WO2004035966A2

WO2004035966A2 - Storage shelf and use thereof

Info

Publication number: WO2004035966A2
Application number: PCT/EP2003/010418
Authority: WO
Inventors: Wolfgang Storf
Original assignee: Wolfgang Storf
Priority date: 2002-09-18
Filing date: 2003-09-18
Publication date: 2004-04-29
Also published as: DE10243351A1; AU2003293312A8; WO2004035966A3; AU2003293312A1

Abstract

The invention relates to a storage shelf (5), which can be joined to a free-standing rack structure, is made of an upper metal sheet (9), of a lower metal sheet (10) having undulatory bends, and of end metal sheets (26) situated at the ends, and which has a high level of flexural strength and load-bearing capacity even when provided in large sizes. This storage shelf (5) can preferably be used in shelf systems and, in particular, in a garage. When mounted in a garage, said storage shelf (5) extends from the front wall into the parking area and is arranged at a height that permits the engine hood (4) of the vehicle (3) that is to be parked inside the garage to pass underneath the storage shelf (5).

Description

STORF, Wolfgang

Storage platform and its use

The invention relates to a storage platform for shelves or the like, which can be attached to vertical stands, and the use of such a storage platform.

Storage platforms made of sheet metal folded on the edge, which can be screwed onto vertical stands designed as an angle, are commercially available. These are only suitable for low loads and for small dimensions (typically 35cm by 90cm), i.e. only for household purposes. A higher sheet thickness is typically chosen for higher loads. In rack stores where very high loads can occur, it is customary to firmly connect vertical stands with horizontal bars and to place support plates, especially plywood plates. For larger dimensions, additional stiffening crossbars can be provided between longitudinal bars.

Storage systems for garages have already been proposed (DE 195 26 760 AI), in which a scaffolding system consisting of vertical stands and horizontal bars is used, surfaces being laid out between the horizontal bars on which objects can be placed. However, these systems are not suitable for heavy loads such as tires mounted on rims, which is why it is proposed to apply them to separate horizontal bars which are formed by square tubes. For garages, it has also already been proposed to mount boxes with a front flap on the wall so high that the vehicle to be parked in the garage with its front part, the part located in front of the windshield, can at least partially be moved under the platform (WO 02/48484 AI ). This box can also be completely or partially raised. The bottom surface and the cover surface can have beads in order to achieve a certain inherent rigidity. However, the load capacity is also very low here, so that tire sets, for example, cannot be stored.

It is therefore an object of the invention to provide a storage platform which, even with larger dimensions, is capable of absorbing medium and high loads, in particular for example tire sets in garages. The storage platform should do without horizontal bars between vertical stands.

The object is achieved by a storage platform with the features of claim 1.

The invention is developed by the features of claims 2 to 12.

Use in a shelf storage system according to claim 13 and / or as a storage platform for a garage according to claim 14 is advantageous. Further developments thereof are presented in claims 15 to 21.

The essence of the invention thus lies in a composite construction or sandwich construction of metal sheets, the upper sheet providing a smooth contact surface and the second or lower sheet arranged underneath being a considerable stiffening in a horizontal plane direction, the end sheets being the stiffening in the

Reach transverse direction. This storage platform can take up a considerable extent, as occurs, for example, in garages, for example an area in the horizontal of approximately in depth and over 2 m wide. It is advantageous if at least the upper plate and the second, lower plate having the corrugations by means of a single or multi-component industrial adhesive, as shown in FIG

Automotive industry is common, is glued together because the one hand

Stiffening is improved, but on the other hand equipment of the upper sheet, such as coatings or the like, is not impaired. There are others too

Adhesive systems possible.

The storage platform according to the invention is therefore not only suitable for conventional shelving systems in which medium and high loads can occur without the need for horizontal bars, but in particular also for a garage, in particular for cars, for construction containers and the like.

Usual passenger cars have a stepped design, so that when a vehicle enters a garage head-on, the space above the radiator hood is free. The invention makes use of this fact by providing that the storage platform is provided in the garage in such a way that it extends from the front wall into the storage room, over the bonnet and approximately to the windshield. Since the hood is usually no higher than about 1 m, the Garage height is usually about 2 m, there is still enough space above the

Platform available, so there are bulky items, such as a sentence

Winter tires of a motor vehicle, possibly also bicycles, can be parked.

The walls of prefabricated garages usually consist of a very hard concrete, so that it is hardly possible to use fastening devices for the walls

Storage platform to attach. For this reason, it is provided according to claim 15 to design the storage platform to be attachable to a free-standing stand construction. This embodiment also has the advantage that it can also be used in underground parking spaces where there are no side walls on which suspension devices for the storage platform could be attached.

The invention is described and explained in more detail below on the basis of the exemplary embodiment illustrated in the figures.

Show it:

Figure 1 is a schematic representation of a garage, which is provided according to the invention with a storage platform;

Figure 2 in the manner of an exploded view with a free-standing

Stand construction equipped storage platform;

FIG. 3A shows a view of the underside of the storage platform;

FIG. 3B shows a view of the front of the storage platform;

FIG. 3C shows a top view of the storage platform;

3D shows a section of the front according to FIG. 3B

Figure 4A is a partially broken side view of the storage platform; FIG. 4B shows a section through the side view along the line YY 'in FIG. 4A;

Figures 5A to 5C, a distance sensor for the storage platform and its mode of operation; and

Figure 6 is another perspective and exploded view

Embodiment of the storage platform according to the invention.

According to FIG. 1, in the end wall 2, which is opposite the entry opening 1 of a garage, there is a stand construction with two times two vertical stands 6a, 6b, which support a storage platform 5. The floor clearance of the storage platform 5 is dimensioned such that it extends over the hood 4 of a parked vehicle 3, the depth t of the storage platform is such that the windshield 20 of the parked vehicle 3 is still (somewhat) distant from it. The width is adapted to the width of the parking space in the garage.

2 shows, in the manner of an exploded view, the individual parts of a storage platform 5 provided with a stand construction according to a first embodiment of the invention. The four stands are provided with the reference numerals 6a, 6b, 6c and 6d. The storage platform 5 has on its end side edges 7 in the region of the corners stiffening plates 8 with which it is screwed onto the stands 6a, 6b, 6c, 6d. Two reinforcing or stiffening plates 8a, 8b are preferably arranged at each corner, the spacing of which is dimensioned such that they grip around the associated stand in the assembled state. An embodiment of the storage platform 5 is shown in more detail in FIGS. 3A to 3D and in FIGS. 4A and 4B, another in FIG. 6. According to the partially broken side view according to FIG. 4A, the storage platform 5 consists of an upper sheet 9 and a corrugated sheet curved, lower or second sheet 10, wherein the upper sheet 9 is connected to the lower sheet 10 in the region of the bearing surfaces 11, for example by welding or in particular by gluing. A Z-shaped angle 12 runs along these side edges 7, on the bend, the lower, corrugated sheet-like curved sheet 10 rests. With this Z-shaped bracket 12, the stiffening plates 8a, 8b are welded, or alternatively screwed or riveted.

So that the stand construction is sufficiently rigid and the stands 6a, 6b, 6c, 6d do not require any support on the wall, the stiffening plates 8a, 8b are each fastened to the stands with two spaced screw bolts. The storage platform 5 can thus not rotate with respect to the axis of the stands 6a, 6b, 6c, 6d, so that a stable construction is created.

According to a preferred embodiment, as shown schematically in FIG. 2, the space located between the stands 6a, 6b, 6c, 6d above the platform 5 is enclosed by a cladding consisting of a rear wall 13a, two side walls 13b, 13c and one front door 14 is made. In Fig. 2 the door 14 is shown folded down in the open position. The door can alternatively also be designed as a wing or sliding door. The cladding is pulled under the ceiling of the garage so that it cannot be reached from above. In underground garages, in which the ceiling height is significantly higher, the cladding can also have a cover, so that the box formed by the cladding is also closed at the top. The cladding can be made of sheet metal or a grid network. The door 14 can be locked.

The storage platform 5 is adjustable in height from the stands 6 so that it can be adapted to the respective type of car. In conventional passenger cars, the distance between the lower end of the windshield and the front bumper is approximately 1 m, the upper, rear end of the hood is also approximately 1 m above the ground. Accordingly, the depth t of the storage platform is expedient about 1 m, and its lower edge is also at least 1 m above the floor of the garage. Since the windshield is inclined strongly against the vertical, especially in newer types of car, its depth can be increased if the storage platform is hung slightly higher above the ground. The width is such that the passenger car is bridged. In prefabricated garages, the stands or stand sections can be integrated into the side walls. Dimensions over 2m are possible.

In the case of very high garages, it is also possible to attach a second storage platform to the stand structure.

One or more such (“second”) storage platforms can also be provided to form a false ceiling. In this case, the underside of the lower plate 10 is expediently covered, in particular glued, over the entire surface with a smooth plate.

In the same way as in prefabricated garages, the storage platform according to the invention can also be used in other similar housings, such as in construction containers or the like.

According to a development of use in garages, a distance sensor 15 is attached to the front of the platform 5, which is intended to indicate to the driver when he has to stop the vehicle so that the windshield is not pressed against the storage platform 5. This distance sensor 15 can be a spring rod, for example, which strikes the windshield 20 when the driver approaches too close, thereby acoustically alerting the driver to the dangerous situation. Alternatively, it can also be provided that a light barrier is attached to the two front stands 6a, 6c and somewhat at a distance from the front edge of the storage platform 5, so that when the vehicle approaches the storage platform too far, an acoustic signal (bell, horn) or an optical signal (warning light) is triggered.

An embodiment of such a distance sensor 15 is shown in FIGS. 5A to 5C. It consists of a spring bar 16, for example a steel wire approximately 3 mm thick. This is fastened to the storage platform 5 with a clamp 19 which can be contracted with a screw 21. The clamp 19 has a block 25 with a bore through which the spring rod 16 is inserted and is longitudinally displaceable in it. It is placed within block 25 with a Clamping screw 22 fixed. At its end the spring bar is bent at right angles and carries a roller 17 which is rotatably attached and a small one

Warning board 18 carries. If the vehicle comes too close to the storage platform 5, it touches with its windshield 20 the roller 17 located at the end of the spring bar 16

Roller 17 pushed upward so that the spring bar 16 bends upward, as shown in Fig. 5B. The movement of the vehicle causes the roller 17 to perform a rolling movement on the windshield 20, so that the warning board 18 rotates from its original position in the direction of the windshield 20 in accordance with the arrow 23 and the driver on the

Warning board 18 can see the warning message. The rotation of the roller 17 is limited by a stop pin 24, which after rotation through an angle of z. B. 120 ° against the spring bar 16.

5C shows the situation shown in FIG. 5B from the driver's point of view.

6 shows details of a further exemplary embodiment of a storage platform 5 according to the invention. Here, too, an upper sheet 9 is provided, and a wave-shaped curved lower sheet 10. The wave form here is a trapezoidal shape. The corrugations run perpendicular to one of the side edges 7, the upper plate 9 and the lower second plate 10 each having bevels 9a and 10a parallel thereto. Support surfaces 11 of the lower plate 10 are firmly connected to the underside of the upper plate 9, in particular glued. A one-component or multi-component industrial adhesive is particularly suitable as an adhesive, as is customary, for example, when assembling in automobile construction for connecting or fixing metal sheets. However, other adhesives and also adhesive pads or the like can be used. Transversely to the longitudinal extent of the corrugations and the bevels 9a, 10a, that is to say parallel to the side edge 7, an end plate 26 is provided on the underside of the lower, second plate 10 and only in the region of the side edge 7. This end plate 26 also has a fold 26a parallel the folds 9a and 10a. In the assembled state, the folds 26a, 10a and 9a abut one another, the fold 9a being on the outside for optical reasons. A reinforcing or stiffening plate 28 is provided on the edges of these folds in the region of the side edge 7, in particular screwed on as indicated schematically, with a tab-shaped one Section 29 projects and can be screwed to one of the vertical stands (FIG. 2).

If the bottom view is to be visually appealing, both end plates 26 can be formed by a common continuous plate.

The folds can have folds, as is known per se.

The end plate 26 is firmly connected to the underside of the lower plate 10, for example screwed, but bonding is also possible here. As shown, a transverse plate 27 is also fixedly connected, in particular screwed, to the underside of the end plate 26 on the one hand and to the reinforcing or stiffening plate 28 on the other hand, specifically via respective bevels 27d and 27a. The combination of end plate 26 and transverse plate 27 takes the place of the Z-shaped angle 12 of the exemplary embodiment explained earlier. The storage platform 5 designed in this way is extremely torsion-resistant on the one hand in the direction of extension of the folds due to the undulating curved lower plate 10 and on the other hand also extremely torsion-resistant due to the end plate 26 and also the transverse plate 27 in a transverse direction thereto, in the direction of the side edge 7. The wave-shaped curved lower plate 10, which is firmly connected to the upper plates 9, ensures a high load capacity over the entire area, even with the dimensions described above, as are necessary for a storage platform in garages.

Thus, the platform 5 according to the invention is also suitable for shelf systems in which a substantial distance between vertical stands is required even with medium and high load capacity.

In a typical embodiment for use in a garage, the upper sheet 9 has a thickness of approximately 0.5 to 1 mm, preferably 0.75 mm, as does the sheet 10 with trapezoidal corrugations with a wave height of 40 to 60 mm and a width of Contact surfaces of about 40mm. The end plate 26 expediently has a thickness of approximately 1.5 mm. In such a platform 5 with dimensions of a depth of approximately 1 m and a width of over 2 m, tire sets mounted on rims can be deposited at any point.

For the sake of order it should be mentioned that in the case of arrangements in garages in particular, especially if no side panels 13a, 13b are provided, it is It may be expedient to provide anti-kink bars between the front and rear stands at a suitable point in order to avoid buckling in the event of an accidental impact of the vehicle on a front vertical stand. This is also useful if, in spite of side plates 13b, 13c, the stand 6d, 6b assigned to the end wall of the garage could tip and cannot be fixed to this wall. However, these protective rods have no supporting function and are therefore not shown.

Another advantage of the platform 5 according to the invention can be seen in the fact that all the components consist of sheet metal, as a result of which high fire safety is achieved.

It should also be mentioned that the storage platform can also be designed to be screwable to the vertical stands without reinforcing or stiffening plates 8 or 28.

Claims

STORF, Wolfgang Claims

1. storage platform (5) for shelves or the like, which can be attached to vertical stands (6a, 6b, 6c, 6d), characterized by a composite structure made of an upper plate (9) which forms the storage surface and is smooth, one in a second sheet (10) having undulations arranged underneath, the upper side (11) of the undulations being firmly connected to the underside of the upper sheet (9), and in each case one end sheet (12; 26) in the other extending direction, which is connected to the The underside of the corrugations in the area of the ends of which is firmly connected in one direction of extension, the upper plate (9), second, lower plate (10) and end plate (12; 26) being parallel to the one end direction edge edging (9a, 10a, 26a ) which are in contact with one another in the assembled state.

Storage platform according to spoke 1, characterized in that the fixed connection, at least between the upper plate (9) and the second, lower plate (10) takes place by means of gluing.

3. Storage platform according to spoke 1 or 2, characterized in that in the area of the end plates (12; 26), on which the bevels (9a, 10a, 26a) having reinforcing or stiffening plates (8, 28) fixedly attached, in particular screwed which have projecting sections (29) over the platform (5), by means of which the platform (5) can be attached to the stands (6a, 6b, 6c, 6d).

4. Storage platform according to claim 3, characterized by a transverse plate (27) which is fixedly connected to the underside of the respective end plate (26) and which is firmly connected at the end to the respective reinforcing or stiffening plate (28).

5. Storage platform according to one of claims 1 to 4, characterized in that the corrugated lower sheet (10) is a trapezoidal sheet.

6. Storage platform according to one of claims 1 to 5, characterized in that the folds (9a, 10a, 26a) have folds.

7. Storage platform according to one of claims 1 to 6, characterized in that the folds (9a, 10a, 26a) are glued or screwed / riveted together.

8. Storage platform according to one of claims 4 to 7, characterized in that the transverse plate and end plate are made in one piece from a sheet metal blank (12).

9. Storage platform according to one of claims 1 to 8, characterized in that on the end plate (26) and / or transverse plate (27), if present, a reinforcing or stiffening plate associated with another reinforcing or stiffening plate is firmly attached, the one over the platform (5) has a projecting section which is provided such that it and the section (29) of the first-mentioned reinforcing or stiffening plate receive a vertical stand (6) between them.

10. Storage platform according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the stiffening plates (8, 28) each arranged with two at a distance

Bolts can be fastened to the associated stand (6).

11. Storage platform according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the space above the storage platform (5) is enclosed by a panel (13a, 13b, 13c) provided with a door (14).

12. Storage platform according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that it is height adjustable.

13. Use of the platform (5) according to one of claims 1 to 12 in a rack storage system with only vertical stands.

14. Use of the storage platform (5) according to one of claims 1 to 12 as a storage platform for a garage, in particular for passenger cars, the storage platform (5) in the vicinity of the end wall (2), which is opposite the entrance opening (1) of the garage , is arranged and extends between the side walls and into the storage space, the distance between the storage platform

(5) is measured from the ground so that it is located above the bonnet (4) of the vehicle to be parked (3), and the depth (t) of the storage platform (5) is smaller than the distance between the front bumper and the windshield (20) of the vehicle (3).

15. Use according to spoke 14, characterized in that a free-standing stand contraction is provided, the lateral spacing of the stands (6a, 6b, 6c, 6d), the ground clearance and the depth (t) of the storage platform (5) being so dimensioned, that what needs to be parked in the garage

Vehicle (3) with its part located in front of the windshield (20) can be moved under the storage platform (5).

16. Use according to spoke 15, characterized in that the floor at the stand of the storage platform (5) is between 0.6 m and 1.6 m and the depth (t) is between approximately 0.8 m and 2 m.

17. Use according to one of claims 14 to 16, characterized in that a sensor (15) for determining the distance of the vehicle (3), in particular the distance from its windshield (20) to the front edge of the storage platform (5), is provided ,

18. Use according to claim 17, characterized in that the distance sensor (15) comprises a spring bar (16).

19. Use according to claim 18, characterized in that the distance sensor (15) has a roller (17) which is rotatably attached to the front end of the spring bar (16).

20. Use according to claim 19, characterized in that a warning plate (18) is attached to the roller (17).

21. Use according to claim 20, characterized in that a securing pin (24) is attached to the roller (17), which stops after rotation of the roller by a predetermined angle of rotation on the spring bar (16) and thereby the rotation of the roller (17) limited.