Anti-tilting device

Abstract

An anti-tilting device for releasably mounting on a transport pallet, such as a standardized transport pallet, such as a Euro pallet, is disclosed. The pallet—has a support side for placing the transport pallet on the ground and rest side opposite with respect to the support side, on which the transport goods are to be deposited and which is particularly formed by a plurality of parallel horizontal rest panels spaced apart from each other. The device includes a support pillar and a ground support connected with the support pillar, which extends along the transport pallet height downwards to the ground and which comprises a support end facing the ground for retaining on the ground, and a tine section fixedly connected with the support pillar and the ground support for reaching under the transport goods and particularly for engaging between the rest panels.

Claims

1. An anti-tilting device for releasable mounting to a transport pallet, the anti-tilting device comprising: a support pillar comprising two vertical struts arranged in parallel with regard to each other, having a top end opposite a bottom end, and extending vertically upwards in an operation state with the transport pallet; a ground support comprising two short vertical struts, a reinforcement cross member, and an intermediate cross member, each short vertical strut arranged in parallel with regard to each other, having a top end opposite a bottom end, and extending vertically downward from the bottom end of a corresponding vertical strut of the support pillar, the reinforcement cross member extending horizontally between the bottom ends of the two short vertical struts for supporting the anti-tilting device on the ground, the intermediate cross member extending horizontally between the top ends of the two short vertical struts in parallel with regard to the reinforcement cross member, and the length of each short vertical strut being less than the length of each vertical strut; and a tine section comprising two tines arranged in parallel with regard to each other and each fixedly extending substantially perpendicularly from the support pillar at the bottom end of the vertical strut and from the ground support at the top end of the short vertical strut above the reinforcement cross member for reaching under transport goods stored on the transport pallet, wherein, when the anti-tilting device is mounted to the transport pallet, the support pillar is configured to secure the transport goods stored on the transport pallet against falling over.

2. The anti-tilting device according to claim 1, wherein the tine section is above the reinforcement cross member in the vertical direction such that, when the device is mounted to the transport pallet, a distance of the reinforcement cross member from the tine section is as big as or slightly smaller than a height of the transport pallet.

3. The anti-tilting device according to claim 2, wherein the distance is between 100 mm and 140 mm.

4. The anti-tilting device according to claim 1, wherein: the support pillar further comprises an upper reinforcement cross member that couples the two vertical struts, and the support pillar and the ground support are structured such that they thereby form a closed frame.

5. The anti-tilting device according to claim 1, wherein the vertical struts or the cross members of the anti-tilting device comprise a continuously rectangular hollow bar cross-section.

6. The anti-tilting device according to claim 1, wherein: the two tines are each ramp- or wedge-shaped, the angle between a ramp-shaped upper surface of the tines and a direction of extension of the tines is between 20° and 40°, and the tines comprise a vertical height of at least 15 mm.

7. The anti-tilting device according to claim 1, wherein: the support pillar comprises a total height of at least 150 mm and less than 1500 mm, a width in a range of 165 mm to 225 mm, and the tine section comprises a length in a direction of extension of at least 150 mm.

8. The anti-tilting device according to claim 1, wherein, at an upper section of the support pillar, at least one through bore for mounting a handle is provided.

9. The anti-tilting device according to claim 8, further comprising a handle mounted to the upper section of the support pillar.

10. The anti-tilting device according to claim 1, wherein a support leg is arranged at the reinforcement cross member, the support leg extending horizontally from the backside of the reinforcement cross member for contacting the ground.

11. The anti-tilting device according to claim 1, wherein, when the anti-tilting device is mounted to the transport pallet, the reinforcement cross member contacts the ground.

12. The anti-tilting device according to claim 11, wherein upon tilting of the support pillar, the reinforcement cross member contacting the ground forms a lever pivot bearing access in order to lift the tine section with an essentially vertical upswinging movement upon a tilting movement of the support pillar.

13. The anti-tilting device according to claim 1, wherein the reinforcement cross member has a flat bottom surface.

14. The anti-tilting device according to claim 1, wherein the two short vertical struts extend along the same two axes as the two vertical struts.

15. The anti-tilting device according to claim 1, wherein the support pillar, the ground support, and the tine section are formed as one piece.

16. The anti-tilting device according to claim 1, wherein each vertical strut and corresponding short vertical strut are formed of the same cross-sectional tubing.

17. The anti-tilting device according to claim 1, wherein the angle between a ramp-shaped upper surface of the tines and a direction of extension of the tines is between 20° and 40°.

18. An anti-tilting device for releasable mounting to a transport pallet, the anti-tilting device comprising: a support pillar comprising two vertical struts arranged in parallel with regard to each other, having a top end opposite a bottom end, and extending vertically upwards in an operation state with the transport pallet; a ground support comprising two short vertical struts, a reinforcement cross member, and an intermediate cross member, each short vertical strut arranged in parallel with regard to each other, having a top end opposite a bottom end, and extending vertically downward from the bottom end of a corresponding vertical strut of the support pillar, the reinforcement cross member extending horizontally between the bottom ends of the two short vertical struts for supporting the anti-tilting device on the ground, and the intermediate cross member extending horizontally between the top ends of the two short vertical struts in parallel with regard to the reinforcement cross member; and a tine section comprising two ramp- or wedge-shaped tines arranged in parallel with regard to each other and each fixedly extending substantially perpendicularly from the support pillar at the bottom end of the vertical strut and from the ground support at the top end of the short vertical strut above the reinforcement cross member for reaching under transport goods stored on the transport pallet, wherein the angle between a ramp-shaped upper surface of the tines and a direction of extension of the tines is between 20° and 40°, wherein, when the anti-tilting device is mounted to the transport pallet, the support pillar is configured to secure the transport goods stored on the transport pallet against falling over.

19. The anti-tilting device according to claim 18, wherein the two short vertical struts extend along the same two axes as the two vertical struts.

20. The anti-tilting device according to claim 18, wherein the tine section is above the reinforcement cross member in the vertical direction such that, when the device is mounted to the transport pallet, a distance of the reinforcement cross member from the tine section is as big as or slightly smaller than a height of the transport pallet.

Description

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

(1) In the following, further characteristics, features and advantages of the invention become apparent by means of the description of preferred embodiments of the invention by means of the accompanying Figures, in which:

(2) FIG. 1 shows a perspective view of a support pillar according to the invention for releasably attaching to a standardized transport pallet; and

(3) FIG. 2 shows a perspective view of a support pillar according to FIG. 1, wherein furthermore a handle and a support leg are provided on the support pillar.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION

(4) In FIGS. 1 and 2 the anti-tilting device according to the invention is generally indicated with the reference sign 1. The anti-tilting device 1 is configured to be releasably attached to a standardized transport pallet (not shown). The anti-tilting device 1 comprises a support pillar of at least 30 mm essentially extending perpendicularly upwards from the transport pallet. In particular, the support pillar 3 extends exactly 880 mm from the transport pallet perpendicularly upwards. In the illustrated embodiments, the support pillar 3 comprises two vertical struts 5 arranged parallel with regard to each other, which essentially comprise the same geometric dimensions as well as the same cross-section. The illustrated vertical struts 5 comprise an essentially rectangular cross-section, wherein edges 7 of the vertical struts 5 are deburred or rounded. At an upper vertical strut end 9 the vertical struts 5 are connected with each other via an upper reinforcement cross member 11 also comprising an essentially rectangular cross-section, in particular except for deburred or rounded edges 7. Further, the reinforcement cross member 11 comprises a reinforcement cross member end 13 at both ends, wherein the reinforcement cross member ends 13 are aligned with respect to the vertical strut ends 9 such that the reinforcement cross member 11 extends essentially perpendicular with regard to both vertical struts 5 and that a protrusion-free passage is formed.

(5) Further, the anti-tilting device 1 comprises a ground support 15 essentially extending perpendicularly downwards from the transport pallet, which is preferably formed by extending the vertical struts 5 downwards in the direction of the ground. Thus, in particular, the passages with regard to the geometry and the dimension of the vertical struts 5 of the support pillar 3 are analogously applicable to the ground support 15. At the lower ends of the vertical struts 5 of the ground support 15, lower vertical strut ends 17 are formed where a lower reinforcement cross member 19 for forming a support end 21 facing the ground is arranged. At the ends of the reinforcement cross member 19 reinforcement cross member ends 23 are provided which are lined with respect to the lower vertical strut ends in accordance with the reinforcement cross member ends 13 such that the reinforcement cross member 19 extends essentially perpendicularly with regard to both vertical struts 5 and a free passage is built. Thus, a closed, in particular rectangular, strut frame is formed.

(6) The anti-tilting device 1 comprises also a tine section 25 for reaching under transport goods deposited on the transport pallet and for engaging between rest panels of the transport pallets arranged in a distance with regard to each other. The tine section 25 extends by forming an angle of around 90° from the support pillar section and the ground support section. In the illustrated embodiments, the tine section 25 is formed as a fork structure and comprises two parallel tines 27 extending from the support pillar section and the ground support section, wherein also more than two tines 27 may be provided. Up to a distal end 29 distant from support pillar 1 the tines 27 comprise an essentially constant, in particular rectangular cross-section, wherein the tine height is 15 mm. At the distal end 29 the tines 27 comprise a ramp-shaped surface 31 inclined about an angle of 30°, which facilitates reaching under the pallet goods. The tine height is adjusted such that the tine section may be inserted into the rest panel spacing even when the transport goods, in particular the paper stack, is deposited on the rest panels. The tine height is dimensioned such that manually inserting is possible. However, the tine height is also to be adjusted such that a jamming of the tine section 25 is achieved because the formability of the paper stack is used to compensate a small oversize of the tine section height with regard to the rest panel spacing height as well as a vertical recess of the tine section 25 with regard to the rest panels of the rest panel spacing. It is, however, clear that further tine geometries are also suitable for the invention. A vertical height H of the tine section 25 comprises preferably 120 mm in order to be adapted to the standardized transport pallet. Thus, a reliable, without damaging the transport pallets, engaging of the tine section 25 between two rest panels of the transport pallets spaced with regard to each other is ensured. Further, at the predetermined vertical height H of the tine section 25 a further intermediate cross member 33 for connecting the two vertical struts 5 is provided, which comprises an analog geometry such as the vertical struts 5.

(7) The illustrated anti-tilting device 1 is manufactured as a welded part, wherein two vertical struts 5 are welded together with the upper cross member 11, the lower cross member 19 and the intermediate cross member 33 for forming a closed strut frame. Further, the tines 27 forming the tine section 25 are welded together at the predetermined tine height H with the strut frame. A suitable material of the single components may for example be steel. Of course, further combinations of material and assembly processes on the anti-tilting device 1 are possible.

(8) At the upper cross member 11 two through-bores 35 arranged in a distance with regard to each other for receiving and mounting a handle 37 are provided, wherein the distance between the two through-bores 35 in a preferred embodiment is 112 mm. The handle 37 may for example comprise two pins (not shown) which may be inserted into the through-bores 35 and may there be braced or tensioned complementary in shape. Also, it is possible to attach the handle 37 by means of a screwing at the upper cross member 11.

(9) An additional support leg 39 may be arranged at the backside of the support pillar 1 for contacting ground. The support leg 39 may be formed as a thin-walled plate and extends essentially perpendicularly with regard to the ground support 15 away from the support end 21.

(10) The features disclosed in the preceding description, the Figures and the claims may be relevant for the realization of the invention in its different embodiments alone or in any combination.

REFERENCE SIGN LIST

(11) 1 anti-tilting device 3 support pillar 5 vertical strut 7 edge 9 vertical strut end 11 reinforcement cross member 13 reinforcement cross member end 15 ground support 17 vertical strut end 19 reinforcement cross member 21 support end 23 reinforcement cross member end 25 tine section 27 tine 29 distal end 31 ramp-shaped surface 33 intermediate cross member 35 through bore 37 handle 39 support leg