Classifications

• • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
  • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
  • B65D—CONTAINERS FOR STORAGE OR TRANSPORT OF ARTICLES OR MATERIALS, e.g. BAGS, BARRELS, BOTTLES, BOXES, CANS, CARTONS, CRATES, DRUMS, JARS, TANKS, HOPPERS, FORWARDING CONTAINERS; ACCESSORIES, CLOSURES, OR FITTINGS THEREFOR; PACKAGING ELEMENTS; PACKAGES
  • B65D19/00—Pallets or like platforms, with or without side walls, for supporting loads to be lifted or lowered
  • B65D19/38—Details or accessories
  • B65D19/44—Elements or devices for locating articles on platforms

Definitions

• the present invention relates to a transport device for piece goods, consisting of a frame with an upper guide for at least one first rod held and guided on this guide and with further rods, which are also on the upper guide or on one of these extend parallel guide at a distance below the upper guide substantially parallel to the first rod, the rods carrying a web material which forms loops between the rods held in the guides as receiving pockets for general cargo.
• the term "frame” is very broad and includes all types of open and closed frames or frames, including closed boxes or boxes that only consist of side walls and floor and / or ceiling.
• the terms “frame” and “container” are therefore used largely synonymously in the present application.
• the term “web material” is also very broad and encompasses foils as well as fabrics, nets and individual strips of foil or fabric material or cords arranged in parallel next to one another. The web material is suspended from two adjacent rods and hangs down between these two rods in the form of a loop, forming a receiving pocket.
• pockets or loops can be open or closed at the front, e.g. B. they can also be closed with the help of an - optionally elastic - band, so that the two opposite parts of a bag are held together at the end faces.
• the web material can optionally only extend between two adjacent bars, so that two bars with the pocket in between are independent of the other pockets, but preferably the web extends over more than two bars so that a series of connected loops or Bags is formed.
• Such transport devices are primarily intended for the transport of piece goods, in particular for the transport of pieces of the same type, which are required as finished parts or as components or semi-finished parts for the production and assembly of more complex objects.
• An example of this are body parts in the automotive industry, which, for. B. are punched and molded in a body parts factory further away from the assembly plant for the cars and then only have to be transported to the assembly site.
• Many piece goods are sensitive to scratching, bumps or blows, as this can either destroy, damage or deform them, or at least make them unsightly. They may then be unusable for the further processing or manufacturing process. In the case of such piece goods, it is important that a corresponding transport device reliably protects the individual objects from such damage.
• the loading and unloading process must be simplified and accelerated for piece goods that are manufactured for further processing or assembly. Specifically, not every individual part should be packed in its own container with appropriate poster material and the container should also be closed afterwards, because packaging in such containers and the subsequent removal is extremely time-consuming and considerably increases the cost of the production process, which also includes the possibly very expensive packaging - Contribution material. In this respect, devices are preferred which can be reused more or less completely and unchanged.
• the known device already fulfills essential requirements with regard to quick loading and unloading and also with regard to reusability, as a rule without consumables.
• the present invention has for its object to provide a transport device with the features mentioned, which protects the objects to be transported even better from damage, without affecting the quick loading and unloading and reusability.
• This object is achieved in that at least one holding rod is provided, which is aligned below the upper guide parallel to the other rods and in the direction of the receiving pockets or the piece goods or objects held therein and in contact with the last of these pockets or the last object accommodated therein can be moved and fixed in this contact position.
• the piece goods accommodated in the pockets have a wide variety of shapes, but the transport device is preferably used in such a way that a series of identical objects is accommodated in the individual pockets arranged one behind the other in a frame or container.
• this does not exclude that e.g. it is also possible to alternately arrange different objects in the pockets, which complement one another in terms of their shape, so that the device is used in a space-saving manner or that one and the same objects are loaded alternately into the pockets in different orientations.
• the ability of the individual pockets to vibrate is considerably reduced by the additional holding rod, which is displaceable below the upper guide and aligned parallel to the other rods in the direction of the last of the pockets or the object accommodated therein and can be fixed in contact therewith .
• the additional holding rod which is displaceable below the upper guide and aligned parallel to the other rods in the direction of the last of the pockets or the object accommodated therein and can be fixed in contact therewith .
• the individual pockets are pressed together and held in a central area so that they are practically no longer can swing or swing.
• the web material forms padding between the individual objects and prevents the objects from scratching one another when the pockets are slightly displaced.
• the pockets can also be formed by very short loops in which only a lower part of the respective object is accommodated. Only the first such pocket extends with one side to an upper guide or a rod which is guided in such a guide and the following rods are arranged much lower and form only very short loops or pockets, from which the individual can be found Extend objects upwards.
• the handrail is pushed towards the last object, rather than the pocket, so that the objects themselves are compressed and largely fixed in the compressed position, so that swinging or rocking is hardly possible is possible.
• the handrail is pushed towards the last object, rather than the pocket, so that the objects themselves are compressed and largely fixed in the compressed position, so that swinging or rocking is hardly possible is possible.
• a lower, somewhat more sensitive part of the objects can be accommodated in the pockets, while the objects lie against one another in their upper region and may be cushioned against one another by cushioning material, which can also be part of the objects themselves.
• This variant can also be modified in such a way that a corresponding holding rod is arranged between each two adjacent objects, which separates the objects from one another, so that even sensitive objects can be transported in the short pockets.
• an embodiment of the invention is preferred in which the upper guide and the lower guide, if present, each consist of a pair of guide rails mounted laterally in the frame. This gives the rods, which are then guided with their two opposite ends on or in these guide rails, maximum stability for carrying the pockets.
• the frame or container has a closure flap on one side, from which it is loaded or loaded and unloaded with the relevant objects.
• a closure flap can of course also be provided on the two opposite sides of a container or frame, so that the unloading and loading can be carried out either from one side or from the other.
• a further handrail could also be provided, which can be pushed from the opposite side towards the pockets or the objects accommodated therein.
• a device is preferred in which the frame with side walls and / or floor and / or ceiling is designed as an essentially closed container.
• such a container can be manufactured in such a way that corresponding walls, floors and ceilings are attached to a supporting frame, or the walls of the container can also be self-supporting, so that the "frame" through the walls and optionally the floor and Blanket itself is formed.
• Corresponding guide rails are then attached, for example, directly to the walls of the container.
• the guide rails could also be connected to one another to form an open frame or frame, and corresponding walls could then be attached to this frame.
• the support rod (s) is (are) covered with a cushioning material. If appropriate, this can also be expedient for the other rods which carry the pockets, in particular for the rods which form only short loops or pockets and which are guided in a lower guide.
• an embodiment of the invention is preferred in which holding parts and stop parts are provided for holding or stopping the bars in the guides in a loading or unloading position of the respective bars.
• holding parts and stop parts are provided for holding or stopping the bars in the guides in a loading or unloading position of the respective bars.
• the respective bag should be easily accessible in a loading or unloading position and also fixed in this position, for which the holding and stopping parts mentioned are used.
• the bar of the next pocket can already be held or stopped in a preparation position.
• An expedient embodiment of the present invention results from the fact that the holding rod is provided on a loading carriage which can be moved into the frame.
• This loading carriage fulfills a double function in that it ensures that the handrail is brought towards the last pocket or last object in an aligned manner, but at the same time also serves as an auxiliary device which facilitates and accelerates the loading and unloading of the device.
• this loading carriage can be moved into the frame or container and accordingly can also be pulled out of the frame at least to a certain extent.
• the extended position is the unloading or loading position and in the inserted position the holding rod attached to the loading carriage is pressed against the pockets or objects, it being understood that the carriage can be fixed in the frame in various inserted positions so that the position of the Handlebar can be varied accordingly to get a secure attachment to the last pocket or on the last object.
• the loading carriage has a loading bar arranged behind the holding bar, and a storage box is also expediently provided under the holding bar and the loading bar for holding bars and the web material (empty pockets) attached to them.
• the loading carriage is thus specifically designed so that the support rod and the loading rod are somewhere on a middle level of the frame or container below the upper guides, so that there is still space for a storage box below.
• the holding bar is arranged on the side facing the objects or bags in the container and the loading bar is located behind, i.e. on the side facing away from the pockets. With the slide pulled out, e.g. the holding rod is either already outside the frame or is approximately in the plane of the front edge of the container or frame.
• the relevant bar is removed from the end of the guide and placed down over the slide in the (open front) storage box .
• the web which forms one side of the bag or loop, lies first over the handrail and then over the loading bar, and the bag is thus largely open, with only a short lower section of the bag on one side of the bag is formed between the support bar and the lowest point of the bag.
• the item is then easily accessible and can be removed from the bag.
• the first rod is inserted into a guide which is preferably present in the stowage box and thereby pulls at least a piece of the web material attached to it into the stowage box.
• the rest of the web material of this bag can either be pushed into the storage box by hand or can simply remain on the handrail and loading bar.
• the next following bar is then moved over the loading carriage in the same way, i.e. moved over the handrail and the loading bar and placed or pushed into the storage box.
• the next pocket is now open and the item can be removed. In this way, all the bars are gradually removed from the upper guide and stowed in the stowage box, at least part of the web material being accommodated in the stowage box and the remaining web material optionally lying loosely on the holding bar and loading bar.
• the slide can then be pushed back into the frame or container and fixed in this form, and in this form the container or frame is immediately ready for new objects, starting with the first pocket. to record.
• the first or last bar depending on whether the loading or unloading process is considered, can remain in the upper guide.
• a corresponding object is then inserted into the first, already open pocket for loading, and the individual rods are then removed in reverse order from the stowage box and suspended in the upper guide, the individual pockets being automatically completed and closed.
• the storage box has a storage flap that is steered at its lower end and under the charging rod and can be pivoted forward. This can be pivoted or opened in a simple manner and thus defines a receiving opening for the individual rods.
• the stowage flap can also be tilted in the manner of a chute, so that the individual rods can simply be dropped into the stowage flap from above, on which they then slide into the stowage box.
• lateral guide parts are preferably provided in the stowage box, possibly one above the other on several levels, for the orderly holding of the rods to be accommodated therein. This may make it easier and easier to quickly get the individual rods out of the storage box in the correct order.
• the loading carriage should be able to be moved as a unit into the frame and then be fixable in a variably selectable position in the frame.
• the holding rod can of course also be displaceable and variably fixable on the loading sled if the loading sled has only a single fixed or only roughly graduated fixable positions in the frame.
• the loading bar and the holding bar are connected to one another by lateral connecting members, so that the holding bar can be pivoted and folded over about the loading bar serving as an axis.
• the upper guides or guide rails should be bent downward at their end facing the loading side. This describes a course in which the upper guides or guide rails bend obliquely downward and at a last end section again run parallel to the remaining part of the guides or also inclined slightly upward. These end sections of the guides are then lower than the actual part of the upper guide and it is then possible, for example, after a heavy object has been inserted or inserted into a pocket, the rod closing this pocket first in the lower end section of the guide or of the guide rails, with the lower end of the pocket forming Loops may still sit on the floor or on the loading sled and support the weight of the item in the bag.
• the rod can then be pushed up on the inclined section of the guide rails, the pocket or the lower end section of the pocket also being raised accordingly. This requires less force than the direct hanging of the rods at the higher level of the main part of the upper guide rails. If necessary, care must be taken to ensure that the part of the objects sitting on the bottom of the bag slips relatively easily. Then the bag hangs freely on the two rods that run in the main part of the upper guide.
• all the bars carrying the web material possibly also the holding bar and also the loading carriage, have rollers on their opposite ends or sides, which are guided in the corresponding guides or guide rails, in such a way that the rollers do not emerge from the sides Guides can slip out.
• the device expediently has its own guide for the holding rod, which is mounted in the frame, at the above-mentioned middle level.
• the individual bags are relatively easily accessible during loading and unloading or the objects held therein and protrude upwards, so that one does not need a loading sled here, but a storage space for the bars and the web material of the bags, if these are pulled out successively from their corresponding guides in order to be able to empty the pockets one after the other.
• a corresponding receiving device for such rods and the web material is provided on or in the transport device.
• the receiving device is formed from a free space with laterally attached guide rails for receiving the rod end, the container and the guides or the web material lengths being selected such that this free space below the pockets in the container or Frame remains.
• haita rods are provided, each of which is pushed behind an object loaded into the device, so that an object and a — preferably padded, holding rod are inserted alternately into the device.
• a handrail can also be inserted after a group of several objects. The holding rods can then keep the individual objects or groups of them separate from one another, even if the pockets are only very small in comparison to these objects.
• a further embodiment of the device according to the invention is particularly expedient and useful for preventing transport damage, in which, in addition to the holding bar, a braking or fixing device is provided for the bars carrying the bags.
• a braking or fixing device is provided for the bars carrying the bags.
• this brake fixing device consists of an elongated plate or a strip made of an elastomeric material, preferably of rubber, which is attached to a shaft, the shaft preferably extending perpendicularly to the rods and approximately parallel to the guides for the rods and can be pivoted about its longitudinal axis in such a way that the plate or the strip of elastomeric material can be engaged with one of its longitudinal edges with the rods, this plate or its longitudinal edge deforming accordingly when it is placed against the individual rods.
• the shaft can have a largely arbitrary cross-section and is rotatably supported at its ends and is preferably connected to a corresponding lever, which also allows the shaft to rotate against the resistance that may occur.
• a layer of a brake material is attached to a rail which can be pivoted on a series of pivoting members on a plane containing the rail itself.
• the pivot plane is preferably a vertical plane and the rail is arranged above the rods and is pressed or pulled by one or more springs into a position in which the braking layer is lifted off the rods.
• a corresponding braking or fixing device is preferably designed in such a way that it is coupled to a locking mechanism of the loading carriage or the closing flap or the insertion mechanism of the holding rod in such a way that it is forcibly connected to the rods when the loading carriage is pushed in, the holding rod is pushed in, or the closure flap is closed is engaged.
• the device can be designed in such a way that the braking device is also automatically actuated by the closing or insertion process, or the braking or fixing device can be designed such that it moves the holding rod and loading carriage into the desired position and / or or preventing the shutter from closing as long as the braking device has not been engaged with the rods.
• a braking device can also be provided specifically for the handrails, and if several handrails are used, this braking device automatically or z. B. should be releasable by foot pedal actuation so that already inserted rods can continue to move into the container or frame together with the already loaded objects when the device is loaded further.
• FIG. 1 shows an end section of a container with corresponding guides and a loading carriage
• FIG. 2 stop and holding elements for the rods in a guide
• FIG. 3 shows a variant of a braking and fixing device
• FIG. 4 shows a second variant of a braking and fixing device
• FIG. 5 shows the design of the frame or container and the pockets with improved padding
• FIG. 6 shows a variant of the invention with short pockets and separately insertable holding rods
• FIG. 7 shows a braking device for holding rods.
• FIG. 1 shows a front section of a frame 1 with a loading carriage 15.
• the walls 9, 9 "and the bottom 10 of the frame are shown broken away as well the upper guide rails 11 and 11 'for the rods 2 and 3.
• the frame 1 designed here as a container can thus extend significantly further in the direction of the left side in FIG. 1.
• the container 1 and other parts are also drawn transparently in order to be able to recognize details better.
• a pair of opposing guide rails 11, 11' are fastened, in which rollers 30 can run, each of which has rods 2 extending transversely between the guide rails 11 and 11 'at the ends and 3 are provided.
• These rods 2 and 3 in turn extend through small holding loops at the upper ends of pockets 5, which are formed by larger, sagging loops of a sheet material, such as a film of a plastic sheet or a fabric.
• a sheet material such as a film of a plastic sheet or a fabric.
• the first rod 2 of the first pocket 5 is adjoined by any further rods 3 and the web material is preferably continuous or extends in each case between two adjacent rods, so that a coherent row or chain of such pockets 5 is obtained overall.
• the second pocket 5, which adjoins the rod 3 accommodated in the guide 11, 11 ", is shown in the open state in FIG. 1.
• an unloading carriage 15 is provided for this purpose, a rod 3 of a pocket 5 is guided out of the guide 11 or 11 'via the obliquely extending offset section 11a and the horizontal end section 11b removed, the end section 11b also having a stop 11c projecting from below, which prevents the rod 3 from slipping out or falling out.
• the corresponding roller 30 must be lifted over this stop or shoulder 11c a trapezoidal shape, the upper side of the loading carriage being defined by the holding rod facing the container 7 and the loading bar 16 facing away from the container.
• the loading carriage 15 Under the holding bar 7 and loading bar 16, the loading carriage 15 has a free space which serves as storage space for bars 3 and web material 4.
• the loading carriage 15 On its front side, which is on the right in FIG. 1, the loading carriage 15 also has a stowage flap 18, which has the shape of a rubble or baffle plate and consists of a sheet metal plate extending across the loading carriage 15 and two side plates, which approximately have the shape of a circular sector and allow the storage flap 18 to be opened by an angle between typically 30 ° and 60 °.
• the rod 3 is then removed from the section 11b of the guide rails 11, 1V and placed in the storage box 17 immediately in front of the storage flap.
• the web material 4 lies on one side of the pocket 5 over the holding rod 7 and the loading rod 16 and extends up to the bar 3 that has just been deposited.
• the length sections L1, L2 and L3 of the web material between the lowest point of the pocket 5 and Rod 3 correspond to the total length L of the pocket side which can still be seen on the left-hand side.
• the loading carriage 15 can also have an additional crossbar in its lower region, which rests on the outside against the lower edge of a pocket 5 when it is opened or in the open state.
• Figure 1 does not show optional lateral guide rails in the storage box into which the individual rods 3 can be pushed.
• Such guide rails can be arranged one above the other in several levels in order to be able to fully utilize the volume of the storage box.
• next bag is emptied in a completely analogous manner, i.e. the next rod 3 is removed from the guide rails 11, 11 'via the sections 11a, 11b and placed over the holding rod 7 and the loading rod 16, possibly also over the web material of earlier pockets lying thereon, and the rod 3 is then as far as possible again possible pushed into the storage box.
• This is done in succession with all the bars 3, a corresponding transport device typically having about twenty such bars 3 and pockets 5.
• the last rod 2 can remain in the container 1.
• the pockets 5 can have end closure straps 46 which e.g. can be attached to the web material 4 by means of a Velcro fastener on the front edges of the pockets 5.
• stop parts 14 and holding parts 13 are articulated at their rear end and have at their front end one with the rods 3 or the corresponding holding loop of the bag in Interrupting stop plate.
• the stop parts 14 In order to release the corresponding rod 3, the stop parts 14 must be raised so that the rod 3 can be moved under the stop parts to the sections 11a and 11b of the guide rails 11, 11 '.
• the holding parts 13 can also be raised, so that the next following rod 3 can also be moved further and is then held in the unloading or loading position by the stop parts 14.
• the storage box 17 is gradually filled with the rods 3 and the intervening web material 4 or at least parts of the web material.
• the storage box which is guided with lateral rollers 30 in lower guide rails 27, 27 ', is pushed back into the container 1, a resiliently pretensioned locking cam 28 being raised with the aid of a foot pedal 47 and after the insertion into the container 1 locked in one of the locking points 29 on the bottom 10 of the container 1.
• the container 1 can then be transported to another location in order to again hold objects in the corresponding pockets, which are then transported back to their destination.
• the process described above takes place in the reverse order.
• the locking cam 28 is released from the locking point 29 and the carriage 15 is moved out of the container 1 approximately to the extent that the front holding rod 7 lies approximately in the plane of the front of the container 1, as is the case is shown in Figure 1.
• the last bar 2, which is now the first bar of the first pocket 5 when the transport device is unloaded, can either still be in the position shown in FIG. 1 in the holding parts 13 or on the stop parts 14, but it could alternatively also be in the storage box 17 stowed.
• the sensor flap 18 opens when Herauszie ⁇ the carriage 15 hen automatically, as will be described later.
• the rod 2 is removed from the storage box and inserted or inserted into the guide rails 11, whereby it engages with the underside of the stop parts 14 and these are automatically raised until they fall again after the rod 2 stops the stop parts 14 happened.
• the stop parts 14 expediently have stops which limit their swiveling movement upwards and downwards, the swiveling movement of course being sufficient to let the rods 2, 3 pass.
• the first pocket is open, because the web material 4 hangs down from the rod 2 and, if this web material is stowed in the storage box 17, it may be pulled out and placed over the holding rod 7, so that it hangs down to form the first open pocket similar to the sections L and L1 of the open pocket of FIG. 1.
• the object in question for example a sheet metal plate or a body part, can be inserted into the pocket 5.
• the next following rod 3 is removed from the storage box 17, raised and hung with its end rollers 30 over the stop elements 11c in the section 11b of the guides 11, 11 '.
• the storage flap 18 has at its lower end an angled lever with a roller at its free end. These serve to automatically close the stowage flap when the carriage is retracted into the frame 1, because then the roller of this lever engages with the bottom edge of the frame or container, lifting it up and pivoting it about the pivot axis of the stowage flap, with the the stowage flap 18 connected to the lever is also pivoted and thus closed. Conversely, due to the force of gravity and the relative arrangement of the baffle plate 18 with respect to its pivot axis, the baffle flap opens automatically when the carriage is moved out of the container 1 and the roller of the lever slides downward over the lower edge of the container.
• the holding parts 13 and stop parts 14 are shown again in more detail.
• the two adjacent stop parts 14, of which only one is shown here are connected to one another by a cross bar 45, so that it is possible with a simple movement by lifting the cross bar 45 to simultaneously lift both stop parts 14.
• the holding parts 13 are when moving the rod 3 to the rear automatically raised, since the next following rod 3 slides on the lower inclined surface of the holding parts 13 and lifts them.
• the stop parts are also raised automatically when the rods are inserted into the device, but must be lifted when the device is unloaded on the crossbar 45 in order to be able to pull the rod 3 forward out of the guide rails 11.
• the stop parts can also be coupled to the holding parts 13 in order to also release the rod held by the holding parts 13 when the stop parts 14 are actively lifted, if necessary also with a slight delay compared to the stop parts 14
• Holding parts 13 have an inclined surface 13a at their free end and an inclined surface 13b inclined in the same direction in the latching recess. These inclined surfaces allow the rods 3, 2 to slide under the holding parts 13 when unloading from the front without having to be lifted by external intervention, but the rods are prevented from further outward movement at the stop parts 14 at the latest.
• the bars 3 can pass through the stop part 14 during loading, but are held in the latching recess of the holding parts 13 and prevented from further inward movement until the next bar 3 grasps the inclined surface 13c, thereby releasing the bar 3 held in the latching recess, and then to take their place themselves.
• the carriage 15 is pushed back into the container 1.
• the holding rod 7 comes into contact with the last loaded pocket, it not being a problem if, for example in the case of a device that is not fully loaded, a few layers of web material 4 are still resting on the holding rod 7.
• the loading carriage can be locked in different positions in the longitudinal direction of the container 1 at the locking points 29, here the locking points are only indicated schematically at five points, but can extend more or less over the entire length of the container 1.
• FIG. 3 shows the braking device 20, which consists of a shaft 21, a metal plate 21 'fixedly connected to the shaft 21 and a rubber plate or a rubber strip 22 fastened to the metal plate 21'.
• the shaft 21 can be rotated 90 ° around its longitudinal axis with the aid of a lever 32.
• a position of the lever 32 and of the rubber plate 22 fastened to the shaft, in which the braking device 20 is out of engagement with the rods 3, is shown in broken lines.
• the fixing position is shown with solid lines.
• the brake lever 32 can be hooked in behind a hook 34 which is fastened to an upper, transverse frame part of the frame 1.
• the brake lever 32 is held behind a hook 33 which is attached to a vertical spar of the frame 1.
• the shaft 21 with the parts attached to it is pivoted through 90 ° from the position shown in broken lines, the edge of the rubber strip or the rubber plate 22 engaging with the rods 3 and bending due to its elasticity and arching around the individual rods 3 laying around. As a result, the individual rods 3 are held securely in their position.
• a different, preferably elastomeric material instead of the rubber strip or the rubber plate 22, such a strip may also have recesses for receiving the rods 3 at predetermined intervals or may have a continuous wave pattern, the rods 3 then in the Engagement of such a strip with the rods slide into the corresponding recesses or depressions of the wave pattern.
• the variant with a continuous straight rubber strip 22 has the advantage, however, that the distances between the individual rods are not fixed thereby and all rods are held in the position they are in after they have been fully loaded. In addition to the swinging of the individual pockets 5, this also prevents the upper rods 2, 3 from slipping, so that the objects 6 are securely accommodated in the pockets 5 even when the transport is very rough.
• FIG. 3 prevent the container 1 from being closed with the aid of the laterally articulated closure flap 8, as long as the braking device is not in the marked fixing position.
• the brake device is released and the brake lever is in the position shown in dashed lines behind the hook 34.
• the brake lever 32 has a protruding cam 35 and on the inside of the closure flap 8 a cam plate 36 is additionally attached.
• the cam 35 is forcibly engaged with the cam plate 36 and prevents the shutter 8 from closing completely.
• FIG. 4 Another variant of a braking device is shown in FIG. 4.
• a plate 23 made of a rubber-elastic or elastomeric material, which has good braking properties for the individual rods 3, is attached to the underside of a rocking-suspended rail 24.
• the rail 24 has a U-shaped cross-section and is suspended from an upper rail 24 'via connecting links 25, which can have the shape of individual rods or also sheet metal plates extending transversely across the rail, which in turn is in the frame 1, preferably on the same cover plate.
• the connecting members 25 can, as already mentioned, consist of individual longitudinal and transverse bars or struts, but they can also be sheet metal plates which are flanged at their upper and lower ends and thereby each extend transversely through the U-shaped bent leg Include vibrating rod 37 and 38 respectively.
• a spring 26 can be attached to one or more pairs of adjacent links 25 in the manner shown in FIG. 4, which connects an upper cross bar 37 of a link 25 to the lower cross bar 38 of the adjacent link 25 and which is dimensioned such that it is due to its spring tension raises the lower rail 24 with the brake plate 23 attached to it in the solid position.
• the front end of the rail 24 is in turn provided with a pressure roller 39 which is in the solid position protrudes beyond the level of the front edge of the frame or the container 1.
• FIG. 5 shows further measures for preventing transport damage to the objects transported in the pockets 5.
• the container or frame 1 is shown at the top left without internals such as guide rails and suspended pockets, etc.
• Strips 40 made of a cushioning material are attached to the rear wall of the container 1 in a corrugated form, which, when a holding rod approaches the last filled pocket, catch the first pocket 5 in this row of pockets in an end position and thus form a softly padded abutment.
• the bulges due to the waveform of the cushion material 40 can yield in the direction of the rear wall.
• the pockets themselves are also provided with corresponding cushion strips 41, which are preferably arranged at critical points where sharp-edged sections of the objects 6 may touch the inner wall of the pockets 5. Since large numbers of identical objects are often transported with such transport devices, it is often expedient to use pockets 5 which are specially adapted and appropriately adapted to the objects 6 to be transported and which can then have corresponding cushioning material 41 at very specific points. Of course, it is also possible to distribute padding elements or padding strips evenly on the outside and / or inside surface of the individual pocket, although care must be taken to ensure that these paddings do not take up too much volume, because then the material 4 is stowed away is more complex and difficult.
• FIG. 5 A further embodiment of the invention is shown in FIG. 6, in which the individual pockets 5 'have only a very small height in comparison to the objects 6 contained therein.
• first rod 2 runs in an upper guide and forms a wall of a pocket made of the web material 4, which wall extends essentially over the entire height of the transport device.
• next following rods 3 are guided in guide rails 12, 12 'which are located much lower, so that the second wall of the first pocket and the following pockets 5 'are all significantly lower or shorter.
• an exemplary object 6, which is accommodated in the first pocket extends over a large part of the height of the container 1. It is understood that this object must be prevented from tipping out of the pocket.
• a holding rod 7 is provided, which is guided in guide rails 19, 19 'at a medium height level. This support rod 7 can be covered with a cushioning material and is pressed against the object 6 in the guide 19, 19 '.
• the holding rods 7 preferably have approximately the same diameter as the lower rods 3 with the surrounding loops 42.
• the bars 3 of the empty pockets 5 ' are then successively removed from the lower guides 48, 48' and pushed into the lower guides 12, 12 'above them.
• the object 6 is then inserted into such a pocket and pivoted rearward against the wall of the first pocket or, in the case of the later pockets, against the holding rod 7 previously introduced into the guides 19, 19 '.
• the objects, preferably plate-shaped objects 6, are then kept at a distance from the individual rods 3, and in the central region, holding rods 7 establish the desired distance between the objects 6 so that they cannot touch and damage one another. Following each object 6, a new support rod 7 is inserted into the guides 19, 19 '.
• the holding rods 7 are in turn kept in stock in an upper guideway 43, 43 'as long as they are not required in the middle guideways 19, 19'.
• This upper guideway 43, 43 * is inclined slightly forward, so that the individual support rods 7 roll forward with a vertically oriented container 1 to a stop, not shown here, so that they can be easily removed from the front region of the container 1.
• a holding rod 7 is inserted into the guides 19, 19 'behind an object 6 which is received in one of the pockets 5' and extends upwards.
• FIG. 7 also shows a braking and fixing device 20 ', which is also shown more generally in FIG. 6 and which is specifically matched to this variant.
• a braking and fixing device is provided which has certain similarities with the swinging suspension braking device shown in FIG.
• an upper rail 44' is rigidly attached to the container, for example on the lateral container wall 9, and a lower rail 44 is suspended in parallel to the upper rail 44 'and swinging via connecting links 25'.
• a strip or an elongated plate 22 ′ made of a rubber-elastic material is fastened to the lower rail 44, the free edge of which can engage with the upper side of the individual holding rods 7.
• an adjustable stop 49 is also provided, by which it is to be ensured that the lower rail 44 does not exceed the bottom dead center, which is the lowest position of the rail 44 'and when pivoting about the axes of the connecting members 25' Rubber strip 22 'marked, is movable out.
• the rail 44 can be moved forwards away from the stop 49, ie to the left in FIG. 7, and upwards.
• the elastic restoring forces of the entire system then have a tendency to push the individual poles with the objects back somewhat, but with the top of the poles the lower edge of the rubber strip 22 'touches and takes them back a little.
• the rail 44 must forcibly lower with the rubber strip 22 ′′ and thus comes into ever stronger contact with the rods 7, so that the strip 22 ′ bulges somewhat elastically at its lower edge and finally when the rail 44 touches the stop 49 bumps, holds all the rods 7 equally well, with the rubber strip 22 ' preferably interchangeably attached to the rail 44 by means of a rear plate 50.
• the stop 49 also has, as already indicated in FIG. 7, two different locking positions, namely the one normal operating position just described and a release position in which the stop is moved further forward and holds the rail 44 in a slightly raised state so that the lower edge of the rubber strip 22 'is out of engagement with the support rods 7.
• This position is preferably set for unloading the device when the support rods 7 are to be removed from the front of the guide rails 19.
• the stop can also be resiliently moved back to its normal position, so that it is only ever pushed for the moment of pulling forward one or more support rods 7 with objects arranged therebetween from the support rods and then immediately comes back into engagement with them.
• the removed holding rods 7 are then pushed one after the other into the upper guides 43, 43 ', while the lower rods 3, which carry the individual pockets 5', are pushed into the lower guides 48, 48 '.
• the braking devices as well as the holding and stopping parts 13, 14 can optionally also be equipped with a foot lever mechanism, so that the persons who carry out the loading and unloading have free hands for removing or hooking in the rods 3 when the said element is actuated.
• the elements mentioned are preferably pre-tensioned in holding engagement and are only released by actuating the foot lever.

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