WO1998017540A1 - Joint articule et chassis de transport et de stockage pliant muni d'un tel joint articule - Google Patents

Joint articule et chassis de transport et de stockage pliant muni d'un tel joint articule Download PDF

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WO1998017540A1
WO1998017540A1 PCT/EP1997/005720 EP9705720W WO9817540A1 WO 1998017540 A1 WO1998017540 A1 WO 1998017540A1 EP 9705720 W EP9705720 W EP 9705720W WO 9817540 A1 WO9817540 A1 WO 9817540A1
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base part
joint according
swivel
transport
pivoting
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Gerhard Geisel
Reiner Nillius
Rolf Baumann
Horst Seipenbusch
Klaus Hegenberg
Marcus Gross
Bodo Klinger
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R. Woeste & Co. Gmbh & Co. Kg
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Priority to EP97910448A priority Critical patent/EP0934205A1/fr
Priority to AU47823/97A priority patent/AU4782397A/en
Publication of WO1998017540A1 publication Critical patent/WO1998017540A1/fr

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  • the invention relates to a joint for two components which can be pivoted from one another from a locked end position by a limited angle, in particular for the posts of a transport and storage rack, the components in the locked end position being positively fixed to one another via at least one locking element.
  • the invention further relates to a transport and storage rack provided with such joints.
  • Such joints are known, for example, from the use on transport and storage racks, such as those used in the automotive industry. These transport and storage racks are used, for example, for the delivery of vehicle parts from the supplier to the vehicle manufacturer or for delivery within the factory to the respective production site.
  • These known transport and storage racks generally consist of a rectangular floor and four corner posts, two corner posts each being connected to one another via a cross member.
  • joints are arranged in the posts via which the posts connected to one another by means of the cross member can be folded down towards the center of the transport and storage rack.
  • a pallet with a frame-like structure is known, the posts of which can be folded down towards the bottom of the pallet.
  • angle plates are provided with L-shaped elongated holes at the four corners of the rectangular pallet base - -
  • the L-shaped elongated holes serve to guide bearing bolts arranged on the posts.
  • tabs are formed on the outside of the angle plates and the posts, which engage behind in the vertical end position of the posts. To pivot the posts and to transfer the posts into the locked end position, it is necessary to lift the posts before or after pivoting in order to bring the tabs out of engagement with one another or into engagement with one another.
  • joints are known which are formed by two rectangular hollow profiles which can be plugged into one another and which can be connected to the posts of the transport and storage frame.
  • a web with an integrally formed bearing element is formed on the upper of the two profile pieces and a receiving bushing for receiving the web and the bearing element are formed on the lower profile in such a way that, after the two pin-like rectangular hollow profiles have been pushed apart, they are molded into one another two profile parts can be pivoted to each other around the bearing element arranged on the web.
  • the invention is based on the objective of creating a joint of the type mentioned at the outset which is simple and inexpensive to manufacture and which ensures secure interlocking of the post parts with one another even under extreme loads.
  • a first solution to this task is characterized according to the invention in that the components consist of a base part and a pivot part mounted on the base part and pivotable about a bearing pin fixed in the base part, and in that the locking element locks the pivot part in the locked end position within the base part.
  • a joint is created, the pivotability of which is blocked only by the locking element, that is to say that the joint can be pivoted easily and securely after the blocking locking element has been removed.
  • a first production-technically simple form for designing the bearing pin which also separates the joint parts in the installed state - -
  • the bearing pin is designed as a separate component which can be used in bearing points in the base part and pivoting part.
  • the bearing pin is designed as a screw bolt provided with a screw head and a threaded section.
  • the base part When the base part is designed as a hollow profile, the base part has a slot for pivoting the pivot part on at least one side wall running parallel to the bearing pin.
  • slots for pivoting the pivoting part are formed in both side walls of the base part running parallel to the bearing pin, one of the slots allowing pivoting of the pivoting part by at least 90 °, while the other slot allows pivoting by up to 30 °. Due to the long slot arranged towards the inside of the transport and storage rack, which allows the pivoting part to be pivoted by at least 90 °, it is possible to reduce the overall height of the transport and storage rack.
  • the second slot which allows the swivel part to be swiveled outwards by up to 30 °, offers the possibility of emptying a fully packed transport and storage rack using an automatic gripper, as this has enough space for the outwardly swiveled posts to grasp the goods stored in the transport and storage rack laterally.
  • the swivel part is designed as a hollow profile which can be inserted into the base part with a molded bearing journal, the bearing journal having a bearing point for receiving the bearing pin in the region of its free end inserted into the base part.
  • the pivot part is inserted with its bearing journal into the base part and the bearing pin is inserted into the bearing points in the base part and in the pivot part.
  • the locking element is designed as a rod or tube, which is mounted in a vertical elongated hole in the base part and is preferably essentially rectangular in cross section, which in the locked end position is positively and / or non-positively on the bearing journal - S ' -
  • the locking element as a rod or tube arranged in an elongated hole, in this embodiment it is only necessary to lift the locking element in order to release the locking of the swivel part again.
  • a stop is formed on at least one side transversely to the pivoting direction on the bearing journal of the pivoting part.
  • a vertical elongated hole is formed in the base part, in which the locking element, which is preferably a rod or tube with a circular cross section, is mounted.
  • the locking element In the locked end position of the pivoting part, the locking element rests against the stop of the bearing pin in a locking manner.
  • connection of the components of the joint with other components can be simplified in that a recess which reduces the outside diameter of these components is formed on the free ends of the base part and the pivoting part. With this recess in the outer diameter, the base part and the swivel part can be inserted into other hollow profiles and connected to them, for example by welding.
  • cast iron As a material for the components of the joint, cast iron, and in particular weldable white malleable cast iron, has proven to be advantageous, since with this Cost-effective and high-quality joints can be produced in a simple manner even in mass production.
  • a second solution to the problem is characterized in that the base part can be inserted into the swivel part, a bearing part pivotably guided in the base part being formed on the swivel part.
  • This configuration according to the invention makes it possible to move the pivot mechanism of the joint into the interior of the two components, so that - in contrast to the joint known from the prior art - the articulated design of the components has no influence on the outer contour of the components and only execution is required.
  • a rotation-proof guidance of the pivoting part in the base part in the circumferential direction of the pivoting part results from the fact that the bearing part is designed as an integrally formed bearing pin on the part of the pivoting part inserted into the base part.
  • at least one flattened portion is formed on the lateral surface of the bearing pin.
  • the base part designed as a hollow profile in this embodiment has a slot, which preferably extends over the entire length of the base part, for inserting and pivoting the pivot part.
  • a slot which preferably extends over the entire length of the base part, for inserting and pivoting the pivot part.
  • an insertion opening is advantageously formed for inserting the bearing pin of the swivel part, the height of the insertion opening corresponding to the diameter of the bearing pin in the area of the flattened portion. In this way it is possible to insert the bearing pin into the base part only in a certain position.
  • a bearing bush is advantageously formed in the base part in the region of the insertion opening.
  • the invention proposes that the mutually facing upper side of the base part and / or lower side of the pivoting part be designed to drop slightly towards the slot / is.
  • connection of the components of the joint with other components can be simplified in that a recess which reduces the outside diameter of these components is formed on the free ends of the base part and the swivel part. With this recess in the outer diameter, the base part and the swivel part can be inserted into other hollow profiles and connected to them, for example by welding.
  • the locking element for positively fixing the base part and the swivel part against one another is designed as a rod or tube which is preferably circular in cross section.
  • a receiving opening extending transversely to the opening of the slot and thus to the pivoting direction is formed in the base part and in the pivoting part.
  • the locking element can be inserted into this receiving opening or inserted through it.
  • the receiving opening for the locking element is advantageously designed as an elongated hole that extends over the base part and the swivel part in the longitudinal axis. This configuration of the receiving opening for the locking element makes it possible to release the locking of the joint by lifting the locking element into the upper part of the elongated hole. In this embodiment, the locking element remains captively held in the joint, since it is not necessary to pull the locking element out of the receiving opening.
  • the elongated hole in the swivel part is expanded laterally in the swivel direction, that is to say in the direction of the slot.
  • This expansion of the elongated hole in the swivel direction forms a receptacle for the locking element in the swivel position.
  • the extension is designed so that when the pivoting part is pivoted back into the non-pivoted end position, the locking element effects an automatic locking of the element due to gravity and automatically moves into the rest position at the lower end of the elongated hole in the base part.
  • cast iron As a material for the components of the joint, cast iron, and in particular weldable white malleable cast iron, has proven to be advantageous, since with this Cost-effective and high-quality joints can be produced in a simple manner even in mass production.
  • a third solution to this problem is characterized in that the components consist of a base part and a pivot part, the pivot part being pivotable about a bearing pin which is guided in at least one receptacle running in the longitudinal direction of the base part and in alignment with the at least one a receptacle for the bearing pin on the base part above this receptacle is formed at least one locking receptacle for the at least one locking element arranged on the pivoting part.
  • a joint is created, the pivotability of which is ensured by the locking element formed on the pivoting part and the corresponding receptacle formed in the base part, the locking element and locking receptacle not projecting beyond the outer contour of the post profile in the locked end position of a post, so that a flush and space-saving arrangement of several transport and storage racks next to one another is possible and, moreover, the locking element and / or the locking receptacle are not subject to mechanical stress from the outside, which could lead to failure of the locking function.
  • a technically simple form for the design of the receptacle for the bearing pin and for the configuration of the locking receptacle for the locking element results from the fact that the receptacle for the bearing pin and the locking receptacle are designed as a one-piece groove running in the longitudinal direction of the base part.
  • This one-piece design of the receptacles for the bearing pin and the locking element makes it easy Possible way to insert the pivot part or the post provided with the pivot part from above into the groove formed in the base part, so that posts designed in this way can be installed and removed in a particularly simple manner.
  • the swivel part has a swivel arm which can be supported on the base part and a bearing head which projects at least on one side in cross section and which is arranged at one end of the swivel arm and which in the locked end position rests with its essentially flat underside on the top of the base part .
  • This design of the underside of the bearing head as a contact surface on the base part ensures the largest possible transmission of force.
  • Locking the locking element is unnecessary in this embodiment.
  • the at least one locking element is arranged on the underside of the bearing head.
  • the pivoting part is pivoted according to the invention by at least one bearing pin which, viewed in the longitudinal direction of the pivot arm, is spaced apart from the locking element and is integrally formed with it on the pivot arm.
  • the swivel part is designed as a T-shaped component which can be inserted into the base part designed as a hollow profile by means of the longitudinal arm forming the swivel arm, with the base part extending essentially over the entire length of the base part Slit is designed for pivoting the swivel part, and the at least one bearing pin formed on the swivel arm rests on an undercut of the slot on the inside of the hollow profile.
  • the base part is designed as a rectangular profile, on the at least one outside of which the groove extending in the longitudinal direction of the base part is formed for the bearing pin and the locking element.
  • This embodiment of the base part is, on the one hand, particularly simple and inexpensive in terms of production technology and, moreover, a base part designed in this way is particularly dimensionally stable and thus ensures a secure hold for the post provided with this base part.
  • the invention proposes that the groove for receiving the bearing pin and the locking element in the area of receiving the locking element is enlarged in cross section.
  • the swivel part is designed as an L-shaped component, on the longitudinal leg forming the swivel arm pointing toward the cross leg, the bearing bolt and the locking element are formed.
  • the invention further proposes that a base, at least unilaterally projecting on the cross section of the base part, is formed on the base part, on which the swivel arm stands with its free end in the locked end position .
  • an attachment for the fixing of a crossbar connecting the two base parts to one another is formed on the side of the swivel arm opposite the bearing pin.
  • the swivel part is designed as an angle profile or flat iron, the bearing pin and the locking element being arranged at a distance from one another on the swivel part.
  • the connection of the components of the joint with other components can be simplified in that the base part and the pivot part at the free ends for connecting the base part and the pivot part with other components to the profile shape of these Components are adjusted.
  • the base part and the swivel part can be connected to these components in a simple manner, for example by welding.
  • Cast iron and in particular weldable white malleable cast iron have proven to be advantageous as the material for the components of the joint, since inexpensive and high-quality joints can be produced in a simple manner with this material even in mass production.
  • the base parts of the joint according to the invention can be arranged directly on a floor of the transport and storage rack.
  • the invention further relates to a collapsible transport and storage rack with a rectangular bottom, at the four corners of which posts are arranged, each of which has a joint of the type described above, by means of which each post can be pivoted toward the bottom of the transport and storage rack.
  • a collapsible transport and storage rack designed in this way, it is proposed that two juxtaposed posts of two mutually opposite sides are connected to one another via at least one cross member and / or a side wall element.
  • the connection of the side wall element to the joints is advantageously carried out in that the side wall elements are fixed to the pivoting parts of the joints.
  • wall elements are arranged between the posts of the other two opposite sides, which are pivotally mounted on the base parts of the joints.
  • wall elements are arranged between the posts of the other two opposite sides, which are pivotally mounted on the base parts of the joints.
  • the pivotable mounting of the wall elements is advantageously carried out according to the invention in that bearing bolts are arranged at the lower ends of the wall elements and point towards the posts and can be inserted into a groove running in the longitudinal direction of the base part.
  • the receptacles are designed as U-shaped bearings that are open at the top, with at least the side of the receptacle facing the floor having a run-on slope for the locking element.
  • This run-up bevel on the receptacle makes it possible that when the wall element is folded up, the locking element which can be displaced in the longitudinal direction of the post is raised by the run-up bevel and in the vertical closed position the locking element falls into the upwardly open receptacle and thus that Wall element locked in the locked end position of the posts between the posts.
  • the locking element is designed as a rod or tube which is mounted in a hollow frame profile of the wall element and extends from post to post.
  • This configuration of the locking element makes it possible in a simple manner to fix the wall element to both posts at the same time and at the same time to release the locking mechanism between the two posts for pivoting the wall element by simply lifting the locking element.
  • a fourth solution to the problem is according to the invention characterized in that the base part can be inserted into the swivel part, with a swivel-mounted bearing part being formed on the swivel part, which is designed as a bearing bolt formed on the part of the swivel part inserted into the base part.
  • At least one flattened portion is formed on the lateral surface of the bearing pin.
  • the base part designed as a hollow profile in this embodiment has a slot, which preferably extends over the entire length of the base part, for inserting and pivoting the pivot part.
  • an insertion opening is advantageously formed for inserting the bearing pin of the swivel part, the height of the insertion opening corresponding to the diameter of the bearing pin in the area of the flattened portion. In this way it is possible to insert the bearing pin into the base part only in a certain position.
  • the flattened portion formed on the lateral surface of the bearing pin is rotated by an obtuse angle with respect to the longitudinal axis of the swivel part. In this way, when pivoted properly, which is at most 90 °, the bearing pin also reaches such a position in front of the insertion opening that the bearing pin can be removed from the base part through the insertion opening.
  • a further slot is formed in the upper region of the base part on the side opposite the slot in order to be able to pivot the pivoting part also outwards, that is to say into the side facing away from the bottom of the transport and storage rack.
  • Such pivoting is particularly desirable when emptying a transport and storage rack with an automatic gripper.
  • the second slot is only deep enough to allow the pivoting part to be pivoted outwards by a maximum of 30 °.
  • a holding element is arranged in the base part in the region of the second slot in order to prevent the pivoting part from pivoting outwards in the locked end position of the pivoting part.
  • a holding element can be designed, for example, as a grub screw.
  • Fig. 1 is a side view of a first embodiment of a
  • FIG. 2 shows a longitudinal section through a first embodiment of a joint according to the invention in the locked end position
  • FIG. 3 shows a longitudinal section through the joint according to FIG. 2, but in the pivoted position
  • Fig. 4 is a 90 ° rotated longitudinal section through the joint according to
  • Fig. 2; 5 shows a longitudinal section through a second embodiment of a joint according to the invention, illustrating the joint in the locked and the pivoted position;
  • Fig. 6 is a 90 ° rotated longitudinal section through the joint according to
  • FIG. 7 shows a perspective view of a third embodiment of a joint according to the invention in the locked end position
  • FIG. 8 is a view of an end face of the transport and storage rack according to FIG. 1 with the corner posts located in the locked end position;
  • Fig. 9 shows a longitudinal section through a fourth embodiment of a
  • 1 0 shows a longitudinal section through the joint according to FIG. 9 in the pivoted position
  • Fig. 1 1 a rotated through 90 ° longitudinal section through the joint according to
  • Fig. 1 2a shows a side view of a second embodiment of a
  • Fig. 1 2b is a side view of the transport and rotated by 90 °
  • 1 2c is a side view of the transport and storage rack according to FIG.
  • Figure 1 3 is a partial perspective view of a post with a partially pivoted side wall.
  • 14a is a side view of a fifth embodiment of a
  • FIG. 14b is a plan view of the base part according to FIG. 14a;
  • Fig. 1 5 is a side view of a sixth embodiment of a
  • 16a is a side view of a seventh embodiment of a
  • 16b shows a plan view of the base part according to FIG. 1 6a;
  • Fig. 17 is a side view of an eighth embodiment of a
  • Fig. 1 8a is a side view of a ninth embodiment of a
  • FIG. 18b shows a top view of the swivel part according to FIG. 18a;
  • FIG. 20 shows a longitudinal section through the joint according to FIG. 19 in the pivoted position.
  • Each transport and storage rack 1 shows a first embodiment of a transport and storage rack 1, as is used, for example, for the delivery of components in the automotive industry.
  • Each transport and storage rack 1 consists of a base 2 and four posts 3 arranged at the corners, the posts 3 arranged on the end face being connected to one another via a cross bar 4, which is only indicated are connected.
  • the posts 3 are provided with joints 5, by means of which the posts 3 connected to one another by means of the cross member 4 can be folded down towards the center of the transport and storage rack 1.
  • support posts 6 are arranged on the longitudinal sides of the floor, on which the folded over the joints 5 3 rest in the pivoted state.
  • 3 stacking mandrels 7 are arranged at the lower ends of the posts.
  • a plurality of transport and storage parts 1 can be stacked on top of one another by means of these stacking mandrels 7, since the inner contour of the posts 3 is designed such that the stacking mandrels 7 are accommodated in the posts 3.
  • This stackability of the transport and storage racks 1 is possible both in the locked end position of the posts 3 and in the pivoted position of the posts 3, as can be seen from FIG. 3.
  • All of the illustrated embodiments of the joints 5 consist of a base part 8 and a pivot part 1 0 inserted into the base part 8 via a bearing pin 9.
  • the base part 8 and the pivot part 1 0 of the joint 5 are used to form the pivotable posts 3 of a transport and storage frame 1 , which are designed as hollow profiles, inserted into hollow profiles 1 1 of the posts 3 and welded to them.
  • a recess 12 reducing the outer diameter of these components 8 and 1 0 is formed at the free ends of the base part 8 and the swivel part 1 0.
  • the joint welded into the hollow profiles 1 1 is flush with the hollow profiles 11 of the post 3.
  • a slot 1 3 is formed in the base part at least in the side wall of the base part 8 pointing toward the interior of the transport and storage rack 1, as can be seen in FIGS. 4 and 6.
  • the pivoting of the swivel part 1 0 relative to the base part 8 takes place via a bearing pin 14 inserted in receiving bores of the base part 8 and swivel part 1 0.
  • the joint 5 is locked in the non-pivoted end position shown in FIGS. 2 and 4 via a locking element 15, which in the exemplary embodiment shown is at least in the region of the base part 8 than in cross section is essentially rectangular rod.
  • the locking element 1 5 is mounted in this first embodiment in a vertical slot 1 6 in the base part 8 so that the locking element 1 5 in the locked end position shown in Fig. 2 at the lower end of the slot 1 6 arranged positively and non-positively on the lower side End of the bearing pin 9 of the pivot part 1 0 is present.
  • the locking element 15 can be extended towards a second joint in order to lock the joints 5 of two posts 3 connected to one another via the cross bar 4 by means of a common locking element 15.
  • a stop 17 for the locking element 15 is formed on one side transversely to the swivel direction on the journal 9 of the swivel part 10.
  • the stop 17 is designed as an upwardly open U-shaped receptacle.
  • the in a slot 1 8 of the base part 8 locking element 1 5 is in the locked end position of the pivot part 1 0 on this stop 1 7 of the journal 9 and in this way prevents pivoting of the pivot part 1 0 relative to the base part 8.
  • the swivel part 1 0 can not only be swiveled by at least 90 ° to reduce the overall height of the transport and storage frame 1 towards the inside of the transport and storage frame 1, but also a swivel of the swivel part 1 0 can be done externally.
  • Such pivoting by up to 30 ° may be necessary if a fully packed transport and storage rack 1 is to be emptied by an automatic gripper, since this grips enough space between the posts 3 or 3 for the lateral gripping of the components stored in the transport and storage rack 1.
  • the different pivoting angle of the pivoting part 1 0 is achieved in a simple manner in that the slots 1 3 formed in the two side walls of the base part 8 are of different lengths.
  • stops 1 9 are arranged on the locking elements 15 near the outer sides of the base parts.
  • the stops 19 prevent the locking element 15 from being pulled out of the joints 5.
  • the third embodiment of a joint 5 shown in FIG. 7 shows that the joints 5 can be designed not only as hollow profiles but also as flat bars.
  • the posts 3 of the transport and storage rack 1 to be connected to the components 8, 10 can be any suitable profile shape, for. B. angle profile or flat iron.
  • the post 3 is a flat iron and the base part 8 is welded directly to the bottom 2 of the transport and storage rack 1.
  • the locking element 15 - As can be seen in particular from FIGS. 2 and 5 - is in the rest position, that is to say at the lower end of the elongated hole 1 6 or the elongated hole 1 8.
  • the locking element 1 5 is positively and non-positively on the bearing pin 9 of the pivoting part 1 0.
  • the pivoting part is locked in this position of the locking element 15 by the locking element 15 resting on the stop 17 formed on the journal 9. To release the joints 5 of both embodiments, it is only necessary to lift the locking element 15 in the direction of the longitudinal axis of the posts 3.
  • the pivoting of the pivoting part 1 0 relative to the base part 8 in the main pivoting direction that is, in the direction of the interior of the transport and storage rack 1 without lifting the pivoting part 1 0 can be facilitated in that the mutually facing upper side of the base part 8 and / or underside of the pivoting part towards the 90 ° slot 1 3 is / are slightly sloping.
  • the folded post areas must be pressed back into the position shown in FIGS. 2 and 5.
  • the locking element 15 in the exemplary embodiment according to FIG. 2 automatically moves back into the locking position in the lower end of the elongated hole 1 6 due to gravity.
  • the locking element 15 becomes when the post 3 is pivoted back pushed upwards by the oblique outside of the stop 1 7 in the elongated hole 1 8 until the locking element 1 5 in the vertical position of the post 3 falls back into the stop 1 7 designed as an upwardly open receptacle due to gravity and thus locks the joint 5 .
  • the structure of a fourth embodiment of a joint 5 and its mode of operation can be seen in particular in FIGS. 9 and 10.
  • the illustrated joint 5 consists of a base part 8 and a swivel part 1 0 inserted into the base part 8, on the part inserted into the base part 8 a bearing part designed as a bearing pin 14 is formed.
  • the base part 8 and the pivot part 1 0 of the joint 5, which are designed as hollow profiles, are inserted into the hollow profiles 1 1 of the post 3 and welded to them.
  • a recess 12 reducing the outer diameter of these components 8 and 1 0 is formed at the free ends of the base part 8 and the swivel part 1 0.
  • the joint 5 welded into the hollow profiles 1 1 is flush with the hollow profiles 11 of the post 3 on the outside.
  • a slot 1 3 extending over the entire length of the base part 8 is formed in the base part 8, as can be seen in FIG. 1 1 .
  • the bearing bolt 1 4 is inserted into a bearing bush 20 formed in the area of the slot 1 3 in the base part 8 via an insertion opening 21 formed in the area of the slot 1 3.
  • the locking of the joint 5 in the non-pivoted end position takes place via a locking element 15, which in the exemplary embodiment shown is designed as a rod with a circular cross section.
  • the locking of the joint 5 by the locking element 1 5 takes place by inserting the locking element 1 5 in a in the base part and in the pivoting part transverse to the opening of the slot 1 3 and thus to the pivoting direction receiving opening 23.
  • the receiving opening 23 is in the illustrated embodiment as a Base part 8 and the swivel part 1 0 formed in the longitudinal axis overlapping elongated hole, which has an extension 24 in the swivel part 10 laterally in the swivel direction, that is, in the direction of the slot 1 3.
  • the joints 5 of two posts 3 connected to one another via the cross member 4 can be locked by means of a common locking element 15.
  • 3 locking washers 25 are arranged on the locking element 1 5 on the mutually facing inner sides of the posts, which prevent the locking element 15 from moving laterally.
  • the locking washers 25 can be fastened, for example, in the manner of a snap ring or by welding the locking washers 25 to the locking element 15.
  • the locking element 15 In the locked position, the locking element 15 is - as can be seen in FIG. 9 - in the rest position, that is to say in the lower end of the receiving opening 23 which is designed as an elongated hole. To release the joint 5, it is only necessary to move the locking element 15 in the direction to raise the longitudinal axis of the posts 3 until the locking element 15 no longer lies in the region of the receiving opening of the base part 8. After releasing the locking of the joint 5 by lifting the locking element 1 5, it is now only necessary to connect the part of the post 3 connected to the pivoting part 1 0 via the locking element 1 5 or one of the posts 3 in the pivoting direction, that is, in the direction of in the base part 8 formed slot 1 3 to press. In the swivel position, the locking element 1 5 takes up in the extension 24 of the receiving opening 23, as shown in Fig. 1 0.
  • the folded post areas must be pressed back into the position shown in FIGS. 9 and 11.
  • the locking element 1 5 automatically moves back into the locking position in the lower end of the receiving opening 23 in the base part 8 due to gravity, since the extension 24 of the receiving opening 23 is designed such that the locking element 1 5 in the vertical position of the Swivel part 1 0 finds no hold in the extension 24 of the receiving opening 23.
  • joints 5 designed in this way, it is possible in a simple and energy-saving manner to pivot the posts 3 of a transport and storage rack 1. Since such joints 5 can be formed as a cast part, they can also be mass-produced inexpensively and with high quality.
  • FIG. 1 2a to 1 2c show a second embodiment of a transport and storage rack 1, as used for example for the delivery of components in the automotive industry.
  • Each transport and storage rack 1 consists of at least one base 2 and four posts 3 arranged at the corners.
  • the posts 3 arranged at the end are connected to one another via side wall elements 26, as shown in FIG. 1 2a can be seen.
  • the posts 3 with joints 5 provided, by means of which the posts 3, which are connected to one another by means of the side wall elements 4, can be folded over towards the center of the transport and storage rack 1, as is shown in FIG. 12c. From Fig. 12c it can also be seen that the wall elements 27 are also designed to be pivotable towards the center of the transport and storage rack 1.
  • 3 frame feet 28 are arranged at the lower ends of the posts. Via these frame feet 28, a plurality of transport and storage frames 1 can be stacked on top of one another, since the inner contour and / or the outer contour of the posts 3 are designed such that in the folded-down state of the joints 5 shown in FIG. 1 2c, the frame feet 28 of another transport and Storage rack 1 immovably in or on the post 3 can be inserted or placed.
  • FIGS. 14a to 1 8b The structure of the joints 5 and their mode of operation can be seen in FIGS. 14a to 1 8b. All of the illustrated embodiments of the joints 5 consist of a base part 8 and a pivot part 10 mounted on the base part 8, the pivot part 10 being pivotable about a bearing pin 14 which is guided in a receptacle 29 running in the longitudinal direction of the base part 8.
  • a locking element 15 is formed on the swivel part 9, which in the locked final state is arranged in a locking receptacle 30 formed on the base part 8.
  • the receptacle 29 for the bearing pin 14 is designed as a vertical elongated hole in the base part 8.
  • the locking receptacle 30 for the locking element 15 is aligned with the receptacle 29 designed as an elongated hole above this receptacle 29 at the upper end of the base part 8 as a U-shaped bearing point which is open at the top.
  • the receptacle 29 for the bearing pin 14 and the locking receptacle 30 for the locking element 15 are formed as a one-piece groove 31 running in the longitudinal direction of the base part 8, so that a Swivel part 10 with integrally formed bearing pin 14 into groove 31 from above can be used.
  • the bearing pin 14 it is necessary to design the bearing pin 14 as a separate component.
  • the free ends of the base part 8 and the pivot part 10 are adapted to the profiles of the posts 3.
  • the base part 8 and the swivel part 10 are designed as hollow profiles or rectangular profiles, the free ends of the base part 8 and the swivel part 10 each having a recess 12 which reduces the outer diameter of these components 8 and 10 for connection to have the profiles of the posts 3.
  • the joint 5 welded into the profiles of the posts 3 is flush with the profiles of the posts 3.
  • the swivel part 10 is designed as a T-shaped component which can be inserted into the base part 8 designed as a hollow profile by means of the longitudinal arm forming the swivel arm 32.
  • a slot 13 is formed in the base part 8, which slot extends essentially over the entire length of the base part 8.
  • the swivel arm 32 of the swivel part 10 is inserted from above into the hollow profile of the base part 8 until the locking elements 15 arranged on the underside 34 of the bearing head 33 rest in the locking receptacles 30 in the base part 8.
  • the bearing pin 14 which is in the form of a separate component, is inserted through the receptacle 29, which is in the form of an elongated hole, and the bearing point 36 in the swivel arm 32.
  • the sixth embodiment of a joint 5 shown in FIG. 1 5 differs from the embodiment shown in FIGS. 14 a and 14 b in that the bearing pin 14 is formed in one piece on the swivel arm 32 of the swivel part 10.
  • Another distinguishing feature of this joint 5 to the joint 5 described above is that the receptacle 29 for the bearing pin 14 and the locking receptacle 30 for the locking element 15 are formed by the integral grooves 31 in the interior of the hollow profile of the base part 8.
  • the swivel part 10 must be raised until the locking elements 15 formed on the underside 34 of the bearing head 33 are arranged above the top 35 of the base part 8.
  • the swivel part 10 can then be swiveled through the slot 13 in the base part 8, the swivel part 10 being held in the receptacle 29 or the groove 31 via its bearing bolts 14.
  • the swivel parts 10 are designed as L-shaped components, on the longitudinal arms of which form the swivel arm 32, the bearing pins 14 and the locking elements 15 are formed, pointing towards the transverse arm.
  • the base part 8 matching these swivel parts 10 is designed as a rectangular profile the at least one outside of which is formed in the longitudinal direction of the base part 8 groove 31 for receiving the bearing bolt 1 4 and the locking element 1 5.
  • 8 grooves 31 are formed on two adjacent sides of the base part.
  • the swivel parts 10 are arranged at the lower end of the side wall elements 26.
  • the swivel parts 10 provided with the side wall elements 26 are inserted from above into the grooves 31 of the base parts 8 until the bottom sides 34 of the bearing heads 33 on the top sides 35 of the base parts 8 lie on.
  • the locking elements 15 formed on the swivel parts 1 0 also lie in the grooves 31, so that swiveling such a post or such a side wall is not possible.
  • To pivot the post 3 or the side wall it is necessary to raise the pivot part 1 0 until the locking element 1 5 disengages from the groove 31 in the base part 8.
  • the post 3 or the entire wall formed from the two posts 3 and the side wall element 26 can then be pivoted via the bearing bolts 1 4 to the bottom 2 of the transport and storage frame 1, as shown in FIG. 1 2c.
  • the embodiment shown in Fig. 1 7 differs from the previous embodiment in that on the pivot part 1 0 on the opposite side of the bearing pin 14 of the pivot arm 32 is an extension 38 for fixing a cross member for connection to another base part 8 is formed.
  • the base part 8 which is designed as a rectangular profile, differs from the base part 8 described above in that at the lower end of the base part 8, a base 39 is formed which projects at least on one side from the cross section of the base part 8 and on which, in the locked end position of the pivot part 1 0, the pivot arm 32 stands up with its free end.
  • This type of base part 8, which can also be used for the swivel part 1 0 designed according to FIG. 1 6a offers the possibility that the bearing forces of the post 3 not only on the Top 35 of the base part 8, but also act on the base 39 of the base part 8.
  • the ninth embodiment of a joint 5 shown in FIGS. 1 8a and 18b shows that the joints 5 can be designed not only as hollow profiles but also as angle profiles.
  • the posts 3 of the transport and storage frame 1 to be connected to the components 8 and 10 can also have any suitable profile shape, such as flat iron.
  • the bearing pin 14 and the locking element 15 are formed on top of one another at a distance from one another on the outside of the angle profile.
  • the locking element 15 has the same diameter as the bearing bolt 14, it is entirely possible that the locking element 15 has a larger diameter than the bearing bolt 14, in which case the part of the groove 31 serving as a locking receptacle 30 must have a correspondingly larger diameter.
  • Fig. 1 2a to 12c it is not only possible to insert the base part 8 at any height in a post 3, but also possible to arrange the base part 8 directly on the floor 2 of a transport and storage rack 1 in order to to form a particularly compact transport and storage rack 1 in the folded state.
  • the two side walls not to be pivoted with the posts 3 are formed by the wall elements 27, which are pivotally mounted on the base parts 8.
  • this mounting can take place via bearing bolts 14 formed on the wall elements 27, which engage in grooves 31, as are formed on the outer sides of the base parts shown in FIGS. 1 6a to 1 8b.
  • these wall elements have at the upper end of the wall elements 27 facing the posts 3, in the longitudinal direction of the posts 3 displaceable locking elements 40, which in the locked end position of the posts 3 in the posts 3 formed receptacles 41 intervene.
  • the structure of the locking element 40 and the receptacle 41 can be seen in particular in FIG. 13.
  • the locking element 40 is formed by a rod mounted in a hollow frame profile 42 of the wall element 27.
  • the wall element 27 can then be pivoted toward the bottom 2 of the transport and storage rack 1 via the bearing bolts 14 guided in the grooves 31.
  • the posts 3 or the walls formed by means of the posts 3 and the side wall elements 26 lie above the walls of the transport and storage rack 1 formed by the wall elements 27.
  • This flat superimposition of the side wall elements 26 and wall elements 27 is made possible by the fact that the pivot pins 14 which allow pivoting are mounted in receptacles 29 in the base part 8, which extend in the longitudinal direction of the base part 8. In this way it is possible that the side wall elements 26 and - 2 >> -
  • Wall elements 27 lie flat directly on top of one another in the folded position of the transport and storage rack 1.
  • the posts 3 connected to one another via the side wall elements 26 are first pivoted back into the vertical position until the locking elements 15 engage in the locking receptacles 30 or grooves 31 in the base part 8 and the Lock post 3. Then the wall elements 27 are pivoted into the vertical position.
  • the locking of the wall elements 27 to the post 3 takes place via the locking element 40, which is displaceably guided in the longitudinal direction of the post 3, in a particularly simple manner in that run-up bevels 31 are formed on the receptacles 3 formed on the posts 3 for the locking element 40, through which the Locking element 40 is pressed upwards until the locking element 40 in the vertical position of the wall element 27 falls into the receptacle 41 due to gravity, which is U-shaped in the exemplary embodiment shown.
  • joints 5 designed in this way it is possible in a simple manner to pivot the posts 3 and the side walls of a transport and storage rack 1 formed by wall elements 27. Since such joints 5 can be formed as castings, they can also be mass-produced inexpensively and with high quality.
  • FIGS. 1 9 and 20 show a further embodiment of a joint 5, this new embodiment essentially corresponding to the embodiment shown in FIGS. 9, 10 and 11.
  • the flattened portion 22 formed on the lateral surface of the bearing pin 14 is rotated by an obtuse angle with respect to the longitudinal axis of the swivel part 1 0.
  • this joint 5 shown in FIGS. 19 and 20 has a further slot 13 in the upper region of the base part 8 on the side opposite the slot 13 , so that the pivoting part 10 can also be pivoted outwards, ie away from the bottom 2 of the transport and storage rack 1.
  • the length of the second slot 1 3 is dimensioned such that the pivoting part 10 can only be pivoted outwards by an angle of up to 30 °.
  • a holding element 44 for example a grub screw, is arranged in the base part 8 in the region of the second slot 13, via which the pivoting part 10 can be locked against pivoting outwards .
  • Such pivoting of the pivoting part 10 to the outside is useful, for example, when the transport and storage rack 1 is to be emptied with an automatic gripper, since such a gripper requires a lateral clearance to grasp the goods stored in the transport and storage rack 1 can.

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L'invention concerne un joint articulé (5) pour deux éléments (8, 10) pouvant pivoter l'un par rapport à l'autre d'un angle limité, hors d'une position finale verrouillée, notamment pour des montants (3) d'un châssis de transport et de stockage (1). En position verrouillée, les éléments (8, 10) sont fixés par liaison de forme l'un contre l'autre par l'intermédiaire d'au moins un élément d'arrêt (15). Afin de réaliser un joint articulé (5) de manière aisée et économique, de manière à assurer un verrouillage fiable à tout moment, il est prévu selon l'invention que les éléments (8, 10) comprennent une pièce de base (8) et une pièce pivotante (10) montée sur la pièce de base (8) et pouvant pivoter autour d'un pivot (14) fixé dans la pièce de base. L'élément de verrouillage (15) arrête la pièce pivotante (10) en position finale verrouillée dans la pièce de base (8).
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