Supports: racks – Special article – Stacked articles
Patent
1996-04-03
1997-07-22
Chan, Korie
Supports: racks
Special article
Stacked articles
211 601, 248 681, A47F 104
Patent
active
056496320
DESCRIPTION:
BRIEF SUMMARY
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
This invention relates to a fixture assembly for use in storing and/or transporting pipe materials. More particularly, the invention relates to a fixture assembly including a plurality of rows of fixture for maintaining a style of stacked, plural stages of pipe materials lying in a horizontal plane in an aligned manner, the rows including an upper row disposed on the upper-most stage of pipe materials, at least one intermediate row disposed between the adjacent stages of pipe materials, and a lower row disposed below the lower-most stage of pipe materials.
BACKGROUND ART
A various kinds of fixtures are proposed for storing and/or transporting pipe materials in an aligned manner. For example, Japanese Patent Publication No. 3-505077 discloses a fixture for pipe materials. This fixture 7 includes, as shown in FIG. 7, an elongate moldings 3 on which pipe materials 1 are to be mounted. Each molding includes recesses 2 of a semicircular cross-section spaced apart a predetermined distance in its upper and lower surfaces. The fixture may includes a plurality of formed blocks 4 having the above recesses 2. The molding or formed block includes a hollow inside. An elongate web member 5 is threaded through the hollow inside. An assembly consisting of a plurality of stacked rows of such moldings 3 or blocks 4 and the web members 5 are tightly combined together by means of set bolts 6 extending vertically through the opposite ends of the web members 5, so as to form the fixture.
By using such fixture 7, a plurality of pipe materials 1 may be held in an aligned manner for storage or transportation. Thus, the pipe materials 1 may be prevented from being damaged since frictional movement therebetween and slippage thereof are restricted.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
With the fixture 7 shown in FIG. 7, it is impossible to alter the radius of curvature of the recesses 2 defined in the upper and lower surface thereof of the modling 3 or formed block 4. The distance between the adjacent recesses 2 is also kept constant. When the radius of curvature of the outer periphery of the pipe material 1 is not correctly consistent with the radius of curvature of the recess 2, the pipe material 1 cannot be stably received within the recess 2, so that scratches on the pipe materials and slippage of the pipe material may be undesirebly caused.
The object of the invention is to provide a fixture assembly capable of accommodating variance in size and number of pipe materials lying in a horizontal plane.
In order to achieve the above object, a fixture assembly for maintaining a style of stacked stages of pipe materials lying in a horizontal plane and arranged in parallel relative to one another comprising an upper row of fixture bodies disposed on the upper-most stage of pipe materials, at least one intermediate row of fixture bodies disposed between the adjacent stages of pipe materials, a lower row of fixture bodies disposed below the lower-most stage of pipe materials, each of the fixture bodies being horizontally separable into two pieces at a separation plane and including a support surface having a pair of inclined portions disposed at horizontally opposite ends of the support surface, the pair of inclined portions being adapted to be engaged with the outer circumference of a respective pipe material, an engagement portion at each of the opposite sides of the fixture body adjacent to the support surface, the engagement portions being in a form of protrusion or groove extending in the horizontal direction which is perpendicular to the axial direction of the pipe material, and a spacer member insertable between the pair of inclined portions at the separation plane, a plate member disposed between the adjacent fixture bumber of fixture bodies in each row may be easily changed. Thus, the number of pipe materials lying in a horizontal plane may be easily changed.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
FIG. 1(A) is an exploded perspective view of the entire construction of a fixture according to the invention, FIG. 1(B
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Niwa Haruho
Okuno Hiroshi
Terashima Kaihei
Chan Korie
Kawasaki Steel Corporation
Shinwa Package Kabushiki Kaisha
Snapp Sandra
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