Horizontally supported planar surfaces – Industrial platform – Knockdown or setup
Patent
1993-08-16
1996-12-31
Chen, Jose V.
Horizontally supported planar surfaces
Industrial platform
Knockdown or setup
108 511, B65D 1912
Patent
active
055883745
DESCRIPTION:
BRIEF SUMMARY
A transport and storage system for goods, as well as support apparatus and a mounting apparatus for such a system. The invention particularly relates to footings useful in such systems and apparatus.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
A corresponding system similar to this type of transport and storage system is well-known from French patent publication FR-A-2 123 455. This transport and storage system involves pallet equipped with numerous footings. Because of its design, the footing can only be inserted into corresponding recesses defined at the goods receiving surface of the board. For this purpose, two detached shoulders are provided. The lower of the two shoulders contains a beveled stop surface and a recess. The upper shoulder of the two, which is attached to the upper edge of the footing at a distance equivalent to the thickness of the pallet to the lower shoulder, is a closed continuous ring and/or flange, which lies on the support surface of the pallet when the footing is mounted.
Analyses conducted pursuant to this invention demonstrated that a transport and storage system of the above type suffers from numerous detriments. Basically and by way of example, removal of the footings from the is not possible as the closed upper flange does not permit removal of a damaged footing. Thus, a transport and storage system of this type results in a number of substantial limitations, especially with regard to the materials used in the mounting equipment and the construction of the footings. Therefore, reutilization of the footings is only possible by destroying the surface of the pallet.
Especially with regard to new refuse removal laws, there is a steadily increasing demand for mounting equipment in the area of transport and storage that is economically and ecologically ideal.
Thus, it is the task of the instant invention to create a transport and storage system that will allow the economical and environmentally acceptable manufacture, utilization and waste management of preferably all types of pallet.
DISCLOSURE OF THE INVENTION
An embodiment of the invention comprises an improvement in a transport and storage system having a goods mounting system and a support apparatus that has at least one support footing and a connection device in the form of two detached shoulders on one of its ends, of the two shoulders, the lower one when attached to the mounting apparatus having a feed opening and a tongue pointing downwards. The improvement comprises attaching the upper shoulder in an area above the feed opening, the upper shoulder having at least one flexible lip that can be flexed from the plane of the upper shoulder.
Another embodiment of the invention comprises a support apparatus for a goods transport and storage system with a goods mounting apparatus with at least one support footing that has a connecting device in the form of a detached upper shoulder and a detached lower shoulder on one of its ends, of these two shoulders, the lower shoulder having a feed opening with a tongue extending downwards when installed on the mounting apparatus.
Still another embodiment of the invention comprises a goods mounting system for a goods transport and storage system with a support apparatus that has at least one support footing that has a connecting device in the form of a detached upper shoulder and a detached lower shoulder on one of its ends, of which the lower shoulder, when mounted, has a feed opening with a tongue extending downwards.
The transport and storage system pursuant to the invention distinguishes itself primarily by the formation of the footing and/or by the formation of the footings of its support apparatus. Because, the upper shoulder of the footings contains at least one flexible lip in an area located above the feed opening that can be flexed upwards or downwards from the plane of the upper shoulder, this results in considerable simplification of installation and removal.
Higher stability and collision absorption capability are among the additional special advantages of the instant transport and stora
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Chen José V.
Oeco-Team Unfernehmens-und Umweltberatung GmbH
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