SK30595A3 - Container for storage and transportation - Google Patents

Abstract

The container consists of a non-combustible stackable container with open top. It has two opposite side walls (4) which are fastened continuously to the base (3). The other two walls are formed as removable fire-protection walls (5). These are connected to base and side walls without gaps, and are fitted vertically from above into removable connection elements (6,7). The base has sunk-in transportation holders (8) which are accessible from above, and carry goods securing elements. The holders may consist of grooves with fitted securing profiles. The removable connection elements consist of stud-journal connectors.

Description

Technical field

The present invention relates to a component carrier for transporting and storing combustible or combustible piece goods. The carrier is open at the top, stackable, has the shape of a cuboid-shaped container and is made of non-combustible material. The carrier has a closed bottom as well as side walls extending to the bottom.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

Component carriers, which can also be labeled as loading pallets, are used not only for loading prefabricated components and building blocks, but also as transport carriers for transport to other processing plants or for final assembly. In particular, during Just-in-time logistics, at least one part of the storage is transferred to the transport capacity, so that no unequivocal differentiation is possible and, accordingly, suitable component carriers must be sufficient for differing requirements in terms of storage and transport.

Particularly high safety requirements are placed on component carriers for flammable or flammable packages. In order to ensure sufficient flame retardancy, it is essential to ensure that, for example, in a warehouse with a large number of stacked, goods-loaded component carriers, a possible fire does not spread to more component carriers or even to the entire warehouse.

On the basis of safety considerations, transport containers made of non-combustible material or, if necessary, open to the outside would be optimally closed or only open on top. of metal. Because of the high dead weight and the difficulty of filling and emptying due to the side walls, such containers are unsuitable as a type of component carrier and are not accepted by transport or industry. This is true in the subcontractors of components of the automotive field is still in use, supplying plastic for final assembly on transport platforms, which consist essentially of a rectangular lower platform, which is provided with corner posts, or has only two opposing side walls, making it a tub-shaped, stackable storage bar formed. In such component carriers, e.g. body parts, dashboards, bumpers and spoilers made of plastic and similar parts are placed side by side, between two opposing, upwardly projecting side walls. In this case, it is quite normal for the elongated components to protrude on the open flanks longer than the component carrier.

industry. In this, for example, bumpers

Such laterally open component carriers can be filled and emptied in a convenient manner; however, a safety disadvantage is that it is practically impossible to prevent the flame spread from bottom to top within the stack of filled component carriers. This also applies when the loaded components themselves are not, or are only lowly flammable, but individually packaged e.g. in paper cartons to avoid scratching their surface by rubbing against each other or by rubbing against the carrier of components, respectively. to prevent damage from the protruding parts carrier. This is again particularly true for painted and unpainted bumpers, spoilers and the like.

DE 27 30 445 C2 discloses a stackable transport platform with removable side walls. In this known loading platform, when removing the side walls, they must first be raised and then tilted inward to be subsequently removed upwards. Therefore, it is problematic, with a laden platform even impossible to remove the side walls in order to reduce the weight during transport. In addition, it is necessary in this transport platform to individually package piece goods with a sensitive surface since loose components could slide and scratch during transport. As mentioned above, for financial reasons this is mostly done with paper cartons or paper packages, but this implies an increased risk of fire and unnecessary waste.

Accordingly, the object of the invention is to provide a component carrier of the type mentioned in the introduction and is so adjustable that it allows fire-safe storage and easy transport of the components, quick and easy filling and emptying, while saving disposable packaging materials without thereby sensitive components have been damaged during shipping.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

To solve this problem, the invention proposes that two opposing side walls be rigidly connected to the bottom without interruption and the other two walls are designed as removable fire-proof walls which can be connected to the bottom without gaps and to both fixed side walls from above. attachable to releasable fasteners (members). On the bottom are located top-accessible transport brackets on which the transport locks can be attached.

When the components are stored, the loaded component carriers are upgraded to almost fire-resistant, box-topped containers by virtue of the use of refractory walls. In this way, a closed, flame-protected bath is formed, so that air circulation in the interior is largely prevented between the stacked component carriers and, therefore, the fire cannot be spread if there is a fire in one of the lower component carriers in the stack. Thus, a great advantage of the invention is that the component carriers are practically equalized by a closed container with respect to fire safety, which results in lower fire protection costs and also lower insurance fees.

As a rule, the base bodies of the component carriers, as well as the removable fire-resistant walls, are made of metal profiles or of metal profiles. of sheet metal. Optionally, the fire resistance can be further increased by using a material with a high thermal conductivity for the fireproof walls. the walls are provided with cooling fins and the like.

For transport, eg. By means of trucks, the removable refractory walls are removed from the component carriers. This work can be carried out simply and quickly, since the fire-resistant walls need only be lifted from the fasteners, without the need to skew or release the fasteners. In the spirit of the invention, in the open state, the component carriers have a particularly low net weight when the refractory walls are removed. In addition, they can be easily filled and emptied through the open sides.

The component carrier according to the invention also has the advantage that it is possible to fasten the individual components contained therein to the carrier in a particularly simple and relatively safe manner by means of transport locks, which grips located at the bottom of the fuse carrier can be used e.g. clamping belts of rubber having hooks or other ends at the ends which can be attached to the transport anchorages. By not touching the components (carrier or each other) any more, their surface is protected from scratches, obstruction or other damage. It is therefore possible to dispense with a disposable special package, for example in the form of plastic sheets, paper or paperboard.

or even attached to each other on the conveying components. As traffic

In addition to the environmental protection achieved by the exclusion of packaging material, the fire safety is further increased, as the often easily flammable disposable packaging material is omitted. In addition, in the spirit of the invention, particularly high fire safety with simple and practical operation is achieved by means of removable refractory walls as well as conveyor clips mounted on a continuous bottom surface.

The releasable connection means of the fireproof walls are designed primarily as bushing-pin connections. In this case, pins are placed vertically on the refractory walls and corresponding bushes on the base body, or vice versa. Such connections are simple and inexpensive to manufacture and allow particularly easy and quick removal of the fireproof walls.

In a preferred embodiment of the carriers, the transport fasteners are immersed in the bottom surface. This can be achieved, for example, in that the bottom surface has circular or groove depressions in which the rods, eyes, hooks and the like retaining means are located. In this case, the bottom surface has no upwardly projecting portions, so that loading and unloading is possible easily without the bottom-displaced or drawn components being caught.

Further development of the conveyor clips assumes that they are designed as groove-shaped depressions in which the cross-sectional areas of which the retaining profiles are located. The gripping profiles are particularly easy to grip the elastic fasteners, the individual components of the groove-like depressions can be positioned so that the possible bearing densities can be placed so close to one another, the straps provided with hooks. At the same time, the various components are fixed at each point along to reach the maximum and that they do not just touch each other.

In a preferred embodiment of the invention, the bottom surface and the side walls are connected by a profile frame having vertically extending profiles with pins at one end and receiving apertures at the other end, such that multiple component carriers are stackable on top of each other. adjacent carrier. Such a profile frame can be easily manufactured by welding U-, T-, I-profiles, cylindrical or square tubes. Sheets are then welded into the frame. The vertically extending profiles, which are generally located in the corners of the bottom surface, bear particularly well the load of the stacked component carriers and divert it via cap connections.

Depending on the intended use, laterally accessible rectifier brackets are located on the underside of the component carrier. They are designed for easy manipulation with forklifts and similar loading tools.

Furthermore, it is particularly advantageous that the component carrier according to the invention has the outer form of a flat block. Thereby, the component carrier has a relatively large bottom surface relative to its height, which makes it possible to position the components correctly and in a single layer on the bottom surface, thereby making it much easier for either manual or automatic unloading. The storage or transport volume optimally utilized.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

Exemplary embodiments of the invention are explained below with reference to the drawings, in which the individual figures show:

Fig. 1 is a perspective view of two stacked component carriers according to the invention;

Fig. 2 is a partial cross-sectional view of a component carrier according to the invention.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

FIG. 1 shows two component carriers according to the invention stacked on top of each other as a number 1. The base body thereof has the shape of a flat block, the edges of which are formed by a frame 2 of a square tube.

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The frame 2 is welded, for example, from a steel tube. In its lower part, the bottom 2 is closed and on the two opposite sides there are fixed side walls 4, for example made of sheet steel and welded to the frame.

The two other side walls are designed as removable fire resistant walls 5, which may also be of steel. The refractory walls 5 are provided with vertical, downwardly directed retaining pins 6, which are mounted vertically from above into housings 7 which are welded to the frame 2. At the upper component carrier shown, a selected refractory wall 5 is shown, with vertical downward arrows indicating In the lower component carrier, the refractory wall 5 is mounted in this manner, with the retaining pins 6 being hinged in the sleeves 7. As can be clearly seen, the refractory wall 5, in the mounted state, fits tightly onto the fixed ones. side walls 4 as well as the closed bottom surface 3.

In the bottom 3 there are also located the top-accessible transport brackets 8, which have horizontally recessed gripping bars within the grooves 9. In the embodiment of the support shown, the groove-like depressions 9 extend along the fixed side walls 4.

On the underside of the component carriers 1, rectifying yokes 10 are accessible from the sides, into which, for example, the forks of a forklift truck (not shown) or another loading tool can be introduced.

The vertical cross members of the frame 2 have at their lower end pins 11 which, when stacked with a number of component carriers 1, as shown, fit into the receiving openings 12 at the upper end of the vertical cross members.

Fig. 2 shows a cross-section of the component carrier 1 according to Fig. 1, using the same numeral designation.

In this illustration, the component carrier 1, for example a plastic bumper (spoiler, dashboard), is additionally shown in the component carrier 1, which is fastened to the bar-shaped transport brackets 8 by means of tensioning straps 14. In this case, the tensioning straps 14 are swung only once through the component and hooked on both sides by the transport fasteners 8 by means of hooks 15.

The carriers of the components 1 according to the invention are handled as follows: When filling the refractory walls 5 remain removed first. Thus, the components 13 are easy to load through the open sides onto the closed surface of the bottom 3, whereby damage can not be caused by the embedding of the conveyor clips 8. Upon reaching the highest possible packing density, the components 13 are secured with tensioning straps 14, which are folded over the components 13 and then hooked onto the conveyor clips 8 by means of hooks 15. The components 13 are now securely fastened and thoroughly secured against impact or scratch damage. Therefore, the use of other environmentally harmful or flammable packaging materials to protect the surfaces of the components is saved.

If the components 13 are loaded in the component carriers 1, the carriers are closed by means of fire-resistant walls 5. This can be done particularly simply and quickly by placing the walls 5 with their retaining pins 6 vertically down into the sleeves 7 welded to the frame 2. achieves that there is a closed, only upwardly open container, which is freely stackable by means of pins 11 and receiving openings 12. At the same time, it is particularly advantageous that due to the tight fit of the fire walls 5 the air circulation between adjacent and / or that in the event of a fire, the flames from the component carrier cannot be transferred to or adjacent to the component carriers. The carriers of the components 1 are particularly fire-resistant when both the base body and the fire-resistant walls 5 are made of metal which dissipates heat well in the event of a fire.

During transport, the refractory walls 5 are removed simply by lifting upwards, requiring little labor and time. At the same time, the conveying weight is advantageously reduced.

At the mounting location, the loaded components 13 can be easily removed through the open sides after loosening the tensioning straps 14, again preventing damage to the components due to the embedding of the transport fasteners 8 in the bottom 3.

Claims (7)

1. A component carrier for storing and transporting flammable or flammable packaged piece goods which is constructed as an open, stackable cuboid-shaped container of non-combustible material, having a closed bottom surface as well as a bottom side projecting from the bottom, characterized by: that the two opposite side walls (4) are rigidly and continuously connected to the bottom surface (3) and the other two side walls are designed as removable fire-resistant walls (5) which fit tightly, without gaps, to the bottom surface (3) and fixed side walls (4) and can be mounted vertically from above into releasable fasteners (6,7), and in the bottom surface (3) are located top-accessible transport brackets (8) for receiving transport locks. Component carrier according to claim 1, characterized in that the releasable connection means (6, 7) of the refractory walls (5) are designed as pin (6) -shaped connections (7). Component carrier according to claim 1, characterized in that the conveying clips (8) are immersed in the bottom surface (3). Component carrier according to claim 3, characterized in that the conveyor clips (8) are designed as trough-shaped depressions (9) in the bottom surface (3) in which the retaining profiles are located in the transverse direction. Component carrier according to claim 1, characterized in that the bottom surface (3) and the side walls (4) are connected by a profile frame (2) having vertically extending profiles with pins (11) at one end and receiving holes (12). ) at the other end, such that a plurality of component carriers (1) are stackable on top of each other, the pins (11) of one of which engage the receiving holes (12) of the adjacent component carrier (1). Component carrier according to claim 1, characterized in that laterally accessible rectifier brackets (10) are located on the underside. Component carrier according to claim 1, characterized in that it has an outer shape of a flat block.