Abstract:
A lightweight horizontal dispensing container comprising a pallet base, a pallet cover and opposed side walls of plastic material extending between the pallet base and the pallet cover may be stacked on top of similar pallet covers or below similar pallet bases. Opposed rectangular frames are secured to the sleeve and define openings on opposed sides of the horizontal dispensing container. Dunnage provides horizontal access to parts inside the container. This container enables a horizontal dispensing container to be stacked above or below conventional pallet loads.
Abstract:
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.
Abstract:
Collapsible bulk container (1) which includes a carrying base member (2) provided with skids (20), collapsible side walls (3) and a removable lid (5). The side walls (3) are moveably attached to the base member. The lid (5) is provided with an outer rim (51) and an inner rim (52). Two first opposite side walls (31 and 32 respectively) are provided with coupling means (35) protruding perpendicularly from the outside face of said first side walls (31 and 32 respectively) and being arranged adjacent to the vertical edges of said first side walls (31 and 32 respectively). Two opposite second side walls (33 and 34 respectively) are provided with coupling rim (37) arranged perpendicularly on the rear face, along both vertical edges of said second side walls (33 and 34 respectively). Receiving coupling means (36) are arranged on the inside face of said coupling rim (37) protruding parallel to the rear face of said second side walls (33 and 34 respectively) and which receiving coupling means (36) are intended to interact with said coupling means (35) of said first side walls (31 and 32 respectively). The rear face of said second side walls (33 and 34 respectively) are further provided with recesses (37) adjacent to the two vertical edges while the vertical edges of said first side walls (31 and 32 respectively) are provided with heels (38) which heels (38) are intended to interact with said recesses (38). The outer rim (51) and inner rim (52) of said lid (5) are arranged so that they limit any inwards and outwards movement of erected side walls (3) when said lid (5) is assembled on said side walls (3).
Abstract:
A lightweight horizontal dispensing container comprises a pallet base, a pallet cover and a three sided sleeve extending between the pallet base and the pallet cover. The container may be stacked on top of similar pallet covers or below similar pallet bases. A rectangular frame is secured to opposed walls and defines an opening on a fourth side of the container. Dunnage is located inside the container to provide horizontal access to parts inside the container. This container enables a horizontal dispensing container to be stacked above or below conventional pallet loads.
Abstract:
A predominately thermoplastic pallet, for use with a fork lift device, is provided and includes a rectangular base including rails having metal reinforcing beams, eight spaced apart outer columns extending upwardly from the outer rails and one center column extending upwardly from the center of the base. The pallet also includes a top including a rectangular thermoplastic frame and a corrugated sheet metal deck, wherein the frame is attached, to the tops of the outer columns and wherein the deck is inset from the outer edge of the frame and wherein the pallet has dimensions and properties which include outside dimensions of about 40 inches by about 48 inches, two forklift device openings on each side of the pallet, each of which are at least 3.1 inches high and 12 inches wide and a pallet height or 5.56 inches or less.
Abstract:
A reinforced pallet includes a pallet body having a plurality of flexible support arms, each integrally molded adjacent one of the plurality of channels formed in the pallet body. Each of the flexible support arms is configured to flex outward away from the channel upon insertion of an elongated reinforcement member into the channel and to subsequently return to its own deformed position in the channel, thereby retaining the reinforcement member in the channel. In this manner, the reinforcement members can be inserted and locked in the pallet body in a single motion.
Abstract:
A plastic pallet has reinforcing beams which fail during a fire due to the effects of heat, so the pallet prematurely collapses and thus the rate of heat evolution is diminished, sufficient to meet fire standards. In one embodiment metal beams embedded in the plastic of the pallet have lengths which are shorter than the span between the rails of a pallet rack. They drop down and cause pallet collapse, when the surrounding plastic softens or melts. In another embodiment, the beam is a metal, fiberglass or graphite reinforced composite thermoplastic, which loses strength when the matrix softens or otherwise fails. In another embodiment, a metal beam has two parts which are connected by a thermoplastic fitting which softens and the fails during a fire.
Abstract:
A thermoplastic pallet has a top frame which comprises bridge parts that span the openings between columns into which forks may be inserted for lifting. The plastic bridges are designed for absorbing horizontal impact loads. Each bridge has several lengthwise impact absorber zones of differing compliance to horizontal loads. The zones are comprised of vertical ribs which define open or closed cells. The edge of the pallet deck, which is preferably corrugated metal, is spaced apart from the outer edge of the bridge. It is alternatively fastened to the inner edge of the bridge or to a subframe which spaced apart from the inner edge of the frame.
Abstract:
A molded plastic rectangular pallet has a deck made of corrugated thin sheet material. A multiplicity of corrugations, and preferably all of them, run continuously across the deck and parallel to a line connecting the diagonally opposite corners of the deck. The pallet, when predominately plastic, preferably has a metal deck and a base comprised of rails having steel reinforcing beams. Eight columns extend upwardly from the rails for supporting a frame which forms the periphery of the top. The deck edge is preferably inset from the outer edge of the top of the pallet, and the deck has a flat flange which is attached to the frame or to a subframe mounted within the frame.
Abstract:
A twin sheet plastic pallet comprising an upper plastic sheet and a lower plastic sheet selectively fused to the upper sheet. The lower sheet has a generally rectangular configuration, including sidewalls and end walls, and includes a plurality of separate parallel upwardly opening longitudinally extending U-shaped grooves extending from end to end of the sheet and a plurality of downwardly opening U-shaped grooves interspersed between the upwardly opening grooves and opening in the end walls of the sheet. The upper sheet defines a top wall, defining the platform surface of the pallet, and a plurality of upwardly opening U-shaped protrusions extending downwardly from the top wall and sized to nest within the upwardly opening grooves of the lower sheet, whereby with the upper sheet positioned over the lower sheet and the protrusions positioned in the upwardly opening grooves, the sheets may be fused together to form double thickness U-shaped wall structures at the interfaces of the protrusions and the upwardly opening grooves. The pallet further includes a pair of longitudinally extending metallic beams positioned between the upper and lower sheets, and laterally aligned slots are formed in the U-shaped wall structures to allow passage of the forks of a forklift truck.