Patent ID: 7044311

Claim:
A support ( 1 )for casks ( 9 ) including a structure allowing the mounting of a pair of casks on the same support, said support being adapted to be stacked on another one of said supports in a staggered manner, said support comprising two bedplates ( 2 ), each bedplate including a seating for the housing of a cask ( 9 ), said seating formed by a carriage ( 10 ) with freedom of movement parallel to the bedplate ( 2 ) and perpendicular to a vertical plane defined by a framework of the support ( 1 ); characterized in that the carriage ( 10 ) is formed by a flat rectangular platform, said platform comprising: a pair of spaced-apart elongated metallic plates ( 11 ) each having an inner end and an outer end, said outer ends of said plates projecting from the platform beyond the vertical plane defined by the framework of the support ( 1 ); first and second metallic rods ( 13 ) joining the inner and outer ends of the metallic plates ( 11 ), respectively; an arm ( 15 ) carrying a first bracket ( 15 ) disposed on the lower surface of each plate at the inner end thereof; spaced apart upper and lower shafts extending laterally between said first brackets ( 15 ), each shaft carrying at least one vertical wheel ( 17 ), such that the vertical wheel ( 17 ) of the upper shaft rests on an upper surface of the bedplate ( 2 ) and the vertical wheel ( 17 ) of the lower shaft makes contact with a lower surface of the bedplate ( 2 ); and two spaced-apart second brackets ( 16 ) each including a vertical wheel ( 19 ) fixed on the support ( 1 ) on a side thereof facing the outer end of the carriage ( 10 ), such that a lower surface of each one of the two plates ( 11 ) of the platform of the carriage ( 10 ) rests on one of said vertical wheels ( 19 ) of said second brackets ( 16 ).