JPH111231A - Pallet - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a pallet on which a bay window can be placed in a vertical and stable state. SOLUTION: To a pedestal 1, right and left columns 10, 10 are attached, and to these right and left columns 10, 10, a pair of pinching members 23, 23 are movably attached extending from a supporting location which is inner than the internal surface 10a of the column 10 to a refuge location which is outer than the internal surface 10a of the column 10 respectively for this pallet. By this method, after placing a bay window under a vertical posture on the pedestal 1, the pair of pinching members 23, 23 are moved to supporting positions, and the vertical edge parts of the bay window can be pinched, and thus, the bay window under a vertical posture can be mounted on the pallet under a stable state.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a pallet used for transporting and storing bay windows, sashes and the like in a vertical position.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In order to transport assembled bay windows, sashes and the like in a factory, it is common to place bay windows, sashes and the like on a pallet and transport the pallet using a forklift truck.

[0003]

The bay windows, sashes, and the like have a narrow, horizontally long and vertically long shape in which glass is mounted on a frame via a sealing material, and they are attached to a building opening in a vertical orientation. For this reason, the bay window, the sash, and the like are formed in such a shape that an unreasonable force does not act on the sealing material or the like when in the vertical position.

[0004] For this reason, as described above, when the glass is placed in a horizontal position on a pallet and transported by using a forklift truck, an excessive force may act on a sealing material or the like, and the glass may come off. There is a possibility that the connection of the vertical and horizontal members may be loosened due to an excessive force acting on the connecting portion of the vertical and horizontal members forming the frame.

In order to solve this problem, it is conceivable to place the bay window, sash, and the like on the pallet in a vertical position. It is difficult to put on.

For example, as shown in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 7-242239, in the case of a pallet having pillars attached to the four corners of a gantry, bay windows, sashes and the like are connected to the pillars so as not to fall down, and mounted in a vertical orientation. The work is very troublesome, and if the connection is insufficient, the bay window, sash, etc. may fall down during transportation, which is dangerous.

Accordingly, an object of the present invention is to provide a pallet capable of solving the above-mentioned problems.

[0008]

Means for Solving the Problems The first invention is a gantry 1
And the right and left columns 1 attached to the left and right sides of the gantry 1, respectively.
0, and left and right support devices 20 attached to the upper portions of the respective columns 10 respectively, and each of the support devices 20 retracts a pair of holding members 23, 23 facing each other at a distance from the support position in the left and right direction. A pallet characterized by being movable over a position.

A second invention is a pallet in which the holding member 23 in the first invention has a rotatable elastic roll 23b.

A third invention is a pallet in which the left and right columns 10 in the first invention are rotatable between a standing posture and a falling posture on the gantry 1.

[0011]

[Operation] According to the first invention, the right and left columns 10, 1 are provided.
The pair of holding members 23, 23 attached to the base unit 0 are respectively moved to the retracted position, the bay window and the sash are placed in the vertical position on the gantry 1, and then the pair of holding members 23, 23 are respectively moved to the support position. The left and right columns 10, 1 of the left and right vertical edges of the bay window, sash, etc. are sandwiched by a pair of holding members 23, 23.
0 can be supported.

[0012] Because of this, the bay window on the pallet,
The sash or the like can be easily placed in a stable state in a vertical position.

According to the second invention, the pair of holding members 2
The elastic roller 23b rotates while being elastically deformed when the vertical edge portion such as a bay window or a sash is sandwiched between 3, 3 and 23.

Accordingly, the vertical edges of the bay window, the sash, etc. are not damaged, and the vertical edges having slightly different widths can be securely held. Moreover, when the elastic roller 23b is locally worn by a plurality of uses, the elastic roller 23b can be pinched by another portion.

According to the third aspect of the present invention, the left and right columns 10 can be stored on the gantry 1 while lying down, so that the pallets can be compact and stored in a small space when not in use.

[0016]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS As shown in FIG. 1, a frame 1 has a pair of front and rear cross members 2 and 2 connected in a rectangular shape by a plurality of connecting members 3, and a socket 4 is provided at each of the front, rear, left and right corners. Each is installed. A pair of left and right upward U-shaped pieces 5 is fixedly attached to the lower surfaces of the pair of cross members 2 and 2 to form a pair of left and right fork claw insertion portions 6 facing in the front-rear direction.

The socket 4 is in the shape of a rectangular tube, and a leg 7 in the shape of a square, downward dish is fixed to the lower part. A notch opening 8 is formed near the upper part of the opposing surface of the socket 4, and a hook-shaped rod 9 is fixed to a lower part of the notch opening 8.

A lower portion of a rectangular column 10 is vertically movably fitted to each of the sockets 4, and a vertically long hole 11 is formed near a lower portion of the inner surface 10a of the column 10 in the left-right direction. It is. The rod 9 is slidably inserted into the elongated hole 11. The pair of front and rear columns 10, 10 are connected rods 1.
They are connected by 2. A latching piece 13 is fixedly attached to a lower portion of the outer surface 10b opposite to the inner surface 10a of each of the columns 10.

As described above, the pillar 10 is held in the upright posture by engaging the latching piece 13 with the upper portion of the outer surface 4a of the socket 4. The support post 10 is moved slightly upward to remove the latching piece 13 from the socket 4, and the elongated hole 11 and the rod 9
Is tilted using as a guide, the column 10 is stored on the gantry 1 in a lying posture as shown by a virtual line in FIG.

A support device 20 is mounted near the upper part of the left and right columns 10. As shown in FIG. 3, the support device 20 includes a cylindrical stopper 21 fixed to the column 10, a rotary shaft 22 extending in the front-rear direction, which is inserted through the stopper 21 and rotatably supported on the column 10, and A pair of holding members 23, 23 attached to the left and right direction 22;
It has a positioning pin 24 attached to the rotating shaft 22, a holding member 25 attached to the column 10 so as to be able to swing up and down, and the like.

A notch 21a is formed in the stopper 21 in a range slightly larger than 90 degrees. The holding member 23 has an elastic roll 23b rotatably mounted on a support shaft 23a, and the pair of elastic rolls 23b, 23b are opposed to each other at an interval. The holding member 25 has a substantially U-shape, and both ends 25a are supported on the inner surface 10a and the outer surface 10b of the column 10 so as to be vertically swingable, and are held at the lower position and the upper position by the projections 26.

Next, the operation of the support device 20 will be described. As shown in FIGS. 3, 4 and 5, when the positioning pin 24 faces upward and comes into contact with one step of the notch 21 a of the stopper 21, the holding member 23 moves inward from the inner surface 10 a of the support 10. It becomes a protruding support position. In this state, when the holding member 25 is swung downward beyond the projection 26 to the lower position, the positioning pin 24 is held and the rotating shaft 22 is held so as not to rotate, so the holding member 23 is held at the support position. be able to.

4 and 5, when the holding member 25 is swung upward beyond the projection 26 to be in the upper position, the holding member 25 is separated from the positioning pin 24. In this state, when the rotary shaft 22 is rotated by holding the positioning pin 24 and the positioning pin 24 comes into contact with the other step of the notch 21a of the stopper 21, the pair of holding members 23, 23 are shown by phantom lines in FIG. As described above, the support shaft 10 is rotated by an angle slightly larger than 90 degrees to the retreat position outside the inner surface 10a of the column 10, and the positioning pin 24 is urged to rotate by its own weight, and the positioning pin 24 is notched 21a of the stopper 21.
And is held at the retracted position.

Next, the operation of placing the bay window A in the vertical position will be described. As described above, the holding member 25 is in the upper position, and the pair of holding members 23 are
It is set to the retreat position outside. In this state, the bay window A is placed on the gantry 1 in a vertical orientation. At this time, since the pair of holding members 23 and the bay window A do not interfere with each other, the pair of holding members 2
3, 23 does not get in the way.

The pair of holding members 2 are operated as described above.
The support members 3 and 23 are located at support positions inward of the inner surface 10 a of the support 10, and the pair of holding members 23 and 23 sandwich the longitudinal edge B of the bay window A. At this time, the elastic roller 23b of the pair of holding members 23, 23 is elastically deformed while rotating to pinch the vertical edge B of the bay window A, so that the vertical edge B is not damaged, and the vertical edges having slightly different widths are not damaged. The elastic roll 23b can be pinched at a different position even if the elastic roll 23b is locally worn by multiple uses.

When the bay window A is placed in the vertical position as described above, the fork claw is inserted into the fork claw insertion portion 6, and the pallet is lifted and transported by a forklift truck.

When the pallet is not used, the support 1
0 can be stored as a lying posture on the gantry 1 as shown by a virtual line in FIG. 2, so that the pallet becomes compact and can be stored in a small space.

The pallet leg 7 with the bay window A mounted thereon can be stored as a two-tiered stack by fitting the pallet leg 7 onto the upper part of the column 10 of another pallet.

In the above embodiment, the holding member 23 is the elastic roller 23b. However, the holding member 23 may be a plate or an elastic material attached to the plate.
It may be rotated by a cylinder or the like. Further, it may be reciprocally movable in the left-right direction.

[0030]

According to the first aspect of the present invention, the right and left support columns 1 are provided.
The pair of holding members 23, 23 attached to 0, 10 are respectively moved to the evacuation position, and a bay window, a sash, etc. are placed on the gantry 1 in a vertical position, and then the pair of holding members 23, 23 are respectively set in the support position. By moving, the vertical edges on both sides such as a bay window and a sash can be supported by the left and right columns 10 and 10 via the pair of holding members 23 and 23.

Because of this, a bay window on the pallet,
The sash or the like can be easily placed in a stable state in a vertical position.

According to the second aspect of the present invention, when a pair of holding members 23, 23 hold a vertical edge portion such as a bay window or a sash,
The elastic roller 23b rotates while elastically deforming.

Thus, the vertical edges of the bay window, sash and the like are not damaged, and the vertical edges having slightly different widths can be reliably held. Moreover, when the elastic roller 23b is locally worn by a plurality of uses, the elastic roller 23b can be pinched by another portion.

According to the third aspect of the present invention, the left and right columns 10
Can be stored on the gantry 1 lying down, so that the pallet can be compactly stored in a small space when not in use.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is an overall perspective view showing an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is an overall front view showing the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a perspective view of a support device.

FIG. 4 is a side view of the support device.

FIG. 5 is a front view of the support device.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... gantry 10 ... support | pillar 20 ... support apparatus 22 ... rotating shaft 23 ... holding member 23a ... support shaft 23b ... elastic roll 24 ... positioning pin 25 ... holding member

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. A gantry 1, left and right supports 10 attached to left and right sides of the gantry 1, and left and right support devices 20 attached to upper portions of the respective supports 10, respectively. A pallet, characterized in that a pair of sandwiching members 23, 23 facing each other at an interval are movable between a support position in a left-right direction and a retracted position. 2. The pallet according to claim 1, wherein said holding member has a rotatable elastic roll. 3. The left and right columns 10 are set upright and the gantry 1
The pallet according to claim 1, wherein the pallet is rotatable over the upper lying posture.