Horizontally supported planar surfaces – Industrial platform – With load-confining means
Patent
1993-08-27
1995-09-26
Chen, Jose V.
Horizontally supported planar surfaces
Industrial platform
With load-confining means
108 541, B65D 1944
Patent
active
054526680
DESCRIPTION:
BRIEF SUMMARY
BACKGROUND AND SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
The invention relates to a device for variably securing loaded goods on the bottom area of stiff containers, the bottom area being provided with uniformly spaced receiving devices into which one securing stay respectively can be inserted while standing on the bottom area. This type of a device is known from German Patent Document DE 37 28 033 A1.
During the transport and storage of machine parts and other solid goods in containers, as, for example, on pallets, it is frequently necessary to secure these parts on the bottom of the containers in order to protect the valuable goods to be transported from damage.
For this reason, containers which comprise defined fixing devices for securing purposes and which are tailored specifically to the individual part, are frequently manufactured for sensitive and high-quality machine parts. These are usually expensive wood constructions with metal fittings. Even small changes in the dimensions of the machine part require a new construction of the container or a high-expenditure rebuilding of the securing fittings, as indicated with respect to the transport container with variable fittings known from U.S. Pat. No. 4,735,310.
For the flexible adaptation to different dimensions of loaded goods, a plurality of fittings are known. In the German Patent Document DE 37 28 033 A1, which forms the above-mentioned type, a device for the securing of loaded goods is disclosed whose bottom plate has uniformly spaced pinholes for receiving plug-in type holding elements. However, an exact enclosure of loaded goods by means of the holding elements is possible only when the pinholes are spaced very narrowly which will then reduce the stability of the bottom plate.
The same problems apply to the pallets with the plug-in-type securing elements suggested in German Patent Documents DD 229 370 A1 and DD 229 369 A1.
For receiving loaded goods in a manner that corresponds precisely to the contours, it is suggested in European Patent Document 207 479 A2 to adapt the head of the retention elements which can be plugged into a grid to the contour of the loaded goods. In this case, it is a disadvantage that a plurality of different retention elements are required in order to be able to also receive varying loaded goods.
On this basis, it is an object of the invention to provide a device according to the above-mentioned type which protects loaded goods from shifting and falling out and thus from being damaged. It must be possible to adapt the device in a simple and rapid manner to different dimensions of loaded goods. With a view to loaded goods which are sensitive to shocks, a securing of the loaded goods must be ensured that is largely free of play.
According to the invention, this object is achieved in that the securing stay comprises a first body which can be secured with the bottom surface and of at least a second body, with these bodies being connected by a pin plug-in connection eccentrically with respect to the longitudinal axis of the first body and the second body. The first body can be a bottom body and the second body an expansion body.
The essential advantages of the invention are that loaded goods and particularly machine pans of different dimensions can be secured in a flexible manner on bottom surfaces. The required securing may take place by a few, generally three securing stays, in which case the securing takes place by a simple resting of the loaded goods against or on the securing stays. Additional clamping devices, such as screwed or clamped connections, are not required in this case. The positioning of the securing stay with respect to the contact point of the loaded goods takes place by a rough or precise positioning of the securing stay and, as a result, is particularly time-saving and precise. The rough positioning of the securing stay takes place by inserting the securing stay in a receiving device which is close to the contact point. A securing of the loaded goods which is independent of the distant spacing of the receiving devices ta
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Frei Franz
Hergeth Willi
Chen José V.
Hergeth Willi
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