Classifications

• • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
  • A47—FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
  • A47B—TABLES; DESKS; OFFICE FURNITURE; CABINETS; DRAWERS; GENERAL DETAILS OF FURNITURE
  • A47B47/00—Cabinets, racks or shelf units, characterised by features related to dismountability or building-up from elements
  • A47B47/02—Cabinets, racks or shelf units, characterised by features related to dismountability or building-up from elements made of metal only
  • A47B47/021—Racks or shelf units
• • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
  • A47—FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
  • A47B—TABLES; DESKS; OFFICE FURNITURE; CABINETS; DRAWERS; GENERAL DETAILS OF FURNITURE
  • A47B96/00—Details of cabinets, racks or shelf units not covered by a single one of groups A47B43/00 - A47B95/00; General details of furniture
• • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
  • B23—MACHINE TOOLS; METAL-WORKING NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
  • B23P—METAL-WORKING NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; COMBINED OPERATIONS; UNIVERSAL MACHINE TOOLS
  • B23P6/00—Restoring or reconditioning objects

Definitions

• the present invention relates to pallet racking arrangements and more
• the pallet racks are of a knock down design
• the posts are generally
• Patent 4,113,110 such post protectors do not assist in preventing damage to the post at
• pallet racks which method minimizes the downtime when repairing a damaged post.
• assembly for pallet racks comprising a tubular post having an upper end and a lower
• a floor bearing plate secured to the tubular post at the lower end thereof, a
• the method comprising the steps of supplying a repair
• tubular post having an upper end and a lower end, a floor
• the lifting mechanism having means to engage and hold the undamaged upper
• repair assembly of the present invention is designed to
• pallet racks will have different dimensions and the repair assembly will be configured
• the repair assembly of the present invention is designed to be sufficiently
• the post and braces are
• horizontal and diagonal braces are located at a relatively low height and particularly in
• the diagonal brace is situated at least
• the diagonal post form an angle of between 20 and
• This angle is important in ensuring the overall rigidity of the structure.
• Figure 1 is a perspective view of a repair system according to the present
• Figure 2 is a side elevational view thereof
• Figures 3, 3a, 3b and 3c illustrate the replacement of a damaged post of a pallet
• Figure 4 is a perspective view of the equipment utilized during replacement of
• Figure 5 is a side view illustrating engagement of the equipment with the
• Figure 6 is a top plan view of the equipment of Figure 5;
• Figure 7 is a exploded view of the means of securing the repair assembly to the
• Figure 8 is a cross sectional view of the assembled connector of Figure 7.
• Repair assembly 10 includes a tubular post 12, having a front wall 14, an
• a floor bearing plate 20 Located at the bottom of tubular post 12 is a floor bearing plate 20.
• bearing plate 20 extends beyond both front wall 14 and back wall 16; the portion
• a C-shaped bolt guard 24 extends
• tubular post 12 thereto. Also surrounding horizontal plate 26 and the upper portion of tubular post 12
• a C-shaped connector 28 having a front wall 30, a portion of which lies in
• side wall 32 lies in juxtaposition to side wall 18 of
• a horizontal brace 34 extends outwardly from back wall 16. Horizontal
• brace 34 has an upper wall 36 and a bottom wall 38 which are substantially the same
• brace 46 extends diagonally outwardly and upwardly from back wall 16. In this -7- respect, it will be noted that diagonal brace 46 is located a distance above horizontal
• brace 34 extends at an angle of approximately 26 degrees.
• Diagonal brace 46 is
• top wall 48 includes a top wall 48 and a bottom wall 50 which are slightly narrower than back
• a C-shaped connector generally designated by reference numeral 40 is located
• horizontal beam 34 includes a front wall 42 and a pair of side
• diagonal brace 46 is provided at the distal end of diagonal brace 46.
• pallet rack arrangement there is also provided a rear post 56 and an upper horizontal
• brace 58
• Each of posts 54 and 56 is of a formed
• numeral 68 which includes a base 70 having a recess 72 formed therein to permit
• a hydraulic jack 74 having an arm 76 extending upwardly therefrom. At the distal end
• Post engaging attachment 78 will be specific to the type of post
• Post engaging attachment 78 includes a front wall 80 from which a plurality of
• Each member 82 extends. Each member 82 has a horizontal portion 84 which is
• each side wall 88 extends rearwardly from front wall 80, each side wall 88 having
• repair assembly 10 is moved into position as shown in Figure 3b
• hydraulic jack 74 is then lowered to permit the bottom end of upper undamaged
• a rear C-shaped reinforcing plate 106 is
• connector 28 A similar procedure is followed with respect to connectors 40 and 52

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• Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
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• Warehouses Or Storage Devices (AREA)
• Pallets (AREA)

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