US3643988A - Releasable corner joint arrangement for stacking frames for loading pallets - Google Patents

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US3643988A
US3643988A US877758A US3643988DA US3643988A US 3643988 A US3643988 A US 3643988A US 877758 A US877758 A US 877758A US 3643988D A US3643988D A US 3643988DA US 3643988 A US3643988 A US 3643988A
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65D—CONTAINERS FOR STORAGE OR TRANSPORT OF ARTICLES OR MATERIALS, e.g. BAGS, BARRELS, BOTTLES, BOXES, CANS, CARTONS, CRATES, DRUMS, JARS, TANKS, HOPPERS, FORWARDING CONTAINERS; ACCESSORIES, CLOSURES, OR FITTINGS THEREFOR; PACKAGING ELEMENTS; PACKAGES
    • B65D19/00—Pallets or like platforms, with or without side walls, for supporting loads to be lifted or lowered
    • B65D19/02—Rigid pallets with side walls, e.g. box pallets
    • B65D19/06—Rigid pallets with side walls, e.g. box pallets with bodies formed by uniting or interconnecting two or more components
    • B65D19/08—Rigid pallets with side walls, e.g. box pallets with bodies formed by uniting or interconnecting two or more components made wholly or mainly of metal
    • B65D19/12—Collapsible pallets
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65D—CONTAINERS FOR STORAGE OR TRANSPORT OF ARTICLES OR MATERIALS, e.g. BAGS, BARRELS, BOTTLES, BOXES, CANS, CARTONS, CRATES, DRUMS, JARS, TANKS, HOPPERS, FORWARDING CONTAINERS; ACCESSORIES, CLOSURES, OR FITTINGS THEREFOR; PACKAGING ELEMENTS; PACKAGES
    • B65D2519/00—Pallets or like platforms, with or without side walls, for supporting loads to be lifted or lowered
    • B65D2519/00004—Details relating to pallets
    • B65D2519/00009—Materials
    • B65D2519/00154—Materials for the side walls
    • B65D2519/00164—Metal
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65D—CONTAINERS FOR STORAGE OR TRANSPORT OF ARTICLES OR MATERIALS, e.g. BAGS, BARRELS, BOTTLES, BOXES, CANS, CARTONS, CRATES, DRUMS, JARS, TANKS, HOPPERS, FORWARDING CONTAINERS; ACCESSORIES, CLOSURES, OR FITTINGS THEREFOR; PACKAGING ELEMENTS; PACKAGES
    • B65D2519/00—Pallets or like platforms, with or without side walls, for supporting loads to be lifted or lowered
    • B65D2519/00004—Details relating to pallets
    • B65D2519/00547—Connections
    • B65D2519/00577—Connections structures connecting side walls, including corner posts, to each other
    • B65D2519/00582—Connections structures connecting side walls, including corner posts, to each other structures intended to be disassembled, i.e. collapsible or dismountable
    • B65D2519/00611—Connections structures connecting side walls, including corner posts, to each other structures intended to be disassembled, i.e. collapsible or dismountable side walls maintained connected to each other by means of auxiliary locking elements, e.g. spring loaded locking pins
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65D—CONTAINERS FOR STORAGE OR TRANSPORT OF ARTICLES OR MATERIALS, e.g. BAGS, BARRELS, BOTTLES, BOXES, CANS, CARTONS, CRATES, DRUMS, JARS, TANKS, HOPPERS, FORWARDING CONTAINERS; ACCESSORIES, CLOSURES, OR FITTINGS THEREFOR; PACKAGING ELEMENTS; PACKAGES
    • B65D2519/00—Pallets or like platforms, with or without side walls, for supporting loads to be lifted or lowered
    • B65D2519/00004—Details relating to pallets
    • B65D2519/00736—Details
    • B65D2519/00935—Details with special means for nesting or stacking
    • B65D2519/00955—Details with special means for nesting or stacking stackable
    • B65D2519/00965—Details with special means for nesting or stacking stackable when loaded
    • B65D2519/00975—Details with special means for nesting or stacking stackable when loaded through the side walls
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F16—ENGINEERING ELEMENTS AND UNITS; GENERAL MEASURES FOR PRODUCING AND MAINTAINING EFFECTIVE FUNCTIONING OF MACHINES OR INSTALLATIONS; THERMAL INSULATION IN GENERAL
    • F16B—DEVICES FOR FASTENING OR SECURING CONSTRUCTIONAL ELEMENTS OR MACHINE PARTS TOGETHER, e.g. NAILS, BOLTS, CIRCLIPS, CLAMPS, CLIPS OR WEDGES; JOINTS OR JOINTING
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    • Y10T403/30—Laterally related members connected by latch means, e.g., scaffold connectors
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    • Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
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    • Y10T403/57—Distinct end coupler
    • Y10T403/5741—Separate screw or pin-type connections
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  • the detachable side members of such a stacking frame normally comprises two tubular outer posts held together by means of a girder, and are interconnected by means of a comer joint being formed as a U-shaped fitting pivotally connected to the girder so that its downwardly facing flanges in the locked position grip and hold the girder.
  • the joint may further be provided with a gib member adapted to be introduced into one tubular side post of an adjacent side member.
  • the side post of the said side member supporting the joint is provided with a resilient locking member projecting through one or two apertures in the wall of said tubular side post and adapted to cooperate with a recess in one or in both flanges of the said U- shaped joint, whereby easy handling and proper function is secured.
  • This invention relates to a releasable corner joint arrangement for a stacking frame with detachable side members for a loading pallet the detachable side members of which each comprises two tubular outer posts held together by means of a girder, the corner joint being formed as a U-shaped fitting pivotally connected to the girder so that its downwardly facing flanges in the locked position grip and hold the girder the joint being further provided with a gib member adapted to be introduced into one tubular side post of an adjacent side member.
  • Detachable corner joint arrangements for stacking frames are known to the art (for instance from Danish Pat. No. 93,395), but the known joints are attended with operational and functional drawbacks in that they are not secured directly to a side member but may just be connected thereto by means of a chain. Thus they have no well defined position relatively to the side member and during transportation of detached side members will often be inconvenient because they must be manipulated by hand to be positioned properly. Moreover, these joints may easily be released unintentionally from their operative position in engagement with the side members.
  • a further object of the invention is to provide a corner joint by which the coupling and dismantling is rapid and mechanically safe and to obtain this by means which are cheap and simple in production.
  • a corner joint arrangement by which the side post of the side member supporting the joint is provided with a resilient locking member projecting through one or two apertures in the wall of the tubular side post and adapted to cooperate with a recess in one or in both flanges of the U-shaped joint.
  • the resilient locking element projecting through the post wall in cooperation with-the recesses in the U-shaped pivotable joint enables a rapid yet effective and safe coupling of the locking element to the side member, besides which the individual components required are extremely cheap to manufacture in mass production and to fit.
  • FIG. 1 presents a perspective view of the upper corner connection between a side member provided with a releasable comer joint and an adjacent side member, the corner joint being shown here in the detached position, and
  • FIG. 2 presents a section along the line lIlI in FIG. 1, but with the corner joint in its locked position.
  • FIG. 1 shows two side members 1 and 2 which are secured to a loading pallet (not shown here).
  • a corner joint 3 is shown pivotally disposed on a girder 4 of the side member 1.
  • the comer joint comprises a U-shaped profile section 5 about which a pivot 6 at one end can be swung on to the girder 4.
  • a hook 7 at the other end of the profile member can be introduced into the interior of one of the tubular side posts 8 of the side member 2 to prevent the latter being forced away from its vertical position.
  • the innermost of the downwardly facing flanges of the corner joint may conveniently be bent at the end remotest from the pivot connection 6 into a right angle and welded to the other downwardly facing flange, as indicated at 9.
  • the member 9 can, when the corner joint is in the locked position, be introduced between the outer posts of the two side members, and the corner joint will then move free of the girder l0 of the side member 2.
  • the side post 11 adjacent to the joint is provided in its wall with two diametrically opposed apertures 12 through which projections'lS of a locking element in the form of a resilient ring 13 extend.
  • the resilient ring 13, which is substantially U- shaped, is introduced in the side post 11 the plane of the resilient ring being parallel to the longitudinal direction of the side post.
  • the downwardly facing flanges of the corner joint are provided at the points which are aligned with the apertures 12 in the locked position with corresponding apertures l4 for engagement with the projections 15 of the resilient ring.
  • On top of the corner joint may expediently be provided a plate the outwardly facing edges of which have upwardly turned flanges for engagement with the outer edges of a pallet disposed on top of the joints.
  • a releasable corner joint arrangement for a stacking frame with detachable side members for a loading pallet the side members of which each comprises two tubular outer posts held together by means of a girder, said corner joint being formed as a U-shaped fitting pivotally connected to the girder so that its downwardly facing flanges in the locked position grip and hold the girder, the joint being further provided with a hook member adapted to be introduced into one tubular side post of an adjacent side member, the side post of the said side member supporting the joint being further provided with a resilient locking member projecting through one or two apertures in the wall of said tubular side post and adapted to cooperate with a recess in one or in both flanges of the said U- shaped fitting.

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US3709165A (en) * 1971-12-08 1973-01-09 Paltier Corp Pallet tiering frame interlock
US3942297A (en) * 1974-05-01 1976-03-09 Hokuzen Shokai Co., Ltd. Framework for housing automobiles or the like
US3945497A (en) * 1973-08-27 1976-03-23 Norman Goldetsky Storage appliance
US4131132A (en) * 1977-01-26 1978-12-26 Zierden Company Mounting bracket assembly
US4148106A (en) * 1977-12-27 1979-04-10 Gallien John W Furniture fastener system
EP0101260A2 (en) * 1982-08-04 1984-02-22 Brian Graham Pewsey Device for retaining material against a wall surface
US4550967A (en) * 1981-12-14 1985-11-05 Allied Corporation Electrical connector member
US4615402A (en) * 1985-06-10 1986-10-07 Adolf Eisenloeffel Drill bit and extension adapter
US4676381A (en) * 1984-09-07 1987-06-30 Wuester Heinrich Clothesline clamping device for a clothes drying apparatus
US4697303A (en) * 1985-07-02 1987-10-06 Kitagawa Industries Co., Ltd. Withdrawal apparatus for a card-like structure
US5095193A (en) * 1990-06-01 1992-03-10 Ogden Manufacturing Co. Cartridge heater having resilient retaining means
US5588372A (en) * 1994-05-09 1996-12-31 National-Standard Company Stackable dispensing apparatus for wire reels
US5829361A (en) * 1994-11-29 1998-11-03 Fenton; Michael Robert Space saving nestable skeletal pallet
US6561724B1 (en) * 1999-04-28 2003-05-13 Ferno Washington Italia S.R.L. Safety connecting and hooking device for tubular elements, particulary for stretcher
US6722812B1 (en) 1999-07-07 2004-04-20 Ferno Washington Italia S.R.L. Connecting device for tubular frame members, particularly for stretcher
US7347412B1 (en) * 2002-03-01 2008-03-25 Alan Qing-Lin Zhu Modular fence
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US3709164A (en) * 1971-12-08 1973-01-09 Paltier Corp Pallet tiering frame structure
US3709165A (en) * 1971-12-08 1973-01-09 Paltier Corp Pallet tiering frame interlock
US3945497A (en) * 1973-08-27 1976-03-23 Norman Goldetsky Storage appliance
US3942297A (en) * 1974-05-01 1976-03-09 Hokuzen Shokai Co., Ltd. Framework for housing automobiles or the like
US4131132A (en) * 1977-01-26 1978-12-26 Zierden Company Mounting bracket assembly
US4148106A (en) * 1977-12-27 1979-04-10 Gallien John W Furniture fastener system
US4550967A (en) * 1981-12-14 1985-11-05 Allied Corporation Electrical connector member
EP0101260A2 (en) * 1982-08-04 1984-02-22 Brian Graham Pewsey Device for retaining material against a wall surface
EP0101260A3 (en) * 1982-08-04 1984-06-27 Brian Graham Pewsey Device for retaining material against a wall surface
US4676381A (en) * 1984-09-07 1987-06-30 Wuester Heinrich Clothesline clamping device for a clothes drying apparatus
US4615402A (en) * 1985-06-10 1986-10-07 Adolf Eisenloeffel Drill bit and extension adapter
US4697303A (en) * 1985-07-02 1987-10-06 Kitagawa Industries Co., Ltd. Withdrawal apparatus for a card-like structure
US5095193A (en) * 1990-06-01 1992-03-10 Ogden Manufacturing Co. Cartridge heater having resilient retaining means
US5588372A (en) * 1994-05-09 1996-12-31 National-Standard Company Stackable dispensing apparatus for wire reels
US5829361A (en) * 1994-11-29 1998-11-03 Fenton; Michael Robert Space saving nestable skeletal pallet
US6561724B1 (en) * 1999-04-28 2003-05-13 Ferno Washington Italia S.R.L. Safety connecting and hooking device for tubular elements, particulary for stretcher
US6722812B1 (en) 1999-07-07 2004-04-20 Ferno Washington Italia S.R.L. Connecting device for tubular frame members, particularly for stretcher
US7347412B1 (en) * 2002-03-01 2008-03-25 Alan Qing-Lin Zhu Modular fence
US20100048108A1 (en) * 2006-09-27 2010-02-25 D & S Stott Pty Ltd Extension pole apparatus for sander
US8206200B2 (en) * 2006-09-27 2012-06-26 D & S Stott Pty Ltd Extension pole apparatus for sander
US20110147326A1 (en) * 2009-12-23 2011-06-23 Woolley Ii Patrick Shower rod snap-fit assembly
US8528753B2 (en) * 2009-12-23 2013-09-10 Wt International, Inc. Shower rod snap-fit assembly
US20120067837A1 (en) * 2010-09-17 2012-03-22 Guodong He Suspension device

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