to reduce the weight while maintaining the strength of the pallet.

  Further, the plate carrying pallet according to the present invention includes a leg portion arranged along a direction intersecting the surface on one side of the surface including the placement region, and a leg portion on the basis of the surface including the placement region. It is preferable to provide an engaging recess disposed on the opposite side.

  According to this preferred plate carrying pallet of the present invention, since the leg portion and the engagement concave portion are arranged on the line along the direction intersecting the surface including the placement region, when the same shape pallet is stacked, The positions of the tip end portion of the leg portion of one pallet and the engaging recess portion of the other pallet are matched. Therefore, a plurality of pallets having the same shape can be reliably stacked.

  Moreover, as for the board | plate conveyance pallet which concerns on this invention, it is preferable that an engagement recessed part protrudes from the surface containing a mounting area | region.

  According to this preferable plate carrying pallet of the present invention, since the engaging recess protrudes from the surface including the mounting area, the mounting area is formed in addition to the portion where the engaging recess is disposed. become. Therefore, even when a plurality of pallets with the same shape are stacked, the quality of the transported object can be maintained without damaging the transported object with the legs of the other pallets.

  According to the present invention, a plate-like member such as a plurality of types and sizes of steel plates can be easily fixed.

  The knowledge of the present invention can be easily understood by considering the following detailed description with reference to the accompanying drawings shown for illustration only. Subsequently, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings. Where possible, the same parts are denoted by the same reference numerals, and redundant description is omitted.

  (First Embodiment) A pallet according to a first embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. FIG. 1 is a view showing the appearance of the pallet of this embodiment. As shown in FIG. 1, the pallet 1 of the present embodiment includes a placement unit 20, a rail 30, and a stopper 40. Hereinafter, each configuration will be described in detail.

  The placement unit 20 includes a crosspiece 21 and an outer frame 22. The crosspiece 21 has four horizontal crosspieces 211, 212, 213, 214 that are arranged in parallel with each other, and four crosspieces that are orthogonal to the horizontal crosspieces 211, 212, 213, 214, and are arranged in parallel with each other. Vertical bars 215, 216, 217, and 218 are provided to form a lattice shape. The vertical beam portions 215, 216, 217, and 218 are divided and connected to the side surfaces of the horizontal beam portions 211, 212, 213, and 214, and the upper surfaces of the horizontal beam portions 211, 212, 213, and 214, and It is comprised so that it may become substantially the same plane with the upper surface of the vertical crosspiece part 215,216,217,218. Taking the vertical beam portion 215 as an example, the vertical beam portion 215 is divided into five members: vertical beam members 215a, 215b, 215c, 215d, and 215e. One end of the vertical beam member 215 a is connected to one side surface (outer side surface) of the horizontal beam portion 211. The vertical beam member 215 b is connected to the other side surface of the horizontal beam portion 212 from the other side surface of the horizontal beam portion 211, and the vertical beam member 215 c is connected to the one of the horizontal beam portion 213 from the other side surface of the horizontal beam portion 212. The vertical beam member 215d is connected to the one side surface of the horizontal beam portion 214 from the other side surface of the horizontal beam portion 213. Further, one end of the vertical beam member 215 e is connected to the other side surface of the horizontal beam portion 214.

  The outer frame portion 22 is provided so as to surround the crosspiece portion 21. The outer frame portion 22 is connected at both ends so that the horizontal frame portions 221 and 222 and the vertical frame portions 223 and 224 shorter than the horizontal frame portions 221 and 222 form four sides of a rectangle. . And the edge part of the grid | lattice-like crosspiece 21 and the inner surface of the outer frame part 22 are connected.

  In addition, connection of a member is performed by welding etc., for example. Moreover, the crosspiece 21 and the outer frame 22 are made of a metal square having a rectangular cross section.

  In the present embodiment, the mounting portion 20 is configured to surround the crosspiece portion 21 with the outer frame portion 22, but it is a part of the upper surface of the crosspiece portion 21 that supports the plate-like object to be mounted. Therefore, the placement unit 20 may have a configuration in which the outer frame portion 22 is removed only by the grid-like crosspieces 21 as long as a placement region 20a for placing a plate-like placement object to be described later can be secured.

  Moreover, the mounting part 20 forms the mounting area | region 20a which mounts a plate-shaped to-be-conveyed object. The placement area 20a (a rectangular area surrounded by a broken line and hatched by a broken line in FIG. 1) is an area in which a plate-shaped object to be transported can be placed on the placement unit 20, and It varies depending on the size and shape of the transported item. Specifically, the placement area 20a is a rectangular area surrounded by a stopper that holds the object to be conveyed from its side surface, and varies in the movable range of the stopper.

  In addition, the rail 30 is disposed along a surface including the rectangular placement area 20a and along a direction from the inside to the outside of the rectangular placement area 20a. Specifically, the rails 301 and 302 are provided from the vertical rail portion 215 to the vertical frame portion 223, and the rails 303 and 304 are provided from the vertical rail portion 218 to the vertical frame portion 224. The rail 305 is provided from the horizontal rail portion 211 to the horizontal frame portion 221, and the rail 306 is provided from the horizontal rail portion 214 to the horizontal frame portion 222. A stopper 40 having a holding portion 41 is provided on each rail 30.

  FIG. 2 shows a view of the rail 30 and the stopper 40 according to the present invention. The rail 30 has a slit 31 in the central longitudinal direction of one surface of the rectangular metal cross-section, and the slit 31 is provided along a surface including the placement region 20a.

  A stopper 40 is provided on the rail 30 so as to slide along the rail 30 and be fixed at an arbitrary position on the rail 30.

  The stopper 40 includes a holding portion 41 for holding the object to be transported, and a fixing portion 42 for fixing the holding portion 41 to the rail 30. The holding portion 41 is a member having an L-shaped cross section, and includes a contact portion 411 that contacts the side surface of the object to be transported, and a sliding portion 412 that slides on the surface on which the slit 31 of the rail 30 is provided. The part 412 is provided with a through hole 413 for inserting the fixing part 42. In addition, the shape of the holding | maintenance part 41 will not be restricted to a cross-sectional L character shape, if it is the shape extended in the direction which crosses the said surface from the surface containing the mounting area | region 20a, when installed in the rail 30.

  The fixing part 42 includes a bolt 421 and a nut 422. The bolt 421 and the nut 422 have a role of sliding the fixing portion 42 along the rail 30 and fixing the fixing portion 42 to the rail 30. That is, the head portion of the bolt 421 is loosely fitted inside the rail 30, the body portion of the bolt 421 is protruded upward from the slit 31 of the rail 30, and the protruded body portion of the bolt 421 is inserted into the through hole 413 of the holding portion 41. By inserting the nut 422 to the shaft portion of the bolt 421, the holding portion 41 can be slid along the rail 30 without being separated from the rail 30. Further, the holding portion 41 can be fixed to the rail 30 by tightening the nut 422.

  Next, FIG. 3 shows a state where a plate-shaped object (steel plate) is placed on the pallet 1. A plate-like object A is placed on the placement area of the placement part 20 (an area along the back surface of the placement part A in the figure), and a stopper 40 provided so as to surround the plate-like object A is provided. Sliding so as to contact the side surface of the transported object A. Thereafter, the stopper 40 is fixed to the rail 30 by tightening the nut 422 of the fixing portion 42 of the stopper 40, and the plate-shaped object A is placed on the pallet 1. In addition, since the holding part of the stopper extends in a direction intersecting with the surface from the surface including the mounting region, a plate-shaped object to be transported having a similar shape can be further stacked.

  In this embodiment, the crosspiece 21 is composed of four vertical crosspieces and four horizontal crosspieces. However, it is sufficient that the crosspieces 21 are constituted of at least two. If each of the vertical beam portion and the horizontal beam portion is provided, a lattice shape can be formed, and a plate-like object to be transported can be stably placed. Further, in this embodiment, two stoppers 40 are provided in each vertical frame part, and one in each horizontal frame part. However, it is sufficient that the object to be transported can be suppressed so that it does not shift during transportation. It is only necessary to have one stopper from each side.

  As described above, according to the present embodiment, since the stopper 40 that slides along the rail 30 arranged along the direction from the inner side to the outer side of the placement region 20a is provided, the plate-shaped transported object is provided. The position of the stopper 40 can be adjusted according to the shape and size of the object. Moreover, since the stopper 40 has the holding | maintenance part 41 extended in the direction which crosses the said surface from the surface containing the mounting area | region 20a, it can hold | maintain the side surface of a plate-shaped to-be-conveyed object reliably. Therefore, plate-shaped objects to be transported having various shapes and sizes can be easily fixed to the pallet.

  In addition, the mounting unit 20 includes a crosspiece 21, and the crosspiece 21 is connected so that the horizontal crosspieces 211, 212, 213, and 214 and the vertical crosspieces 215, 216, 217, and 218 are in a lattice shape. Therefore, sufficient strength can be maintained and the placement region 20a can be formed with a small number of members. Therefore, it is possible to reduce the weight while maintaining the strength of the pallet 1.

  (Second Embodiment) A pallet which is a second embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. In the present embodiment, the pallet of the first embodiment is provided with predetermined leg portions and engaging recesses so that a plurality of pallets according to the first embodiment can be stacked.

  FIG. 4 is a view showing the appearance of the pallet of this embodiment. As shown in FIG. 4, in addition to the pallet of the first embodiment, the pallet 10 of the present embodiment intersects and is placed on the surface including the placement region 20a from the four corners of the outer frame portion 22 (the placement portion 20). Legs 50 extending downward with respect to the surface including the placement area 20a are provided. Moreover, in this embodiment, the leg part 51 extended below from the center part of the lower surface of the horizontal frame parts 221 and 222 is provided. The leg parts 50 and 51 are made of a metal square having a rectangular cross section.

  Further, with respect to the surface including the mounting region 20a, the surface 50 includes the mounting region 20a on the opposite side (the upper surface of the four corners of the outer frame portion 22) with respect to the legs 50 provided at the four corners. An engaging recess 60 is provided that opens upward with respect to the surface including the region 20a. Further, the engagement recess 60 is disposed so as to protrude upward from the surface including the placement region 20a.

  FIG. 5 is a view showing the engaging recess of the pallet of this embodiment. As shown in FIG. 5, the engagement recess 60 includes a rectangular inner bottom surface 61 with chamfered corners for placing the legs 50 of other pallets. The engaging recess 60 includes a side wall portion 62 that is inclined outward in the opening direction, and includes a rectangular opening end portion 63 that is larger than the inner bottom surface 61. The side wall part 62 guides the leg part when the leg part of another pallet is engaged. In addition, after the other pallets are stacked, there is also a role of preventing the legs from moving from the placed state. In this embodiment, since the pallet leg 50 has a rectangular cross section, the inner bottom surface 61 and the open end 63 having a rectangular cross section are shaped in accordance with this. You may change suitably according to a shape. For example, if the legs of the pallet are circular in cross section, the inner bottom surface and the open end of the circular cross section may be used.

  FIG. 6 is a side view showing a state in which a plurality of pallets according to this embodiment are stacked. As shown in FIG. 6, the distal end portions of the leg portions 50 provided at the four corners of the pallet 10 are engaged with the engagement recesses 60 provided at the four corners of the other pallet, so that another pallet having the same configuration can be mounted. Multiple stacks are possible.

  In addition to this embodiment, the leg portion 50 is provided so as to intersect the surface including the placement region 20a and extend upward with respect to the placement region 20a, and the engagement recess 60 is based on the surface including the placement region 20a. Alternatively, they may be provided on the opposite sides (lower surfaces of the four corners of the outer frame portion 22) of the leg portions 50 provided at the four corners.

  Further, as shown in FIG. 4, the pallet 10 may further include U-shaped fork guides 70 on the lower surfaces of the horizontal frame portions 221 and 222, and both ends of the outer side surfaces of the horizontal frame portions 221 and 222. A hook 80 may be provided near the portion.

  As described above, according to the present embodiment, the linear leg 50 and the engagement recess 60 are disposed along the direction intersecting the surface including the placement region 20a, and thus when pallets having the same shape are stacked. The positions of the tip end of the leg of one pallet and the engaging recess of the other pallet coincide. Therefore, a plurality of pallets having the same shape can be reliably stacked.

  Moreover, according to this embodiment, since the engaging recessed part 60 protrudes with respect to the surface containing the mounting area | region 20a, a mounting area | region is formed in the part other than the part in which the engaging recessed part 60 is arrange | positioned. Become. Therefore, even when a plurality of pallets with the same shape are stacked, the quality of the transported object can be maintained without damaging the transported object with the legs of the other pallets.

  In addition, since the engaging recess 60 includes the side wall portion 62 that is inclined outward in the opening direction, it is possible to prevent displacement when engaging the leg portion 50 of another pallet and after placement. it can.

  Moreover, since the leg part 50 is provided, the fork of a forklift can be put in the lower part of a pallet. Further, since the U-shaped fork guide 70 is provided on the lower surface of each of the horizontal frame portions 221, 222, the fork can be reliably introduced into the lower part of the pallet.

It is a figure which shows the external appearance of the pallet which is the 1st Embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows the rail and stopper of a pallet which are the 1st Embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows the state which mounted the plate-shaped to-be-conveyed object in the pallet shown in FIG. It is a figure which shows the external appearance of the pallet which is the 2nd Embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows the engagement recessed part of the pallet which is the 2nd Embodiment of this invention. FIG. 5 is a side view showing a state in which a plurality of pallets shown in FIG. 4 are stacked. It is a figure which shows the external appearance of the conventional pallet.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1,10 ... Pallet, 20 ... Mounting part, 21 ... Crosspiece, 30 ... Rail, 40 ... Stopper, 50 ... Leg part, 60 ... Engagement recessed part

Claims (4)

A plate transporting pallet including a mounting portion that forms a mounting region for mounting a plate-shaped object to be transported,
A rail disposed along the direction including the placement area, and along the direction from the inside to the outside of the placement area,
A stopper that slides along the rail and is configured to be fixed at an arbitrary position on the rail, and has a holding portion that extends in a direction intersecting with the surface from the surface including the placement region. Pallet for board transportation provided. The plate transport pallet according to claim 1, wherein the placing portion includes a crosspiece that forms a lattice shape with the horizontal crosspiece and the vertical crosspiece. A leg portion disposed along one of the surfaces including the placement area along the direction intersecting the surface, and an engagement recess disposed on the opposite side of the leg portion with respect to the surface including the placement area. The board transportation pallet according to claim 1 or 2 provided with these. The plate engaging pallet according to claim 3, wherein the engaging recess is disposed so as to protrude from a surface including the placement area.

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