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Patent US20080143514 - Transport pallet - Google PatentsSearch Images Maps Play YouTube News Gmail Drive More »Sign in<nobr>Advanced Patent Search</nobr>PatentsA pallet for the movement of goods includes several individual parts connected to one another, including a loading part, which comprises a a loading surface and a reinforcement section. The goods to be transported are placed on the loading surface of the loading part, and the reinforcement section is...http://www.google.com/patents/US20080143514?utm_source=gb-gplus-sharePatent US20080143514 - Transport palletAdvanced Patent SearchPublication numberUS20080143514 A1Publication typeApplicationApplication numberUS 11/818,751Publication dateJun 19, 2008Filing dateJun 15, 2007Priority dateDec 19, 2006Also published asUS7841281Publication number11818751, 818751, US 2008/0143514 A1, US 2008/143514 A1, US 20080143514 A1, US 20080143514A1, US 2008143514 A1, US 2008143514A1, US-A1-20080143514, US-A1-2008143514, US2008/0143514A1, US2008/143514A1, US20080143514 A1, US20080143514A1, US2008143514 A1, US2008143514A1InventorsAnders Lenart ValentinssonOriginal AssigneeSchoeller Arca Systems Services GmbhExport CitationBiBTeX, EndNote, RefManReferenced by (4), Classifications (26), Legal Events (3) External Links: USPTO, USPTO Assignment, EspacenetTransport palletUS 20080143514 A1Abstract A pallet for the movement of goods includes several individual parts connected to one another, including a loading part, which comprises a a loading surface and a reinforcement section. The goods to be transported are placed on the loading surface of the loading part, and the reinforcement section is positioned below the loading part, along with a frame section, comprising a frame center section and a frame floor section. The pallet may be formed from a fire retardant material and may include a transponder for locating the pallet.
an upper section having a loading part with a loading surface and a reinforcement section, wherein the loading surface and the reinforcement section have a material-fit connection to each other; a frame section comprising a frame center section and a frame floor section, wherein the frame center section and the frame floor section are connected to each other; wherein the frame center section corresponds to the size of the loading surface and, at least at its corners, has spacers which point to the upper section and have a material-fit connection via the frame section to the upper section, wherein the spacers have end-face elevations inwardly offset stepwise, and the reinforcement section has, at its lower surface, recesses for accommodating the elevations; and wherein the frame center section has a material-fit connection to the reinforcement section in the area of at least one of the spacers and the end-face elevations. 2. The pallet in accordance with claim 1, wherein the loading part, the reinforcement section, the frame center section and the frame floor section are formed from one of a plastic, a polymer and a resin.
5. The pallet in accordance with claim 4, wherein said fire retardant additive comprises one of a brominated flame retardant and an antimony trioxide synergist.
6. The pallet in accordance with claim 4, wherein at least a first welding rib is molded to the end faces of the spacers, wherein the at least one welding rib points toward the reinforcement section and serves as welding material during welding of the frame center section to the reinforcement section.
7. The pallet in accordance with claim 6, wherein at least a second welding rib is molded to the end faces of the elevations, wherein the at least one welding rib points toward the reinforcement section and serves as welding material during welding of the frame center section to the reinforcement section.
8. The pallet in accordance with claim 7, wherein at least a third welding rib is provided at the reinforcement section in the area of the recesses for welding the frame center section to the reinforcement section.
9. The pallet in accordance with claim 8, wherein the third welding rib is comprised of multiple parts.
10. The pallet in accordance with claim 4, wherein the reinforcement section is adapted to be produced in a thermoforming process.
11. The pallet in accordance with claim 4, wherein the upper surface of the loading part is planar.
12. The pallet in accordance with claim 4, wherein the reinforcement section is tub-shaped and includes a tub floor, wherein the open side of the reinforcement section is limited by the loading part, wherein, in the area of the tub floor, a plurality of rib-like elevations is formed, said plurality of rib-like elevations being in contact with the loading part.
13. The pallet in accordance with claim 1, wherein the upper section has a plurality of handle openings.
14. The pallet in accordance with claim 13, wherein the loading part and the reinforcement section have a material-fit connection in the area of the handle openings.
15. The pallet in accordance with claim 1, including a transponder for tracking the location of the pallet.
16. The pallet in accordance with claim 15, wherein an outwardly sealed transponder cavity is provided at the pallet in the area of the spacers for accommodating said transponder, wherein at an exterior surface of the transponder cavity, the wall thickness is reduced at least from area to area.
17. The pallet in accordance with claim 4, wherein the reinforcement section has an impact reinforcement in the area of a side wall of the reinforcement section, wherein said reinforcement section is formed to be corrugated or rib-like at least from area to area.
18. The pallet in accordance with claim 4, wherein handle recesses are provided at the reinforcement section.
19. The pallet in accordance with claim 4, wherein the reinforcement section comprises at least one anti-slipping rim for limiting slipping of goods present on the loading surface, said rim projecting over the upper side of the loading part.
20. The pallet in accordance with claim 19, wherein at least one anti-slipping rim recess is formed in the frame floor section, wherein a further pallet may be received in the recess during stacking of the anti-slipping rim.
21. The pallet in accordance with claim 4, wherein the pallet comprises at least four stiffening profiles made of metal.
22. The pallet in accordance with claim 4, wherein the frame section has at least four bar-like carriers, wherein stiffening profiles are arranged in the bar-like carriers.
23. The pallet in accordance with claim 4, wherein the reinforcement section is producible in a thermoforming process.
24. The pallet in accordance with claim 4, wherein the upper surface of the loading part is planar.
25. The pallet in accordance with claim 4, wherein the reinforcement section is tub-shaped and includes a tub floor, wherein the open side of the reinforcement section is limited by the loading part, wherein a plurality of rib-like elevations is formed in the area of the tub floor, said plurality of rib-like elevations being in contact with the loading part.
26. The pallet in accordance with claim 5, wherein the reinforcement section is producible in a thermoforming process.
27. The pallet in accordance with claim 5, wherein the upper surface of the loading part is planar.
28. The pallet in accordance with claim 5, wherein the reinforcement section is tub-shaped and includes a tub floor, wherein the open side of the reinforcement section is limited by the loading part, wherein, in the area of the tub floor, a plurality of rib-like elevations is formed, said plurality of rib-like elevations being in contact with the loading part.
CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS The present application is a continuation-in-part of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 11/641,240, filed Dec. 19, 2006 by Valentinsson for TRANSPORT PALLET, which is hereby incorporated herein by reference in its entirety.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION According to an aspect of the present invention, a transport pallet has an upper section and a frame section, wherein the upper section has a loading part with loading surface and a reinforcement section that have a material-fit connection to each other. The frame section comprises a frame center section and a frame floor section, which likewise have a material-fit connection to one another. Furthermore, the frame center section corresponds to the size of the loading surface and, at least at its corners, has spacers which point toward the upper section and via which the frame center section is connected to the upper section. At their end faces, the spacers have elevations which are inwardly offset in steps. For accommodating these elevations, the reinforcement section has recesses at its lower surface. The frame center section likewise has a material-fit connection to the reinforcement section in the area of the end-face spacers. Alternatively or additionally, the aforementioned connection can be in the area of the elevations. The pallet in accordance with the invention is substantially torsionally stiffer than well-known pallets, because the upper section and the frame section reinforcing it are much better connected to one another. This increases its scope of application such that it is more economically applicable.
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS Referring now to the drawings and the embodiments illustrated therein, FIG. 1 is a three-dimensional view of a pallet in accordance with the invention, whose loading surface 26 points upward. In the following, it is this definition of the direction which is referred to. The loading surface 26 is an area of the loading part 6, which, together with the reinforcement section 5, forms the upper section 2 of the pallet 1. Underneath the upper section 2 is arranged the frame section 40, which comprises the frame center section 3 and the frame floor section 4. The frame section 40 has a rectangular basic structure, which corresponds roughly in size to the loading surface 26, and in this basic structure are provided four wide, window-like break-throughs, such that the frame section 40 has essentially four external struts and a central crosspiece 42, as evident in FIG. 2. Underneath the frame center section 3 is the frame floor section 4, which is connected to the frame center section 3 and has a platform for the surface. Stiffening profiles 7 a, 7 b are accommodated in the area between frame center section 3 and frame floor section 4.
As is evident from FIG. 3, the upper section 2 is of uniform thickness, which is created by the distance from the loading part 6 to a parallel arranged base surface of the reinforcement section 5. To increase the stiffness and decrease the weight of the pallet, upper section 2 may be formed from two sheets or twin sheets of material, as opposed to being a solid section. At the sides of this base surface are provided essentially perpendicularly arranged edges, which point toward the loading part 6 and are connected to this. Viewed in this way, the reinforcement section 5 has a tub-shaped basic structure, with the open side of the tub limited by the loading part 6. At the outer peripheral contact area between reinforcement section 5 and the loading part 6 are provided areas upon which the loading part 6 on the reinforcement section 5 rests. In other words, the contact surface here is horizontally aligned such that gravity forces from goods present on the loading part 6 are transmitted direct via compressive forces to reinforcement section 5. These areas are arranged at the corners of the pallet and at the center of their sides. On areas located between them are arranged anti-slipping rims 25, which are a component of the reinforcement section 5, arranged such that they terminate above the loading area 26. The contact surface between the reinforcement section 5 and the loading part 6 has a vertical alignment there. The loading surface 26 is limited at each of its sides by two anti-slipping rims 25.
FIGS. 4 or 6 shows how first welding ribs 31 are molded on at the spacer 27, and second welding ribs 32 are molded on at the end of the elevation 9. Both, the first and second welding ribs, are each molded on at the end-face outside edges of the spacer 27 and the elevations 9. During welding of frame center section 3 to the upper section 2, the ribs 31 and 32 are heated to the softening point, then the two parts are joined to each other. During joining, mechanical pressure is exerted on the first and second welding ribs 31 and 32, such that these ribs deform fluidly, such that this flow creates a material-fit connection between the two parts. This process is supported by third welding ribs 33, which are shown in FIG. 3. The third welding ribs 33 are at the base of the recesses 8 and make contact with the second welding ribs 32 during joining. Since the third welding ribs 33, unlike the second welding ribs 32, are not formed continually around the periphery, but project from area to area, the material of the second welding ribs 32 can flow around the third welding ribs 33 during joining, whereby the strength of the welded joint can be improved.
Referenced byCiting PatentFiling datePublication dateApplicantTitleUS7735430Mar 11, 2004Jun 15, 2010Nextreme, LlcThermoformed platformUS8210107Jun 15, 2010Jul 3, 2012Nextreme LlcPlastic pallet structureUS8347794Jun 14, 2010Jan 8, 2013Nextreme, LlcFire resistant palletUS20120325125 *Jun 21, 2012Dec 27, 2012Apps William PReinforced pallet* Cited by examinerClassifications U.S. Classification340/539.1, 108/51.11, 108/55.1, 108/57.25International ClassificationB65D19/00, B65D19/18, G08B1/08, B65D19/32Cooperative ClassificationB65D2519/00288, B65D2519/00034, B65D2519/00348, B65D2519/00069, B65D2519/00442, B65D2519/00318, B65D2519/00104, B65D19/0014, B65D2519/00407, B65D2519/00273, B65D2519/00129, B65D2519/00373, B65D2519/0086, B65D2519/00562, B65D2519/00791, B65D2519/00417, B65D2519/00333European ClassificationB65D19/00C1B2CLegal EventsDateCodeEventDescriptionMay 26, 2014FPAYFee paymentYear of fee payment: 4Mar 6, 2014SULPSurcharge for late paymentSep 18, 2007ASAssignmentOwner name: SCHOELLER ARCA SYSTEMS SERVICES GMBH, GERMANYFree format text: ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNORS INTEREST;ASSIGNOR:VALENTINSSON, ANDERS LENART;REEL/FRAME:019882/0580Effective date: 20070903RotateOriginal ImageGoogle Home - Sitemap - USPTO Bulk Downloads - Privacy Policy - Terms of Service - About Google Patents - Send FeedbackData provided by IFI CLAIMS Patent Services©2012 Google